Base.
Conference room.
Several of them sat in a row, listening to Lu Yingyue's introduction.
Apart from Su Bei, the other four were all dusty and disheveled, watching Su Bei, who sat at the front listening attentively, with complicated expressions.
"The Void Battlefield has existed for a long time. You can roughly understand it this way: beyond Earth's dimensional barrier, there are Starry Sky Alien Beasts capable of crossing dimensional barriers to invade. They come in great numbers and many varieties. The Cosmic Energy they bring when they break through those barriers causes organisms other than Homo sapiens to evolve. That was the origin of the spiritual energy resurgence."
"These Starry Sky Alien Beasts are also ranked by strength. The weakest are Star Beasts, followed by Moon Beasts, Sun Beasts, and Emperor Beasts."
Lu Yingyue explained as simply as he could. "The several Void Battlefields that remain open year-round were once source-energy civilizations beyond other dimensional barriers. They have now vanished without a trace, of course. Or perhaps they abandoned their homelands. We are separated by tens of thousands of light-years, so there is no way to get any news."
Su Bei frowned and looked around, only to realize that he seemed to be the only one surprised. Everyone else was used to it, clearly having known this information long ago.
For ordinary people, the barriers around such information were simply too formidable.
Still, no one looked particularly grim. After all, a thousand years had already passed. Humanity had not weakened; on the contrary, it had developed better and better. There was nothing to be pessimistic about.
"The Shattered Battlefield is actually formed when small fragments from beyond dimensional barriers are dragged by Star Beasts into collision with Earth's dimensional barrier. What you need to do is simple: kill all the Starry Sky Alien Beasts within the Shattered Battlefield. Once they lose the protection of the power of rules, the Shattered Battlefield will be completely annihilated within eight hours."
Lu Yingyue joked, "There is some danger involved, but these Starry Sky Alien Beasts are practically covered in treasures. They are all materials for Mystic Treasures, so this is not necessarily a bad thing for you. You might even get rich overnight."
Then his expression turned serious. "Due to the rules of the dimensional barrier, only Quasi-Martial Artists are allowed to enter this time, and their number is limited as well. Otherwise, dimensional collapse could occur. However, based on past experience, the lower the entry requirement, the weaker the Starry Sky Alien Beasts inside."
"But even the weakest Star Beast is comparable to a First-order Martial Artist, so you must not let your guard down."
"The enemy's numbers are unknown, but they should not be too numerous. During the mission, the four of you will use the tactical training you have received to keep them occupied. Su Bei will serve as the spearhead and kill the Star Beasts!"
Upon hearing that, they all nodded lightly.
No matter how unwilling they were, it was an indisputable fact that Su Bei was far stronger than them. Besides, they had all received an education, so none of them would step out now to object.
At the end, Lu Yingyue waved his hand, and a holographic projection appeared before them. It showed several strange-looking alien beasts, and his face became incomparably solemn.
"Among the Starry Sky Alien Beasts, there are also some special beasts, such as Star Devourer Beasts, Origin Devourer Beasts, Nightmare Beasts, and so on. They are the nobility among Starry Sky Alien Beasts!"
"Wherever they appear, whether it is a planet or even the rules themselves, destruction will follow."
"If you encounter them during this mission, you are permitted to abandon the mission!"
Su Bei's heart jolted. He carefully memorized the appearances of those beasts before nodding firmly along with the others.
After the meeting.
Over the next two days, they needed to conduct some tactical drills together to avoid any mishaps once they entered.
Liang Dao, however, was the first of the four to stride up to Su Bei. In a stiff tone, he said,
"Captain, I, Liang Dao, am not someone who cannot accept defeat. Until the mission is over, I will follow orders."
Then he snorted coldly. "But don't think that beating us today means you can rest easy. Once we open the Secret Treasury Gate, it is still uncertain who will be stronger!"
"After the mission is over, we will have a proper match!"
Seeing the earnest look on Liang Dao's face, Su Bei realized that this guy was unexpectedly decent.
