High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 164 - 148: The Method to Activate the Relic Tower, Tantai Yan’s Crisis

Chapter 164: Chapter 148: The Method to Activate the Relic Tower, Tantai Yan’s Crisis

The Land of Ruins, as referred to by everyone, has a vast complex of buildings located in the central region of the secret realm, surrounded by mountains. The once majestic ancient structures could not withstand the ravages of time, and now have long fallen into ruin, turning into a heap of rubble.

However, the towering walls surrounding the complex, standing dozens of meters high, still hold some semblance of their former grandeur.

Ancient inscriptions remain on the walls, although they have lost their defensive function, anyone approaching is still enough to light up the inscriptions, casting glimmers, making it extremely difficult to sneak into the Land of Ruins unnoticed.

The main road to the Land of Ruins is a hundred-step staircase, now occupied by the alien race. This area of ruins has five broken towers, and the central hall is inaccessible, so the alien race’s attention is focused on the four towers in the southeast and northwest.

The eastern ruined tower, surrounded by the alien race, is precisely where Tantai Yan is hiding.

"Damn it, what exactly is needed to activate this Relic Tower?" Nanu grew increasingly irritable; after so many days, they were guarding an empty treasure mountain, gaining nothing.

They even allowed a human to first enter the Relic Tower, undoubtedly a slap in Nanu’s face.

Buzz!

Just then, the Relic Tower to the south blazed with light, permeated with the power of space.

"The Relic Tower is activated?!"

Nanu was overjoyed and hurried to the southern Relic Tower, only this time it was not fully activated. His brows furrowed, "Quickly, tell me, what did you just do?"

"Lord Nanu, I did nothing, we just put in a blood core, and then the Relic Tower suddenly reacted."

"Blood core?"

"Give me all the blood cores you have on you, quickly."

Nanu carefully inspected each one, and soon felt a special qi and blood fluctuation on one of the blood cores, which was more condensed.

Only this qi and blood was faint, not because the blood core was special, but it seemed to have just absorbed the surrounding aura.

After a brief thought, a wild joy appeared on Nanu’s face.

"I understand now, so that’s how the Relic Tower is activated!"

A flash of spiritual light appeared in Nanu’s hand, revealing a map.

...

"The alien race... they found a way to enter the Relic Tower?!"

The instant the southern Relic Tower was activated, Tantai Yan in the eastern Relic Tower sensed it immediately, her face turning a bit pale.

She recalled the battle with Nanu a few days ago.

This secret realm indeed heavily suppressed spiritual power, but did not heavily restrict Lin Ying’s speed. The enhancement of qi and blood also significantly boosted Lin Ying’s strength, making him even faster.

The two believed that together they could battle Nanu, with Tantai Yan going all out to control Nanu, and Lin Ying launching attacks.

But while the plan was grand, the reality was particularly harsh.

The two of them underestimated Nanu’s strength as a member of the alien royal family, especially the power of the Armor of Qi Blood secret technique, which greatly enhanced Nanu’s defenses against spiritual attacks once activated.

Thus, the monster created by the Qi Blood Secret Realm shattered Tantai Yan’s Multi-Layer Secret Prison with a spear, with barely any delay.

Though Lin Ying was fast, he could not inflict any substantive harm on Nanu, leading to a complete defeat for the human martial artists.

Returning to her thoughts, Tantai Yan felt a sense of despair. If the alien race found a way into the Relic Tower, she could not continue hiding.

For a moment, a figure flashed in her mind, but she shook her head moments later. If possible, she did not want that person to recklessly come to rescue her, as Nanu was too formidable in the Qi Blood Secret Realm.

But if she were to be captured by the alien race, Tantai Yan bore a resolute look. A flash of spiritual light in her hand brought forth a silver short blade.

"Fight first... it should only hurt for a moment... it won’t be too painful."

...

"Damn, this phenomenon probably means the alien race has found a way into the Relic Tower!"

"What do we do now?"

The human martial artists hiding in the cave looked anxious but could not think of any solution for the moment, even Lin Ying felt the same.

Though he was born to the Lin Family of Guangshen Province and knew he couldn’t compare to a rare genius like Huangfu Tian, he still considered himself a talent.

Yet, at this moment, Lin Ying felt a deep sense of powerlessness and defeat. He wasn’t a match for Nanu and could not pose the slightest threat to him.

...

Oh!

After Su Mu slew a large spotted cat and extracted the blood core, he left the Mist Forest and looked toward the depths of the secret realm. Just moments ago, he sensed a familiar aura.

"Most likely, someone activated the Relic Tower."

After some thought, Su Mu decided he stayed long enough in the outer region collecting blood cores. Now his space ring contained thousands of blood cores, a dozen metal pieces, and dozens of spirit plants.

He collected the metals and spirit plants along the way, as some stronger fierce beasts tended to guard spirit plants until they matured before consuming them, which gave Su Mu an advantage.

Similarly, when encountering a reaction from the Golden Essence Qi while hunting fierce beasts, Su Mu would detour and investigate, resulting in the plethora of metal pieces he had amassed.

Through days of continuously hunting fierce beasts, Su Mu’s control of power became more precise, and he continuously used his Insightful Eyes to make adjustments and improvements, gradually reaching a higher realm.

However, battling fierce beasts lacked some excitement. The fierce beasts in the Qi Blood Secret Realm, though prematurely developing blood cores, lacked true sixth-level intelligence, relying solely on instinct for combat.

