High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 95 - 94: Every Blow Lands, Dismantling Puppets Barehanded

Chapter 95: Chapter 94: Every Blow Lands, Dismantling Puppets Barehanded
Su Mu repeatedly entered the Meditation World to restore his spirit, until his head felt swollen, as if pierced by needles, before he finally exhaled deeply and decided to leave the Spirit Cultivation Room.
At the door, Su Mu bumped into Tantai Yan.
Ah?!
Tantai Yan, like a startled kitten with bristled fur, exclaimed in surprise. She clearly didn’t expect anyone else besides herself to come here.
"Su Mu?"
"Mm."
Su Mu rubbed his temples and nodded, waiting for Tantai Yan to continue speaking. However, seeing that she didn’t want to continue the conversation, Su Mu turned around and left directly.
"It’s really not easy... He might be here to avoid others, right?"
Tantai Yan couldn’t help but feel a trace of sympathy for Su Mu’s situation. She could easily understand it, as she too didn’t want to interact with strangers and just wanted to be alone quietly.
Because she could feel that most people around her looked at her with a different gaze, as if she were a special existence.
Fortunately, after coming here, there was still Sister Huangfu Xue, who treated her very well, and Tantai Yan could feel it.
Moreover, this brief exchange made Tantai Yan realize that Su Mu was also very calm when facing her, which felt wonderful to be treated normally.
...
"Tantai Yan is a bit like Xiaoyue from before, but even more introverted and shy."
Su Mu recalled briefly, and after his lips curled up slightly, he gave a knowing smile.
Now my own daughter has become much more lively. I still remember Miao Miao complaining several times back at home that Xiaoyue had become a little wild child, and the effect of that Wisdom Heart Fruit back then was astounding.
"Everyone has their own life encounters and lives their own way."
"And it’s normal for most geniuses to be solitary."
Su Mu never intended to interfere or forcefully change someone else’s way of life, as what he didn’t want himself, he wouldn’t impose on others. Moreover, he only regarded Tantai Yan as a rival.
"Tantai Yan will be a formidable opponent, far stronger than any opponent before!"
In that brief, close interaction, Tantai Yan gave Su Mu a very dangerous feeling. The stronger a martial artist is, the sharper their intuition.
This dangerous intuition was something he had felt in the presence of Li Yue, and also when a teacher used Spiritual Power.
Su Mu chose to trust his intuition, so he felt the pressure, and his blood slightly boiled within.
"I need to seize time to become stronger!"
"Next, I’ll check out the Combat Simulation Room and the Reaction Simulation Room."
...
"It’s Su Mu, Su Mu is here!"
Many people outside the Cultivation Room were startled, and the expressions of those waiting in line contained both respect and a hint of fear.
Su Mu frowned slightly, not expecting there to be so many people in line.
Upon noticing Su Mu’s expression, someone immediately offered their place in line.
"Su Mu, why don’t you go first?"
Su Mu hesitated slightly, wondering if he truly seemed that intimidating. However, given the pressing time, he didn’t want to linger but also didn’t want to owe a favor.
"How long have you been waiting?"
"Almost three hours. There were two people ahead of me just now."
"Give me your token, and I’ll give you three hours of Cultivation Room points."
"No, no need." This person felt delighted but also a little afraid.
"Give me the token."
After Su Mu deducted the points and entered the Cultivation Room, many people cast envious glances at the person. These Training Points were hard to earn, and three hours’ worth was a substantial six thousand!
Currently, Training Points are distributed once a week, according to rankings. Most people can only receive the minimum tier, which is ten thousand points per week.
So Su Mu offering six thousand points is considered quite generous to many people.
Some immediately showed regret on their faces.
"Su Mu is so impressive, but he has the capability for it!"
"If I had known Su Mu was so generous, I would have offered my place first. Three hours for six thousand points is such a good deal."
For them, their biggest lack was points, but Su Mu didn’t lack points, only time.
...
"What’s inside the Combat Simulation Room? Phantoms?"
The Combat Simulation Room is the most expensive room in the Cultivation Hall, with a long line of people outside.
Su Mu was quite expectant.
Upon entering, the space was not small, and the sight was a vast Martial Arts Arena.
Su Mu quickly activated the Cultivation Room, and soon lines of text appeared on the ceiling display screen.
[Please set your opponent.]
[1. Sixth Level Elite Puppet]
[2. Fifth Level Combat Puppet]
Only able to battle puppets?
Su Mu was startled and instantly lost much of his interest. He couldn’t help but recall the three metal puppets he encountered in the first round of examinations.
[Please set the difficulty.]
[1. Normal]
[2. Hard]
[3. Hell]
"Let’s try it first; it may not be exactly the same."
Su Mu quickly locked onto the Sixth Level Elite Puppet and chose the normal difficulty this time.
Immediately, the sound of mechanisms turning echoed from the center of the Martial Arts Arena, the floor opened, and a familiar puppet slowly rose from below.
Su Mu stood frozen in place, then took a careful look and discovered that the inscriptions on these puppets were identical—they were exactly the same as those in the first round of assessments.
For a moment, Shi Hao’s pained expression when mentioning the destruction of the puppets in the monitoring room flashed in Su Mu’s mind. The cost of these puppets must be quite high.
If he were to destroy a few more, Shi Hao and Xu Zhi might come knocking on his door in no time.
