Chapter 329: The Four Domains In Shock
“All dead?”
Rake heard this, his eyes widened, and he froze for a moment, feeling like this was a joke.
A Half-Step Heavenly Human expert, in this era when those of the Heavenly Human Realm rarely make a move, already stands at the peak. By being able to maintain a Qi and Blood Phantom in battle at all times, plus a body that has broken through the limit to more than 400 tons of strength, even a Peak High-level Blood Condensation Realm Martial Artist cannot Block more than a few blows.
Now they had only gone to encircle and suppress one Stronghold of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, yet they actually died, and three of them died at once. It was simply unbelievable.
Rhein Munster, who had hidden his strength for many years, attacked the Stronghold alone and was killed, which could barely be accepted, but Seeker Melk and the three-headed Wulun were both Half-Step Heavenly Humans who had been famous for many years, and their strength was in no way beneath his.
With the two of them acting together, even if more than a dozen Peak High-level Blood Condensation Realm Martial Artists surrounded them, the two could still fight and win. Let alone that once a Half-Step Heavenly Human focuses on fleeing, even another Half-Step Heavenly Human expert would find it hard to stop them; as for Blood Condensation Realm Martial Artists who cannot even break the physical limit, it is even more impossible.
“Could it be that a Heavenly Human Realm Grandmaster made a move? Who killed them?” Rake could not help asking.
Rhein and the other two were Half-Step Heavenly Humans. Facing any one of them, even if he and Twilight Shadow Michalu joined forces, they would not dare claim they had the confidence to kill. After all, at their level, their Physical Fitness was almost the same, the level of Martial Skills they mastered was also similar. It was easy to determine victory or defeat, but if one side wanted to escape, with both sides’ Speed being about the same, just clashing once at random would easily open up distance and quickly shake off the other.
So there were only two possible situations where a Half-Step Heavenly Human could be killed: one was being besieged by multiple Half-Step Heavenly Humans, the other was a Heavenly Human Realm Grandmaster making a move.
Although Rhein and the others were Half-Step Heavenly Humans, in terms of strength among Half-Step Heavenly Humans, they could only be considered average. Compared to Storm Child Tania, Twilight Shadow Michalu, Sky Beast Gaia, and others, they had a considerable gap in combat level, especially in manipulation of external Energy. With just a lift of their hands, those three could draw in the Surrounding Energy for their own use, unlike them, who could only barely use it to maintain a Qi and Blood Phantom.
Their most commonly used attack method was to directly attack with the Phantom, which was still somewhat inferior to a true Sequence Extraordinary Level Martial Skill, while Twilight Shadow Michalu and the other two could quickly unleash complete Sequence Transcendent Martial Skill attacks, and each of them had their own trump cards, able to withstand more than a dozen exchanges against a Heavenly Human Realm Grandmaster.
The Red Moon Merchant Guild had already investigated the circumstances of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall very clearly. At most there were only two in the Blood Condensation Realm: one was Hall Master Lin Qi, the other was Yinuo, who managed Chiyue Town. Half-Step Heavenly Humans did not exist at all; otherwise, during the Crimson Moon Auction back then, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would not have needed to fight. Once a Half-Step Heavenly Human appeared, which faction would dare act rashly?
In the situation where the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall did not have a single Half-Step Heavenly Human, having multiple Half-Step Heavenly Humans besiege Rhein and the others was obviously impossible. The only remaining possibility was a Heavenly Human Realm Grandmaster.
“According to the information we received, there was no Heavenly Human Grandmaster making a move, but instead they were taken out by a Grey-robed Disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in the Bone Forging Realm. As for the details, the person who sent the message did not explain clearly.” the Half-Beast Race Old Man explained. “Young Master Rake, we had better leave quickly. If that Grey-robed Disciple comes here, we will not be able to escape then!”
Although Azure Fortress now had Support, overall on the battlefield they were currently at an absolute disadvantage. Those reinforcements needed time to reach every Area, and this was exactly their best chance to escape.
