High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 286 - 244: Fortunately, the 996th Division Withstood the Pressure—That Silhouette Can’t Possibly Be Su Mu!

Chapter 286: Chapter 244: Fortunately, the 996th Division Withstood the Pressure—That Silhouette Can’t Possibly Be Su Mu!

"The beast tide is finally about to end..."

"We survived."

Shi Hao and Xu Zhi exhaled a long breath. Not long ago, the fierce beasts launched another fierce counterattack, and for a while, they both thought they would be left on the battlefield forever.

This beast tide came suddenly and ended just as abruptly. Under the twilight, most of the fierce beasts retreated into the beast tide, leaving only a few on the ground, while the reinforcements had fully arrived.

"Thankfully, the brothers of the 996th Division held the pressure and reorganized the defense line, or else we might not have waited for reinforcements, and the entire division would have been wiped out."

"It’s said that part of the beast tide on the 996th Division’s side also surged out from Beast Cave 003, and the pressure there was no less, if not more, than what our division faced."

"In any case, we were quite lucky."

The two exchanged a glance, and finally, a hint of joy at having survived the catastrophe appeared on their faces. However, Xu Zhi’s smile soon turned to a complex expression, causing Shi Hao’s smile to quickly fade as well; his gaze fell on Xu Zhi’s empty left leg.

This time, Xu Zhi took a hit for Shi Hao; one could say this leg was lost because of him.

Xu Zhi was a Speed Talent Martial Artist, and losing a leg was a huge blow to him. Xu Zhi’s martial arts path broke, and even with a prosthetic, he would never regain his former strength.

Soon, the injured began to withdraw from the front line. Before leaving, Xu Zhi forced a smile and patted Shi Hao’s shoulder.

"Don’t worry, I’m not the kind of person who falls and doesn’t get back up. Don’t overthink it; if we were to switch places, you’d be more reckless than I was, and you carried me back to the camp, so we owe each other nothing..."

"I will, I definitely will," Shi Hao replied without hesitation.

Xu Zhi felt comforted by the response and continued with a shake of his head.

"This time, we followed Leader Zhang and at least slaughtered three Grandmaster level fierce beasts without retreating from the defense line. I reckon that’s enough battle merit for a promotion to a colonel. Retirement as a colonel is a glorious affair back in my hometown..."

When he spoke of retirement, Xu Zhi’s tone wavered slightly, but then he resumed with a smile.

"I’m a Fifth Level Martial Artist and a retired colonel. The retirement benefits and stipends are certainly substantial. When I return, I’ll take up a position like Vice Chairman or Vice City Lord at our small base, not the Chairman or City Lord positions though—they come with too much responsibility, and there’s no spare time. My father’s been urging me for a while now; it’s the perfect time to settle down and try to have some grandchildren for my parents to look after..."

"In this regard, Su Mu is our predecessor—we should learn from him. Huangfu Xue recently went to watch the selection match and said she saw Su Mu’s wife and daughter.

She said Su Mu’s wife is a great beauty, and their daughter Xiaoyue is also a little beauty, already ten years old and very cute!"

"You and I are still old bachelors, hahaha..."

After chatting a bit, Xu Zhi changed the subject.

"Shi Hao, what are your plans next?"

"I plan to stay in the War Zone."

"Alright then, Shi Hao, take care of yourself and don’t die too early," Xu Zhi said, a glint of envy and admiration in his eyes.

"Otherwise, it won’t be easy to find someone to drink with... I can’t always go looking for Huangfu Xue, and as for that kid Su Mu, he’s a big figure now—I might even get nervous when I see him."

"Hahaha, and don’t say it, he’s a senior colonel now and first on the Celestial Pride List. I would get nervous too; next time we meet, I might have to call him Leader."

...

"There’s no mistaking its sleeping posture. It’s definitely that little chubby ball!"

"Is this really the little chubby ball on Leader Su’s shoulder?!"

"In just a few days, what heavenly treasures did Leader Su feed it? This is unbelievable, how could it have grown so big so quickly?"

