High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 325 - 274: Martial Saint Tower, the Secret of the Saint Realm!
The timeline is pushed forward.
Under the night sky, Huangfu Jiang quickly arrived at the suburbs of Lin’an City, where a vehicle stopped in front of an abandoned factory.
Hissing-----
Everyone who got off the vehicle shivered uncontrollably, inhaling sharply.
As far as the eye could see, the five-story abandoned factory was cut in half, creating a huge hemispherical hole, through which the view could extend endlessly into the distance.
The destroyed dense forest, a massive pit on the ground, at this moment underground water seeped out with signs of forming a river.
A terrifying passage suddenly appeared.
"Can anyone tell me... what on earth happened?"
A Martial Arts Association member who got off the vehicle couldn’t help but voice his astonishment.
Huangfu Jiang, born in the Huangfu family and the president of the Zhejiang Martial Arts Association, had exceptional insight and experience. He stared at the hole in the abandoned factory, quickly trying to recreate everything before him in his mind.
But he couldn’t do it.
The records showed that Su Mu’s weapon was a sword, but the scene before him was definitely not left by a sword.
Huangfu Jiang took a deep breath, regained his composure, and walked into the abandoned factory.
He closed his eyes, sensing the lingering forces around, which did not include that of a sword momentum, but rather a more terrifying force.
Huangfu Jiang was unable to understand what this force was.
The driver waiting by the vehicle stared at the hole in a daze, muttering under his breath, "Doesn’t this look like a punch?"
"But is there truly such a giant fist in the world?"
The driver absentmindedly looked down at his tightly clenched fist, then raised it to compare.
One word woke a dreamer; Huangfu Jiang suddenly broke out in goosebumps.
If this was truly caused by Su Mu’s punch.
Then everyone had severely underestimated Su Mu, or perhaps Su Mu had been hiding his strength all along.
The strongest skill of the Celestial Pride List’s top-ranked One-Slash Asura wasn’t actually the sword.
But the fist?!
"This, this can’t be, can it?"
Even being able to withstand a Grandmaster-level weapon with a flesh body couldn’t achieve this, could it?!
Huangfu Jiang asked himself if he could cause such destruction with one punch, and the answer was naturally no, his heart trembled significantly for a moment.
He was a bona fide Three Forging Grandmaster, having completed the third forging of the Martial Arts Golden Body, yet even he couldn’t achieve such terrifying destruction with a single blow!
"Could a Sixth Level Martial Artist who hasn’t reached the Grandmaster level... really cause such destruction?!"
"Is this really still a Sixth Level Martial Artist?"
"Or has Su Mu actually become a Grandmaster?"
In the massive shock before him, Huangfu Jiang’s thoughts were in chaos, yet even if Su Mu had become a Grandmaster, the ability to unleash such an awe-inspiring punch would be enough to astonish the world.
After a long while, he took several deep breaths.
"Let’s go, follow this path and see."
Due to the massive impact, the group remained unusually silent, even Huangfu Jiang.
Along the Fist Dao path, in the midst of a river, at another abandoned factory, everyone caught a sickening scent of blood. Inside the factory, the ground was cracked, with a deep pit present.
Within the pit were mingled flesh and organ fragments, evident that a battle must have taken place here.
Huangfu Tian reached out and picked up a piece of purplish flesh, pinching it between his fingers. The flesh still trembled slightly, exuding a manic and uneasy wave of Qi and Blood.
"Indeed, this Qi and Blood aura... this is the flesh left by a Mutated Martial Artist after death, Black Suit is probably dead."
"Killed by Su Mu."
The timeline in Huangfu Jiang’s mind quickly connected, Su Mu should have first killed Black Suit here, then obtained information about White Suit from him.
Finally, he rushed back to the association building and killed White Suit.
As for the information’s source, this action was commanded by the Southern War Zone, likely providing Su Mu with the intel. Previously, the Southern War Zone had issued a statement that Su Mu was executing a secret mission.
For a moment, Huangfu Jiang thought of many things, learning some information about the Giant Beast Cave from family channels.
