Chapter 227: Retreat In Defeat
city of light chasing, light chasing building.
in the spacious training hall, a man nearly three meters tall, with arms thicker than an ordinary person’s waist, wore a set of b6-grade armor and held a b2-grade training greatsword. this man, as massive as a small hill, was wu zhuoqun.
at this moment, wu zhuoqun was continuously sparring with a young man who was also wearing b6-grade armor and wielding a b2-grade training greatsword.
although both of them used greatswords weighing two to three hundred kilograms, their sword speed was astonishingly fast. with every swing, only afterimages could be seen; the blades themselves were invisible.
within a single second, they clashed more than a dozen times, as if they were not wielding greatswords at all, but very light wooden sticks.
after exchanging dozens of moves in a row, the young man’s b6-grade armor was suddenly struck by the training greatsword, and he staggered back three or four steps before stabilizing himself.
“not bad, your progress has been very fast during this period. you are likely not far from the first level perfection of shadow splitting sword.” wu zhuoqun looked at the retreating youth and praised. “if you can reach perfection before the genius training camp assessment, then after entering the genius training camp, you should have a chance to impact the top thirty and enter the inheritance ruins together then.”
“it is because coach wu teaches well and is willing to spend a lot of time guiding me; otherwise, my shadow splitting sword might not have reached 100% proficiency by now.” the young man put away his training greatsword and looked at wu zhuoqun with deep respect.
and below the arena, dozens of young men and women, whose qi and blood clearly reached martial artist level and who were generally around twenty-three or twenty-four years old, were also looking at wu zhuoqun on the arena with faces full of admiration.
wu zhuoqun was a legend in the city proper of the city of light chasing in the hearts of many young martial artists.
back then, because he was too old, he could not enter the genius training camp, so he did not obtain the best cultivation resources in the city of light chasing. yet relying on himself alone, in just three short years, wu zhuoqun had already become one of the top tier captains among the peak high-level martial artists of the city of light chasing defense group, and was only one step away from promotion to the bone forging realm.
this speed of progress, although not comparable to the top ten graduates of each session of the genius training camp, still surpassed seventy to eighty percent of the geniuses from the genius training camp.
now, such a genius martial artist was willing to spend a lot of time guiding them, these newcomer martial artists. this was something they had never dared to imagine.
just as the young martial artists of the human race were discussing who would go up next, the doors were suddenly pushed open. a woman wearing light blue b6-grade battle armor and carrying a full-body battle axe on her back quickly walked to wu zhuoqun’s side.
the woman’s appearance instantly made the female martial artists present look at her with shining eyes.
because this woman was also an object of admiration for many newcomer martial artists in the city of light chasing.
lin yan!
although lin yan’s record was far inferior to wu zhuoqun’s, at roughly the same age as wu zhuoqun, she possessed the strength to strive for the top twenty in the next defense group competition. such strength was already enough to crush many martial artists who had graduated from the genius training camp.
and with the genius training camp recruiting once every three years, it was already good if one or two among many martial artists could enter. if, some day, they could have strength like lin yan’s, they would wake up laughing from their dreams.
“what is it, why are you in such a hurry?” wu zhuoqun looked at lin yan, who appeared somewhat anxious, with some confusion.
“something big happened.” lin yan calmed her slightly rapid breathing, lowered her voice, and said, “according to the news we just received, those three monsters have moved. not long ago, they all went to the wilderness stronghold of the white feather gang. we don’t know what they intend to do, but we suspect the three of them are very likely to do something to the obsidian martial arts hall that went out of the city.”
“isn’t that hall master lin of the obsidian martial arts hall going with them as well? with that hall master lin there, those three should not dare to act recklessly.” wu zhuoqun said firmly. “although hall master lin is a newly advanced bone forging realm, he is still bone forging realm. no matter how bold those three are, they should know the difference between bone forging realm and viscera refining realm. that is not only a difference in strength. qi and blood and internal force undergo a qualitative change, which viscera refining realm cannot compare to at all.”
the bone forging realm strengthens and quenches all the bones of the body, and the bones are where the human body produces blood. after quenching, the bones are no longer those of an ordinary person, and their blood-producing ability is greatly enhanced. one’s qi and blood can be several times, even more than ten times that of an organ refining realm martial artist.
even if an organ refining realm martial artist had the same strength and speed as a bone forging realm martial artist, the strength and range of martial skill internal force they unleashed would be vastly different.
this is also why bone forging realm martial artists can injure lord monsters while advanced martial artists cannot. the destructive effect of their internal force is simply on a different level.
“that is what we thought too.” lin yan explained. “but we have just received more news. those three seem to have persuaded vice leader mihos. vice leader mihos is no longer in the city of light chasing and has very likely taken action together with those three.”
