The bodies absorbed of essence would not disappear, but instead still lie on the ground.
However, in this way, itâs a pity that the monster bodies previously bombarded to death were wasted, which could have been contribution value.
Even if the war ended, it might be too late.
The essence within the bodies has already dissipated, and they cannot absorb anything.
The Awakeners acted one after another, starting to clean up these monsters to prevent them from breaking through the defense lines and rushing into the city.
However, due to the interruption of the communication network, they were unaware that in other corners of Water Blue Star, black mist teleportation arrays had already opened one after another.
"No! The number of monsters shouldnât be only these!"
Finally, Jannan discovered this abnormal phenomenon.
According to the Dark Energy Radar, there was obviously a large number of monsters entering the teleportation array in the central area.
But the number of monsters that appeared on the outer circle of the battlefield was significantly less than the total number entering.
This situation can only indicate one thing, which is that these creatures were teleported to places beyond the radarâs detection range.
Thinking of this, his expression changed.
Could it be that the monster can actually open the teleportation gates to even further locations!?
Then where exactly is this limit location?
Could other areas of Water Blue Star have already suffered the invasion of these monsters?
...
At this moment, Hua Xia Country, Guihua City.
This was once the Overlordâs hometown, a world-famous Water City, with a rich history and culture, known as the "Huaxia Civilizationâs Pulse".
A part of one of the four major freshwater lakes, Hongze Lake, is located here.
At this moment, beside Hongze Lake, in a scenic area surrounded by mountains and water.
More than twenty teenagers were diligently squatting in horse stance under the guidance of an elderly man in a blue robe.
The old man, about seventy years old, wore a simple training uniform and carried an imposing presence, exuding the demeanor of a master.
This man was Xiang Zhenyuan, the current Sect Leader of the Skywalker Sect, who practiced the Ancient Martial Arts "Skywalking Nine Fingers".
And those teenagers were apprentices recruited by him for the academy.
They were children about eleven or twelve years old, with the youngest only eight years old.
In the distance from these people, some tourists with mobile phones could be seen taking pictures.
Everyone was curious about the Sky Martial Arts Academy, which had once taken the internet by storm.
Nobody from the Xiang Family stopped them from taking photos, as long as they didnât get too close and disturb the childrenâs training.
What they were practicing now were basic skills like horse stance, not involving any profound martial arts.
If they want to take pictures, just let them.
After all, this was a public area, and there was no reason to chase others away.
If Mr. Xiang hadnât said, martial artists should always maintain a good mental state.
A good environment clearly plays a supportive role in training.
Otherwise, the Xiang Family wouldnât bring these students to such a place to train.
This gave many people the opportunity to watch, and they all filmed and posted the scenes they saw to the Starry Community.
However, among these onlookers, not all were idle spectators.
Some were middle-aged men and women, the parents of those students.
How could they not be concerned about their childrenâs cultivation progress?
But after observing for a long period, these peopleâs patience gradually wore thin.
Some even showed dissatisfaction on their faces.
A well-dressed middle-aged woman even posted a complaint in her Starry Community.
"This is the teaching method of the Sky Martial Arts Academy; Iâm beginning to doubt if these people are actually frauds."
The post included a video of the academyâs students doing horse stance by the lake.
"Look at them, squatting in horse stance like this, and theyâve been doing it for almost a month. I just want to ask, whatâs the difference between this and the ordinary martial arts drills?"
"Donât tell me about basic skills, I understand these things! But the problem is, why does a sect capable of guiding one to the Extraordinary, use teaching methods that are exactly like those superficial ones?"
"Apart from spending a large sum of money for that so-called medicinal bath, I havenât seen any difference in the children today. They are healthy, but still ordinary people."
"Iâm beginning to suspect that the earlier things were just a deliberate hype by the academy, hiring some stooges to falsely create an image of being an Extraordinary Sect, tricking us into spending money, then colluding with those selling supplements to get kickbacks!"
"..."
The post quickly attracted a lot of attention from netizens.
In fact, she wasnât the only parent who thought this way.
Otherwise, the number of young students learning the Skywalking Nine Fingers wouldnât have dropped from thirty at the start to just over twenty now.
Many parents felt deceived.
This was nothing more than an ordinary class teaching people martial arts.
They spent months and a lot of money, but saw no tangible return.
Some impatient ones naturally had their children drop out halfway.
Mr. Xiang didnât say much about it, he just said it was fate, and readily refunded the tuition.
Anxiety among people is contagious.
Among the remaining studentsâ parents, except for a few particularly obsessed with the Extraordinary Domain, most were skeptical of the academy.
Online, after seeing the womanâs post, netizens began to discuss it.
Many shared her opinion.
They believed that the term Extraordinary Sect was just a gimmick, and it was actually an ordinary martial arts class.
Though, there were some who acknowledged Mr. Xiangâs skills, considering he won the championship belt in WTF. Yet, there were conspiracy theorists among them.
"So what if itâs a WTF championship? If it were a few years back, I wouldâve had nothing to say, it was indeed the toughest fighting competition. But now, I can only call it laughable..."
"Yeah, Iâve heard many say that WTF is all staged now, and if you have money, buying a gold belt isnât impossible..."
"Actually, youâre all guessing wrong, Mr. Xiang isnât any Martial Arts Master, heâs an investment master, a hype master!"
"From the start with WTF fights, then to controlling the Extraordinary buzz, and later teaming up with sellers of supplements to cut the leeks, the old manâs investments were shrewd. He gained money and fame and wonât worry about customers in the future. I truly bow to him..."
"..."
There is no shortage of skeptics and conspiracy theorists on the internet.
Sometimes, even the most obvious things will have someone standing up to voice the opposite opinion.
Some truly believe it, while others do it just for attention.
They must say something different to showcase their uniqueness.
For the former, itâs not so much their fault.
From a societal development perspective, doubt and different opinions are indeed needed to drive overall progress.
But the latter are just there to disrupt, they are what we call trolls nowadays.
In reality, if someone paid close attention, they would see from the Abnormality Departmentâs attitude towards Sky Martial Arts Academy that Mr. Xiang could never be a fraud.
But when a wall is about to fall, many are eager to push it over without care.
They donât care if itâs a load-bearing wall.
Anyway, if the building collapses, it wonât crush them.
They just desire a brick from it.
Or maybe they simply want to witness the collapse for some excitement in their mundane lives.
As a result, everyone selectively ignored some obvious facts and collectively aimed their criticisms at the Sky Martial Arts Academy.