“Taken out by a Grey-robed Disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in the Bone Forging Realm? How is that possible!” When Rake heard this, his Body involuntarily paused, and he almost got hit by a slash from Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang, who was entangling him.
However, before Rake could recover from the shock of this news, Lu Fanchen, who had stepped down from the Flying Transport Vehicle, had his aura soar. A mass of Energy like flames wrapped around his whole Body, making the Surrounding space become a little blurry.
Lu Fanchen merely stepped down, and his whole person turned into a shooting star, crashing toward the nearest Twilight Shadow Michalu.
“Are we doing this again?” Fang Zhen saw this scene and could not help sighing.
“Doing this again?” Yi Ye Fu Yun heard Fang Zhen’s sigh and was very confused. “Old Zhen, what do you mean?”
Just as Fang Zhen was about to reply, Lu Fanchen had already arrived before the gigantic Arm that Twilight Shadow Michalu had transformed into. He raised his Palm, and the many Qi and Blood Phantom spheres, each more than two hundred meters across, began to spin rapidly and interweave, turning into a twisted ball of light with a radius of more than ten meters, which he smashed toward Twilight Shadow Michalu.
Extreme Super-Class Martial Skill Star Burst!
With this strike unleashed, Twilight Shadow Michalu, who was still fighting Ye Qinglu, also felt alarm bells ring in her heart. She turned and pressed her palms together, and all the countless eyes on the Phantom Arm suddenly opened. In that instant, all the free-floating Energy within several kilometers was devoured into those eyes.
The originally Phantom Arm condensed significantly, losing all sense of illusion, like a semi-transparent glass, and slapped down at the incoming light sphere.
Boom!
In an instant, the gigantic Arm and the light sphere exploded together, and above the nighttime Mountain Range a miniature sun with a radius of more than several hundred meters formed in midair, illuminating dozens of kilometers around as if it were daytime. The center of the explosion sent Blood Condensation Realm Martial Artists within a two-kilometer radius flying, and Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists did not survive a single one.
“How is this possible!”
Rake stared at this scene, his eyes almost popping out.
A strike this terrifying would definitely kill him if he took it head-on. It was obvious that the power of this blow was no longer at the level of a Half-Step Heavenly Human and absolutely rivaled a strike from a Heavenly Human Realm Grandmaster.
Moreover, when the dazzling radiance dissipated, among the two standing in midair, that Grey-robed Disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was actually unscathed, while Twilight Shadow Michalu’s face was as pale as snow. It was clear that using that move just now had cost her greatly.
Twilight Shadow Michalu!
A Half-Step Heavenly Human Realm expert publicly ranked fifth in the Forbidden Zone, was actually forced into a disadvantage by a Bone Forging Realm Disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Who would believe this if they heard it?
At this moment, not to mention that Rake was dumbfounded, even Yi Ye Fu Yun and the others present were all staring, their mouths agape, looking at Lu Fanchen as if they were looking at a Monster.
“Is he really the Brother Lu I thought I knew?” Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at Twilight Shadow Michalu, who had been forced back for the first time, and could not close his mouth as he looked at Lu Fanchen.
Everyone inside the Stronghold knew better than anyone how strong Twilight Shadow Michalu was. Even when Ye Qinglu used the Thousand Sword Diagram, a Limit Breaking Level Martial Skill, she could only barely fight Twilight Shadow Michalu. Most of the time she was still being suppressed by Michalu’s Phantom, relying on her Body to withstand the bombardment. After all, a Limit Breaking Level Martial Skill consumed too much and could not be used continuously.
In other words, only under Ye Qinglu’s explosive outburst could she truly fight Twilight Shadow Michalu.
But even so, in Yi Ye Fu Yun’s view, this was already extremely remarkable, absolutely the current peak of combat power in the Game. After all, the big boss-level Twilight Shadow Michalu was clearly not on the same level as Blood Condensation Realm bosses.
Yet now, with just one move from Lu Fanchen, he had clearly forced Twilight Shadow Michalu, who had used her trump card, into a disadvantage. This combat power was simply defying the heavens.
