Chapter 526 - 259: Birdman
’Perfect. Let’s go take a look. If it’s an intelligent lifeform, we’ll grab it and ask a few questions.’
The spaceship quickly changed direction and headed toward Titan.
The spaceship was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, it arrived in the space above Saturn. It then emitted a beam of light and began to scan all of Titan.
Soon, the beam focused on a figure sitting cross-legged on a rock.
’Here it is. Interesting!’
The spaceship’s door slowly opened, and two men in white robes stepped out.
The figure hadn’t expected to be detected just by opening his eyes. His body jolted, instantly sweeping away all the surrounding dust and debris.
With a flicker, he appeared a kilometer in front of the two white-robed men.
"I am Zhao Rui. Might I ask where you visitors have come from?"
The figure announced in a clear voice. He was, of course, Zhao Rui, who had been guarding the opening in the Boundary Wall and had not returned for a long time.
Noticing that the others were also humanoid and could float unaided in Titan’s extreme environment, Zhao Rui focused his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to their absolute peak.
"Oh? You understand Divine Soul Transmission? That makes things much easier. So you know, we are the Gude People, the kings of this Star Realm!"
One of the white-robed men said arrogantly.
"Oh? Then may I ask what brings you two here?"
Zhao Rui responded with a frown, retorting,
"Seeing as you are a primitive, uncivilized native, we will forgive your rudeness. This Star Realm has been unsealed. From now on, it will be managed by us, the Gude People."
The white-robed man announced via the transmission.
"Were the invaders who came here before also you Gude People? Or did someone else intrude into your administrative region?"
"Invaders?"
"A short while ago, a mechanical legion entered this realm through the rift... You’re not with them?"
"A mechanical legion?"
The two white-robed men exchanged a look, then turned back and asked, "Are you the strongest in this realm?"
"No. There are countless people stronger than me..."
Before Zhao Rui could finish his sentence, the two burst into laughter. Then, in the middle of laughing, they suddenly attacked him in unison.
Their movements were extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, they were in front of Zhao Rui, each reaching out a hand to grab his shoulders.
"Whether you’re strong or not, we’ll know everything once we capture you!"
Seeing a native like Zhao Rui, how could they let him go? As long as they captured him, all the information about this place would naturally become clear.
Seeing this, Zhao Rui’s figure blurred. He instantly activated Dipper Step, dodging their grabs from an uncanny angle.
When their first strike missed, their follow-up attack came immediately. Their fists transformed into massive balls of light, radiating a destructive Energy as they blasted toward Zhao Rui.
Zhao Rui didn’t dare to take the hit head-on. He unleashed his full Domain Power, and waves of Ice Power formed into several-meter-thick ice shields to block the path of their fists.
BANG! BANG! A series of collisions rang out. The pair’s fists tore through twenty or thirty layers of solid ice with unstoppable momentum before finally being blocked by Zhao Rui’s Dragon Subduing Palm.
Just as the three of them were clashing, the system’s notification tone, which had been silent for a long time, rang in Zhao Rui’s mind.
"Replicable Cultivation Technique ’Great Light Fist’ detected. Replicate?"
’Great Light Fist?’
Without hesitation, Zhao Rui immediately chose to replicate. At the same time, he unleashed his Dragon-Slaying Palm Force. The vast Palm Force was like a monstrous tidal wave, striking the two men in waves, each stronger than the last.
The two hadn’t expected Zhao Rui not only to withstand their Great Light Fist but also to counterattack with a Palm Technique they had never seen before.
This Palm Technique was grand and sweeping, its power peerless. Every move contained immense might, seemingly related to the apex of strength.
"Interesting!"
A faint smile appeared on the pair’s lips as their entire bodies suddenly began to emit a brilliant white light.
This light was not the scorching heat of the sun, nor the gentle softness of the moon. Instead, it carried a vast purifying power, like a pure, holy radiance.
The light flared and then vanished. When it dissipated, a pair of feathered wings had appeared on each of their backs.
They looked just like Western angels.
Zhao Rui was momentarily stunned, taken aback by their appearance. Fortunately, his will was firm, and he quickly regained his composure.
Moreover, as a Central State person who had lived two lives, Zhao Rui held no particular impression of or reverence for deities like angels. At most, he just found it somewhat unexpected.
