System Announcement: The new expansion "Era of the Wild Beasts" for Descent of High Martial version 1.3 will officially launch at midnight. This update is an online update, so players do not need to log off.

The main updates in version 1.3 are as follows.

1. The maximum number of online players is increased to 500.

2. After the new expansion "Era of the Wild Beasts" begins, the number of active monsters in the wild will gradually increase, and nights in the wild will become more dangerous.

3. A 20-kilometer free exploration area around Chasing Light City is opened, allowing new players to explore freely.

4. A new mission difficulty system is added, temporarily divided into five levels: D Level, C Level, B Level, A Level, and S Level. Players can choose tasks according to their own strength.

5. A new secondary profession, Pharmacist, is added. Players who want to become pharmacists can go to NPC Yakro to learn.

6. A new basic training room is added at the Martial Arts Hall to enhance players' combat experience.

7. A new disciple evaluation ranking is added, ranking according to different disciple identities based on monthly training room battle performance. At the end of each month, players can receive corresponding Martial Arts Hall rewards based on their ranking.

8. Fixed online connection instability issues.

9. Fixed some bugs and improved the game experience.

Following the system announcement, all the players following on the forum were excited.

"It's only been a few days, and they've already updated a new version. Is this game company trying to outdo other game companies?"

"No wonder it is one of the top ten new games of the year. Just the speed of updates alone is worth full marks. I wonder when the open beta will be. This time they only increased the quota by 140, and now there are probably a million people making reservations for this game."

"More than a million, the number of reservations exceeded 1.5 million yesterday. I heard now there are 20,000 to 30,000 people playing the test challenges daily, but no one has been able to last more than twenty seconds in front of that BOSS, making many curious live streamers almost cry, saying if they continue playing, they'll become broke."

"I watched too. I reserved this game because I saw those streamers challenge for days and nights without success. I wanted to give it a try. I feel the test challenges alone could become a standalone game and definitely sell well. The combat is so real, I didn't expect the game to scan players' physical data in real-time. Getting stronger in reality can be directly reflected in the game, it's just too awesome!"

"Yes! The game company could totally make the test challenges independent. Many fighting enthusiasts and some professional fighters are playing these test challenges. They say after playing, their skills have improved a lot, and one amateur fighter who played for over ten days almost won a city-level fighting competition, beating a few seed players badly."

"Wow, does the test challenge have such an effect? I've been playing for almost a month; can't I beat those professional fighters?"

"You should try it. I'm a college student who doesn't know anything. After playing for less than ten days, I accidentally knocked down a senior from the kickboxing club who is over two meters tall with one punch. It felt like his punches were in slow motion compared to the BOSS in the test challenge."

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As more players discussed, the thread quickly went off-topic. More reservation players were talking about the test challenges, getting more excited. Curious players interested in Descent of High Martial clicked in and were stunned.

Many didn't understand what kind of game Descent of High Martial was, astonished that its test challenge had higher popularity than the game itself.

However, soon the offline resting veteran players brought the discussion back on track.

Fang Zhen: "Does this game company want my life? I just logged off to rest, and you've updated the version (￣(工)￣)"

One Leaf Floating Cloud: "Sleep? Sleep is for the dead. Get up and have fun! This update is incredible. We can now run freely outside the city, and the chances of encountering monsters have increased. It's all about contribution and Points (￣﹁￣)"

Fang Zhen: "Didn't you sell that severely damaged B3 Level Battle Armor dropped by the BOSS to the Martial Arts Hall and earn tens of millions of Points?"

One Leaf Floating Cloud: "⊙ω⊙I ordered a few medium machine tools from the Hall Master, spent it all."

Fang Zhen: "￣□￣｜｜"

Xiao Yuan Goes Crazy Too: "This update is perfect for newcomers, not only can you explore freely, but you can also learn a secondary profession and become a Pharmacist. This Pharmacist can make Energy Potions to aid cultivation, definitely the most profitable secondary profession in the game. With the added task difficulty system, newcomers can die less by choosing tasks according to difficulty. This strategy guide needs a redo ╰( 0ω0)ノ!"

Twilight of the Gods: "After reading the introduction to Era of the Wild Beasts, I feel this update is intense. The increase in wild monsters is due to the monster tide that destroyed the Moving City of Azure Sky. I suspect this update might test the real outdoor BOSS battle in the game, and the BOSS might be those giant snakes we saw in Azure Sky."

Fang Zhen: "（⊙o⊙）! Those three giant snakes? Aren't they from the storyline CG?"

Luo Wushang: "It's boring to always practice on those prepped Martial Artists. Finally, the game company is raising the difficulty for us martial artists (○^～^○)"

As veteran players discussed, previously indifferent players suddenly realized.

"Oh my god! Are we going to fight those giant snakes like last time?"

"I watched that video, and each snake is probably over a hundred meters long, lifting its body like a five to six-story building. Can players really fight monsters like that?"

"If we can fight monsters like that, plus the game's combat realism, I'll definitely buy it instantly!"

"Damn! I've bought this game for a month and played test challenges daily. When can I get in? Can't I just pay more?"

"Pay more? I feel the game company doesn't care about money. Previously, over a dozen major guilds from other games collectively stated they were willing to spend over a billion for 500 beta slots, but the game company ignored them. Those major guilds were so annoyed they had to spend their own money to have tens of thousands of members in their guilds make reservations. Because of this, many gold farming studios also made reservations. With 140 slots available, our chances of getting selected as regular players might be less than one in ten thousand."

