The Master of the World

Su Hao had an idea and immediately entered the Marble Space to begin simulating the structure using the small light.

First, he projected ten "explosion" runes and observed their structure. If his idea could be realized, he would scale it up to one hundred or even one thousand runes.

"The condition for the simultaneous explosion of runes is that they are completed at the same time. Each rune has a start and end point, and the time spent drawing it doesn't matter. What matters is the moment of completion. So..."

Therefore, Su Hao's idea was very simple. If the end points of ten runes converge but remain separate and independent, he could fill them with blood energy at the final point, allowing all runes to be completed and activated simultaneously.

"Then... a spherical structure!"

Su Hao projected a transparent spherical model, then imprinted the "explosion" runes on the surface, surrounding the entire sphere. He disconnected the start and end points of the runes and gathered them at the center of the sphere in a suspended state.

This way, once the blood energy filled the pattern, all the runes would be in standby mode. A slight touch of blood energy would activate all the explosion runes simultaneously.

The remaining problem was the input end also being at the center of the sphere. He couldn't possibly reach into the sphere to activate it, could he?

So, Su Hao created a circular slot at the top of the sphere leading to the center. He then drew out the starting points of all the runes to form numerous small dots on the surface, resembling a beehive, as the blood energy input end. The gathered endpoints at the center would serve as the activation end.

Close together but not touching, to activate the runes, he just needed to touch the input end and infuse blood energy, which would then gather at the center activation end.

Su Hao praised his own genius imagination.

Then he noticed a problem: "Uh... there doesn't seem to be a delay mechanism. Is he supposed to activate it by hand and kill himself? That's not right..."

He scratched his head and continued thinking about how to create a delay.

When the bomb was still in hand, it wasn't possible to complete the runes manually, so an automatic device was needed.

Thus, the bomb needed two devices: one being the spherical structure of "explosion" runes, and the other an automatic ejection small ball at the center.

By inputting blood energy into both devices and setting the small ball to automatically eject after a period, connecting all the start and end points would immediately detonate the bomb.

After tinkering for an unknown amount of time, Su Hao finally settled on the final plan.

"Let's give it a try! First, collect the gold wire worms!"

...

Ten days later, Su Hao looked at the basketball-sized metal ball in his hand with a mysterious smile.

He went to the wilderness, placed his hand on the input end, carefully infused blood energy, and after a few seconds, heard a "click" from the sphere.

The device was activated!

Su Hao immediately got up and ran, glancing back at the metal ball as he did.

Five seconds later.

"Boom-"

A loud explosion sent rocks and soil flying, some of which hit Su Hao's face painfully.

"It worked!"

Su Hao ran back and looked at the four-meter-wide crater with joy.

The power exceeded that of a standard grenade, comparable to a grandmaster's strike!

And this was just the initial test version.

Standing at the edge of the crater, Su Hao rubbed his chin, thinking about improvements for the next bomb.

"The sphere still has a lot of unused space. I could try increasing the runes from ten to fifty. Also, if the metal shell were tougher, the explosion might be even more powerful." Thus, while making the second bomb, Su Hao added a "hardness" rune to the metal shell. While the shell shouldn't be too strong, a weak shell would greatly reduce the explosion's lethality.

As for adding steel balls to increase damage, that was a consideration for later.

Another ten days passed, and Su Hao emerged with a larger metal ball.

With a look of anticipation, he carefully activated the bomb and quickly ran far away, hiding behind a large rock.

This time, the detonation was set for ten seconds, very safe.

"Boom-"

A thunderous explosion left Su Hao's ears ringing.

His heart skipped a beat.

"Wow! Amazing!"

Su Hao approached the crater and saw a pit over ten meters in diameter. The power was something not even an average grand preceptor martial artist could achieve.

Moreover, a grand preceptor martial artist caught off guard by such an explosion, even with armor, would be doomed. But if prepared, they could likely defend or evade it.

"Hmm~ Let's enhance it further and test the effect of one hundred 'explosion' runes."

Just being able to harm a grand preceptor-level opponent wasn't Su Hao's goal. He needed something to solve all his problems with one strike.

"But I'm out of materials and need to replenish them in the nearby town."

However, Su Hao's armor was too conspicuous, and he might be suspected of being the 'Silver Armored Rune Master,' attracting the pursuit of the human kings.

So, he planned to fly outside the town, hide his winged armor, then enter the town in disguise.

As Su Hao flew high, he could see the town from afar and began to descend.

"Hmm? What's that?"

He saw thick smoke rising slowly from the town, as if there was a fire.

Su Hao decided not to rush into the town but switched to silent flight mode, quickly ascending above the town and observing through gaps in the clouds.

However, he realized he couldn't see clearly.

He needed a telescope, and runes should be able to solve this. Su Hao decided to research it later.

For now...

Fly lower? What if he got discovered?

If discovered, so be it. Who could do anything to him? He could always fly away.

With this thought, Su Hao quietly descended, circling at about seven hundred meters.

This time, he saw what was happening below clearly.

In the town square, there was a huge bonfire, surrounded by many townspeople, silently watching the blazing fire.

The town guards were throwing books into the fire, one by one.

These were the "Path of the Martial Artist" and "Complete Rune Guide" that Su Hao had sold.

Su Hao remained silent.

He flew out of the town, landed, changed his disguise, and quickly made his face look different before walking into the town, heading straight for the central square. After asking around, he learned the truth.

"Path of the Martial Artist" and "Complete Rune Guide" had been declared forbidden books, not allowed to be kept by anyone. If found, the person would be immediately imprisoned, charged with researching forbidden knowledge, and then executed.

Moreover, those who reported such books would be rewarded with one gold coin!

So many people panicked and turned in the books they had bought, throwing them into the fire.

There were also those who defied the ban, but after a few examples were made, the effect of the ban was evident. While it might not be possible to capture all the books, and there might be copies, the spread of these books had been effectively cut off, eventually becoming private collections for some.

This was not Su Hao's intention.

Su Hao clenched his fists, then relaxed.

He quietly left and bought the materials he needed.

After taking everything back to his base, Su Hao flew into the sky again, heading for other towns.

He needed to confirm whether all human race towns had also banned "Path of the Martial Artist" and "Complete Rune Guide."

As he expected, all the towns he visited had started banning activities, with many books being found and burned.

It was foreseeable that all his efforts would become tools for those in power to rule the world.

What he did ultimately differed greatly from what he intended.

In other words, he alone could not change this world.

Only the people of this world could change it; they were the true masters of this world.

Without flags dyed red with blood, how could they long wave in the wind?

Without the enlightenment of the masses, how could they truly stand tall in the world?