Chapter 572 - 375: The Strongest

Chapter 572: Chapter 375: The Strongest

Basically, evolving from the Heroic Level to the King Level required at least Ten Thousand Gold Coins. Evolving from King-level Combat Power to the High-level King tier cost at least 100,000 Gold Coins!

Wang Yi’s one million Gold Coins were quickly spent. With the help of the War Evolution Pool, he evolved one Fist Emperor, one Fighting God, one Evil God, one War God, two Piano Demons, and four Martial Saints.

Next, Wang Yi took them to the Octagonal Cage, planning to hold a few free matches to see their specific methods in action.

At this moment, the Octagonal Cage was still bustling with activity. Ever since acquiring the War Evolution Pool, Nangong Jin wasn’t as frantic about recruiting Soldiers as before, but he still organized at least a dozen fighting matches every day. He also held unofficial matches where Soldiers and militiamen would spar against each other as a form of training. In short, the Octagonal Cage was rarely empty, drawing large crowds of spectators.

When Wang Yi arrived, there were at least a hundred people in the stands, more than half of whom belonged to the Zhao Family. Great Benefactor Zhao was also present. He loved martial combat and was a loyal spectator of the Octagonal Cage matches. The Zhao Family patriarch looked radiant and full of energy, appearing as though he were only in his thirties.

This was all thanks to his good daughter, who had become a Pill Dao Venerable. Although Zhao Mei was about to change classes to an Adventurer—losing her status as the eldest miss of the Zhao Family and severing her system-recognized father-daughter relationship with Great Benefactor Zhao—she still valued their familial bond. She took good care of him in daily life. After refining the Small Yuan Pills, she had gifted him many, significantly extending his lifespan.

Great Benefactor Zhao now treated Zhao Mei as his own daughter’s reincarnation. He thoroughly enjoyed his current life, letting loose and living every day with a joyful smile. Not long ago, Great Benefactor Zhao had proactively applied to Eggshell Castle to serve as a free arena commentator for the Octagonal Cage.

At this moment, seeing Wang Yi arrive with a group of Soldiers, Great Benefactor Zhao hurriedly shouted, "The big boss is here! Hahaha, it looks like the big boss has brought a batch of experts with him. We’re in for a good show this time."

Saying this, Great Benefactor Zhao took the initiative to welcome him. He bowed to Wang Yi and invited him to the "commentator’s desk." The desk had been built by Great Benefactor Zhao and the others, situated at the highest point of the stands.

"This is quite formal!" Wang Yi remarked.

He shook hands with Great Benefactor Zhao and surveyed the battles happening around them. He noted inwardly that Eggshell Village and the Yamei Luo Star Mountain Pass were completely different. Here, combat matches were highly sought after while football games were deserted, whereas on Yamero Star, football was immensely popular.

After he sat down at the commentator’s desk, Nangong Jin quickly came over to pay his respects. Wang Yi briefly asked about the current Soldier recruitment situation in the territory before immediately starting a free match.

First, he matched Fist Emperor Taisen against Martial God Fengyu Cultivator. As a High-level King combat unit, Fist Emperor Taisen’s punches could strike the air hard enough to generate sparks via friction. Every punch produced a shockwave, possessing immense attack power and a high chance to stun.

Martial God Fengyu Cultivator, on the other hand, had his skills maxed out. His movements were agile and swift, and with his Inner Strength augmenting his techniques, every strike dealt fatal damage.

The two fought bare-handed, evenly matched, which sent Great Benefactor Zhao into a frenzy of excitement. He continually gasped from the commentator’s desk, shouting "Holy crap!" one after another—who knows who he learned that from!

However, Fist Emperor Taisen currently had no means of upgrading, whereas Martial God Fengyu Cultivator could still equip weapons. The first match was considered a draw. For the second match, Martial God Fengyu Cultivator equipped the Yellow Springs Lock. Less than two minutes in, if the match hadn’t been stopped in time, Martial God Fengyu Cultivator would have sliced Fist Emperor Taisen into pieces.

"Holy crap, could this be Celestial God Level combat power?! The Western Depot’s Martial God is way too strong!" Great Benefactor Zhao exclaimed.

"Being able to use weapons is where Feng Yuxiu’s strength lies!" Wang Yi observed.

He pondered and felt that Martial God Fengyu Cultivator equipped with the Yellow Springs Lock was exceptionally formidable. If he wasn’t hard-countered, his strength shouldn’t be too far off from terrestrial melee Celestial God Level combat units.

For the third fighting match, Wang Yi had War God Sparta fight against Battle God Boyka. Initially, Wang Yi didn’t have high hopes for Boyka. He felt that among the many Soldiers, Boyka was quite ordinary. Taisen possessed a stun attack, Feng Yuxiu could use weapons, Leonidas had a powerful battle formation, Heaven and Earth Defects could attack from afar using sonic waves, and the Fire Cloud Evil God’s Martial Arts were basically at the Mystic level. Only Boyka relied purely on fist and leg techniques, lacking any special effects.

