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Chapter 136: Thor’s Watch

Under the mantis-creature’s assault, Director Wu did not react In truth his oere far and away a match for the beast Strike after strike from it’s scythe-like ar back, Wu Junyi’s powerful legs grew taught, then launched hiainst his attacker

Crack! Snap! Two of the mantis-creature’s six ar away fro, a baboon metamorphosis This was Wu Junyi’s Discipline Director of the Teaching Depart the best Adepts the school possessed

One rippling ar him up to somersault back in to action In the blink of an eye he was striking once again at the monstrous intruder It was startled by his ferocity, but it’s reaction was quick nonetheless Fending off the great baboon, six great wings unfurled from it’s back and pushed it into the air

Wu Junyi scowled at the unpleasant discovery The da could fly! Already he could feel a sort of nue violetWhatever it was, it was clearly intensely toxic For the mo hier theBaboon couldn’t fly, but this didn’topponents Wu Junyi had spent decades cultivating and understanding his powers Both his strengths and weaknesses – and how to overcohhoooo!” He roared towards the heavens, spreading his ar his chest Suddenly, he twisted back, preparing for soealed in his left pal projectile like a canon ball

The nificantly already under Wu Junyi’s attacks Though it was held aloft by it’s wings, the injuries it had sustained et out of the way fast enough, and the golden orb collided in a direct hit

Boooh the forests Thepieces

Wu Junyi did not stop to bask in victory I towards his teachers There was no way of knowing how s were still out there He had to protect his people

He had made relatively quick work of it, but still a haze of anxiety and depression filled hiroups Luckily his own had hiroup yun raced ahead of the others at break-neck speed As she did, her perception was expanded outward to read the changes in the environment She couldn’t stop for the quiet necessary to feel vast distances, but her Supernatural Discipline allowed her to maintain a five hundred meter diameter around theht, she sensed the appearance of a fierce and violent thing Itto react, however, the presence vanished as quickly as it had come She was decidedly unsettled by the situation But, she didn’t stop, couldn’t stop – she just kept going

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Overhead, a gigantic blue figure raced by like a bolt of lightning, a dangerous-looking spear in hand It was racing towards another monstrous violet beast This one was , but facing the ht as well have been an toy The stench of so wafted from the creature’s body Like the other, a purplish-redwildlife But it si no effect

Suddenly that bolt-like blue spear was in flight, cutting a deadly path towards the scorpion, then pinning it to the ground As it did, the blue figure was in ht shone from it’s head to fan out in a sehtning in to the distance

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Lan Jue followed close behind Tan Lingyun, his brows furrowed Flickering bolts of electricity raced just behind his eyes

It was Thor who tore through the heavens around the allowed him to coe the suit saw, Lan Jue did too He could see the horrendous things, and the da

Like Junyi, his priority was the safe evacuation of all those on the planet He made sure Thor was there to watch, and protect

Luckily they hadn’t entered too deep in to the rainforests before things went south In fact, Tan Lingyun’s group had been the one to venture farthest in The various teachers were still relatively fresh, so their retreat was a speedy one

“We made it!” The base cahtest sense of relief crept in to Tan Lingyun’s heart They rushed forward towards it, and spied a host of unifor to the forests around them They each carried laser weapons, and spread out to face the encroaching threat

“You all don’t have any heavier artillery?” Lan Jue grabbed a passing soldier to ask

“No, the soldier responded with a wry smile, “the environmental restrictionsany high-yield weaponry here Machinery, too, like o rushing out on a fool’s errand,” Lan Jue said, “Whatever the hell these things are, they’re strong You’ll needthem out Just pull everyone back”

The soldier reacted with a hard stare “Our obligation is the safety of the public There are still o out and protect thele However, a few feet in to the dense overgrowth he stopped He turned back towards Lan Jue

“Hey guy… thanks for the concern I hope we have an opportunity to ain”

With that, he snapped to attention, and raced off in to the jungle