I Can Replicate Martial Arts

This Beast Hunting operation met high standards for both its level of official recognition and the generosity of its prize money.

The person or team that hunted the most powerful Exotic Beast would be awarded the title of King of Beast Hunting, along with an exclusive prize of one hundred million.

Below the title of King of Beast Hunting were other titles, such as Beast Hunting Grandmaster and Beast Hunting Divine General.

Each came with its own corresponding prize money.

An event of such a grand scale attracted the interest of Martial Artists from all over the country, from various Martial Dao organizations, universities, and sects.

For a time, the entire surface of the East Sea was crisscrossed with True Qi, and the sounds of fierce battles rose and fell incessantly.

The strongest of these Exotic Beasts were merely comparable to the Grandmaster Realm, while the weaker ones were only at the level of an ordinary Level 7 or Level 8 Martial Artist.

Compared to the current strength of humanity in the Central Plains, they were no longer considered a threat.

Soon, the coastal waters were cleared.

But these beasts were of limited strength, so hunting them brought little sense of accomplishment, no matter how many were killed.

Thus, more High-tier Martial Artists began heading into the deep sea to hunt even stronger Exotic Beasts.

As the beast hunting activities continued, a cooking show that used Exotic Beast Meat as its main ingredient also took off.

Much of the hunted Exotic Beast Meat was categorized and labeled with recommended cooking methods, flavor profiles, texture, and meat quality.

People discovered that the higher the tier of the Exotic Beast, the greater its nutritional content and the more abundant the True Qi contained within its meat.

Before long, some Evil Cultivators even created several Cultivation Techniques that aided one’s training by absorbing the True Qi from Exotic Beast Meat.

One dead beast led to a hundred different avenues of research!

Beyond simply eating the meat and absorbing True Qi, there were even gladiator-style shows featuring beast-on-beast combat and human-versus-beast duels.

For a time, the entire Central Plains was swept up in a vigorous trend of researching new ways to utilize Exotic Beasts. It was no exaggeration to say a hundred flowers were blooming.

The emergence of anything new brings societal change; whether for good or ill, it is always a process.

For a period afterward, the entire Huaxia Central Plains was abuzz with research activities related to Exotic Beasts.

People began to classify the Exotic Beasts.

They were divided into three tiers—Low, Middle, and High—with each tier further subdivided into five levels, such as Low-tier One or Middle-tier Two.

The classifications were mainly based on factors like size, destructive power, and the extent of their superpowers. Although there was no official standard, after a period of information consolidation, the system became quite well-organized.

But as humanity’s research into the Exotic Beasts grew more advanced, the frequency of High-tier Beast appearances also gradually increased over time.

Previously, one might go ten days to half a month without seeing a single powerful, Middle-tier Exotic Beast dozens of meters tall.

Now, a Middle-tier beast would burst from the sea almost daily, either to be hunted down by humans or to wreak havoc on a stretch of ocean before departing as it pleased.

Throughout the seas, the level of the Exotic Beasts was clearly on an upward trend.

Scientists, through big data analysis, concluded that the Exotic Beasts of the Returning Ruins Ocean had gradually spread across the entire globe, carried by ocean currents.

In other words, from now on, Exotic Beasts would no longer be exclusive to certain regions, such as the areas near America or the Eastern Japan Islands.

Instead, they could appear in any corner of the world; their distribution had become dispersed and randomized.

As the Exotic Beasts grew stronger, hunters began targeting higher-level prey.

At first, it was just ordinary Low Tier beasts, followed by Middle Tier and Middle-tier Beast Kings. Eventually, even High-tier Beasts began to appear.

High-tier Beasts were equivalent to the True Dharma Masters of the Martial Dao—figures who represented the core, or even the peak, strength of the various sects.

How could ordinary Martial Artists possibly stand against them?

The appearance of this High-tier Beast resulted in the direct slaughter of over fifty coastal Martial Artists. If not for a Dharma Grandmaster who happened to be nearby, who knows how many more it would have killed before it was willing to leave.

This bloody scene happened to be broadcast live across the entire internet, instantly reminding people of the days when they lived under the terror of rampant High-tier Beasts.

Less than a year had passed since the East Shore coast had been ravaged by Exotic Beasts.

One would have thought this brutal slaughter would serve as a wake-up call for the martial artists.

But unexpectedly, some low-profile Martial Artists, unaffiliated Dharma Grandmasters from Side Paths, and especially some sectless masters who had rushed over from the Song Realm, sensed an opportunity.

