High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late

Chapter 546 - 389: Swallowing the Reagent, 1 Magic Mark, Embryonic Immortal Power!

"A Martial Arts Grandmaster possesses immunity dozens or even hundreds of times stronger than that of ordinary people. The vitality and metabolic speed of their cells are at a completely different level of life. Ordinary poisons, once ingested, are either metabolized by the body or eliminated by the immune system before the toxicity even manifests. Even if minor injuries occur, the physique of a Grandmaster is enough to complete self-repair."

"Can genetic poison harm a Grandmaster? Let’s give it a try."

Su Mu’s eyes flickered. Professor Yuan had mentioned that one reagent was equivalent to the injection dose for a hundred Fifth Level Fierce Beasts. It’s one thing to try, but he didn’t want to test it to the point of dying.

"Let’s start with a small sip."

He opened the lid, and a refreshing fragrance immediately permeated the air. He sniffed it lightly, and whether it was the Crystal Human Form in the Sea of Consciousness, the Peak Blade Momentum, or the danger warning as a Martial Artist, none of them surfaced.

Su Mu took a small sip, finding it tart and sour at first taste.

He waited for a moment.

Su Mu only noticed that the flow speed of the blood in his body slightly increased; as for the Five Viscera, the Six Viscera, and the Immortal Cells, there was no response at all, as if he had just taken a sip of alcohol.

"What’s going on?"

After half an hour, there was still no reaction, and Su Mu was startled. Under the state of introspection, there indeed wasn’t any alteration within his body.

"Could the reagent have expired?"

Su Mu’s gaze fell on the label of the reagent, which showed that this batch was produced just ten days ago, with no expiration involved.

"Perhaps the sip just now was too small?"

With questions in mind, Su Mu took another large gulp, then waited for a while. Finally, his body had a reaction; the blood in his body began to heat up and become restless, and the Five Viscera and Six Viscera felt a mild itching.

But it was still far from the inhuman pain Professor Yuan described.

Immediately, Su Mu poured the entire vial, equivalent to the dosage for a hundred Fifth Level Fierce Beasts, into his mouth. This time the reaction was somewhat stronger.

Under the introspective state, Su Mu noticed that his blood flow speed increased, and with each surge of blood, part of the reagent would dissolve into the cells. The cells rapidly expanded to several times their size under high-frequency vibration and then contracted swiftly, repeating this cycle.

Hmm?

Su Mu entered the Martial God State. Under the amplification of the Martial God Wheel, Su Mu felt two forces: one was the power of the mutated genes, attempting to transform the cells of this body through the blood flowing throughout.

The other seemed to be the body’s inherent genetic power, instinctively suppressing the occurrence of the mutation.

Currently, the body’s inherent genetic power was dominating.

Su Mu pondered a bit, thinking.

"It’s a genetic-level conflict. If the mutated power of the reagent prevails, mutation will occur and be assimilated. If the genetic power of the flesh prevails, mutation won’t occur or will happen extremely slowly."

Su Mu’s thoughts were quickly interrupted as he surprisingly found the genetic power of his body had gained an overwhelming advantage. The body, forged by the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique and Immortal Power, was incredibly formidable.

In just a few breaths, all the mutated genetic power of the reagent was suppressed and eventually eliminated.

Su Mu was somewhat dumbfounded. Is this what Professor Yuan was referring to as the irreversible mutation?

A reagent enough for a hundred Fifth Level Fierce Beasts, is this all?

Su Mu carefully examined, manipulating the blood he had come into contact with just now to gather at one spot, then couldn’t help but gasp. He found the mutated gene had indeed changed some of the blood.

This altered blood, visually, was now a bit more dazzling in its golden hue.

"Interesting, let’s test further."

Su Mu began compressing the lightly mutated blood, condensing it into his left arm, then drove an Immortal Cell undergoing transformation to devour it whole.

Tsss---

Su Mu felt a burning sensation in his left arm, like molten lava surging. Not long after, his left arm was like a searing brand, the rapidly rising heat vaporizing the surrounding air, white smoke billowing in the room.