"Sure, Little Dao."
Liang Dao expressed his dissatisfaction with that form of address by immediately putting some distance between himself and Su Bei.
Not long after.
Lei Bin and Lü Yan came over as well. With cold expressions, they said much the same thing, and Su Bei agreed to each of them.
Xu Zhijie, who came last, was completely different. He grinned ingratiatingly. "Brother Su, I have absolutely no problem with you. I was completely following Captain Lu's arrangements back then, but wouldn't it have made me seem too antisocial if I hadn't put on some kind of display?"
"You really hit hard. My waist still hurts from that beating."
Su Bei could not help laughing. Everyone truly had a different personality.
Still, Liang Dao had been right earlier. Once they opened the Secret Treasury Gate, Su Bei's advantage might no longer be so obvious.
He did not know what rank of Ascension Secret Treasure the four of them would use, but there was no way they would be worse than his. They might even be S-rank.
More importantly.
The genetic path cultivated by human martial artists was, at its core, a process of biological evolution. The more advanced a creature was, the harder it was to produce offspring. Humans, however, were different.
Before becoming martial artists, the descendants of these powerhouses were not much different from ordinary people. But once they opened the Secret Treasury Gate, the recessive genes inherited from their fathers would emerge as well!
The degree of enhancement far surpassed that of ordinary people.
That was why becoming a martial artist was said to be a leap in social class. Their children and descendants would benefit from it as well. If their descendants were outstanding, the family's strength could rise steadily. Some martial arts families had been passed down for centuries or even millennia. That was no joke.
Seriously... how was I supposed to compete with these people without cheats?
Su Bei sighed inwardly and opened the panel.
After Su Bei's battle, it seemed that the panel had detected another increase in his strength.
Words appeared on the panel:
Mission: Grow Stronger (Completed) Difficulty: ★☆ Worthy indeed of the Eternal Great Emperor! You have forged a new path. Though the limits of your own cultivation bottleneck remain, you have still advanced further in martial arts. The Grow Stronger mission has been completed! Reward: Great Sun Emperor Body Technique (Fragment)
Su Bei's heart stirred.
He had initially thought that this Main Mission to grow stronger would only be completed after he became a martial artist. He had not expected it to be so subjective; as long as he advanced another step beyond his bottleneck, it was considered complete.
In an instant, a massive flood of jumbled, obscure, and incomprehensible information poured into his mind.
That information eventually formed something like a book, appearing within Su Bei's mind.
Great Sun Emperor Body Technique (Gene Method): After forging a new path, a trace of memory surfaced from the depths of your remnant soul. You used your supreme martial arts realm to combine with the new path and construct this martial art. Yet because of this, your remnant soul has become increasingly ruined, with no trace of mystery remaining.
Great Sun Emperor Body Technique: Take the fleshly body as the universe, drawing the stars, rivers, sun, and moon into oneself.
You are the sun!
Su Bei's eyes shone with unrestrained delight.
This supreme mystical martial art was truly terrifying. Leaving aside everything else, its grandeur of swallowing the universe was incomparable. Though much of it sounded like boasting, the panel's descriptions were generally never wrong.
However...
As for the martial art in his mind, rather than calling it a fragment, Su Bei felt it was more like PDD pieces.
He did not know how many levels it had in total, but only the first level was currently revealed. And these things did not look like something that could be collected completely.
Use the Fated Meteorite Core as a catalyst. Gather supreme power, merge it with Sky Beast Blood, and one may draw upon the power of the stars.
Yet cultivation is exceedingly difficult. You know deeply that even in ancient times, gathering these things would have been as difficult as ascending to heaven!
Hiss...
Huh?
Looking at the cultivation requirements that had appeared in his mind, Su Bei's expression became somewhat strange.
1. Fated Meteorite Core (Already possessed)
2. Supreme power (Already possessed)
3. Sky Beast Blood (Not yet found)
"Uh..."
Su Bei closed the panel.
How were they supposed to fight me without cheats?
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