Chapter 517

Lin Qi looked at his overall ranking of 3580, the bottom 20 of the ranking,

the 19 people behind him are likely all Seventh Realm martial artists who have just stepped onto the battlefield.

Looking at the ranking again, he feels that the Xia Guo's high-realm martial artists are all quite strong.

Thinking carefully, he also feels it's normal; either they are awakened geniuses who broke through all the way to the Seventh Realm, and their strength is definitely not weak.

Earning Merit Points is not difficult.

As for ordinary geniuses, they stepped onto the battlefield early, and by the time they broke through to the Seventh Realm, they had already accumulated quite a few Merit Points.

And the rule for this ranking is based on accumulated Merit Points.

Even if the Merit Points have been spent, it doesn't matter; the ranking is based on historical accumulation.

Then he clicked on the base leaderboard.

【80th Place: Xu Qin (Wood Flower Sword)】

【100th Place: Gu Cheng (Fire Dragon Blade)】

……

Sure enough, Gu Cheng had already charged into the top 100.

Looking at his own ranking of 404, the gap is more than just a little bit.

As a top-tier genius, his goal is naturally the overall first place in the Seventh Realm.

It's only the first day now; give him a few months, and he has the confidence to charge into the top 50; the top ten is not impossible either.

Lin Qi briefly looked at the 【Ranking】 module in the Home of War.

It is divided into various leaderboards, among which the most famous is the leaderboard of the nine major realms.

This leaderboard is further divided into base ranking and overall ranking.

Among them, what everyone discusses the most is the ranking of the four realms from six to nine.

Moreover, famous martial artists all have their own nicknames, such as Gu Cheng's nickname, Fire Dragon Blade.

His teacher Mu Hong's nickname is Blood Shadow Spear!

His nickname at the Vault of Heaven Martial University is—Mountain Lord.

Now that he has stepped onto the battlefield, he will likely have a new nickname.

"I must not let them give me a nickname that sounds too ugly."

Lin Qi thought to himself; he would rather not have an ugly nickname.

……

"According to the latest news from this station, a large Calamity Beast tide has erupted again at the Black Dragon Base in our country's Beijiang Province!"

"After some effort, the Calamity Beast tide has been suppressed, and more and more martial artists are coming to the Black Dragon Base."

"We believe they can resist the Calamity Beast invasion..."

At 7 PM, dinner time, the entire Xia Guo began its news broadcast on time, reporting the situation of each war base in real-time.

And the Black Dragon Base will inevitably appear in the news.

Watching the report that the Black Dragon Base had suppressed the Calamity Beast tide again, this has already become everyone's daily routine.

As long as the Black Dragon Base is not breached, there is no need to feel panicked.

Every time he watches the Black Dragon Base suppress a large Calamity Beast tide, he feels a great sense of security.

Watching the news and eating dinner, another day passed peacefully.

……

Beijiang Province, outside the Black Dragon Base, on the battlefield.

"Boom! Boom!!"

"Roar!!"

The war had entered its final stages, and the laser cannons had ceased fire.

Only the martial artists were still hunting Calamity Beasts.

"Pfft~"

The tall Gu Cheng was wearing deep red battle armor, his whole body surrounded by flames, like a God of Fire from mythology.

The battle sword in his hand was covered by waves of crimson sword Gangjin, and then he suddenly slashed out; the sword Gangjin tore through the air and hit the body of a massive Great Strength Ape.

This Level 7 Calamity Beast looked miserable at this time, fresh blood flowing, its neck hit by the sword Gangjin.

"Boom!!"

Fresh blood poured like a waterfall, and its body collapsed to the ground with a crash.

Gu Cheng looked at his surroundings coldly; the Calamity Beast tide had been completely suppressed.

Only sporadic high-level Calamity Beasts remained.

He put away his battle sword and smiled as he looked at the Great Strength Ape's carcass.

"Another 7000 Merit Points in hand!"

He turned around and began to return to the base, ending a day of fighting.

After returning to the base, the first thing he did was check the leaderboard.

Seeing that he was still 100th, there was no change at all.

Looking at several geniuses he cared about, even if they had small progress, their rankings were not as high as his.

Then he looked at Xu Qin again; seeing that she was still 80th, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"As expected of a top-tier genius who awakened two abilities, truly powerful!"

"We arrived at the base on the same day, and now her Merit Points are a significant margin higher than mine."

Gu Cheng sighed; compared to her, he was quite inferior.

He closed the leaderboard and opened WeChat to check various messages.

When he was hunting Calamity Beasts, he always turned off message notifications.

Now that the battle was over, he could check his messages.

After seeing a message from his younger brother Gu Ming, his expression immediately became gloomy.

"Gu Cheng!"

Walking on the road, a friend greeted him.

