Chapter 347: Is This Obsidian Trying To Defy Heaven?
Precia froze for a moment the instant she took the pitch black great club.
“This club is amazing!”
Holding the club that was nearly as tall as a person, Precia could clearly feel power transmitting through it, greatly amplified.
Even a casual swing felt like it could tear the air apart, its power surpassing her full-strength strike.
For a while, in the advanced training room, Precia held the black cudgel in both hands and kept swinging it excitedly, leaving some Blood Condensation Realm masters from Mist Mountain Domain City who knew of her feeling inexplicably puzzled.
When Precia first tested into Mist Mountain Domain City, she made her name with her sword skill, defeating many geniuses of her level with the sword and being chosen by genius elder Sig as a true disciple.
“Is this the result of training at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” Sig watched Precia swinging the club, his brows knitting tightly.
For martial artists, weapons usually accompanied them for life. To master any weapon, let alone achieve perfection, required unceasing practice from childhood. Once you switched weapons midway, your strength would greatly drop, and you would have to start over.
Precia had always used a sword in Mist Mountain Domain City. All sorts of martial skills she learned were also centered on the sword, especially the Sequence Extraordinary Level martial skill Raging Dragon, which was purely a sword skill.
If she switched to other weapons, not only would the effect be greatly reduced, she might not even be able to use the skill at all.
“Seeing Precia use a weapon she is not good at, it seems you have been underestimated, Bruce.” A Blood Condensation Realm youth of the Sub-demon Race looked at Bruce, who was preparing for the spar, and said with a laugh, “If you lose, once Hya rushes over after getting the news, he might kick you out of our circle.”
“You still don’t know my strength?” Bruce glanced at Precia unconcernedly and chuckled. “I don’t know how much strength she has hidden, but in front of me, even Xie Feina, who is now being watched by those big shots, is no match. Just let Hya wait. This time he owes me a big favor.”
The Blood Condensation Realm youth of the Sub-demon Race did not refute him and even felt a bit envious of Bruce.
Among the few of them, their bloodlines were similar, but Bruce had the best talent, second only to the Legion Commander’s nephew, Hya.
Thanks to Hya, they had been able to select these second-grade goods in Mist Mountain Domain City. Otherwise, with their status and position, who knew how long they would have to wait for their turn.
And now, if Hya owed a big favor, the future benefits would be many.
Their race could only parasitize once in their lifetime. Rather than parasitism, it was more like fusion, so choosing a host was extremely important. Since they had already parasitized, if they wanted broader development in the future, they could only rely on the Legion Commander’s nephew Hya.
They needed to leave this barren planet and go to a better one to develop. After all, this was only a planet for cultivating goods, not one prepared for their race’s geniuses to cultivate.
While the Sub-demon youth and Bruce chatted, Precia finished all her preparations and walked straight to the center of the advanced training room. Her qi and blood spread out, enveloping the entire hall. If a Bone Forging Realm martial artist were here, they would feel completely unable to move, the suppressive power of her qi and blood no less than those veteran city lords.
“Senior sister, Precia’s qi and blood is so strong. It feels almost comparable to a high-level Blood Condensation Realm master.” Yi Feng looked at Precia’s erupting qi and blood, shocked.
He and Ling Ye had obtained a high-level Blood Condensation Realm cultivation method from their teacher’s earlier ruin exploration, so unlike others, they did not need to busy themselves searching for a good cultivation method. They could cultivate all the way to the Blood Condensation Realm without worrying about future qi and blood issues when charging at the Heavenly Human Realm.
However, after they advanced to Initial Stage Blood Coagulation, their qi and blood density only reached that of others at the intermediate level of the Blood Condensation Realm. Yet Precia had just advanced to Initial Stage Blood Coagulation, and her qi and blood density was already comparable to high-level Blood Condensation Realm. Her chances of advancing to the Heavenly Human Realm in the future were clearly greater than theirs.
“The geniuses of the Four Great Domain Cities really cannot be underestimated.” Ling Ye looked at Precia and could not help but sigh. “Not long ago, Ice Plain Domain City produced a peerless genius who advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm at twenty-two, a once-in-a-century talent. Now Mist Mountain Domain City has produced another peerless genius like this. Competing for first place in the next Four Regions Tournament will clearly not be easy.”
Each Four Regions Tournament was more exciting and stronger than the last. This was common knowledge in the Four Regions. In the previous tournament, Blood Condensation Realm martial artists under thirty could still place in the top twenty, but now it seemed that in the next Four Regions Tournament, Blood Condensation Realm masters under thirty would be lucky to place in the top fifty.
On the other side, as Bruce walked to the center holding two sharp blades, his qi and blood exploded, making the Blood Condensation Realm masters from Mist Mountain Domain City who were watching uncontrollably suck in a cold breath.
“This qi and blood density is definitely at the high-level Blood Condensation Realm!”
“Damn! When did Bruce become this strong?”
Among the accompanying Blood Condensation Realm masters from Mist Mountain Domain City, even Sig was shocked.
