“Martial arts demonstration video?” Lin Xinghai was interested, wanting to join the crowd.
However, as soon as he wanted to walk over, Roger grabbed his hand to stop him.
“Huh?” Lin Xinghai was a little confused.
“Real buyers like us don’t have to gather here in the demonstration hall to watch videos like these people.” Roger said, waving to several staff not far away.
The number of staff here at the Martial Arts Hall was four to five times greater than that at the Mecha Research Institute.
However, they were only positioned around the hall’s perimeter, and they wouldn’t actively approach to introduce or engage in conversation unless a customer came over to inquire.
Of course, this was also inevitable because there were simply too many people visiting the Martial Arts Store. Even if the number of staff here was multiplied several times over, they still couldn’t adequately attend to everyone.
Moreover, what was even more important was that the vast majority of people visited only to take a look. There were only a few who were willing and able to make a purchase in a day.
However, with Roger’s gesture, one of the female staff immediately brightened up, wearing a friendly smile, and hurriedly approached.
“Hello, I’m the top-performing staff, Jing Huanlian. How can I help you?” Jing Huanlian asked enthusiastically.
The most important thing to become a top-performing staff in the Martial Arts Store was sharp observation. She immediately spotted the mercenary badges worn on their chests.
The members of the mercenary group had the highest probability of purchasing ancient martial arts.
Of course, if there were just two ordinary mercenaries, she, a top-performing staff, would not come over so enthusiastically. After all, there was no shortage of mercenaries visiting the Martial Arts Hall every day. However, mercenaries with a wrist computer were a rare sight.
Furthermore, she immediately recognized that Lin Xinghai was wearing the Starry Sky version of the wrist computer.
Jing Huanlian quickly confirmed that the two individuals in front of her were both “premium customers”.
“We want to buy ancient martial arts. Take us to the VIP room!” Roger didn’t waste any time and made his request directly.
“Sure! This way, please.” Jing Huanlian’s smile grew even brighter as she promptly led the two up the escalator to the second floor.
The decorations on the second floor were even more luxurious, and even the hall was divided into individual booths with screens and sofas.
As for the VIP room, it resembled small meeting rooms with sofas, coffee tables, fruit platters, and in the center, instead of screens, there were holographic projections.
The level of service and treatment instantly elevated to a higher standard.
“Gentlemen, please have some tea.” Jing Huanlian poured a cup of black tea for each of them before continuing, “May I inquire about the type of martial arts you’d like to purchase?”
Roger picked up his teacup and drank it in one gulp, then smacked his lips and said, “This tea doesn’t seem as good as the last time.”
Jing Huanlian’s smile slightly stiffened as she responded, “I’m sorry, sir. These are new tea leaves. If you don’t like it, I can provide you with something different.”
“This gentleman here is the real buyer. Don’t worry about me.” Roger pointed to Lin Xinghai beside him, picked up a bunch of grapes on the fruit plate, and started munching on them.
Jing Huanlian’s mouth twitched slightly, but as a top-performing staff, she still maintained her warmest smile and then directed her inquiring gaze toward Lin Xinghai.
With Roger’s relaxed eating attitude, she could only pray that Lin Xinghai would indeed purchase martial arts.
After all, in the post-apocalyptic world, both fruits and tea were not cheap. If the two of them were only eating without making a purchase, she would have her performance points deducted.
Of course, the other party would also be blacklisted by the system, and they wouldn’t be entitled to such treatment on their next visit.
“I haven’t decided yet which type of ancient martial arts to purchase, so I’d like to take a look at all of them.” Lin Xinghai said.
“Sure!” Jing Huanlian operated the holographic images with a smile, all the while thinking to herself, “This is more like a regular conversation!”
Soon, within the holographic images, a slender figure appeared.
He held a long saber, confronting a massive zombie horde. The number of this zombie horde exceeded a thousand. It would not be an exaggeration to call it a zombie tide.
However, this figure charged toward the horde without hesitation. With a flash of his blade, zombie heads went flying.
At this moment, Jing Huanlian began her introduction, saying, “The first showcased ancient martial art is Saber Technique: Thousand Layered Waves. When the Thousand Layered Waves Saber Technique is performed, the attacks are continuous, and their power keeps increasing. It’s most suitable for use when facing group assaults.”
Lin Xinghai was certainly not unfamiliar with the ancient martial art of Thousand Layered Waves. He even decided to learn ancient martial arts because he had witnessed Fang Tianhe’s execution of the Thousand Layered Waves.
However, at this moment, the person within the holographic image exhibited an even more terrifying saber technique. Its long saber was surrounded by a crimson aura. With each slash, blade lights of several meters in length extended outward.
Regardless of whether they were regular zombies, intermediate zombies, or even advanced zombies, when touched by this crimson blade aura, they were almost instantly killed.
Moreover, the speed at which this figure wielded the blade became faster and faster, and the number of appearing blade auras increased, eventually merging into a sea of blades.
As the figure shouted, the bloody sword light seemed to turn into a blood-red torrent, sweeping toward the zombie horde that was rushing toward him.
After the blood-red torrent passed, all that remained were scattered corpses, with most of them cut into four or five pieces.
Although Lin Xinghai couldn’t count them precisely, he could be sure that the final strike from the other person had instantly killed over a hundred zombies.
“So powerful!” Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but swallow hard, realizing that the other person’s strength was on a completely different level compared to Fang Tianhe.
However, what shocked Lin Xinghai even more was the second half of the video.
The scene changed. In the video, the figure was now facing only one enemy, a giant that seemed to be made of blood.
Lin Xinghai couldn’t have been more familiar with this creature; it was a blood fiend.
However, the figure didn’t pilot a mecha at all. He charged forward with his saber.
The bloody sword light reappeared, slashing straight at the blood fiend.
A scene that shocked Lin Xinghai unfolded.
While the wounds caused by the crimson blade aura were not as extensive as those created by Fang Tianhe piloting the mecha, when the crimson blade aura struck the blood fiend, it emitted a hissing sound. Then, upon contact with the blade aura, the blood of the creature rapidly evaporated into a mist.
During this process, the blood fiend certainly didn’t just take hits. However, most of its attacks were avoided by the saber-wielding elite. When he couldn’t evade, his body emitted a crimson aura, which blocked the blood fiend’s attacks.
And his Thousand Layered Waves Saber Technique became faster and faster, the slashes forming a continuous wave, gradually pushing the blood fiend back. In the end, the blood fiend had no choice but to retreat underground.
“Is this an elite who has broken through fourth genetic limiters and reached another level?” After the video ended, Lin Xinghai took a long time to come back to his senses and asked Roger beside him.