Chapter 253: The Second Stage Of Perfection And Total War
“Once you become an officer, you can form a garrison.” Luo Wu Shang looked at the information on her smart watch, her expression quite surprised. “Has this game already unlocked guild gameplay this fast?”
Although many virtual games have guild gameplay, and it is one of the core features of traditional MMO games, she had not expected High Martial Arts Descend to open it so quickly.
Originally, she thought High Martial Arts Descend would only open it at public beta, since the game’s content updates and gameplay updates are very fast, like it waits until players reach that level, then starts testing.
And the opening of guild gameplay is extremely beneficial to internal test guilds. After all, the officials said this game is a non-wipe test. The earlier you form a guild in the game, the easier it is to recruit people and grow. With just guild tasks and guild benefits, many newcomers will choose to join a guild immediately to seek better development in the game.
As for High Martial Arts Descend, compared to other virtual games, while the players’ strength levels are very important, the number of players is far more important than individual strength.
Because in the game, if you want to get things done, you need a lot of manpower.
Even the daily maintenance of weapons and equipment needs people to wipe them one by one. The cleanliness of rooms needs people to clean every day. Everyday water use, bathing and such are all needed. It is completely unlike other virtual games, so realistic it makes one’s scalp tingle.
Having played until now, she spends a lot of time every day just on these things. If a large number of newcomers could do this, she could save a lot of time for cultivation and improvement.
“But it’s not easy to become an officer. It takes a full one hundred thousand merit points. Capturing a set of B4 battle armor only redeems ten merit points, a set of B6 battle armor fifty merit points, and Tier 2 battle armor only five hundred merit points. One hundred thousand merit points means we have to take down two hundred Bone Forging Realm NPCs.” Zhang Qing Wei also looked at the information in her hand, her crescent brows slightly furrowed. “Based on this version event’s information, this is total war between the City of Light Chasing and Star Tower City. Unlike our previous ambushes on convoys in the wilderness, this kind of war is all about large-scale army operations, with many weapons that can easily injure Bone Forging Realm enemies and large numbers of Bone Forging Realm NPCs moving together. Unless the few of us can constantly maintain transformation, so our physical fitness matches those Extreme Advanced Level Bone Forging Realm martial artists, it will be very hard to gain anything.”
After they transform, it could be said that unless extraordinary martial skills are used, it is difficult to kill advanced Bone Forging Realm NPCs in a short time. If they meet those top-tier Bone Forging Realm NPCs, they would need to cooperate with Luo Wu Shang using extraordinary martial skills to kill quickly.
But using extraordinary martial skills consumes a large amount of qi and blood and can barely be used a few times. Once blood qi is overly depleted, any random martial artist NPC could easily kill Luo Wu Shang.
Not to mention that this battle will take place on a battlefield packed with people, which raises the difficulty of killing Bone Forging Realm NPCs to another level.
“Don’t worry about that. After my cultivation method reached second level perfection, my body underwent a second metamorphosis, and my physical fitness upper limit improved a lot. Originally I only had four thousand kilograms of strength; now I can reach six thousand kilograms, and my speed has reached one hundred meters per second, already a bit stronger than a normal Bone Forging Realm beginner level martial artist. After becoming an extraordinary lifeform, I should be able to break through the fifteen-thousand-kilogram limit.” Luo Wu Shang said with a smile. “By then, even without using extraordinary martial skills, I should be able to quickly kill those Extreme Advanced Level Bone Forging Realm NPCs.”
“The improvement is that big after the cultivation method reaches second level perfection?” Twilight of the Gods could not help being shocked when he heard this.
For those cultivating the strength system, reaching one hundred percent proficiency in the cultivation method second level only gives around six thousand kilograms of strength. Yet Luo Wu Shang, as an agility system martial artist, already matches the strength system in power, and adding her terrifying speed and reaction, she is simply more frightening than a true Bone Forging Realm beginner level martial artist.
Not to mention Luo Wu Shang has also trained her body strengthening secret technique to second level; her actual strength and speed have additional increases. It could be said that in normal state, Luo Wu Shang’s strength is nine thousand two hundred kilograms, and her speed reaches one hundred thirty-two meters per second. She is practically a living Bone Forging Realm intermediate level martial artist.
Zhang Qing Wei and Zhao Hu beside them also could not help drawing in a breath of cold air when they heard this.
