Chapter 492: Chapter 362: Sword of Flora, Master of the River, a Formidable Foe Beyond Titled

As night descended upon the Giant Beast Cave, the temperature plummeted, and the moisture in the air turned into the first snow, which then, under the thirtyfold gravity of the great celestial forge, smelted into countless sharp blades.

The frost was like blades, descending upon the earth as if winter itself had arrived.

Ssht.

A single snowflake passed over a stone harder than any metal from the outside world, instantly cutting it in two with a surface as smooth as a mirror.

This scene was not an exception, as it played out simultaneously in every corner of this Fierce Beast Realm.

Soon after, the temperature dropped to around minus eighty or ninety degrees, and continued to fall. Hundreds of meters tall giant trees, everything around was covered with a layer of terrifying frost, entirely different from the world of daylight.

In such extreme cold, even the Fierce Beasts, born deep within and with powerful physiques, had to exert their qi and blood to resist the approaching severe cold and the frost blades created by heaven and earth. Weaker Fierce Beasts with lesser strength chose to retreat to their lairs, entering a temporary hibernation.

Thus, a strange scene unfolded.

After nightfall, the Grandmaster Level Fierce Beasts became dormant, and the realm of beasts suddenly felt somewhat desolate.

This appearance was contrary to what ordinary martial artists imagined, where beasts were thought to be most active at night.

If not for personally delving deep into the Giant Beast Cave, few would believe the nocturnal scene in the Giant Beast Cave could appear this way.

However, the vast majority of people in this world have no chance to step inside, let alone have the privilege to appreciate this scenery.

A figure wielding a sword with one arm brushed off the snow, looking at the white world before him, soon turned and entered a stone cave.

In a dense forest, the glimmer of spears and blades faded away.

Ye Wuhen and Qin Heng also made the same choice, arriving at a cave to rest, planning to wait for the snowstorm to end before making any decisions. Walking in such cold was not a wise move.

"Below minus a hundred degrees now..."

"At this moment, it could aid in comprehending Phoenix Cry and Extreme Cold Blade Momentum."

"Let’s come back next time."

A tall figure appeared amidst the snow and wind.

The tall figure moved leisurely, with no apparent qi and blood fluctuations, yet each step seemed like an effortless glide, instantly covering dozens to hundreds of meters.

On the thick snow, no footprints were left, as if a passerby in heaven and earth.

Su Mu felt the chill between heaven and earth, his tone slightly surprised. In ordinary times, a Martial Arts Grandmaster’s qi and blood are like a great furnace, but after stepping onto the Path of the Grandmaster, his qi and blood were incredibly abundant.

At this moment, beneath each inch of his flesh, each vein carried qi and blood dragons, each surpassing the complete qi and blood of an ordinary Martial Arts Grandmaster.

The severe cold, hard to withstand for ordinary Grandmasters, did not require Su Mu to deliberately circulate qi and blood. The physique tempered by the Fixed Star Body Refinement was like a high wall, inherently fearless against severe cold. Combined with the qi and blood autonomously circulating within, and the glow flowing with each breath of the Immortal Cells.

Any single force autonomously circulating within Su Mu could allow him to ignore the extreme temperature changes deep within the Beast Cave.

Whosh!

A breath like a fire dragon passing through, as if magma flowed within, the scorching breath instantly melted the surrounding frost.

Suddenly, there were no more mobile blood cores coming to him, leaving Su Mu somewhat disenchanted.

However, that was perhaps a good thing, as Su Mu was uncertain how much time had passed since the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool’s mutation, and he was not inclined to seek more blood cores now, wanting instead to leave the Giant Beast Cave swiftly.

Continuing on.

At a certain moment, Su Mu halted his steps; he caught the scent of a sweet fragrance.

Gently parting a giant rock over a dozen meters tall, he revealed a cluster of spiritual medicine resembling giant dandelions, entirely azure in color.

The fragrance was refreshing and invigorating, and being able to grow in the Giant Beast Cave meant it was undoubtedly of high grade.

"At least a Tier Seven spiritual medicine, a pleasant surprise indeed."

Su Mu uprooted the cluster of a dozen giant dandelions, and at that moment, a massive silhouette emerged from the snowstorm behind him, like a small ice mountain—an Ice and Snow Fierce Bear attacking.

Roar!

