Mission Complete

Origin Devourer Beast?

No wonder things had turned out like this.

Su Bei knew plenty about this type of Starry Sky Alien Beast as well. Its appearance in this Shattered Battlefield was somewhat beyond the intended level, so it was no surprise that those four had fled so quickly.

He also knew that when faced with this situation, the military would usually choose to seal off the spatial passage and wait for the Origin Devourer Beast to grow. They would only enter again once it had grown strong enough for the Martial Artists within the military to kill it.

That could take as long as a decade or more, or as little as five or six years.

As long as an Origin Devourer Beast had sufficient energy, the more battles it experienced, the stronger it became, and the faster it evolved.

Its evolutionary direction could even differ greatly depending on its growth environment.

If this Origin Devourer Beast had not been in its Nascent Stage, if it had merely gone through a few more battles, not one of those four would likely have escaped!

Of course, if that had been the case, Su Bei would have turned around and run immediately...

But now, a faint smile appeared on Su Bei's face instead. "Perfect. Let's see exactly what level my strength is at now."

He had to move quickly too, lest they really assumed he was dead and sealed him inside this Shattered Battlefield.

If he could not win, he would turn and leave. As long as the green hills remained, there would be no shortage of firewood.

The Origin Devourer Beast was guarding the entrance to the passage like a lion in a zoo waiting to be fed. But it suddenly froze, its narrow eyes turning toward Su Bei as a hint of excitement flashed within them.

Food!

It had only been born recently, but its craving for food was innate.

Especially after missing those four just now, it had a feeling that if it could swallow them, its strength would improve tremendously!

As Su Bei drew closer, it sniffed the air. It was as though it had detected the finest food in the world. A rich, scorching, ancient scent surged toward it, like a sun filled with primordial aura!

It swore that this was the finest scent it had ever smelled in its life!

"Hiss!!"

The Origin Devourer Beast unleashed a fierce, frenzied roar. Arcs of electricity leaped wildly across its body. The next instant, the ground exploded with a bang, and its speed soared to the limit as it charged madly toward Su Bei like a cannonball.

Su Bei did not move. His expression was neither sorrowful nor joyful. Within his body, the sun shone brightly, light radiating across him. It was warm but not dazzling, like a blazing sun. Every gene in his body seemed to awaken at once. He drove Cannon Fist to its limits and threw a ferocious punch!

Boom!

It was as if a missile had detonated in place. Thunder rolled like spring thunder, and surging airwaves whipped up a gale. Its force was as fierce as flame. His perfected martial arts realm seemed to have risen to another level after he became a Martial Artist!

Bang!

His fist collided with the Origin Devourer Beast in midair like a spark striking Earth. With a boom, the air at the point of impact seemed to freeze abruptly. A white current spread outward like a merciless hurricane, blasting everything around it as sand and soil were swept away and exploded!

Within that storm, an ordinary First-order Martial Artist likely could not even withstand the aftershock.

"Hiss!"

Both man and beast froze for an instant before being sent flying backward.

Su Bei sank his stance, driving both legs directly into the ground. His body could not stop sliding back, carving two deep trenches into the earth. His punching right hand was bloody as well, but as the sun shone within him, the injury began healing at an astonishing speed.

Su Bei shook his hand, his eyes shining. This Origin Devourer Beast truly deserved to be called royalty among Starry Sky Alien Beasts. Even in its Nascent Stage, it possessed tens of thousands of pounds of strength!

Its shell was incomparably tough as well. That punch of his could have shattered steel plate, let alone split stone and crack monuments, yet it had only left a dent in the Origin Devourer Beast's body.

Its reputation was well deserved!

Yet Su Bei felt no urge to retreat. Instead, an indescribable exhilaration rose within him. It was powerful, but he was not weak either!

Then let's see whose stats are higher!

"Hiss!"

The Origin Devourer Beast let out a low hiss. Su Bei's punch had damaged its internal organs, and even its hard shell had caved in, greenish-blue bodily fluid seeping from the edges. But its adaptive ability was already taking effect.

Once the shell injury healed, the impact resistance of its entire shell would increase significantly!

A trace of humanlike wariness flickered within its narrow eyes.

"Die!"

Su Bei stomped down. The muscles in his legs twisted taut like springs, and tens of thousands of pounds of power erupted. Like an ancient giant crushing the ground beneath its feet, he turned into a white streak. The earth shattered and rolled behind him as though a typhoon had swept through!

He knew well that he could not pause while fighting an Origin Devourer Beast. Once it adapted, it would become Su Bei's nightmare!

His spear struck out fiercely, and the Piercing Sun Spear Technique erupted. What had been a single cold gleam now seemed to transform into a blazing sun, its flashing radiance too bright to behold directly.

The Origin Devourer Beast roared. Lightning flickered across its two forelimbs, which crossed like blades. When they collided, the sound was like metal striking metal.