“So now, in normal state, you can fight an intermediate Bone Forging Realm NPC head-on?” Zhao Hu could not help looking toward Luo Wu Shang as he spoke.
As a strength system martial artist, his strength has only just reached six thousand kilograms, but he falls far behind in speed, at a standard sixty meters per second. He has not trained body strengthening secret technique to second level, only first level perfection, without the extra three thousand two hundred kilograms of strength and thirty-two meters per second speed.
Luo Wu Shang nodded. “I suggest that when you impact the Bone Forging Realm, it’s best to also train the second level to perfection realm. That way, after you become Bone Forging Realm, your physical fitness will be stronger.”
As she is now, even without transformation and without using extraordinary martial skills, she is confident she can kill an intermediate Bone Forging Realm martial artist. If she uses extraordinary martial skills, she might even have a chance to take down advanced Bone Forging Realm martial artists.
“Train to perfection realm before impacting the Bone Forging Realm, huh?”
Zhang Qing Wei and Zhao Hu thought it over and inwardly agreed that before impacting the Bone Forging Realm, it was very necessary to first train the cultivation method’s second level to perfection realm. That way, compared to other players who had not reached perfection, they would always have extra strength and speed.
After Luo Wu Shang finished her discussion, the members of Heavenly Might followed her and returned to Obsidian Martial Arts Hall at once, waiting for the version event to begin.
Night fell over Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
While the players in the hall were filled with joy, the other disciples of the hall were all gloomy.
“Have you heard? This time it’s not just Star Tower City making a move; even that legendary Holy Blood Mercenary Group will go all out. Can we really hold them off?”
“I heard the Holy Blood Mercenary Group is going all out this time because the master of the pavilion personally killed one of their geniuses, and then even killed more than a dozen of their Bone Forging Realm experts, which enraged them.”
“The master of the pavilion really lives up to his name, killing people from the Holy Blood Mercenary Group just like that. But is provoking the Holy Blood Mercenary Group really okay? That is the mercenary group that even the Red Moon Merchant Guild gave up on dealing with. Although this is supposedly just a war between two cities, the Holy Blood Mercenary Group is probably mainly targeting us.”
“I am so unlucky. The family abandoned me before, and now the martial arts hall has offended the Holy Blood Mercenary Group. Now I have to go to the battlefield again. This is just not letting me live.”
With the city lord’s sudden declaration of total war between cities, everyone in the entire city was stunned. After all, the City of Light Chasing had been peaceful for decades, and suddenly they announce war, and it is total war, affecting every person in the city.
Total war between cities is equivalent to two major forces within the cities going to war. It is a fight to the death, and every major faction in the city must send more than half of their people to the battlefield. This is the price for being allowed to occupy territory and run various businesses in the city.
The apprentices sent out by the major forces are not so bad, as they will not participate in direct combat and only serve as logistics. But quasi-martial artists and above must all go to the battlefield.
For the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, this city war is even more terrifying. They not only have to face the aggressive army of Star Tower City, but also the Holy Blood Mercenary Group’s targeted attacks. Their chances of surviving are very slim.
Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, inside the intermediate training room.
“Tina, your family had you join Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Do you feel wronged now?” Xia Ling looked at Estina, who had just stopped practicing with the intermediate combat puppet, and asked with a smile. “If you were still in the Boran Family, they definitely wouldn’t let you go to the battlefield. They would let you focus on preparing for the Genius Training Camp exam. You wouldn’t have to not only go to war now, but also be targeted by that rumored Holy Blood Mercenary Group on the battlefield.”
“Do you regret it?” Estina, wearing a silver-white metal mask, wiped her sweat and calmly asked back. “If you hadn’t taken the initiative to join Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, you would still be your young lady, and you wouldn’t need to participate in this city war.”
“I think joining Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is great. Besides, it was my own choice, so why would I regret it?” Xia Ling said casually. “But you are different. You were sent here by your family.”
“I am the same.” Estina replied calmly. “On the day I joined the martial arts hall guard corps, I knew there would definitely be many things like this in the future. Besides, even if I entered the Genius Training Camp, I would still have to go through all kinds of life-and-death tempering. This city war is just another trial of life and death. In fact, I think joining Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is better. If I had not joined, I would not have improved this fast.”
After she finished speaking, Estina erupted with her own powerful blood qi, clearly having already reached the level of an intermediate martial artist.
