Chasing Light City, Brand Villa.

Inside a training room completely constructed from energy ore, a woman of the Three-Eyed Race with silver hair and a metal mask was unleashing waves of heat as her Qi and blood surged, causing the walls around her to faintly tremble.

"Congratulations to Miss on successfully advancing as a martial artist using a high-tier secret skill!"

Inside the training room, an elderly man, clearly a middle-tier martial artist, looked at the successful advancement of the silver-haired woman with a mix of awe and deep reverence.

The Brand Clan, an established martial artist family in Chasing Light City, never expected that after years of decline, Estina, the second daughter of a branch family, would succeed in becoming a martial artist using a high-tier secret skill. She was certain to become one of the most dazzling talents in the Genius Training Camp.

"Are there any important news in Chasing Light City recently?" Estina opened her eyes and looked at the old man with a calm demeanor.

"There is some important news," the old man nodded and reported, "but the biggest news sums up to three points. Firstly, two genius martial artists have emerged from the Half-Scale Race, with one even catching the eye of a Genius Training Camp mentor, becoming their disciple."

"Caught the eye of a Training Camp mentor?" Estina was slightly surprised upon hearing this.

The Genius Training Camp, a place gathering the geniuses of Chasing Light City, having the status of a mentor inherently signifies strength—at the very least, a high-tier martial artist in the Bone Forging Realm, and even those above it in terms of strength.

Among numerous genius martial artists graduating from the Training Camp, the general achievement is reaching the Bone Forging Realm. Martial artists who genuinely achieve the high-tier Bone Forging Realm are very rare, typically showing up only once every few classes.

For a mentor of the high-tier Bone Forging Realm to take note of a genius, it implies the mentor is confident about their reaching the high-tier Bone Forging Realm. Otherwise, given their status, mentors wouldn't bother taking a disciple who doesn't offer them much benefit.

"Besides this major news, the other two pieces of news include the North Ao, Bain, Pevin, and Gorilla Gang four forces declaring their intention to target an outlying force called Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and this matter has already been widely spread throughout the city," the butler said.

"The four major forces jointly targeting the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?" Estina was somewhat taken aback, "Are you sure there's no mistake?"

Just a while ago, she attempted to recruit Lin Qi, the Hall Master of Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, but Lin Qi refused. Originally, she thought to let Lin Qi gradually realize how arduous the path of a martial artist is; the targeting by the Gorilla Gang alone was not something a newly promoted martial artist could resist.

Yet how long has it been? It's unimaginable to her that the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could be the target of a joint effort by the four suburban forces; it seemed like a joke no matter how she thought about it.

An outlying group that had just recently been established—what virtue or ability did it possess to earn such attention?

"Miss Tina, I can guarantee there's no mistake with this information," the old man assured, "Moreover, the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall accomplished another significant feat this morning, which is the third important news I have to report."

"What did they do?" Estina asked with curiosity.

"Early this morning, the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall exterminated the Iron Heart Gang from the suburbs, as well as some elite masters from the four major forces. Furthermore, they killed Fu Yihai, the Gang Leader of the Iron Heart Gang, in the street," the old man slowly said. "Now, all the major forces in the city agree that the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall will replace the former Iron Heart Gang as the leading suburban force of the Human Race."

"Exterminated the Iron Heart Gang? Killed Gang Leader Fu Yihai in the street?" Estina was taken aback hearing this.

Although the Iron Heart Gang was just a second-rate gang in the suburbs of Chasing Light City, far less than the first-rate Gorilla Gang or Phosphorus Fire Gang, it was much stronger than the many third-rate gangs in the suburbs. It wasn't something that could be easily eliminated, let alone killing the high-tier initial-stage martial artist Fu Yihai in the street. Even the first-rate gangs in the suburbs would find it difficult to achieve that.

For the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to achieve this, it was enough to demonstrate that its strength had matched that of the first-rate suburban forces.

