Chapter 182: A Shocking Night
“What did you say? People from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall have fought their way up?”
“Are you sure you didn’t see it wrong?”
When Eugene heard his subordinate’s report, he froze for a moment, feeling like the reporting subordinate was completely joking.
He had only killed six ordinary members of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall; how could the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall possibly come directly to attack their door.
One had to know their Two-Headed Gang was not something the declining Iron Heart Gang could compare to.
They had more than eight thousand gang members, with over a thousand quasi-martial artists, and even three quasi-martial artists who had reached the Microscopic Realm.
Although throughout the entire gang there was only his father Nison Walker as a martial artist, he was a genuine intermediate martial artist. In the power ranking of the Red Moon Merchant Guild, they were far above the Iron Heart Gang and could rank among the top three hundred factions, possessing quite a few B2-grade battle armors, absolutely not something the Iron Heart Gang could compare to.
Now that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had already gone to war with the Four Major Powers, how could they possibly come again to provoke their Two-Headed Gang.
“Young master, it’s true. They sent over a hundred people, directly charging toward our current base. Everyone below is now blocking them.” The subordinate, only an intermediate apprentice, reported.
“Over a hundred people dare to come attack our Two-Headed Gang. Are you sure you didn’t get it wrong? Not a thousand people?” After hearing this, Eugene felt like the subordinate in front of him was messing with him.
For just over a hundred people to rush into the headquarters of their Two-Headed Gang was no different from courting death. Even if the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall wanted to put on a show for the sake of face, they would not send so few people.
Not to mention that with so few people, how could they cause such a big commotion.
One had to know the training room he was in was on the second underground level of the headquarters. Without people breaking into the building, it was impossible to cause such a big disturbance.
And to force their way into the building, there were layers of defenses outside, over a thousand people in total, plus four limit quasi-martial artists in B2-grade battle armor stationed at the first floor entrance. Even a martial artist wearing B2-grade armor would not be able to charge in.
“Young master, it’s true.” The subordinate, only an intermediate apprentice, spoke with some fear. “The people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall are few, but there are six martial artist-level experts. They are wearing B1-grade battle armor. When dealing with those quasi-martial artists wearing A6-grade battle armor, it’s basically one strike for each. Only the four elders in B2-grade battle armor can barely fight them…”
“Six martial artists? How is that possible!” After hearing this, Eugene felt his mind go blank. “Has the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall gone crazy? I only took out six of their subordinates. Do they really need to go all out against our Two-Headed Gang?!”
Becoming a martial artist was the dream of countless quasi-martial artists in the suburbs. Even with the full support of suburban gang resources, and learning the intermediate martial artist cultivation method, he only had a sixty to seventy percent chance of becoming a martial artist.
Among the various suburban factions, more than half had no martial artist sitting in town. Any suburban faction with a martial artist could easily rank mid-tier; if there were two martial artists, they could generally enter the upper tier.
As for the Iron Heart Gang being only mid-tier, it was entirely because they had spent years in a war of attrition with an upper-tier faction, burning through a large amount of living combat power. Otherwise, the overall strength of the Iron Heart Gang would not be much weaker than the Phosphor Fire Gang now.
The reason all the suburban factions now feared the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was because in the war with the Iron Heart Gang, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had openly fielded as many as four martial artists, plus Hall Master Lin Qi with special grade potential.
As long as Lin Qi and the four martial artists did not fall, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was destined to become a dominant power in the suburbs, not much weaker than the North Ao Family.
And now the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had sent as many as six martial artists over. This was simply like a joke.
“Young master, what do we do now? Those six martial artists are already on their way. The four elders won’t be able to hold out for long.” The subordinate, an intermediate apprentice, asked anxiously.
Six beginner martial artists in B1-grade battle armor moving together were far more threatening than a simple sum.
That was no longer something an ordinary faction could contend with, especially within the city. Without one or two thousand fully armed elites, there was no way to wipe them out.
If they really wanted to kill people from some faction, aside from those top ten gangs and families in the suburbs, there might truly be no other gang or family that could stop them.
“If they want to kill me, it won’t be that easy.” Although somewhat flustered, Eugene still calmly ordered, “Immediately notify all elders in the surrounding area to return to the base to reinforce us. Everyone else in the base, carry out flanking and harassing battles for me. If you can hold them up for a while, do it. Once the four honorary elders return, we will surround them together!”
Six martial artists were indeed terrifying, but the Two-Headed Gang was not without the power to respond. If it really came down to a war of attrition, the Two-Headed Gang could grind down not only six martial artists, but even sixteen would not be a problem.
With martial artists forbidden to fight in the city, their greatest threat lay in decapitation operations, killing important figures of enemy factions.
He had just killed six people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and they had immediately sent six martial artists to storm in, clearly intending to kill him to intimidate the major factions within the city.
All he could do was wait for the four honorary elders who had reached the Microscopic Realm to return.
