High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 172 - 156: King Beast Blood Core, Opening the Bronze Gate

Chapter 172: Chapter 156: King Beast Blood Core, Opening the Bronze Gate

Tantai Yan stood still, her hair a mess like a bird’s nest.

Was everything over?

Soon, she saw the alien captives confined in the large iron cage, and Lin Ying promptly began to explain the current situation.

"What about... what about Nanu?"

With a flash of spiritual light in Su Mu’s hand, he took out a fragment of a blood-red spear tip. "He wanted to kill me, but I killed him instead."

It was a simple statement, with Su Mu merely stating facts, yet everyone could sense an indescribable aura of dominance in his words.

"Su Mu... you killed him?"

"Yes."

"Can I... can I..."

Before the words were finished, Su Mu casually handed over the spear tip. Tantai Yan took it with both hands, and a chill sank into them, making her realize that it was all true.

Everything had truly passed!

...

"The Secret Realm... it’s about to end soon!"

Soon, Tantai Yan revealed an astonishing piece of news.

Su Mu was surprised but did not doubt it. Tantai Yan was the only person to enter the Relic Tower through standard channels, and she had no reason to lie.

"How long?"

"Approximately... two or three days?"

Two or three days, huh? Time was tight; maybe this time, they couldn’t use standard channels to activate all the Relic Towers. Su Mu gazed toward the Central Hall deep within the ruins.

"Tantai Yan, go communicate with those aliens, I want to confirm the method to activate the Relic Tower."

Upon hearing that, Tantai Yan felt a shock; the aliens had already grasped how to activate the Relic Tower? She was incredibly lucky to be alive; if it weren’t for Su Mu, she would surely be dead.

Soon, Tantai Yan communicated with the aliens, while Lin Ying felt somewhat embarrassed. Tantai Yan was proficient in the alien language, speaking smoothly; he couldn’t compare at all.

"Su Mu, the aliens said Nanu didn’t specify details, only instructed them to quickly hunt some powerful Fierce Beasts and then obtain their Blood Cores."

"Some also said that last time, the Southern Relic Tower was triggered because of a rather special Blood Core. Nanu mentioned that the qi and blood in that Blood Core seemed more solid."

Indeed, it was related to Blood Cores!

A rather special Blood Core?

Su Mu’s eyes gleamed with unusual light. If it was about special Blood Cores, he had one in his possession—an extremely solid Blood Core from the King Beast Black Cat during the Shenjiang City beast tide.

"Is it even usable?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ying immediately spoke, "Su Mu, I’ll give you all the Blood Cores."

"I have some Blood Cores too, I’ll give them all to you."

"I’ll give you all of mine too."

These days, the situation on the human side was worrisome; there was no time to hunt Fierce Beasts. Now, even dumping out all the Blood Cores added to barely over a hundred—a mere fragment in Su Mu’s Space Ring.

But Su Mu remained calm, showing no unusual expression.

"Alright, then I won’t stand on ceremony."

Naturally, Su Mu’s first target was the Relic Tower in the Central Hall. He believed the best treasures in the Secret Realm were most likely in there, so he immediately stepped forward.

Everyone followed behind him.

The aliens within the iron cage watched as the group headed toward the Central Hall, looking at each other in disbelief. Previously, Nanu and his faction occupied the Land of Ruins but never managed to step inside the Central Hall.

Even after consuming thousands of Blood Cores, the Central Hall’s door showed no signs of response. Many aliens believed the door was damaged, that Blood Cores couldn’t open it.

"They’re heading to the Central Hall... can they truly enter?"

"I think it’s impossible; that human Martial Artist is indeed powerful, but entering the hall isn’t based on strength."

...

At the center of the Land of Ruins stood a grand and majestic giant palace. Outside the palace stretched a corridor several kilometers long, flanked by towering Fierce Beast Pillars that required five or six people to encircle.

As the group arrived, the eyes of the Fierce Beasts atop the pillars flickered with dim light. Each beam emitted a unique qi and blood wave, unrepeatable.

And with eyes lit, these carved beasts seemed ready to come alive, lifelike and vivid.

Yet all the Fierce Beast Pillars outside the hall were broken and shattered, nothing like their former glory.

Moving forward, before the last two pillars appeared an ancient Bronze Gate, inscribed with numerous Fierce Beasts. Outside the door, even the tall Su Mu appeared insignificant.

Outside the gate lay a pile of pale red powder.

Su Mu needed only a glance to recognize it was Blood Core powder; the aliens had tried opening it before but failed. He activated Insightful Eyes to examine the Bronze Gate.

Without a flaw, this door indeed wasn’t one he could break open with force.

"Let’s try Blood Cores first."

Su Mu placed a Blood Core into the gate’s aperture, and in an instant, the Blood Core turned to powder, yet the door showed no reaction whatsoever.

