If it weren't for Ning Beichen not wanting to reveal his extraordinary abilities that surpassed human limits, he wouldn't have needed to lift a finger. A single breath of his qi could have blown them all away.
But even so, it was already terrifying. To Li Daitou, these people were all armed, yet Ning Beichen kicked them all away like playing football, one by one.
And he did all this while carrying her on his back.
"This scoundrel is annoying, but he's truly formidable. I wonder who he is?"
Li Daitou mused to herself.
Ning Beichen, however, didn't pay these petty thugs any mind. After kicking them all away, he continued to walk upwards with Li Daitou on his back.
Not long after, he encountered more thugs. Ning Beichen kicked them away with his feet as well.
At a turn, someone tried to ambush Ning Beichen, rushing out with an axe. Ning Beichen kicked him all the way to the rooftop.
However, Ning Beichen wasn't here to show off his leg techniques; he was looking for someone. He had underestimated the complexity of this place. Without any leads, finding someone here was harder than searching for a needle in a haystack.
So, when Ning Beichen saw these petty thugs, he had an idea. He beat up one of their leaders and forced him to reveal if he had seen Ms. Su's daughter.
"You're looking for her too?"
The thug leader's eyes widened in surprise when he saw Su Su's photo.
"You've seen her? And others are looking for her?"
Ning Beichen freed one hand, grabbed the leader by the neck, lifted him up, and asked fiercely.
"I... I've seen her. She arrived here many days ago with a few others. They are at Big Daddy Vic's territory. Not long ago, someone like you came looking for him. Those people were professional mercenaries, heavily armed."
The thug leader said quickly.
"Where is Big Daddy Vic's territory?"
Ning Beichen asked him.
"It's... it's up there."
The thug leader pointed upwards with a trembling voice, looking scared.
If they were little rabbits here, then Big Daddy Vic was a tiger. They dared not offend him.
"Get lost!"
Ning Beichen let him go and headed towards Big Daddy Vic's territory with Li Daitou on his back.
But before he could reach Big Daddy Vic's territory, he heard the sound of intense gunfire from above.
Hearing the gunfire, Ning Beichen, worried about Ms. Su's daughter's safety, stopped hiding his strength and sprinted up the winding stairs with Li Daitou on his back.
Soon, he saw a group of people exchanging fire above, engaged in a fierce battle. People were falling, shot.
At this moment, Yan Xiong and others also appeared beside Ning Beichen.
"Master, do we need to stop them?"
Yan Xiong asked.
"No need. As long as Ms. Su is alright."
Ning Beichen was not a meddler, and Yan Xiong and the others were even less so.
So, Ning Beichen and his group stood at a vantage point and watched, unperturbed by the fierce fighting below.
Meanwhile, inside a makeshift tin shack, a long-haired girl held a leather briefcase, flanked by two men in leather jackets.
"Su Su, we need to leave immediately. The Red Foxes are all over outside."
One of the men said, pushing aside a crude wooden bed. Beneath it was a lid, which he pulled open to reveal a passage.
Su Su nodded and crawled into the narrow passage. The two men followed.
They quickly climbed down a ladder into the passage below, where another tunnel lay.
The man leading the way navigated the tunnel with a torch, occasionally using it to scare away rats and cockroaches.
However, after a while, they heard gunshots from behind them in the tunnel. It seemed the Red Foxes had found their escape route.
"You guys go first, I'll blow up the passage."
A man in a yellow trench coat turned back. Not long after, a blast of hot air washed over them from behind the passage. The man in the yellow trench coat returned, covered in dust.
"The passage is collapsed. They won't be able to get through for a while, don't worry."
"Thank you for your trouble, Brother Hao."
Su Su said gratefully to the man in the yellow trench coat.
"Don't be so polite. You're my friend, I naturally have to protect you."
The yellow trench coat man replied.
"No matter what, I couldn't have done this without you."
Su Su said.
"Alright, don't say that. Even though I blew up the passage, it's possible they have other ways. We should hurry."
The man in the yellow trench coat urged.
Su Su nodded, and they quickly continued along the long passage.
Behind the collapsed passage, a burly man took out a matchbox-sized explosive and stuffed it into the pile of rocks, then lit the fuse.
The man then ran back about ten meters. The explosive in the pile of rocks detonated with a loud boom.
A clattering sound echoed from within the passage. After a pungent cloud of smoke, a gap was blown open in the previously blocked passage.
Soon, over a dozen people squeezed through the gap, pursuing Su Su and the others.
At this moment, Ning Beichen's eyes were slightly closed. The movements within a radius of several miles were all within his senses. Naturally, he sensed the situation in the underground tunnel.
"Let's go."
Ning Beichen leaped down from his high perch with Li Daitou on his back. However, he didn't enter the tunnel but headed quickly in another direction.
Soon, Ning Beichen arrived at the edge of a river. However, it was more like a sewer ditch.
The ditch was filled with all sorts of garbage, and numerous rats and cockroaches crawled about in the foul water.
Just as Li Daitou wondered why Ning Beichen had brought them here, she suddenly saw three figures emerge from the sewer ditch.
These three figures were Su Su and the two men protecting her, the very people Ning Beichen was looking for.
Su Su and her companions were startled when they saw Ning Beichen outside, initially thinking they were also there to capture them.
One of the men in black next to Su Su threw open his jacket, revealing a handgun, and opened fire on Ning Beichen and his group.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A string of bullets flew towards Ning Beichen.
In the blink of an eye.
Yan Xiong waved his arm and caught the three bullets aimed at Ning Beichen in his hand.