novelraw Chapter 395 - 316: Transcendence, the First Immortal Cell (Part 2)
Chapter 395 - 316: Transcendence, the First Immortal Cell (Part 2)
"Just as expected."
Su Mu took a deep breath. At this moment, he gave up on pursuing and blocking. He knew that conventional methods were no longer enough to save the crumbling situation.
Continuing down this path would only bring about a quicker demise.
What should be done...
In the state of Crystal Transformation, Su Mu was extremely calm. He observed the path of the black smoke fragments, and finally, his gaze landed on their destination: the golden blood sea and the qi blood dragons.
The qi blood dragons are a mark of the qi blood of a typical Eighth Level Grandmaster, the core of a Grandmaster’s combat power.
"If that’s the case..."
A trace of reluctance flashed in Su Mu’s eyes, then instantly transformed into unyielding resolve.
"Then let it break. To break is to remake."
"Come!"
Su Mu let out a low shout, and the spiritual power of the crystal human form instantly covered his entire body, blanketing every qi blood dragon and the golden blood sea.
"Solidify!"
The surging golden blood sea suddenly stalled, as did each qi blood dragon, frozen within the meridians. At this moment, even his heartbeat paused.
By forcibly stalling the qi blood within him, Su Mu couldn’t help but let out a muffled grunt, feeling a pressing suffocation akin to sinking into the deep sea, on the brink of drowning.
A tinge of madness flickered in Su Mu’s eyes.
"Break!"
Like the black smoke earlier, Su Mu detonated the spiritual power attached to every qi blood dragon.
At that moment, it was as if a dam had burst. The detonation of each qi blood dragon triggered a terrifying torrent of qi blood. This qi blood, tempered repeatedly through the Third-Turned Refining Technique and the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique, and having absorbed a pool of giant’s blood comparable to a Martial Saint, was incredibly formidable.
In an instant, Su Mu’s entire figure swelled like a balloon.
Even the flesh, after being transformed twice through the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique, showed signs of being unable to suppress it. His entire body was on the brink of collapsing at any moment.
This even shocked Su Mu himself; he made two consecutive misjudgments.
First, regarding the black smoke, and second, concerning his own qi blood.
Su Mu’s fair skin suddenly filled with blood, his eyes turned a deep red, webbed with bloodshots, and protruding veins like flood dragons surged across his skin.
"Suppress it for me!"
Su Mu pushed the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique to the limit, and every inch of his flesh and cell transformed into one black hole after another, frantically absorbing the exploding qi blood power from the shattered qi blood dragons.
During this process, the black smoke fragments advanced even further, drawing closer to the golden blood sea.
A touch of ferocity appeared on Su Mu’s face.
"Break the blood sea for me too!"
Even for a typical martial artist, shattering the blood sea in an instant is no easy task; it takes time, as the blood sea is the root of a martial artist’s qi blood.
And...
Once the blood sea shatters, it would be equivalent to self-destructing the martial path, causing one’s realm to plummet.
Yet Su Mu hesitated not for a moment.
At this time, the powerful spiritual power of the crystal human form became pivotal, especially since Su Mu was in the state of Crystal Transformation.
Boom boom boom!
The golden blood sea began to collapse, and the vast qi blood contained within instantly surged like a deluge intent on destroying continents, roaring mightily.
Compared to this, the shattered qi blood dragons were mere trivialities. The unprecedented ancient flood was thoroughly detonated in just a moment.
Like a volcanic eruption, the cascading qi blood instantly transformed into new-born qi blood dragons.
These qi blood dragons, formed from the shattered blood sea, were much more powerful and grand than before, additionally being more rebellious and harder to control, the disparity akin to a stream and a mighty river.
"Explode!"
For the first time, Su Mu unleashed the full power of the crystal human form without reservation. A terrifying spiritual force instantly transformed into a vast Heaven and Earth Net, capturing all the qi blood dragons, then detonating them simultaneously.
Billowing qi blood surged forth; for a moment, Su Mu felt as if he had returned to the moment he absorbed the pool of giant’s blood.
