High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late

Chapter 665: Chapter 444: Deadly Three Months, I Am the People, Controlling Bandar City!

Stepping into the palace was not personnel from the Beast Fighting Arena, but a lowly mixed-blood that he had disparaged.

The figure was frail, yet their eyes were as brilliant and profound as the starry sky.

At this moment, Ray Pier’s heart surged with tumultuous waves of shock, not only because the people at the entrance stood there stunned, staring blankly, without any reaction.

It was also because he could not sense any Qi and Blood fluctuations from the figure before him.

Yet, this mixed-blood without any shred of power instilled a terrifying dread within him, making his eyelids twitch uncontrollably, an overwhelming fear blossoming in the depths of his mind, and then swiftly sweeping over his consciousness.

He felt an unprecedented oppression, a pressure even greater than that of the family’s tributors back then.

"This, this is impossible!"

"The Ray Family is one of the Eight Great Royal Families..."

Even so...

At this moment, a rebellious impulse suddenly sprang in his heart, an urge to bow in worship before this lowly individual standing in front of him.

"Who, who are you?"

Su Mu couldn’t understand the bird language of the alien race, but the Desolate Thought could clearly discern this alien’s intentions, enabling him to roughly understand what they were saying.

"Who I am, what right do you have to know?" Su Mu said indifferently, striding into the palace, while Pier, who was still conscious, dared not obstruct and directly fell to his knees as his legs gave way.

Su Mu took his seat without hesitation at the core of the palace, on a luxurious bestial-hide chair of unknown barbaric beast origin.

"You aliens truly know how to indulge yourselves..."

Glancing at Pier who lay paralyzed with fear on the ground, Su Mu beckoned, and Pier trembled all over, his entire being swept into Su Mu’s hands by an invisible spiritual force.

"Spare me, my lord..."

At this moment, Pier completely abandoned the dignity of one of the Eight Great Royal Families, attempting to plead for mercy.

Su Mu frowned slightly, feeling annoyed, and casually said, "Noisy."

The next second, an unstable silver phantom suddenly pounced at the alien held in Su Mu’s grip, immediately causing Pier’s body to convulse.

Soon, the memories of the Beast Fighting Arena’s owner, the alien before him, began to unfold like a movie, rapidly presenting themselves before Su Mu without reservation.

[A newborn baby cried out, a man with skin as red as flames holding the baby, "Boy, from today onwards you are a member of the Ray Family, one of the Eight Great Royal Families of the Saint Race, your name is Ray Pier..."]

"The Eight Great Royal Families, the Ray Family... This truly is the Alien Race Interface."

Su Mu’s eyes narrowed slightly, recalling clearly the last strike of the Overlord Blade Martial Saint; the Black Mist Saber mixed with true spear intent had taken him by surprise.

As a result, he suffered significant injuries, and at the last moment, he used a Stand-in Doll drawn from the Intermediate Superpower Library. The effect of the Stand-in Doll was to transfer and bear lethal damage not exceeding his own Third Level.

It seems now that the Stand-in Doll had been triggered. As for why he transitioned from the Human Interface to the Alien Race Interface...

"It’s that Space Token, this matter must be related to Yuri, she mentioned that a disturbance had appeared in the Alien Race Interface, and only in the Ancient Battlefield could contact be made..."

"Perhaps my fall into the deep sea was extremely close to the Ancient Battlefield."

["Waste, being a member of the Ray Family and possessing such meager martial arts talent, you are unworthy to be my offspring. Scram, leave Ray Ancient City..."]

Pier’s memories were thoroughly perceived by Su Mu, evidently showing that this person held little value to the Ray Family, having been expelled from the main family long ago.

After quickly scanning through Pier’s life’s memories, Su Mu began organizing the information known at present. Unfortunately, as a marginal character, Pier knew very little about the recent changes among the alien races.

"This alien transformation... it seems to be an internal conflict among the Eight Great Royal Families?"

Su Mu’s deep eyes flickered slightly; from this individual’s lifetime of memories, it was clear that the competition among alien race major powers and within them was exceptionally fierce, even more brutal compared to the Human Interface.

