Chapter 346: The Edge Of A Half-form
“Third Level Perfection?”
Sig could not help turning his head to look at Precia, feeling that she was joking. He knew better than anyone when Precia had learned sequence transcendent martial skills.
Given the time, with Precia’s talent, reaching First Level Perfection would already be a miracle, let alone Third Level Perfection. If she had that kind of talent, she would already have been rated as a peerless genius like Xie Feina, or even surpassing Xie Feina.
“Are you sure?” Sig, full of suspicion, could not help confirming with Precia.
“Teacher, please believe me.” Seeing Sig’s doubtful gaze, Precia nodded firmly. “These days I have been training in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. My strength is no longer what it used to be.”
She could understand her teacher Sig’s disbelief. After all, even she herself, after these days of training in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, found it hard to believe she had progressed so quickly.
If it were not for the shortage of beginner meditation rooms, beginner training rooms, and advanced training rooms, she believed her strength could have improved even more.
“Alright then.” Looking at Precia’s resolute gaze, Sig sighed and exhorted, “But if you are not his match, do not force yourself. Even if you go back and are punished, with your talent, it will be very light.”
He knew Precia’s talent very well. It was only at the level of an ordinary super genius. The fact that her qi and blood could now compare to high-level Blood Condensation Realm was already a stroke of luck.
She had only trained for a few days in this small place, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Compared to the ordinary people or ordinary geniuses there, Precia would naturally feel she was progressing at an astonishing pace.
As Sig agreed, the several Blood Condensation Realm youths who had been standing beside Elder Nuke all laughed.
“This person actually thinks she can defeat Bruce. There will be a good show later. I hope Bruce will save them some face. Otherwise, when we go back, Bruce will definitely be taught a lesson.”
“A peerless genius! Why don’t we ever have such luck?”
“At least now he owes us a huge favor.”
The Blood Condensation Realm youths looked at Precia with undisguised envy. Clearly they had similar bloodlines, yet they could only obtain those merely super genius-level opportunities; there was never any chance for peerless geniuses for them.
Precia right now definitely counted as a fish that slipped through the net of the Domain City. As long as they sent her back to the Domain City to complete parasitism, even if the City Lord found out later, there would be nothing he could do. After all, she was provided by the City Lord himself. If someone became a peerless genius, they could not be blamed.
At this moment Bruce also stepped forward.
“Miss Precia, then shall we begin now!” As Bruce spoke, he was about to take out his weapon and prepare for a bout.
“Wait, not here.” Precia stopped Bruce, who was about to make a move. “This is the cultivation tower of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. It is not a place where we can fight.”
“The cultivation tower of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is not a place where we can fight?” Bruce looked at Precia, somewhat surprised. They were dignified Blood Condensation Realm from Mist Mountain Domain City, merely trying to have a bout in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s territory, yet he had not expected Precia to be this cautious. He then asked, “Then where does Miss Precia wish to have the match?”
“The movements from a Blood Condensation Realm battle are rather large. I will apply to the hall for an advanced training room. If there is one available, how about we have our match there?” Precia said.
“Fine. I do not care where we fight.” Bruce nodded, then glanced at Elder Nuke, and Elder Nuke immediately understood.
“No need for such trouble. We still have an important task on us; we cannot waste so much time.” Nuke looked directly at Yinuo at the side, and his terrifying qi and blood pressed down, making Yinuo feel it suddenly became hard to breathe. The strength of his qi and blood was far beyond that of Ghost Hand back then. “I see that you are a Blood Condensation Realm member of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and your status should not be low. Now clear out one of your advanced training rooms for us. That should not be a problem, right?”
“This…” Under Nuke’s oppressive pressure, Yinuo gritted her teeth and said, “Our hall’s advanced training rooms are always in short supply. According to our hall’s rules, those who wish to use them must apply and line up in advance. No one has special privileges.”