This time, it was even more terrifying than that.
It was as if he drank a pool of giant’s blood comparable to a Martial Saint in one breath, with no pause or buffer.
Even with Su Mu fully activating the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique, his flesh, comparable to an Eighth Level Grandmaster’s weapon, still instantly ballooned into a bloody sphere, with his seven orifices and all his skin bursting open, golden blood gushing out, as Su Mu turned into a blood man.
More dangerous by countless times compared to fighting the Martial Saint Illusion.
In this moment, the premonition of his demise weighed heavily on Su Mu’s heart, more intense than on the Alien Race Battlefield; he seemed already able to see the scene of his body exploding and dying.
Yet in this most critical moment, Su Mu remained unbelievably calm, a chilling calmness.
In the state of Crystal Transformation, he could control every part of himself. At this moment, he was like an observer standing atop a mountain, coldly watching this terrifying qi blood flood that was destroying himself.
At this time, every inch of his flesh and every cell within him was frantically devouring qi blood. During this process, the degree of transformation of his flesh was rapidly increasing.
Then, several anomalies appeared among the flesh—several exceptionally powerful cells emerged, devouring at an astonishing speed, even in the midst of this terrifying qi blood flood, still couldn’t be satisfied, being limited by the flesh they resided in.
At this moment, Su Mu made his judgment...
He was going to accelerate his demise, instantly retracting all his spiritual power, ceasing to control the qi blood flood, diving into his own flesh, selecting the most powerful cells among the anomalies.
By coincidence, the most powerful cell was located at the center of his brow, within the Mud Ball Divine Palace.
The Mud Ball, the form above the spirit, the spirit of the whole body, governs all spirits, reflects the divine consciousness, and nurtures the human soul.
Upon seeing this cell, Su Mu instantly made his judgment.
"It’s you."
This cell was selected by Su Mu among all his cells.
Then, his eyes flashed with silver radiance, creating a storm of spiritual power. He roared, and the mighty spiritual power caused the rampaging qi blood flood within him to pause slightly.
At this moment, with one foot stepping into the Ghost Gate, Su Mu held nothing back.
In an instant, the cell in which Su Mu placed all his hopes didn’t let him down, massively expanding at a shocking, extraordinary speed.
It was all-embracing and absorbed at an unprecedented rate, rapidly transforming, undergoing transformations that Su Mu himself found hard to believe hundreds, thousands, even ten thousand times within a single second.
"Inquiring of oneself, I understand now, that the human flesh is a limitless treasure trove..."
"Never satisfied, was it?"
"This time I’ll fulfill you completely. Let me see how much you can devour; however much you want, I’ll give it to you, even if it means all my qi blood, all my martial arts will!"
"Infuse it!"
The terrifying qi blood flood was guided by Su Mu straight to the Mud Ball Palace at his brow, and then his peak-reaching sword momentum and the Rule of Force, everything was infused into this cell at this moment.
Hundred thousand times.
Million times.
Ten million times.
When the transformation of this cell reached an astonishing billion times, the magnitude finally produced an indescribable qualitative change, with a faint glow emerging from the core of the cell.
This was neither the Rule of Force nor the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique, but the brilliance of the cell itself.
Buzz------
All the surrounding cells trembled violently, bowing to the birth of this powerful cell, this cell supreme over all cells, over all flesh.
High above, like a monarch.
The birth of the monarch, like the Heaven-Supporting Jade Pillar, averting catastrophe.
The qi blood flood within Su Mu had found a thorough release point; the transformation continued as the glow of the cell grew more concentrated.
More dazzling.
When the transformation amassed to a terrifying hundred billion times.
A trace of golden radiance emerged from within.
Though this golden trace appeared somewhat dim, it no longer belonged to the mundane world, but transcended this realm, touching a higher level.
Countless qi blood dragons and the golden blood sea paved an ascension path for this monarch.
At this moment.
What it revealed was divinity!
It represented the transcendent and immortal.
The first immortal cell containing divinity was born!