Summoning Players into My Game

"Absolutely certain!"

"The news has now spread across most of the suburbs, and many gangs are talking about the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall that has risen in the Abandoned Area."

"They think this Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall of the Human Race is reckless, having previously provoked the White Feather Gang at Red Moon Mountain, and now launching a night raid on the Great Ape Gang, completely fearless."

The middle-aged guard listened to Xia Ling, whose voice had become serious, and nearly broke out in a cold sweat on his back as he hurriedly explained.

"I did underestimate their gang before." Xia Ling felt a bit shocked and also somewhat enlightened, "Even daring to fatally offend a large field gang like the Great Ape Gang, no wonder they could get a Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat."

"What's the casualty situation on the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall's side?"

"Six Advanced Apprentices died."

"Are you kidding me?"

As Xia Ling listened to the middle-aged guard's report, her gaze suddenly turned icy cold, causing the guard to sweat profusely on his forehead.

"Miss, it's true!" The middle-aged guard quickly explained, "The Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall sent a total of nineteen people for the night raid, one Extreme Apprentice and eighteen Advanced Apprentices. Originally, all of them were supposed to die at the hands of the Great Ape Gang, but the Hall Master Lin Qi of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall suddenly intervened and rescued the remaining thirteen. All members of the Great Ape Gang can testify to this."

"Are you telling me a joke? Trying to make me laugh?" Xia Ling looked at the middle-aged guard, her voice growing colder.

A night raid on the Great Ape Gang's headquarters by nineteen people, eliminating more than six hundred people is already unbelievable, and what about Lin Qi's situation, doesn't she know?

Just an apprentice.

Lin Qi alone in the Great Ape Gang's headquarters, rescuing the remaining thirteen people, even fairy tales wouldn't dare tell such a story.

The situation of the Great Ape Gang might be a secret to field gangs but is no secret to suburban gangs. The Great Ape Gang's headquarters has at least ten quasi-martial artists stationed regularly, over a hundred Advanced Apprentices, and more than four hundred experts above the Apprentice level.

In front of such an army of apprentices, not to mention Lin Qi, even twenty quasi-martial artists couldn't save thirteen people.

"Miss, I promise every word I say is true. According to the members of the Great Ape Gang, Lin Qi is suspected to be a martial artist, which is why the five injured elders of the Great Ape Gang hurriedly retreated." The middle-aged guard, seeing Xia Ling impatiently swishing her tail, was almost in tears.

Xia Ling indeed looked very beautiful and was one of the top beauties in the Half-Scale Race, with exceptional talent, becoming a quasi-martial artist before twenty, and now a future star of her family, wielding considerable power in the Phosphorus Fire Gang comparable to a Deputy Gang Leader, like a darling of heaven.

But this darling of heaven was a little demon.

Every year, over ten people die in the Phosphorus Fire Trading Market for unknown reasons, but savvy people know these individuals offended the upper echelons of the gang, hence their mysterious deaths.

After Xia Ling took charge of the Phosphorus Fire Trading Market, this death toll doubled, with dead guards being the majority.

The reasons for these deaths varied, sometimes because Xia Ling was happy, sometimes because she was angry, making the Phosphorus Fire Trading Market, originally a cushy job, a place everyone in the Phosphorus Fire Gang wanted to avoid.

"Suspected martial artist? That Lin Qi?" Xia Ling listened to the guard's explanation, full of disbelief in her beautiful eyes, "How could he possibly be a martial artist?"

Xia Ling had quite a vivid memory of Lin Qi; the first time she met him, she could tell he wasn't even an apprentice, the second time, through testing, she confirmed her suspicion.

By the third meeting, Xia Ling was sure Lin Qi was just an apprentice.

And yet, in such a short time, Lin Qi had become a martial artist?

Even among those called genius martial artists in the Half-Scale Race, who are raised on various potions, they probably couldn't match a tenth of Lin Qi's speed of improvement, and Lin Qi had neither background nor resources. What merits could he have to advance so fast?

"Miss, I have a recorded video from a member of the Great Ape Gang here." The middle-aged guard, seeing Xia Ling's uncertainty, immediately presented the video information he had acquired at great expense, without any further intention of claiming credit.

After receiving the video information on her smart watch, Xia Ling opened it without hesitation.

The recorded video was very short, barely five seconds in total, but within that one second, Xia Ling truly believed the guard's words.

The image of Lin Qi was very clear in the video, using martial artist-level martial arts techniques three times in a row within just one second.

This kind of qi and blood burst technique, a quasi-martial artist couldn't accomplish. Only martial artists, who had enhanced their organs through energy ores, could possess such reaction speed and qi and blood control ability.

And such continuous use of martial arts techniques, Xia Ling had witnessed many times during practical exercises by martial arts tutors at Chasing Light University, truly wasn't something below martial artists and apprentices could imitate.

"A martial artist! He really is a martial artist!" Xia Ling's beautiful eyes were fixed on Lin Qi in the video, her lips curling up uncontrollably, "If I can have him as my recommender, then I can participate in the Five Cities Grand Competition. Although I won't win the championship, as long as I can enter the main competition, I can choose a secret skill to learn from the Martial Artist Association afterward. Indeed, the heavens never block all paths."