“Good, no one has special privileges. Are you saying that not even I, an elder of Mist Mountain Domain City, can temporarily borrow one?” Nuke could not help but laugh, but his voice carried a chill.
Suddenly, the qi and blood around Nuke surged even further, pressing down fiercely on Yinuo, making her feel as if an invisible mountain weighed upon her, about to crush her flat. She was completely unable to resist and could only watch as the surrounding space seemed to be compressed.
Just as Yinuo was about to be forced to her knees, a crisp voice reached everyone’s ears.
“Elder Nuke, please calm your anger. This truly is the rule of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Even Deputy Commander Yinuo is no exception.”
As this voice sounded, the people from Mist Mountain Domain City, including Nuke, all turned to look at its source.
They saw that the speaker was a young human woman wearing battle armor marked with the insignia of Tianhe Domain City. Beside her stood a young human man of about the same age. The intensity of qi and blood on both of them had already reached Blood Condensation Realm Intermediate Level. In any of the Four Great Domain Cities, with such age and strength, even if they were not peerless geniuses, they would at least be quasi-peerless geniuses.
“You, from Tianhe Domain City, are teaching me, an elder, how to do things?” As soon as Nuke finished speaking, he rudely pressed down with his qi and blood.
In an instant, Ling Ye, who had spoken, felt the pressure rise sharply. Even moving a finger became difficult. This made her truly understand what it meant that a grandmaster must not be insulted.
Back in Tianhe Domain City, her teacher, who was also an elder, had never used qi and blood to actively suppress them. The natural aura at most only made them feel a heavy weight on their bodies.
But now, Nuke could completely suppress her, a Blood Condensation Realm Intermediate Level, with qi and blood alone. The power of a grandmaster was terrifying beyond measure.
Just as Nuke was about to further raise his qi and blood and make Ling Ye suffer even more, a low shout suddenly came from afar.
“Miss Ling Ye is right. No one can be exempt from the rules of our Obsidian Martial Arts Hall!”
As this voice sounded, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in Chiyue Town seemed like some giant beast awakening. Terrifying life energy spread across the entire town.
Before everyone could react, a gust of force swept out from within the hall, shooting straight toward Nuke.
Nuke looked at the incoming force with disdain and slapped out with one palm.
In an instant, a blood-red hand, condensed as if solid, slammed into the gust.
Bang!
The gust, as sharp as a blade, directly pierced through the blood-red hand that looked solid and landed on the battle armor on Nuke’s body. The armor was pierced through on the spot, and Nuke was sent flying hundreds of meters away. A bowl-sized bloody hole appeared on his body, fresh blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, and he stared in horror at the distant Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
“Heavenly Human Realm… advanced level?!”
Only after a long moment did Nuke manage to utter these words in disbelief.
These words also made Sig and the others present, including the people from Mist Mountain Domain City, stare fixedly at the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall standing at the foot of the mountain.
Yet no matter how they looked, they did not see who had struck. It was as if what had just happened were only a dream.
“The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall actually has a Heavenly Human Realm advanced level grandmaster sitting in town?” Sig glanced at the heavily injured Nuke, shaken to the core.
Judging by strength, Nuke was probably only slightly weaker than him. Even for Sig himself, it would take a long time to defeat Nuke.
Yet a single gust of force from within the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had grievously wounded Nuke. Such strength was on par with that of a Heavenly Human Realm advanced level vice City Lord.
And the vice City Lords of the Four Great Domain Cities were, in all of the Four Regions, existences second only to the four City Lords.
Such a top expert was actually stationed in a border town like this. Who would dare believe it if it were told?
It was not only Sig who could not believe it; even Nuke, who was seriously injured, was full of confusion.
The situation of all the major powers in the Four Regions had never escaped their grasp. The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, though mysterious and in possession of limit breaking level martial skills, had, based on its past displays, a top combat force at most similar to his.
That was why he dared to act so recklessly.