“This move did not kill her. Your boss here is pretty strong.” Fang Zhen, not far away, was slightly surprised when he saw this.
Yi Ye Fu Yun and the others heard Fang Zhen’s words and all wanted to refute him.
What do you mean pretty strong?
She was obviously super strong!
If not for Ye Qinglu relying on the Body of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique Second Level Perfection Realm to take the hits, the entire Stronghold would already be gone.
However, Yi Ye Fu Yun and the others did not know that at the Machine God Fortress, the two big bosses had both been taken out in a single move by Lu Fanchen, as Fang Zhen and the others personally witnessed, dying very peacefully and leaving behind two heavily damaged Tier 3 Weapons.
On the battlefield though, compared to Fang Zhen and Yi Ye Fu Yun’s group, the most shocked one was the pale-faced Twilight Shadow Michalu.
“Where did this Monster come from?”
Twilight Shadow Michalu looked at Lu Fanchen, her gaze wary. She felt this world had gone insane.
Previously, just the appearance of a Bone Forging Realm Monster like Ye Qinglu was shocking enough, and now an even more ruthless one had appeared.
The Blood Burning Secret Method she had obtained from the Forbidden Zone ruins not only allowed her Physical Fitness to greatly increase in all aspects, but her Body Strength could even break through the 500-ton barrier, not far from the 600-ton baseline of a true Heavenly Human Realm.
In addition, it granted an ultra-powerful Secret Technique that could directly raise the Sequence Extraordinary Level Martial Skills she used by one tier.
It was precisely because she had learned the Blood Burning Secret Method that she possessed the strength to fight a Heavenly Human Realm Grandmaster.
Yet facing her full-power strike, a Martial Artist in the Bone Forging Realm had instead gained the upper hand. It was simply inconceivable.
But shock was shock; the fight still had to continue. After all, a Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist was still a Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist. His Qi and Blood and control over external Energy were what they were and fundamentally could not support continuous use of Supernatural Level Martial Skills, much less Sequence Transcendent Martial Skills.
Twilight Shadow Michalu once again used the Blood Burning Secret Method and once again controlled the condensed gigantic Arm to slap down.
Lu Fanchen did not hesitate and once again raised his hand to unleash the Extreme Super-Class Martial Skill Star Burst.
Boom!
A ring of Yaoguang rose again, illuminating dozens of kilometers around, and the two sides once more reenacted the previous scene. But this time Twilight Shadow Michalu immediately followed up with Sky-Scraping Hand, not giving a Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist like Lu Fanchen any chance.
Yet Lu Fanchen’s Qi and Blood seemed to have hardly been consumed. He unexpectedly raised his hand again and unleashed another Star Burst.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
After they exchanged several blows in a row, turning the ground below into a desert spanning several kilometers, they finally stopped.
“Is this boss really that strong? She can actually keep throwing out so many big moves!”
Lu Fanchen looked at Twilight Shadow Michalu opposite him, with blood streaming from the corners of her mouth and eyes, his own face somewhat pale. The fiery Energy around his Body had thinned to less than half a meter, and he was a bit surprised.
Ever since he had trained the Body Strengthening Secret Technique to the Third Level, he had quickly grasped Energy Burst in the Transcendent State. This Technique was also something attached within the Energy Secret Technique.
Energy Burst in this Transcendent State was a kind of Energy Burning. Its Consumption of the Energy stored in his Cells was terrifyingly high, something that could not be replenished in a short time even if he lay in a pile of Energy Crystals.
However, this Energy Burning state could double the Physical Fitness of his body in the Transcendent State.
His Strength ceiling in the Transcendent State was originally 180 tons and could directly reach 360 tons, allowing his Transcendent State Strength to easily break through 600 tons, a level completely out of reach for the Blood Condensation Realm.
Moreover, because he had completed the Body Strengthening Secret Technique Third Level, not only could he clearly perceive the Energy around him, but he could vaguely control the Surrounding Energy with his Spirit, allowing him to even maintain a Qi and Blood Phantom for long periods.
