Chapter 244: You Didn’t Know? Our Race Can Change Our Combat Power
“Lord Hao Wan, should we make a move?”
The five members of Smiling Skull looked at Fang Zhen and Yi Ye Fu Yun, who were chatting, and could not help but quietly ask their leader Hao Wan.
By now they had already seen it clearly: the people in front of them were either a group of lunatics, or newborn calves unafraid of tigers, who had no idea what kind of existence Smiling Skull really was.
“Fine, you quickly deal with these people, I’ll go after Precia.” Hao Wan nodded. His trace of doubt about Fang Zhen and the others had completely vanished.
Whether Fang Zhen and the others knew what Smiling Skull was, and regardless of why they were looking at them with the eyes of hunters, a mere faction from the City of Light Chasing was not worth any more of his time. Capturing Precia was what mattered most.
And the instant Hao Wan finished speaking, his whole body vanished from where he stood. Like a cannonball, he swept past Fang Zhen and the others, raising a storm that almost blew the four of them away.
By the time Fang Zhen and the other three reacted, Hao Wan, whose figure was nearly six meters tall and who looked like a giant, had already appeared in front of Precia hundreds of meters away. Everywhere he passed looked as if it had been swept by a typhoon.
“You actually learned Storm Step!”
Precia, who had originally planned to sit back and watch to recover her strength, looked at Hao Wan, who appeared before her in an instant, and her expression grew much more solemn.
The super-tier martial skill Storm Step.
This was a footwork technique from the Four Regions Youth Competition a year ago that had nearly become as famous as Illusion Step. It was the latest super-tier martial skill developed in the Tianhe Region, and was currently the known super-tier martial skill with the strongest explosive speed.
When cultivated to Third Level Perfection, it could double one’s own speed, allowing a normal Extreme Advanced Level Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist to directly break the sound barrier.
In pure speed, Illusion Step could not compare at all.
“Precia, the ones progressing in this world are not only you. I already told you before that even if you were uninjured, you might not be my match now.” As Hao Wan spoke, the great hammer in his hand smashed down.
The super-tier martial skill Earth Roar.
The great hammer Hao Wan swung stirred up a terrifying internal force storm, like a rocket jet, blasting toward Precia’s head.
But Precia’s reaction was not slow. Almost instantly, she used Illusion Step and dodged this hammer at the very last moment.
Boom!
The great hammer hit the ground, and the valley floor exploded on the spot like a volcano erupting, forming a pillar of smoke soaring into the sky, visible even from more than ten kilometers away.
After dodging the strike, Precia countered with a slash of her blade.
Hao Wan used Storm Step to dodge, moving to Precia’s side. Precia’s diagonal slash was like a slice taken out of a canvas, leaving a blade mark hundreds of meters long and more than ten meters deep in the ground.
For a while, as they exchanged blows, they were like two colossal beasts over a hundred meters tall fighting. The terrain of the entire valley changed every second.
As the two fought fiercely, Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang in the distance faced the empty air and began commentating excitedly.
“Brothers, you’ve always been curious about battles at the Bone Forging Realm, right? This is a Bone Forging Realm battle. You can say every second is burning money. But their movements are too fast; ordinary people probably can’t see anything. Only someone like me who has become a martial artist can barely make things out.” Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang spoke and explained at the same time. “As for this Mountain of the Dead, I don’t recommend anyone below martial artist level coming here. The danger level here is at least two tiers higher than the Wilderness. For newcomers starting outside, it’s best to begin from the Wilderness Area. Otherwise, a task like this could cost you your life.”
“And once you reach the martial artist level, body movement techniques and footwork become more and more important. Look at the two of them fighting. That woman is injured, but with flexible footwork she can still fight evenly. So I suggest that after newcomers enter, they must put effort into footwork. That way, their survival ability outside will be higher and cheaper.”
While Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang live streamed, Fang Zhen, Yi Ye Fu Yun, and the others on the scene also reacted. They all started taking photos to record the moment.
A clash between two Bone Forging Realm bosses with such a grand scene was rare in the game. It would be a pity not to capture it as a memento. They could even use it as the game pod’s desktop; having such a shocking scene appear on boot-up sounded great.
This kind of spectacular scene could even be used as a game promotion CG without any problem.
However, Fang Zhen and the others’ actions left the five Smiling Skull members, who were preparing to strike, completely dumbfounded. They felt that Fang Zhen’s group of seven either really had mental problems, or had long since put life and death aside.