"Could Su Mu be secretly eliminating foreign forces infiltrating the territory?"
Being entrusted with such a mission indicates the war zone’s extreme trust in Su Mu’s capabilities.
Yet, Huangfu Jiang couldn’t help but show confusion at this moment.
Since Su Mu could instantly kill the more powerful White Suit, and unleash such a terrifying punch, why was there a single site with a battle pit left alone, shouldn’t it have been a one-hit kill?
Emerging from the giant pit, Huangfu Jiang took a few steps forward and quietly transmitted all the information and his speculations back to the family, then instructed his assistant to report this information to the South China Governor’s Mansion.
"Black Demon Society, the two of White Suit and Black Suit have been killed by Su Mu General Star."
"Now report what you see without adding too much subjective speculation."
After giving instructions, Huangfu Jiang turned around with a slight, mocking smile on his lips.
"This time the Ye family and other forces are likely to suffer a major setback at Su Mu’s hands."
"Once Su Mu joins the Qingfeng Martial Saint Sect, his future will be limitless."
"Yet, this price of pledging allegiance is not small either."
...
"Leader Su!"
"Uncle Hong, just call me Su Mu. Being addressed as Leader is really overwhelming for me."
Upon hearing Su Mu’s words, Hong Lie laughed heartily and reached out to pat Su Mu’s shoulder, letting out a loud, cheerful laugh.
"Haha, then I shall humbly comply, Su Mu welcome back!"
"Is this the original meatball from before?"
Although Hong Lie had already learned this from the reports from the Yun Province division war zone, he still couldn’t hide his astonishment seeing it with his own eyes, clicking his tongue in wonder.
In less than a month, the meatball from before had completely transformed!
Previously, Hong Lie had fed the foodie a few times.
The foodie obviously remembered Hong Lie, walking forward to pat Hong Lie with its wings, while Hong Lie smiled and took out a piece of Sixth Level Fierce Beast Flesh, the foodie only glanced at it, showing little interest.
"This guy’s gotten picky lately."
Su Mu laughed and said, the foodie recently had eaten plenty of Grandmaster-level flesh and the ice salmon from the river below, losing interest in ordinary Fierce Beast Flesh.
Hearing this, Hong Lie was shocked, wondering what on earth Su Mu had been feeding the foodie recently, that even Sixth Level Fierce Beast Flesh was disregarded?
Could it all be Grandmaster-level?
As the thought crossed his mind, Hong Lie was taken aback for a moment, finding it possible because he suspected Su Mu had participated in many battles killing Grandmaster-level Fierce Beasts, leaving behind one or two Grandmaster-level Beast corpses was quite normal.
"No wonder he could achieve such a transformation, feeding him on Grandmaster-level Fierce Beast flesh is exceedingly extravagant!"
Hong Lie couldn’t help but sigh, then his gaze fell upon the woman in the windbreaker.
"She is my friend."
Su Mu initially placed the windbreaker woman in his dormitory, instructing the foodie to keep an eye on her.
...
"Su Mu, I have conveyed your previous idea. The command department has passed it, but the current situation may be more complicated than you imagined."
"And because of you, Su Mu, I was recently informed by the leaders about some undercurrents that the leaders want me to convey to you."
Su Mu listened attentively.
Hong Lie’s expression became serious, "Su Mu, did Qingfeng Martial Saint give you two tests? One of which is about Sima Xie?"
Su Mu acknowledged with a nod.
Hong Lie saw Su Mu’s response and felt somewhat relieved.
"This challenge on the surface is a contest for the top position between you and Ye Wanqing on the Celestial Pride List, but this is just the beginning. The Ye Family is also building momentum for Ye Wanqing, and once the Southern War Zone gets involved, this battle will attract more people and forces, making the fight even tougher."
"I understand."
Su Mu calmly said, and this was exactly what he wanted.
