Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

Time slowly passed

June has arrived in the blink of an eye.

The sun was blazing in the sky, scorching the earth and causing people on the road to quicken their pace unconsciously.

At this moment, inside the Xiang family villa

Xiang Bei sat upright in the center of the underground training room of the villa, focusing his mind on cultivating with his five hearts facing the sky.

About a year has passed since the first awakening of Heart Steel.

Xiang Bei's strength has also undergone a dramatic change.

The basic punching power today has reached an exaggerated 150 million kilograms.

This terrifying power even surpasses that of many planetary-level powerhouses.

Previously, many planetary-level powerhouses on Earth had already been surpassed by Xiang Bei in terms of strength and speed.

If Xiang Bei weren't unable to fly and hadn't yet formed an internal planet, he would be far more powerful than the vast majority of councilors.

Anyway, Xiang Bei is now recognized on Earth as a prodigy and a super genius.

Even though he wasn't a planetary-level expert, he had already overpowered most planetary-level powerhouses.

Now, Xiang Bei finally feels the opportunity to advance to the planetary level.

It's not that his physical abilities have stopped growing; in fact, as long as Xiang Bei continues to use the Heart Steel's colossal devouring skill, his physical abilities will continue to grow, it's just a matter of how fast.

It was just that during Xiang Bei's cultivation, he seized a slight opportunity, which naturally gave rise to an impulse to break through his realm.

Of course, Xiang Bei could suppress this impulse if he wanted to, but there was no need for it.

Becoming a planetary-level powerhouse sooner would greatly enhance Xiang Bei's strength.

Of course, the most important thing is that after he became a planetary-level powerhouse, he obtained the ticket to enter the universe.

After all, in the universe, only those humans who have reached the planetary level can be considered citizens and receive certain protections.

Without planetary-level strength, one is not even considered a citizen among the human race in the universe, with absolutely no protection. Even if one is killed at will, no one will speak up for them.

The basement was filled with Xiang Bei's repeated use of the Five Hearts Towards Heaven Technique and the Guiding Technique.

Xiang Bei could clearly feel his whole body starting to heat up. As the guided technique progressed, it seemed that every cell in his body was gradually... the genetic energy within the cells began to gather like droplets of water, merging into streams, then rivers...

A stream of heat emanated from his entire body, constantly swirling and gathering. He could feel that his own genetic energy was extremely abundant, like torrents that eventually converged in Xiang Bei's dantian area.

In Dantian.

The genetic energy accelerated its rotation, constantly expanding and contracting, with each expansion and contraction resulting in a smaller volume! However, Xiang Bei's genetic energy was extremely abundant, and this process lasted for a considerable period of time.

Xiang Bei felt a shiver run through his consciousness, and his body trembled!

It worked!

Within the vast dantian, a miniature planet appeared! This planet was pale blue in color and emitted a faint halo, making it look exquisite.

The entire golden miniature planet is actually a unified whole composed of a large number of golden six-sided crystals!

The golden miniature planet was constantly rotating, emitting strange fluctuations at the same time!

"Success! What tremendous power! Even the quality of the genetic energy seems to be several times stronger than before!"

As expected, when a martial artist advances from the apprentice level to the planetary level, it's a qualitative change. I feel like I could easily defeat several versions of myself combined.

Xiang Bei thought to himself with delight.

However, it is not completely over yet. After forming a miniature planet in the dantian, it is still necessary to guide the energy to strengthen the physical body.

As Xiang Bei focused his mind, streams of pale blue energy surged into his body.

Then, a series of "crackling" sounds were heard, and in an instant, every part of Xiang Bei's body, including his bones, bone marrow, skin, meridians, and internal organs, underwent rapid changes.

Xiang Bei felt as if his bones had been shattered and then reformed!

"Cool!"

The tremendous change in his physical strength made Xiang Bei feel an indescribable sense of comfort throughout his body. Every cell in his body seemed to be filled with power!

"boom"

He threw a punch into the surrounding air, creating a huge sonic boom.

"Very strong!"

Although he hadn't tested his current physical strength, Xiang Bei could clearly feel the immense power contained within his body.

"I feel that with my current physical strength, even without using the colossal devouring effect of Heart Steel, I can easily severely injure or even kill a King-level monster."

"Next..."

As Xiang Bei mobilized his genetic energy once again, his body seemed to be enveloped in a layer of light blue mist, faintly glowing with a light blue halo, but it quickly disappeared.

This is the ability that Xiang Bei comprehended after entering the planetary level—Water Without Form.

Genetic energy is divided into eight attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and light.

Once a martial artist reaches the Planetary level, they will comprehend a corresponding ability based on the different attributes of their genetic energy.

The Water Formlessness that Xiang Bei comprehended is one of the abilities of the Water Attribute Gene Energy, and it is considered a relatively rare and powerful ability among the many Water Attribute abilities.

The ability of water to be formless allows Xiang Bei's body to become as formless and shapeless as ordinary water flow for a short period of time.

It's as if the whole person has transformed into a stream of water, which not only greatly enhances their ability to withstand blows, but also allows them to avoid fatal damage.

For example, if you are about to be chopped in the head and cannot dodge, you can temporarily transform into a stream of water to avoid the fatal blow.

Of course, if the head is cut off and turns into water, and it isn't reattached in time, the person will still die.

Furthermore, in the ocean, one can even transform into the water flow and merge into the water, achieving the effect of concealing one's aura and becoming formless and invisible.

Of course, it only works in water; it's not very useful in other places.

Moreover, while this ability is powerful and a very strong means of survival, it also consumes a great deal of resources. If the "Water Formless" effect is used at full power, it is simply impossible for an ordinary planetary-level powerhouse to maintain it for very long.

However, Xiang Bei's genetic energy happens to far exceed that of a normal planetary-level martial artist, so the consumption of Water Formless should not be a big problem for him.

After conducting a few tests, Xiang Bei had a general idea of ​​the result.

If he were to maintain his entire body in a water-like, formless state with all his might, he could last for about thirty minutes.

However, if he only briefly enters the Water Formless state and then immediately exits it, or if he only allows part of his body to enter the Water Formless state, the consumption on him is not very large and is completely acceptable.

This ability is quite good for Xiang Bei, as it can greatly improve his ability to survive and provide him with more security for his future adventures in the universe.