Chapter 207: You Attacked Ten Thousand Stars City?
Wanxing City, Wanxing Building.
On the top floor of the towering steel skyscraper, flying cars and flying transport vehicles shuttled back and forth. The passing pedestrians were all at least advanced martial artists, and there were even bone forging realm martial artists who were rarely seen in the outside world.
On the heliport of the skyscraper, a woman of the half-beast race, dressed in blue-gray leather armor, with a graceful figure, two sabers hanging at her waist, a delicate doll-like face, and pure white beast ears on her head, stood quietly in front of a landing pad. Every passerby could not help but glance a few more times at this half-beast woman.
It was not only because this half-beast woman was beautiful, but even more because she was actually a bone forging realm expert.
Especially the group of young men and women of the half-beast race who had just gotten off the flying transport vehicle at the landing pad; when they looked at this half-beast woman, each of their eyes went wide.
These young men and women were generally around twenty-two years old. The stronger ones had already reached intermediate martial artist level, while the weaker ones had only just become martial artists.
“This big sister is so strong! So beautiful!”
“Is this what martial artists in a big city are like?”
“Lower your voices. She is one of this year’s top ten graduates from the genius training camp. She’s not someone you little brats can talk about casually!”
The chatter of the young men and women gave a middle-aged half-beast advanced martial artist, who had gotten off the same vehicle, a headache for a moment.
Martial artists who graduated from the genius training camp were already the elite of the elite in Wanxing City and were almost guaranteed to become bone forging realm martial artists in the future. As for the graduates who ranked in the top ten each session, they would all become remarkable figures in Wanxing City.
A group of young people who had not even joined the genius training camp yet dared to comment on such a big shot. They really did not know how to write the word “death”.
“Don’t blame them. This is also their first time entering the city.” A wild half-beast man with a pair of brown beast ears and a burly, broad-backed build, who also got off the flying transport vehicle, smiled and said, “Besides, among them, quite a few may become my juniors. Now that they can see such an outstanding senior, they’ll be more motivated when they take the genius training camp assessment.”
“Lord Igor is right.” The middle-aged half-beast advanced martial artist looked at this wild half-beast man with deep respect as he responded.
Igor.
A genius martial artist of the half-beast race, one of the powerful races in Wanxing City. In only three years after graduation, he had become an intermediate level bone forging realm martial artist. Among graduates of all past genius training camps, he was also an excellent existence. As long as he did not fall, he could at least reach the peak of the bone forging realm and become a strong contender for the position of vice city lord.
Even if he could not become vice city lord, he could still secure the position of young clan leader within the half-beast race and in the future take over as the half-beast clan leader of Wanxing City.
After hearing what Igor said, the young men and women who had gotten off the vehicle all had their fighting spirit ignited. They each secretly resolved that they must get into the genius training camp this year and then stay in Wanxing City.
“Arrange accommodations for them. Let them train in Wanxing Building during this period and prepare for the genius training camp.” Igor instructed.
The middle-aged advanced martial artist then led these young men and women, who had been selected from multiple large towns under the control of the half-beast race, into Wanxing Building.
“Dona, what happened that made you come in person?” After watching the half-beast youths being taken away, Igor looked curiously at the bone forging realm half-beast woman with snow-white beast ears and stunning beauty.
“Brother, something big has happened.” The bone forging realm half-beast woman named Dona frowned slightly and said, “I just received news from the garrison. Lucis, who was stationed in Death Valley, along with nearly two hundred members of the garrison, are all dead. According to the investigation, the garrison suspects this matter is related to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. They even suspect it was done by the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.”
“Lucis is dead? Are you sure about this?” Igor’s usually calm face showed surprise.
Lucis, as one of this year’s top ten graduates of the genius training camp, was far stronger than an ordinary beginner level bone forging realm martial artist. Before graduation, Lucis had already redeemed a tier 2 weapon, the Blood Bone Spear, and tier 2 battle armor made from lord-level monster materials. Even for Igor, an intermediate level bone forging realm martial artist, killing Lucis would not have been easy.