“vice leader mihos is insane. in order to win over those three, does he intend to ignore the rules?” wu zhuoqun’s expression turned grim after hearing this.
bone forging realm experts are the pillars of a city. although there is no explicit rule among the major powers of the cities, if bone forging realm experts from the same city are not provoked, they are not allowed to attack each other. after all, it is very difficult for any faction to defend against the retaliation of a bone forging realm expert; killing martial artists is as easy as playing for them.
martial artists are the foundation of a faction and a city. if all the martial artists are killed, then that faction and city are basically finished, or rather will suffer a severed generation, making it very difficult for another bone forging realm expert to appear in the short term. therefore, within the city, as long as factions have bone forging realm experts, they generally leave each other alone. at most, there are some wilderness battles between martial artists, just like between different races.
if there are any conflicts of profit, they send martial artists in the viscera refining realm like them to resolve and fight. bone forging realm experts do not move.
and with those three monsters bringing mihos along, it was obvious to anyone that this was to have mihos take a biased stance and promptly prevent lin qi, the bone forging realm expert, from doing anything unfavorable.
“what should we do now?” lin yan asked.
after they returned, they had already arranged for people to watch those three monsters, worried they would do something to the obsidian martial arts hall. after all, hall master lin qi of the obsidian martial arts hall could not possibly be with all the disciples of the obsidian martial arts hall at all times, and if those three monsters made a move, even luo wu shang and ye qinglu, who had killed steel bone and sharp tooth, might not be able to stop them.
those three monsters were already troublesome enough. now, with an additional vice leader mihos appearing, it simply made their work impossible.
“we have no choice.” wu zhuoqun immediately ordered. “notify the elders at once. we will rush over now and hope that, by relying on the elders’ status, we can stop them in time.”
“okay, i will contact them right away.” lin yan thought for a moment. right now, this was their only option.
if they wanted to prevent a battle between the two sides, they could only rush to the white feather gang stronghold and invoke their clan’s elders, forcing mihos not to show himself. as long as mihos could not step in, those three monsters naturally would not move against the obsidian martial arts hall.
after lin yan finished contacting them, she and wu zhuoqun immediately drove a flying transport vehicle toward the white feather gang stronghold.
wilderness white feather gang stronghold.
“you are courting death!”
mihos landed in the center of the battlefield. seeing jia long, men luo, and a liu si killed, his eyes turned red, his qi and blood erupted completely, and at some point a completely blood-red long saber appeared in his hand.
he shot toward yi ye fu yun like a cannon shell, so fast that the people present almost failed to react in time.
mihos’s furious outburst also made the surviving captains of the defense group breathe a sigh of relief, and some even felt a bit of schadenfreude.
mihos had always valued jia long, men luo, and a liu si highly and had extended olive branches several times, inviting the three to join his hunting group.
when they were still advanced martial artists, jia long, men luo, and a liu si already possessed strength close to the bone forging realm beginner level. as long as they were promoted to the bone forging realm, their strength could instantly approach the bone forging realm intermediate level.
three helpers whose strength approached the bone forging realm intermediate level would be an important combat force for wilderness hunting, greatly increasing mihos’s chances of hunting a junior lord.
but now, not only had the people of the obsidian martial arts hall ruined all of this, they had, after mihos called for a halt, still refused to stop, and killed jia long and the others right in front of mihos. this was a blatant slap in mihos’s face.
who was mihos?
as captains of the defense group, they could not be clearer. he was a rare genius martial artist of the three-eyed tribe, not only a top ten graduate of the previous genius training camp, but also someone who had advanced to a bone forging realm intermediate level expert within just three years after graduation, with a high chance of becoming a young clan leader of the three-eyed tribe in the future.
such a figure, even hall master lin qi of the obsidian martial arts hall, who had just advanced to the bone forging realm, would have to show him respect. yet the disciples of the obsidian martial arts hall treated him as nothing. how could this not make mihos furious?
“is this the strength of the bone forging realm intermediate level?” the dark guard captain of the white feather gang looked at the enraged mihos, and his heart trembled.
even from seven to eight hundred meters away, he could feel the oppressive force of that qi and blood, as if he were carrying weights of over a hundred kilograms on his back, his whole body uncomfortable. if it was like this from seven to eight hundred meters away, he did not dare imagine what it would be like to stand near mihos.
“looks like there is no chance to capture a prisoner from the obsidian martial arts hall.” mans said quietly beside him, watching mihos make his move with some regret.
he had not expected the disciples of the obsidian martial arts hall to be able to kill jia long and the other two, but precisely because they could, he became even more curious about the secret of crimson moon mountain.
otherwise, how could an unremarkable obsidian martial arts hall have the ability to cultivate its disciples to such a level that even the three monsters jia long and the others were no match? if this had nothing to do with crimson moon mountain, he would never believe it.
with a bone forging realm intermediate level expert like mihos personally making a move, the disciples of the obsidian martial arts hall would undoubtedly be annihilated. even if their elders used secret techniques to unleash their potential, they could not possibly capture disciples of the obsidian martial arts hall right under mihos’s nose.
the enraged mihos appeared in an instant less than one meter from yi ye fu yun and slashed down with the blood-red long saber.
in that moment, a blood-red blade light rose from the ground, the earth split open, and yi ye fu yun, who had instinctively tried to block with the b6-grade desert eagle, immediately noticed a terrifying fact.
his vision split into two, and his body no longer obeyed his control.
and the cosmic mercenary trainees who had been watching from afar were shocked by this scene.
because they saw a blood-red light curtain erupt from the ground, extending for five to six hundred meters, while yi ye fu yun, together with his armor, had already been sliced in half.
