Opening the Body Gate

In a moment of shifting stars and changing times.

Everything around him had changed.

Scorching heat!

Heatwaves!

Frenzy!

Waves of heat washed over Su Bei's body. He opened his eyes, his consciousness not yet fully returned to his body, but his spear was already in his hand, ready to face anything.

Fortunately, he had landed in an area without any Starry Sky Alien Beasts.

He looked around.

It was a desolate wasteland, incredibly hot. The surroundings were bright, but there was no discernible light source. Due to the heat, most of the ground was cracked, dry sand that crumbled at the slightest touch.

Everything within his sight was lifeless and dead, a sense of immense desolation washing over him.

The distant air shimmered with heatwaves, and looking behind him, at the edge of the Shattered Battlefield, space folded and warped, the ground disappearing from view.

He waited a while longer, but the other four showed no signs of appearing.

Su Bei's expression darkened slightly.

"It seems we've encountered a less ideal situation."

The spatial portals of the Shattered Battlefield usually had fixed exits, but in rare cases, they could shift, displacing individuals to different locations.

However, they had contingency plans for this scenario.

The plan was for each of them to find a safe place to break through and then rendezvous.

After all, the Shattered Battlefield wasn't that large, so regrouping wouldn't be too difficult.

Su Bei wasn't overly worried about the others' safety. They were all disciples of prominent families; as long as they weren't instantly killed, they likely possessed as many trump cards as he did.

He had more reason to worry about himself than them.

Rustle, rustle, rustle…

There was movement in the sand dunes below. Su Bei's brow twitched, and he swept his spear. As the sand exploded, a glint of cold light shot towards him, as fast as a startled swan!

Su Bei twisted his face to the left. A trickle of blood appeared on his cheek; a wound had opened. As he rolled over, he saw what the small beast was.

It was about the size of an adult's palm, with a faint aurora-like glow all over its body, sharp teeth, and shimmering specks of light on its skin. The moment it landed in the sand, it vanished instantly.

A Starry Sky Alien Beast—a Star-walking Rat.

Su Bei frowned. This was a weak type of Star Beast, but its reproductive rate was extremely high. Seeing one here meant there could be a whole pack hidden where he couldn't see.

This time, he was prepared.

As soon as the Star-walking Rat emerged from the sand, Su Bei impaled it on his spear. He shook the spear, and the struggling Star-walking Rat instantly died.

A faint wave of rule-dissipating energy also emerged, though it was extremely thin.

Most Starry Sky Alien Beasts were no different from ordinary exotic beasts. However, the rule energy contained within their bodies and blood, a force entirely different from this world, was what set them apart.

Even the weakest Star Beasts possessed Starry Sky rules that allowed them to traverse dimensional walls.

For example, the Star-walking Rat, though seemingly no match for Su Bei, was comparable to a low-grade Level One Exotic Beast on Earth.

"Even if these Star-walking Rats are numerous, they can't carry an entire Shattered Battlefield through dimensional walls."

Still, this was good. It seemed he had gathered enough Sky Beast Blood.

Su Bei held the Star-walking Rat in his hand. Its blood shimmered like starlight, as if imbued with a special power.

A panel appeared in his mind:

[Mission: Plan Ahead, Obtain Sky Beast Blood (Completed)]

[Reward: Sumeru Mustard Seed * 1 (Issued)]

Su Bei felt a slight weight in his hand as a simple-looking ring appeared. Excited, he touched his fingertip to the tip of his spear, squeezing out a drop of blood and letting it fall onto the ring. In an instant, it was all absorbed.

The typical fantasy trope of blood-bonding still felt novel to Su Bei.

The next moment.

Su Bei willed it, and the space within the ring manifested before his eyes.

The space was vast, at least a hundred meters high, almost the size of a stadium!

He lightly brushed the Star-walking Rat, and its corpse appeared inside the ring's space.

With another thought, it reappeared in his hand.

After a few more tries, he became proficient. Su Bei quickly stuffed his supplies, including his arrows, into the space. As long as he thought of them, they would appear directly in his hand, incredibly convenient!

"Truly worthy of being a fantasy artifact."

Su Bei was thrilled. Such items were common in fantasy worlds, but in his world, no one had ever heard of such a thing.

With this, Su Bei's trump cards had increased!

He stored the Star-walking Rat in the ring. Though small, it was a treasure trove; its hide and even its tiny fangs could be used to craft weapons.

"I need to find a safe place to break through."

With that thought, Su Bei sped away. He finally found a good spot on a rocky hill, moving several large stones to block a gap. There was still about two meters of space left, enough for him to attempt his breakthrough.

He took a deep breath.

Su Bei sat down, and as his emotions gradually calmed, his body entered a state of profound tranquility.

