The True Dharma Masters didn’t ask Zhao Rui to accompany them. After all, he had just returned from Gui Xu.
He’d had a long, arduous journey and still needed to rest.
Besides, the Qingcheng Sect had already sent two Elders, so Zhao Rui’s participation wasn’t necessary.
But this ti, the number of Exotic Beasts had exceeded everyone’s expectations, making the situation seem more urgent.
Watching the True Dharma Masters depart, Zhao Rui hesitated for a mont before dialing his third uncle, Zhao Jinze. He told him to lead all their relatives out of Lin City as soon as possible.
The more chaotic Ri City beca, the more unstable Lin City would grow.
Zhao Rui couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.
He hadn’t transmigrated into the body of Zhao Rui. Rather, he possessed Zhao Rui’s mories, and his core identity, thoughts, and feelings were primarily those of the Zhao Rui of this life.
This place held not only his family but also every little detail of the life he had lived since childhood.
His classmates, his friends, his teachers.
There was the classmate he once had a crush on, and the young girl who had a crush on him.
Without power, it would all be empty talk. But now that he had the power, he naturally wanted to preserve the good things from his past.
In the current situation, every mont he could buy mattered.
"I can never catch a break!"
After the call, Zhao Rui glanced eastward. With a push of his foot, he shot into the air, leaping from rooftop to rooftop until he was a hundred ters high.
His body like a longsword, Sword Qi tearing through the air, he sped toward the Rishikai Coast.
After about a hundred kiloters, he could already see Master Qingyang and the others.
The group heard the sound of sothing tearing through the air and tensed, on guard. When they looked back and saw it was Zhao Rui, they called out in pleasant surprise, "Zhao Zhenren!"
"I wanted to see what was going on. I couldn’t shake this feeling of unease. After all, this is my holand."
Zhao Rui said with a slight nod.
’Of course, I can’t say I’m here to help them fight. That would make these True Dharma Masters seem incompetent.’
The others all nodded but said no more. Instead, they circulated their True Essence and quickened their pace.
An hour later, the five True Dharma Masters appeared on the Rishikai Coast.
The Rishikai Coast was known for its fine, powdery sand, making it a perfect spot for recreation.
But now, it was completely deserted.
Two bizarrely shaped Exotic Beasts were currently crossing the sea toward the shore. One resembled a mutated sea serpent, the other a giant crab.
Not far from the shore, three Flying Beasts circled overhead, their wings whipping up gales that sent sand and stone flying.
Several kiloters from the shore, a number of mobile radar vehicles rotated their signal receivers, bathing the five Exotic Beasts in radio waves to monitor their every move.
Hundreds of heavily ard soldiers stood in formation, their faces grim and solemn.
They were all re mortals, their Martial Arts at Level 3 or Level 5 of the Martial Dao at best.
A year ago, before Spiritual Qi had fully returned, they would have been considered an elite force. But now, facing these terrifying Exotic Beasts, their skills were little better than being completely unard.
Without the help of a True Dharma Master, driving away even a single Exotic Beast would cost an untold number of soldiers’ lives.
Now, with five of them arriving at once, the gravity of the situation was clear.
"Vehicle-mounted railgun ready. Vehicle-mounted cruise missiles activated..."
As the commands were rapidly relayed, the soldiers began an orderly preparation to engage.
"You should all fall back. We’ll take it from here."
Master Qingyang sighed, his voice booming across the distance.
His voice rolled like thunder, carrying a righteous aura that seed to cleanse the hearts of n.
"The True Dharma Masters are back! All units, execute an orderly retreat of ten kiloters. Radar, maintain early warning status. All teams, be ready to provide covering fire."
The commanding officer felt a wave of relief and hurriedly issued the order to withdraw.
As the soldiers withdrew, a ten-kiloter periter along the coastline was instantly cleared.
"One each. Let’s drive them off as quickly as possible!"
As a venerable elder of the Taishan Sect—the foremost sect in Dongqi Province—Master Qingyang was the most qualified to give commands.
Everyone nodded. Each targeting an Exotic Beast, their figures blurred as they charged forward.
It was best to repel them while they were still in the sea and prevent them from making landfall. Otherwise, forgetting for a mont the potential loss of life, the damage to the coastal environnt, landscape, and infrastructure would be unimaginable.
Zhao Rui set his sights on one of the Flying Beasts. It looked like a horned eagle, with so features of a pterosaur.
Exotic Beasts were not called "exotic" rely because of their size. Like the towering Mangcang Race People, they were born nourished by the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, able to absorb it from birth to strengthen their bodies.
So developed formidable physical bodies, while others were born with Talent Divine Techniques.
Every one of them was Innately sacred.
’Sotis I wonder,’ Zhao Rui thought, ’if the ancient, fantastical *Classic of Mountains and Seas* might actually be a work of non-fiction.’
’It was only because Gui Xu and Blue Star were separated that the people of Blue Star ca to see it as re myth and legend.’
This horned bird, for instance, was quite similar to the Gu Diao from the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*. Even its cry was sharp and clear, much like a cat’s ow.
Seeing Zhao Rui fly toward it, the Exotic Beast’s huge yellow eyes narrowed instantly. With a single flap of its wings, it turned and fled into the distance.
Zhao Rui was taken aback for a second, then gave chase.
He pursued it for over a dozen nautical miles, but the bird showed no sign of stopping, continuing to flee at high speed.
"What’s with this stupid bird?"
Zhao Rui was completely baffled. ’Aren’t Exotic Beasts supposed to be violent by nature? Don’t they usually attack on sight?’
Since his target had already fled, Zhao Rui gave up the chase and headed back to the Rishikai Coast.
The other four masters were now locked in a fierce, head-on battle with the four other Exotic Beasts.
The Dharma Grandmasters manifested their Dharma Aspects one by one, each unleashing their ultimate techniques. They suppressed the four Exotic Beasts with a relentless bombardnt of attacks.
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