When Bruce first entered Mist Mountain Domain City, he had only been evaluated as a first-class genius, still some distance from a super genius. If he had only advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm before twenty-eight through intensive training, that would be one thing. But his qi and blood density was actually in no way inferior to Precia’s, which was unbelievable.
Not only was Sig surprised, Precia herself was also very surprised as she looked at Bruce.
Her current qi and blood density was entirely due to cultivating the half Blood Condensation Realm cultivation method obtained in Wushan Prison. Although that method only had half, its level was very high, surpassing high-level Blood Condensation Realm.
But Bruce having such qi and blood baffled her.
“Did you think you were the only one who learned an advanced cultivation method?” Bruce smiled faintly at the surprised Precia and traced his long blade through the air.
Suddenly, the long blade condensed an almost solid blood-red blade shadow that slashed straight at Precia, with no intention of holding back.
Sequence Extraordinary Martial Skill, Third Level Perfection, Night Blade!
That one strike left both Ling Ye and Yi Feng watching stunned.
Because that strike from Bruce was nearly on par with one of Ying Hu’s attacks. Ying Hu was a Peak High-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artist who had mastered two Sequence Extraordinary Level martial skills at Third Level Perfection.
Bruce, who had only just advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm, could with a single strike approach Ying Hu’s power. Dealing with the two of them at intermediate Blood Condensation Realm would pose no problem.
However, the few Blood Condensation Realm youths from Mist Mountain Domain City in the hall only smiled, not surprised at all, and even felt a bit of pity for Precia.
For the geniuses of the Four Great Domain Cities, such advanced cultivation methods were extremely rare. For their race, they were only basic. As for the Sequence Extraordinary Level martial skills that were extremely difficult for the Four Great Domain City geniuses to learn, once they fused, they could quickly reach Third Level Perfection.
If not for the rules of the Four Great Domain Cities that only elders could learn Limit Breaking Level Martial Skills, Bruce might already have learned such skills.
As the blood-red blade shadow fell toward Precia and everyone thought that even if she did not die she would be severely injured, Precia shifted her footwork.
Instantly, three identical figures of Precia appeared in the hall, each holding a pitch black club and thrusting at the blood-red blade shadow at the same time.
A dragon’s roar sounded as three giant dragon phantoms appeared around the three Precias and pounced directly at the blood-red blade shadow.
“Martial skill fusion? Fusing two Sequence Extraordinary Level martial skills?” Sig, watching this scene, could not help but be shocked.
Martial skill fusion was usually something only those who had mastered multiple skills might accomplish. Using multiple martial skills together was extremely difficult, and most fusions involved ordinary skills. Fusions of advanced skills were rare.
As for fusing two Sequence Extraordinary Level martial skills for combined use, even among many Half-Step Heavenly Humans, few could do it. Only a very small number of Heavenly Human Realm grandmasters with fully quenched brains could accomplish it.
But Precia had only just advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm and could do this. It was simply unbelievable.
However, Sig did not know that before eating six Memory Big Bananas, Precia also could not achieve such a thing. After all, for the Sequence Extraordinary Level martial skill Sky Shadow Steps she learned at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, she had only just learned it and had not even reached First Level Perfection.
But the Memory Big Bananas increased her brain’s calculation ability tenfold, turning the impossible into possible.
In the advanced training room, the three giant dragon phantoms collided with the blood-red blade shadow. The intense impact forced all present Blood Condensation Realm masters to retreat. The blood-red blade shadow shattered, and the three giant dragons merged into an even larger dragon phantom that swallowed Bruce whole.
Bruce did not even react in time. Even with the protection of Tier 2 Battle Armor, he was instantly turned to ash. The Tier 2 Battle Armor itself was riddled with holes and reduced to scrap iron. A large hole was blasted into the solid training room wall, and the dragon phantom flew two to three kilometers out before dissipating.
“Dead?”
This scene left everyone present dumbfounded. Even the heavily injured Nuke stared slack-jawed, and Wu Zhuoqun, who had been watching, was stunned as well.
Letting Precia eat Big Bananas and lending her the club was only so she could defeat Bruce the Insectoid Race member. Wu Zhuoqun never imagined that Precia would kill Bruce in a single move.
Did she have to be this ruthless?
“He’s just dead like that?”
At this moment, not only was everyone extremely shocked, but Precia herself stared at Bruce’s ashes in a daze.
After her brain’s calculation ability increased tenfold, she could not resist trying martial skill fusion, combining Sky Shadow Steps and Raging Dragon, and unexpectedly succeeded on her first attempt.
But she had not expected their fusion to be so powerful. Even Bruce’s terrifying blade shadow could not withstand it and he died so cleanly that there was no saving him.
“She killed Bruce! She actually dared to kill Bruce!”
“Death! She must die!”
Several Blood Condensation Realm youths from Mist Mountain Domain City finally came back to their senses and glared at Precia with both terror and fury.
Initially, they had only viewed this as entertainment. They never expected Bruce to be one-shot killed, and by a penned livestock at that. Such a thing was absolutely intolerable for them.
As the Blood Condensation Realm youths raged and spoke with unquestionable tone, both the heavily wounded elder Nuke and the Sub-demon Race elder at the side came to their senses and all moved to strike Precia.
