Chapter 194: Director Lin’s Club
As Lin Qi and the others boarded the B6-class transport armored vehicle specially arranged by the City of Light Chasing, the transport armored vehicle that could hold thirty people quickly filled, and the martial artists assigned to the same team all began discussing one after another.
“That Half-Scale Race Bone Forging Realm expert should be Bai Luo, one of the genius martial artists who graduated from this year’s genius training camp of the Half-Scale Race. I really didn’t expect him to choose to join the city guard instead of being sent out to act as the manager of a resource site.”
“He is probably aiming to go even further. Although becoming the manager of a resource site would mean no shortage of cultivation resources, there would be few chances to undergo life-and-death tempering and develop his potential. After all, trying to break through to that step is too difficult. Only in a place like the city guard can he frequently sharpen himself.”
“Bone Forging Realm! I don’t know when I will be able to break through to it. That level is simply inhuman. Jumping down from over a hundred meters high without any problem, and probably even if those high-level monsters ram into him, it would be hard to injure him.”
The sudden appearance of the Bone Forging Realm martial artist Bai Luo in the transport convoy left the martial artists present full of emotion and awe.
Although all of them here were influential figures in the suburbs, compared to a Bone Forging Realm expert like Bai Luo, they were truly like ants, completely on a different level.
And inside the armored transport vehicle, not only were martial artists from the major powers shocked by the Bone Forging Realm’s strength, but the many players who boarded with Lin Qi were also watching in great excitement.
“That Bone Forging Realm is just too strong. He can jump down from over a hundred meters without a problem. If I fell from just over thirty meters, even if I didn’t die, I’d probably be seriously injured,” Fang Zhen exclaimed.
“I feel like his body weighs at least two tons. The impact from that fall alone could easily smash a high-level martial artist to death.” Twilight of the Gods pushed up imaginary glasses and analyzed, “Based on his physical condition, the strength of one punch might exceed ten tons. He is not someone we Organ Refining Realm martial artists can contend with.”
“What do you think, if that man fought our hall master, who would be stronger?” Yi Ye Fu Yun could not help but ask curiously.
“That goes without saying, of course it’s our hall master. The hall master is the strongest NPC,” Fang Zhen said with great certainty.
“That man is Bone Forging Realm, while our hall master is only Organ Refining Realm. I admit the hall master’s potential is definitely number one, but saying he is stronger than that Bone Forging Realm is a bit much. In my view, it’s about fifty-fifty,” Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang said.
“I also think it’s about the same. If the hall master is promoted to Bone Forging Realm, he would probably totally crush that Bone Forging Realm,” Yi Ye Fu Yun nodded in agreement.
The players’ quiet conversation left Lin Qi, sitting nearby, momentarily at a loss for words.
Although the players were speaking in the human race language, among the martial artist-level experts of the major powers in the city, many understood some of it. Not to mention that a martial artist’s five senses were incredibly sharp; they could clearly hear people speaking even a hundred meters away, let alone inside the vehicle.
The martial artists sitting in the armored transport vehicle all turned to look with strange expressions. Among those gazes, it seemed to him that he caught a trace of reverence and admiration.
“He is that hall master Lin Qi of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?”
“I’ve heard of him. He is a special grade potential genius certified by the Martial Artist Association, the number one genius of the younger generation of the human race in the City of Light Chasing, and he has cultivated quite a few martial artists. I originally thought that was already impressive enough, but I didn’t expect his strength to already be able to rival the Bone Forging Realm Bai Luo. This is simply stronger than the rumors.”
“No wonder the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall previously did not fear those Four Major Powers at all. If he can go head-to-head with a genius Bone Forging Realm expert like Bai Luo, then what are those Four Major Powers worth?”
The martial artists in the vehicle did not doubt the players’ words much; instead, they believed them quite readily.
Although they did not carry strength measuring devices, as martial artists they were extremely sensitive, especially to qi and blood. With just a bit of sensing, they could tell that the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall all had vigorous qi and blood, as if it were about to erupt at any time.
With such powerful qi and blood, even if they were not genius martial artists, they were likely not far off.
For such a group of people close to genius martial artists to speak and act with such firm conviction, if they did not have considerable confidence, they would never say such things.
“Is the hall master really that strong?”
Listening to the players’ discussion, Meng Wei could not help but look toward Lin Qi, his heart shaken to the extreme.
Although Meng Wei had long known Lin Qi’s strength was great—this could be sensed from his qi and blood, clearly far beyond what he had been on Crimson Moon Mountain a while ago—
Over these days he could feel even more clearly Lin Qi’s breakthroughs; he should have already surpassed the level of an intermediate martial artist. Such a fast breakthrough speed was something he had never even heard of in his life. Calling him the number one genius of the human race’s younger generation in the City of Light Chasing was no exaggeration.
But he had not expected Lin Qi to be even more outrageous than he thought.
Now he could actually go head-to-head with the genius Bone Forging Realm martial artist Bai Luo who graduated from the genius training camp.
This suddenly made Meng Wei feel enlightened.
“No wonder that genius Estina from the Bolan Main Family came to him to cooperate. I really am too foolish.” Meng Wei suddenly felt somewhat like a failure. After being given special cultivation by Lin Qi, he still had not recognized just how strong hall master Lin Qi was.
To be able to fight a Bone Forging Realm martial artist to a standstill, the so-called Four Major Powers and the rogues in the city were nothing but jumping clowns.
Looking at the admiring gazes of the martial artists in the vehicle, Lin Qi wondered for a moment whether he should explain this delightful misunderstanding.
