Chapter 275: The Shattered Sky And The Players’ Second-stage Transformation Concept
City of Light Chasing, Martial Artist Association.
In the silent training room, Precia’s surprised voice kept echoing, making the Half-Scale Race man cultivating with closed eyes beside her unable to resist opening his eyes and looking directly at Precia in the communication feed.
“What happened with Bert?” The Half-Scale Race man looked at Precia, who had just hung up, and asked in a low voice.
Bert, as the representative leader of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals this time, and also a Blood Condensation Realm master, had strength surpassing the city lords of many cities. If he hid himself to do something, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Precia hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, “Senior brother, something big may have happened over in Chiyue Town.”
“Bert made a move in Chiyue Town?” The Half-Scale Race man looked at Precia with some confusion, not understanding why she seemed so worried.
When Bert led people to Chiyue Town, they already knew something would definitely happen there. After all, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had killed two super geniuses of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, which was no small matter for Earth Star Pharmaceuticals.
Although the super geniuses of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals were all raised with potions and their true strength was slightly inferior to those of other major powers, they were still painstakingly selected from hundreds or even thousands of geniuses. The resources invested were enough to make the city lords of major cities go mad.
As the leader, Bert could not possibly escape responsibility for the death of two super geniuses, so going directly to cause trouble for Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was perfectly normal.
They also understood that Bert knew the rules. Even if he went to cause trouble for Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, he would not dare go too far. After all, he was a Blood Condensation Realm master. If he went too far and caused a vile impact on the Wushan Region, it would be a slap in the face to their Domain City.
So they simply turned a blind eye. If Bert caused too big a scene, he would step in to teach Bert a lesson. That was also why the Domain City had sent him along.
Now that Bert was making trouble in Chiyue Town, even if it got big, it would only end with him stepping in to teach Bert a lesson.
“He definitely made a move.” Precia nodded, her expression a bit heavy, and said, “He acted on the first day he entered Chiyue Town. The people we sent to monitor him felt a terrifying surge of qi and blood, but it ended quickly, so they did not think too much of it.”
“But after Bert entered the Cultivation Tower built by Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, he has not come out for more than two days now, and even the other people from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals have not come out of the tower. The monitoring personnel went into that Cultivation Tower to investigate and found no trace of Bert and the others at all. Aside from some repairs, everything in the Cultivation Tower was normal.”
“The monitoring personnel suspect that Bert and the others might all be dead…”
“Dead?” The Half-Scale Race man froze for a moment after hearing this, full of disbelief as he asked, “Do those people monitoring have any basis for that?”
Bert, as a super genius of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals and also a Blood Condensation Realm master, was someone even he would need to spend some effort to deal with.
Now they were telling him Bert had died within Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s territory. How could he dare believe that?
Leaving aside whether Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was capable of doing it, even if they were, there was no way they would actually do it. He was, after all, the representative of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. Killing him outright would be an open declaration of war on Earth Star Pharmaceuticals.
In terms of true strength, Earth Star Pharmaceuticals might not be a match for the Domain Cities of the Four Regions, but it was still a top-tier major power in the Four Regions and monopolized half of the advanced potions there. Its influence in the Four Regions could be said to surpass even that of their Domain Cities.
Openly declaring war on Earth Star Pharmaceuticals was something that not even a Domain City would dare to do lightly.
“There is no concrete evidence.” Precia shook her head and softly explained, “But the monitoring personnel said that on the day Bert and the others went in, people from Obsidian Martial Arts Hall handled some corpses. And during these past two days, no one has seen Bert and the others walk out of that Cultivation Tower, so they suspect Bert and the others most likely died inside…”
“Is this Obsidian Martial Arts Hall insane?” The young Half-Scale Race man could not help but furrow his brows, his expression very ugly. “They even dare kill the representative of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. Do they not know this is a declaration of war against Earth Star Pharmaceuticals?”
Although there was no ironclad proof, keeping someone like Bert, a Blood Condensation Realm master of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, inside a tower for two days without appearing was simply impossible.
Bert came this time as a representative of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals regarding the Wushan Prison matter. Now that Wushan Prison was about to open, and with two super geniuses dead, it was impossible for him not to go back to the Domain City to report to Earth Star Pharmaceuticals and have them send other geniuses as soon as possible, otherwise their losses would only expand further.
If Bert stayed in Chiyue Town for more than two days, the opportunity would have gone cold.
