High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 229 - 197: Cave of Weightlessness, Fusion Techniques of Ice and Fire

Chapter 229: Chapter 197: Cave of Weightlessness, Fusion Techniques of Ice and Fire

A golden sphere shot out from the Crescent Ice Lake, revealing a burly figure and a fluffy red chick on the lakeshore.

Su Mu took out the map, identified the directions, and then looked towards the east.

"Foodie, let’s go."

Chirp chirp.

One man and one bird strode away, the chick trailing half a step behind, its large eyes blinking in curiosity at everything around it.

In the dense forest, leaves swayed as a group of giant lizards surged out of a ground cave like a tide, sticking out their long tongues as they surrounded them.

Before Su Mu could act, Foodie spread its wings, releasing a peculiar wave of Qi and Blood from its body, and let out a chirp.

Hearing Foodie’s chirp, the approaching giant lizard group halted, their eyes showing a hint of doubt as they sensed a pressure from a superior Fierce Beast, their blood slightly trembling.

Yet the Fierce Beast before them did not appear to be a superior one.

Foodie dashed over in front of Su Mu, charging ahead.

At that moment, its two ear tufts lit up, and a flame pattern flowed across its wings. With a flap, the surrounding air instantly distorted, and the temperature soared.

Two balls of flame roared out from Foodie’s wings, transforming into a small Sea of Fire.

The two closest giant lizards were swallowed by the Sea of Fire in an instant, their tragic cries echoing as the remaining lizards scattered in fear like a tide, retreating back into the stone cave.

The roaring flames set the gigantic trees in front ablaze.

Su Mu’s eyes flashed with astonishment. He noticed that the two giant lizards engulfed by the Sea of Fire had already lain prone when Foodie flapped its wings, seemingly losing the ability to resist.

He speculated it was a kind of pressure.

And this Sea of Fire actually drew upon a trace of the Power of Heaven and Earth, albeit very faint, but it did indeed trigger it.

Su Mu’s slightly narrowed eyed saw the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered on Foodie’s wings earlier, then a flame-like Qi and Blood within its body ignited the Spiritual Qi, turning it into the Sea of Fire.

The use of this Power of Heaven and Earth was very ingenious, likely an innate racial ability of Foodie, who had immense talent in flames.

"Foodie can draw a trace of the Power of Heaven and Earth upon birth. Its race is probably not weaker than the Fire Flood Dragon."

"Fierce Beasts truly are humanity’s greatest enemies; their strong ones are indeed powerful!"

To draw upon the Power of Heaven and Earth should be a feat at the Grandmaster level, yet Foodie could do it at birth. Even now it is only a Tier Four Fierce Beast but can threaten ordinary Sixth Level Fierce Beasts.

Chirp chirp.

After chasing away the giant lizard group, Foodie stepped onto the corpses of the two dead lizards, showing a hint of pride in its expression.

"Well done, Foodie."

The next second, a sharp and domineering Blade Momentum briefly flashed from Su Mu’s body, extinguishing the Sea of Fire and the flames on the giant trees before him.

Along with these, Foodie’s momentary prideful look vanished, its round, ruby-like eyes filled with immense shock and confusion.

It couldn’t understand what Su Mu just did, but at that moment, it felt a terrifying force that seemed capable of killing it instantly, causing its spread wings to partially retract instinctively.

"Let’s go, Foodie."

The two giant lizards had already been reduced to charred remains, unrecognizable by the token based on Fire Flood Dragon’s experience.

Chirp chirp.

Foodie conveyed an emotion of mixed admiration and joy, as Fierce Beasts innately revere strength, a trait embedded in their genes.

Additionally, Su Mu was the first living being it saw after being born, and he had nourished it with blood before it hatched, making Su Mu like family to Foodie. Having a powerful kin was naturally a source of happiness for Foodie.

It flapped its wings to catch up with Su Mu’s steps.

Along the way, Su Mu kept recalling Foodie’s movements that summoned the Sea of Fire when it flapped its wings. At one point, he paused, his eyes subtly brightening into two shining suns, then transformed his palm into a blade, slowly slicing out.

The blazing sun violently ignited the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and as waves of heat twisted, a miniature Sea of Fire rose up.

Chirp chirp.

Foodie felt a sense of familiarity looking at the Sea of Fire before it. Su Mu indeed was its kin, yet the Sea of Fire seemed somewhat off and maybe a bit small?

"Small it may be, but at least this proves the concept isn’t wrong."

Su Mu’s eyes gleamed as he viewed the miniature Sea of Fire before him. Inspired by Foodie’s fire, he had tried something out. His idea was simple and straightforward; he lacked Foodie’s talent for flames.

But he had the Flaming Sun Slash, and this Sea of Fire was the result of him using it to directly ignite the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, with the difficulty lying in capturing the flow trajectory of the Spiritual Qi.

This was something the previous Su Mu could not achieve, but after consuming an entire Fire Flood Dragon’s Essence Blood, he was no longer the same, able to vaguely capture the flow trajectory of Spiritual Qi now.

"The difference between Foodie and me is that Foodie can guide the Spiritual Qi, whereas I simply ignited the Spiritual Qi before me with brute force."

"Guiding the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for my use and turning it into an attack is truly the essence of a Grandmaster-level attack!"

Su Mu gained an insight, deepening his understanding of a Grandmaster’s attack style.

One man and one bird continued onward, passing through dense forests and climbing several great mountains until a spectacle appeared before them.

...

At a bottomless cave, numerous giant rocks hovered in the air, constantly flipping about.

"This is... the Cave of Weightlessness."

The Cave of Weightlessness, as the name implies, is where gravity has disappeared, causing everything within the cave’s range to float upwards under a buoyant force, providing a passage to the next level of the Beast Cave.