Gu Cheng glanced at him, seeing it was a Sixth Realm martial artist, he couldn't be bothered to pay attention and walked straight away.

A moment later, in the accommodation area, inside a luxurious office.

Gu Ming limped to the sofa, sat down, and told everything that happened today one by one.

Finally, he said through gritted teeth:

"That's how it is, brother, you have to avenge me!"

His family has money; after taking precious potions like top-grade healing medicine and bone-mending paste, the broken parts recovered seven or eight-tenths in one day.

He lay on the bed for a day, constantly recalling what happened today in his mind.

Being pressed to the ground by Lin Qi under the gaze of everyone was simply too shameful for him.

He is a young master of the Gu family; geniuses have always bullied others, when has he ever suffered such grievances.

Gu Cheng took out his phone, looked at the projected video, and said with a gloomy expression:

"This Lin Qi knew you were my younger brother and still took action?"

Gu Ming nodded: "Yes!"

Gu Cheng felt a nameless fire rise and said:

"I'll have him come over and apologize to you!"

"Bullying people of our Gu family, who does he think he is?!"

So he took out his phone, opened WeChat, and searched for Lin Qi.

He added Lin Qi on WeChat.

……

Black Dragon Base, downstairs in the accommodation area

"Little Junior Brother, let's go!"

Lin Qi waved goodbye to Senior Brother Liang Tai, Wang Zhixuan, Xiao Yu, and the others.

Each returned to their own home.

He returned to his apartment—206

"Beep!"

After fingerprint verification, the door opened, and Xiao Chan condensed her body and began to prepare dinner.

"Buzz buzz!"

Lin Qi sat on the sofa, logged into the Home of War, and checked his Merit Points.

But soon, someone sent a message on WeChat; opening it, it was Gu Cheng.

"Looks like he's here to demand an explanation for today's incident."

【Gu Cheng: Junior Brother Lin Qi, I already know about this morning's incident.】

【You went too far!】

【I know my younger brother did something wrong, but you shouldn't have taken action in public; we could have negotiated this privately.】

【How about this, let's gather at the Ten Thousand Beast Hotel, you bow your head and apologize to my younger brother, and this matter will be over.】

……

After reading the message, Lin Qi sneered.

"Ask me to apologize, ridiculous?"

Then he started to reply to the message and then directly blocked Gu Cheng.

Then he prepared to eat lunch.

……

At this time, in another apartment.

Gu Cheng said to Gu Ming in a relaxed tone: "Don't worry, we'll gather at the base hotel in a while, I'll have him apologize to you in person."

Gu Ming's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Then his expression changed: "Ending with just an apology, that's letting him off too easily."

Gu Cheng said speechlessly: "What else do you want?"

"Lin Qi is an SSS-level genius, after all, and the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang's grand-disciple."

"You still want to beat him up?"

"Beep!"

Just then, Gu Cheng's phone vibrated; he picked it up and looked.

【Lin Qi: What kind of daydream are you having, asking me to apologize to this clown Gu Ming!】

【I haven't even asked Gu Ming to come over and apologize to me, ridiculous!】

……

Gu Cheng's expression immediately became gloomy; he wanted to reply to the message but found that he had been blocked.

"Very good!"

After seeing this, Gu Ming was furious:

"Brother, this guy is bullying us too much!"

Gu Cheng revealed a ferocious smile:

"Looks like we need to teach him a lesson!"

……

Black Dragon Base, Ten Thousand Beast Hotel

This is the largest hotel in the Black Dragon Base, where all kinds of delicacies from various provinces are available.

Hot pot, barbecue, roasted meat, iron pot stew...

In one of the spacious luxury private rooms, Lin Qi sat in his seat; opposite him was the exquisitely featured Pei Yiqing.

And a boy with a burly stature, three-dimensional features, and a square face.

His temperament was as heavy as a mountain, quite similar to the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang.

Pei Yiqing introduced with a smile:

"Junior Brother Lin Qi, this is my elder brother—Pei Hongfeng!"

Lin Qi felt the opponent's aura; it was the thick aura of an Eighth Realm powerhouse.

Pei Hongfeng stood up, stretched out his wide palm, and smiled:

"Junior Brother Lin Qi, thank you very much for saving Yiqing today."

After a simple handshake, the two sat down!

Pei Hongfeng smiled:

"I heard about you from Xiao Jiu a long time ago and have always wanted to meet you."

"So I had Yiqing get your phone number from Xiao Jiu!"

"Inviting you to a meal today to thank you properly."

Lin Qi shook his head: "Brother Pei, you are too polite!"

While speaking, the intelligent robot also opened the door and brought up plates of food.

"Enjoy your meal, the three of you!"

After the intelligent robot finished speaking, it left.