The Five Cities Grand Competition, organized annually by the Martial Artist Association in collaboration with the five surrounding cities, is very well-known in the five cities. As long as participants are under twenty years of age and recommended by a martial artist, they can partake in such a competition.

The Martial Artist Association even offers generous rewards each year, encouraging many young people in the five cities to participate, hoping to leap through the gateway to success.

And while such a grand competition seems to promote progress among the younger generation of the Five Cities, it is actually a privilege prepared for the children of martial artists.

For those without a martial artist's recommendation, no matter how high their talent, they have no eligibility to participate.

Though she is of the Half-Scale Race, her family has no martial artists, so she has never been able to get a qualification to enter. As for befriending those martial artists, they wouldn't give valuable recommendation spots to a gang like Phosphorus Fire in the suburbs; it's a better choice to give them to the children of major families in the city.

But Lin Qi is different. Having just been promoted to a martial artist, probably not knowing anyone from a major family in the city, she has a complete chance to get that recommendation spot.

Especially now, the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall has offended the Great Ape Gang.

To the wilderness gangs, the Great Ape Gang is a behemoth, but to the large gangs in the suburbs, it's just a bigger ant that can be crushed at any time.

"Miss, I'm afraid the Great Ape Gang won't let Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall go. After they deal with some problems at their main base, they'll probably act against Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall within a day or two. Although this is a good opportunity, if we step in directly, the Gorilla Gang might also intervene, and this favor may not be easy to assist with," the middle-aged guard cautiously reminded.

"Ridiculous! Our Phosphorus Fire Gang is not afraid of those gorillas!" Xia Ling showed disdain and immediately ordered, "Immediately gather a group of people, and tomorrow morning we head to Red Moon Mountain. I want to see who dares to touch Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall!"

"Yes!" The middle-aged guard immediately bowed and left the chamber.

Meanwhile, over a hundred kilometers away in Chasing Light City, on Red Moon Mountain, Lin Qi finally finished organizing and distributing the gains from the night raid on the Great Ape Gang's main base.

"The members of this Great Ape Gang are really rich; the worst weapons they use are A6 level, and there are so many B2 level arrows. Indeed, they are an established big gang," Lin Qi couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the pile of weapons, armor, and arrows on the table.

For this raid mission, besides the base points of ten thousand and a reward of five hundred contributions for each player, players could receive half the value of the spoils.

But even with players getting half the value of the spoils, the table was filled with them.

Perhaps it's because the players were hit by many arrows, a lot of B2 level arrows were obtained, as many as twenty-five, most of which were contributed by One Leaf Floating Cloud, who directly exchanged them for the B2 level long halberd.

As for the others, they abandoned the A5 and A6 level armor they picked up and gleefully chose two or three A6 level weapons each, then all self-destructed to revive, with a speed that was swift.

The effect of this night raid was excellent, and it should significantly delay the Great Ape Gang's attack time, giving the current players more time to improve, resulting in more advanced and intermediate apprentices.

After all, most players on Red Moon Mountain have been stuck at the threshold for a long time, and just need the Shocking God Breathing Technique to improve a bit more to directly break through to the next level.

Lin Qi then touched the helmet dent on the battle armor crate, his mouth couldn't help but curl up into a smile.

"I wonder if Luo Qi can repair this battle armor's helmet."

Aside from the helmet, the entire A6 level battle armor is a single piece, made from nanometer alloy, very convenient to wear and remove. The removed armor forms a small suitcase, just stand on it to don the suit — albeit the helmet has to be worn separately, far from the convenience of B Level battle armor.

But even so, Lin Qi is very satisfied with this A6 level battle armor in front of him.

Once worn, it could increase auxiliary strength by 100 kilograms, allowing strength to nearly reach 1200 kilograms. Additionally, there is neural assistance, making his nervous reactions potentially faster than ordinary martial artists.

Coupled with full-body protection, unless facing B Level weapons and power, he could roam the battlefield unimpeded.

"Is this that person's smart watch?"

As Lin Qi opened the battle armor crate, preparing to try the A6 level battle armor, he unexpectedly found a delicate smart watch inside.

Though its material is not B Level alloy, it's more advanced than ordinary smart watches, made from A6 level alloy, something an ordinary apprentice couldn't possess.

Lin Qi immediately began to carefully browse through the smart watch.

A high-ranking member of the Great Ape Gang wearing A6 level battle armor surely possesses considerable confidential information about the Great Ape Gang. As a major battle looms, gaining more knowledge about the Great Ape Gang's affairs would be helpful later.

Within just ten minutes of Lin Qi's exploration, he suddenly froze.

"How is this possible! There is actually a small energy ore vein hidden in the depths of Red Moon Mountain?!"

Lin Qi stared at the detailed map and exploration report of Red Moon Mountain on the smart watch, momentarily at a loss for words to describe his feelings.

Energy ore veins have always been the lifeline of the world of high martial arts.

Even a micro energy ore vein can incite intense battles among wilderness gangs, as even selling some of its energy ores could earn billions of bits.

And a small energy ore vein, superior to a micro energy ore vein, drives all major suburban gangs crazy.

The reason is simple: each small energy ore vein can be used to build a town, or rather, existing wilderness towns are all established on a small energy ore vein.

This means that occupying a small energy ore vein would allow one to become a king beyond the city bounds!