High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 313 - 264: Dragon Palace, Crystal Transformation, Invincible Domain!

"You lead the way ahead."

The Foodie next to him, upon hearing there was a big fish ahead, could barely hold back its drool. It had been eating Fourth Level Ice Salmon before, and if the Fourth Level was so delicious, how much more exquisite would Grandmaster Level be?

As for the problem of not being able to beat it, it wasn’t worried at all since its master Su Mu was right beside it!

With a flick of his hand, Su Mu produced a few Grandmaster-level Blood Cores and tossed them to the Great White Bear, "Consider these your payment for leading us down the ice river."

The Great White Bear’s eyes sparkled at the sight of the Grandmaster-level Blood Cores.

Plop, water splashed in all directions.

The Foodie was the first to plunge into the ice river. The river water instantly froze upon leaving the ice river. Su Mu caught a piece of ice; he estimated the water temperature to be over fifty degrees below zero. He was slightly surprised, realizing this ice river was indeed extraordinary.

However, the Foodie was born a mutant, capable of manipulating both ice and fire elements of the Power of Heaven and Earth from birth. Moreover, the imbalance of these two forces in the Foodie’s body only made the ice river feel comforting to it.

The Great White Bear was stunned at the sight. Such an ice-cold river would deter any ordinary Sixth Level Fierce Beast from lingering too long unless it had an ice-cold attribute.

Initially, it thought the Foodie couldn’t get into the water, so it just enjoyed stealing fish. Most bird-like Fierce Beasts avoided water, especially one that appeared almost entirely enveloped in flowing flames.

Unexpectedly, this fellow wasn’t afraid of water at all.

Whoosh----

A long breath reverberated.

Su Mu leaped into the ice river. With each breath, the Rule of Water flowed, forming a Water Tornado around him, leaving the Great White Bear even more bewildered.

In its eyes, Su Mu had seemingly transformed into the master of the ice river!

The Great White Bear gulped, relieved that it hadn’t tried to resist this human before it. With such a powerful Rule of Water in play, and casually tossed Grandmaster-level Blood Cores, it reassured itself that this human was likely a Grandmaster, reinforcing its resolve not to become an enemy.

Seeing the Great White Bear remain still, Su Mu furrowed his brows slightly.

Feeling Su Mu’s gaze, the Great White Bear shivered slightly and quickly snapped back to its senses, hastily entering the water.

Although the Great White Bear’s body was massive, it slid into the water like a swimming fish, astonishing Su Mu with its agility in the water.

As they sank further, the light underwater dimmed, and the cold intensified, significantly reducing even the Great White Bear’s visible range, leaving it just barely able to discern the surrounding kilometers.

"The underwater visibility is a bit poor... I can only make out a range of ten kilometers."

With a thought, Su Mu awakened the Crystal Human Form in his Sea of Consciousness, instantly releasing an overwhelming Spiritual Power.

Feeling Su Mu’s Spiritual Power, the leading Great White Bear shivered involuntarily.

It had previously attempted to use its Spiritual Power in the ice river, only to have it corroded by the cold, taking several months to purge the chill completely. This had been before it advanced to Grandmaster, after which it was hesitant to attempt it again.

In short, before one’s Spiritual Power reaches a certain level of strength, it is susceptible to extreme environments like intense heat or extreme cold.

But just as the Great White Bear turned to warn, it saw Su Mu’s serene expression, seemingly unaffected.

Once Su Mu’s Spiritual Power was released, it instantly covered a radius of thirty kilometers, bringing the dim underwater world into sharp relief, as bright as daylight to him.

The Great White Bear was left stupefied, feeling a unique wave of Spiritual Power around Su Mu, something it had never sensed before, completely isolating the cold of the ice river.

"Spiritual Power is indeed handy!"

Su Mu felt a surge of joy, the silver radiance in his eyes flashing as his Spiritual Power continued expanding rapidly.

Thirty kilometers, fifty kilometers, eighty kilometers.

Until it covered a radius of one hundred kilometers, Su Mu started to feel the strain.

"So it’s a hundred kilometers? Without fully merging with the Crystal Human Form, the limit should be around a hundred and fifty kilometers."

Su Mu thought to himself, momentarily overlooking that releasing Spiritual Power in the chill significantly limits it. If it can cover one hundred and fifty kilometers in the ice river, then on land it would only be exponentially more.

As his Spiritual Power continued extending, his view expanded, the world beneath the ice river fully revealing itself to Su Mu. This sense of seeing through everything, having it all in his grasp, was reassuring, but he soon realized he had underestimated the limit of his Spiritual Power.

"Not just a hundred and fifty kilometers."

As his Spiritual Power fully expanded, Su Mu discovered an astonishing truth: the Seventh Floor Beast Cave was actually based on this ice river, meaning the ice river extended beneath the entire Seventh Floor Beast Cave.

Additionally, he discerned the ice river seemed to be divided into two layers by some force that blocked his Spiritual Power, rendering Su Mu unable to probe it further at present.

During the retraction of his Spiritual Power, Su Mu became belatedly aware of the cold’s impact.

"Teacher once said Cold Iron has a good fusion degree with Spiritual Power and is commonly used as a primary material in Spiritual Weapons, but its chill affects Spiritual Power, so it’s typically removed during forging."

"However, the chill doesn’t affect me much... At least the Crystal Human Form nearly lets me ignore the chill before me."

Realizing this, Su Mu nodded silently. With the formation of the Crystal Human Form, the strength of the Crystal Visualization Technique, this Supreme Observation Technique, was just beginning to manifest.

"Do we need to continue heading down?"

The Great White Bear was startled upon hearing Su Mu’s voice, then nodded its head in affirmation, puzzled as to why Su Mu, despite clearly being in the ice river for the first time, seemed so adept.