Facing them, five Advanced Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists, Fang Zhen’s seven acted as if they did not even exist, still having the leisure to watch their captain Hao Wan and Precia’s battle, even occasionally making comments. They seemed to have come to the Mountain of the Dead for an outing, completely unaware of what death was.
If others saw this, they might even think Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was some incredible faction that even Smiling Skull did not dare to touch.
“These people really must all be idiots. Let’s move. Lord Hao Wan might not be able to finish quickly alone. If other teams arrive, our merit will be cut in half.” The Half-Beast Race man looked at Fang Zhen and the others chatting and laughing, and suggested to his companions.
The other four all nodded, feeling they could not delay any longer. The sooner they dealt with Fang Zhen’s seven, the sooner they could complete the task. And the Mountain of the Dead was exceptionally dangerous. Even though they were familiar with the area, they could not afford a battle that lasted too long, or everyone risked falling here.
When the five of Smiling Skull revealed their killing intent, Fang Zhen and the others sensed it immediately and finally turned their gaze back to the five of Smiling Skull.
“There are five of them. Are we all going in, or does each side send one?” Fang Zhen raised his voice and asked Yi Ye Fu Yun opposite him.
“Let’s finish it quickly. Whoever kills them gets the loot. I don’t want others coming to steal drops again.” Yi Ye Fu Yun shouted back.
“Alright, then make it quick.” Fang Zhen nodded and turned his gaze to the five of Smiling Skull.
“Courting death. A bunch of Organ Refining Realm punks dare bare their teeth at us!” The Half-Beast Race man of Smiling Skull almost laughed in anger at Fang Zhen and the others showing killing intent toward them. His qi and blood suddenly surged as he prepared to give them a show of force to wake them up.
At the same time the Half-Beast Race man’s qi and blood erupted, the aura around Fang Zhen’s seven suddenly soared as well, like a terrifying fierce beast awakening. Their surging life force crashed outward in waves like the sea.
“This… how is this possible!”
“What happened? Why did their life force suddenly become so strong?”
The five of Smiling Skull looked at the sudden change in Fang Zhen and the others’ life force, their faces full of shock, wondering if they had lost their minds.
The seven who had seemed like sheep now felt like seven gigantic beasts. Their terrifying life force was so overwhelming that even a High-Level Lord would be far inferior.
As Fang Zhen and the others used the Star Energy Construct Secret Method, Hao Wan and Precia, fighting in the distance, stopped at the same time and looked in the direction of that life force.
“Damn it. Did fighting for so long draw those things over?” The instant Hao Wan felt that terrifying life force, his face twisted in fear. “Seven? How is that possible!”
The Mountain of the Dead was a place that even a Domain City did not dare tread into lightly, mainly because of those Catastrophe Level Monsters that even Domain City found extremely troublesome.
If one appeared, it would be a calamity.
At this moment, not only was Hao Wan shocked by the sudden life force, Precia was also extremely horrified.
How could the commotion of their battle possibly draw out seven Catastrophe Level Monsters?
But when the two of them saw that the life force came from Fang Zhen and the others, their originally horrified expressions turned strange.
“How can their life force be so strong?” Precia looked at Fang Zhen and the others, full of confusion and doubt.
Life force was not something that could be improved just because one wanted to. It required an increase in life force itself, but that was easier said than done. Even Domain City had no good method, relying only on rare herbs to slightly enhance life force, and the extent of improvement was very limited.
It was absolutely impossible to increase life force a hundredfold or more like Fang Zhen and the others. Their whole bodies also seemed wrapped in some kind of invisible layer, as if wearing a transparent coat, and their hair and silver-gray long coats stirred without wind.
After their life force surged, the seven of them almost simultaneously attacked Smiling Skull.
Among Fang Zhen’s seven, aside from Dark Judgment, who had only recently been promoted to Beginner Martial Artist, the other six were Advanced Martial Artists. Moreover, Fang Zhen, Ye Qinglu, Chen Ya, Li Ranxing, and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang had all already reached Peak High-Level Martial Artist.
After the five of them used the semi-finished Star Energy Construct Secret Method and transformed into Supernatural Life, each of their strengths approached fifteen tons, comparable to Extreme Advanced Level Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists. Against Advanced Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists, they were not afraid at all.
And due to the buffed strength bonuses, especially after achieving First Level Perfection in the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, their strength increased by as much as 50%, and together with the support of B6-level battle armor, their actual strength surpassed twenty-three tons.
