Super Soldier in the City

Chapter 2378 - 2442: Evacuation

Consuming a lot of True Qi and might not succeed, Li Yifei was well aware of these facts. However, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he must save the young boy.The difficulty lay in the fact that there was also a strand of Evil Qi within the boy, and it was a self-conscious Evil Qi that would hide. This hiding process could harm the boy’s body and, in the end, might cause the Evil Qi to go for broke, destroying the host even at the cost of annihilating itself.

But Li Yifei had already devised a countermeasure. He began by sealing the boy’s head with True Qi to prevent the Evil Qi from entering the brain, then protected the heart. As for other parts... he believed they were not much to worry about.

The Evil Qi crashed around, only to eventually find itself surrounded. Helplessly, it chose to self-destruct, but was instead cornered by the prepared Li Yifei. Of course, even so, it caused significant distress to the young boy, with some damage to his internal organs.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Li Yifei opened his eyes and exhaled a murky breath. He laid the young boy down on the ground, letting him lie down flat. The boy’s parents, upon seeing this scene, went into a frenzy, shouting their son’s name and trying to rush over but were blocked by two police officers.

"He’s fine now!" Li Yifei said indifferently.

"Fine? Mr. Li, is this true?" Upon confirming they hadn’t misheard, the young boy’s parents exclaimed joyfully, "Thank you, Mr. Li, thank you!"

Li Yifei waved his hand, saying, "Go back to your place, no one is to move recklessly!"

Li Yifei sat down directly with crossed legs, transmitting orders to several police officers and Hu Family members, asking them to send in as many people as possible. The True Qi within Li Yifei was running low. If he didn’t replenish some of it quickly, he might need to tap into his Innate Vital Energy, which would be too costly. At least for now, Li Yifei was reluctant to use it!

Recovering even a little would help. After finishing his instructions, Li Yifei began cultivating. The villagers, having witnessed Li Yifei’s miraculous deed, knew to heed his words. It seemed to them that this was the only thing they could do at the moment. Despite the blazing weather, many could only sit on the ground, awaiting fate’s decree.

After saving the young boy, nearly twenty minutes passed without anyone exhibiting those sudden, tumultuous symptoms, allowing Li Yifei to rest for those minutes. Meanwhile, until the security forces from the county arrived, they too had orders to fully and unconditionally obey Li Yifei’s commands without any deviation. Otherwise, they faced severe punishment, with the person in charge being the captain of the Public Security Bureau’s riot squad, who jogged over to salute Li Yifei and reported in.

Li Yifei nodded, saying, "You don’t all need to come in. Have half remain outside, sealing all exits. No one, including you, is to leave without my inspection. Also, expand the perimeter and have everyone retreat backward!"

Li Yifei was not making baseless claims; he’d already sensed that the Evil Qi in the air was increasing, causing him to be on guard. Although at this moment it’s daytime, which weakens the Evil Qi significantly, it doesn’t mean there is none. It’s midday now; should it linger till the afternoon or persist into the night, Li Yifei dared not imagine the situation. Hence the best solution was to resolve this issue in the daylight.

At the very least, evacuate all the villagers, allowing for more survival and less death.

The captain immediately took the order, staying himself, and swiftly issued commands over the walkie-talkie.

Li Yifei gave him an approving look and was about to speak when he suddenly heard the sound of knocking coming from the air. Li Yifei’s face darkened. The source of this sound could almost certainly be traced to the sea. Thinking of the sea, he immediately worried about Xu Shanshan. She had been gone for over half an hour and had not returned nor sent any message.

Regrettably, there were too few people. Even just a few more cultivators would help control the situation. Although those who went berserk were dangerous, they weren’t considered hard to deal with by cultivators and could be easily resolved. However, there were none available now, and Li Yifei was at a loss.

Just as he was pondering, a figure came running from a distance—it was indeed Xu Shanshan. Li Yifei immediately stood up.

"How’s it on your side?" Li Yifei stepped forward and asked through transmission.

Xu Shanshan’s face didn’t look good, and her clothes were wet. Upon hearing Li Yifei’s transmission, she responded immediately, "Something’s not right. The Evil Qi by the sea is extremely thick. I got attacked by those fish as soon as I went into the water. Regardless of size, all the fish began madly attacking anything, with some even smashing into the rocks until their bodies shattered."

"The closer you get to the reef, the denser the Evil Qi became. I couldn’t make it all the way since large fish started appearing. Small fish have small mouths, but the big ones could swallow me, so I quickly retreated. Well, I did encounter some trouble among that, but I’m fine!"

