Summoning Players into My Game

"You're quite bold, brother, daring to ask such questions. If you were to ask the Hall Master, I reckon you'd either be stuck in the confinement room for life or locked up with the Ape Race."

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The players inside the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall were getting more excited as they chatted with the two from the Half-Beast Race. Meanwhile, Igor and Donna, who were observing the disciples of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in the training ground, especially those wearing silver-grey outfits, felt that this martial arts hall was very mysterious.

"This Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is indeed interesting. Those disciples wearing silver-grey outfits seem to have no fear of us at all," Igor remarked with surprise, looking at the silver-grey clothed disciples who were inspecting them closely.

In this world of survival of the fittest, the weak fearing the strong is almost instinctual. As experts in the Bone Forging Realm, even high-tier martial artists dare not look them directly in the eyes for fear of provoking them and inciting unpleasant consequences.

Yet after entering the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, even the apprentices dressed in silver-grey outfits were scrutinizing them fearlessly, as if they were not afraid of them causing trouble in the martial arts hall.

"Brother, from the previous investigation about the people who attacked the Shadow Leopard King in the wilderness, the information indicates they were likely from the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall," Donna whispered after inspecting the silver-grey outfits of the disciples. "I took a closer look, and I can now be sure that the outfits worn by those who attacked the Shadow Leopard King were exactly the same as those of the disciples here."

"So it was them who attacked the Shadow Leopard King?" Upon hearing this, Igor looked at the people of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall with more caution.

He was somewhat aware of Donna's encounter with the Shadow Leopard King while transporting supplies to the front line. After all, such an Intermediate Lord like the Shadow Leopard King required even the entire Half-Beast Race to treat it cautiously. Moreover, according to Donna, the Shadow Leopard King was not a typical Intermediate Lord and was evolving toward becoming a High-level Lord.

Such a Shadow Leopard King was not something even the Half-Beast Race wanted to provoke. After all, even the top-level existences of the Bone Forging Realm could only battle it one-on-one, and only someone like the City Lord could truly kill a High-level Lord one-on-one.

Yet the people from the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall dared to provoke it, even forcing the Shadow Leopard King to flee, proving that the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall must possess strength that intimidated the Shadow Leopard King. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for such a top predator in the wilderness to escape.

If it weren't for the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall trying to establish Red Moon Town, drawing the dissatisfaction of Ten Thousand Stars City, he wouldn't even have known about this force.

Prior to that, any attention he paid to the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was entirely due to the death of Lucis.

It wasn't easy to kill someone like Lucis, who had just graduated this year as one of the top ten from the Genius Training Camp, yet Lucis died just like that.

And now, with the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall capable of hunting the Shadow Leopard King, he had no choice but to take them seriously, or rather, reconsider his attitude toward the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

Though he represented the will of Ten Thousand Stars City, the task involved only himself and Donna, perhaps with some cooperation from the Half-Beast Race at most.

As Igor was pondering how to deal with the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, Meng Wei approached them, leading the three to the reception room on the third floor.

"Steward Qin, I heard you were acquainted with the Hall Master of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall very early on." As they were walking, Igor smiled and asked Qin Mu, "Do you know if this Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall has been in Chasing Light City for a long time?"

"Not long. I got to know Hall Master Lin shortly after he founded the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall," Qin Mu said straightforwardly without any reservation. "Counting everything, it's only been a month or two."

"A month or two, and it developed to its current scale?" Igor looked at Qin Mu strangely, thinking he must be joking.

At a glance, the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had more than ten martial artists visible, and based on the investigation, the total number of martial artists was likely over fifty.

And Lin Qi had only been recognized as an expert in the Bone Forging Realm. Even if Lin Qi had hidden his strength and was originally a Bone Forging Realm expert, developing from nothing to having so many martial artists within one or two months seemed impossible, not to mention within even one or two years.

He could sense the Qi and Blood of those initial stage martial artists in the hall, which wasn't something ordinary martial artists could achieve. The potential was at least above average, with a high likelihood of qualifying for the Genius Training Camp.

Even the Half-Beast Race of Ten Thousand Stars City, with their abundant resources, could nurture only a dozen or so such talents in a year, and normally just a few, most of whom were over twenty-five years old.

But what about these initial stage martial artists at the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?

By eye, the disciples in silver-grey outfits seemed mostly under twenty-five years old. If it were claimed that Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall spent one or two years and all their resources to nurture them, he might somewhat believe it.

But producing so many within one or two months was unbelievable.

"Lord Igor, it's true," Qin Mu remarked as he looked at the martial artists within the martial arts hall, filled with emotion. "Even I find it hard to believe despite understanding the lightning-fast development of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, but all the information has been thoroughly investigated in Chasing Light City and is verifiable."