High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late

Chapter 671: Chapter 447: Controlling Nine Cities, Digging Pits for the Alien Race, Exotic Blood Secret Technique and Bloodline Atavism!

"Enter the city first."

The black-robed man, with eyes closed and resting, merely uttered these words lightly. Upon hearing this, Pier dared not ask further questions.

At a certain moment, Su Mu put down the ancient book in his hand and, through a corner of the wind-blown carriage curtain, the outline of a magnificent city appeared on the land, looking from afar like an ancient giant beast crouching on the earth.

Since Su Mu awoke, he had been in the Otherworld for ten days.

Pier was his spokesperson in front of the Alien Races, but the one who truly annexed and controlled the Nine Cities of the Celestial Snow Province was Su Mu.

If it weren’t for Su Mu not wanting to attract too much attention too early, the forces and territories he could have annexed in these ten days would have been even greater.

At this moment, Su Mu further realized the truth of the saying: "Under the Martial Saint, all are ants."

Even though Su Mu’s flesh was no more, and most of his Sea of Consciousness was sealed, with his strength reduced to less than one-tenth, he could still secretly annex and control an entire province of the Alien Races within ten days.

Moreover, apart from Pier, no one knew of his existence, as he stayed hidden in the shadows.

"No wonder that Overlord Blade considers himself the God of the Human World and deeply believes it..."

Su Mu couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Annexing the land of the Nine Cities was actually quite simple, using both kindness and might.

The people of the Alien Races particularly valued Qi and Blood Power, which is one reason why the Eight Great Royal Families could continue to rule the Otherworld.

Within the Barbaric Beast Blood Core of the Otherworld lies a special Qi and Blood Power. After discovering this, Su Mu quickly modified the Essence Blood Secret Technique to create a weakened version.

He first tried it on Pier. The weakened Exotic Blood Secret Technique had only thirty percent of the effectiveness of the Essence Blood Secret Technique. Even so, the Exotic Blood Secret Technique combined with the Barbaric Beast Blood Core could effectively enhance the purity of Qi and Blood Power.

Moreover, there were changes occurring that even Su Mu did not expect.

Pier, who cultivated the Exotic Blood Secret Technique, displayed a certain atavistic phenomenon, with his light reddish skin deepening towards a darker red.

Meanwhile, some Alien Races with originally blue skin began to show faint red spots and patterns.

An atavistic bloodline also meant an enhancement in the strength of the Alien Races, which was naturally not what Su Mu wanted to see. Thus, he added several hidden pitfalls that affect operation in the weakened version of the Exotic Blood Secret Technique.

This way, as long as someone knew about these pitfalls, the human Martial Artists would have a natural advantage when facing such Alien Race Warriors. Even if the secret technique leaked and spread, it would not matter.

On the contrary, the more it spread, the more beneficial it would be to the human side, as it would mean the Alien Races who practiced it would have a fatal weakness.

Su Mu’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Over these ten days, he gained a more profound understanding of the operation rules of the Alien Race World and the entire world. The bloodline differences of the Alien Races were directly reflected in their skin colors, and Alien Races of different skin colors received vastly different treatment in this world.

In this regard, it resembled a stronger version of the caste system from a certain nation’s past on Blue Star.

Alien Races with deeper skin colors, closer to red, even if they were just ordinary people and not Alien Race Warriors possessing Qi and Blood Power, could live a better life and even better than light-skinned Alien Race Warriors, holding higher status.

Among them, the most despised in the Alien Race Interface were naturally the mixed-blood Alien Races with humans.

On this point, Su Mu harbored suspicions. He originally thought the number of mixed-bloods wouldn’t be too many, but in fact, he encountered many mixed-bloods during these ten days.

Su Mu’s deep eyes flickered slightly; he guessed what he had seen was just the tip of the iceberg, and the number of mixed-bloods in the Alien Race Interface was not small.

Where did these mixed-bloods originally come from?

Are they merely captives from the human side brought back through the Alien Race Battlefield despite humans and Alien Races living in different interfaces?