For this forbidden zone task, they had three Heavenly Human Realm Middle Stage Grandmasters on their side. Although the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was acknowledged by all major powers as the foremost force under the Four Great Domain Cities, it was nothing before three Heavenly Human Realm Middle Stage Grandmasters.
If those above did not value the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s potential, they would never have allowed it to run rampant in the Wushan Region, and even permit it to snatch people in major cities.
Yet he had not expected the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to hide even better than the Smiling Skull, secretly harboring a Heavenly Human Realm advanced level grandmaster.
“This voice…” With the pressure suddenly gone, Ling Ye looked toward the distant Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, full of surprise. “It sounds like Hall Master Lin’s voice.”
In her impression, Lin Qi was powerful, but he should only be about as strong as her teacher, which was why she had dared to step out just now.
Because from the start, she had known that it would not be easy for the three elders of Mist Mountain Domain City to deal with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Previously, in the hall, she had seen those humans in white clothing. The strength of that man and woman had felt to her absolutely not beneath her teacher.
Adding Lin Qi, that made three Heavenly Human Realm Middle Stage Grandmasters against three of the same level. Neither side would gain the upper hand; only she and the others would suffer if a fight broke out.
Yet unexpectedly, the man and woman she had seen in the hall did not make a move. Lin Qi alone seriously injured Elder Nuke. It was simply unbelievable.
“Hall Master Lin? The hall master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” Hearing Ling Ye’s exclamation, Sig also showed a look of shock.
His disciple Xie Feina had once said that Lin Qi, the hall master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, was only about twenty-five or twenty-six, having risen all the way from the Abandoned Area of the City of Light Chasing, with a pace of growth in strength that was unimaginable.
If not for Lin Qi’s strength being suspected to be Heavenly Human Realm Intermediate Level, Sig had even considered directly taking him as a disciple.
Bruce, who had been standing near Nuke, glanced at the heavily injured Nuke and finally understood why Precia had been so cautious in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
With such strength, even if those with noble bloodlines had Heavenly Human Realm advanced level cultivation, they could not claim to do better than Lin Qi.
Outsiders like Sig did not know Nuke’s true strength, but Bruce and the others knew very well.
Nuke was stronger than Sig. That earlier strike had seemed casual, but Nuke had already used his full strength, yet he still lost to a single gust of force. That kind of power was definitely on par with the vice City Lords of the Four Great Domain Cities.
Before they themselves reached Heavenly Human Realm advanced level, they would not dare provoke such an expert.
Precia looked at the grievously injured Nuke, deeply shocked as well. She had known that Lin Qi was strong, but had not expected him to be this strong. She then turned to Sig and said, “Teacher, then I will go apply for an advanced training room.”
“Go.” Sig nodded and did not pay attention to the grim-faced Nuke.
With someone of vice City Lord Level strength like Lin Qi sitting in Chiyue Town, even domain city elders like them could not dare break the rules, unless they had a death wish.
Precia then flew smilingly toward the front desk of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, while Bruce and the other Blood Condensation Realm youths had no choice but to follow and wait for the hall to arrange an advanced training room.
Inside the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, in the hall master’s exclusive beginner meditation room.
“Hall Master, it seems those from the Insectoid Race have behaved themselves.” Wu Zhuoqun could not help but smile as he held the Sky Dome Type 3 Life Detector.
When the sky battleship from Mist Mountain Domain City had approached within one hundred kilometers of Chiyue Town, the Sky Dome Type 3 Life Detector had issued a super high threat warning and detected Insectoid Race reactions.
However, when the Insectoid Race arrived at Chiyue Town and did not know what they were doing, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could only watch and pretend to know nothing, maintaining this superficial peace.
Lin Qi glanced out the window at Nuke and the others flying in from afar, withdrew from his transcendent state, set down the black cudgel in his hand, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
When the Insectoid Race had suddenly come to Chiyue Town, he had thought something of theirs had been exposed and that the Insectoid Race intended to move against the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. After all, during this period, the Sky Dome Type 3 Life Detector had not found any Insectoid Race presence.