As for Instructor Huangfu Xue, Su Mu felt that compared to the instructors Shi Hao and Xu Zhi, she seemed more like a wealthy lady?
"Since I’m already here, might as well give it a try before leaving, and this time, I’ll go without the saber."
"One puppet is just right to practice on!"
Su Mu decided that this time he would definitely not destroy the puppet but would try using his fists instead.
Boom boom boom.
Su Mu deployed the Extreme Shadow Body Technique, punching the puppet repeatedly. After a few punches, his fists became numb and bled, and he gradually realized these big guys were really tough and resilient.
"Let’s try adding some Qi Blood Emission!"
Su Mu hadn’t completely shifted his mindset yet and often forgot that he had already mastered this technique. Instantly, he directed his mind to control a thin layer of qi and blood to cover his fists.
At this moment, the puppet’s arms swung out, coming at him with full force.
Su Mu dodged to the side, then threw a right punch. This time, with the protection of the qi and blood membrane, Su Mu could feel that most of the impact on his fists was absorbed.
He looked up and saw that the puppet showed no damage from the punch.
"Since that’s the case, might as well hold back less!"
Without the Red Sun Saber, Su Mu already felt a lack of security.
So he started to increase his punch strength constantly until he fully integrated the strength utilization technique he learned from the Tower of Power into his fists.
Boom boom boom!
Three consecutive punches hit the same spot. After three loud noises, a fist imprint half a knuckle deep remained on the puppet’s body, and the entire puppet staggered back seven or eight meters.
Its two legs were as thick as elephant legs, and they took a few heavy steps on the special alloy floor before it regained its balance.
How satisfying.
This feeling of blow-for-blow satisfaction was completely different from using a saber; it was the most primitive yet the purest and most straightforward sense of pleasure, which just happened to vent some of the frustration accumulated in the Spirit Cultivation Room!
"Perfect timing!"
Watching the puppet charging at him.
The blood in Su Mu’s body was boiling completely, fine beads of sweat covering him, and at this moment, his mood was at its peak as he took a deep breath.
Once the breath entered his body, it immediately turned hot and restless and then transformed into pure qi and blood.
Hiss!
Condensed Blood ignited.
Su Mu clenched his fists, and the Secret of Power was also unconsciously fully activated, and he threw a few fierce punches.
In the midst of a huge noise, a giant figure inside the Cultivation Room flew out, crashing heavily onto the ground with a loud "thud"!
The commotion was such that even other trainees waiting outside the Cultivation Room could feel it. Many looked surprised; truthfully, ever since Su Mu began his cultivation session, they could occasionally hear the commotion coming from Su Mu inside the room.
But just now, it seemed as if the entire region of the Cultivation Hall trembled; that sound was somewhat loud.
"What happened just now?"
"It seemed to come from Su Mu’s Cultivation Room?"
"Could it be that Su Mu started... smashing puppets again?"
...
Inside the Cultivation Room, there was a fresh bloodstain on the ground, which was from Su Mu coughing up earlier.
"Still too much of a strain."
Su Mu coughed violently a few times; his qi and blood were roiling violently inside, and both his body’s interior and exterior were in immense pain.
The qi and blood membrane did protect his fists, but many of his internal organs and meridians couldn’t withstand the terrifying load of his full-strength hits temporarily.
This had already surpassed the body’s strength limit.
After Su Mu took several deep breaths to calm himself, he looked towards the puppet, only to see that this puppet’s two legs were somewhat rigid and its right arm hung limply, showing that it had sustained minor damage through his combination of Secret of Power and Condensed Blood-driven punches.
Seeing this, Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Puppets really are different... This puppet’s strength doesn’t probably match up to the first assessment round’s."
"Fortunately, those punches didn’t land on the Inscription Core."
"The main part wasn’t damaged, only slight damage to an arm and two legs, which shouldn’t be too difficult to repair."
As Wang Shuheng’s disciple, Su Mu made such a judgment, not to mention that in the Combat Simulation Room, some equipment wear and tear was unavoidable.
Quickly, Su Mu left the Cultivation Room calmly.
Soon after, when the Cultivation Room’s door opened, someone exclaimed.
"Haha, indeed it’s the Rule Breaker, Su Mu!"
"It’s damaged; indeed, it’s damaged. One Sixth Level puppet’s arm and both legs are completely wasted!"
"The body isn’t damaged?"
People waiting outside nodded silently, with expressions of expectation fulfilled, and someone speculated Su Mu had held back somewhat this time.
...
"What? Su Mu dismantled another puppet?"
Upon hearing the news, Shi Hao’s face turned dark as if dripping ink, his heart ached terribly. Although as the primary person in charge of the Training Camp, he wouldn’t be held accountable for these losses, he couldn’t escape a good scolding later and having to write lots of tedious paperwork afterwards.
"No way, we must add a rule to the Cultivation Room: absolutely no weapons allowed, at least Su Mu mustn’t be allowed to use weapons!"
But after the three used their authority to pull up and watch the internal video, they fell silent immediately.
They found that Su Mu had not used Red Sun Saber at all this time.
This time he dismantled with bare hands, and he was very particular about it, stopping just in time, and even held back a little.
"We can’t possibly make a rule banning Su Mu from entering the Combat Simulation Room, right?" Huangfu Xue said with a smile as she saw Shi Hao’s fretful face.