High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 160 - 144: Trump Card, Blood Soldier Secret Technique
The final few sounds of the horn lingered in the sky, and the alien race was the first to retreat. Everyone on the alien side wore a confident expression.
"Retreat fifty kilometers." ๐๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฏโด๐ฃ๐ฆ๐.๐ค๐๐
Lu Ming waved his hand, and the human side also began to retreat.
Fifth Level Warriors from the alien side entered one after another, and many made provocative gestures towards the south before entering the Secret Realm. The aliens arrogantly entered the Secret Realm.
The number of people entering from the human side was much less. Besides Su Mu and two others, there were fewer than twenty people, less than one-third of the aliens.
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After a bout of disorientation, the feeling of standing firmly returned. Su Mu opened his eyes; he found himself in a dense forest, with no one around. Both the Secret Realm and the alien battlefield had random teleportation.
At the first moment, Su Mu took out a long saber and held it in his hand. With the long saber in hand, Su Mu felt a sense of reassurance.
Then he began to carefully observe the situation within the Secret Realm. Above the Secret Realm hung a massive blood moon, not high in the sky, giving a sense of oppressiveness.
At this moment, the ambient temperature was close to zero degrees, and a layer of frost hung on the surrounding trees, with the cold wind howling incessantly.
But this had minimal impact on Su Mu. His Qi and blood were abundant and scorching hot, and even without deliberately circulating his near Great Success Breathing Technique, the self-circulating Qi and blood within were enough to drive away the cold.
Whoosh!
Warmth spread across Su Muโs entire body, and the breath he exhaled carried a burning heat, dispersing the cold around him.
He did not rush to explore the Secret Realm but instead moved his body in place. Soon, he felt a clearer sense of repulsion, as if the Secret Realm was also rejecting him.
"The Sword Momentum is indeed suppressed."
Su Mu discovered that using Sword Momentum within the Secret Realm became exceedingly laborious. After using Sword Momentum, he felt a dizzy sensation, a feeling that only appeared before when using Sword Momentum for an extended period, when it was about to be exhausted.
In other words, the cost of using Sword Momentum had also increased.
"Letโs try the Martial Arts."
The Surging Waves Saber Technique could still be performed, but without the blessing of Sword Momentum, it was like a tiger with its claws and fangs removed. In the situation of reduced power, it also exacerbated the disadvantage of the Surging Waves Saber Technique backfiring.
The Extreme Shadow Body Technique was not much affected.
The Secret of Power operated smoothly.
The Insightful Eyes were also unaffected.
What delighted Su Mu the most was his discovery that the Sword Nurturing Technique could also operate smoothly.
"In the battle with Nanu, one long saber was scrapped, but the remaining four long sabers, filled with Blade Qi, can still unleash their peak Blade Qi within the Secret Realm. It seems the Secret Realm only targets the Martial Artist themselves."
"These four sabers will be my trump card."
Although Su Muโs Sword Momentum was suppressed, he could still mobilize some. These sword momenta were enough to fully stimulate the stored Blade Qi, and before the Blade Qi from the four sabers was exhausted, he could actually maintain his combat strength as in the outside world!
This discovery made Su Mu happy, as being prepared is always beneficial.
After checking the Martial Arts, Su Muโs eyes brightened. He found that the Qi and blood within him were exceptionally active, and the operation of his Breathing Technique was especially smooth and powerful.
He carefully sensed it. Being within the Secret Realm, the efficiency of his breathing technique had at least doubled, with a great enhancement in the purity of Qi and Blood.
Immediately, he switched to the Inner Breathing Technique, and instantly the Qi and blood within him surged, producing a sound like raging waves, which surprised Su Mu. He just switched breathing modes and had almost reached the flow speed of the fully activated Qi and Blood in the outside world, without fully stimulating the Qi and Blood within him.
"Truly a Qi Blood Secret Realm; the enhancement of Qi and Blood is astounding, the strong become stronger!"
"Let me see the limit of my Qi Blood flow speed within the Secret Realm."
Su Mu took a deep breath, swallowing the surrounding air into his lungs. The instant the cold air was inhaled into his body, it suddenly transformed, becoming scorching hot.
The Five Viscera, refined by Condensed Blood, began to operate at high speed.
Thump, thump, thump.
The heart in his chest beat joyfully, and with each beat, the flow speed of Qi and Blood within Su Mu increased. The five robust Qi Blood Bridges also began to reveal their formidable power.
Normally, the Qi and Blood within Su Mu couldnโt reach the limit of these five Qi Blood Bridges. The flow speed of Qi and Blood continued to rise, and within breaths had already surpassed the signs present in the outside world.
At this moment, the sea of blood within him roared, causing Su Mu to shiver. In this continuously soaring flow speed of Qi and Blood, he felt immense pleasure along with a subtle sense of understanding.
"Faster, it can go faster!"
Boom.
At a certain moment, Su Mu closed his eyes, urging the Nameless Breathing Technique to its utmost limit. In an instant, a Qi Blood Giant faintly formed behind Su Mu, once again manifesting the phenomenon of the Martial Arts Golden Body unique to the Grandmaster Realm.
Understanding flooded his mind.
Before long, Su Muโs face was filled with ecstatic joy. He exhaled lightly; his breath remained solid and undispersed, completely driving away the surrounding cold.
"The fifteenth breathing technique fusion succeeded!"
