Chapter 442: Escape [Third Update]
The sudden appearance of Li Xiaoyao, although he had not released any imposing aura, overwhelmed the Canglang Unit members with his ability to suspend bullets in midair.
Just a second ago, the battlefield was a site of fierce combat, but at this moment, it was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
This was the true strength of a mighty person, a one-man pass defying thousands!
The Canglang Unit members stared at Li Xiaoyao's face, feeling a sense of familiarity stirring within their hearts.
Suddenly, Feng Longwei's subordinate, Old Zhou, cried out in a lost voice, "It's him, Li Xiaoyao, the one who killed Li Shisan!"
As Old Zhou's shout rang out, everyone suddenly remembered.
The notorious video that had gone viral on the internet some time ago, where Li Xiaoyao descended from the sky and slayed Li Shisan with a single sword strike.
No wonder he looked so familiar, it was him!
Ye Chu quickly reacted, speaking quietly into his headset, "Full retreat!"
After speaking, Ye Chu turned to run with Blood Rose, and in the process, he pushed Cheng Yiyi down the sand dune.
This force was so unexpected that Cheng Yiyi, completely unprepared, lost her balance and rolled down the hillside, in quite a disheveled state.
A murderous intent appeared in Li Xiaoyao's eyes, and with one step, he used his skill to instantly shorten distances, arriving in front of Cheng Yiyi to help her up.
"Are you alright?" Li Xiaoyao asked with concern.
Cheng Yiyi, looking at the man she once despised, now felt his genuine concern in his words and an overwhelming sense of grievance and fear surged within her, causing her eyes to redden. Swallowing back her tears, Cheng Yiyi stubbornly pushed him away, pretending to be indifferent, "I'm fine."
Glancing in the direction where Ye Chu had fled, Li Xiaoyao said, "Wait here for me. After I've killed him, I'll come back for you."
Without waiting for Cheng Yiyi to respond, Li Xiaoyao had already vanished into thin air.
Cheng Yiyi bit her lip and said with annoyance while glancing at Li Xiaoyao's fading figure, "Whether you come back for me or not, what does it have to do with me?"
Upon Li Xiaoyao's arrival, Feng Longwei and the others lost their will to fight, and when he departed, everyone turned to flee, with Jin Gang and the rest closely pursuing.
Feng Longwei quickly approached Cheng Yiyi and said, "Yiyi, let's go."
Cheng Yiyi intended to refuse, but the words did not come out when they reached her lips.
Refuse? How could she refuse?
Could she really tell her comrades that she wouldn't leave because she was waiting for Li Xiaoyao?
At least for now, she was still a member of the Canglang Unit.
Looking back regretfully in the direction Li Xiaoyao had gone, Cheng Yiyi and Feng Longwei quickly made their escape.
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Ye Chu and Blood Rose, who had fled at the first opportunity, had already covered several thousand meters. Ye Chu slowed down and asked, "Have we shaken him off?"
Blood Rose closed her eyes tightly, intensifying her connection with the desert creatures. When she opened her eyes, her pretty face was pale as she said, "He's rapidly closing in on us, only four thousand meters away."
"What!" Ye Chu panicked a bit, he had witnessed Li Xiaoyao's power firsthand. The man who could slay Li Shisan with a single sword had a Cultivation Level much greater than his. If faced head-on, he would stand no chance at all.
Grinding his teeth, Ye Chu took a step and changed direction, fleeing in another way.
After running several more kilometers, Ye Chu continued to inquire, "What about now?"
Blood Rose shook her head with a wry smile. The elegance and composure gone from her delicate face, for the first time, she felt despair at the overwhelming power of Li Xiaoyao, "It seems like he has some kind of ability to track our movements."
"Even you can't avoid his tracking?" Ye Chu frowned. Blood Rose was known for having the Light of the Mind, but even she was helpless at this moment.
"His speed is incredibly fast, it might not be possible to shake him off. But if it's just a matter of avoiding his tracking, I might be able to do it." Blood Rose wasn't certain, as this was the first time she had faced an enemy with abilities similar to hers.
Ye Chu said, "Whether it works or not, let's give it a try; we have no better options now."
"Okay." Blood Rose nodded and said, "Put me down."
Ye Chu stopped and set Blood Rose down.
Sitting on the ground, Blood Rose closed her eyes tightly, her right forefinger gently touching her forehead. A strange, invisible yet tangibly felt energy emanated from her forehead.
This energy enveloped the two like an invisible shield, isolating them from the world.
Blood Rose's complexion turned slightly pale as she said, "I've used my spiritual power to shield our presence. Even a Mentalist wouldn't be able to sense us. Now, run!"
Ye Chu took a deep breath, picked up Blood Rose's soft and delicate body, and sprinted toward the vast expanse of the distance.
Behind them, over a thousand meters away, Li Xiaoyao, who had been pursuing them frantically, suddenly stopped.
"Lost their trail?" He frowned, closed his eyes, and with a light touch of his forefinger to his forehead, an outpouring of spiritual power many times stronger than Blood Rose's swept out in all directions like radar.
Under the sweep of this spiritual power, all life forms were unmistakable, magnified thousands of times under a microscope and clearly presented in Li Xiaoyao's mind.
Li Xiaoyao suddenly opened his eyes, his eyebrows tightly knit.
"It seems you have some tricks up your sleeve to escape right under my nose."
"Well then, I might as well let you live a few more days."
Turning around, he swept back to where he had come from. When he returned to the temporary dwelling of Long Chi, Jin Gang's seventeen members were tidying up their spoils of war.
Li Xiaoyao, with his thoughts covering a ten-kilometer radius, was somewhat angrily unable to locate Cheng Yiyi's trail.
"Where are they?" Li Xiaoyao asked Shi Tou.
Shi Tou shook his head helplessly and said, "They've escaped. They've pushed their Cultivation Level to the limit to maximize their speed. We can't catch up."
"What about the woman?"
Shi Tou understood that Li Xiaoyao was asking about Cheng Yiyi and had seen earlier that when she rolled down the sand dune, Li Xiaoyao was the first to help her up, and the two seemed to have had a brief conversation.
Shi Tou, with his keen understanding, deduced from these clues that Li Xiaoyao must know the woman.
"She was taken away by Feng Longwei."
"Feng Longwei?"
"Yes, Feng Longwei is Canglang Unit's strongest warrior."
Li Xiaoyao looked out at the endless yellow desert and exhaled softly.
It must be that the remnants of Canglang Unit had by now fled beyond ten kilometers. Otherwise, with his awareness, he would have been able to find them.
However, Li Xiaoyao wasn't overly worried. Feng Longwei seemed to have an interest in Cheng Yiyi, and his character was upright. He wouldn't do something despicable like Ye Chu. With Cheng Yiyi temporarily under his protection, she should be safe.
Still, Li Xiaoyao was a bit concerned; he worried that these fleeing survivors might encounter other units.
With the remnants of Canglang Unit, they probably couldn't contend with a complete unit.
The ten units had similar powers, but once there was a large disparity in numbers, the unit with more people would undoubtedly have an absolute advantage.
"This is a battlefield of life and death with no holds barred; I must find her quickly."
"Whoever dares to harm her, I will make sure they regret coming into this world."
Li Xiaoyao's eyes turned cold with murderous intent.
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