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 counterasure. 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 so 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 na 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 exclaid 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 mbers, asking them to send in as many people as possible. The True Qi within Li Yifei was running low. If he didn’t replenish so 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 seed to them that this was the only thing they could do at the mont. 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. anwhile, 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 punishnt, 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 co in. Have half remain outside, sealing all exits. No one, including you, is to leave without my inspection. Also, expand the periter 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 mont it’s dayti, which weakens the Evil Qi significantly, it doesn’t an 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 imdiately 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 imdiately worried about Xu Shanshan. She had been gone for over half an hour and had not returned nor sent any ssage.
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 ca running from a distance—it was indeed Xu Shanshan. Li Yifei imdiately 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 imdiately, "Sothing’s not right. The Evil Qi by the sea is extrely 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 so even smashing into the rocks until their bodies shattered."
"The closer you get to the reef, the denser the Evil Qi beca. I couldn’t make it all the way since large fish started appearing. Small fish have small mouths, but the big ones could swallow , so I quickly retreated. Well, I did encounter so 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 imdiately 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 sothing is trying to break free from control and want to co out from inside. I worry... it’s so kind of evil creature within that cave mansion trying to erge, but perhaps because the seal isn’t completely destroyed yet, or sothing is suppressing it, it hasn’t co out yet. However, the aura is getting stronger, and I’m worried it might co out at any ti."
"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, so 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 imdiately agreed.
The two began to work together, starting with the elderly and children. Xu Shanshan checked them, and Li Yifei perford 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 so 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 Extre Yang Qi. So young people with fiery tempers had evil qi spontaneously dissipating, saving them so 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 extrely 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 ters.
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 rely a wisp. But the massive black evil qi soaring into the sky before them was over one hundred ters 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 ti?
Body shivering, Li Yifei snapped to attention and urgently said to Xu Shanshan, "Quick, make haste, we can’t stay here longer!"
They imdiately 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 policen, mbers of the Hu Family, and villagers had evacuated, but they still needed to be checked as they had been here for a long ti 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 ters into the sky, like an underlying burning material that was puffing out huge plus 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 Extre 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 anyti. When Li Yifei described the situation here, Murong Yuanqing replied, "I have two types, but... according to what you said, this ti it’s serious. Yifei, prioritize your safety first. As for ordinary people... we do our best."
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