The Legendary F Rank

A shockwave shook the earth around Shenzhen as the flash of white light dispersed in the clouds up above, and the plane was now nowhere to be seen. Haru turned his head to see the three ships that were stationed in the sea had their guns pointed in their direction.

'That's a relief. I didn't even realise that was coming until it was already too late. I guess the guys back on the ships already discovered it with their radar systems.' Haru thought as he wondered how useful it would be to have a skill that acted as a radar. 

"What happened just now!? Was that the magic railgun on the ships? I have never even seen them fire before. I didn't think that it would be so devastating." Jake exclaimed in shock at what she had just witnessed as the rest of the soldiers sighed in relief.

They had just thought that their lives were going to end for sure, so they all felt incredibly grateful to make it out of such a situation alive.

"Who would have thought that those huge cannons weren't just for show," Jake spoke again, but this time with a chuckle as he too felt glad to be alive. But as for Haru, he was already thinking of a way to create a technique that would detect his enemies.

'My spiritual sense allows me to detect people's Qi from a distance, but I need to actively focus on it to be able to sense it. If I could find a way that would allow me to use it constantly without focusing, then I would be able to know what is happening around me at all times. 

I would even be able to sense someone's intentions to allow me to determine if someone is a threat or not.' Haru thought as the idea didn't seem impossible to him, just a bit straining as he immediately tried it out. 

Haru took a few steps without saying anything as he tried his best to concentrate on sensing everything around him using his spiritual sense, but it only led him to get distracted when Jake spoke up.

"Now that we have accomplished what we set out to do, we had better head back to the ships. I'm sure that we will have more orders by the time we get there, so let's head out now! I'm sure that the Chinese army can handle everything with the civilians now that the threat has been illuminated.

Everyone gather around! We will stay informed as we head back. With the captain in the middle, so she doesn't get harmed by anyone in case there are a few enemies remaining." Jake said as all of the soldiers followed his command and began to march with Haru at the back in a daze as he tried to figure out how he would make it work. 

'Is this even possible? I'm sure that Li Jun or Lao would have mentioned it to me before if it was. Damn it! Why did you guys have to disappear? I hope you're both safe out there.' Haru thought as he remembered the day that Shanghai was attacked by the demon clan.

'But both Lao and Li Jun always knew where people were before I could sense them myself. Did they use their spiritual sense too? Or was it something else?' Haru thought as his body went into autopilot as his mind slipped into his soul ocean while he continued to walk beside the rest of the soldiers. 

"Ralph?! Are you here?" Haru called out as he looked around the mansion but didn't see any sign of him. Haru stood at the edge of the pond for a few moments before the sound of gravel crunching behind him surprised him.

"What is it!? Why are you so noisy all of a sudden?" Ralph asked as he walked along the gravel path towards Haru before he turned around to greet him.

'This forsaken puppet. I can't get used to how creepy he looks.' Haru thought as he still wasn't used to Ralph's appearance.

"Uhm… Well, I was wondering if I could ask you something. If it's not too much trouble, of course?" Haru asked as he looked back at Ralph. 

"Well, you're already here, aren't you? So out with it already. What is it?" Ralph said with a sigh, sounding as if he was annoyed by Haru's presence, but he was still willing to listen, so Haru didn't waste any time and decided to ask him right away.

"I was just wondering. Is it possible to sense everything around you constantly? Like if I was using my spiritual sense but without concentrating. So I wouldn't have to worry about people sneaking up on me even if I was sleeping." Haru explained as he tried his best to make Ralph understand. 

"So it's something like that?" Ralph asked before yawning slightly and raising his hand to his mouth.

"If you really want to know something so simple, then I don't mind answering you," Ralph said and then stopped for a moment.

"But you do have to do something for me in return…." Ralph smiled as he looked at Haru with a twisted grin.

"Wh-what is it?" Haru asked as he felt nervous. Ralph's appearance was creepy enough without the evil smile. But now, he looked like a doll possessed by a demonic entity like in the stories he had heard as a child.

"It's not that big of a deal. I will tell you when the time is right. But for now, let's get to the problem at hand. You want to know how to sense the area around you. It's a good choice for learning this skill, but I should warn you that it is mentally demanding. 

But I probably shouldn't be worried about someone who has already experienced the path of reincarnation. This should be a simple concept for you to grasp." Ralph said before snapping his fingers, causing a sheet of paper, a brush and a pot of ink to appear in the air in front of him. 

'He has the power to materialise things inside my soul ocean? Or is it just the power to materialise things inside the mansion?' Haru thought as Ralph looked up at him for a moment. 

"Everything in this mansion is under my control until the day it is inherited by my master's descendant," Ralph said as he heard all the thoughts inside Haru's mind constantly. Even the ones about him looking creepy. But despite that, he still remained unbothered by what Haru thought and continued to write down something on the sheet of paper.

'I wonder who your master actually is. He has said that multiple times now. I wonder how strong someone would have to be to create a cultivation technique that creates a floating mansion within your soul ocean. And who is this descendant that he speaks of?' Haru thought before Ralph spoke again.

"You know what these are, right?" Ralph asked as he handed the paper to Haru, which contained a bunch of runes written on it. 

It was Haru's first time seeing something like this before since he was only used to writing a couple of runes at the same time, but this was something different. The number of Runes written on the paper was equivalent to the test papers he wrote during his time at school.

Haru looked over it for a few minutes as he tried his best to decipher it. It took a lot of effort as he wasn't familiar with some of the runes, but despite that, he managed to understand the basic concept that Ralph was trying to teach him.

'So it's not so much as focusing on my mental strength to sense the things around me, but I actually just have to release it. I have to somehow let my mind settle to the point where it seeps out of my body and surrounds me at all times.

How is that easy? I don't even know where to begin with something like that.' Haru thought before suddenly Ralph reached out and placed his hand against Haru's chest.

"Remember this feeling," Ralph said before Haru's mind went blank, and everything around him became white before the sight of him marching alongside his unit came into his vision, but it was a little bit different. 

The soldiers no longer looked like people but instead, silhouettes filled with different colours. Some were dark blue in colour, and Haru could instantly tell that they felt anxious, and others were yellow, which told Haru that they were scared.

But the two that stood out the most were the silhouettes of Jake and Captain Liegan. 

Jake looked to be a shade of green which signified that he felt proud, and Captain Liegan was a grey since she still remained unconscious. But as Haru looked around, he saw a few more silhouettes in the distance that were red in colour, and they appeared to be holding something in their hands as they looked towards Haru and his unit. 

"No! Who are they!?" Haru thought as he opened his eyes and looked to the location where he had seen the red silhouettes to see three remaining enemy soldiers in the distance that had fled from the fighting but had now come back for revenge.

'Not on my watch.' Haru thought as he picked up a rock from the ground and split it into three even pieces in his hand and then used his Qi to make it soar through the sky and take them out in one movement. 

'Thanks, Ralph. I think I understand it now.' Haru thought as his eyes now had a tint of red to them as he let go of all the worries in his mind and began to feel everything around him. There were no other life forces remaining in the city except theirs and the Chinese soldiers they had just left, so he had nothing to fear as they made it back to the ships to report that they had completed their orders and explain everything that happened while they were there.