233 The Invitation to Battle from Long Sankui (2/2)

Xiao Luo smiled slightly and continued egging him on, ”Do you think I will go, knowing that you are trying to kill me?”

If he had wanted Long Sankui dead, he would have gone directly to Long's house a long time ago, and there would have been no need to join the police force. He aimed to destroy the entire Dragon Gang and to remove this malignant tumor from society altogether. And he would do it through lawful means to avoid becoming a fugitive running from the law.

”Hahaha!… I am confident that you will come.”

Without waiting for Xiao Luo to answer, Long Sankui hung up.

”This old man must be mad.”

Xiao Luo couldn't help feeling that Long Sankui was getting slightly unhinged, given that he couldn't even talk properly.

He turned to step back into the ward.

BOOM!!!

The entire hospital building shook violently as the sound of a tremendous explosion tore through the air. Looking out the window, he could see billowing smoke and flames coming from another floor.

Shrill voices and panicked screams echoed in the chaos as a terrified mass of people scrambled about in all directions.

Incendiary explosives!

Fire! Xiao Luo strained his eyes, as he made out the level where the explosion occurred, he quickly realized that it was where his sister, Xiao Ruyi, was stationed.

He immediately rushed to find her. When he got to the level, he found the place consumed by fire, chocking with thick, pungent smoke rising to the ceiling. The explosion had killed many of the nurses and patients, and charred corpses littered the floor. There were still many severely wounded people crawling to safety, screaming out for help.

Xiao Luo ignored them all and began searching the rooms one after another.

”Ruyi! Ruyi!”

He felt a rising panic. He feared nothing more than the death of his loved ones.

The blast site was a complete disaster zone, and it was smoke-filled with countless hotspots of angry flames. Xiao Luo stopped his breathing temporarily using his Yi Jingjing technique, but soon his sweating body was covered in a layer of soot, and his skin turned red from the licking flames.

Many of the severely wounded succumbed to the harsh environment. Even Xiao Luo, who was protected by Yi Jinjing, felt that his body was shutting down after searching for only about five minutes. His body felt like being grilled in an oven on maximum heat. He resisted the urge to escape the fiery hell, and he kept telling himself he couldn't possibly do so without first finding Ruyi.

”Ding! Warning, the system has detected a hostile and life-threatening environment. The host must leave at once. Repeat, please leave at once!”

In his mind, the System notification tone sent out the urgent warning.

However, Xiao Luo paid no heed to it and continued his search for Xiao Ruyi, going room to room. He did not look at the dying victims he passed along the way. He had to save Xiao Ruyi.

He glanced at the singed flesh on his arm through his eyes, now red, swollen and stinging from the smoke and heat. His steps were slow and heavy, but he kept pushing himself forward.

He had made up his mind and didn't care if he was cooked alive!

He ignored the pain and swore to find his sister, Xiao Ruyi.

At this moment, a figure, mouth, and nose covered with a wet towel, rushed towards him and grabbed him.

”Ruyi is not here, come out with me, hurry!”

She was Gu Qianxue. She possessed a high level of inner power, but in such a hazardous environment, even one minute was pushing her limit.

She immediately grabbed Xiao Luo and pulled him out to safety.

Footnotes:[1] Drawing Swords: A television drama about the Second Sino-Japanese War featuring Li Yunlong, a historical figure, as the main character of the show.