“Elder Nuke, are you crazy?”
Seeing Nuke and the two genius elders raise their hands to kill Precia, Sig hurriedly moved to stop them.
Though there had been an accident during the spar and Precia was indeed at fault, it was not to the extent that they could just attack and kill her without question. Especially since a peerless genius like Precia was not someone even a vice city lord could kill at will.
“Elder Sig, stand aside!” Nuke’s face was dark, his voice icy. “Your disciple dared to casually kill a peerless genius of the Domain City. She must pay in blood!”
If someone else had died, even another elder of the Domain City, it would have been minor. But Bruce’s status was noble. Now that he was dead, unless they killed Precia, not only would their failure to protect him be unforgivable, they themselves would bear heavy blame.
Only by killing Precia could they make up for part of their fault.
“No. This matter should be decided by the city lord. You cannot decide it at will!” Sig did not yield an inch. He did not understand why the two elders Nuke had gone mad, but he was determined to protect Precia.
While both sides were locked in stalemate, the two genius elders Nuke and several Blood Condensation Realm youths suddenly stopped arguing and all looked in the same direction, a hint of awe in their eyes.
Just as Sig felt puzzled, an alarming qi and blood descended, making hearts pound. It absolutely surpassed Heavenly Human Realm mid-stage and was already close to the legendary grandmaster.
Above Chiyue Town, a flying transport vehicle built from C6 alloy hovered in the sky. More than ten figures stepped out, and through the hole Precia had blasted, they could clearly see at the front a Three-eyed Tribe man who appeared to be about forty.
“Vice City Lord Moye!”
The appearance of this Three-eyed Tribe man stunned even Sig.
Mist Mountain Domain City had three vice city lords who managed various city affairs and almost never left the city. The man before them was one of them.
Moye seemed to have located Sig and the others and in an instant appeared before them, making everyone from Mist Mountain Domain City fall silent.
“Lord Vice City Lord Moye, why have you come?” Sig asked curiously.
The three vice city lords usually never left the Domain City. Vice City Lord Moye’s sudden appearance in Chiyue Town truly puzzled him.
“I was informed, that is why I came,” Nuke said. “Because Precia is suspected to be a peerless genius and has not yet been recognized by the elders, I felt it was better to inform Lord Vice City Lord Moye. After all, Precia’s punishment is to be decided by Lord Vice City Lord Moye.”
After hearing this, Sig fell silent. He had not expected Nuke to prepare so thoroughly, giving Precia no chance to atone through merit.
“You are Precia?” Moye looked at her, his three eyes gleaming. “Not bad, not bad. With this level of qi and blood, you can indeed be called a peerless genius.”
But before Vice City Lord Moye could continue, Nuke said in a low voice, “Lord Vice City Lord Moye, Bruce is dead.”
“Bruce is dead? Who did it?” Moye’s qi and blood surged violently, dropping the hall’s temperature by more than ten degrees.
“It was this Precia,” Nuke said, pointing at her.
“How dare you!” Moye roared in fury, his terrifying qi and blood forcing Precia flat onto the ground, completely unable to move.
“Lord Vice City Lord Moye, it was only an accident during their spar,” Sig gritted out in explanation.
“An accident during a spar?” Moye’s face was still grim, but after pausing, he looked straight at Precia. “Even if it was an accident, you are coming back with me for a proper investigation.”
“Lord Vice City Lord Moye, perhaps we should first inform Lord City Lord about this matter?” Seeing Moye’s enraged attitude, Sig understood that if she were taken, it would not end well.
“No need. I alone can decide this!” Moye looked at Sig with displeasure. “Or do you think I do not have the authority?”
“No, of course Lord Vice City Lord Moye has that authority.” Sig lowered his head, not daring to say more.
With the vice city lord personally present, as an elder he could not stop him.
“All right, take her away.” Moye waved his hand.
In an instant, the more than ten accompanying high-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artists walked straight toward Precia, ready to take her.
“So it cannot be helped?” Wu Zhuoqun’s expression turned extremely grim at this scene.
Others did not know the situation, but he did. These Insectoid Race members were determined to have Precia. Once she was taken back, Mist Mountain Domain City would only gain another puppet for the Insectoid Race.
As the dozen high-level Blood Condensation Realm martial artists reached Precia, a deep voice suddenly echoed in the hall.
“Precia is currently a trainee at our Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, which makes her a core disciple of our hall. Even if she has done something wrong, it is not your Mist Mountain Domain City’s place to intervene!”
As the voice resounded, everyone present, including Sig, turned to look at the speaker.
They saw a Human Race youth entering from the advanced training room’s main doors, dressed in a pitch black martial robe, with no detectable qi and blood on him at all.
“Hall Master Lin?” Ling Ye stared, stunned, at the Human Race youth walking into the hall.
Precia was Mist Mountain Domain City’s peerless genius, and now a vice city lord from Mist Mountain Domain City had come personally to take her. She did not understand what Hall Master Lin Qi of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was trying to do.
To dare protect someone personally named by the vice city lord of Mist Mountain Domain City—was Obsidian Martial Arts Hall trying to defy heaven?