Su Mu arrived at the edge of the Cave of Weightlessness and looked down, the light seemed to be distorted by an invisible force, leaving everything pitch black and making it impossible to observe the situation on the Third Floor.

"The invisible force is the World Membrane, it has twisted and swallowed the light."

While Su Mu was observing the Cave of Weightlessness, Foodie also approached, then floated up, flapping its wings up and down at the floating boulders, appearing very joyful.

"Let’s go."

Hearing Su Mu’s summon, Foodie flapped its wings towards Su Mu and then landed on his shoulder.

Su Mu transformed his palm into a saber, instantly fusing Blade Qi and Sword Momentum, the domineering edge cutting through the buoyancy, causing the suspended rocks in the cave to instantly fall and then be crushed by Great Success Blade Momentum.

Just as he was about to leap down, he paused, and with a thought, the Golden Essence Armor emerged as a golden sphere, covering Foodie within.

The next second.

Su Mu jumped down, the sense of weightlessness immediately struck, then he felt an invisible force and a powerful pressure coming at him, gravity around suddenly multiplied.

"Five times gravity."

A few seconds after breaking through the World Membrane, gravity began to decrease, and a bit of light appeared, then it grew bright.

The Third Floor Beast Cave unfolded before Su Mu’s eyes, from high above looking down, half of the Third Floor appeared crimson, within it he caught sight of some ancient gigantic structures and ruins.

Su Mu’s eyes narrowed, within the Third Floor Beast Cave there were actually giant structures and ruins, this architectural style instantly made Su Mu think of previous Secret Realms.

Is there some connection between the Secret Realm and the Beast Cave?

The doubt flashed across his mind, as the altitude dropped to a certain level, Su Mu retracted the Great Success Blade Momentum on his body, then the buoyancy of the Cave of Weightlessness reappeared, Su Mu stepped on the rock to stop the falling momentum and then leapt out of the Cave of Weightlessness.

After landing, Su Mu withdrew the Golden Essence Qi, Foodie curiously observed everything around.

The temperature on the Third Floor was much higher than the Second Floor, and the gravity had also increased, roughly between three to four times.

Su Mu took out a Token.

Tier Five Fierce Beast: 16

Tier Six Fierce Beast: 0

Survival Time: 5 days 22 hours 3 minutes 3 seconds

"Time is running out, let’s hunt Fierce Beasts first."

The Fierce Beasts on the Third Floor Beast Cave were more active, and there were more of them, without Su Mu needing to search, soon a group of Fierce Beasts focused on them.

Actually, as soon as the two arrived on the Third Floor, a group of black strange birds soared in the distant sky, now this group of strange birds was approaching.

Chirp chirp!

Foodie was eager to try.

This time, a cold Qi circulated within Foodie’s body, the icy blue on its abdomen exuded coldness, noticing this scene, Su Mu paused his impending attack.

He actually had doubts about Foodie, back then the Fierce Beast Egg appeared in a state of burning flame intertwined with ice frost, but he noticed when Foodie hatched, it condensed into that divine big bird phantom which was entirely crimson.

Foodie’s image bore quite a difference from that phantom, especially its abdomen where that tuft of icy blue fur seemed quite incongruous.

Su Mu speculated Foodie might have undergone some mutation, the cold Qi could actually be a product of the mutation.

Soon the surrounding temperature plummeted, behind Foodie formed three to five ice cones, these differing sizes of ice cones clearly showed Foodie was very unfamiliar with the strength.

With a cry from Foodie’s mouth, the ice cones shot out.

Comparing these ice cones with the previous Sea of Fire, they clearly seemed weaker, all signs further confirmed Su Mu’s speculation.

Just as Su Mu was about to act, Foodie appeared a bit excited, it knew Su Mu was about to act next, so after launching the ice cones, the fellow vibrated its wings proudly, causing a dramatic change in temperature, this time Foodie unleashed the Sea of Fire. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

The alternating use of ice cones and Sea of Fire wasn’t really something new, because previously the Fire Flood Dragon had also performed Condensing Water into Arrows, then swiftly mobilized Power of Heaven and Earth to transform into Sea of Fire.

However, the next second a booming sound far exceeded Su Mu’s expectations.

At the moment when ice cones and Sea of Fire touched, a fierce explosion erupted, instantly the fire light blazed, Power of Heaven and Earth rampaged.

"The fusion of ice and Sea of Fire, the collision of two Powers of Heaven and Earth, is this Fusion Technique?"

This strike made Su Mu’s eyes light up, as if opening the door to a new world, if ice and flames can be fused, can the giant waves and scorching sun be fused too?

The next moment, urgent chirping cries interrupted Su Mu’s joy.

He was stunned for a moment, his pupils contracted, Foodie’s figure flew backward amidst the explosion.

This was seemingly not a Fusion Technique?!

Su Mu’s thoughts spun rapidly, suddenly he realized, this wasn’t some Fusion Technique at all, at least not Foodie’s original intention, it was purely because the fellow couldn’t control these two completely opposing forces which caused the explosion.

Immediately, Su Mu took a step forward, raised his left hand, the Golden Essence Armor emerged to protect Foodie, then golden light flickered around him, his right hand on the saber hilt suddenly moved.

Amidst the saber’s hum, cold light unsheathed.

Surging Waves Saber Technique Fourth Form: Inverted Sea.

A towering wave instantly condensed behind Su Mu, facing the bird group, Su Mu only slashed with one saber.

Sizzle.

The domineering wave formed by the fusion of Blade Qi and Great Success Blade Momentum obliterated the explosion and the bird group, turning into a blood rain across the sky, continuously flesh and corpses fell.

With one slash, the bird group vanished.