TopAppnovel Chapter 552 - 393: Arrival at the Great Desert
Chapter 552 - 393: Arrival at the Great Desert
Su Mu looked up at the wisp of blue smoke and faintly said.
"If you’re lucky, maybe you can cross over. Good luck..."
After speaking, he reached out to tear off the tattered special physical training suit on his body. With a flash of spiritual light, he retrieved a new training suit and put it on. With a thought, his spiritual power surged through him.
After confirming that the young couple was unharmed, he transformed once again into a ’golden meteor’ and flew towards the direction of the train.
Everything fell into place naturally, as if the fierce battle earlier was just a minor incident on the journey to the Imperial Capital, dealt with casually before setting off again.
The golden meteor streaked across the night sky.
The young man among the couple, who had repeatedly flirted with danger at the Ghost Gate, couldn’t help but boldly place the astronomical telescope in front of his eyes.
What he saw made his whole body shudder, instantly covered in goosebumps, and then he collapsed to the ground.
"What did you see?"
"That, that golden meteor... contains a human figure?!"
Although the two had speculated earlier, now that they’ve confirmed it with their own eyes, their hearts were overwhelmed by a massive wave, for what they had witnessed just then was the most terrifying battle they had ever seen.
They were like ants on the ground, while those two meteors in the sky were celestial beings.
When gods fight, mortals suffer!
The two stared blankly at the newly appeared massive mountain path in Qinling. They both knew that once news of this event spread at dawn, it would shake the world.
"Could those two be Martial Saints of this era?" the girl asked, with a face full of shock.
...
"Right now, I am far from reaching the level of a Martial Saint..."
This encounter with the second demon Fenrir from the Black Demon Society made Su Mu have a clear understanding of his own power. The experiences in the Beast Cave had transformed his strength drastically.
"If Fenrir wasn’t boasting, with that power’s support, she should be comparable to a real Half-Saint... But why was she so weak?"
"There’s no need for her to lie at that moment."
Su Mu squinted slightly, and the figure of the Thunder God surfaced in his mind. It was then that Su Mu realized something.
"In this light, the Thunder God might not be just an ordinary Half-Saint."
After thinking about it, it made sense.
Under the circumstances of Heaven and Earth’s imperfection, advancing to Half-Saint is significantly harder, and those who can break through the shackles to become a Half-Saint in such conditions are undoubtedly stronger than ordinary Half-Saints.
"So, what the Thunder God said, that he would have been at the Saint Realm already in the past, is not just arrogance."
"Mastering the Martial God State, after emerging from the Beast Cave, my power can indeed rival ordinary Half-Saints, and the defensive power of twelve Immortal Cells is roughly equivalent to that of an ordinary Half-Saint."
"When the third transformation of the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique completes and more Immortal Cells are cultivated, my defense will see an unprecedented improvement."
"In terms of attack, if I unleash my full power, plus the fourth layer of the Secret of Power unlocked this time, it’s enough to kill a Half-Saint in one strike. Once I comprehend the ’Natural Secret Technique,’ there will be another significant enhancement."
"By then, how far would I be from true Saint Realm combat power?"
Su Mu wasn’t sure, thus he eagerly anticipated it.
One thing he was very clear about was that the combat power he currently possessed, which far exceeded his realm, was rooted in his profound martial arts foundation.
As for his actual martial arts realm, it was merely that of a newly completed Second Forging Golden Body Seventh Level Martial Arts Grandmaster.
However, Su Mu is confident that with the extent of his combat power, he will encounter no bottlenecks, because all bottlenecks have already been shattered by him.
What he currently lacks is time, and even martial arts resources are not scarce, thanks to the Master of Black Fog.
"The Martial Arts Golden Body needs refining, the Power of Origin Rules needs transformation, and creating his martial arts mark... it’s a long journey ahead."
Thinking of this, the determination in Su Mu’s eyes grew even more resolute. This battle had yielded great rewards, and that red-haired woman was an excellent opponent.
Taking a deep breath, the cold night wind wildly lashed against Su Mu, causing his thoughts to settle into peace.
Ever since he had peered into his destiny in the Book of Destiny, and glimpsed Miaomiao’s fate, Su Mu’s heart had always been anxious.
He couldn’t help but be anxious, for under the impending calamity, everything he cherished would be obliterated.
"Su Mu, you can do it,..."
"You’ve made great progress during this period; you can do it, and you must do it!"
...