Just as Lin Qi’s mind was racing, a team entered from outside the vehicle. This team consisted of six people, all wearing the standard B-class battle armor of the city guard. Among them, the captain and vice captain were both high-level martial artists. The vice captain wore B5-class battle armor that increased strength by 3,000 kilograms, while the captain wore B6-class battle armor that increased strength by 3,600 kilograms.
The strength of a single team like this was enough to suppress a top-tier major power in the suburbs.
The captain and vice captain of this team were both from the Three-eyed Tribe and were personnel arranged by the Bolan Main Family for this mission.
“I am Morton, captain of the 427th team of the garrison, and this is my deputy, Rake.” Morton, who was nearly forty, swept his gaze across everyone in the vehicle and said with a smile, “For the journey to the stronghold, you will be under my management. I do not need you to follow orders as strictly as my squad members. You just need to follow my commands when we encounter monster attacks. That way, I can do my best to ensure your safety.”
“Next, those of you who are intermediate martial artists or above, step out. During battle, you will cooperate with us. The other beginner martial artists will provide ranged support.”
As soon as Morton finished speaking, four of the twenty-four martial artists in the vehicle quickly stepped forward. Three men and one woman; besides Lin Qi, the remaining two men and one woman were also from the Three-eyed Tribe. In fact, in this entire vehicle, apart from people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, everyone else was from the Three-eyed Tribe, representing various factions of the Three-eyed Tribe.
“Not bad. Two high-level martial artists and two intermediate martial artists. Among all the teams, our team counts as one of the better ones.” Vice captain Rake, whose one arm was a mechanical prosthetic arm and whose face was covered in scars, gave the four a rare smile. “And your luck is good. The captain and I are among the stronger ones out of all the captains and vice captains. Even when facing high-level monsters, we can block them for a while. As long as we cooperate well, we will not have to worry about lacking resources after this trip.”
Morton nodded in satisfaction. “On the way to the wilderness outpost this time, we will definitely encounter many monsters. This is also a good chance for us to harvest monsters in the wilderness. With a Bone Forging Realm expert traveling with us this time, monsters above high-level that could threaten us will be handled by the Bone Forging Realm expert. The rest will be monsters below high-level. Such an opportunity is rare in the wilderness.”
“The monsters each team kills will be distributed within that team. For our team, we will distribute according to contribution. If someone single-handedly kills a monster, they can take ninety percent, and the remaining ten percent goes to the entire team. If multiple people cooperate to kill it, then the ninety percent will be divided among them according to their contribution.”
“As long as we cooperate well all the way, even beginner martial artists can get the equivalent of about one-fifth of a mid-level monster, which is comparable to what a hunting team would gain from a trip to the wilderness area.”
As Morton finished speaking, the beginner martial artists in the vehicle all became excited.
For beginner martial artists, the flesh and blood of a mid-level monster was something they did not even dare to think about. As for going hunting in the wilderness, unless they were family, most teams would never bring a beginner martial artist along, since facing a mid-level monster at that level was essentially seeking death.
And the flesh and blood of a mid-level monster could not only be redeemed for Type II potions. Even if kept for themselves to consume, it would have a significant effect on them as beginner martial artists.
One-fifth of a mid-level monster would be at least one to two tons of flesh and blood. Exchanged for Type II potions, it might amount to ten bottles. That was absolutely a huge profit.
“You must be the one Miss Tina mentioned.” Morton looked at Lin Qi among the four and said in surprise, “To have the strength of a high-level martial artist at such an age, no wonder Miss Tina asked us to take special care of you.”
“Brother Lin, don’t worry. As long as you stay by my and the captain’s side, I guarantee your share of the spoils will not be small,” Rake said with a smile, immediately understanding why Miss Estina wanted them to look after Lin Qi when he saw Lin Qi only wearing B3-class battle armor.
To be a high-level martial artist at such a young age meant limitless future prospects, but his current foundation was still thin, so Miss Estina of the Bolan Main Family wanted to use this chance to draw him in. As people of the Bolan Main Family, they naturally had to fully support that.
The attitudes of Morton and Rake left the nearby Three-eyed Tribe man, who was also a high-level martial artist, filled with envy.
No matter how one looked at them, Morton and Rake had probably reached peak high-level martial artist level. With the assistance of B5-class and B6-class battle armor, if they actively helped kill mid-level monsters, the efficiency would be extraordinary.
“Now, the four of you tell me what you are good at and what weapons you use, so we can assign tasks properly,” Morton said to the four seriously.
“I specialize in ranged combat, and I use a B4-class compound heavy bow. I have joined several wilderness hunting teams before.”
“I specialize in defense and use a B3-class heavy shield. You can leave defending against mid-level monsters to me.”
The two intermediate martial artists, one man and one woman, stepped out and introduced themselves.
After the two intermediate martial artists finished, the high-level martial artist present spoke rather proudly: “I have mastered an advanced martial artist-level martial skill and use a B4-class battle axe. I am confident I can solo kill a mid-level monster!”
Mid-level monsters were unlike low-level monsters. Ordinary high-level martial artists really did not have the ability to solo them. Those who could were considered quite strong even among high-level martial artists.
Morton and Rake’s eyes lit up as they looked at this high-level martial artist a few more times, then turned their gaze to Lin Qi.
“Me?”
“I have mastered two advanced martial artist-level martial skills, and as for my weapon, it is this.”
Feeling everyone’s eyes on him, Lin Qi opened the large wooden box on his back.
“A club?”
“Your weapon is a club?”
