Chapter 573: Root! (1/2)

Blades of blood spun and cut down the magical beasts around. With Wu Chi killing the last wave of magical beasts, the besieged team was now safe.

“Clean the field and gather at the assembly point!” Wu Chi said like a calm, experienced commander. The people under his command were all students in the third and fourth year, which was impossible during ordinary times, but no one had any objections at this moment as his strength had been fully displayed.

Bringing the team that was rescued back to the assembly point, Wu Chi immediately reported the situation to Bai Xiaofei.

“We’re moving. You wait here a little bit for the people who will return later, then bring them to the new assembly point.”

Bai Xiaofei stood up with Lin Li’s support. For some reason he didn’t understand, his body seemed to have shut down, and his self-repairing ability now couldn’t even compare to that of a normal Martial Master, so he currently could only walk with the help of others. Lin Li had become his full-time bodyguard. The others were all busy with something else while she refused to be a step away from him.

“Rest assured, Boss, I will complete the mission!” Wu Chi chortled as he sent off Bai Xiaofei and the wounded. Then, he resumed his commanding role. “Wipe up all the traces, don’t leave anything useful for Shadow Death!”

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“If we keep advancing, we’ll leave the middle layer and there will be fewer of those who can detect us. It is time we took the next step.” Yun Jingshuang briefed, and quietly waited for Bai Xiaofei’s reply.

“Still haven’t found Sister Liuyun?” Bai Xiaofei asked with furrowed brows.

This put Yun Jingshuang into a long silence before he said, “No…”

Bai Xiaofei felt a sharp pain running through his heart at this answer.

From the inner circle to the middle, they saved one scattered team after another, but there had been no news on Chu Liuyun. In order to find her, Bai Xiaofei took quite a few reroutes, only to be disappointed again and again.

“I have asked around. They said they’d seen many people retreating while fighting magical beasts. Maybe she’s returned to the academy vicinity?” Yun Jingshuang tried to be as tactful as possible. This wasn’t a suitable time to say much.

“Don’t worry, I’m not an idiot. I won’t delay our plan to return to Starnet. We’ll set out once Xian’er comes back!” Bai Xiaofei forced out a smile as his heart was filled with worries. Please be okay!

If it weren’t for him, Chu Liuyun might have chosen to leave after graduation. In fact, she had never shown any interest in the grand celebration. If anything happened to her now, Bai Xiaofei would never forgive himself.

“I will continue to search. I will inform you as soon as I have anything on her,” Yun Jingshuang repeated what he had said many times, then went to direct others to start erasing their traces.

“I think so too.” Bai Xiaofei tightly held Lin Li’s hand in his.

No matter who, he didn’t want to give up, because he could not. This was Bai Xiaofei’s newest and clearest understanding of himself after all the turns of this grand celebration.

Before long, Hu Xian’er brought the people she saved back to the last temporary foothold. After everyone gathered, Bai Xiaofei walked slowly before them. Xing and Hong, who had arrived with the message, accompanied him on his two sides as a kind of support.