“It’s confirmed. The life instrument implanted in Lucis by the garrison shows his life signal has completely disappeared. Following the signal, the investigation team found Lucis’s mangled remains. His weapon and equipment had all been taken, and the entire Death Valley had gone through an unimaginable battle, to the point that the terrain of Death Valley had changed.” Dona nodded, her expression somewhat grim, and continued, “According to smart watches of some miners that remained intact, the investigation team found that Lucis had a conflict with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and directly killed two martial artists from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall upon arriving at Death Valley.”
“As a graduate of the genius training camp, Lucis had no powerful mortal enemies within the city, and even less so outside. This was Lucis’s first external task for the garrison. If he had any enemies, it would be the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. So now the investigation team suspects that this was done by the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.”
“Brother, this time the city senior officials arranged for you and me to pressure the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall about establishing a town. This task is no longer an ordinary one. Should we turn it down and let others handle it?”
“No. We cannot refuse this task.” Igor shook his head firmly. “This task was obtained only because the clan leader overruled all objections and managed to wrest it from the other strong races. If we back out now, we would not only disgrace our entire clan, but in the future, whenever the city has good tasks, they will have nothing to do with us.”
“Then what should we do? Are we going to directly cause trouble for the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” Dona said with a headache.
A faction capable of killing Lucis, annihilating nearly two hundred members of the garrison, and leaving no survivors among two thousand miners was not something the two of them, as bone forging realm martial artists, could handle. If they were not careful, they might lose their lives.
“I will inform the clan leader and request support from the clan. For now, have people investigate this Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and figure out whether Lucis and the others were really killed by them. Only then will we decide whether to act.” Igor thought for a moment, then said with some regret, “It’s a pity we can’t let the City of Light Chasing know about Lucis’s operation to secure the Mithril Ore Vein. Otherwise, I could directly request support from the garrison to complete this task.”
Lucis’s death was a major event for Wanxing City as a whole. Bone forging realm martial artists were extremely important to any city. If they died on the frontline fighting monsters, that was one thing; but if they were killed by people from another city, it could spark a city war.
Since the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had killed Lucis and nearly two hundred garrison members, Igor would have been completely justified in leading the Wanxing City Defense Group to wipe out the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and the City of Light Chasing would have had no grounds to object.
Unfortunately, Lucis’s mission this time was to mine mithril ore in Death Valley, and Death Valley was only a little over a hundred kilometers from the City of Light Chasing, essentially within its sphere of influence. Lucis and the others had basically gone there to steal ore. Even if they were killed, Wanxing City had no grounds to protest and might even be required by the City of Light Chasing to pay compensation.
This meant that they could not deal with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall openly and could only move against them in secret.
Dona thought it over and felt that, for now, this was the only option.
Meanwhile, in another place, in the City of Light Chasing, at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
As Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang transported large quantities of weapons and equipment from the Wanxing City Defense Group back to the hall, the entire Obsidian Martial Arts Hall exploded with excitement.
“Brother Zhen, where did you go to rob so many weapons and equipment?”
“Damn! This is B4-grade battle armor!”
“No! Look at the battle armor Brother Zhen and Sister Xiao Yuan are wearing. That looks like B6-grade battle armor!”
“Wow! I remember even the hall master only wears B3-grade battle armor. These weapons and equipment are an entire version ahead of the hall master’s. How did you get them?”
The players in the hall were stunned as they watched Fang Zhen and the others carry in the weapons and equipment.
At present, the mainstream weapons and equipment in the game were only B2-grade. Even someone as strong as the hall master only wore B3-grade battle armor, which already made many players envious.
After all, B2-grade battle armor only increased strength by one thousand kilograms, while B3-grade increased it by sixteen hundred. Even an apprentice-level player wearing it would have strength close to an intermediate martial artist.
Unfortunately, there was no way to redeem B3-grade battle armor through the hall. At most, during the earlier assault on the Two-Headed Gang, a few sets of B2-grade battle armor had dropped. Those B2-grade sets were now treasured by Luo Wu Shang and the other team leaders and were never put up for sale.
