Martial Arts Genius with Proficiency System

The slightly ingratiating voice of Little Ba rang in Su Tu's ear. He never thought Little Ba's voice could sound so pleasant.

"Stop blabbering, get to work!!"

Su Tu let out a roar of anger.

The next moment!!

"Got it!"

Little Ba's voice carried a hint of excitement, and suddenly, a strange and overwhelming power erupted within Su Tu's Heart and Spirit World.

Gurgle gurgle~

Gurgle~

Everything around momentarily collapsed in that instant, and Su Tu felt the power negating his existence cease. In its place, an unfounded surge of brutality rose up.

The surrounding space began to ripple with the emergence of that power, as one "bubble" after another appeared in mid-air.

It was as if a force beyond the present world was compressing the surrounding space, forcibly cracking the once intact space into spatial bubbles.

"I almost forgot where this guy came from."

Always treating Little Ba as a mere laborer, a soulless machine providing skill level, Su Tu nearly forgot that Little Ba's true form was a Subspace Evil God of extremely high status, second only to the five Supremes.

Between evil gods, the suppression of status is severe, although it's unknown what status the evil god sealed in that room possesses.

But it seems clear now that its status is definitely not higher than Little Ba's true form.

"Is this possible?"

"How could Bakalu's aura appear here?"

"You're just an ordinary human; how can you have Bakalu's aura!!"

At this moment, countless strands of hair had already sealed those bizarre liquid eyeballs back into the room.

This evil god had a means of sensing the outside world, and it sensed Bakalu's aura, its voice carrying disbelief and fear.

"Hehe~"

However, what responded was Little Ba's slightly sly laughter.

"Since my boss permits it, I won't be polite!"

In Su Tu's personal world, beams of Light of the Heart and Spirit illuminated Little Ba's figure.

At this moment, dark purple light filled the entire room, unlike Little Ba's usual short, gnome-like ram-headed form.

The figure illuminated by the Light of the Heart and Spirit was incredibly tall, covered with muscles, with three halos behind it.

Its body was covered with dense text, those characters in red and black each carrying special power.

The red characters seemed stained with blood, filled with boundless brutality. A mere glance would engulf an ordinary person in violence, anger, and murderous intent, turning them into tools of violent release.

The black characters twisted continuously, absurd, ridiculous, unjust, and distorted, as if all things that shouldn't happen gathered in a twisted, unethical amalgamation. Seeing them would make a normal person question all the norms of life and become a Twister existing only for madness and pleasure.

The once pitiful sideways eyes now emitted a dark purple aura...

Su Tu could in no way associate this figure with the laborer Little Ba.

"Boss!"

"I'm starting now!"

However, as the overwhelmingly majestic figure opened its mouth, the voice was still ingratiating. Su Tu was immediately certain; this guy was still Little Ba!

Su Tu said nothing, just waved his hand.

A boss must have the dignity of a boss.

Receiving Su Tu's order, Little Ba extended a hand and fiercely yanked in front of Su Tu.

Rip~

A sound of shattering echoed, and an incredibly twisted eye was pulled from the void by it.

As this thing was torn out, Su Tu finally felt the "void," "non-existence," and other forces originally enveloping him disappear along with it.

"Bakalu!!"

"Is it you, Bakalu? Why, why are you on a human!!"

"Bakalu, release my status, Bakalu, you're violating the covenant, the Balancer will not let you go!!"

The evil god sensed something, and it howled with all its might.

However, Little Ba paid it no heed, merely greedily eyeing the liquid-like void eye.

"What does the Balancer wanting Bakalu have to do with a laborer like me?"

It said with a sinister grin, then swallowed the eyeball whole.

After that, beams of light scattered, and nothing remained. It returned to Su Tu's personal world.

Everything happened so fast—destruction and rebirth. Before a God's existence, nothing holds meaning.

Su Tu made no pause and immediately turned to leave the house.

The whole village seemed to have some magic. One house away from that room, you could still hear its roars, but about four rooms away, the evil god's voice had already faded to near inaudibility.

As Su Tu moved further, the terrifying evil god capable of directly erasing the concept of "existence" could no longer reach his ears.

"That was a close call,"

Su Tu sat on a withered tree trunk, his heart lingering in fear.

For the first time, he felt the end and oblivion were so close to himself.

Martial Arts Cultivation erased, Heart and Spirit obliterated, and the personal world also gradually extinguishing; if not for Little Ba's miraculous intervention, he might indeed have fallen.

Truly befitting the Immortal Ruins, within such a short time, he had already faced two life-and-death crises.

[You have devoured one percent of Casderam's authority, gaining the Divine Skill: Mistake!]

[Divine Skill: Mistake (Initial Tier Incomplete): You can temporarily alter the [existence] of an opponent, with the degree of change determined by the power gap.]

[Middle Tier: Unlock with fifty percent authority collection]

[High Tier: Unlock with eighty percent authority collection]

Suddenly, a system prompt appeared.

Casderam should be the Evil God sealed within the room, and the so-called authority is probably the eyeball that Little Ba swallowed.

However, Little Ba is not divine, and he is not one with me; he's merely a 'worker' forcibly detained in my Heart and Spirit.

