Chapter 131: Chapter 118: First Battle with a Martial Artist
Outside Red Moon Mountain, a highland by the lake.
"As expected! Just as the gang leader guessed, Watu has been hiding his strength for many years!" Mans watched as Watu dispatched players along the way, unable to contain his excitement, "This time Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is completely finished. With Martial Artist Level strength, no one below can catch up to Watu. As long as Watu takes down Lin Qi, the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall will be done for too."
"Captain Mans, isn’t Lin Qi also a martial artist?" the Dark Guard Captain beside him asked curiously. "Both being martial artists, Watu might not be able to deal with Lin Qi in a short period, let alone kill him on Red Moon Mountain. If Lin Qi holds up Watu, along with those experts from the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, Watu might not be able to escape."
"You don’t understand. Even among martial artists, the gap is immense, even larger than the gap between ordinary people and prospective martial artists." Mans smiled and said, "The gang leader speculates that Watu has been a martial artist for at least ten years. In ten years, Watu has reached the top tier among Initial Tier martial artists, and is likely not far from Middle Tier, otherwise, Watu wouldn’t dare to set his sights on Night Patrol Town."
"Night Patrol Town belongs to a high-level association’s offspring. Although those offspring are not exemplary, they are genuine Initial Tier martial artists."
"Facing two Initial Tier martial artists, even if Watu has become a martial artist, he wouldn’t dare to strike such a plan without tenfold courage. So it’s highly possible that Watu is close to breaking through to a Middle Tier martial artist, planning to quickly conquer Night Patrol Town and achieve that breakthrough in a short time. This way, even against two Initial Tier martial artists, he can hold his own without fear."
"I’ve already investigated Lin Qi thoroughly. He originally wasn’t a vagabond in Chasing Light City and was just an ordinary person until recently. The fact that he has gained such strength, possibly even becoming a martial artist, is likely due to acquiring a Genetic Potion, which led to his rapid breakthrough."
"However, Genetic Potions have numerous drawbacks. While they can quickly propel someone to a prospective martial artist level and even help them become a martial artist, their potential is exhausted, leaving them stuck at the Initial Tier martial artist level for the rest of their lives, never mind just barely reaching that level."
Upon hearing this, the Dark Guard Captain also understood.
Both being Initial Tier martial artists, one is newly minted and the other has been one for years. The strength gap can reach nearly double. In such a disparity, Watu can indeed kill Lin Qi in a short time.
While Mans and the others were ecstatic, Xia Ling, watching from the bridge, looked grim.
"A martial artist! He’s actually a martial artist!" Xia Ling watched Watu wreak havoc on the mountain and glanced at Estina not far away, questioning in a low voice, "Estina, did you know all along that the old gorilla was hiding his strength?"
"I knew a little," Estina nodded, her voice very soft, "but I didn’t expect him to hide so much strength. At a distance of ten meters, his air strikes have such power. I guess his strength has reached over 1500 kilograms. Along with Watu’s years of combat experience, this battle should end quickly."
"Already the top Initial Tier martial artist?" Xia Ling’s face darkened further upon hearing this, understanding somewhat why Estina would support Watu.
For large gangs in the suburbs without martial artists, ordinary Initial Tier martial artists are cherished. But to a Martial Artist Clan like Estina’s, they are commonplace.
The number of martial artists in Chasing Light City is not few, but most are Initial Tier. While such martial artists are rare in the suburbs, in the city they are the lowest class. For Martial Artist Clans aiming for city ambitions, they’re unnecessary.
But if Watu now has the strength of a top-tier Initial Tier martial artist, close to breaking through to Middle Tier, then he’s valuable.
Once becoming a Middle Tier martial artist, the status is incomparable to Initial Tier. In the suburbs, he could establish a sect, and even city Martial Artist Universities would hire him as a tutor.
"Alright, I’ve watched this farce long enough, it’s time to head back," Estina glanced at Xia Ling’s unhappy expression, smiled, and turned to leave.
"Miss, should we leave too?" the male butler looked at Xia Ling and whispered.
"Let’s wait a little longer, Lin Qi might not necessarily lose." Xia Ling looked at Watu nearing the mountain, still believing the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall wasn’t that simple, especially since Lin Qi was a genius martial artist, facing Watu he might still have a chance."
Estina just shook her head slightly, no longer concerned with any affairs on Red Moon Mountain, and headed directly to a flying transport vehicle parked in the woods across the bridge.
A top Initial Tier martial artist isn’t so easily defeated by overwhelming numbers.
And as Estina expected, the exploding Watu on the mountain path was unstoppable by any player, either blasting them away with a punch or cutting a path with his battle saber radiating biting cold.
Players couldn’t withstand the cold emanating from the battle saber, even pouring Power from Thunder Light Palm onto their weapons couldn’t compete. Upon contact, their weapons and hands were immediately covered in frost, rendering them unable to fight.
Even Fang Zhen, Yiyi, Zhao Hu, Zhang Qingwei, and Xiaoyuan, who rushed to the battlefield, felt Watu the gorilla was too tricky.
Despite their combined Martial Arts attacks, Watu could block them in mid-air, reacting so quickly they barely managed to track and defend.