Su Mu continued to place blood cores inside, one after another.

The process made everyone’s pupils contract; the value of a blood core is considerable, with the lowest quality core roughly equivalent in value to a pound of spirit marrow, especially since it can only be produced by Sixth Level Fierce Beasts in the outside world.

Even though blood cores produced by Fierce Beasts in the Secret Realm are not as good as regular ones, they still have at least half the value, which means five hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones each.

Soon, all the over one hundred blood cores contributed by everyone were depleted, totaling fifty million low-grade Spirit Stones thrown in. Yet, the Bronze Gate stood silent like a mountain, without stirring even a single ripple, not even a sound.

"Su Mu, let me go hunt Fierce Beasts."

"I, I’ll go too."

Lin Ying was the first to speak, followed by others; they realized that they couldn’t be of much help here, so they might as well go hunt Fierce Beasts to contribute their strength.

After the others left, Tantai Yan hesitantly spoke.

"Su Mu... should I give it a try?"

"Alright."

Very soon, Tantai Yan placed her hands on the Bronze Gate, her eyes shimmering with silver radiance, and a wave of spiritual power spread out, but far less intense than outside.

A dozen minutes later, Tantai Yan’s face turned somewhat pale, and she shook her head, "No, it’s not working."

Su Mu flashed a spiritual light in his hand and took out a blood core obtained from an Alien Race squad he had defeated. This blood core was just a size smaller than that of the giant snake, but if it didn’t work, he would have to use the King Beast Blood Core.

The blood core was inserted into the hole.

Buzz.

The Bronze Gate finally had a slight movement, emitting a distant, gentle hum, but otherwise showed no change, not even igniting a single inscription.

At the same time, the blood core inside the hole flashed with blood light, instantly turning to ash.

Su Mu frowned; based on the current situation, unlocking this door would never be possible without at least several thousand of these blood cores.

But where would they find so many powerful Fierce Beasts in the Secret Realm? Moreover, time was running short.

Su Mu weighed the situation in his mind, contemplating whether to try using the King Beast Blood Core.

The King Beast Blood Core might hold a slight chance, but it was more likely that it would be a fruitless endeavor.

Keeping the King Beast Blood Core meant a greater chance of unlocking one of the four isolated towers positioned southeast and northwest.

Moments later, he thought of the half-volume of "Fixed Star Body Refining Technique" he had obtained; the surrounding Ruined Towers had such martial arts treasures already; with the treasure mountain ahead, how could he just give up?!

Immediately, Su Mu flashed a spiritual light in his hand, and out appeared a massive blood core compared to the smaller ones earlier, as large as an adult’s fist, which was the King Beast Black Cat’s blood core.

"Such a large blood core, could it be a Seventh Level, or even Eighth Level Fierce Beast’s blood core?" Tantai Yan was surprised, her eyes flashing with admiration and expectation; truly Su Mu had come prepared.

Su Mu took a deep breath and placed the King Beast Blood Core into the hole.

Yet the Bronze Gate still showed no reaction.

"Did it fail?"

Su Mu couldn’t help but sigh lightly, but then at that moment.

The King Beast Blood Core inside the hole began to heat up, radiating a far more intense blood light than before, tens to hundreds of times brighter.

In an instant, the blood light also washed over the Bronze Gate, the blood light soared into the sky, and an even more grand, distant humming sound rang out. Then the ground began to tremble, and suddenly the entire Land of Ruins, even the surrounding mountains, were trembling.

"What happened?"

"Could it be that the Bronze Gate has opened?"

"How did Su Mu accomplish this?"

Lin Ying and others paused to turn around, witnessing the skyward blood light. Though the blood light seemed precarious, amazement and incredulity filled the faces of everyone present.

The Aliens seated within the cage stood up upon seeing the blood light from the center, faces filled with disbelief and shock.

"How... How did these humans achieve this?"

"They actually activated that Bronze Gate?"

In front of the Fierce Beast Pillar, the ancient Bronze Gate slowly began to open, revealing a seam.

"Let’s go in!"

"Alright."

Su Mu took the lead, stepping in; Tantai Yan dared not hesitate, following closely behind.

By the time Lin Ying and others returned, the Bronze Gate had already closed again, and Su Mu and Tantai Yan’s figures were nowhere to be seen, leaving only a pile of unusually bright red powder at the spot.

"They truly succeeded. Let’s go, let’s keep hunting Fierce Beasts."

After cheering, everyone turned and left.

...

An endless feeling of weightlessness assaulted them, a dizzying whirlwind, and after the two’s feet touched solid ground, they opened their eyes.

The world behind the Bronze Gate was not the vast palace complexes seen from the outside; instead, they found themselves inside a huge stone cave.

Their pupils contracted sharply, including Su Mu’s.

A massive fleshly giant, standing over twenty or thirty meters tall, appeared before the two...