To escape, Su Liuying disregarded everything and charged forward with his four teammates. Upon reaching the base of the wall, he immediately ordered, "Quickly, create a staircase!"
Zhu Jianwen, following closely behind Su Liuying, quickly stepped forward. Placing his hands on the city wall, steps instantly grew from its surface. The five of them hurried up the stairs, preparing to flee outside.
"Want to leave? Did you ask me?" Suddenly, a spray of sand shot out, striking an ability user directly in the back. The sharp sand blades pierced through his back, severing his spine. Their sharpness was no less than that of divine weapons.
Su Liuying looked back and saw Wang Ao Ye pursuing them. He couldn't help but curse, "Despicable and shameless! Attacking sneakily! If you have the guts, stand out and fight me fair and square!"
Unexpectedly, Wang Ao Ye nodded seriously and said to Su Liuying, "No problem. If you want to fight fair and square, I'll give you that chance. Come at me all at once. I'll see how capable you four are!"
Wang Ao Ye had previously feared Su Liuying's ability, finding it particularly troublesome and difficult to deal with. However, he now knew that Su Liuying's ability was merely oxidation, accelerating the oxidation rate within others, causing them to age. While it seemed formidable, he had identified a weakness: the range was too short!
Wang Ao Ye observed that Su Liuying's ability could only affect people or objects within a ten-meter radius. Beyond that distance, Su Liuying was completely helpless. Thus, Wang Ao Ye gained confidence. As long as he controlled the distance between them, he was confident he could kill the four people opposite him.
Su Liuying did not reply. He turned and left with the other three, showing no hesitation. He knew that the secret of his ability had been discovered, and continuing to fight would not achieve the element of surprise. Even though they had more people, they might not be able to match Wang Ao Ye's combat power.
Shi Weitian and Hu Xueli quickly caught up with Wang Ao Ye, asking, "Where did the enemies go?"
Wang Ao Ye replied, "They ran out! Let's keep pursuing them. However, be careful of their sneak attacks. Hu Xueli, be ready to hypnotize the enemies at any time!"
Hu Xueli nodded in agreement. The three of them immediately charged out. As for the ability user killed at the base of the city wall, no one paid attention to them for the moment.
Li Xiankang also had a gain. He chased Zhang Ke, with Kong Jialie beside Zhang Ke. The remaining three followed behind these two. Li Xiankang had witnessed the battle between Kong Jialie and Guo Pinming and knew he couldn't engage in close-quarters combat with Kong Jialie, or he would likely be instantly incinerated. Both Yang Chang and Guo Pinming had suffered similar attacks before, serving as a lesson for the future.
Li Xiankang stopped pursuing with close-quarters combat. Instead, he continuously fired flying needles. Needles made of carbon fiber were shot out one after another. If they weren't dodged, they would hit directly. But if they were dodged, they would inevitably be entangled. This move by Li Xiankang forced Kong Jialie and Zhang Ke to flee in disarray, fearing being caught.
During the battle, the group arrived at the base of the city wall. Kong Jialie placed his left hand on the wall and instantly unleashed his ability, injecting a large amount of thermal energy into the wall. Immediately, the city wall made of bluestone turned into lava. Even the steel bars within the wall melted into molten iron. A passage with a diameter of two meters appeared before them.
"We can go!" Kong Jialie said quickly.
Hearing him say this, the people around him looked at him strangely and asked, "Walk on lava? You go first and try!"
A passage had indeed appeared at the base of the wall, but it was surrounded by red-hot lava. If one stepped on it, they would be cooked on the spot. How could anyone leave from here?
Kong Jialie looked around and asked, "Did anyone see Ning Rentu? I remember he can freeze things. Have him cool it down!"
"He didn't come with us. Forget it. The enemies are about to catch up. Hurry up and find a way to leave!" Chen Ci said quickly.
Zhang Ke looked around anxiously. Li Xiankang was still in close pursuit in the distance. If he caught up, they would inevitably be subjected to flying needles again.
"Oh, right, look at all the soldiers around who inhaled the pollen. Just throw them onto the lava as stepping stones!" Zhang Ke saw the sleeping soldiers who had inhaled the pollen and finally thought of a good solution. Since the passage was filled with lava, they just needed to find stepping stones.
The soldiers on the city wall, having been hypnotized by the pollen, were all slumped over. Furthermore, Meng Weichang had cracked the city wall earlier, and many had fallen from it. For these strong soldiers, it was only a height of three stories. Although their legs were broken, no one died.
After Zhang Ke made this suggestion, everyone immediately agreed. This was indeed a good idea. With stepping stones, they could leave with ease.
Each of the five people grabbed a sleeping soldier and threw them into the lava. Then, they stepped on them to move forward. The lava, not being continuously heated, had cooled down somewhat, but the temperature was still over three thousand degrees. When the soldiers were thrown in, they immediately felt intense pain and struggled to wake up from their sleep.
However, upon waking, they discovered they were in lava. Their flesh was already cooked, and they were in agony. Someone was even stepping on their backs to advance. They let out tragic screams, and the sound of their screams gradually faded.
Finally, the five ability users, stepping on the backs of the soldiers, left Fengshen Palace.
Li Xiankang walked up and saw the scene in the large hole in the city wall. He couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, saying, "Using human lives as stepping stones, how wicked!"
Zhang Ke and Kong Jialie left Fengshen Palace with their people. Just as they were rejoicing, Shen Feng's furious voice came from above, "You bastards! How dare you abuse and kill my people! Die!"