And since Bert did not return to the Domain City with them, the remaining possibilities were that either Bert intended to defect from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, or he was already dead.
For someone like Bert, who knew Earth Star Pharmaceuticals extremely well, defection was absolutely impossible.
Then there was only one truth.
Bert was dead.
Although they did not know what method Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had used to kill Bert, Bert was indeed dead.
“Senior brother, what should we do next?” Precia also asked the Half-Scale Race man with an ugly expression.
In fact, her senior brother’s guess was the same as hers. It could be confirmed that Bert had been killed by Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
The complete annihilation of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals’ delegation in the Wushan Region was no small matter. The deaths of their two super geniuses, especially when Earth Star Pharmaceuticals was in the wrong, was something they could only swallow. Afterward, they would at most quickly cultivate a new generation of super geniuses and punish those responsible.
But now Earth Star Pharmaceuticals’ entire group was wiped out, which was of a completely different nature. It could be said that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had poked a hole in the sky.
If they did not handle this properly, even if they did not die, they would be skinned.
“Notify Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. This is no longer something we can intervene in.” The Half-Scale Race man let out a sigh, his face so dark it seemed water could drip from it.
“Then I will return to the Domain City.” Precia nodded, got up, and walked directly out of the training room, not daring to waste any time.
With the entire group from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals gone, such an incident was enough to shake two regions like an earthquake. She could not understand how Obsidian Martial Arts Hall dared to do this.
And as Precia had guessed, once the news reached Mist Mountain Domain City, it stirred up a thousand waves. Everyone was shocked and puzzled.
In Mist Mountain Domain City, inside a fresh and elegant courtyard.
As a Winged Tribe man with two pairs of pure white wings, only about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, walked into the courtyard, Fansen, who was inside practicing martial skills with one eye and one arm, stopped his actions.
“Brother Lan, why did you suddenly come here?”
Fansen of the one-eyed tribe looked somewhat surprised at the approaching Winged Youth.
Lan Yu.
He was one of the few super geniuses in Mist Mountain Domain City who could compete with him, and he was even one grade younger. In terms of strength, he was only slightly weaker.
If not for joining up with Lan Yu for this expedition to Wushan Prison, they normally would have little interaction.
“Did you not say before that you found a very good external cooperation team?” Lan Yu, with two pairs of white wings, asked in a low voice. “I am here today about that cooperation team.”
“You mean Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” Fansen spoke with confidence and excitement. “That Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is not simple. I heard a few days ago they even took out two super geniuses of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. If our team cooperates with Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, we will definitely be able to explore the lower level.”
He had already thought highly of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s strength since they crushed Star Tower City, but a few days ago Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had given him another surprise.
Earth Star Pharmaceuticals was a top-tier major power among the Four Regions. Although the geniuses they raised with potions were mediocre in strength, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had been able to kill over a hundred geniuses and two super geniuses from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. That level of strength would place them in the upper echelon among teams entering Wushan Prison.
If their two teams joined forces, even those top tier teams could be challenged. Entering the lower level of the prison might not be guaranteed, but there was a fifty to sixty percent chance.
“Yes, that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.” Lan Yu nodded. “I came to tell you to cancel all cooperation with Obsidian Martial Arts Hall as soon as possible. If you do not cancel it, then I can only withdraw from this team.”
“Brother Lan, is this necessary? Do you have some great grudge with Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” Fansen looked at Lan Yu in confusion.
“I have no grudge with them.” Lan Yu shook his head and said very bluntly, “I just do not have the guts to join hands with Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. You probably do not know yet, but Obsidian Martial Arts Hall has caused a huge disaster. Not long ago, they completely wiped out the delegation of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. This matter has already spread through almost the entire Domain City.”
“They wiped out the entire delegation of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals? How is that possible?!” Fansen was stunned, feeling like Lan Yu was joking.
He did not know about the situation of teams from other regions, but as a top-tier major power in the Four Regions, every time Earth Star Pharmaceuticals sent a team, there would always be a Blood Condensation Realm master accompanying them, and not an ordinary one.
Wiping out the team of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals meant that even their Blood Condensation Realm master had been killed.
But as far as he knew, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall did not have anyone in the Blood Condensation Realm at all. Their strongest was only Hall Master Lin Qi, a Bone Forging Realm expert. Even if you added up everyone in Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, they could not possibly be a match for a Blood Condensation Realm master of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, let alone kill one.