If not for their united front, Watu could take any of them out in two or three moves.
"This boss is strong!" Yiyi looked at his broken weapon and his immobilized, frozen arms, exclaiming, "With such reaction and strength, if Sister Wu and others hadn’t come to help, we’d have no way against him before his Qi and Blood deplete."
Using a Spiral Demon Spear Kill, Watu merely intercepted in mid-air, splitting Yiyi’s recently acquired A6 Level Long Spear in half, sending him flying. His hands were wasted, a chilling sensation within couldn’t be suppressed.
Facing such a powerful boss, apart from wearing him down with sheer numbers, there’s no way to resolve it.
"Wushang and the others are on their way; we need to hold on a bit longer," Zhang Qingwei said, launching an Overlapping Wave Blade Light at Watu’s back.
With nearly four thousand kilograms of power, the blade light cut through stone and metal, but Watu didn’t even glance, swung his B2 Level Battle Saber purely filled with cold, deflecting Zhang Qingwei’s blade light, slashing a nearby rock wall in half.
Watu then launched a punch in mid-air. Zhang Qingwei barely reacted, raising his recently picked up A6 Level Battle Saber to block, his whole arm went numb, sending him flying several meters away.
Such a simple punch, akin to Martial Arts, left players in shock. They never imagined a martial artist could be this powerful.
Dozens of Extreme Apprentices and prospective martial artists besieged Watu in vain, he continued forward, even counterattacking them monstrously like an outland monster.
But just as Watu reached halfway up the mountain and Fluo and others were ready to act, a figure appeared before Watu first, slashing down fiercely with a sword.
Watu reacted swiftly, raising his saber to meet the strike.
Boom!
A loud bang echoed halfway up the mountain.
Then, Watu took half a step back, while the figure retreated a full step.
"You are actually a martial artist!" Watu stared at the figure with surprise and shock.
Because that figure was none other than Lin Qi, the Hall Master of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
What truly shocked Watu was Lin Qi’s ability to match him blow for blow, with strength only slightly inferior to his own.
Watu was quite proud of his own strength, which had reached over 1800 kilograms, nearing the 2000 kilograms mark of a middle-tier martial artist, making him a rare adversary among initial stage martial artists.
Yet, to his surprise, Lin Qi, who was suspected of being a martial artist, was only slightly weaker in strength, definitely not someone who just became a martial artist.
"Such powerful strength." Lin Qi was also astounded, looking at the three-meter-tall Watu.
He knew that his own strength of nearly 1500 kilograms was already outstanding among initial stage martial artists in Chasing Light City, yet it was still significantly less than Watu’s, demonstrating how formidable Watu’s strength was.
"You’re quite adept at hiding, just like me, but today you must die!" Watu, seeing Lin Qi’s formidable strength, was even more determined to eliminate him, knowing that letting such a young powerhouse escape today would definitely bring endless troubles in the future.
With that, Watu abruptly raised his saber and slashed against the wind.
Martial artist level martial technique Cold Moon!
Instantly, a sword light weighing over 6300 kilograms swept away.
Lin Qi didn’t hold back either, raising his B2 level longsword, allowing a bolt of lightning to surge forth.
High-tier martial artist level martial skill Thunderbolt Flash!
With triple the power boost, the nearly 6000-kilogram thunder light clashed against the sword light.
Bang!
At the moment of their clash, the space seemed to explode, with the terrifying impact felt within a hundred meters radius. At the point of collision between the sword light and the Sword Qi, the ground bore a trench several meters deep, with a crater over three meters in radius at the center.
This terrifying collision also forced both Watu and Lin Qi to retreat several steps.
"Is he crazy?" Watu, looking at Lin Qi who seemed unscathed and was charging in with another sword strike, was stunned.
With his evidently superior strength, the martial artist level martial techniques should have widened the gap between them, yet Lin Qi emerged unscathed from his strike.
Bear in mind that he himself felt unwell internally from the previous impact, and forcing himself to use martial techniques again would only exacerbate his injuries. Lin Qi, with his weaker strength, should logically be more severely injured.
Such reckless use of martial techniques was simply insane.
However, Watu had few options, and could only brace himself to use Cold Moon once more.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Within three seconds, they clashed six or seven times. Watu couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood, while Lin Qi appeared unfazed. The astonishing effect of the body strengthening secret technique rendered the impact negligible, and Lin Qi swung his sword once again.
"Is he made of iron?"
Watu, seeing Lin Qi unleash Thunderbolt Flash once more, no longer dared to engage head-on and dodged with a swift move.
Yet this dodge left Watu airborne, and it seemed as though Lin Qi had been waiting for this moment, as he followed up with a Thunder Light Palm.
Bam!
By the time Watu realized, it was too late. His disadvantaged stance left him unable to execute martial techniques, forcing him to defend with a punch full of power. However, this ordinary punch stood no chance against the nearly 4500-kilogram Thunder Light Palm, like a lesson in futility.
Watu’s arm and internal organs were shattered, and he was pinned against the rock face, barely breathing, before soon collapsing to the ground.
The Gang Leader of the Great Ape Gang!
A top-tier initial stage martial artist!
Fallen!