Those who had cultivated the Second Level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique were even more terrifying.
Fang Zhen used Reverse Star Step to arrive in front of the Half-Beast Race man. Without another word, he threw a punch.
This punch contained no technique, just a normal strike, but it was so fast that the Half-Beast Race man almost failed to react. He could only barely swing his spear horizontally to block the sudden blow.
Boom!
From just that one punch, the Advanced Bone Forging Realm Half-Beast Race man was blasted more than a hundred meters away, smashing through more than ten large trees before he stopped.
Although he managed to steady himself, both his hands were numb, and he almost could not hold his spear.
“How is this possible! You are just a Human Race Organ Refining Realm Martial Artist. How can you have such strength?” The Half-Beast Race man looked at Fang Zhen in the distance, full of shock and confusion.
Just one punch.
And without any technique, that one punch had left him, an Advanced Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist, with numb hands. Who would believe this?
His own strength was over twelve tons. With the enhancement from perfected martial skills and six tons of support from his Tier 2 Battle Armor, he had a full twenty tons of strength. That was power even Peak High-Level Martial Artists would struggle to reach with martial skills.
Yet in front of Fang Zhen, just an ordinary punch had made his hands go numb. It was simply unbelievable.
Before the Half-Beast Race man could recover from his shock, Yi Ye Fu Yun suddenly appeared behind him, feigning surprise and speaking proudly, “What, you don’t know? We are a race that can change our combat power!”
Before he finished, Yi Ye Fu Yun held nothing back and unleashed Reverse Star Hand.
With fourfold strength, a palm strike of over a hundred tons slammed into the Half-Beast Race man’s back.
Even with Tier 2 Battle Armor, such power could not be resisted simply by dispersing impact. Under that terrifying impact, his internal organs were all shattered. He died on the spot, and the ground beneath was blasted into a crater more than ten meters in radius. The back of his Tier 2 Battle Armor caved in.
As the Half-Beast Race man died, the other four of Smiling Skull were in no better shape. Even though they were not ambushed, facing Ye Qinglu and the others whose casual punches and kicks all exceeded twenty-three tons, they could barely resist.
“How can this be?”
“Can the Human Race’s combat power be increased at will?”
In the distance, Hao Wan stared, stunned.
As someone who had reached Extreme Advanced Level Bone Forging Realm, his sharp senses far surpassed those of ordinary martial artists. Yi Ye Fu Yun had not spoken quietly, so Hao Wan heard every word clearly.
Normally, he would never believe such a thing even if he were beaten to death, and would only think Yi Ye Fu Yun was spouting nonsense.
But right now, the seven humans’ qi and blood clearly appeared to be only at the Organ Refining Realm, yet their current combat power was such that even an Extreme Advanced Level Bone Forging Realm Expert might not be able to withstand them.
If it were just one person, fine. But all seven were like this. To say he did not believe it would be a lie.
“Does the Human Race really have such terrifying ability?” Precia watched Fang Zhen and the others completely crush Smiling Skull, stunned.
She had spent many years in Domain City and had never heard of humans possessing such a power to change their own combat power.
Domain City also had Human Race geniuses. She had fought several of them, yet had never heard of such an ability among those geniuses.
She was highly suspicious that Yi Ye Fu Yun was lying, but she could not find any proof.
In that short time, the five members of Smiling Skull had already been killed by Ye Qinglu and the others, who then charged together at Hao Wan, the so-called genius martial artist of Smiling Skull.
“Do you really think I am the same as those wastes?” Hao Wan looked at the charging Ye Qinglu and the others with disdain and swung his great hammer down.
The super-tier martial skill Earth Roar.
As a top Bone Forging Realm Expert, although slightly inferior to an outside Vice City Lord, he was not someone a few Extreme Bone Forging Realm experts could defeat.
“Giant Sword Formation!”
Ye Qinglu did not hold back either. With a single thought, thirty-six B6-level arrows turned into a greatsword descending from the sky, unleashing eight times her strength.
In an instant, more than two hundred tons of force smashed into the great hammer.
Boom!
A thunderous blast echoed for more than ten kilometers around. The ground collapsed, and trees were flung into the air.
When the figures in the valley became visible again, Hao Wan, nearly six meters tall, was already sunk deep into the ground. Both his arms were twisted beyond recognition, blood seeped through his Tier 2 Battle Armor, and his aura grew weaker and weaker. He was clearly on his last legs.
