High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 198 - 175: Lin Peng, You’re Just a Stepping Stone—Severing a Grandmaster’s Hand

Chapter 198: Chapter 175: Lin Peng, You’re Just a Stepping Stone—Severing a Grandmaster’s Hand

"Giant waves?"

"River and sea?"

For a moment, the crowd once again heard the roar of the angry waves. This time, many could vaguely see an ominous river and sea gathering behind Su Mu, with gigantic waves surging, as if to engulf and destroy everything.

Witnessing this scene, everyone present, including Elder Lin hidden in the dark and the many Guardians, couldn’t help but tremble in their hearts. Many wore expressions of disbelief.

"What a One-Slash Asura, this sword momentum is very close to the Great Success Blade Momentum!" a Guardian exclaimed in amazement.

"The Martial Arts Will initially manifests outward... Su Mu is trying to break through to the Great Success Blade Momentum!" Li Yue was shocked to his core.

He recalled how just a few months ago, during special training with Su Mu, he had mentioned the Great Success Blade Momentum, never expecting this kid would now attempt to reach it!

The matter was apparent to everyone, including Lin Peng on the field.

"This, this is impossible?!"

"Even I, Lin Peng, haven’t touched the Great Success Martial Momentum, yet this mere Su Mu intends to achieve the Great Success Blade Momentum?!"

At this moment, Su Mu and the long saber in his hand became one. Behind him, the river and sea surged, raising overwhelming waves, forming a terrifying sword momentum.

"Such a terrifying sword momentum, could it be the Great Success Blade Momentum?!"

The situation on the field reversed astonishingly, the Great Success Blade Momentum confronting the soon-to-be Three Flowers Unite quasi-master.

Everyone held their breath, watching the two on the field intently, fearing they might miss any instant.

Su Mu took a deep breath and looked up at Lin Peng not far away.

The two locked eyes, and seeing the murderous intent in Su Mu’s gaze, Lin Peng’s heart trembled, his eyelids twitching uncontrollably. He suddenly realized he wasn’t the only one wanting to kill Su Mu.

Su Mu on the opposite side also wanted to kill him.

"No... it can’t go on like this."

Feeling the overwhelming sword momentum, Lin Peng once again sensed the breath of death and was horrified.

He lost the ability to control his expression, showing a terribly ferocious look, his inner self roaring hysterically, just like Nanu back then.

"I am Lin Peng, the Celestial Pride of the Lin Family, Su Mu, you are just my stepping stone, why won’t you die, why?!"

"I am a Martial Arts Grandmaster, you should die, just die!"

Lin Peng roared, forcibly driving the merging Three Flowers to crazily attack Su Mu.

Su Mu remained calm, slowly closing his eyes. The Surging Waves Saber Technique quickly flashed through his mind, and at this moment, Riding the Wind, Breaking Waves, and Overturning River merged into one.

"Three strikes become one."

"Let’s call this strike... Inverted Sea."

Clang!

The dark blade cast from meteorite iron was drawn from the deep red scabbard, the cold gleam suddenly appeared, and the high-pitched blade hum instantly detonated the overwhelming waves of the Great Success Blade Momentum.

Surging Waves Saber Technique Fourth Form: Inverted Sea!

Su Mu opened his eyes, drew his saber, and slashed out. His momentum soared to the peak in an instant, and the overwhelming waves swept towards the maniacal Lin Peng.

How does Three Flowers Unite matter, how does being a quasi-master matter?!

Under the Great Success Blade Momentum, even a quasi-master must fall!

Swoosh.

The blade momentum swept across the Qi Blood Flower, and a large scarlet lotus instantly shattered.

"No, I am Lin Peng, I can’t possibly be defeated..."

Splurge.

The silver Spiritual Flower was also cut down instantly, then withered. Finally, Lin Peng’s Martial Arts Flower, a flaming lotus, seemed too insignificant under the overwhelming waves.

Lin Peng’s hysterical voice stopped abruptly as the blade momentum broke through his shell, a line of blood suddenly appearing on his body.

"Stepping stone?"

"You, Lin Peng, are the stepping stone."

As the words fell, Lin Peng’s face was full of hatred and venom, but he could no longer make any sound, for his life had ended a few seconds before.

In the next moment, the line of blood on his body expanded instantly, splitting him in two from head to toe, blood gushing out.

"Hiss?! Lin Peng is dead?"

