Chapter 617 - 336: The 100-Meter Warship, Immortal Golden Spots! (Part 2)

Su Mu was on the deck admiring the seascape, the slightly salty sea breeze rushing toward him. As far as the eye could see, there was only blue and a vast expanse of white.

Even a hundred-meter-long ship seemed like a drop in the ocean.

As time passed, much of the mist over the sea dispersed. It was already dusk; the setting sun in the west cast a glow over the sea, shimmering brilliantly, yet such beauty is fleeting.

In the blink of an eye, the sky, like a vast black mouth, swallowed everything, leaving the world in darkness. Between heaven and earth only the scattered lights of the fleet remained.

After watching on the deck for a day, Su Mu felt a sense of boredom. The days at sea were not as interesting as imagined. Most of the time was spent advancing on an endless ocean, with the most common sounds being the ship breaking through the water and the howling sea breeze.

Everything repeated like this, and time seemed to lose much of its meaning at sea.

"Compared to being at sea... cultivation is still more interesting."

The affairs of the fleet were handled by his eldest brother and second sister, so he, as an outsider, didn’t need to worry about anything. He turned and headed back to his private cabin.

Su Mu poured a Profound Pattern Pill into his palm and swallowed it with a gulp. Before setting sail, Su Mu had refined all his materials into Profound Pattern Pills. However, refining the Little Yellow Court Pill consumed too many Three Blood Mystic Fruits, and obtaining the next batch would take some time.

"Refining the remaining Profound Pattern Pills to entry-level is easy... but achieving small success is unlikely."

With this pill consumed, Su Mu had only ten Profound Pattern Pills left.

With muscles and bones as the furnace, the pattern merges with the marrow, burning away the mortal body to reveal the immortal.

Su Mu whispered the outline of the Immortal Body’s cultivation and began to cultivate according to the cultivation technique’s qi and blood power circulation route. Taking the Profound Pattern Pill was like swallowing hundreds to thousands of steel needles at once.

When the Immortal Body was activated, the piercing pain became bone-deep, as if thousands of steel needles circulated through his limbs and vessel and then were driven into his flesh, sinews, and marrow, churning within.

"This feeling is truly something else!"

Even though Su Mu had cultivated so many Cross-Training Martial Arts, the Immortal Body still made him feel both pain and joy, as if he had returned to the early days of martial training.

He gritted his teeth, and with every breath, fine gold cracks, similar to the Profound Pattern Pill, appeared on his skin, making his flesh and blood seem on the verge of shattering like porcelain.

If observed closely, every breath seemed to gradually be absorbed into his body, with the fine golden cracks densely covering him.

In the state of introspection, Su Mu could see faint golden spots appearing in every inch of his skin, reminding him of his days at the Forging Workshop.

His current self was not much different from when he hammered and fused different iron billets on the forging platform.

Only now his flesh body was one iron billet, the special pale gold power within the Profound Pattern Pill was another, and the initial Immortal Body was a hammer, pounding the power from the Profound Pattern Pill into his body with qi and blood power in a crude yet profound manner.

It was termed "crude yet profound" because it seemed extremely crude at first glance, and a mishap or a lack of a strong flesh base could easily ruin this iron billet of a body.

Yet it was called profound because this method had never been seen by Su Mu in any Cross-Training Martial Arts. The creator’s understanding, perception, and exploitation of the body’s treasure reached a terrifying level.

One could say great wisdom appears foolish, and great skill is uncrafted!

A method that appears crude is incomparably exquisite in integrating the body’s apertures, tiny meridians, qi, blood, bones, etc., fully mobilizing the body’s incredible existence.

"The person who created this secret technique is truly a genius!"

As Su Mu let out a muffled groan, he couldn’t help but voice his admiration. He clicked his tongue in wonder as he entered the state of introspection, observing all changes within him.

Buzz!

Artifact Refining (Small Success 32%)

In a moment of semi-realization, Su Mu’s understanding of artifact refining, which had stalled due to not forging weapons for a long time, began to advance!

Enlightenment emerged in his heart.

It reminded Su Mu of the notion he had during the inference of Five Animals Qigong at the entry-level time: the human body is the most exquisite weapon in the world.

Artifact Refining (Small Success 34%)

Artifact Refining (Small Success 36%)

Artifact Refining (Small Success 37%)

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When the Profound Pattern Pill had been fully digested, seven clear golden spots appeared on Su Mu’s body, located on his head, limbs, chest, abdomen, and shoulders.

At this moment, a line of text naturally appeared before Su Mu.

Immortal Body (Entry Level 1%)

Comprehension: 214 (Heavenly Descendant Star)

A surge of hot comprehension flowed in his body, causing Su Mu’s eyes to brighten. Reaching this level, even just achieving entry-level had increased his comprehension by four points, comparable to when he comprehended the Flood Dragon Shocking Skill.

This was a testament that this "Immortal Body" paralleled "Flood Dragon Shocking Skill" in existence!

With a thought.

A golden spot appeared on his left arm, lighting up as Su Mu’s right-hand fingers formed a small sword with Vast Qi, sweeping it down with Sword Momentum.

His qi and blood first reacted, autonomously protecting his body, but were pierced by the sword’s sharpness.

Then the Protective Gang Force was suppressed by Su Mu.

The sword finger pointed directly at the golden spot on the left arm cultivated by the Immortal Body.