The four honorary elders who had reached the Microscopic Realm were limit quasi-martial artists, but even his father had to give them ample respect. Because when the four wore B2-grade battle armor, their strength was not much weaker than that of an intermediate martial artist in B2-grade armor.
As long as those four were there, blocking the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s assassination attempt would not be a big problem.
Inside the Two-Headed Gang Building, in the first floor lobby that resembled a huge shopping mall.
Large numbers of Two-Headed Gang lizardmen, holding composite bows of A6-grade or higher, continuously attacked the six of Luo Wu Shang with ranged harassment as they charged into the building, putting great pressure on the six.
These lizardmen were unlike humans; they really could climb rocks freely. Combined with the mall-like interior design of the building, it was simply the best battlefield for lizardmen. They could easily move and shoot on the walls. Without the ability to fly, killing each lizardman took considerable effort.
Especially since the arrows shot by these lizardmen were mixed with B2-grade or higher arrows. Even when shot with strength below martial artist level, they could easily damage B1-grade battle armor. Under this rain of arrows, killing limit quasi-martial artists in B2-grade battle armor became much more difficult.
“It really deserves to be a hidden plot. This dungeon difficulty is unusually high.” After blasting back a limit quasi-martial artist in B2-grade battle armor with a Spark, Fang Zhen looked at the arrows coming again from all directions and could not help but smile wryly.
They had thought that as six martial artists in B1-grade battle armor they could slaughter their way through the team dungeon, but they had not expected that the dungeon difficulty of the Two-Headed Gang was not something the Iron Heart Gang could compare to.
With their strength boosted by B1-grade battle armor, any casual blow had over two thousand strength, and using martial skills could exceed five to six thousand, yet those lizardmen in B2-grade battle armor were also formidable.
Without using the coilgun, they could only shake back and injure these lizardmen. Every time they tried to deliver a finishing blow, large numbers of arrows would rain down, making it impossible in the short term to kill these lizardmen in B2-grade battle armor.
And whenever they used internal force to control an arrow, trying to fire a shot, those lizardmen would immediately run far away. Especially those wearing B2-grade battle armor; in an instant they could leap more than fifty meters away, weaving in S-shaped routes along the walls. With hand-crafted super electromagnetic cannon shots lacking accuracy, it was hard to hit them.
Their tactics were completely different from the Iron Heart Gang. If the Iron Heart Gang favored active offense, then the Two-Headed Gang specialized in kiting, focusing on attrition.
On the entire battlefield, Ye Qinglu had the smoothest time. Controlling twelve B2-grade long swords, she fully brought out the advantages of agile movement. Even though the lizardmen could climb high and drop low, in front of the B2-grade long swords they were merely moving targets, casually harvested.
From time to time, a well-timed lightning spear could directly take down a lizardman in B2-grade battle armor.
The other five of them together could not kill as many as Ye Qinglu alone.
“Doesn’t matter. Our goal is to stall for time anyway.” Luo Wu Shang did not mind at all and even used the lizardmen to practice Ghostly Light Step, hunting those crawling on the walls.
“Indeed.” Fang Zhen also nodded, relaxed a little, and started to imitate Luo Wu Shang, practicing Reverse Star Step.
After becoming martial artists, their main focus now was improving their supporting martial skills. For martial skills at the seventh stage, at entry-level each use brought heavy side effects, causing stabbing pain all over the body, and even temporarily paralyzing certain parts, making them unsuitable for martial artist-versus-martial-artist combat.
But facing a bunch of small monsters below martial artist level, there was no such concern. With their extraordinary reaction speed, the attacks of these small monsters were not very threatening, making them perfect for live combat drills to improve martial skill proficiency.
“It’s really strange. Weren’t these martial artists from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall coming for me?” Underground, Eugene watched the surveillance footage on the monitors, looking at Luo Wu Shang and the others slaughtering and destroying everywhere, and his heart was full of doubt.
He had originally thought the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was targeting him. But after Luo Wu Shang and the others broke into the building, they did not rush downstairs first. Instead, they roamed the first floor killing Two-Headed Gang members everywhere, leaving him truly unable to understand what those people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall were thinking.
For six martial artists to want to kill all several thousand people of the Two-Headed Gang was pure fantasy.
Meanwhile, inside the Two-Headed Gang Building, Yi Ye Fu Yun and more than twenty quasi-martial artists had also fought their way to the rooftop. Although many Two-Headed Gang experts had blocked their path on the way, compared to the first floor lobby, they were far fewer.
This allowed them to directly find Nison Walker, who had always been resting on the top floor of the Two-Headed Gang.
At this moment, Nison Walker was still stunned. Looking at Yi Ye Fu Yun and the others rushing in, his heart was full of confusion and doubt. He could not understand what madness the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was up to.
His son had only killed six ordinary subordinates of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. If they wanted an explanation, it was not as if he would refuse. He had even prepared the video of Eugene’s battle.
But now the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had directly come to kill at their door and even sent six beginner martial artists together. This was simply insane.