The best equipment ordinary players could purchase was B1-grade battle armor, and even then, they had to join a team first.
Now Fang Zhen and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang had gotten hold of a batch of weapons and equipment that surpassed the current version, so it was only natural that all the players were shocked and curious.
“You want to know?” Fang Zhen looked at the players asking questions and could not help but smile. “Too bad it’s a secret. You can slowly guess. But if you want to buy these weapons and equipment, you’re welcome to join us. By then, not to mention B4-grade battle armor, even B6-grade battle armor will be easy to get.”
Many players were tempted as they looked at the B4-grade battle armor Fang Zhen was carrying, along with those higher-grade sets.
B4-grade battle armor could increase strength by a full two thousand kilograms. As long as a newbie put it on, they could instantly reach T1 level. Not to mention B5-grade and B6-grade battle armor; a newbie wearing those to go do tasks would have an unbelievably easy time.
They would be able to one-shot those rogues who were limit apprentices or quasi-martial artists.
While Fang Zhen was showing off in his B6-grade battle armor, Twilight of the Gods, who was watching all this, said calmly, “You newcomers don’t know that he and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang have early access privileges to the test server, do you? These beyond-version weapons and equipment should all be from beyond-version advanced dungeons. The version updates for the game High Martial Arts Descend come very fast. If you spend huge amounts of points to buy them now, they might lose value in just a few days. These things will be available next version. They just got them one step earlier.”
“You figured that out?” Fang Zhen looked at Twilight of the Gods in surprise.
Originally, he had planned to use this to earn a lot from the other big teams. Since these were advanced-version weapons and equipment and he and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang could not use so many, individual players would find them hard to afford. By the next version, these weapons and equipment would become ordinary.
Only now could he sell them to other teams for high prices and make a big profit. But Twilight of the Gods saw through it at a glance.
“What’s so hard to guess?” Twilight of the Gods rolled his eyes at Fang Zhen. “These weapons and equipment are obviously not from the current version. Only five people have level one wilderness exploration permission right now. You and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang have not been at Crimson Moon Mountain or in the hall lately, so you must have been out in the wilderness and discovered some advanced dungeon, then somehow cleared it. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have so many weapons and equipment.”
“So, want to buy some? I can give you a friends-only price.” Fang Zhen said with a grin.
“Although I really want one,” Twilight of the Gods shook his head, “I don’t have any money.”
“No money? Seriously? Didn’t you earn more than ten million points from the Two-Headed Gang not long ago?” Fang Zhen looked at Twilight of the Gods in confusion.
“I spent it all.” Twilight of the Gods pointed at the smart watch on his wrist, looking pained.
“All gone? Where did you spend it?” Fang Zhen was stunned when he saw there were only a little over ten thousand points left on Twilight of the Gods’ watch. “You’re already a martial artist. Why are you still changing clothes attributes?”
In Fang Zhen’s view, the only way to burn through tens of millions of points so quickly was by rolling for clothes attributes. Each roll cost three hundred thousand points; a few dozen rolls would burn millions, and spending over ten million that way was easy.
“I didn’t change clothes attributes. I used them for cultivation.” Twilight of the Gods said, looking quite pleased.
“For cultivation?” Fang Zhen looked at Twilight of the Gods, completely unable to understand how cultivation could consume so many points.
“This is the primary gravity room that the hall launched today. It helps with cultivation, and the effect is insanely good, though it burns points. One million points per hour.” Twilight of the Gods explained.
“One million points per hour?! Are you sure the hall master isn’t robbing us?” Fang Zhen could not help but be shocked by this price.
Right now, the internal team price for B1-grade battle armor was only fifteen million points, and even that was beyond many people’s reach.
Yet a hard-won set of B1-grade battle armor that only dropped from dungeons was worth only fifteen hours in the primary gravity room. That was faster than robbery.
“You don’t get it.” Twilight of the Gods smiled and released his qi and blood. “Guess my current level.”
“You’re intermediate now?” Fang Zhen felt the oppressive qi and blood, clearly not something a beginner martial artist could produce. Even he, who was close to the limit of beginner level, fell far short.
