Chapter 495: Chapter 364: Heaven and Earth, Time Manipulation, 10x Flow Speed! (Part 2)

The once heavily hammered inch of flesh and blood began to greedily devour, transforming it into nourishment for strengthening, growing more powerful with every passing second.

Another part rose to the sky, absorbed by the Sea of Consciousness, and transformed into the comprehension of the Rule of Thunder.

Extremely exhilarating, Su Mu couldn’t help but let out a long howl, so the massive Martial Arts Golden Body roared angrily at the sky, making Su Mu feel even more invigorated, as if he was no longer a human but a true Giant.

Clenching his fist once more, this time the fierce wind dispersed, replaced by more violent flames.

Invade like fire!

This time, Su Mu took the initiative to attack, a terrifying aura, like volcanic eruption, burst forth from every inch of the Giant’s flesh and blood, then punched towards the Great River.

Seeing the massive Martial Arts Golden Body nearly a hundred meters high before him, the Master of the River’s eyes were filled with both shock and anger. It let out a roar, and amidst the Overturning River and Inverted Sea, a more terrifying dragon tail cut through the river water, clashing with the Martial Arts Golden Body.

Boom boom boom!

The ground shattered in the collision between the two terrifying beasts, then kept sinking.

Each strike of the Thunder Flood Dragon shook Su Mu, causing him to bleed from his seven orifices, but under the dual overlap of the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique and the Immortal Power of Immortal Cells, his body’s self-healing capacity reached a near-perverted level.

As long as he couldn’t be knocked down instantly, Su Mu would become stronger.

In the span of a breath, they fought dozens of rounds.

"It is time to leave."

The Martial God State is fused on the foundation of Su Mu’s Martial Arts Gate, Crystal Transformation, Immortal Power, and his whole Qi and Blood, requiring the consumption of terrifying Qi and Blood and Spiritual Power to maintain. Every second of consumption is enough to suck an ordinary Great Grandmaster dry.

Only a monster like Su Mu, possessing an unprecedented robust martial arts foundation, could unleash it, but under normal circumstances, even Su Mu could only maintain it for less than ten seconds—specifically, five seconds.

However, now it’s approaching ten seconds.

The Thunder Flood Dragon’s incomparably pure Thunder Power played a key role.

But at this moment, Su Mu could already feel the Martial God State slipping out of control, and he was nearing his limit.

"Big guy, we’ll fight again next time!"

Lightly speaking these words, Su Mu retracted the Martial Arts Golden Body, instantly switching the Fire Breathing within him to Wind Breathing, his figure flickered, leaving nine afterimages identical to himself in place.

The Thunder Flood Dragon, seeing this, its eyes burning with fury, wanted to stop Su Mu, turning thunder into a thunder net.

Sizzle.

A few afterimages were directly obliterated.

Yet, suddenly, a terrifying sharpness soared to the sky between heaven and earth, and in the next moment, several cyan streams of light traversed the thunder net, breaking out, then disappearing into the long sky.

In the final moment of the Martial God State, Su Mu perceived everything; he noticed that the Thunder Flood Dragon wasn’t giving chase, a slight smirk on his lips.

The cyan light plunged into a dense forest, smashing a terrifying pit into the ground amidst the shivering earth, yet during this process, the fierce beasts in the forest all trembled, not daring to stick their heads out, fearing to provoke Su Mu, this terrifying God of Slaughter.

In the pit, Su Mu, having released the Martial God State, staggered out from the ground, now extremely weak, his Qi and Blood nearly entirely depleted.

But his face was incredibly calm, a pair of deep eyes subtly shimmering.

"Just as expected..."

"That big guy isn’t willing to leave the Great River easily, or should I say, unable to leave that Great River..."

Su Mu repeatedly recalled the battle just now in his mind. It seemed that Su Mu was indeed frenzy, but in the Martial God State, he was incredibly calm, everything about the Thunder Flood Dragon was under his control.

He completely saw through the unusual behavior of this Thunder Flood Dragon.

From start to finish, the Thunder Flood Dragon never left that Great River, nor even fully revealed its body, as if its body had integrated with the river.

Or perhaps it’s guarding something; anyhow, this fellow can’t leave the river. Otherwise, Su Mu wouldn’t have chosen to fight that big guy this way.

"And that big guy isn’t a Holy Realm Fierce Beast...but a Half-Step Saint Realm above Titled and below Martial Saint."

"Without the Martial God State, my current strength is far inferior to it, even hard to escape before such an existence..."

"But all of this is temporary. Give me time, I, Su Mu, will surely surpass it!"

After reviewing, Su Mu took a deep breath to calm his mind; after the war, fatigue came like tidal waves.

But Su Mu knew now wasn’t the time to rest.

At this moment, he could feel every inch of flesh and every cell within him craving energy.

"Now is the best time to boost strength!"

With a flash of Spiritual Light in his hand, Su Mu poured a large mouthful of Spirit Marrow into his mouth, restoring some Qi and Blood, then divided his mind into three thoughts. The Crystal Human Form opened its eyes, Spiritual Power covering the surroundings for alertness.

Then his main consciousness returned to the Sea of Consciousness.

Su Mu arrived before the incomplete crystal in the Sea of Consciousness, through his left eye he saw the black ring within it; the moment he touched it, his consciousness was drawn inside.

Opening his eyes anew, Su Mu found himself in the Black Fog World, with a thought, lightning flickered around him.

"Not bad, my control over Thunder Power is stronger now, increasing nearly ten percent in such a short time."

Su Mu displayed satisfaction as he waved a hand, Thunder Power enveloping the approaching black fog, the fog howling within it.

"Desolate Cage!"

Under the constraint of Thunder Power, the first black fog was quickly sealed, then the second, the third, until the twentieth.

Su Mu once again touched the incomplete crystal, purple lightning slicing through the infinite darkness, and a human figure made of purple electricity vanished into the endless dark.

Several breaths later.

Su Mu let out a gentle breath, successfully returning with twenty sealed black fogs to the Sea of Consciousness.

"The energy of twenty black fogs isn’t enough to fully recover; it’ll need several more attempts."

As this passed through his mind, a thought suddenly flashed across Su Mu’s mind.

"Why not take this opportunity to try a new ability." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

With a thought.

A peculiar golden stopwatch appeared before Su Mu, its hand stopped, and lifting his gaze slightly, Su Mu noticed that the howling cold wind around him and within heaven and earth had also paused.

The world froze at the moment the golden stopwatch appeared.

Su Mu’s eyes subtly sparkled, reaching out to touch the stopwatch.

[Target: Self]

[Range: One Meter]

[Time: Slowdown]

[Flow Speed: Tenfold]

[Duration: Twenty-Four Hours]

...

The next second, profound lights of time rippled and swirled around Su Mu, everything that had paused resumed motion.

The stopwatch hand resumed ticking, and the cold wind reappeared.

A fallen leaf drifted into the one-meter range around Su Mu, becoming exceptionally slow.

Su Mu’s eyes erupted with a burst of brilliance.

"Tenfold Time Flow Speed...lasting twenty-four hours?!"

(There’s one more Chapter coming, the author is going to eat first.)