Su Bei's momentum did not diminish. Nearly every strike was lethal. His spear transformed into a Long Rainbow, swift as light, its countless spear shadows revolving as they forced the beast back and blanketed every corner before him. Bathed in sunlight, he seemed to be the incarnation of the sun itself.

Qi Force exploded without end.

With such power, even a Second-order Martial Artist would need to treat it with utmost caution. One moment of carelessness, and they would die beneath the spear.

"Hiss!!"

The Origin Devourer Beast roared, its two forelimbs like twin blades as they collided repeatedly with the spear.

Su Bei's vitality seemed endless. He was domineering and savage, utterly ignorant of any balance between hardness and softness. He pressed the Origin Devourer Beast before him and beat it relentlessly, leaving it no chance to fight back!

The Origin Devourer Beast's hisses grew sharper and sharper, like metal being twisted together and torn apart, unsettling the mind.

Its adaptive ability worked frantically, seemingly trying to quickly adapt to Su Bei's assault and mount a counterattack. In an extremely short time, it was already nearly keeping pace with Su Bei's rhythm.

But Su Bei had noticed long ago.

"Die for me!"

He let out a thunderous roar, majestic and imposing. The bones throughout his body crackled explosively, and his body actually grew several inches taller once more. The great sun within him trembled, and a wisp of Emperor Sun Aura burst from it, merging into his body again.

Boom!

Su Bei's strength suddenly surged. He swept his spear horizontally, striking the joint of the Origin Devourer Beast's limb!

With a bang, the Origin Devourer Beast's right forelimb snapped in half and flew high into the air. Blood sprayed everywhere as half of the limb fell to the ground.

Its guard was completely open. Su Bei thrust his spear forward, driving it straight into the Origin Devourer Beast's eye. Blood burst forth, while the aura of the great sun seemed to shine and tremble within his vitality, as if it would directly shred the beast's insides apart.

"Hiss hiss!!"

Yet even so, the Origin Devourer Beast did not die. Its body abruptly shot backward as it let out a miserable cry. Its right eye had become nothing but a bloody hole, and it turned around and fled madly!

How could Su Bei allow it to escape?

The Origin Devourer Beast possessed extraordinary vitality. It was only badly wounded now, far from fatally injured. If it recovered and its adaptive ability took effect, it would likely become even harder to deal with. By then, even after Su Bei reached the Second-order, he might not be able to kill it!

His body burst forward at high speed, and after several flashes, he caught up beside the Origin Devourer Beast again. With a swing of his spear, the tremendous force shattered even its shell.

But the Origin Devourer Beast ignored everything and continued fleeing deeper inside.

On the shell covering its back, which had originally been completely bare, flesh now seemed to squeeze outward frantically. With a bang, it burst open, and a pair of small transparent wings emerged.

The wings were even growing larger at a visible speed, faint arcs of electricity flickering across them. In contrast, the Origin Devourer Beast's aura was rapidly weakening.

It was as though it was rapidly consuming its energy.

"Damn it!"

Su Bei's heart skipped a beat, and he could not help cursing. To escape, its adaptive ability was actually forcing it to evolve a pair of wings on the spot!

How could such an overpowered creature exist in a high-martial world!?

At this point, Su Bei could not possibly allow it to escape. His expression darkened as the great sun within him revolved madly, forcibly drawing out strands of Emperor Sun Aura!

Su Bei felt hollow inside, as though more than half of his own strength had been drained away.

Boom!

Though there were only faint strands of it, the quality of Emperor Sun Aura was simply too high. It swelled as it met the wind, seemingly becoming tangible in an instant and transforming into true flame. Across a radius of ten thousand meters, the temperature rose sharply, reaching an unbearable level in moments.

A pained expression appeared on Su Bei's face. Infused with his vitality, the true flame formed into a spear, which he hurled fiercely!

Whoosh!

The true flame spear pierced directly through the Origin Devourer Beast without the slightest fanfare. The immense energy instantly extinguished all its life force.

The Origin Devourer Beast did not even have time to cry out before dying on the spot.

"The Emperor Sun Aura truly lives up to its name."

Su Bei sighed. However, after being used as a foundation, although the Emperor Sun Aura contained immense energy, it had become the core energy of the sun in his inner universe—the foundation for activating the meteor. Su Bei could not bear to use it lightly.

It could serve as a trump card.

That would depend on whether he could complete that six-star mission. If he did, he would gain another wisp of Emperor Sun Aura.

After all, he had already grown accustomed to the absurdly rapid improvements brought by Emperor Sun Aura. He could naturally cultivate with ordinary Solar Energy too, but the speed would be far too slow.

At the same time.

The entire Shattered Battlefield suddenly began to shake violently. Starting from the outermost layer, it was gradually shattering and disappearing as though being devoured by an invisible mouth.

The Shattered Battlefield was about to collapse.

That meant the mission had been completed.

Su Bei did not wait for anything else. He stepped forward, grabbed the Origin Devourer Beast's corpse, and ran toward the spatial passage.