Under this transcendent burning state he maintained, he should normally be invincible within the Blood Condensation Realm. Yet against Twilight Shadow Michalu he had only managed to gain the upper hand. It was truly astonishing.
At this moment, the entire Azure battlefield had fallen into dead silence after the two of them traded several blows, especially the Martial Artists in the Bone Forging Realm and the Players in the Viscera Refining Realm. They were all stunned.
Compared with everyone else, their Battle was pure humanoid nuclear weapons. With just a few exchanges, an Area spanning several kilometers had become a dead zone. Any Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist or Blood Condensation Realm Martial Artist was nothing but an ant before such Destructive Power.
“What kind of medicine did this Brother Lu take? This is insane! I feel like this boss is about to collapse!” Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at Twilight Shadow Michalu, who clearly could not hold on much longer, his eyes shining as he could not help speaking.
In their fight, there was essentially no Technique, only Strength. For Lu Fanchen to beat the boss into such a state alone, claiming not to be envious would be a lie.
“I guess he has probably trained the Body Strengthening Secret Technique Third Level.” Fang Zhen looked at Lu Fanchen wrapped in flames and analyzed. “In the Energy Secret Technique we are Learning, there is a recorded Technique of Energy Burning. I tried it before in the Transcendent State, but because my Body was not strong enough, I died the instant I burned. You need to train the Body Strengthening Secret Technique to the Third Level to withstand this kind of Energy Burning.”
“I remember the Body Strengthening Secret Technique Third Level is not something for the Bone Forging Realm. You at least need to reach the Blood Condensation Realm to train it. He actually completed it?” Yi Ye Fu Yun was full of shock.
Ye Qinglu had not never considered training the Body Strengthening Secret Technique Third Level, but the difficulty of training it was too great, especially since one needed terrifying Energy to destroy Cells. At their level, when they were only in the Bone Forging Realm, the Energy intensity they could condense was simply not enough, so they could not train it at all. Being able to achieve Second Level Perfection was already a miracle.
“This time he has really profited. Just the Merit from killing Blood Condensation Realm Martial Artists might be enough to make him a Lieutenant.” Fang Zhen looked at Lu Fanchen with emotion, but a trace of Fighting Spirit also ignited in his eyes. “But his strength is only temporary. As long as we break through to the Blood Condensation Realm before him, we will only be stronger then!”
For a moment, many Bone Forging Realm Players present nodded in agreement with Fang Zhen’s words, each filled with desire to impact the Blood Condensation Realm.
After Twilight Shadow Michalu and Lu Fanchen exchanged another three rounds in midair, she used the force of the impact and the dazzling light to directly turn into a residual Phantom and flew toward the depths of the Mountain of the Dead, at a Speed close to that of a Flying Transport Vehicle.
“She just ran?”
Lu Fanchen, who had been preparing to strike, was stunned. He had not expected that the big boss of the Plot Battle would be so intelligent and would run the moment she chose to.
At this moment, not only Lu Fanchen and the Players present, but also the crowd from the three Factions were dumbfounded, especially Rake among them, whose eyes were wide open.
Twilight Shadow Michalu!
A Half-Step Heavenly Human Realm expert ranked fifth among those in the Forbidden Zone!
At this moment, she had actually been beaten into fleeing by a Bone Forging Realm Disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. If word got out, even ghosts would not believe it, yet it had just happened right before their eyes.
“Young Master Rake, let us run quickly! This Task has already failed. If we do not run now, it will be too late!” The Half-Beast Race Old Man was almost the first to shout a reminder through the Smart Watch.
“Run away in front of a group of Bone Forging Realm Martial Artists?” After regaining his senses, Rake glanced at Fang Zhen and the others in midair, as well as Lu Fanchen. He gritted his teeth and directly used a Sequence Extraordinary Level Footwork, turning into several residual Phantoms and disappearing into the Forest.
With Rake’s disappearance, the Faction Members of the three forces present also came back to their senses and fled in all directions.