"What about the Flood Dragon?" Li Yifei spoke while holding Xu Shanshan’s hand, letting True Qi flow into her to ensure she was okay, and only then did he feel reassured.

"It went in to check, but... I just felt a huge sense of worry, also a sense of fear within my heart."

"Worried about what?"

"Just now, oh, even now, honey, did you hear that thudding sound?" Xu Shanshan asked, to which Li Yifei immediately nodded, frowning, "What is that knocking sound?"

"I’m not sure, but I was close just now, and I could feel that thudding sound, or perhaps it’s a pounding sound getting increasingly intense. It seems like something is trying to break free from control and want to come out from inside. I worry... it’s some kind of evil creature within that cave mansion trying to emerge, but perhaps because the seal isn’t completely destroyed yet, or something is suppressing it, it hasn’t come out yet. However, the aura is getting stronger, and I’m worried it might come out at any time."

"Flood Dragon Ao Bai hasn’t returned yet, let’s not worry about this matter for now!" Li Yifei squeezed Xu Shanshan’s hand and said, "Let’s first evacuate these villagers. You check them, and I’ll handle the clearance. Be careful, some people’s bodies have evil qi with consciousness and are aggressive."

"Okay!" Xu Shanshan also knew this was what needed to be done right now, so she immediately agreed.

The two began to work together, starting with the elderly and children. Xu Shanshan checked them, and Li Yifei performed the clearance. Their actions were swift, and the thudding sound in the sky grew more intense, resembling war drums. But in fact, this thudding was like the death knell.

Li Yifei really wanted to investigate himself to get some understanding, but unfortunately, he couldn’t leave here and couldn’t go to see firsthand what was going on over there.

Fortunately, it was noon, and the world was filled with Extreme Yang Qi. Some young people with fiery tempers had evil qi spontaneously dissipating, saving them some trouble. However, when the two had treated more than half of the dozens of villagers, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan suddenly stopped and turned to look toward the seaside. The thudding sound had disappeared ten minutes ago, but in that instant just now, they both keenly sensed an extremely mystical feeling—a master expert’s alertness and premonition for danger.

The villagers also looked over bewilderedly, but seconds later, a cloud of black energy appeared on the distant horizon, rising from the ground like a mushroom cloud from an explosion. Seen from afar, the mushroom cloud rose slowly, but actually, it was rising quickly and soon reached a height of a hundred meters.

At this height, the mushroom cloud didn’t stop but continued to rise.

"This is..." Xu Shanshan couldn’t help but open her mouth wide. Both saw the mass of black energy; in fact, everyone here saw it, but only the two knew it wasn’t an explosion but rather that black evil qi!

The black evil qi they had cleared before was just a small mass. Even in Li Yifei’s soul pillar, the black energy was merely a wisp. But the massive black evil qi soaring into the sky before them was over one hundred meters tall and still rising, filling the whole world with black evil qi.

Did this blast the natural gas underground out? Li Yifei saw this dense black evil qi, feeling his lips dry and his thoughts racing: If this black energy enveloped him, would it... turn him into a monster?

And this was noon, with bright sunshine and the densest Yang energy in the world, yet this black energy was already so rampant. What if it were a different time?

Body shivering, Li Yifei snapped to attention and urgently said to Xu Shanshan, "Quick, make haste, we can’t stay here longer!"

They immediately sped up, and once they finished checking all the collected villagers, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan were almost worn out. They saw that the remaining policemen, members of the Hu Family, and villagers had evacuated, but they still needed to be checked as they had been here for a long time and might have evil qi invasion.

"Everyone, please don’t rush. We need a break!" Li Yifei smiled slightly and sat on the ground wearily, with Xu Shanshan not minding her image and sitting down as well. They were indeed exhausted.

Those people quickly said, "Don’t worry, Mr. Li, please recover first, we’re not in a hurry."

Rushing wouldn’t help, as Li Yifei was low on True Qi and needed to recover.

In the distance, the black evil qi was still spreading, already reaching several hundred meters into the sky, like an underlying burning material that was puffing out huge plumes of black smoke, continuously gushing out. Li Yifei even felt that if he were close enough, he might hear the sizzling sounds of sunlight burning the black energy.

With an object holding Extreme Yang Qi, it might be much more effective. Li Yifei thought of this, then made a call to Murong Yuanqing. The old man’s phone was through, using the aircraft’s onboard communication system to ensure contact anytime. When Li Yifei described the situation here, Murong Yuanqing replied, "I have two types, but... according to what you said, this time it’s serious. Yifei, prioritize your safety first. As for ordinary people... we do our best."