During his time at Martial Arts University, Su Mu had read some historical ancient texts about humans and Alien Races, but he hadn’t seen any records of large-scale population capturing by the Alien Races during invasions.

These individuals, with both human and Alien Race bloodlines and speaking only the Alien Race language...

Should they be considered Alien Races, or humans?

Over these ten days, Su Mu harbored many doubts, but his thoughts soon returned.

Overall, in the Alien Race Interface, secret techniques capable of causing atavism in the bloodline would have a fatal allure to the Alien Races and mixed-bloods.

Thus, annexing the land of the Nine Cities became even easier.

After bestowing the Exotic Blood Secret Technique, the majority of the Nine Cities’ upper echelons, who had Desolate Thought Restrictions, not only held no resentment but also felt gratitude and respect, considering it an honor.

As for those who harbored resentment, Su Mu wouldn’t show any mercy, simply executing them on the spot.

After controlling all the upper echelons of a city, such as the City Lord and the heads of various industries, everything fell into place. Even the ordinary Alien Races living in the Nine Cities didn’t notice any changes from the top down.

But out of caution, Su Mu still erased any memories of himself from the Alien Races after the fact, leaving only Pier’s image.

Upon controlling a city, Su Mu would then proceed to plunder extensively.

The priorities, of course, were high-quality Blood Cores, Special Martial Arts, Cultivation Resources, and some ancient texts about the history of the two races. Su Mu made an effort to collect ancient texts, though not many were obtainable.

However, in this process, the accumulation of the Nine Cities’ upper echelons over hundreds of years was used solely for Su Mu’s benefit, which he unhesitatingly claimed.

Those that Su Mu didn’t regard highly and couldn’t take away were decisively abandoned, leaving some resources for the Nine Cities’ forces to develop, thus short-term large-scale chaos was unlikely.

As for what came afterward, Su Mu didn’t intend to stay in the Alien Race Interface long; once he left, he wouldn’t care if a flood ensued.

Soon, the convoy arrived under the Loris City.

The patrolling Alien Races at the city gate, upon seeing Pier’s red complexion, showed visibly more respect. One of them quickly gestured, "Inspection is complete, you may enter the city now."

Before leaving, the leader of the patrol discreetly handed a finely crafted invitation into the carriage.

"Honored guests from afar, please accept this."

"Alright."

Pier took it and respectfully handed it to Su Mu with both hands.

Su Mu glanced at it. Over these ten days, he had used Desolate Thought to probe the memories of many Alien Races. With the backing of terrifying Spiritual Power, he had already mastered much of the Alien Races’ language and characters, at least enough to understand the wording on the invitation card.

"An auction hosted by the Loris City Lord?"

Su Mu opened the invitation; inside was an equally exquisite small card, listing some of the key items for the auction.

He scanned over it, and soon one particular item caught Su Mu’s interest.

"Blood Soldier, is it?"

Having plundered resources from the Nine Cities, there were only two Blood Soldiers among them, with one being incomplete, and the quality of both could not compare to those Yuri had provided earlier, falling far short.

Now presented with a chance to acquire Blood Soldiers, Su Mu would certainly seize it.

After all, the funds spent at the auction weren’t Su Mu’s resources but rather those plundered from the Alien Races.

"It’s just tomorrow, and since we’re here in time, we might as well take a look."

"Yes, Master."

Su Mu’s convoy entered the city, and one of the patrolling Alien Race soldiers at the gate looked confused, "Captain, why were you so courteous to that convoy just now, even giving them a VIP invitation to the auction?"

"Hmph, you bunch of frogs in a well, that convoy just now was anything but ordinary."

"Not ordinary?"

"The Qi and Blood fluctuations within the bodies of those in that group aren’t something a minor power could possess, especially the person in the central carriage. The pressure he exuded was even greater than our City Lord’s, and his skin color wasn’t simple, I suspect he might be..."

Before the words were finished, someone couldn’t help but voice skepticism.

"Boss, perhaps it was just your imagination? Our City Lord is a powerful Intermediate War God... how could his pressure be surpassed?"

"Hmm, are you questioning me?"

"I would not dare!"

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