Pei Yiqing said: "Junior Brother Lin Qi, I heard you have a small conflict with Gu Ming of the Gu family."

"Do you need help solving it?"

"Our Pei family also has some strength in the Xia Guo."

"And my elder brother is here; he has been at the Black Dragon Base for 8 years, has good relations with all parties, and is also ranked 15th on the Eighth Realm leaderboard."

After she said this, a sense of confidence immediately emerged.

Pei Hongfeng also smiled: "It's not that powerful!"

"But helping with a small favor is no problem, right?"

Lin Qi was shocked; the Pei family is also a not-so-weak family in the Xia Guo.

They have strong financial resources, and the family's martial arts strength is also not weak; they even have Ninth Realm martial artists.

Pei Jiu's uncle is a Ninth Realm martial artist.

And Pei Hongfeng's strength is also not weak at all.

One must know that the major leaderboards of the Home of War almost encompass all the geniuses of each realm.

Especially the three major leaderboards of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Realms.

Although the ranking does not represent absolute strength, no one who can rank in the forefront is weak.

And Pei Hongfeng being able to rank 15th is enough to explain his strength.

This is an Eighth Realm peak martial artist, only one step away from the Ninth Realm.

In the entire Black Dragon Base, he is also a top-tier existence.

Facing Pei Hongfeng's kindness, Lin Qi smiled:

"No need to trouble Brother Pei; Gu Cheng can't do anything to me either."

Pei Hongfeng nodded: "Forgot that your teacher is Mu Hong, and the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang is your grand-teacher!"

"At the Black Dragon Base, indeed no one can do anything to you."

"But if you have difficulties in the future, contact us at any time."

Lin Qi nodded: "If that day really comes, I won't be polite."

Pei Hongfeng nodded generously: "Eat!"

"The owner of this Ten Thousand Beast Hotel is an old veteran, and the chefs are all retired from the base; their culinary skills are first-class."

……

One hour later, Lin Qi, having eaten quite a bit, returned to his room.

He went straight into the martial arts room, changed into his martial arts uniform, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate.

He was already full!

He returned in the evening and cooked 200 kilograms of Level 8 Calamity Beast meat himself.

Just as he was preparing to eat more, he received a message from Pei Jiu and added Pei Yiqing's WeChat.

He was invited to eat at the Ten Thousand Beast Hotel; it turned out they used Level 7 Calamity Beast meat, and he didn't waste it, eating over a hundred kilograms.

In this one meal, he got to know two high-realm martial artists, Pei Yiqing and Pei Hongfeng.

Among them, Pei Hongfeng is an Eighth Realm peak existence.

Having only been at the Black Dragon Base for two days, he had already gotten to know two geniuses.

He is getting more and more friends.

He sat cross-legged to cultivate, removed distracting thoughts from his heart, and operated the "Jin Di Secret Canon".

He visualized the Jin Di Tiger in his consciousness space, and a large amount of Source Energy from the surrounding space was absorbed into his body.

"Today, fighting the Level 7 Calamity Beasts, the Steel-Boned Giant Tiger and the Iron-Armored Rhino, I feel my body has become active."

"The consumption in one day is not small; I estimate there will be a significant improvement."

Lin Qi could clearly feel the consumption of energy in his body.

He was frantically digesting the essence in the meat like a starving person; consuming energy through combat is even greater than the consumption during training.

It is a tempering of body and mind, so as long as one stays on the battlefield for a long time, as long as resources can keep up, and one can survive, one's martial arts cultivation will not be weak.

In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!!"

"Roar!!"

In the consciousness space, the massive Jin Di Tiger revealed an overbearing aura, and after a roar, it slowly dissipated.

Lin Qi also opened his eyes, felt the abundant strength in his body, and immediately revealed a smile.

The strong wind dissipated, and his gaze also looked at the panel.

【You consumed a large amount of Level 8 Calamity Beast meat, completed one Source Energy cultivation, physical strength improved, one step closer to the third blood exchange, Qi and Blood Value +80】

【Qi and Blood Value: 5150→5230】

……

Lin Qi slowly stood up; the speed of progress was faster than he imagined.

It is only 270 away from the third blood exchange.

He feels that if he stays at the Black Dragon Base for a few more days, he will be able to complete the third blood exchange.

According to the current progress, in less than a year, he might need to start preparing to break through to the Eighth Realm.

The speed of progress is exaggeratedly fast.

One must know that when he was in his third year of high school, his Qi and Blood Value only increased by about 2.0 in a month.

Now, the comparison shows the gap is ridiculously large.

"Buzz buzz!!"

Just as Lin Qi was still thinking, his phone made a sound.

Xiao Chan took the initiative to project a screen.

It was a call from his teacher Mu Hong; when the call was connected, not only Mu Hong, but Liu Yuanzhang also appeared on the opposite side.