With Twilight Shadow Michalu, their strongest combat power, defeated, the outcome of the Battle was already decided. If they did not flee now, they were only waiting for death.
“Damn it, not again!”
Lu Fanchen looked at the more than a hundred fleeing Blood Condensation Realm experts and gritted his teeth as he rushed toward the nearest one. As for chasing Twilight Shadow Michalu, that was impossible. Leaving aside that his Speed could not compare to Twilight Shadow Michalu, who had achieved Third Level Perfection in a Sequence Extraordinary Level Footwork, killing such a big boss as Twilight Shadow Michalu was too troublesome. In the time spent chasing her, who knew how many Blood Condensation Realm bosses he could kill.
For a while, the entire Azure Fortress erupted into a frenzied pursuit of the three Factions’ Members. After Lu Fanchen and the others had been chasing and killing for several minutes and were preparing to head to Heavenly Might Fortress to reap another wave, they suddenly received word that the NPCs at Heavenly Might Fortress had already begun to flee for unknown reasons, signaling that this Plot Battle had completely ended.
Tianhe Region, Tianhe Domain City.
Inside the magnificent Coliseum, Ying Hu was fighting a two- to three-hundred-meter-long Earth Dragon on equal terms. Only when the Battle Saber in Ying Hu’s hand slashed out a sky-piercing Blade Light that stretched several kilometers into the air and carved a wound more than a hundred meters long across the Earth Dragon’s Body did Ying Hu leap back into the Safe Zone, his face full of joy.
“I finally trained this Blade Technique to Third Level Perfection!” Ying Hu looked at the heavily wounded Earth Dragon in the distance, his eyes full of excitement.
Already having one Sequence Extraordinary Level Fist Technique at Third Level Perfection, and now another Sequence Extraordinary Level Blade Technique at Third Level Perfection, he only needed one more Sequence Extraordinary Level Footwork at Third Level Perfection to break his bodily limit and achieve Half-Step Heavenly Human.
Just as Ying Hu was savoring that last slash, a scruffy Human Race middle-aged man suddenly appeared beside him. This hearty middle-aged man’s Strength was in no way beneath Ying Hu’s; he was just about forty years old, a few years older than Ying Hu.
“Congratulations, Junior Brother Ying Hu. You have already trained another Sequence Extraordinary Level Martial Skill to Third Level Perfection so quickly.” The hearty middle-aged man spoke with great delight. “Now you probably will not even need three years to achieve Half-Step Heavenly Human and become the youngest Half-Step Heavenly Human in Tianhe Domain City in decades!”
“Senior Brother flatters me.” Ying Hu could not help but smile.
Originally, the youngest Half-Step Heavenly Human in Tianhe Domain City had been Rake. Now he finally had the chance to surpass Rake and become one of the most dazzling geniuses in Tianhe Domain City.
“Right, Senior Brother Fei Long, what brings you to me?” Ying Hu asked curiously.
As one of their Teacher’s Peerless Geniuses, Fei Long had already trained two Sequence Extraordinary Level Martial Skills to Third Level Perfection half a year earlier and had been striving to break through with a third Sequence Extraordinary Level Footwork. He was usually so busy that he could hardly be found and might not meet up for months. For him to come now, it was impossible that nothing was going on.
“It is nothing big. I just heard that you have some Cooperation with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.” Fei Long nodded and did not hide it.
“I do have some Cooperation with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.” Ying Hu looked at Fei Long in puzzlement. “Is there something wrong with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?”
“Not exactly.” Fei Long glanced around, came to Ying Hu’s side, and spoke very quietly. “I just received news that the Red Moon Merchant Guild, Smiling Skull, and Earth Star Pharmaceuticals recently sent nearly a thousand Blood Condensation Realm Masters and several Half-Step Heavenly Humans to attack the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s Stronghold in the Mountain of the Dead. The result was a disastrous defeat for those three. And a Disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in the Bone Forging Realm not only defeated Twilight Shadow Michalu, but also scared Rake into turning tail and running. Now this matter seems to have spread throughout the Four Regions, so I came to confirm with you: is this true?”