The old man continued, "Due to the astonishing performance of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and since Lin Qi, its Hall Master, is recognized as a genius by the association, the Master plans to have you mediate some business cooperation with the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, offering some transport businesses over to them to ease the awkwardness between you and Lin Qi. After all, both of you will enter the Genius Training Camp in the future, so there's no need for unnecessary tension."

"Alright, I understand," Estina nodded, clearly comprehending the main family's patriarch's intentions.

With the rise of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall now foreseeable, as long as Lin Qi doesn't fall, it might very well become a major city force. Although the Brand main family doesn't fear them, there's no need to be hostile against them either.

By stepping forward and diverting some of the Brand Clan's transportation businesses to the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, it would also serve to resolve the previous unease at Red Moon Mountain.

And throughout Chasing Light City, not just the Brand Clan thought this way, various other outlying and suburban forces were also sending people to the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, planning to establish some cooperation with them.

After all, the victory this morning was too astonishing; now, many suburban factions were even suspecting that the valley massacre shown in a video might very well have been orchestrated by the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

If that were true, then the strength of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall might not even be inferior to the combined force of the four major factions, so such a powerful Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall should naturally be roped in for cooperation.

Chasing Light City, Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

Following the return of Meng Wei and others, a large haul of loot ransacked from the Iron Heart Gang's base was brought back by players, leaving Lin Qi somewhat bewildered inside the Martial Arts Hall.

He had sent the players to follow Meng Wei and others for a rescue mission, but instead, they completely emptied out the Iron Heart Gang's base—how ruthless could one get?

But undeniably, the spoils from the Iron Heart Gang were of great assistance to the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall at the moment.

They seized more than two thousand bottles of Type One Energy Potion, over eight hundred bottles of Type One Healing Potion, and over twenty tons of Blood Essence Rice, all essential materials for nurturing local residents in the future.

Without these resources, recruiting and nurturing local residents from scratch wouldn't be feasible at all.

Besides the Type One Potions, there were also twenty bottles each of Type Two Energy Potion and Type Two Healing Potion, which were crucial for his quick advancement.

Ultimately, he wasn't a player, and didn't possess that many energy crystal stones for use. Relying solely on energy stimulation from energy ore, even with the mastery of the second layer of training technique, the body would still sustain injuries. It was merely a matter of the degree of injury, significantly hampering the pace of improvement.

To accelerate, he could only resort to the gentle Type Two Energy Potion and use Type Two Healing Potion for recovery upon injury. This was why he extracted the training techniques from Luo Wushang and Ye Qinglu today but didn't proceed with any cultivation advancement.

These twenty bottles each of Type Two Energy Potion and Type Two Healing Potion were sufficient for twenty days of cultivation—reaching the level of a middle-tier martial artist wouldn't be an issue.

"Hall Master, someone named Qin Mu wishes to see you," Meng Wei entered the rest area, reporting respectfully.

"Brother Qin Mu wants to see me? Please, let him in!" Lin Qi nodded.

Since the annihilation of the Iron Heart Gang, various outlying and suburban forces had been constantly sending people over to congratulate him, and he had currently delegated all these matters to Meng Wei, who had been of great assistance to him.

Shortly after, Qin Mu, led by Meng Wei, arrived in the rest area.

Upon Qin Mu's entry into the rest area, Lin Qi distinctly sensed that Qin Mu's Qi and blood were no longer comparable to that of a quasi-martial artist.

"Brother Qin Mu, have you become a martial artist?" Lin Qi observed Qin Mu, who looked refreshed and cheerful, with surprise.

"Yes, thanks to Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, Hou Fei and I gained some achievements in the urban district of Azure Sky, enabling both of us to successfully advance as martial artists," Qin Mu nodded and smiled, "But I'm not here for that today; I came to deliver some good news to you, Brother Lin."

"Good news? What good news?" Lin Qi, observing Qin Mu's excitement, asked with curiosity.

"You should have heard of the Genius Training Camp," Qin Mu slowly said, "An influential figure from our Human Race, who graduated from the Genius Training Camp this year, plans to form an outlying hunting corps. Upon learning about you, he intends to invite you to join his hunting corps. Are you interested?"

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