Chapter 615: Chapter 423: Guiding Disciples, Slaying Alien Race, Battling General Stars!

Master?

With a thought, he suddenly remembered that the two young girls in the Cultivation Room had once called him that, Su Mu had saved their lives and taught them the Essence Blood Secret Technique.

This makes them, aside from Su Mu himself and his daughter Xiaoyue and Miaomiao, the only martial artists in the world to grasp Su Mu’s self-created secret technique.

The two are Ji Xiaoyan and Ling Xue, whom Su Mu saved during the battle to slay the Blood Flood Dragon in the Beast Cave of Shenjiang City.

Though Su Mu never intended to accept disciples.

Now, Su Mu unleashed his Spiritual Power indiscriminately, investigating the two people within the Cultivation Room, yet they remained completely unaware.

"These two have indeed put in some hard work."

Su Mu was surprised; these two have yet to step into the Grandmaster Realm, yet their blood already showed signs of turning golden, indicating that they had been diligently cultivating, at least paying great attention to the secret technique he had taught.

"Uncle Hong said the opening ceremony of the military competition has already started, since we’re late, we might as well be a bit later."

In the Cultivation Room, Ji Xiaoyan was oblivious to Su Mu’s investigation, but she and Ling Xue, both panting heavily, continued their cultivation.

"Xiaoxue, let’s continue!"

"Okay."

Ji Xiaoyan firmly gripped the red Long Saber in her hand and swung it, causing the temperature in the Cultivation Room to suddenly rise, upon seeing this Su Mu was slightly dazed, reminded of his past self.

Both wielded blades, learning to master the Rule of Fire through Grandmaster Techniques ahead of time.

"Able to master Grandmaster Techniques before becoming Grandmasters, their martial arts talent is not bad."

Simultaneously, Ling Xue wielded her Sword, summoning frost into the air.

"One blade, one sword; one fire, one ice?"

Su Mu’s eyes narrowed, falling on Ling Xue, he couldn’t help but think of a certain figure.

"That guy should still be alive, right?"

After some warm-up, at a certain moment, the two simultaneously executed their moves, blade and sword meeting, then the radically different powers of Fire and Ice clashed.

Upon witnessing this, Su Mu was again dazed, recalling when the foodie unleashed Ice-Fire Power, had he not intervened, the foodie might have been gravely injured or even perished.

The foodie himself possessed two powers of rules, difficult to control even in the same body, and now these two dared to so wildly collide the Power of Laws?

Even Su Mu himself, when first using Defying Destiny, suffered enormous backlash.

"Truly young calves not afraid of tigers!"

Though saying this, Su Mu became more intrigued by the two, arousing his curiosity; however, he had no worries, with him present, and since both had attempted numerous times, at least indicating feasibility.

Boom-------

A tumultuous power descended.

"Huh? Such a brutal clash actually caused the integration of the two Powers of Rules?"

Su Mu’s eyes flashed with surprise and amazement, feeling his own blood slightly tremble, then within his Sea of Consciousness, the Diamond Human Form slowly opened its eyes, perceiving everything clearly.

"Interesting, truly unexpected."

Soon, Su Mu astonishingly discovered that during their cooperation, the Qi and Blood in their bodies resonated due to co-cultivation of the Essence Blood Secret Technique and Su Mu’s Essence Blood remaining within them.

Moreover, once martial artists begin to touch the Power of Laws, it modifies their body unnoticeably, making them more adaptive to the corresponding Power of Rules.

Thus, their blood both contained a certain amount of Power of Rules.

"Using bloodline as a medium for integration...from a certain point of view, at that moment they were almost as one, hence able to achieve this; otherwise, mere synergy would be extremely difficult."

After this collision, both suffered backlash, though their grasp of the Power of Laws was not strong, coupled with Essence Blood soothing their bodies, their flesh far surpassed martial artists of the same tier.

Upon realizing this, Su Mu couldn’t help but reveal a peculiar expression, suddenly feeling that calling him ’Master’ by these two was indeed appropriate.

He saw much of himself in them.

"Though barely able to showcase it, it’s far from Defying Destiny, not only in the grasp of the Power of Rules but also in the disparity of Sword and Saber Momentum, and their strength imbalance."

"Fire strong, ice weak..."

"Ah yes, the Fire Flood Dragon’s blood contains the Rule of Fire, at that time I had just consumed all the Flood Dragon Blood, the genepool shift had an effect, the Flood Dragon Blood greatly enhanced the Rule of Fire, and seemingly made the Rule of Fire more congenial to Ji Xiaoyan."

"Hence Ji Xiaoyan is stronger than Ling Xue."

In an instant, Su Mu understood the key point.

In the Cultivation Room, after suffering backlash, both shook uncontrollably, exchanging glances, they could feel each other’s pain but also a sense of mutual encouragement.

"Shall we continue?"

"Okay."

Observing their dedication, the perseverance and resolve to not bring shame upon their Master motivated Su Mu to lend a hand.

"Your actions are merely fruitless efforts."

A Spiritual Transmission crossed alleyways, entering their ears, alarming Ji Xiaoyan and Ling Xue.

