Chapter 458: Chapter 347: The Opportunity to Break the Deadlock—Su Mu Will Become the Catastrophe! (Part 3)

"As you command, Master!"

Ximen Gu was overjoyed and followed the elder in black as they passed through numerous Sword Tombs, arriving in front of a giant stone.

"This is the Sword Testing Stone. Before entering the Forbidden Land, you must draw your sword to test if you qualify to enter."

"As you command."

Outside the Forbidden Land, a man wearing a Sword Pavilion robe watched a figure approaching with a look of confusion.

"Is it Junior Brother?"

The man called out but received no response. As Ximen Gu approached step by step, just when the man was puzzled, Ximen Gu suddenly drew his sword violently, and the terrifying Sword Momentum surged.

"Junior Brother, what are you...?"

The man looked at the long sword piercing through his chest with disbelief, slowly falling into a pool of blood, helplessly watching his junior brother, who seemed possessed, head further in.

"Master, how was my strike?"

"Not enough."

Blood dripped from the sword’s edge, leading deeper inside.

Until a cold snort echoed from high above.

"Hmph, traitor, wake up at once!"

The world before him shook, and Ximen Gu groaned, regaining his senses when a familiar face met his eyes. Ximen Gu’s pupils suddenly shrank, "Senior Brother, what happened to you?..."

"Junior Brother, why did you kill me?"

"I, no, it wasn’t me... Did I do all this?"

In an instant, Ximen Gu trembled violently, the blood-stained Ancient Sword falling to the ground.

Endless black mist closed in.

The scene shifted, and Ximen Gu quietly left a grand hall, holding a black sword-shaped Token in hand.

On the Silver Steps, the black mist surrounding the three grew denser, their faces turning even paler, completely bloodless.

...

"Enough, it’s time to return."

Szzzz.

Purple Thunder split the endless darkness, and a figure wrapped in purple lightning vanished into the limitless dark.

A few breaths later.

Su Mu let out a gentle breath, and the Crystal Human Form slowly opened its eyes.

"Successfully returned!"

The next second, an evil, sinister roar suddenly echoed from within the Crystal Human Form, and black mist scattered everywhere.

Su Mu coldly snorted, and in his Sea of Consciousness, four Immortal Cells turned into Great Suns, their radiance descending, causing the black mist to let out heart-wrenching screams.

Soon, amid the rippling Sea of Consciousness, three silver giant hands rose, capturing all the black mist, transforming into cages.

Each cage contained three strands of black mist.

"Nine strands."

Su Mu brought back nine strands of black mist from the monster’s world, each far more solid than before, with a denser evil aura.

"First, let’s test the effect."

As Su Mu raised a hand, one of the strands of black mist was wrapped in light, taken out of the Sea of Consciousness and unsealed within his flesh.

Upon unsealing.

The black mist raged once more.

Yet it faced the fourth nearly formed Immortal Cell within Su Mu’s spleen. Amidst shrill screams, this not-yet-formed Immortal Cell struggled to swallow it in one gulp.

Immediately, Su Mu felt more anticipation, knowing that the more the black mist resisted, the more potent its energy must be.

"Should be close to three times the quantity from before, right?"

After digesting a bit, Su Mu’s eyes reflected surprise and delight.

"Not bad, swallowing it like this is probably equivalent to about ten thousand pounds of Spirit Marrow!"

Preliminary estimates showed it exceeded three times, and considering the nine strands brought back each time, that’s equivalent to over thirty strands of black mist, a total of three hundred thousand pounds of Spirit Marrow!

"Indeed, directly consuming the black mist is far more efficient than absorbing the infiltrated black mist."

Confirming this, Su Mu let out a sigh of relief, everything proceeding as he anticipated. Subsequently, Su Mu did not immediately consume the remaining eight strands of black mist.

With a thought.

Su Mu’s true form in the stone cave passage slowly opened his eyes, feeling the intense spatial fluctuations from above. Looking up slightly, he could visibly see spatial rifts flickering.

This was left from the battle with the evil eyeball just now.

Seeing this, Su Mu’s heart tightened, understanding that the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool space might not hold for much longer.

"Two Bone Marrow Cleansing Pools... means only two more chances to enter the Giant Memory World remain."

"Now I must strive to access the memories of the Giant Strongman, the Giant Elder, and even stronger figures."

Passing by the Silver Steps.

Su Mu’s peripheral vision noticed the situation of the three individuals, remarkable figures among their peers, who despite their poor condition, seemed able to continue holding on. Currently, Su Mu didn’t have the resources to tend to them because once he stepped in, this place of inheritance would collapse.

"You three, hold on a bit longer."

Retracting his gaze, Su Mu’s pace didn’t falter as he resolutely walked into another passage.