He swallowed the Secret Treasury Potion in one gulp.

It was colorless and tasteless.

The moment he swallowed it, Su Bei's genes felt like cold water poured into a hot oil pan, exploding with a roar!

The originally tightly structured genes were instantly shattered, their order broken. All the genes began to riot, fight, and transform chaotically!

In the outside world, Su Bei's body turned bright red almost instantly. Extreme heat surged through his limbs, and even the air he exhaled seemed to carry high temperatures, with white mist billowing out with each breath.

Intense pain followed simultaneously throughout his body. The genes fighting each other felt like a battlefield within Su Bei's own being. Blood even began to seep from his skin, only to be stimulated by the heat and transform into red qi.

The pain was like a knife peeling away layers of his skin, leaving him no peace.

Time flew by, and he didn't know how long had passed.

The battle within Su Bei's genes was gradually coming to an end. If one could see through his flesh, the remaining genes would appear like spirited warriors filled with renewed vitality.

Su Bei's vision flickered. At some point, he felt as if he had entered an endless universe. A towering gate seemed to stand eternally, holding all the secrets of the physical body.

"The human body has nine gates, each one slays a thousand!"

Before Su Bei could even exert force, the Secret Treasury Gate, representing his physical body, was pushed open with a boom!

The first level of the Secret Treasury, the Body Gate, was finally opened!

Immense vitality surged forth from within the gate. His body welcomed the great joy of evolution, countless genes rejoiced, and his entire being underwent a genetic leap!

However, at the same time, a hunger that threatened to consume everything within Su Bei surged from all parts of his body!

Su Bei snapped back to consciousness instantly.

With a thought, the Jade Wood was in his hand, and he shoved it into his mouth.

The condensed energy instantly dispersed, rushing into his body.

After the Secret Treasury Gate opened, his flesh, qi, blood, and organs transformed into a furnace capable of absorbing any energy. Even substances with toxins would be refined into dregs with a turn of the furnace.

The ravenously hungry genes frantically absorbed this hard-won energy, simultaneously beginning to rapidly divide and grow.

A normal human male has 3.6 billion cells and 100,000 gene sets. Under the impact of the Jade Wood, each gene set was now coated with a faint emerald green hue, brimming with vitality and exuding extremely tenacious life force.

His limbs, organs, bones, blood, skin, and flesh were all strengthened.

The wounds from when he had dripped blood to establish ownership healed completely in just a single breath!

This was the effect of an A-grade Ascension Secret Treasure!

In the outside world, the changes in Su Bei's body were particularly evident. As his flesh surged, the Great Sun Hanging Sky Gene Method automatically activated, his qi and blood boiling!

His already substantial qi and blood nearly doubled repeatedly in a short period!

His strength also grew explosively!

4000KG! 5000KG! 7000KG! 9000KG!

In a short time, his strength had tripled!

Su Bei stood up abruptly and unleashed a Cannon Fist. It was like a thunderclap, and his qi force, like a cannonball, instantly pulverized the giant stones in front of him into dust.

This was already nine times the minimum standard for a first-tier Martial Artist, and extremely close to the minimum punch force standard for a second-tier Martial Artist.

For ordinary people, breaking through and increasing their strength from 1000KG to 2000KG was already considered excellent. The larger the base during the Quasi-Martial Artist stage, the greater the difference after opening the Secret Treasury Gate.

An increase from 2000KG to 4000KG was enough to be considered a minor prodigy.

Tripling his strength placed him among renowned geniuses.

The opening of the Secret Treasury Gate was like breaking the gene lock that bound the human body, allowing his strength to continue growing.

Su Bei frowned slightly, but at this level, he still fell short of truly exceptional prodigies.

They cultivated top-tier gene methods, underwent medicinal baths and tempering from a young age, and even used S-grade Ascension Secret Treasures, along with the hidden genetic assistance from their parents. The gap between them and ordinary people was immense; it could even be considered a difference between species.

It wouldn't be strange to say that as Martial Artists progressed, they were no longer entirely human.

Su Bei had seen relevant records stating that some powerful geniuses, upon just breaking through the Secret Treasury Gate, could instantly reach a strength of over 14,000 kilograms!

Some could even open two Secret Treasury Gates in a single day!

It's possible that the strength of the four who entered together, after breaking through, wouldn't be much lower than his 9000KG.

Su Bei glanced at the Great Sun Emperor Body Technique in his mind. His body tore through the air like a cannonball, surrounded by swirling debris, like stones breaking through the sky, hitting the surroundings and creating small pits.

You have your family's foundation, and I have my system's cheat.

"The blood of a single Star-walking Rat is not enough to complete the foundation building of the Great Sun Emperor Body Technique. I need more!"

"What I want is not to be comparable to those geniuses, but to crush them!"