Martial Arts Genius with Proficiency System

"What, not welcoming me, huh? Do you want me to revoke your position as Crown Prince!!"

As soon as Chen Xi spoke, the abstract flavor was immediately apparent.

Su Tu, without any hesitation, retorted, "Kid, didn't you have a mirror or piss? If any emperor were like you, they'd be better off bashing their head in and dying!"

"Get lost!!"

Chen Xi laughed and cursed, punching Su Tu's shoulder.

The so-called childhood friends are just like this, bantering without any reservations.

As they joked and hassled their way into the room, Chen Xi was quite familiar with Su Tu's home and didn't need any hospitality. He just opened the fridge, took out a bottle of cola, and drank directly, turning on the TV as if it were his own home.

"Why didn't you tell me before you came?"

Su Tu sat on the sofa, popped open a bottle of cola, while Chen Xi flicked through the channels with the remote and turned up the volume a bit.

Then he remarked, "Hmm? You're acting strange; when did I ever tell you before coming to your house? Be honest, got a big girl's hidden at home, huh!"

"Get lost~"

Su Tu rolled his eyes helplessly, acknowledging that it's really hard to be serious with Chen Xi around.

"Hehe, today's a holiday, so I thought I'd come play with you. How's that training camp of yours going?"

Su Tu had been busy lately with the closed training camp, and after that, he was busy breaking through realms and honing his Martial Bone, not having much contact with Chen Xi.

"The results are okay."

"Don't give me that nonsense; usually at this time you're going for a brag, right?"

Chen Xi looked curiously at Su Tu, still pressing the remote, increasing the volume gradually.

"If you put it that way, then all I can say is guaranteed win!" Su Tu chuckled lightly.

Humility is a show for outsiders; naturally, there's nothing to hide with old friends.

Chen Xi had known Su Tu for many years and knew what a 'guaranteed win' from Su Tu meant. The last time he said 'guaranteed win,' he topped the entire school.

"Awesome, you're getting really strong at Martial Arts Dao now, huh!"

Chen Xi suddenly turned to look directly into Su Tu's eyes, his hand still pressing the volume button. At this point, the TV was broadcasting a music program, and the naturally high-pitched soprano was deafening at near maximum volume.

The smile on the corner of Su Tu's mouth receded. He also looked at Chen Xi, word by word, said: "Yes."

"Will you win?"

Chen Xi asked.

"Guaranteed." Su Tu nodded.

The conversation between the two came out of nowhere, but a smile crept onto Chen Xi's lips.

Suddenly, his expression twisted, his face twitching, his mouth contorting, as if his body wanted to shut up, but another soul was controlling his body to speak!

The next moment, two words jumped out of Chen Xi's mouth,

"Heart and Spirit!!"

At the moment those words were uttered, Su Tu's palm had already reached out, opening a gap in his own world, the Light of the Heart and Spirit erupted with strong traction!!

All that could be seen was Su Tu's palm pressing on Chen Xi's head. Chen Xi's body tried to dodge, with waves of dark green power filling his eyes, trying to resist it all.

However...

"Screw you!! Sit tight!!"

Chen Xi cursed angrily, forcefully suppressing that force, bringing his struggling body to a sudden halt.

Su Tu pulled with one hand.

Rip~

A dark green aura was yanked, forcefully, from Chen Xi's Heart and Spirit.

The aura twisted fiercely, resembling a blob of Slime, looking repulsively disgusting, trapped by Su Tu within the Light of the Heart and Spirit.

"Damn! Finally got this dumbass thing out."

Chen Xi lay limply on the sofa, his complexion pale.

"You really understand me..."

From the moment Chen Xi turned on the TV and turned up the volume, Su Tu knew something was wrong; Chen Xi was very sensitive to high pitches.

But just now he actually chose a music program and cranked the volume to maximum. This wasn't a hint; it was practically a blatant warning.

"No!! Why!! Why!! Why did you betray me!! Why??"

"Weren't you craving power?? Didn't you want power??"

The Slime-like thing kept trembling, its way of speaking peculiar, creating resonance that directly conveyed its meaning to people.

"Idiot."

Hearing this, Chen Xi rolled his eyes dramatically.

"What's going on?"

Su Tu heard the conversation and sensed something wrong. Wanting power and other such flags shouldn't be casually waved around!

"Do you remember the time we ate at Uncle Gong's place?"

Chen Xi's face improved slightly as he explained his experiences to Su Tu over this period.

Since that meal, a voice suddenly appeared in Chen Xi's mind, enticing him and constantly stirring his desire for power.

That thing told Chen Xi it had been with him since birth, guiding and steering him in the dark.

They were one, and now that it sensed Chen Xi's dissatisfaction, it awakened.

According to what the thing said, it could give Chen Xi invincible power, but the condition was he needed to get close to Su Tu.

So on this day, Chen Xi came to Su Tu's home...

"This guy said our acquaintance and friendship were all its guidance..."

"Made my buddies laugh awkwardly."

"It even wants me to harm you. Doesn't it know that I'm known for my loyalty and devotion, as well as my unmatched righteousness?"

Chen Xi scoffed with disdain.