“I expect Earth Star Pharmaceuticals will receive the news soon, and they definitely will not let Obsidian Martial Arts Hall go. I advise you to cancel your cooperation with them early, otherwise you will be dragged down with them.” Lan Yu persuaded him. “If you do not cancel, not only will I withdraw, the others will as well.”
“Alright, I will inform Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.” Fansen agreed without hesitation.
Seeing Fansen agree, Lan Yu also let out a sigh of relief, worried that Fansen might be stubborn. With Wushan Prison about to open, he had no better team to join. Acting alone in Wushan Prison was suicide and would make him miss this chance to enter, which was something he could not accept.
Only after Fansen escorted Lan Yu out of the courtyard did he slowly recover from his shock.
“What a pity.” Fansen clenched his teeth, then instructed a follower to go to the City of Light Chasing to deliver the message.
Although he thought highly of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, he also understood that if he canceled the cooperation with them, entering Wushan Prison would no longer be about reaching the lower level, but about whether they could survive at all.
Moreover, even if he continued cooperating with Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, if his team members all withdrew, he still would not be able to enter the lower level. The choice was obvious.
City of Light Chasing, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, which should have been bustling with people coming and going, had suddenly become much quieter after word spread that the entire group from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals had been wiped out. More than ninety percent of those who wanted to come learn martial skills at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall stopped coming, and even more than ninety percent of applicants to join it backed out. The ones still willing to join were either unregistered nomads or desperate people with no way out in the city.
This made the once lively Obsidian Martial Arts Hall suddenly much more desolate.
“Hall master, Fansen says he wants to cancel our cooperation.” Qin Mu frowned slightly as he read the information. “Now we will not only have to explore Wushan Prison on our own, but the major powers may also take shots at us inside the prison. Are we really still going to Wushan Prison?”
Since the news of Bert and the others’ deaths had spread, all the major powers treated them like a scourge. Even the city lord had canceled the garrison patrols around Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, afraid of being resented by Earth Star Pharmaceuticals.
From the way the major powers were acting, it was almost certain that as long as Earth Star Pharmaceuticals raised its arm, the major powers would gladly help deal with them. When the people of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall entered Wushan Prison, they would not be facing a bunch of disunited teams, but an alliance of major powers targeting them.
“We are going. Why not?” Lin Qi smiled, not surprised at all. When he killed Bert, he had already expected this outcome. “If they want to fight, our Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is not easy meat.”
And after his battle with Bert, he personally felt it was very necessary to go into Wushan Prison.
Leaving aside that the cultivation methods Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could offer currently only went up to the Bone Forging Realm, they did not have a single Supernatural Martial Skill available for players to learn, let alone a Sequence Transcendent Martial Skill.
If he had been able to learn even one Sequence Transcendent Martial Skill, his battle with Bert would have been much easier. There were many good things inside Wushan Prison, including cultivation methods beyond the Blood Condensation Realm. So no matter what Earth Star Pharmaceuticals planned, he had to enter Wushan Prison.
“Right, how is Yaklo’s work on the Berserk Potion going?” Lin Qi asked casually.
The Berserk Potion developed by Yaklo was excellent for Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. It could increase overall physical fitness by twenty percent, and the impact on strength far exceeded twenty percent, especially since most players were still only advanced martial artists. That was no small boost.
“It is already being sold inside the hall. Yaklo also said that several disciples trained in producing the Berserk Potion can now make it independently. He believes we will be able to prepare enough Berserk Potions for all disciples before entering Wushan Prison.” Qin Mu reported.
“Good.” Lin Qi nodded. This was the best news in days.
Since killing Bert, not a single player had been promoted to the Bone Forging Realm in more than two days, which had greatly slowed his progress toward mastering the third cultivation method.
But now, with the Berserk Potion, it at least made up somewhat for Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s lack of strength.
While Lin Qi and Qin Mu were discussing how to make better use of the Berserk Potion, in the lounge of the hall, Li Ranxing sat cross-legged on the floor, holding a freshly redeemed bottle of Berserk Potion in his hand.
“According to the previous simulations of the Super Quantum Computer, even if my physical fitness enters the Transcendent State, I still cannot form mecha on my skin’s surface. I wonder if this Berserk Potion will succeed.” Li Ranxing reviewed his recent training once more, then activated Extraordinary Lifeform again and downed the Berserk Potion in one gulp, once more beginning to construct a massive Mecha Phantom outside his body.