"What a terrifying strike, did Su Mu just kill Lin Peng, who was on the path to being a grandmaster, with one slash?"

The crowd looked at the body cleaved into two, momentarily lost in shock and awe.

At the very next second, a voice filled with furious Qi and blood resounded through the scene, enveloped in terrifying rage.

"You insolent wretch, daring to murder my Lin Family’s Celestial Pride, harming your kin, it’s utterly intolerable!"

"Die!"

An elder from the Lin Family, his eyes filled with blood, a massive Martial Arts Golden Body emerged behind him and slammed a palm fiercely at Su Mu on stage, aiming to kill him on the spot.

"A Martial Arts Golden Body, is it the Lin Family’s Grandmaster taking action?"

The crowd was startled, cursing the Lin Family shamelessly in their hearts, for a dignified Martial Arts Grandmaster to deal with a junior.

"Not good, Su Mu, retreat quickly!" Li Yue called out, but by then it was already too late.

However, Su Mu on the stage did not retreat. Facing the sudden attack from a Martial Arts Grandmaster, there was no room to retreat. His eyes flashed with madness.

"Just in time!" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Swoosh!

The golden Condensed Blood in the heart instantly ignited, transforming into intensely pure Qi Blood Power. The Golden Essence Armor emerged around him, and Su Mu pushed the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique to the extreme.

The Second Layer of the Secret of Power was fully unleashed without reservation!

The strike that just killed Lin Peng was merely the pure momentum of the Great Success Blade Momentum, without using the Condensed Blood or the Secret of Power. However, Su Mu’s Qi and Blood foundation was not weaker than Martial Momentum, and even stronger after refining with the Giant’s Blood and Body Refinement.

The amalgamation of strength, Qi, and Blood with the blade momentum, this was Su Mu’s strongest strike at the moment.

"Su Mu, he must be crazy?"

"He actually dares to draw his blade against a grandmaster?!"

"That’s, that’s too insane!"

The crowd felt Su Mu’s overwhelming battle intent, shock overwhelming them. The one taking action was indeed a true Martial Arts Grandmaster at this moment.

A Fifth Level Martial Artist facing a grandmaster two Great Realms beyond and still having the courage to draw his blade, how arrogant, how insane.

"Courting death!"

Feeling Su Mu’s battle intent, Elder Lin’s killing intent grew even stronger, as if deeply insulted, the huge Martial Arts Golden Body slammed down hard.

Suddenly, the surrounding air froze, suffocating, with wind and clouds seemingly transforming under this palm.

Clang!

At the moment of life and death, Su Mu decisively swung his blade.

The same strike, the power far surpassing the previous one.

Bang.

The massive Martial Arts Golden Body collided hard with the blade edge. Many could imagine Su Mu being smashed into pulp by a hand, and they couldn’t help but close their eyes.

Tantai Yan on the Seventh Floor of Spring Water Building watched the scene with a pale face.

However, moments later, a shrill scream echoed, the voice aged, and the crowd realized it didn’t sound like Su Mu.

"This, this doesn’t seem like Su Mu’s voice?!"

"Could it be..."

Realizing this, the crowd shuddered and opened their eyes, seeing a burst of blood, the Martial Arts Golden Body’s right arm severed, blood scattering in mid-air.

Upon closer inspection, everyone found that the scream came from the Lin Family Martial Arts Grandmaster. At that moment, the grandmaster was clutching his right hand, a grimace beheld.

Thud.

Something fell into Spring Water Lake, instantly turning the surface crimson. Someone by the lakeside peered down, pupils constricting, finding it was a severed bloody hand!

"A severed hand... in the lake it’s a severed hand."

This figure cried out as though witnessing something terrifying, and others gulped upon hearing, then looked toward Su Mu on the field.

Su Mu stood proudly in the center of the Martial Arts Arena over Spring Water Lake, gasping heavily, yet his eyes were calm, unscathed, and one hand rested on the hilt, ready to unleash a second strike at any moment.

So...

There was only one possibility.

The severed hand was not Su Mu’s.

Immediately, everyone breathed rapidly, looking towards Elder Lin, discovering his right hand was gushing blood, staining half his garment, and his grimacing face still bore a hint of terror.

Turns out it wasn’t Elder Lin showing mercy, but Su Mu forcibly cutting off the grandmaster’s right hand with a single strike!