“Looks like I really cannot be friends with you. You improve too fast!” Xia Ling clicked her tongue slightly, but her own blood qi also burst out, no weaker than Estina’s. “I originally planned to use you to have a good practice today, to get more familiar with the microscopic feeling. Now it seems yesterday’s effort was in vain again.”
Since Estina joined the martial arts hall guard corps, Xia Ling could be said to have found herself a rival. Although the human race side also had a few geniuses, compared to Estina, they were still far inferior.
With that, Xia Ling stepped out with Startling Swan, shifting in midair, and directly attacked Estina with a practice weapon.
Estina was not the least bit inferior, also using the recently learned Startling Swan. The two of them fought in midair over the training ground.
Their sparring made Qin Mu, who was instructing microscopic technique at the side, feel a great pressure.
“Brother Qin, how is the situation in the guard corps recently?” Lin Qi came to stand beside Qin Mu and asked curiously.
After arranging for Meng Wei to handle the branch hall construction, he had entrusted the daily training of the martial arts hall guard corps to Qin Mu, having him teach the members microscopic technique. This would make learning martial skills easier later and make them stronger at the same level.
“Master of the pavilion, among the five hundred martial artists of the guard corps, fifteen have reached microscopic level. Everyone has already mastered Startling Swan. There are seventy-six people who have mastered the energy secret technique. These people, if they unleash their potential, can have their physical fitness instantly reach peak high-level martial artist standards. Below the Bone Forging Realm, they should have few rivals.” Qin Mu reported respectfully.
“So many have mastered the energy secret technique already?” Lin Qi was quite surprised.
The energy secret technique he passed to the guard corps was much more difficult than the one spread by the White Feather Gang. After all, the White Feather Gang’s energy secret technique only had energy burning and did not include absorbing energy from the outside world.
Of course, the main reason the White Feather Gang did not do that was their lack of a mental secret technique. Ordinary people learning the energy absorption and storage parts would easily get themselves killed. They must have the body strengthening and mental secret techniques as support to learn relatively safely.
But in his view, even an incomplete version of the energy secret technique should be difficult to learn in the short term. Even though these people had already been tested and had high talent for energy, they ultimately could not compare to players.
He had not expected as many as seventy-six people to master it, able to unleash their own potential and elevate their physical fitness in a short time to peak high-level martial artist standards.
This might not count for much for an entire city, but for a single faction, it was very impressive. After all, within the city, most major factions did not have many Bone Forging Realm martial artists, and there were even fewer peak high-level martial artists.
So many peak high-level martial artists could only be mustered by the city’s clans and races, not by a single faction. Moreover, these seventy-six people had all learned Startling Swan and Lightning Palm and wielded superconducting electromagnetic guns forged from C3 alloy.
As Bone Forging Realm martial artists could not fly, a peak high-level martial artist using their internal force to wield a C3-grade superconducting electromagnetic gun could threaten, and even kill, Bone Forging Realm martial artists.
This was also why he dared to establish a branch hall in the Mountain of the Dead and dared to kill members of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group.
Viscera Refining Realm martial artists who could injure Bone Forging Realm martial artists, and could be produced in numbers. Given some time, he truly did not believe any faction’s Bone Forging Realm experts could withstand him.
“Master of the pavilion, tomorrow the city lord’s army will set out. Can we go with them?” Qin Mu asked with some anticipation.
The city lord’s city conscription order required each major faction to send at least half of its quasi-martial artists and martial artists to war. Although Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had recruited many disciples, there were not many quasi-martial artist or higher disciples; they were mainly concentrated among the true disciples wearing silver-gray clothing.
And those true martial arts hall disciples, once they learned of the upcoming total city war, all became extremely excited, eager to rush out and fight immediately.
If all those true disciples went, then few from the martial arts hall guard corps would get a chance to go. If Lin Qi deliberately wanted to hide his strength, then the guard corps disciples would have even less chance of going.
As a vagrant who had roamed the wilderness for years, Qin Mu knew very well that rapid progress on the martial path required life-and-death tempering. With a once-in-decades great war before them, though dangerous, it was also an opportunity to fight martial artists freely, and even face Bone Forging Realm experts rarely seen normally.
If they missed this, who knew how long it would take for another chance, or it might never come in this lifetime.