"After the breathing technique reached great success, my breathing efficiency has at least doubled."
Su Mu barely had time to fully appreciate the difference when a pleasant surprise struck; at the very moment the breathing technique reached great success, a secret technique inexplicably appeared in his mind.
"Blood Soldier Secret Technique?"
Su Mu murmured quietly and immediately began to comprehend this spontaneously appearing secret technique.
A moment later, he reopened his eyes, revealing shock and sudden enlightenment on his face, "So thatโs how it is!"
Initially, when he obtained the Nameless Breathing Technique, the bookletโs opening mentioned that this breathing technique allows a clearer perception of metals and causes the martial artistโs refined qi and blood to become more solid.
The Blood Control Secret Technique corresponds to the latter, which Su Mu had only been able to perceive.
Now he understood that the Blood Soldier Secret Technique corresponds to the former. Its effect is to devour the โGolden Essence Qiโ within metals through condensed blood. Once devoured to a certain degree, it allows for the condensation of any weapons or armor through combat using the fused golden essence qi.
Additionally, after devouring the golden essence qi, the martial artistโs perception ability towards metals naturally improves.
And these condensed qi blood soldiers are highly compatible with the martial artist, making their usage intuitive and offering substantial combat advantages, not to mention these weapons are not afraid of damage, as they can be re-condensed when broken.
"This seems somewhat similar to the Qi Blood Armor used by Nanu?"
"However, these qi blood soldiers are not without disadvantages. Without the enhancement from inscriptions, their upper limit shouldnโt be high?"
Su Mu analyzed comprehensively and a spiritual light flashed in his hand, revealing a black shield with blade marksโitโs the Fifth Level Shield he previously drew from Pandoraโs Box.
"Letโs test the effect."
With an expectant expression, Su Mu immediately followed the special operational technique of the Blood Soldier Secret Technique, channeling the condensed blood from his heart to his right hand, then touching the shield with his right hand.
A faint golden blood seeped from his palm, forming a blood web that completely enveloped the shield.
Seeing this scene, Su Mu couldnโt help but be surprised to have succeeded on his first attempt.
"It seems this secret technique is not very difficult."
As the blood web enveloped the shield, Su Mu immediately began to run the subsequent secret technique, promptly starting to extract the โGolden Essence Qiโ from the shield.
The secret techniqueโs description of this golden essence qi was elusive, depicting it as the origin of metal, present in all metals, though more abundant and easier to extract and devour in higher tier metals.
An hour later, Su Mu took a deep breath and stopped the devouring of the golden essence qi.
He discovered that devouring the golden essence qi consumed a lot of condensed blood. In just a short while, it consumed more than a hundred drops of condensed blood, and given his current position in the secret realm, he couldnโt afford such consumption.
"So this is the golden essence qi... over a hundred drops of condensed blood just to exchange for this wisp?"
Su Mu was now holding a wisp of special power as thin as a hair and half an inch long, similar in color to the shield, exuding a pure metallic-iron aura.
Filled with anticipation, Su Mu tried to merge it with the condensed blood.
Soon, a small blood-colored knife, about an inch long, was formed. The small, delicate-looking knife was rather roughโa consequence of the insufficient golden essence qi leading to unstable blood soldiers.
"Letโs test the strength."
Su Mu kicked a stone from the ground, catching the tossed stone in his hand and applying slight force. The hardness of these stones was similar to ordinary steel.
He then pinched the small knife with two fingers and made a gentle cut on the stone. Without exerting much force, it left a knife mark about an inch long. Afterwards, he dispersed the small knife and repeatedly condensed it anew.
"Itโs very sharp, but the cost is high."
This wisp not only consumed over a hundred drops of condensed blood but also damaged a Fifth Level Shield. The shield now bore signs of dissolution and erosion, its volume reduced by more than half.
A complete Fifth Level Shield was only sufficient to extract a hair-thin, inch-long golden essence qi, and to form a long saber, it might take hundreds or thousands of such shields, possibly still insufficient.
Thinking of this, Su Mu couldnโt help but click his tongue at the steep cost of extracting golden essence qi.
"Fortunately, it can be reused, with only a small loss of golden essence qi."
"In the future, unused weapons can be devoured, accumulating little by little!"
Su Mu dispersed the blood-colored small knife, the half-inch golden essence qi still present. Without activating Insightful Eyes, he could hardly detect any loss of golden essence qi.
Currently in the secret realm is not the time to tinker with golden essence qi. With a thought, Su Mu merged the golden essence qi into his body, closely observing the entire process during introspection, discovering it quietly stored itself in the lungs.
"Thereโs a theory that the five viscera correspond to the five elements. The golden essence qi originates from metal, naturally being the metal among the five elements, with the lungs corresponding to metal."
Having tested the golden essence qi, Su Muโs thoughts returned to the breathing technique itself, after carefully running it, his eyes suddenly brightened.
"After achieving great success in the breathing technique, thereโs a qualitative change."
"Previously, at minor success, the breathing technique could autonomously operate without my effort. Now, at great success, I no longer need to run the Blood Control Secret Technique as it operates on its own."
Su Muโs face revealed an expression of uncontrollable joy.
After achieving great success in the breathing technique, he was constantly running the Blood Control Secret Technique, capable of increasing the condensed blood anytime and anywhere, resulting in an enormous improvement!