In the oasis, under the night, the building of pavilions and terraces showcased a serene Jiangnan water village. Rare trees from around the world grew lush and verdant, and the resources needed to tend to just one tree could easily cultivate a Sixth Level Martial Artist, or even higher.
In the next breath.
A flock of birds in the forest took flight in alarm as if a silver bottle had suddenly broken, shattering the peaceful harmony with a harsh and irritable woman’s voice.
"Failed again?!"
A woman dressed in a black silk qipao, draped in a white cloud cape, as beautiful as though she walked out of a painting, half-reclined on a bed, letting out an unusually piercing voice.
"How ridiculous, a nearly thousand-year-old assassin organization that spans the Western Countries can’t even kill a mere Sixth Level Martial Artist?"
"Do you know how much I’ve invested? What I’ve invested would be enough to hire someone to assassinate a Titled Grandmaster, and not just one. Is this how your Dark Demon Society operates?"
"Please calm down, but also, mind your words..." the voice on the other end of the phone was somewhat icy.
"Calm? How can I be calm? And you want me to mind my words at this point, useless, all of you at the Dark Demon Society are a bunch of useless people, no, you’re not even as good as useless..."
The phone went silent for a moment before a low voice spoke.
"We apologize for this, but there’s likely a significant discrepancy in the target information you provided... Anyway, our losses this time are also great, greater than you can imagine."
"What do your losses have to do with me?"
"Madam, for your target this time, we’ve lost five Demons, including two of the top ten." The man’s voice on the other end was filled with anger.
Upon hearing this, Sima Jingshu was incredulous. Even though she had just angrily called the Dark Demon Society a bunch of useless people, she knew very well that the Dark Demon Society was one of the world’s three major assassin organizations. Its millennia of heritage, even if somewhat weakened in recent years, made the strength of the top ten Demons undeniable.
Especially the top three Demons, once said to be the strongest Martial Artists below the Martial Saints in the West.
And this time two of their top ten Demons were directly lost?
"So what? That’s your own issue..."
Sima Jingshu chuckled coldly, but no longer as agitated, "Given the circumstances, since you say your losses are so great, you should all the more thoroughly eradicate the root."
"I understand, and that’s why we’ve come to you. Right now, Huaxia isn’t peaceful, so the risks are not small. We hope you can increase the mission’s reward."
"You can rest assured, this time one of the top three will personally handle it, and when the time comes, squashing that kid will be as easy as crushing an ant."
Sima Jingshu, hearing this, asked coldly, "How much do you want?"
"Roughly ten times the reward you previously paid should suffice."
"What?!"
Sima Jingshu’s face was full of disbelief, her eyes widening.
"Ten times, you really are demanding exorbitantly. Do you think Martial Saint Secret Techniques are bargain bin items?"
"Madam, just two more scrolls of the Martial Saint Secret Technique will do. As I said earlier, Huaxia is not peaceful right now, and may become even less so in the future. Any one of those three entering Huaxia could shake not only Huaxia but also the international situation..."
"It might even draw attention from one or two of your Huaxia’s seven Martial Saints. It’s a matter with far-reaching implications, not something easily explained, so please understand, Madam."
"After all, with your status and vision, you also know that our Dark Demon Society isn’t simply a pure assassin organization, we too have many concerns. We took action this time purely because of the face of the powerful figure behind you."
Without listening to the rest of the words, Sima Jingshu felt her chest swell with anger.
What did they mean by the face of the powerful figure behind her? They thought Sima Jingshu couldn’t do anything without that person?
"Get lost, all of you useless people!"
"Respectable madam, for the losses the Dark Demon Society suffered in this operation, you’ll need to provide some compensation. I’ll arrange the details and send them to you..."
Before the words were finished, Sima Jingshu smashed the phone in her hand to the floor; she was now so infuriated she didn’t want to hear another word.
At the same time.
Two figures crossed Huaxia, traversing hundreds of thousands of kilometers to reach the depths of the Great Desert.
Gazing at the silhouette of the oasis emerging on the horizon.
The figure shrouded in gray clothing couldn’t stop trembling slightly, with an exceptionally excited, almost manic gleam in their eyes.
They were about to kill the woman of a Martial Saint.
This was such a crazy notion that he had never thought of it before; now just thinking about it made his heart race!
The lead figure in red radiated a brilliant silver ripple, and when he opened his eyes again, the emptiness in his gaze disappeared, replaced by eyes as bright as the stars.
Su Mu himself descended!
His calm eyes reflected the serene moonlit oasis, where his murderous intent was as bright as the moonlight.