Martial Arts Genius with Proficiency System Chapter 958 - 424: They Want to Create a Being Beyond Daluo! (Part 2)

What Su Tu witnessed bewildered him entirely. A sound that should have impacted the mind and spirit ended up inflicting physical harm, a phenomenon that defied all logic.

With swift movements, Su Tu joined his hands. The ambient energy surged with incredible speed, and in a flash, he activated 'Invincible,' causing the strange sounds to cease abruptly.

These sounds were profoundly peculiar; his enhanced physique could barely withstand their assault. If he had pushed through forcefully, the damage would have been severe, potentially fatal.

Such an injury would undoubtedly impede his future endeavors.

His thoughts raced. The 'Invincible' state lasted merely three seconds, but with the reset capability, he possessed a total of six seconds to breach this mysterious gateway.

Swoosh!!!

Instantly, Su Tu appeared before the door. Yet, as he reached out to push, his hand passed straight through as if the door were immaterial.

The seemingly solid door had not yet fully materialized.

A surge of Heart and Spirit power emanated from Su Tu’s hands as he attempted to force the door open, but his efforts proved futile.

With the 'Invincible' duration rapidly diminishing.

At this critical juncture...

Gurgle~

A strange rolling sound reached Su Tu’s ears, originating from directly beneath him. He glanced downward.

There, a skull, polished to a jade-like smoothness, rolled to a stop at his feet.

Su Tu was certain this skull did not belong to any of the previous predecessors he had encountered. This belonged to the forty-third corpse, one he had never seen before!

A prominent character was etched onto the skull.

“Take!”

Without a moment’s hesitation, Su Tu grasped the skull. As his fingers closed around it, the 'Invincible' duration expired.

A cacophony of fragmented whispers assailed his ears.

The next instant....

Brahma chants resonated, accompanied by the solemn recitation of scriptures, exuding a vast and profound sanctity. This celestial sound seemed to emanate from an infinite Buddha Country, powerfully quelling the fragmented whispers.

Concurrently, brilliant Buddha Light radiated from the skull. Su Tu perceived a hazy figure, bathed in golden luminescence, materialize before him.

The figure remained silent, offering Su Tu a single glance before slowly extending a hand and pushing open the enigmatic door.

Then....

Whoosh!!!

An overwhelming suction force erupted, instantly pulling Su Tu’s body through the doorway into an abyss darker than any he had ever known.

The figure cloaked in Buddha Light clasped its hands together, intoning a Buddhist mantra.

“Your kindness, I repay.”

Simultaneously.

Upon a boulevard stained crimson, a figure clad in obsidian armor traversed layers of frost and flame. Wielding twin blades, immense waves of Black Water surged in its wake, engulfing any Tianjiao unable to evade in time, their screams lost within the churning waters.

“This generation of the Black Water Race has indeed birthed an ‘exception’.”

World Light murmured, observing the approaching blades. With a casual flick of his finger, the torrential waves ground to a halt. His fingertip seemed to channel the very essence of the world.

The countenance of this Black Water Race Tianjiao shifted dramatically.

He was a prodigy of the Black Water Race, a phenomenon unseen in ten millennia, watched over by the divine since birth. For countless years, the Black Water Race had kept him concealed, awaiting the perfect moment to reveal his brilliance to the world.

He possessed peak Venerable combat prowess, capable of holding his own against formidable figures like Shi Kuang and Long Wang.

For ages, he had endured in silent cultivation, all for the ultimate goal of Ascension to Divinity during the True King Competition!

He intended for every race to engrave his name in their annals!!

Yet, the strength and combat power he held in such high esteem proved devastatingly insufficient against this mysterious entity.

“You are qualified to enter; proceed.”

World Light casually deflected the twin blades with a flick of his fingers, sending the Black Water Race Tianjiao stumbling back several meters.

Then, with a mere clench of his hand.

Not far away, a colossal, blood-drenched giant was ensnared by an unseen force.

“Tsk, your race already has one. Though qualified, I cannot permit you passage, regrettably, young one.”

