16: Three good students

At this moment, Fang Changyi was on his way to find Li Yao.

Standing on the Red Shadow Bird, he could quickly survey the situation on Zhaoyao Mountain.

Before long, the Red Shadow Bird spotted the Golden Armor Fire Ape shuttling back and forth on the Osmanthus Tree.

Oh, and Li Yao, who was being held by the Golden Armor Fire Ape.

The Golden Armor Fire Ape seemed to realize it was being followed and immediately looked behind itself.

Sure enough, it immediately spotted the Red Shadow Bird flying in the sky.

After sensing the terrifying Qi from the Red Shadow Bird, the Golden Armor Fire Ape instantly panicked.

It immediately called out to Li Yao.

Roar! Roar!!!

"Hm? You said there's a terrifying exotic beast chasing us from behind?" Li Yao understood the Golden Armor Fire Ape's meaning and also looked behind himself.

Sure enough, he immediately spotted the Red Shadow Bird in the sky, with its wings spread, spanning over ten meters.

It looked like this guy wasn't just passing by; it was deliberately targeting them.

"Holy moly! Where did this big bird come from!"

Li Yao, of course, didn't know that this Red Shadow Bird belonged to Fang Changyi.

Even more, he didn't know that Fang Changyi was standing on that Red Shadow Bird.

So, to save his life, he immediately urged the Golden Armor Fire Ape to run faster, lest they be caught by the Red Shadow Bird behind them.

However, the Red Shadow Bird's strength had reached the General-level, while the Golden Armor Fire Ape was only Soldier-Level.

Although it could shuttle back and forth on the Osmanthus Tree to speed up.

But, compared to the Red Shadow Bird flying in the sky, it was simply too slow.

Roar! Roar!!!

The Golden Armor Fire Ape felt the Red Shadow Bird behind it getting closer and couldn't help but start to speed up.

However, compared to the Red Shadow Bird, this acceleration was still not enough.

Fang Changyi, on the Red Shadow Bird, was stunned by the sight.

Li Yao's escape speed was really fast.

If it were an ordinary Soldier-level exotic beast, it might not actually be able to catch this guy.

Fortunately, the speed of his Red Shadow Bird, even among General-level creatures, could be said to be unmatched.

Catching Li Yao was simply too easy.

Soon, the Red Shadow Bird arrived above Li Yao and them.

"Li Yao, stop running. You're safe."

Li Yao: ???

Who's calling me?

Li Yao silently looked up, towards the sky above him.

Hmm, directly above him was that Red Shadow Bird.

Could it be that this big bird had become a spirit?

And could speak human language?

Li Yao silently looked at the Golden Armor Fire Ape, his meaning very clear: he wanted to ask when the Golden Armor Fire Ape would be able to speak.

The Golden Armor Fire Ape, seeing this, looked confused.

Hmm, very good. Although this guy was very loyal, its intelligence was a bit lacking.

As soon as Fang Changyi's words fell, he directly jumped down from the Red Shadow Bird.

Li Yao looked at the man who jumped down from the big bird in front of him and fell silent.

If this guy wanted to catch him, he really seemed to have no way to escape.

Fang Changyi, who had jumped from the Red Shadow Bird onto an osmanthus branch, patted the non-existent dust from his body, then smiled at Li Yao and said, "I am Fang Changyi, the Garrison Commander of the Secret Realm in Jianghai City."

Jianghai City didn't just have one Nanshan Secret Realm.

Below the Garrison Commander were the Garrison Guardians.

The Garrison Guardians were responsible for the safety of each Secret Realm.

In a Secret Realm, there were usually three Garrison Guardians.

They were responsible for the safety within the Secret Realm.

And Fang Changyi, as the Garrison Commander, was responsible for overseeing the Garrison Guardians under him.

Upon hearing Fang Changyi's self-introduction, Li Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

A Garrison Commander, that was someone responsible for the safety of a Secret Realm.

Now, he had actually come to find him personally.

It seemed his luck was quite good.

Immediately, Li Yao quickly started to report to Fang Changyi.

"Reporting, Garrison Commander! There are six unidentified individuals who tried to abduct people!"

"Fortunately, I was incredibly clever, otherwise, those guys would have succeeded!"

"For these guys who bully the weak, I hope the Garrison Commander can step forward and punish them!"

"Don't let down the heart of a good student like me!"

Fang Changyi: ???

A good student?

You?

What kind of good student carries a rocket launcher and a Gatling?

Moreover, this guy even carried beast-luring powder, openly violating the Secret Realm's regulations.

This was a good student?

Hmm, if one only looked at Li Yao's current appearance, he did indeed resemble a good student.

But, this guy was full of nonsense!

Just thinking that Li Yao was behind Guardian of the Nation Li Zun, the things he used in the Secret Realm alone were enough to have this guy arrested and sentenced.

"Ahem, I will deal with those guys."

"I deeply sympathize with what you've gone through."

"Now, let's leave this place first. Someone will deal with these six guys..."

However, before Fang Changyi could finish speaking, the Red Shadow Bird looked as if it were facing a formidable enemy and issued a warning to Fang Changyi.

Upon hearing the Red Shadow Bird's call, Fang Changyi immediately focused his gaze on the distance.

He saw faint tremors on the ground, and the sound of footsteps seemed to be getting louder and louder.

Beast tide?

No!

This was not a beast tide!

If it were a beast tide, the tremors would definitely not be this slight.

Presumably, only those enormous exotic beasts would cause such tremors.

But, this was the territory of Zhaoyao Mountain; even if there were Soldier-level exotic beasts, as far as he knew, large exotic beasts would not appear.

Soon, the source of the tremors appeared in the sight of Li Yao and Fang Changyi.

It was an Earth-Shaking Giant Elephant, fully five meters tall!

But, unlike a normal Earth-Shaking Giant Elephant, this particular one looked very strange.

It had special dark black patterns on its body, as if someone, bored with nothing to do, had tattooed this Earth-Shaking Giant Elephant.

However, what appeared together was not just the Earth-Shaking Giant Elephant, but also Blazing Fire Apes, large wolfhounds, and other demonized exotic beasts.

On their backs were the six individuals who had already been demonized.

Upon seeing the appearance of these guys, Fang Changyi's brows furrowed slightly.

Clearly, he could tell that these guys were the members of the Devils Cross Army he had just discovered.

But now, these guys' appearances had drastically changed, and they gave him a dangerous feeling.

If he didn't take special measures, he would really be in trouble.

"Go!" Fang Changyi was not reckless; he didn't directly confront these six guys head-on.

If it were outside the Secret Realm, he would not hesitate to directly teach these six guys a lesson.

After all, mere General-level Beast Masters were not to be feared.

However, this was within the Secret Realm.

He could hardly exert his true strength.

The only one who could go all out was the Red Shadow Bird above him.

However, he himself was a Marquis-level Beast Master, and his body had received power feedback from his beast multiple times.

Strictly speaking, his explosive strength could also reach the General-level.