Shen Feng could accept the death of his soldiers. What he couldn't accept was someone so cruelly abusing his subordinates. He had arrived a moment too late and had watched helplessly as five good men were thrown into the lava to be used as stepping stones. Therefore, Shen Feng was about to take action.
Zhang Ke's expression changed, and he shouted, "Scatter and run!"
The five people split up in five different directions, heading towards different places. They fled in a sorry state, no longer possessing their former elegance and ease.
However, Shen Feng had already locked onto Zhang Ke. He knew that this plan was proposed by Zhang Ke, and he was the ringleader who must die!
Next, Shen Feng charged forward directly. Without a word, he began to attack. In an instant, his speed surpassed Zhang Ke's. Zhang Ke did not want to die and, in a hurry, unleashed his ability, sending a fireball directly towards Shen Feng. Shen Feng's figure flickered, and he used "As the Wind Follows," dodging the fireball.
"Pfft!" Shen Feng pierced Zhang Ke with a sword. A look of unwillingness flashed in Zhang Ke's eyes. He suddenly grabbed Shen Feng's right hand, and flames erupted from his body, seemingly intending to take Shen Feng down with him.
Shen Feng quickly retreated. Two wind blades descended from the sky, severing Zhang Ke's arms, preventing him from restraining himself. He then kicked Zhang Ke to the ground.
Watching Zhang Ke's body burn continuously, this person was already dead, and the smell of cooked meat wafted out. Shen Feng frowned and cast "The East Wind Blows," and a gust of wind swept over, extinguishing the flames on Zhang Ke.
"After all, it's an ability potion. It would be a shame if it were burned to ashes!" Shen Feng muttered softly at this moment.
Shen Feng certainly didn't care if Zhang Ke was burned to ashes. For such a heinous individual, it would be best to burn him to ashes and scatter him with the wind to appease his anger. However, the ability in this guy's brain was a good thing. If it were burned, it would truly be a pity.
Although more than ten enemies had been killed within Fengshen Palace, more than half of the ability users had escaped. Shen Feng had a bad feeling.
"This must not cause any major trouble!" Shen Feng thought silently.
Only ability users could deal with ability users! And now, more than ten ability users had escaped into the city. Shen Feng could only order the soldiers on the city wall to patrol diligently and not let any enemy escape. As for the residents within the city, they could only pray for their own good fortune and hope they didn't encounter any ability users.
Shen Feng turned and chased in other directions. Feeling that his cloak was a hindrance, he casually untied it and threw it on the ground. To prevent casualties from escalating, Shen Feng could only try his best to kill the escaping ability users. If a disaster occurred, it would truly be troublesome.
The escaping ability users had also started to scheme. It was already late at night, and Yuzhou had recently reinstated a curfew. People were not allowed out late at night, and there were very few people on the streets. If they ran on the streets, it would be as obvious as a louse on a monk's head!
Therefore, to escape successfully, they had to cause chaos in Yuzhou. Only when Yuzhou was in chaos would they have an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Thus, those who escaped Fengshen Palace began their actions. To create the conditions for escaping Yuzhou City, they began to frantically destroy the city.
Meng Weichang walked to the base of a tall building and, without a word, stomped down. Instantly, the ground began to tremble, and the building started to shake continuously, startling every household to turn on their lights and flee outside.
Many areas in Sichuan Province were already in seismic zones, and Yuzhou had basically not experienced earthquakes before. After all, it was a mountain city, located by the Yangtze River, with relatively stable terrain.
However, as the building began to shake, everyone inside the building started to flee. Groups of people ran out of the building, shouting loudly as they ran, "Earthquake, earthquake!"
Meng Weichang continued to use his ability, making more people believe it was an earthquake, and then run around the streets in a frenzy.
Curfew was a rule. During normal times, it could restrain ordinary people, but at a critical moment, it was useless. Because in the face of natural disasters, all beings are equal. It is impossible to ignore natural disasters!
A group of people on the street began to run, which immediately triggered others to run. Panic is contagious. After all, rumors spread like wildfire. When one person is involved, they can still maintain some reason, but when a group of people are spreading something, the effect of panic becomes very severe!
More and more people ran onto the streets, and many elderly people and children trampled each other, causing considerable damage.
Kong Jialie, to escape, could no longer care about anything else. He immediately unleashed his ability, causing the asphalt road to melt, scalding many people. Walking on the asphalt road, his feet were covered in bitumen, making it difficult to walk. The appearance of this phenomenon further caused panic.
Previously, Jiang Yang had encountered a city-wide panic. However, at that time, Jiang Yang had Professor Chu in charge, who could stabilize public morale. Moreover, the city then had only over 100,000 people. But now, Yuzhou had a population of millions. Once it descended into chaos, it became difficult to stop the riots.
The situation in Yuzhou City became chaotic. The streets were filled with crowds. It became difficult for Shen Feng to pursue the enemies.
"Damn bastards! Don't they know how many casualties this will cause?" Shen Feng was furious at the enemies' actions. Perhaps, in their eyes, civilians counted for nothing?
Fortunately, at this moment, Chang Haojie flew by from the sky. He was already a third-tier ability user and could carry more than ten people while riding the clouds. Seeing Shen Feng, he quickly shouted, "Brother-in-law, come up! Let's go find the enemies together!"
Shen Feng looked up and saw Lu Xian and Cao Fuli on the clouds. He quickly jumped onto the clouds and asked, "What are your plans?"