A deafening roar raised a storm of snow, and with a sharp scraping sound, the surrounding giant trees echoed repeatedly with the sound of unbearable weight until they fell to the ground.

With a thought, the Golden Essence Qi and sharpness within Su Mu’s heart and lungs erupted. He did not turn around but casually extracted a stalk from the cluster of dandelions and swung a sword behind him.

Clang!

The giant dandelion in his hand transformed into a three-foot-long blade under the infusion of sharpness, the sword light faintly appearing, an Ice Sparrow spreading its wings.

If Ximen Gu were present, he would be utterly astonished, for he’d recognize this sword as the Cold Sparrow Sword he created after two decades of sword cultivation in the Sword Pavilion.

At this moment, the power displayed in Su Mu’s hands had already surpassed that of Ximen Gu, the creator, though the sharpness revealed was not Sword Momentum, but Blade Momentum.

In the next instant.

The Ice and Snow Fierce Bear did not even have time to let out a lamenting cry before a flash of blood appeared, and its colossal body bore a sword scar from top to bottom, splitting it in two, life extinguished as quickly as a candle in the wind.

Then, all the giant trees collapsed under the snowstorm crashed into the ground, sending thousands of layers of snow flying.

"Indeed, to some extent, blades and swords are interconnected. In the future, it could be the Cold Sparrow Sword or the Cold Sparrow Saber."

Su Mu reinserted the three-foot blade back into the cluster of dandelions; the fragrance remained, and within the Space Ring, a blood core with four golden imprints appeared with each breath.

The snowstorm grew heavier, with more blind Fierce Beasts bringing blood cores one after another.

After passing through a dense forest, the view opened up, a vast snowy landscape unfolded before him, the raging river seen during the day now frozen for miles, transformed into an endless plain.

The lone boat and a bamboo-hat fisherman, fishing alone in the snowy river.

This scene and setting suddenly brought a line of poetry to Su Mu’s mind.

Not far away, the giant rocks floating uncertainly above the Cave of Weightlessness were also coated with thick frost, resembling a white Celestial Ladder leading to the sky from afar.

Yet, this seemingly silent world was not as calm as it appeared.

The moment Su Mu stepped onto this snowy plain.

Dong!

A mighty, muffled heartbeat sounded from below, setting off vibrations across the thousand-mile ice surface, with the frozen river shaking.

At the moment the heartbeat resounded, Su Mu’s eyes flickered slightly; he sensed a formidable Fierce Beast was sleeping beneath the frozen river surface.

"Fierce Beasts inherently have strong domain awareness, the stronger the beast, the stronger this awareness....."

"No wonder no other Fierce Beasts roamed here."

There must be an exceptionally powerful Fierce Beast beneath the river surface, far exceeding any other he had previously encountered.

"A Fierce Beast above the Titled Grandmaster Level?"

Su Mu’s gaze shifted back and forth between the distant Celestial Ladder and the icy surface, his blood beginning to ripple slightly, but then Miaomiao and Xiaoyue’s figures appeared in his mind.

He recalled the previous incident of his eyelids twitching; a warrior’s intuition is often accurate, the stronger the warrior, the more so, and Su Mu always trusted his intuition.

"I don’t know how long it’s been since the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool’s mutation..."

Currently, Su Mu was unclear on how much time had passed since the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool’s mutation, but now he only wished to return to the surface quickly, and the creature beneath the river showed no signs of intentionally provoking him.

He shook his head immediately.

"Forget it, let’s return first; I can come back next time."

With this thought, just as Su Mu was about to leave, the ice surface suddenly trembled violently.

Crack.

From the first crack that appeared, the thousand-mile ice surface began to split, one fissure after another, each larger than the last, with an enormous shadow slowly surfacing.

Bzzz--------

The Crystal Human Form within Su Mu’s Sea of Consciousness abruptly opened its eyes, emitting a strong danger warning, as the great creature beneath the river had awakened.

A gaze filled with anger and disdain passed through the ice surface and fell upon Su Mu, followed closely by a massive spiritual power firmly locking onto him.

Feeling this gaze and the spiritual power locking onto him, Su Mu paused his steps, his eyes flickering with joy and anticipation.

It’s not that he didn’t want to leave, but that he couldn’t...

"If that’s the case..."

"I’d like to see how you plan to keep me here!"