But as a Fighting God, Boyka was entirely different. He had mastered the Assassination Fist!

Once the match began, Wang Yi finally understood what the Assassination Fist was. In short, it was just as the saying went: "The Northern Dipper turns you to paste, while the Southern Dipper slices you up."

Wang Yi felt that Battle God Boyka had learned both the Beidou Divine Fist and the Southern Dipper Sacred Fist! His attack speed was incredibly fast. When his fists struck an opponent, his Qi Force invaded their body, which would cause even someone like Fist Emperor Taisen to swell from the inside out. When he switched to Palm Techniques, it was as if he were wielding a scalpel, easily slicing through War God Sparta’s skin and bones.

The match was urgently halted, and Battle God Boyka was declared the victor.

However, this didn’t mean War God Sparta was weak. He could leap into the fray, wield a shield, and equip a long spear. While he didn’t excel in one-on-one combat, he was a master of battlefield coordination. In a group brawl, a squad of War God Spartas would likely easily thrash a squad of Battle God Boykas.

For the fourth match, Wang Yi pitted a Piano Demon against the Evil God. The Piano Demons were separated into Tian Can and Earth Defect. After evolving into Piano Demons, the two were no longer bound as a pair and could operate independently. There were minor differences between them; Tian Can Piano Demon possessed stronger Inner Strength, while Earth Defect Piano Demon excelled in fist and leg techniques.

As High-level King combat units, both could fire Shadowless Qi Blades using the Ancient Zithers in their hands. Setting down their Ancient Zithers was like mounting a machine gun, affording them formidable ranged attack power.

As for the Evil God...

The High-level King Evil God was the Fire Fire Evil God. His strength was vastly superior to that of the King Level Kung Fu’s Number One Killing King. Donning traditional ancient attire, his Martial Arts came with flashy, low-budget special effects. He could strike with sparkling golden Palm Seals, radiate Buddha’s Radiance from his body, and soar into the sky to shatter a building with a single palm strike.

Naturally, the match ended with the Evil God’s overwhelming victory.

After all four matches concluded, Wang Yi had a good grasp of the peak Soldiers’ combat capabilities in the Octagonal Cage. In his view, the War Gods, Evil Gods, Fighting Gods, Fist Emperors, Martial Gods, and Piano Demons all had their respective strengths. In terms of pure individual prowess, a Martial God equipped with the Yellow Springs Lock was the strongest in solo kills, while the Evil God possessed the strongest overall combat power. However, in a large-scale team battle, the War Gods and Piano Demons were the ones to rely on. Yet regardless of which Soldier it was, they all held immense potential for cultivation.

Wang Yi ceased interfering with the fighting matches. He turned to Nangong Jin and said, "It’s good that Man Datou is leading the Manzi Camp on an expedition against the Ancient Barbarians. The Martial Gods will enter the Western Depot, while the Piano Demons and Evil Gods will join the Eastern Depot, under the respective commands of Fish-Transformed Dragon and Feng Yuxiu. I’ll need you to go to the trouble of forming a Fighting God Camp and a War God Camp here, General Nangong, serving as their temporary Commander. Have the War God Camp stand by at all times, and assign the Fighting God Camp to hunt wild monsters."

"The Fighting God Camp and the War God Camp?" Nangong Jin seemed to grasp his intention. He bowed and replied, "Understood!"

"I’ll leave this place in your hands, then. I’m off!"

Wang Yi quickly drove away, heading toward the Giant Crab Camp. This barracks had now been upgraded to level two, and Xiang Yun was inside, slaughtering Sand River Giant Scorpions.

Wang Yi had come specifically to find Xiang Yun. He took out all the Universal Skill Books he had on hand and gave them all to Xiang Yun to use, boosting his level to LV8. Xiang Yun gained four times the normal skills upon leveling up. By reaching level eight, he had accumulated 28 skill points, which he used to upgrade his Four Skills all to LV7.

It wasn’t that Xiang Yun didn’t want to specialize in a single skill, but rather that all four of his skills were incredibly powerful and uniquely useful.

Wang Yi pondered silently, "A LV8 Xiang Yun is currently the strongest in the territory besides myself, Fish-Transformed Dragon, and Hai Zhongxian. It’s a bit of a waste to leave him in the territory hunting crabs. Perhaps when I have time, I’ll take him and some troops to the World of Suffering..."

A moment later, he arrived at the Undead Cloth Factory!

The Undead Cloth Factory was a workshop Jelena had built specifically for the Undead Musician, Beruna. It was located next to the Hundred Skills Academy, nestled within the Peach Blossom Forest. The piano loom had just been moved over.

By the time Wang Yi hurried over, a large number of lifestyle class instructors and students from the Hundred Skills Academy had gathered there. They all sat quietly, listening to Beruna play the piano with expressions of sheer intoxication. Beruna played with absolute concentration, as if no one else were around, while beautiful music flowed from the piano loom.

Wang Yi didn’t know what song she was playing, but it sounded wonderful.