With those words, he tightened his fist resolutely.

Bang!!!

The extraordinarily powerful giant disintegrated into a mist of blood in an instant, consumed voraciously by the encroaching frost and flame.

The Black Water Race Tianjiao watched in sheer horror.

The Divine Son of the Rong Giant Race, rumored to possess a trace of divine blood, was only marginally inferior to himself. In a desperate life-and-death confrontation, even at his peak, it would require expending half his vitality to potentially secure victory.

But before this being, the giant appeared as fragile as an ant.

“Go, enter.”

World Light commanded, clearing the path for him.

At that moment, the Black Water Race Tianjiao felt as though he had broken free from a trance. His heart, surprisingly, lost its fervent longing for Ascension to Divinity.

A recollection of past events surfaced, revealing that in addition to himself, several other Tianjiao from unfamiliar foreign races had also ventured onto the crimson pathway.

He had initially surmised that this entity served as a guardian, one that must be vanquished to earn passage.

However, it was now evident that this was not the case.

The preceding Tianjiao, while formidable, were not universally superior to the Rong Giant Divine Son. They, much like himself, had been granted their so-called qualification by this entity to proceed.

This qualification, it seemed, was not a measure of raw power.

It appeared more to be… a selection process.

With this realization dawning, the Black Water Race Tianjiao’s expression shifted dramatically.

Strength merely represented a fundamental requirement. As long as the disparity wasn't insurmountable, this entity wasn't conferring qualification based on might, but rather was actively choosing favored races.

Upon grasping the full extent of this, a chilling sensation coursed through the Black Water Race Tianjiao.

Yet, in the very next instant, an unseen force ensnared his head.

"To have pierced the confusion woven by the Cosmic Will, you are indeed exceptional, a sight rarely witnessed even across a hundred cycles of reincarnation. Should you flourish, you could potentially guide the Black Water Race to unprecedented heights."

"But alas, this grand game requires fewer variables."

The lamenting voice of the World Light echoed in his ears.

Then…

Plop~

A headless corpse tumbled onto the blood-drenched boulevard, and the World Light, cloaking the Black Water Race Tianjiao’s head in a sanguineous glow, propelled it swiftly along the crimson path.

"Another head bearing the causality of Ascension to Divinity, soon, oh so soon, it shall be complete."

The World Light’s voice, though tinged with excitement, carried an undercurrent of profound exhaustion and weariness.

Abruptly, as if sensing an intrusion, its gaze snapped towards the terminus of the blood-colored boulevard.

"Buddha Light!! Why! How can there be Buddha Light!!"

"Aside from Su Tu, were there others who transcended the cycle of reincarnation?"

The World Light’s voice escalated into an unprecedented fury.

The sounds of pursuit that followed filled it with immense animosity, and with a slight frown, it casually raised its hand, bringing it down.

Boom!!!!

In the subsequent moment, the blood-colored boulevard convulsed, and an infinite ocean of blood surged upwards, coalescing into a colossal, sky-obscuring imprint that engulfed all existence in an instant!!!

The crimson pathway was utterly cleansed, all beings who had been ascending earlier dissolved within the bloody expanse.

Only the World Light, now enshrouded in palpable killing intent, remained.

"Su Tu left no mark upon the ’door’, thus this signifies the ultimate cycle, an unforeseen variable, the second to enter this domain, a true breaker of chains."

"To accomplish such a feat, it seems you have ’awakened’. You, the ’awakened’ one, why would you willingly offer your life to empower others?"

The World Light, behaving like a fanatic, engaged in ceaseless, disjointed muttering.

"Do you truly believe Su Tu is the prophesied harbinger of annihilation??"

"Impossible, utterly impossible. The prophecy of extinction is a fabrication; such entities vanished long ago. To attain Daluo and become an extinction bringer??"

"Cease this absurdity. Those supreme beings, why would they depend on someone, at best, their equal, for their salvation?"

"Their aim is to forge a being that surpasses Daluo!!"

"This Star River is incapable of birthing such an entity, absolutely incapable!!!!"