The background was in an apartment.

Liu Yuanzhang was the first to speak with a smile:

"Lin Qi, we already know about your incident with Gu Ming."

"Gu Ming provoked you first, you are not wrong!"

"Don't be afraid of the Gu family; we have your back, and there is also the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang."

The point is the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang!

Lin Qi nodded: "I understand!"

Mu Hong also said:

"You are an SSS-level genius; he cannot take action against you openly, he is just afraid of playing dirty tricks."

"The Gu family is not ordinary; Qing Xian has the bloodline of the Gu family, carrying the blood of the Gu family."

"So they are used to being overbearing, but they are geniuses of the Minghai Martial Arts Hall."

"If he bullies you, our Chiqiong Martial Arts Hall will not sit idly by."

Lin Qi smiled: "I'm not afraid of that!"

If Gu Cheng dares to play dirty tricks, it's fine if he deals with him, but if he targets his parents.

He wouldn't mind killing the opponent.

However, he feels the opponent doesn't have the guts.

……

At this time, in a luxurious apartment in the accommodation area.

"Master, there is a call!"

In the bedroom, Gu Cheng, wearing pajamas, heard the sound of the intelligent life form as soon as he entered.

A large screen was projected in front of him, and the face of a middle-aged beautiful woman appeared on the opposite side.

The opponent was in a spacious bedroom, wearing exquisite red pajamas.

"Mom!"

Gu Cheng greeted.

The middle-aged beautiful woman frowned and said:

"I have already heard about your younger brother Gu Ming's incident!"

"Although Gu Ming was wrong to provoke and humiliate our Gu family members, this matter cannot be solved so easily."

"Lin Qi must pay the price!"

Gu Cheng nodded, clenching his fists, thinking of the message Lin Qi sent him.

He seemed to see Lin Qi's disdainful gaze through the text.

He, Gu Cheng, had never been so slighted.

The middle-aged beautiful woman continued:

"The reason this Lin Qi is so fearless in taking action is because he has the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang standing behind him."

"If it were other ordinary Ninth Realm martial artists, our Gu family wouldn't have to be afraid."

"But it just happens to be the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang; he is now stationed at the Black Dragon Base, and there are a large number of Chiqiong Martial Arts Hall martial artists in the base."

"We cannot use dark means, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

"We can only use open means!"

"Then there is only one way!"

"Our Xia Guo encourages genius competition; you challenge him to a battle!"

Gu Cheng's eyes lit up; this method is good, simple and crude.

Everyone is now in the Seventh Realm, so the age boundary is not that rigid.

He won't be accused of bullying the young!

So a smile immediately appeared on his face:

"Mom, I understand!"

The middle-aged beautiful woman nodded: "I heard Lin Qi has never lost in large-scale competitions."

"You go and dampen his sharpness, defeat him in public, and humiliate him properly."

Hanging up the phone, Gu Cheng was all excited.

He quickly told Gu Ming the good news.

"Brother, you must slaughter him properly, it's best to beat Lin Qi to his knees."

"Treat him the way he treated others."

On the other side of the video call, Gu Ming shouted excitedly.

Closing the video call, Gu Cheng lay on the bed thinking about how to challenge Lin Qi.

He opened his phone, logged into the Home of War, and started operating.

……

Martial Arts Calendar 2048, August 19th

After a day and a night, the large Calamity Beast tide had reached its end, with only sporadic Calamity Beasts remaining.

The Black Dragon Base began to work; a large number of transport vehicles were dispatched to transport the Calamity Beast carcasses on the battlefield back to the base for dissection and segmentation.

Many Calamity Beast meats will be consumed by the martial artists at the base, and some will be transported to companies all over the country for sale.

Some precious body organs will be made into various potions.

While the staff were cleaning up, most of the martial artists were also resting or cultivating.

Preparing for the next Calamity Beast tide!

Lin Qi was the same; high-level Calamity Beasts had basically all been hunted.

He might as well stay in the martial arts room to cultivate.

He opened the Home of War and watched the changes in his Merit Points.

He paid back the 1000 Merit Points he owed and then purchased 1000 kilograms of Level 8 Calamity Beast meat.

Then he threw himself into cultivation.

Time passed slowly, and it reached noon.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh!!"

In the martial arts room, Lin Qi put away his long spear amidst the strong wind, shook off the sweat beads on his forehead, and picked up a bottle of functional drink to drink in large gulps.

"Buzz buzz!"

"Master, a call from Senior Brother Liang Tai!"

Suddenly, Xiao Chan spoke from the side and projected a large green screen.

Senior Brother Liang Tai's face appeared in the video; he looked worried:

"Little Junior Brother, something happened!"

……

(End of chapter)