Instead of heading straight north of the city, the locomotives and vehicles took a detour northward.
The pursuers withdrew after they entered the outskirts of Hua'an City, and Ye Xiao got into the car directly.
"What about your motorcycle?" Chang Le asked, seeing the motorcycle abandoned on the roadside.
"Just throw it away." Ye Xiao clapped his hands as he sat down next to her. "Besides, it's not my car."
Chang Le was shocked: "Steal...steal?"
"Bullshit! Would I steal a car?" Ye Xiao said proudly. "I snatched it from a bunch of punks."
Chang Le: ...
Okay, okay, okay.
"Boom—"
"Bang—"
A deafening roar came from not far away, and the ground and vehicles trembled.
Chang Le looked out the car window and saw that fighting had broken out in the southern part of Hua'an City, parallel to their location. Scattered aftershocks of artillery fire were only a few hundred meters away from them.
"Speed away." Ye Xiao kicked the driver's seat. "Hua'an City is their territory. You'll only be free once you're in that area to the north where the alien species gather."
"I know." Jiu Fanggui's voice remained calm, but the vehicle accelerated again.
The vehicles sped along the highway, avoiding the south of the city, but because the undamaged road leading north was close to the city, they had to risk entering it.
Unsurprisingly, an accident occurred upon entering.
They were stopped by government troops just as they entered the northern part of Hua'an City.
Clashes have broken out ahead, with government troops and new forces coming from the east and west respectively. No open flames have been seen yet, but casualties have already occurred.
“We’ll charge in from behind!” Ye Xiao said.
Jiu Fanggui squinted and focused his gaze on one person: "It's too late."
A hurricane several meters high suddenly swept in, only to be blocked by a large mass of black and white ink, as if a clay ox had entered the sea, gradually dissolving away.
As the hurricane dissipated, a beautiful figure appeared, flying backwards before finally stopping in the swirling air.
It was that old-school female major general, Feng Ling.
Opposite her, the familiar flowing ink painting was from Gu Zhongshu.
Behind Feng Ling were the retreating government troops, while behind Gu Zhongshu were his subordinates on the front lines, who were now withdrawing from the northern front and approaching Rong Jichang's stronghold in the south.
Feng Ling led a group to stop them, but they were clearly inferior to Gu Zhongshu in cultivation.
At this moment, two more streaks of light flew in from the horizon and landed behind Feng Ling. They were people sent by Rong Jichang, and the situation reversed.
"People in the car! Get out!" Government troops spotted their vehicle.
Jiu Fanggui and Ye Xiao exchanged a glance but did not move.
At this moment, a dazzling sword beam descended from the south rear, colliding with a huge white tiger phantom. The impact was like a nuclear bomb being dropped on the earth, and the booming aftershocks brought a giant wave of overturned earth and rocks.
Ye Xiao reacted quickly, scooped up Chang Le, and together with Jiu Fanggui, they abandoned the vehicle and sped away.
Jerry Yan disappeared, and the ordinary soldiers affected by the commotion collapsed on the ground.
Only the two sides remained facing each other in the open space, with a few more people arriving later.
Ying Sheng, Qin Xuan, Shen Hongchou, Wei Baiyu, and Rong Jichang are all here!
The core members of both the old and new factions are almost all here!
When Chang Le saw that Rong Jichang was in a disheveled state, as if he had just gone through a major battle, he immediately understood that in just one or two hours, the new faction had quickly taken control of the situation, and Rong Jichang was showing signs of defeat. He was trying to escape but was intercepted.
Ying Sheng was draped in a long robe embroidered with soaring golden dragons, and he held an ancient longsword, clearly in the state of having activated his superpower [Emperor]. The astonishing sword light from just now was from his hand.
Because they were all lying on the ground, the three people, Jiu Fanggui, who were perfectly fine and unharmed, stood out all the more.
“Heh,” Shen Hongchou curled his lips, “Ye Xiao, Jiu Fanggui, now everyone’s here.”
The people from the old and new factions shifted their positions slightly, and Jiu Fanggui stood with Ye Xiao, forming a three-way standoff with the other two factions.
They are hostile to each other, wary of each other, and obstruct each other.
Without any warning, almost everyone attacked at the same time!
The hurricane swept through, its sharp wind blades rubbing fiercely against the black dragon's hard scales.
The black dragon soared and collided violently with the white tiger with wings on its back. The white tiger, sent flying backward, spread its wings to block the divine lightning from the sky.
The scattered divine lightning was shattered by the overwhelming sword light, and the broken pieces of divine lightning were swept up by the hurricane.
The flowing light of black and white ink wash dissipates the hurricane and divine thunder into nothingness, while the decomposing factors of darkness gather into a vortex that merges with the ink wash and perishes together.
The few people who stood at the pinnacle of human cultivation fought a battle so fiercely that it was as if the heavens and earth were collapsing!
Jiu Fanggui did not make a move, still appearing to have no offensive capabilities. Amid the chaos, he led Chang Le towards the north side.
"Chang Le!" Suddenly a shout was heard, and Qin Xian rushed over.
Chang Le sensed something was wrong, knowing that he was going to stop him. Qin Xian had already approached, his tone urgent: "I am not your enemy, and I will not force a particular path, but I must stand in the position of the region and the Qin family to ensure that the two paths you offer will not threaten the region!"
Chang Le was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned to look at Jiu Fanggui, only to see that his gaze was calm, and he did not show any surprise at the fact that he told Qin Xian about the experimental results and Qin Xian mentioned "region" and "Qin family".
Jiu Fanggui reached out and slapped away Qin Xian's hand that was gripping Chang Le's shoulder: "Let's get out of here first!"
Gu Yujing rushed over from behind and shoved Qin Xian, saying, "Let's go first!"
In the chaos, the four turned north.
The traces of war following the arrival of extraterrestrial beings remained, the land ravaged, desolate, and filled with despair. Yet, Chang Le, holding Jiu Fang Gui's hand, saw hope amidst the ruins.
She stepped forward.
"Buzz—"
Chang Le, Gu Yujing, and Qin Xian were thrown back almost simultaneously.
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