"I am willing to sacrifice ten years of my life to be chosen this time. If I get selected, I will sell my house and live in the Descent of High Martial forever, grinding this game until it shuts down!"

"You sure dream big. Do you know how many people are willing to give up everything to join? The line is endless!"

"Sigh, you people always want shortcuts. If you really want to get into the game faster, I suggest you improve your combat skills—or learn how to dig tunnels from others. That might increase your chances. Anyway, I'm off to dig some tunnels now."

Initially, the forum buzzed with discussion about reservations, but people soon realized the reality.

The player selection for Descent of High Martial is not just a lottery; it's purely a technical game. Even if your combat skills aren't high, as long as you dig well, you can still get in and grind.

Suddenly, fewer people were active on the forum, leaving only veteran players chatting idly during their offline breaks.

In the middle of the night, at the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, inside a basic training room.

Lin Qi sat cross-legged, surrounded by more than a dozen empty bottles of Type Two Energy Potions and Type Two Healing Potions. The Qi and Blood emanating from him grew increasingly intense, pounding against the walls around him.

However, the training room, reinforced by the system, was built much stronger than a normal room, seemingly made entirely of B-Level alloy, so the terrifying Qi and Blood caused no tremors at all.

"Finally succeeded."

Lin Qi opened his eyes, filled with joy.

Now that eight martial artists have emerged among the players, six players' training techniques were extracted at once. His proficiency in the Second Layer of the three training techniques increased significantly. Additionally, he had plenty of Type Two Energy Potions and Type Two Healing Potions, so he couldn't resist starting his cultivation.

Although he exhausted all of his Type Two Energy and Healing Potions, his efforts paid off, successfully advancing to a high-tier martial artist.

The enhancement of his internal organs reached 50.3%, with his strength reaching 3412.5 kilograms. His speed reached 55.6 meters per second, and with the buff, his punch easily exceeded 4000 kilograms, with his speed breaking 60 meters per second, reaching the pinnacle of a high-tier martial artist.

"Next, I'll wait for Luo Qi to repair that severely damaged B3-Level battle armor." Lin Qi excitedly clenched his fist, feeling that he could now take on a middle-tier martial artist wearing B4-Level battle armor.

The B3-Level battle armor could increase strength by 1600 kilograms, and the B4-Level by 2000 kilograms. A martial artist at the entry-level of middle-tier possesses a strength of about two thousand kilograms, and with the aid of the B4-Level battle armor, their strength reaches just over 4000 kilograms. Even without the aid of battle armor, he can still hold his own.

If he puts on the B3-Level battle armor, his strength could reach over 5600 kilograms, and even the B5-Level battle armor increases strength by only 3000 kilograms. Adding in the high-tier martial artist's strength of over 3000 kilograms, it only totals just over 6000 kilograms, not much stronger than him.

Just as Lin Qi was about to test the Golden Desert Eagle made entirely of Rem Titanium on his waist, a system notification suddenly sounded in his ears.

System: Congratulations to player Li Tianxing for creating the stepping martial technique "Stepping on Air" at the high-tier martial artist level. Currently, players have created 12 martial arts techniques above the martial artist level.

"Did he succeed too?" Lin Qi smiled as he looked at the system prompt at the bottom of his vision.

He had waited for a long, long time for this moment.

Since the emergence of Hidden Task Two, "Geniuses Are Never Alone," although this task had been completed long ago, the reward of martial arts fusion had always been something Lin Qi was reluctant to use.

Firstly, after completing Hidden Task Two, "Geniuses Are Never Alone," he received no subsequent hidden tasks. This meant the reward for martial arts fusion might not come again for a long time, so he had to use it wisely.

Secondly, none of the players had created martial arts techniques that satisfied him. In terms of attack methods, he had "Thunderbolt Flash" and even the "Hand-Crafted Super Electromagnetic Cannon." There was no value in fusing those attack techniques, especially with the Golden Desert Eagle in his hand, further enriching his attack options.

So he had been waiting for players to create some defense or step techniques to compensate for his equipment deficiencies.

Unfortunately, the summoned players were all focused on attack techniques, with few researching defense and step techniques. Fortunately, Luo Wushang, Crazy Xiaoyuan, and Li Tianxing were all researching step techniques: Sword Step, Cloud-Soaring Step, and Stepping on Air. Although all were at a martial artist level, they were considered quite good stepping martial techniques within the city.

Especially the Stepping on Air created by Li Tianxing, it was practically a small divine skill.

However, Li Tianxing's early version of Stepping on Air was only at a martial artist level, and even if it fused with the other two techniques, it would be hard to combine into a high-tier martial artist level technique.

Therefore, he had been waiting for Li Tianxing to perfect it gradually.

Now that Li Tianxing has fulfilled his promise and refined Stepping on Air to the sixth rank, it met the baseline for using his martial arts fusion reward, with a substantial chance of creating a brand new high-tier martial artist step technique, reaching the Realm of Perfection.

"It's time to use this martial arts fusion reward."

Without hesitation, Lin Qi opened the system reward in the system panel.

System: Do you want to use the fusion martial arts reward?

"Yes!"

System: Please select three player-created martial arts techniques of the same type.

Lin Qi placed the stepping techniques created by Luo Wushang, Crazy Xiaoyuan, and Li Tianxing into the selection.

"Let's hope for the best with this final attempt!"

Lin Qi took a deep breath and clicked "Fusion" on the system panel.

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