The alien race as a species revered martial strength even more than humans and was more bloodthirsty.

Moreover, after reviewing Pier’s memories, Su Mu gained a rough understanding of the major forces of the alien race.

The Alien Race Interface is roughly divided into three major regions, with the Eight Great Royal Families each centered around an ancient city, extending influence over regions dominated by the Eight Great Royal Families, where most alien race people live, akin to eight super-nations.

In addition, at the center, there exists a Barbaric Beast Forest, a vast area guarded by the Eight Great Royal Families, equivalent in size to three-fifths of the territory of the Eight Great Royal Families.

This expansive Barbaric Beast Forest serves as the heart of the Alien Race Interface, providing the Eight Great Royal Families with a continuous supply of cultivation resources.

The final region is beyond the Royal Territory and the Barbaric Beast Forest, with two patches of gray Domain of Chaos located at the north and south poles of the Alien Race Interface, not directly connected to the Royal Territory.

Numerous ancient ruins exist among these island groups separated from the mainland, but the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi there is violent, the Power of Rules chaotic, and staying long will pollute a warrior’s Qi and Blood, spiritual power, and even the Power of Rules.

Therefore, for over a thousand years, these two areas have been regions abandoned by the Royal Families and often used as places of exile.

After a millennium, the exiled criminals expanded and established a certain scale of gray forces in this Domain of Chaos’s peripheral areas.

Soon, the overall framework of the major alien race forces formed in Su Mu’s mind.

"Currently, this Gader City lies on the border between the Ray Family and the Roy Family, nominally a frontier town within the Ray Family’s Celestial Snow Province..."

"Royal City is the alien’s First Level administrative area equivalent to the Imperial Capital of Huaxia in the human world, and Governor Provinces govern several provinces within a region, corresponding to the second level, analogous to the five Governorates of East, West, South, North, and Central China..."

"Provinces are Third Level areas..."

"As for this Gader City, it’s comparable to the Linjiang Base, belonging to the Fifth Level area, where normally a few Fifth Level Alien Races hold sway, but the frontier differs from inland areas and often stronger ones will reside..."

"Thus, the strongest in this city should be several Sixth Level Alien Races, or a Seventh Level Alien Race Grandmaster."

Quickly, Su Mu judged the current situation in his mind.

Immediately, he withdrew the Desolate Thought, and at once, Pier began foaming at the mouth amidst convulsions, despite Su Mu’s intentional control over the intensity of the Desolate Thought, otherwise, the Desolate Thought capable of devouring the Overlord Blade Martial Saint could easily obliterate this guy’s Sea of Consciousness.

"To leave the Otherworld, two methods are possible, one is to traverse the Alien Race Battlefield."

"The second is to find Yuri and use that Space Token to transport back to the Human World."

Su Mu’s eyes flickered with a different light, as he well understood that neither of these options would be easy to achieve.

Firstly, crossing the Alien Race Battlefield, according to Yuri’s account, and from what he saw in Pier’s memories, the eight great royal families of the Alien Race were indeed fighting internally.

The battlefield was also in a state of lockdown, so if he wished to utilize the Space Gate of the Alien Race Battlefield to cross, he might have to force his way through, with the worst outcome being a confrontation with the Alien Race’s Demon God.

If it were during his prime, the Overlord Blade Martial Saint could slice through, naturally fearing no Alien Race Demon God, but this was the stronghold of the Alien Race, and if he as a human were to openly battle a Demon God, it might incite an onslaught from other Demon Gods of the Alien Race.

At that point, his only path would be downfall.

Moreover...

At present, he wasn’t in his prime. Su Mu scanned his current fragile body with his Spiritual Power.

He speculated it was due to the sudden attack by the Master of Black Fog, back when Su Mu was forced to use his Sea of Consciousness as a battlefield and employ Desolate Thought to oppose the intruding Diamond Human Form.

The clash between the two resulted in his loss of control over his flesh, leading to the current situation of soul and body separation.

At this moment, Su Mu did not know that achieving complete separation of flesh and Divine Soul while maintaining the integrity of both is extremely difficult, even unattainable by contemporary Martial Saints and Demon Gods.

