Chapter 470: Chapter 353: The Giant’s Ballad, Seventh Step Trial, Humanoid Cataclysm!

Buzz!

Narrowly escaping death, just regaining his breath, Ximen Gu felt as if his head had been struck heavily. A buzzing sound echoed in his mind; in that moment, he found it difficult to continue thinking.

What on earth is this guy talking about?

Does he realize what a perilous step he is about to take? This suddenly descending environment within the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool, which also engulfed the three of them, was incredibly terrifying.

Had it not been for Ximen Gu’s master gifting him a jade pendant containing a Martial Saint’s will, he likely would not have escaped alive.

What does he mean by saying the two of them can’t hold on...

What does he mean by asking me to bring them back?

Su Mu, this guy, hasn’t even experienced it himself. Why does he have such arrogant confidence?

Truly courting death!

But in the next moment, his breathing suddenly halted.

As thoughts raced through his mind.

Ximen Gu’s narrowing pupils slowly widened as he suddenly thought of a strange point.

Clearly, the four of them entered the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool together. Why was it only Su Mu who wasn’t affected by this Ninth Level Stairs?

And...

If he didn’t see it wrongly, Su Mu seemed to have walked out from his Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool passage.

At this moment, combining this with the calm words Su Mu spoke earlier.

Gulp.

Ximen Gu gulped hard, a storm raging in the heart of this Celestial Pride from the Sword Pavilion. But soon he shook his head immediately.

"No, he can’t possibly do it!"

Because Ximen Gu had personally experienced the Illusion Realm of the stairs, he deeply understood its terror.

Just now, he had fallen into an endless cycle of fratricidal madness where everyone in the Sword Pavilion went insane, drawing swords against each other, yet he had no inkling of awareness.

At the same time, the Silver Chains on the stairs were particularly eerie, capable of sealing all power, making it impossible to break through with brute force. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

At this moment, Ximen Gu couldn’t think of any way Su Mu could break through such a perilous Illusion Realm and rescue both Ye Wuhen and Qin Heng.

This is simply wishful thinking.

...

Su Mu was unaware of Ximen Gu’s thoughts at that moment; he didn’t possess the ability to read minds.

He merely took a calm step forward.

Then ascended the Silver Steps, causing the Ninth Level Stairs to tremble slightly. From the void, several Silver Chains rapidly emerged, yet Su Mu did not dodge, quietly waiting as the Silver Chains bound him.

Upon seeing this scene, Ximen Gu couldn’t help but mutter.

"He’s gone mad, this guy must be insane!"

In Ximen Gu’s eyes, at this moment, Su Mu resembled an utter madman. Despite his warnings and the intense danger emanating from the Silver Chains, why could this guy remain so calm, greeting it so serenely?

Ximen Gu couldn’t understand Su Mu’s way of thinking.

But Su Mu didn’t need Ximen Gu’s understanding.

The Silver Chains penetrated through him, and an ancient ballad echoed in his ears.

This time, Su Mu finally understood the contents of the ballad as he ascended step by step up to the Seventh Level Stairs.

"At the beginning of my life, I had no purpose, after my birth, my homeland declined."

"The heavens show no kindness, bringing chaos, the earth shows no mercy, causing my tribe to perish."

"The war daily approached, mountains and rivers crumbled, the borders fell, shared sorrow and sadness."

"Black mist obscured the sky, disaster reigned, aspirations defied, integrity tarnished."

"If the heavens had eyes, why not reunite the mountains and rivers? If the gods had spirits, why allow my tribe’s billions to die?"

"Day and night, I think of my old country, through hardships, hard to glimpse the heavens."

"I think of my parents, where does the soul rest, they think of me yet have no place to return."

"Look up and cry tears of blood, pleading to the skies, why give one life to defy the ages!!!"

A deep voice, each word drenched in blood, seeming to bid farewell to their tribe, shouting at the heavens. A final surge of anger only transformed into endless tragedy, watching the land and country fall.

...

Within the Illusion Realm.

Su Mu slowly opened his eyes, a trace of sorrow emerging in his once dazed eyes.

Then an astonishing Golden Light rippled from his brow.

In an instant.

Su Mu’s previously empty eyes instantly regained clarity.

"Hmm?"

Su Mu let out a soft exclamation, a hint of disbelief appearing on his face. Previously, when he first entered the Land of Giant Soul Rest, even with Destiny with him, he couldn’t immediately regain clarity; it required some time to recover.

But now, he astonishingly regained his self-will from the very beginning.

As a thought suddenly occurred.

Su Mu entered into a state of Introspection and quickly found the reason he could directly regain clarity.

"Is it this fruit?!"

At this moment, within the Sea of Consciousness, the originally dormant Golden Fruit was shining brightly, slowly sinking into Su Mu’s Sea of Consciousness until it completely submerged.

"Could it be taking root?"

"This is both a fruit... and a seed?"

Su Mu felt a sense of astonishment; although he still didn’t understand the exact purpose of this thing, it was indeed at this moment that the fruit had taken effect.

With a deep breath, Su Mu quickly checked his own state.

With the fruit’s effect, he had directly regained clarity, but his internal Qi and Blood, Fixed Star Body Refining Technique, and Golden Essence Armor, these conventional powers, remained sealed.

This time, his Qi Blood Power maintained the level of a Fourth Level Martial Artist.

"The Secret of Power still hasn’t been sealed by the Silver Chains..."

"Additionally, the Immortal Cells and Martial Arts Gate... even the Silver Chains can’t seal these two!"

Su Mu’s eyes flickered slightly. This didn’t mean that the Immortal Cells and Martial Arts Gate were on the same level as the Secret of Power, but at least it indicated that the potential of the Immortal Cells and Martial Arts Gate surpassed the half part of Fixed Star Body Refining Technique and Crystal Visualization Technique!