“so fast!”
zhang qing wei watched yi ye fu yun being cut down not far away, her eyes incomparably solemn.
she had never seen such a fast saber.
mihos’s saber was so fast that it was beyond what her naked eyes could capture. the same was true for yi ye fu yun: mihos’s saber had already cut him in half before yi ye fu yun instinctively raised the b6-grade desert eagle to block, his action slow by more than a beat.
“i will hold him off, you all look for a chance!”
at this moment, ye qinglu was fully focused on mihos and notified everyone through her smart watch.
“this is a bone forging realm boss. are you sure you will be okay?” fang zhen also reminded her through his smart watch. “the strength of this bone forging realm boss is probably above a junior lord. how about you wait a bit until vice president luo arrives, then hold him head-on together.”
“i can arrive within five seconds,” luo wu shang replied as well.
“don’t worry, i still have some confidence.” ye qinglu looked at mihos, who seemed like a descending demon king, her fighting spirit surging as she walked toward him step by step.
when dealing with men luo earlier, she had only tested the basic effect of the sword formation and had not used the true power of the giant sword formation. after all, using the true power of the giant sword formation consumed a great deal of spirit; if she used it a few times, she might pass out.
and since men luo could not withstand even the basic attacks of the giant sword formation, she naturally did not need to expend too much spirit on its true power.
now, the newly appearing boss before her was clearly a bone forging realm boss. he was the best target for her to test the effect of the giant sword formation.
and there were no players around to steal the kill right now. how could she miss such a good opportunity?
“you dare to face me alone? it seems the rumors that your obsidian martial arts hall is full of lunatics are not false.” the enraged mihos looked at ye qinglu walking toward him and could not help being slightly surprised.
other martial artists, when faced with the wrath of a bone forging realm, would not have time to run away, let alone fight, because the gap in strength between them was too great, simply not on the same level.
but the martial artists of the obsidian martial arts hall did not flee and instead came forward voluntarily. such courage was rare even among the geniuses of the genius training camp who had undergone countless trials. he had not expected an obsidian martial arts hall to actually cultivate disciples like this.
but surprise was one thing; mihos had no intention of letting the obsidian martial arts hall go.
since they had dared to ignore his words, only the blood of all the disciples of the obsidian martial arts hall could wash away this insult.
mihos immediately slashed at ye qinglu as she approached.
high-level martial skill blood prison, second level: blood light!
once again, the ground split open, and a blood-red blade light flew directly toward ye qinglu. the distance of several dozen meters vanished in the blink of an eye.
“combine!”
“giant sword falls!”
the moment ye qinglu saw mihos raise his blade, alarm bells rang in her heart. she immediately gathered all thirty-six arrows within the sword formation.
the thirty-six arrows continuously merged in midair, as if many small swords were slowly combining into a giant sword, which then fell rapidly from above mihos’s head like a meteor.
this was the limit that ye qinglu could unleash.
it could raise her strength up to eightfold.
this strike of nearly thirty-six tons, enough to injure a junior lord, came crashing down toward mihos’s head.
mihos’s reaction was also quick. seeing ye qinglu’s intent to perish together, he gave her no chance. at the moment of his strike, he changed his move midway, lifting the hand gripping the blood saber.
the blood saber crashed directly into the falling giant sword.
the blood light of this attack from mihos had quadruple strength, reaching forty-five tons of force. at the instant the blade and the sword collided, the giant sword collapsed.
just as mihos watched the giant sword shatter and prepared to swing a second strike at ye qinglu, he suddenly noticed, from the corner of his eye, a giant sword phantom appearing in the forest. he instinctively raised his blade to block.
another soaring blood light then blasted toward that giant sword phantom.
boom!
when the blood light met the giant sword phantom, it was like two missiles colliding. the terrifying impact caused the ground at the center to sink into a pit several meters deep.
inside the pit, the land was split into four sections by two rift valleys stretching several hundred meters.
within the dust and smoke, mans and the others, who had originally intended to watch a good show, were all gaping, unable to believe what they were seeing.
amid the dust, mihos, who should have been wantonly slaughtering, now had his saber hand covered in blood, his face extremely pale, though his eyes held more shock than anything else.
“extraordinary!”
“how can you use extraordinary martial skill?”
mihos stared fixedly at luo wu shang, who was several hundred meters away and had just swung that sword, his heart full of disbelief.
extraordinary martial skill!
even in the entire city of light chasing, only a handful had mastered such a thing. yet such a terrifying martial skill was actually mastered by a mere advanced martial artist of the obsidian martial arts hall. it was simply unbelievable.
seeing that luo wu shang was lifting her sword again, and ye qinglu not far away was once again gathering arrows in the air, mihos gritted his teeth, stomped fiercely on the ground, and sped toward the city of light chasing, disappearing from the white feather gang stronghold at a speed of over two hundred meters per second.
“he ran?”
mans stared at the fleeing mihos, stunned.