Although he didn’t care, if these two were to show up on Blue Star with this appearance, it would most likely make the remaining Westerners think that angels had descended to save them.
"In the name of the Great Angel, we shall purify all the filth in the world!"
The two chanted, and the light on their fists grew increasingly fierce and dazzling.
’What I hate most are Big Moves with long wind-ups. Spending all that time charging up just makes you a sitting duck.’
The Tribulation-Breaking Sword in his hand flared with light. A dragon-headed Sword Qi abruptly blasted out, rushing directly toward the two.
The two continued their chant, and the light before them grew even vaster, forming a barrier of light that forcefully blocked the Tribulation-Breaking Sword’s Dragon-shaped True Qi.
When his first move failed, Zhao Rui used another. Sword shadows flickered, seeming both real and illusory, as countless streams of Sword Qi slashed toward the pair from all directions.
The mouths of the two men moved rapidly. Soon, the Spell ended with a low cry, and the barrier of light shrank several times over, covering their bodies.
’Damn, another turtle shell!’
Zhao Rui was truly envious.
’As if you’re the only ones who have one!’
The Armor on Zhao Rui’s body instantly activated, shifting into its full-coverage state and encasing his entire body.
"An Oran person?"
The winged, white-robed man’s eyes narrowed. He seemed to recognize the Armor on Zhao Rui. With a flap of his wings, he shot above Zhao Rui’s head as fast as lightning.
The two attacked Zhao Rui from different directions.
With the help of his Armor and the Tribulation-Breaking Sword in hand, why would Zhao Rui be afraid? He immediately met their charge.
The three of them began to fight with grand, sweeping moves there on Titan.
The frigid air was driven into the atmosphere by their intense battle, forming a vast and peerless whirlwind that shot toward the other corners of Titan.
This cyclone was extremely terrifying, in no way inferior to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.
The massive cyclone directly blew away several meters’ thickness of rock from the eastern and western sides of Titan, which turned into clouds of dust that flew high into the sky.
As the three’s battle continued unabated, these cyclones appeared one after another.
In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the entire sky was filled with a raging tide of wind filled with crushed stone and gravel, sweeping across the whole planet.
"Great Light Fist progress: ninety-eight percent, ninety-nine percent... Replication successful! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining one Advancement Point!"
Soon, the sound of the successful Cultivation Technique replication echoed in Zhao Rui’s mind.
’The Light Fist... so this kind of cultivation system actually exists?’
With just a moment of absorption in his sea of consciousness, Zhao Rui understood the nature and origin of the Great Light Fist Cultivation Technique.
It was a type of Cultivation completely different from the Martial Dao of Blue Star, or rather, different from the Martial Arts of Central State.
Instead, it had a flavor of the Witchcraft Dao from the Great Shang.
But it was far more powerful than the Witchcraft Dao of the Great Shang.
This was because they could truly draw upon a vast power of light from an external source; this power was not generated by their own Cultivation.
The main purpose of their Cultivation was to lay a foundation, similar to building a bottle.
The stronger and larger the bottle, the more powerful the light it could contain.
And thus, the stronger their combat prowess would be.
Understanding how this Cultivation Technique worked, Zhao Rui was greatly disappointed.
He didn’t know if such a Cultivation Technique had flaws, but he certainly couldn’t use it right now.
What if it was like being possessed by a Celestial Demon, allowing some powerful being to detect an anomaly in the host’s body and strike him down from afar? The loss would far outweigh the gain.
However, even though he couldn’t use it, now that he had learned it, Zhao Rui naturally understood the operational logic of the Cultivation Technique. Looking at the two men’s execution of it now, he could effortlessly spot their flaws.
"AHH!"
One of the white-robed men was careless for a moment, and Zhao Rui seized one of the wings on his back.
With a two-handed pull, a tremendous tearing force ripped half the wing clean off.
The white-robed man’s face went deathly pale from the pain, his aura thrown into chaos as he plummeted from the sky.
The other white-robed man was startled by this, not expecting Zhao Rui to suddenly become so fierce. He immediately turned and rushed toward his companion below.
He moved with incredible speed, snatching up his partner in the blink of an eye and dashing toward the spaceship.
How could Zhao Rui let them leave? With a flicker, he moved to intercept their escape.