Su Mu still yearned to battle with the alien race, not having forgotten that his battle with Nanu was yet unfinished.

"Lately, the fierce beasts have been appearing less frequently, and the thousands of blood cores I have should last for some time."

"Let’s go, and take a look."

Having made the decision, Su Mu no longer lingered. The top predator dominating the outer region finally departed, granting the fierce beasts there a brief respite.

...

"According to Nanu’s speculation, hunting powerful Fierce Beasts can yield special Blood Cores, which are the keys to opening the Relic Tower."

After the mutation of the ruins, Nanu dispatched multiple teams to hunt powerful Fierce Beasts in the Secret Realm. As for the human Martial Artists, Nanu initially had some apprehensions about Su Mu.

But after entering the Qi Blood Secret Realm, and easily defeating Tantai Yan and Lin Ying together, his confidence soared. Plus, with Su Mu yet to show up, Nanu naturally assumed that the man was afraid and was surely hiding from him.

Just as Nanu was worried about not being able to find the hiding place of the human Martial Artists, it would be fine if they did not show up. But if they dared to ambush the hunting teams he sent out, he wouldn’t mind wiping out their lair completely.

"There’s a Fierce Beast cave up ahead. I hope we can find something worthwhile," said the leader of a ten-member Alien hunting team.

Many showed faces of wild joy immediately, as they caught a strong scent of blood.

The Beast ahead must be very powerful; perhaps they could obtain one of those special Blood Cores Nanu mentioned. Then, they would surely receive a reward from Nanu.

"Captain Rig, should we request support? This bloody scent is quite strong, so its strength might be formidable!" Some team members looked serious.

"No need. It’s just one Beast. If we call other teams, how do we divide the Blood Core after killing it?"

"Exactly, we can’t let other teams divide our team’s achievements. If you’re scared, you can leave now."

"Well said, let’s go!"

...

"The closer you get to the core area, the higher quality the Blood Cores produced by the Fierce Beasts are."

As Su Mu was on his way, he happened to encounter a Fierce Beast cave, and casually killed its owner, obtaining a rather large Blood Core and a few Spirit Plants.

Comparing it with the Blood Core he got from killing the King Beast black cat, he found this Blood Core was still much smaller.

"The Blood Core of a King Beast is indeed more special."

The next second, he turned around and looked towards the outside of the cave.

Footsteps echoed outside the cave, and Su Mu immediately tensed up, the steps were dense, heading straight for the cave. He didn’t know if they were companions or Aliens.

As the brightness seeped into the cave entrance, the Alien group froze for a moment upon seeing Su Mu’s figure.

Human?

To think there’s a human daring to travel alone. As they came to their senses, Rig displayed a cruel expression and gestured, "Go, kill him."

So it’s an Alien; a quick fight is needed.

Su Mu took a deep breath, his blood instantly surging hotly within him. Even lions must use their full strength to hunt a rabbit, so he immediately activated the Secret of Power.

Seeing Su Mu charge, Rig snorted coldly.

"Seeking death."

In the next moment, his expression changed dramatically as he felt the surrounding air suddenly solidify, a fierce suffocating sensation descending followed closely by death.

Splurt.

Rig’s head burst instantly, and Su Mu instinctively drew the short blade from his waist to break open the skull. Puzzled, he found no Blood Core. How could there be none?

In the blink of an eye, in just a confrontation, the human Martial Artist before them brutally slaughtered their strongest member Rig and even savagely pulled out the captain’s brain matter?

Whoosh.

A yellow Alien signal flare shot into the sky.

Seeing the signal flare rise, Su Mu instantly regained his senses. He had killed an Alien, so naturally, there was no Blood Core. It’s just that, after killing so many Fierce Beasts lately, he had become somewhat numb to it.

"Damn, released the wrong signal flare."

Su Mu noticed the Aliens were also distracted. Against Aliens, he would naturally show no mercy. Seeing one about to release another signal flare, Su Mu frowned.

He stepped forward, crossing a dozen meters in one move, and punched through the Alien’s chest, then fiercely snatched the signal flare from its hand and crushed it.

The Alien, face full of disbelief, fell with a thud before dying.

Seeing yet another companion fall, the remaining Aliens finally recognized Su Mu.

"No, this is the human Martial Artist who fought Lord Nanu. We can’t match him."

"Run, hurry!"

But they couldn’t escape, and Su Mu wouldn’t give them a chance.

Moments later, Su Mu had ten more Space Rings in his hand. He glanced at the solid Fierce Beast head pattern in the sky from the yellow signal flare, frowning.

"This place is not safe for long, better leave first."

...

"Yellow distress signal flare?"

"That’s the direction of the Rig Squad. Their squad is too useless. They must have found a powerful Fierce Beast. Quick, let’s hurry over before the other teams get there first."

Seeing the yellow signal flare, nearby Alien squads immediately started moving towards it, while other Alien squads, seeing the distance, could only sigh.

Nanu in the Land of Ruins also noticed the signal flare, but he didn’t have much interest in the yellow signal flare.

In a hidden cave, human Martial Artists also saw the signal flare released by the Aliens in the sky.

"Alien’s yellow distress signal flare, could it be Su Mu has appeared?"

"Should we send someone to assist?"

"It’s possible, but it might also be a trick by the Aliens to lure us out." Some voiced doubts. The current situation for the humans was dire, and risk couldn’t be taken lightly.