Chapter 1781: The King, and Honor

"I really envy you, having such a promising son... Sigh, with our family's one's academic performance, I reckon he won't even be able to get into university."

"Didn't your child also go out to participate in a summer camp? Where did he go again..."

"Over at Xuanyu, but his is a sports summer camp, he'll only be able to get into a sports academy in the future."

"Oh my, you should be content. As long as the children are healthy and happy, it's fine... Hey, coincidentally our children aren't at home recently, let's find some time to play mahjong together?"

"Sure, but I have to be a bit late today, I still have to go listen to the lecture and receive eggs!"

"..."

"Oh my, Boss Li, long time no see, how has business been recently?"

"Don't mention it, I've been worried to death recently. The department responsible for import and export here in Ruoshui is acting like it's having a seizure..."

"What do you mean?"

"No freight schedules? Impossible... Could they really hold back that many Realm Trains?"

"Who knows..."

"Could it be that you didn't bribe them well?"

"I already bribed them! They used to accept it in the past, now I don't know what's wrong, each and every one acts like they turn hostile and refuse to acknowledge old ties, no matter how much benefit I give they say they can't help... Damn it, if this goes on, I'm going to go bankrupt!"

"..."

"..."

The night grew dense.

Li Shangfeng, who had been constantly dozing off, hit the corner of the table with his head, letting out a muffled sound... forcefully knocking a pit into the marble table corner.

He had gone back and forth listening to an unknown number of conversations today. His eardrums were almost growing calluses. He felt like his brain was a paste; having listened for a whole day, it was as if he hadn't taken anything in.

Seeing that cracked table corner, Lin Xi's mouth twitched, hesitating to speak.

The guests in the cafe became fewer and fewer, and the waiters also began packing things up preparing to get off work. Seeing the time was about right, Lin Xi was just about to call Li Shangfeng up...

But his hand had only reached mid-air when Li Shangfeng violently raised his head!

"...Something's wrong."

Li Shangfeng's nose twitched slightly, his expression incomparably serious.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xi froze in place.

Before he could say anything else, an earth-shattering loud bang resounded from the plaza not far away!

Boom——!!!

The earth trembled, causing the coffee cups on the table to shake and shift slightly. Lin Xi's pupils contracted slightly, violently looking in that direction...

The gray-white sky vault had unknowingly replaced the night sky. A world seemingly drained of color merged with the streets of the Ruoshui Bastion. Faintly, monster-like figures rapidly shuttled back and forth within it!

"Calamities?!" Li Shangfeng spoke in shock.

In the Ruoshui Bastion, how could Calamities appear?

"Not good, is it a Gray Realm Convergence?" Lin Xi's brain operated rapidly. "But logically speaking, human bastions have Domains supporting them, the Gray Realm shouldn't be able to easily infiltrate... The Ruoshui Bastion has frequently seen localized Gray Realm Convergences recently, could it be that a problem occurred with the Lord of Ruoshui?"

"Watch out!!"

Li Shangfeng grabbed Lin Xi's collar. In the next second, blinding firelight spewed from his legs, and his entire person flew out like a rocket...

The instant they rushed out of the cafe, a Bone Rhino fully three stories tall, like an unstoppable mountain, directly crushed the cafe into pieces.

Those waiters who hadn't had time to get off work instantly turned into pools of bloody mud, not even having the chance to scream.

Rocket man Li Shangfeng carried Lin Xi and slowly landed in the empty space at the side. They simultaneously turned their heads to look in the direction of the cafe. Seeing the mess and hideous bloody mud all over the ground, their expressions were incredibly unsightly...

At the same time, that Bone Rhino that crushed the cafe shook its head and stood up again from the ruins, its gaze looking around as if searching for its next target.

"This Calamity has at least Sixth Stage strength!" Lin Xi spoke in a deep voice.

"Out of nowhere, how did a Calamity just rush out?" Li Shangfeng still couldn't understand. "How did the Gray Realm appear within the Domain?"

"Regardless, let's leave here first... A Calamity Invasion, the people from the Chengtian Prefecture should rush over very soon. Our most important thing right now is to lie dormant well and not meddle in other people's business." Lin Xi calmly analyzed the current situation.

Li Shangfeng nodded slightly. Just as he was about to say something, a series of ear-piercing screams entered their ears.

The two turned their heads to look at the same time, only to see that at the entrance of a brightly lit school, numerous students who had just finished their evening self-study were looking at that massive Bone Rhino in horror, their faces incomparably pale.

These students looked about the same age as Lin Xi. At this moment, every one of them was frightened out of their wits by the Level 6 Calamity Entity. More than half stayed frozen in place like sculptures unable to move, and the small portion who could overcome their fear turned their heads and wildly ran back towards the school behind them...

Perhaps attracted by the screams, that Bone Rhino slowly turned its head, locking onto this school.

Its massive body arched slightly, and after a brief accumulation of power, it rushed towards the school like an attacking mountain. Along the way, countless residential buildings shattered and collapsed like paper paste, rolling smoke and dust permeating the sky.

In front of its speed, the students' escaping speed was as slow as ants. That seemingly safe school was nothing more than fragile building blocks. Gusts of hurricanes swept across the earth, and the students' terrified screams resounded to the clouds.

Li Shangfeng and Lin Xi's hearts sank.

To them, pretending not to see and hiding to the side to Play It Safe was undoubtedly the most correct decision... But the two who had just reached an agreement on this, at this moment, simultaneously disregarded everything and rushed towards the school!

Li Shangfeng saw his sister's shadow in them, and Lin Xi saw his former companions' shadow in them. How could they sit back and watch a tragedy happen?

Missiles flew out from between Li Shangfeng's ribs, howling as they flew towards the Bone Rhino; Lin Xi raised his hand and drew, countless chains appearing as if forcibly trying to imprison the rhino in place...

But the current strength of the two was insufficient. The exploding missiles didn't cause fatal damage to the rhino, and the chains only persisted for an instant before exploding into pieces with a boom.

Amidst the rolling thick smoke, the rhino frantically rolled up a hurricane and rushed out from within. Its distance from the school grew closer and closer, and Li Shangfeng and Lin Xi's hearts sank to the bottom of the valley simultaneously!

"Damn it!!" Li Shangfeng roared angrily.

Just as they watched helplessly as the rhino was about to trample the school, the Bone Rhino's left front limb suddenly disappeared abruptly, as if erased by something...

Losing the support of its left front limb, the Bone Rhino instantly lost its balance. In the next second, its right front limb also disappeared consequently... and then the left hind limb, the right hind limb!

The Stealing Art flashed continuously. The Bone Rhino that was still unstoppable just now instantly became like a clumsy stone, rolling several times consecutively on the ground, its speed also visibly slowing down...

"So troublesome... Why do we have to tag along when the Dusk Society goes on a mission?" A figure wearing a crimson baseball cap pressed the brim of his hat at the top of the school. "Going on a business trip is already annoying, and we still have to save this group of noisy students."

Beside him, a woman wearing a blue beret spoke calmly:

"Watch your words, Chi Tong... Being able to serve the King, is our honor."