His body's frailty made him indeed crave strength, but a young man who could publicly snatch a gun for his brother at the Public Security Bureau would not be easily swayed by a mysterious voice in his mind!

In recent days, Chen Xi pretended to be brainwashed by that thing and even extracted quite a few benefits, making it believe that Chen Xi was truly under its control.

But what the monster didn't expect was that as soon as they met, without even saying much, it got caught just like that.

After hearing Chen Xi's account, Su Tu looked at the thing with a somewhat unfriendly gaze.

That thing was clearly targeting him, but chose to start with Chen Xi. This feeling of implicating his friends made Su Tu very uncomfortable.

The killing intent surged wildly, like rampant weeds.

Without any hesitation, Su Tu applied force with his palm, intent on crushing the Slime.

The terrifying power erupted instantly, shattering the thing, but the monster's body cracked like jelly.

It transformed into several humanoid splits with bluish wings.

"Hahaha, you still can't kill me!!! Damn monkey, how dare you mock me!!"

"Just wait, when I return, I'll slaughter both of you!!"

The monster split into several pieces, trying to flee out the window.

Its existence was peculiar, lying between physical and mental energy.

Thus, it was hard to capture.

But coincidentally... Su Tu had just mastered a divine technique, which also straddled between reality and heart and spirit...

"One Leaf Confuses the Heart!"

With a heart thought, a few celestial leaves instantly appeared, and in the next moment... the once proud Slime was dumbfounded.

Because, in front of each of its splits, there was a silhouette of Su Tu!!

Each silhouette emanated terrifying energy, filled with rage and indescribable power.

"No...."

One of the largest splits tried to speak as if begging for mercy, but all it received was....

Boom!!!

BAM!!!

Between the boundaries of reality and heart and spirit, a series of loud explosions echoed, annihilating the splits into dust, and within moments, only a fingernail-sized piece was left.

"Not bad."

Su Tu was quite satisfied with the power of One Leaf Confuses the Heart.

With a heart thought, a celestial leaf grabbed the last split and brought it before Su Tu, then it scattered, as maintaining the form of 'I' as the celestial leaf consumed significant heart and spirit energy.

At this moment, Chen Xi was utterly confused.

He had learned a lot of martial arts vocabulary from the monster, like the heart and spirit mentioned earlier.

But he hadn't stepped into the Martial Arts Dao yet, his true spirit was ignorant, his heart and spirit unopened; he couldn't see the celestial leaves, only seeing the Slimes inexplicably burst apart mid-air.

"Awesome, Xiao Tu!!"

Chen Xi gave Su Tu a thumbs up. Whatever it was, his brother was awesome.

Su Tu didn't joke with Chen Xi; instead, his eyes changed, activating Divine Skill: Mistake, directly affecting the small Slime piece.

"Speak! What are you?"

"Why did you possess him?"

Now, with only a tiny Slime piece left, it was incredibly weak, completely unable to resist, and was transformed into Su Tu's puppet by Mistaken Activation.

"I am... from the Kammon Race. Our race needs to parasitize the minds and bodies of other species to survive."

"I had previously parasitized the body of a member of the Crowd One Tribe, known to you humans as... beasts!"

"That Crowd One member saw you under the night sky and was punched by you. He was astonished by your talent and vitality, seeing you as a precious resource to harvest after regaining some power."

"However, a Spirit Host from the Three Deceits Cult stopped him in Paradise, and after it was destroyed, forcibly sent it away from the North Sea."

"I was originally secretly parasitizing its heart and spirit and body, that guy contained something incredible inside. I took the opportunity to escape during the Three Deceits Cult Spirit Host's manipulation."

"I remembered your aura, trying to find a chance to absorb you, so I took the opportunity last time to parasitize your friend's heart and spirit."

All it said during this time was to make Chen Xi approach Su Tu, creating an opportunity for itself to parasitize Su Tu.

As for everything it previously claimed, like guiding Chen Xi to know Su Tu, it was all to gain his trust. This idea came from a popular novel on the Star River...

But unexpectedly, Chen Xi pulled such a move on him.

"The beast under the night sky..."

After listening to the Kammon Race member's story, Su Tu suddenly remembered the day he hadn't yet encountered Martial Arts Dao.

That monster lurking under the night sky eyeing him!!!

That monster was from the Crowd One Tribe!!

Previously, Li Hu had given him a file, documenting the package he submitted at the time, and the Public Security Bureau's suspicion that the Crowd One Tribe had its eyes on him.

The Public Security Bureau initially wanted to use Su Tu as bait, even Chen Yuan once retrieved that file against him.

But in the end, Li Hu withdrew the file. Not to mention the Crowd One Tribe hadn't appeared for a long time and might not be in the North Sea; even if it were, Brother Hu wouldn't use his junior brother as bait due to his personality.

When Brother Hu talked about the Crowd One Tribe, his emotions were off, and he repeatedly glanced at the photo of Elder Zhou on the desk.

"Teacher's... Heart Knot."

Su Tu suddenly recalled that some time ago, the message from the Heaven Designated World mentioned the teacher came to Ancestor Star to resolve a Heart Knot. Linking it to Brother Hu's reaction...

Could it be... that beast is the 'Heart Knot' the teacher and they are looking for!!