How could the authority he swallowed increase my skills?

Su Tu pondered curiously. Since earlier, he has been able to sense the existence of his own world again.

As his heart and spirit sank slightly, everything that had happened within his world resurfaced in Su Tu's eyes.

It turns out, right after Little Ba devoured Casderam's authority and returned to his own world, his sheep face was full of excitement.

But, he hadn't been happy for more than a few seconds before the Cyan Snake swiftly coiled around him.

A pair of cold eyes scanned up and down Little Ba's body, and the snake's tongue occasionally flicked over Little Ba's form, as if contemplating where to start devouring.

Little Ba naturally knew that the Cyan Snake had its eyes on the authority he had swallowed.

But he didn't want to submit anymore!!

He is a clone of Bakalu, one of the greatest Evil Gods. Even though he is just a remnant body, he has his own dignity.

Little Ba decided...

"Snake Bro, let me warm it up for you. This thing is prepared just for you."

He offered up the twisted eyeball with a flattering smile, which the Cyan Snake unceremoniously coiled around.

Then it turned its form and swam to a corner of Heishan, coiling up.

The divinity and Su Tu are one. The Cyan Snake devouring the authority is equivalent to Su Tu devouring it too, thus triggering the appearance of that prompt.

"Boss!!"

Little Ba's aggrieved voice echoed in his heart.

"Ah~ Little Ba, I gave you the chance, yet you fell short!"

Although there was a smile on Su Tu's lips, his tone was more of one criticizing his disappointing performance, as if he truly felt sorry for Little Ba.

"Alright then, seeing as you didn't take the opportunity to run away, I'll make sure Big Cat and the others treat you more gently in the future."

A mature boss knows how to be lenient and strict, comforting when necessary.

Yet, upon hearing Su Tu's words, Little Ba's body stiffened.

Messed up!! How did he forget he could have escaped!!

When he was released, he could have run away with the authority, but he was so delighted that he completely forgot about escaping, only thinking of returning to his sheep's den to devour the authority...

Sensing Little Ba's oddness, Su Tu rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"I say, you didn't forget to escape and are now regretting it, did you~" Su Tu remarked meaningfully.

Upon hearing this, Little Ba's whole body stiffened, immediately raising a hand and making a fist. His sheep face opened seriously, "Impossible!! My loyalty to the boss is as clear as the sun and moon!!"

"Loyal to Lord Tu! Loyal to Lord Tu!"

The standard action was similar to those direct salesmen Su Tu had seen in his previous life.

Ignoring Little Ba.

Su Tu refocused on the newly acquired divine skill.

Looking at the description of this skill, Su Tu felt a little unclear.

"Alter existence..."

Su Tu thought of the changes to himself just now, which were like a force that erased everything at the origin.

He looked at a rock at his feet, focused his heart and spirit, and used the power of [Mistake].

"Disappear!!"

Instantly, Su Tu just felt his Power of the Heart and Spirit being consumed at a terrifying rate, leaving only a sliver within moments.

Yet the goose egg-sized pebble in front of him had only partially disappeared.

"This skill consumes too much,"

Su Tu frowned. Despite the great power of this conceptual ability, the consumption was too horrifying. Just using it on a regular stone nearly exhausted all his heart and spirit.

If used on a martial artist, it might not even take effect before he drained himself...

However...

"So that's what it means to alter [existence]..."

"It's truly terrifying."

Su Tu picked up the stone. From the outside, it still appeared complete. Yet Su Tu knew half of it was gone, and the erasure was not merely cutting, fragmenting, or destroying.

Instead, conceptually annihilating this stone's [existence]. He erased half of this stone's [existence], so that half no longer exists.

In reality, the stone remained whole, but half of its concept had been obliterated.

After about half a minute, the stone seemed to double in size.

Su Tu realized that the time had run out, and he could only temporarily alter [existence] for now.

But that was already astonishingly powerful. Imagine, in the heat of battle, if Su Tu could erase the enemy's heart and spirit, even for a moment, it would be enough to determine life and death.

Yet, for now, this skill was somewhat impractical for Su Tu. The consumption was massive, and it might deplete his heart and spirit before erasing someone else's.

With eyes slightly closed, he used Heart Furnace to temper it, quickly restoring his heart and spirit. This was the wonder of the Heart Furnace, enabling rapid heart and spirit recovery.

Feeling his state recovering almost completely, Su Tu stood up.

For the moment, he had no plans to venture to the village center. The presence of the Evil God was too terrifying, and without a means to deal with it, he had no intention of going over.

He intended to search around the village.

If his calculations were correct, there must be something in this village capable of controlling that Evil God, such as... that woman with hair.

When those strands sealed the Evil God, Su Tu clearly saw the strands, identical to that woman with hair he'd seen on the Star Map Fragments.

Within a hundred meters of a viper, there must be something to counter it. The Evil God was sealed in a tiny house, surely because of a stronger existence...

"Profound Lady!"

Su Tu murmured, not only was it Wei Yang who reminded him, but Casderam also falsely claimed to be the Profound Lady just now.

"An Evil God, an Immortal, why are you connected to a tiny village..."