Twilight of the Gods had taken longer than he had to be promoted to martial artist, and now he had actually surpassed him.
“No. My current strength is 1,4 kilograms, just at the extreme stage of beginner level.” Twilight of the Gods shook his head slightly and then looked at Fang Zhen. “Use your Crushing Stone Fist and hit me once.”
“Are you sure? My Crushing Stone Fist hits with more than four thousand kilograms of force. I can stun low-level monsters with one punch.” Fang Zhen reminded him, looking at the confident Twilight of the Gods.
Human bodies were far weaker than monster bodies. If he used the punch that could stun low-level monsters directly on a beginner martial artist without armor or battle armor, it could be lethal.
Twilight of the Gods nodded, still very confident. “It’s fine. Just hit me. But don’t hit my face.”
“Alright. Take this.” Although Fang Zhen did not know what Twilight of the Gods was planning, he still threw a Crushing Stone Fist at Twilight of the Gods’ chest.
Bang!
The sound was like a cannon shot echoing through the hall’s warehouse.
“You’re… fine?” Fang Zhen stared in shock at Twilight of the Gods, who had taken two steps back. Although Twilight of the Gods’ face was slightly flushed, he clearly seemed mostly okay.
“That punch was really heavy.” Twilight of the Gods rubbed his chest. “Good thing it was only one. If you hit me a dozen more times, I’d be coughing blood.”
“What the hell? How is your body this tough?” Fang Zhen looked at Twilight of the Gods, who was acting like nothing had happened, completely stunned.
He knew exactly how strong his own punch was. Out in the wilderness, he could make low-level monsters howl with one punch. Yet Twilight of the Gods had taken a Crushing Stone Fist head-on and was fine. It was unbelievable.
“I told you, I spent all my points on cultivation. This is the result. Impressive, right?” Twilight of the Gods said proudly. “The primary gravity room can be adjusted up to twenty times gravity. It greatly boosts the body’s cells in absorbing energy and has a big effect on cultivation improvement. But later I found out it’s basically a holy land for cultivating the Body Strengthening Secret Technique.”
“The Body Strengthening Secret Technique transforms the structure of all the body’s cells using free energy. Under high gravity, if you cultivate the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, the gravity can further compress the reconstructed cells. The higher the gravity, the greater the density and toughness of the reconstructed cells. Right now my cells were reconstructed under eight times gravity. Any force under six tons can’t do much damage to me.”
“Also, my skin is almost comparable to B1-grade alloy, and my muscles are comparable to B2-grade alloy. You could say my body is now stronger than that of low-level monsters.”
“Unfortunately, I’m out of points. My Body Strengthening Secret Technique is only at first level, proficient at forty-three percent. My speed of cell reconstruction and energy control is not skilled enough yet; otherwise, I’d be trying nine times gravity already.”
“The Body Strengthening Secret Technique can strengthen the body that much?” Fang Zhen looked at Twilight of the Gods and suddenly felt his B6-grade battle armor was not so amazing anymore. “No way. I’m going to sell all those scrapped battle armors to the hall and exchange them for points right now.”
Fang Zhen then bundled up a large number of unusable B4- to B6-grade broken battle armors and sold them to the hall in one go, leaving Meng Wei, who was in charge of receiving battle armor, dumbfounded. Although Meng Wei had already seen plenty of good items brought back by players from hunting rogues and exploring the wilderness, seeing so many broken B4-grade and above battle armors still felt unreal.
“Where did you get these battle armors?” Meng Wei looked at the dozens of broken B4-grade battle armors and the more than ten B5- and B6-grade battle armors, unable to understand how Fang Zhen had acquired them.
“Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang and I wiped out a Wanxing City stronghold in the wilderness. These battle armors all came from the Wanxing City Defense Group.” Fang Zhen answered without thinking.
“You attacked Wanxing City?” Meng Wei looked at Fang Zhen, his hands trembling slightly.
“Yeah.” Fang Zhen nodded. “Coach Meng, I’m turning in so many B4-grade and above battle armors at once. Does the hall have any rewards for that?”