However, Su Mu was not currently worried about the safety of his flesh.

The damage to his flesh was initially caused by an unexpected Spear Intent and the attack by the Master of Black Fog, not by the intervention of the Overlord Blade Martial Saint.

"The defense of the Fixed Star Immortal Body is not something anyone can break... even a contemporary Martial Saint or an Alien Race Demon God!" Su Mu muttered to himself.

In this regard, Su Mu had sufficient confidence.

He slowly closed his eyes, then attempted to enter the Martial God State.

Buzz----------

In an instant, Su Mu sensed the presence of his flesh but at a great distance.

The next second.

Su Mu suddenly let out a muffled groan, and his already bloodless, fragile flesh turned ghostly pale, as he spewed a mouthful of turbid black blood.

In the introspective state, within the Sea of Consciousness, neither side had truly secured a victory, and a heavy look crossed Su Mu’s face.

He noticed that while Desolate Thought had suppressed the corroded Diamond Human Form, it was merely suppression, only slightly holding the upper hand.

That Diamond Human Form, trapped by Desolate Thought, sensed Su Mu’s gaze and suddenly opened its eyes, its eyes filled with dark fog, full of malevolence, becoming extremely unfamiliar. It raised the corners of its mouth in a cold sneer, as if in mockery.

Su Mu’s face remained calm, his heart unfazed. Anger would solve nothing. He paid no heed to the human form’s ridicule and continued checking his own condition.

"This weakening will not hold for long with just Desolate Thought..."

"At this rate, the Divine Soul of the Overlord Blade Martial Saint will be entirely depleted within three months..."

Three fateful months!

With only three months left to save everything, realizing this made Su Mu’s heart slightly heavy.

"If not for devouring the Divine Soul of the Overlord Blade Martial Saint recently, using the Divine Soul of a contemporary Martial Saint as kindling, things might have spiraled out of control already..."

The harm caused by the loss of control over this power belonging to Su Mu at that moment had even become a thorny issue for Su Mu’s main consciousness.

This even led Su Mu to a subtle thought: sometimes being too powerful may not entirely be a blessing.

"So right now, I must not easily use the Martial God State, nor should I frequently utilize Desolate Thought."

Exiting the introspective state, Su Mu quickly gained a comprehensive understanding of his situation, naturally realizing that with his current condition, rashly seeking out Yuri would undoubtedly be a foolish move.

Even if luck favored him to find Yuri, Yuri would likely harbor other thoughts towards him in such a state.

Though they had cooperated several times, and Yuri had helped him quite a bit, Su Mu still could not fully trust Yuri, given that she was of the Alien Race.

Su Mu’s eyes grew deeper, and more determined.

"I will not die in this Otherworld, and I absolutely cannot die here!"

"I must reclaim my flesh before the Sea of Consciousness spirals entirely out of control, to have the strength and confidence to find a solution for the Sea of Consciousness..."

His thoughts racing, Su Mu understood that right now he had no one to rely on but himself, though he could not easily wield his own power. Not only due to the shackles of the Sea of Consciousness but also to avoid attracting too much attention too soon.

Based on this situation, the first thing he had to do now was.

Take control of Bandar City!

Firmly seize control of Bandar City and the surrounding areas, establishing a personal power of his own on the Alien Race Interface.

"The current period of internal chaos among the eight great royal families is a temporal advantage... Bandar City being on the fringes, a nameless small city, is a geographical advantage, thus claiming both the temporal and geographical advantages."

"Meanwhile, no one knows of my existence now..."

"I, Su Mu, am that human factor!"

"With time, place, and human factors all in my hands... what I must do is first gain complete control over this Bandar City, using it as a center to plunder all resources of the Alien Race, and then use those resources to quickly recover part of my strength."

"Afterward, I will reclaim my flesh!"

The Alien Race spectators watching the Death Arena were still filled with excitement, venting one after another, but at this moment, no one in the whole of Bandar City knew that this Beast Fighting Arena had quietly changed hands.

Afterward, the whole of Bandar City and this entire area would change hands, to be controlled by an outsider human.

A force independent of the eight great royal families quietly emerged in Su Mu’s mind at that moment.