"Ye Wanqing from the Ye Family is only the vanguard, and the Celestial Pride List does not represent all the elites of Huaxia. Top Martial Arts Families, Huaxia National Martial Arts Association, the Military Department, Saint Martial Hall, under the Martial Saints, many demons do not appear on the Celestial Pride List."
"Why is that?"
"Because it’s unnecessary."
"In the eyes of these top forces, the Celestial Pride List is dispensable. Below the Martial Arts Grandmaster, everyone is but an ant."
Below the Martial Arts Grandmaster, all are ants!
Uncle Hong’s bluntness made Su Mu tense up, though he had already suspected it.
Because ascending to the top of the Celestial Pride List was too smooth.
"Especially under the Martial Saints, these Martial Saint disciples scorn competing for the Celestial Pride List. To them, only two lists matter, the Grandmaster List and the Quasi Martial Saint List, and even the demons only care about the Quasi Martial Saint List."
"In comparison to the Celestial Pride List, the competition on the remaining two lists is much fiercer." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
"The two lists have no age limits, meaning opponents are no longer confined to those under thirty-five, and your opponents will be all the grandmasters and grandmasters of Blue Star and Huaxia!"
"A martial artist’s lifespan is lengthy, especially a Martial Arts Grandmaster. A martial arts grandmaster’s lifespan exceeds two hundred years, a grandmaster’s lifespan is several hundred, or even longer."
"To charge these two lists, you will face those older generations of martial artists whose age exceeds yours by several multiples, perhaps even several generations, and their deep martial arts immersion and accumulation may be several times greater than yours, profound beyond imagination!"
"But this time, a portion of those demons, who look down on competing for the list, might appear."
"If they look down on it, why compete?" Su Mu asked puzzled.
"Because the Giant Beast Cave mutated, the news of the imminent appearance of the ancient relic cannot be sealed."
"The Giant Beast Cave mutated?"
"Su Mu, with your status as General Star, you now have the qualification to know all of this. The content I’m about to say, you must not spread."
"Alright, I understand."
"Do you recall the projection of the Demon God Pillar descending on South China at the beginning of the year?"
Su Mu’s eyes narrowed, it surprisingly involved the Demon God Pillar, it seemed what Uncle Hong was about to say was extremely significant, perhaps touching on secrets about this world that his teacher never mentioned!
Su Mu quickly nodded, Hong Lie continued, "The Demon God Pillar does not descend without reason, because within half a month of the Demon God Pillar’s projection, the Giant Beast Cave underwent a mutation, an enormous ancient relic is about to appear."
"Every time an ancient relic manifests from the Giant Beast Cave, it is accompanied by a new Martial Saint Tower."
An enormous ancient relic, a new Martial Saint Tower?!
Su Mu’s breath grew heavy.
"Perhaps Su Mu, you have discovered that human martial artists have Ninth Level Martialists, that is those at the peak of Martial Arts, Martial Saints.
Aside from the Human Great Sage, human martial arts for a millennium, in areas such as alchemy and inscriptions, have not produced a ninth level."
"This is because the Ninth Level Saint Realm simply cannot be reached by human strength, it does not belong to the realm of humans; human martial artists cannot rely on their own power to break through to the Saint Realm."
At this point, Hong Lie’s expression became exceptionally solemn.
"Since the birth of human Martial Dao Civilization, every Martial Saint, including Human Great Sages..."
"Were all ultimately promoted to the Saint Realm by merging with the great power of the Martial Saint Tower..."
"The Martial Saint Tower is not only a ninth level weapon containing great power, but also the sole key to the Saint Realm. The Human Great Sage was the first to discover this method, this great being merged with the first Martial Saint Tower that was born, achieving the first Martial Saint."
"The method of promotion by Alien Race Demon Gods is the same, except they merge with the Demon God Pillar."
"This is why Blue Star Alliance sets up three lists, and countries separately establish three lists, because the three lists are an effective screening method, whose purpose was initially to select candidates for merging with the Martial Saint Tower from among billions of martial artists!"
"Among the three lists, the Celestial Pride List has only one vacancy, that is the first place on the Celestial Pride List."