They sprang into the spotlight.

Not only did they take the initiative to hunt down High-tier Beasts, but they also actively participated in the recording of various live-streamed programs.

Their formidable strength and unconventional personalities made them particularly conspicuous and unorthodox in these times.

In no time, these masters from the Side Paths of the Jianghu became hot commodities in society and martial arts celebrities in the entertainment world.

Following the "rise" of the Side Path masters, experts from the Evil Dao, who had once vanished without a trace, also began to appear.

They openly and brazenly swaggered into the public eye, presenting themselves as powerful masters of the Martial Dao.

Every one of them was highly skilled in the Martial Arts, on par with the Elders and Sect Leaders of the major sects.

Their appearance stunned everyone, instantly making the once-prominent Side Path masters pale in comparison.

Exotic Beasts that normally required a fierce battle of over a thousand moves to defeat were slain by their hands in just over a hundred.

How could such a glorious combat record not inspire astonishment and admiration?

These individuals’ actions were all conducted entirely within the official framework, causing the upper echelons of the various sects to frown deeply.

For a moment, they were unsure how to deal with them.

If it were only the dozen or so Evil Dao masters who had appeared, they would not be a major cause for concern.

But behind them stood at least several dozen more Dharma Masters, a few of whom were key figures whose strength had even reached the Domain Realm.

They were in no way weaker than the veteran elders of the major sects, but the techniques they had learned mostly prioritized quick gains, so their foundations were not as deep.

In a prolonged battle, they would inevitably be defeated.

Even so, this was still the strength of the Domain Realm—a level of peerless mastery that the world looked up to.

Under their leadership, the Evil Dao masters had already become a force capable of rivaling the Central Plains Martial Arts world.

Perhaps some kind of tacit understanding had been reached!

The appearance of the Evil Dao masters did not provoke a knee-jerk reaction from the various sects of the martial arts world.

Society as a whole continued to move forward in a steady and orderly fashion, focused on hunting Exotic Beasts and defending the sea borders.

The appearance of Exotic Beasts, the launch of the hunting operations, and the emergence of various major figures in the Martial Dao plunged the entire society into an atmosphere where the Martial Dao reigned supreme.

In martial arts competitions, there are naturally winners and losers.

People quite naturally began to rank the masters they knew of.

All sorts of rankings were created, such as the "Top Ten Dharma Grandmasters" and the "Top Ten Masters of the Younger Generation’s Soaring Dragon List."

Where there are people, there is the Jianghu. And where there is the Jianghu, there is conflict.

And so, the internet was filled with endless, heated arguments about who was stronger than whom and who truly was the best in the world.

Later, a website specifically conducted evaluations and held a vote, ultimately selecting the Top Ten Dharma Masters.

First place was none other than the Shaolin Abbot, Zen Master Huixu. He rarely took action, but his Zen Skill was said to be profound enough to contribute to creation itself, and he had reportedly mastered twelve of Shaolin’s Ultimate Skills.

He was the person in the last two hundred years to have learned the most complex arts and achieved mastery in the greatest number of them.

One could only imagine how profound his power was.

Ranked second was the Sect Leader of the Emei Sect, Zen Master Puyuan. His Emei Nine Yang Technique had reached the state where extreme Yang generates Yin, achieving Yin Yang Unity. His power was exceptionally profound.

He also cultivated the Emei Divine Sword Technique and, with his Demon-Slaying Swordsmanship, had once slain thirteen Demon Sect masters in a row within the Gui Xu Song Realm.

As for the rankings from fourth place onward, they were all occupied by the Sect Leaders or veteran elders of Daoist Sects such as Qing City, Kongtong, and Kunlun.

Further down the list came the various masters from the Evil Dao and the Side Paths.

This could be considered, in a roundabout way, giving some face to the major sects.

"Have you heard? Young Master Muyang is preparing to challenge that Eight-Clawed Giant Beast in the deep sea. If he succeeds, I imagine no one will be able to dispute his claim to first place."

On this day, a piece of news instantly blew up online, especially on the official website for the Beast Hunting operation.

This Young Master Muyang was an Evil Dao master. Ever since revealing himself to the world, he had made a name for himself in the Beast Hunting operation by slaying a flying High-tier Beast in one fell swoop.

This feat had placed him first in the entire Beast Hunting operation’s rankings.

Now that he was going to challenge an even more powerful Exotic Beast, it naturally drew everyone’s attention.