"And it looks so powerful. That day when Leader Su sat on its back returning to camp—that scene was impressive. I wish I had one too..."

"Don’t even think about it. With your level, you want to have the same kind of fierce beast as Leader Su?"

In the camp, soldiers came and went, and when passing by Su Mu’s tent, they couldn’t help but stop in surprise at the drastic changes of "Foodie" in recent days.

Inside the tent, Su Mu checked the blood cores in the space ring.

"Twenty-five."

"Twenty-six."

"Twenty-seven..."

Su Mu showed a slight surprise; a full twenty-seven blood cores, each the size of a baby’s head, appeared before him. The number of Grandmaster level fierce beasts he had slaughtered this time exceeded his expectations.

Even he was amazed at how so many Grandmaster level fierce beasts had emerged in just two days and three nights.

"Twenty-six are Seventh Level Initial Stage blood cores... and one is Seventh Level Middle Stage."

Seeing the one that was a size bigger, with two golden marks, Su Mu’s eyes lit up.

The cultivation system for fierce beasts is different from humans. After humans reach the Seventh Level, they focus on honing a Martial Arts Golden Body, while fierce beasts also train a Fierce Beast Golden Body but tend to continue strengthening their flesh and condensing their blood core.

Human martial artists often classify fierce beasts into Seventh Level Initial Stage, Middle Stage, High Stage, and Half-Step Grandmaster Level, corresponding to human martial artists at First Forging, Second Forging, Third Forging, and Grandmaster martial artists above Third Forging.

The specific level of fierce beasts can be judged by combat or by examining the blood core after a kill.

Grandmaster level fierce beasts’ blood cores often have a faint golden mark on them, each unique, mostly representing characteristics of their respective fierce beast race.

Among them, the golden mark on one blood core resembled an ape’s palm. This was the first Red Ape Su Mu killed, with one mark for Seventh Level Initial Stage and two for Seventh Level Middle Stage, and so on.

"When someone is killed, they die..."

"No matter how powerful the martial artist or fierce beast, it’s the same. And even compared to the destructive power of Grandmaster levels, fierce beasts with naturally formidable flesh still have fragile bodies."

"With ’Foodie’ around, as long as I don’t encounter Grandmaster level fierce beasts... I have the power to fight!"

Su Mu felt confident; after the beast tide, he valued the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique more and more. A strong body is extremely important in life-and-death battles!

The Golden Essence Armor cannot be neglected either.

Soon, Su Mu also checked the nine rings collected by Zhao Lin’s team. Each contained nearly a thousand blood cores, totaling nearly ten thousand blood cores. This was just part of it, and ordinary fierce beasts would only produce blood cores upon reaching the Sixth Level.

At least ten thousand Sixth Level Fierce Beasts died by Su Mu’s blade.

"The Qi Blood Secret Realm truly cannot compare to a real Beast Cave Beast Tide."

"The Beast Cave is humanity’s greatest enemy..."

Having personally experienced a Beast Tide once, Su Mu gained a deeper understanding of this phrase, realizing that the Beast Cave can indeed destroy human civilization.

Currently, the clean-up has not yet begun, and Su Mu wasted no time, taking out a piece of Spirit Marrow and poured a large mouthful into his mouth, each gulp weighing over a hundred pounds.

"Continue cultivating."

"The Third Floor of the Secret of Power is about to be unlocked..."

...

"Did you find him?"

Lu Zhenguo asked anxiously once again.

The assistant was sweating profusely at once, right after the leader had watched the satellite footage, he immediately roared to send people to find the monster guarding a defensive line seen in the footage.

But fate played a trick, not long after, the suppressed Fierce Beasts in the Beast Cave retaliated, and there were no personnel available immediately, all the leaders at the command center personally went to the battlefield.

By the time the reinforcements arrived and they went looking for the trace of that person, the tall and imposing figure had already vanished in the ruins, and the area no longer had drones, so they completely lost track of that figure.

After that, as the highest commander of the Yun Province sub-war zone, Lu Zhenguo seemed to be obsessed, whenever he had a moment of leisure, he would ask about it repeatedly.