Feeling the transformation in his body, Su Mu showed a delighted expression. Under introspection, he saw a fine black line, resembling a cell pattern or a demonic pattern, exuding a dangerous, unstable aura on the transforming Immortal Cell.

As soon as the black demonic pattern emerged, Su Mu could clearly feel the progress of this Immortal Cell’s transformation rise sharply by a small margin.

Furthermore, the transformation did not stop there. Su Mu was surprised to find the Fixed Star Body Refinement, which had been somewhat stagnant at the third metamorphosis attempt, started to change again.

"The reason the third transformation is so difficult is because the ’Fixed Star Body Refining Technique’ I acquired was incomplete, with some of the methods for the third metamorphosis missing in part."

But now, the reagent developed by Professor Yuan’s team made Su Mu see hope to continue refining without needing to complete the ’Fixed Star Body Refining Technique.’ This might be a completely new path.

However, at this moment, the transformation suddenly stopped; the power of the mutated blood was insufficient to support the formation of this black demonic pattern.

A flicker of madness passed through Su Mu’s eyes, and he immediately made a somewhat reckless decision.

He immediately opened another vial of reagent and poured it into his body.

"Still not enough."

Vial after vial, it seemed like just a thin margin short of completion but was actually quite far off.

Until the ninth vial entered his body, the power of the mutated genes was fully replenished, the blood surged, and Su Mu gathered it once more at his left arm, turning it entirely red, then injected it into that unfinished Immortal Cell.

The black demonic pattern came to life, started extending deep into the cell, like a seed taking root and germinating.

In no time.

Finally, the first black demonic pattern was born.

Buzz.

The cell suddenly expanded tenfold, then contracted again. As it contracted, the cell became more compact and powerful.

Su Mu attempted to mobilize this cell, and the black demonic pattern on it radiated dangerous, unstable black light. As the light flowed, the flesh of the left arm squirmed, all vibrating rapidly, expanding several times and then contracting.

In one breath, it repeated millions of times.

Then a small black dot appeared on his left arm, the skin at the black dot slightly sunken, revealing a hint of grim danger, somewhat akin to the destructive power after merging water and fire rules.

Su Mu’s two fingers turned into a blade, blade Qi gathered at the fingertips and slashed down, blood blossomed vividly, yet the contrast was stark. The skin in other areas quickly broke under the Peak Blade Momentum-imbued blade Qi, but when passing over the small black dot, it encountered resistance, much harder to break through.

"I see, under the black demonic pattern’s enhancement, this small patch of skin’s defense is at least doubled."

Su Mu’s eyes sparkled with a sharp gleam.

"The power of endless regeneration, the force of revival from death is Immortal."

"The flesh from the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique is already potent, and with this impregnable new force added on, if one day a large number of demonic patterns could be mutated, allowing this force to spread throughout the body, it would become...Immortal Power!"

With a thought, Su Mu moved the blood and flesh, allowing the small black dot to circulate to the fingertip and then flicked it gently, without using any Qi and Blood power.

But, in the next second.

Bang!

The space at the small black dot on the fingertip was suddenly compressed and solidified, and then a wrist-sized hole appeared in the wall separating the bathroom and the bedroom, instantly piercing through the steel inside.

"As expected, under the Immortal Power’s enhancement, not only has the defense increased, but the attack and offensive capabilities have also been greatly enhanced."

"However, using this power comes at a cost. The Immortal Power is a double-edged sword, wounding both the enemy and the bearer, with potential backlash... Yet, for now, the Immortal Power is far stronger than the Undying Power, so this concern is rather negligible."

Su Mu’s face was filled with ecstatic joy, using Immortal Power to heal the fingertip wound. However, after a few deep breaths, he was filled with regret.

"A single Demonic Pattern is merely an embryo of Undying Power, an Immortal Cell with just one Demonic Pattern is far from being as powerful as an Immortal Cell. To truly rival an Immortal Cell would require at least five Demonic Patterns."

"But the nine-tube reagent can only create one Demonic Pattern on one cell; for now, continuing is far more difficult than nurturing Immortal Cells!"

Even though Immortal Cells require devouring immense energy, there is the generous sponsorship of the Master of Black Fog, while this reagent, for now, cannot be mass-produced.

"What a pity."

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