"Who are you?"

Ji Xiaoyan instinctively stepped forward, shielding Ling Xue.

"Xiaoyan, this senior probably means no harm." Ling Xue said after realizing.

"Who I am doesn’t matter."

While transmitting, Su Mu arrived outside a park, walked into it, took out a piece of Purple Jade and encapsulated some rudimentary understanding of cultivating Defying Destiny within it, then took out a Blood Core produced by an ice-type Fierce Beast.

"Couldn’t find anything of a lower tier, so this one will do."

"The rest is up to you all..."

With a murmur, Su Mu casually sealed the aura of the Purple Jade and Blood Core with spiritual power and placed them in a wooden box.

After completing this, Su Mu’s figure flickered and disappeared.

In the cultivation room, Ji Xiaoyan and Ling Xue exchanged glances.

"Did I hear right? That senior just mentioned leaving something by the locust tree forest at People’s Park?"

"Why would he help us? Could it be a trick?... I think it must be those Gale Corps people up to something?"

"Probably not, right?"

"Why don’t we go have a look?"

Half-skeptical, the two of them went to the locust tree forest in the park, furtively searching until they found the item left by Su Mu.

"There really is something; this wooden box isn’t small at all. What on earth could be inside?"

The two opened it with faces full of doubt, and as soon as the box was opened, their pupils contracted violently.

"Could this be... a Fierce Beast’s Blood Core?"

Ji Xiaoyan’s voice trembled, for before his eyes was a Blood Core as large as a human head, while the largest Blood Core they had seen before was only the size of a fist, and it was already a Grandmaster-level Blood Core.

"It’s so big, could this be fake..."

Upon seeing the three golden patterns on it, the two swallowed hard. Ling Xue hesitated to place her hand on the Blood Core.

Immediately, she trembled all over, sensing a raging Qi and Blood and fearful Ice Rule from it.

"The aura is terrifying, Xiaoyan, this is real, it’s definitely a Grandmaster-level Blood Core, and not an ordinary one!"

"With this size, how powerful was this Fierce Beast when it was alive?"

The two were dumbfounded, rooted to the spot.

...

"Looks like this time the first place in the military competition is reserved for Ling Jue; others can’t be a match for him."

"But the content of this competition is different from the past, so who knows..."

"Aside from Ling Jue, who else can it be, let’s see whether it’s Ancient You from the Eastern War Zone or Yan Wu from the Northern War Zone who fights for second place."

"It doesn’t really matter who fights for second, as long as you’re not at the bottom."

The discussion onboard the battleship suddenly paused, with many looking towards the Southern War Zone’s General Star location, as the Southern War Zone had been at the bottom several times in a row.

Immediately, the faces of the General Stars from the Southern War Zone didn’t look good, revealing some grievances, yet unable to refute.

Just at the opening ceremony of the competition, the other four war zones bore a mighty presence, especially the Central War Zone stole the show entirely, while the Southern War Zone seemed like unnoticed background characters, not attracting much attention.

At this moment, a figure quietly landed on the battleship deck.

"It’s Su Mu, Su Mu is here!" a somewhat excited General Star from the Southern War Zone exclaimed.

"Su Mu? They said the Southern War Zone also produced a formidable character this time; is it him? I didn’t see how strong he was."

"Hmph, Su Mu General Star is only stronger than you imagine, and might even..." One person from the Southern War Zone broke off, as the Zone’s commanders had high confidence in Su Mu.

However, he ultimately only heard rumors and wasn’t sure about Su Mu’s actual strength, so he suddenly felt unsure.

"Hmph, you wouldn’t be thinking of saying he’s stronger than Ling Jue, would you?"

The Southern War Zone side instantly fell silent, feeling the unusual gaze from the General Stars of other zones, their hearts even more aggrieved.

Su Mu didn’t care, not paying attention to any of it, and after boarding, he closed his eyes for a rest.

Not long after, all participating General Stars from the Five Major War Zones arrived, marking the beginning of the military competition.

"This military competition differs from the past, as you all know, this time it will take place at this ancient underwater battlefield..."

On the central battleship, the old man’s powerful voice echoed over the bay.

"The competition will determine the final ranking based on battlefield achievements, achieved through hunting Fierce Beasts and slaying Alien Races..."

"The competition does not prohibit mutual attacks; the victor may seize half of the loser’s achievements, but no killing is allowed..."

"Those who kill will immediately be disqualified from the competition and will face additional military penalties!"

"The competition will last ten days..."

"Now, on behalf of the Huaxia Military Department, I announce the start of the competition!"

With those words, a thousand ship cannons fired upwards in unison.

"Strengthen Huaxia, strengthen our military department, let the General Stars showcase their prowess!"

The leader of the military department roared.

"Strengthen Huaxia, strengthen our military department, let the General Stars showcase their prowess!"

All the soldiers in the bay shouted in unison, their voices like war drums, resounding to the nine heavens.

This time, the war zone competition rules were still straightforward and brutal.

Slay Fierce Beasts, exterminate Alien Races!

Battle General Stars!