"Leader, there is still no news temporarily."

"Useless, all of you useless..."

"Leader, the post-battle merit statistics will begin soon, at that time just looking at who has the highest battle merit, mostly it can be determined..."

"Hmm? When did you become so smart?"

"Haha, this move is good!"

The assistant showed helplessness, the leader is too obsessed, not recognizing Mount Lu’s true form, only because we are in this mountain, such a simple method, how could he not think of, as the highest commander of Yun Province.

Inside the command center, Li Bin repeatedly watched that satellite footage among the ruins, he found the silhouette familiar after he first saw it, Li Bin’s memory is very good, he believed this is not an illusion. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"Right, it seems like there is also a small team from the General War Zone this time, led by that Dragon Ascending Demon Su Mu?"

"How is the situation on his side?"

Su Mu?!

Suddenly hearing such a name, Li Bin shuddered violently, his scalp tingled and his body was covered with goosebumps!

In his mind, the silhouette from the satellite overlapped slowly with Su Mu’s figure.

Li Bin finally understood why he felt so familiar.

Turned out that person was Su Mu!

But in an instant, a great wave surged in Li Bin’s heart.

Even if no Grandmaster Level Fierce Beasts appeared at that defensive line, just those thousands of Sixth Level Fierce Beasts would be enough to exhaust a Martial Arts Grandmaster to death.

As far as he knew, although Su Mu was a Dragon Ascending Demon and ranked first on the Celestial Pride List, after all, he was just a Sixth Level Martial Artist, could a Sixth Level Martial Artist really turn the tide single-handedly and guard a defensive line that requires a whole division?

Is this possible?

Absolutely impossible!

If this is true, it’s too terrifying.

Li Bin fell into deep skepticism for a moment.

No, we can’t be so rash, we need to verify it, otherwise, this misunderstanding would be huge!

Hmm?

Lu Zhenguo glanced at Li Bin, who seemed unaware, and then the assistant spoke, "The small team led by Su Mu, after arriving in Yun Province, volunteered to support the front lines and went to the 1198th Division, guarding the southwest line of Beast Cave 007, one of the first defensive lines to request reinforcement."

"Half of the division’s heavy firepower was transferred away, yet this defensive line didn’t break, and it was the fastest to enter the clean-up phase, providing support for nearby defensive lines..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhenguo’s eyes lit up, he asked in a deep voice, "Who’s leading the 1198th Division?"

"It’s Major General Zhen Yue."

"Zhen Yue..."

Lu Zhenguo smiled, "If I remember correctly, the 1198th Division is an ordinary division, but managed to do all this despite having half of its heavy weaponry transferred away, Zhen Yue is quite impressive, a talent worth nurturing."

"Alright, after the Beast Tide ends, have him come to see me."

"Yes, Leader!"

"As for this Su Mu, he is also extraordinary, taking the initiative to request to go to the front line, he has mettle, no wonder he caught the eye of the General War Zone’s demon!"

The assistant was thoughtful, it was evident the leader valued Zhen Yue more, only mentioning the demon Su Mu from the General War Zone in passing.

He could roughly guess the leader’s thoughts, after all, no matter how much of a demon Su Mu is, now he is just a Sixth Level Martial Artist, before advancing to a Great Grandmaster, one’s strength alone can’t change much in the face of a Beast Tide.

This was probably just to share some pressure with Zhen Yue.

Besides, such a demon won’t stay long in the sub-war zone, as the highest commander of the sub-war zone, Lu Zhenguo would naturally attach more importance to his capable personnel, especially since this time, the sub-war zone suffered heavy losses, losing more than twenty General Levels, continuing to promote some promising talents.

The assistant had a similar idea, having seen numerous geniuses from the General War Zone, and experienced many Beast Tides, unless it’s a Martial Saint standing at the pinnacle of martial arts, personal strength is too insignificant in the face of a Beast Tide.

This time, even a Great Grandmaster had fallen, let alone a mere Sixth Level Martial Artist.