He could judge that the Insectoid Race’s management of the Four Regions was quite lax, or rather scornful, or perhaps they were merely waiting for things to grow to a certain level before becoming interested. As for everyone else, they were just seeds scattered out.
Once he learned the Insectoid Race had come for Precia, and even wanted to challenge the rules of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, then as hall master, he naturally had to step forward. Otherwise it would make no sense. After all, those top powers with a grandmaster sitting in town dared to jump up and down in front of domain cities. If even domain city people were riding on their heads and they did not dare to strike back, that would be truly strange.
But this kind of lesson could not be too light, nor too heavy. For now, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall did not yet have the strength to turn against the Insectoid Race outright.
“Fortunately I broke through to Blood Condensation Realm Intermediate Level during this period, and I have the cudgel. Otherwise, dealing with him would have been troublesome.” Looking at Nuke flying in the distance, Lin Qi felt relieved.
Nuke’s strength was very great, far beyond an ordinary Heavenly Human Realm Middle Stage Grandmaster. His actual strength was at least 2,800 tons, already above the baseline of a Heavenly Human Realm advanced level grandmaster. For Lin Qi right after being promoted to Blood Condensation Realm, Nuke would definitely have been a formidable enemy.
But now Lin Qi was at Blood Condensation Realm Intermediate Level. After activating his transcendent state, his strength panel showed more than 1,058 tons. With energy burst doubling that, he could reach a panel of 2,116 tons, with actual strength exceeding 3,914 tons. With the 50 percent immense power boost from the black cudgel, he could ultimately reach more than 5,871 tons.
With double the strength advantage, using Thunder Flash, the limit breaking level martial skill evolved from his reward, and not even using Lightning Force, he had only barely managed to heavily injure Nuke and achieve the intended deterrent effect.
“Hall Master, what should we do next about Miss Precia?” Wu Zhuoqun asked worriedly. “During her time training in the hall, Miss Precia’s strength has increased rapidly, but compared to a Blood Condensation Realm member of the Insectoid Race, she is probably still quite far behind.”
During this period, he had done plenty of homework on the Insectoid Race, occasionally asking the people of the Dawn for information, so he was very clear on how terrifying the Insectoid Race was.
The Insectoid Race’s spirit and control over qi and blood far surpassed other races. In addition, after parasitism they could obtain everything from the host, including memory and ways of thinking. Their talent would also improve greatly. The exact degree depended on their bloodline: the nobler the bloodline, the greater the increase in talent.
Given that regular Insectoid Race soldiers could quickly master limit breaking level martial skills, while Precia had not yet learned any limit breaking level martial skills, with the same physical fitness, she would have no chance of victory.
Once Precia lost, her fate upon returning to Mist Mountain Domain City was predictable. One could even say Precia had already been chosen by some Insectoid Race member and would become a puppet once she returned.
“Do not worry. That bug cannot win.” Lin Qi said casually, handing the black cudgel to Wu Zhuoqun. “Go to the warehouse and get six Memory Big Bananas. Give the bananas and this to Precia.”
“Yes!” Wu Zhuoqun, excited, took the cudgel and ran to the warehouse.
Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, advanced training room.
“Coach Wu, I can understand using bananas to replenish energy, but using this cudgel for the bout, that does not seem right.” Precia looked at the two items Wu Zhuoqun had brought, somewhat stunned.
She was a sword user. If she were to fight with such a great club, she would definitely become the laughingstock of Mist Mountain Domain City.
“This is the hall master’s order, and this is no ordinary club.” Wu Zhuoqun looked at the hesitant Precia with open envy. “This is the hall master’s cudgel. Many disciples want to use it but cannot. Now you are the lucky one.”
As he spoke, Wu Zhuoqun handed the pitch black great club to Precia.
