Martial Arts Genius with Proficiency System

Green mountains and clear waters, a forest-covered landscape.

Everything around became incredibly clear, and Su Tu felt his consciousness return to his body.

The fragments of the star map between his fingers emitted rays of light and shadow.

"Is this the Immortal Ruins?"

Su Tu's gaze swept over the surroundings, lacking the imagined wonders and mysteries.

This place seemed like the most ordinary mountain wilderness, utterly mundane.

From time to time, a few geese flew across the sky, letting out cries.

Su Tu gathered the star map fragments, carefully exploring the surroundings.

Matters concerning the Immortals must surely hold various secrets; the methods of the Immortal are unfathomable, and caution is paramount.

Su Tu pondered this as he began to explore the vicinity.

Yet everything here indeed appeared as an ordinary place, devoid of any mystical aspect.

Su Tu even suspected that he was mistakenly transported and had not truly reached the Immortal Ruins.

He attempted to use the Power of the Heart and Spirit to perceive this space, but was startled to find his connection to his intrinsic world... severed!!

He could not summon the Power of the Heart and Spirit, nor sense his intrinsic world.

Clearly, these Immortal Ruins were not as simple as they appeared.

Su Tu assessed himself, noting that his qi was unaffected; on the contrary, he sensed that within this space, the flow of qi was much faster than the outside.

More importantly...

The fourth Celestial Acupoint began trembling continuously, followed by the fifth, and sixth, all shaking simultaneously.

It seemed as if they were about to be opened.

However, Su Tu's expression showed not the slightest hint of joy.

For he felt something was amiss; the Body Opening Lock is a shackle of heaven, requiring both body and mind to break the Celestial Lock.

Yet, as soon as he entered this space, signs of breakthrough appeared, and three body locks seemed to break simultaneously.

This wasn't right!!

Something was terribly wrong!!

Su Tu exerted all his efforts to suppress the changes within his hidden acupoints, but then... something even more bizarre occurred...

Crack~ Crackle~

Hearing a crisp sound from within, his body seemed to unveil glorious grotto heavens.

These were thirteen rays, signs of the simultaneous opening of thirteen Celestial Acupoints.

Such were the utmost phenomenal body locks, opening thirteen determined boundless heights over all races.

Ordinary prodigies restrain their realm to break a single lock, but in this place... Su Tu opened ten body locks in an instant.

This should have been a crazy joyous news, yet Su Tu's face showed none of such delight.

After extreme joy, disaster follows!!

There is no shortcut in cultivation; Su Tu understood well the difficulty of opening the Body Lock.

This is every Martial Artist's ultimate pursuit; if entering an Immortal Ruins allowed the opening of thirteen body locks.

The Federation would have long been full of Martial Dao suns!

Su Tu was sure he had entered some form of environment; while using the Power of the Heart and Spirit would easily break free.

But here, the Power of Heart and Spirit was entirely useless...

Suddenly, Su Tu felt an inexplicable chilling sensation climbing along his spine.

It was the warning conveyed by his Spiritual Wisdom, the shadow of death casting upon him.

Su Tu knew, if he did not awaken from this situation, his life would be forfeited here!!!

"Calm your mind!! Calm your mind!!"

The more dire the circumstance, the more serene one must be.

Su Tu realized, even without the Power of the Heart and Spirit, he still had methods.

His hands swiftly lifted, forming seals, the Heaven-Flipping Seal constantly emerged, accompanied by finger seals.

In this crucial moment...

Crack!!

Crackle!

A new force sprouted within him, gentle and powerful, astonishingly divine, emerged accompanied by the Heaven-Flipping Seal's appearance.

Subsequently.

Power immeasurable erupted from Su Tu's hands, like overturning heavens and reversing sun and moon, an ultimate destructive force, grandly subversive.

The force erupted around, enveloping the surroundings in an instant.

Only to see, every scene faded within a moment.

Mountains withered, vegetation wilted, geese in the sky reduced to skeletal remains fell to the ground...

Everything was annihilated, faded away.

Finally, all that surrounded Su Tu was endless ruin and desolation, acupoints silent, True Qi flowed gently, the sense of imminent death dissipated.

"Immortal Power!!!"

Su Tu's eyes held a hint of joy; in the preceding moment, Immortal Power arose once again within him.

The Heaven-Flipping Seal showcased terrifying might, breaking free from the shadow of death.

From Su Tu's entry into the Immortal Ruins, upon opening his eyes, he was already engulfed in a mysterious heart-spirit dilemma.

It was a killing trap; had Su Tu immersed in the joy of opening the Celestial Acupoints, consequences would be unimaginable.

He then looked around, truly standing before an extremely dilapidated village, surrounded by five or six 'persons' like skeletal remains.

They bore some force and surrounded Su Tu, causing everything he initially saw.

As Su Tu broke away from the illusion...

Whoosh~ Whoosh~

The few figures drifted like dust, shattering.

[You've broken through the heart-spirit mystery, Spiritual Wisdom Proficiency +100]

[Spiritual Wisdom (High Tier): 2660/5000]

The system notification popped up.

Yet Su Tu's mind was elsewhere now.