Chapter 272 - Willing to Die Here

Earlier, when Mian Qingwei bled all over Liu Xiaodan's body, Li Feng was still trying to think of a way to help Qiao Shan. Understanding their relationship, Liu Xiaodan only sighed inwardly and pushed him to go save the other with his own body. Li Feng didn't know how long the other had been awake or how the hell was he even alive, but since he already said so, the shaman only went to be a hero.

Actually, Liu Xiaodan had no idea what had happened, but he knew that he heard Guangru cry. When he woke up, Mian Qingwei was bleeding all over him. He figured that Project Queen's blood was very vital to Project Hades. If anything, the 'queen' they took the name from was probably Persephone, the queen of hell and bride of Hades.

He also heard Mian Qingtao say something like his sister's blood was an activator of the project. Moreover, the subjects were a pair of sisters when the two projects were first launched. It's very probable that if Project Hades died, they could use Persephone's blood to revive him.

The opposite also worked the same way. By then, he was holding onto the Mian Qingwei that was shaking in anger. To her, he said: "Please stay here. I want to kill those things with my own hands."

Right now, with Guangru staring straight at his eyes, Liu Xiaodan felt a bit happy that he was a monster… that he didn't die from the ancient demon's onslaught. Perhaps, he could also congratulate that Wu Zhong bastard for successfully merging occult and science. Still, everything had to end. There would be no more of them.

"Baba, Guangru's sorry." Guangru moved his arms and hugged the father that he had harmed. "Please don't leave Guangru." He didn't even care about how stupid it was to sound like a child to his enemies, but he wanted to remind his father of his dreams. Even if he was a terrifying existence, he still wanted to be a child.

"Shhh, it's okay. It's their fault for forcing you." Liu Xiaodan carried the crying child. With Guangru's face snuggling against his neck, Liu Xiaodan was free to glare at Song Qixi and Abbadon. "I would let the two of you off, but you caused Guangru so much harm. As his father, I have to kill you."

Song Qixi snorted even if he was grasping at the bleeding arm. "You're no longer human, Liu Xiaodan. What kind of child would you be able to produce? It's just going to be like you—a spawn from hell."

As if not minding his harsh words, Liu Xiaodan glanced at Guangru's head. "Don't you think that will be perfect? At least Guangru wouldn't feel so helpless in a normal kid's body."

When his last word ended, the rest of the spawned Kings emerged around them as if surrounding the two. All of them seemed to be carrying a presence stronger than a King's. Abbadon didn't think all of these would be demons, but they were all coming from Liu Xiaodan as they all had the smell of his blood. He readied to fight back, but what could he do when all of them contained Liu Xiaodan's rage?

Kaboom! The building shook so badly that everyone standing actually fell to the floor. Guangru figured it wasn't him anymore since the vines had already stopped when he lay defeated on the ground. Moreover, the ground shook fiercer and fiercer as more of the explosions happened. 

"No… they're bombing the facility?" Song Qixi gnashed his teeth. He then glanced at the bewildered Liu Xiaodan and got to his feet faster. His military training and experience gave him an edge in managing his escape. Abbadon fled with him as Liu Xiaodan basically let them go. 

"Xiaodan! They're escaping!" Li Feng stated the obvious, but Liu Xiaodan was more concerned with removing the bullets on Guangru's body. The father even called out, "God Raven, find a way out for Feng and Qiao Shan." He didn't get up but tampered with Guangru's wounds instead. "Do it quickly. I still have to settle things."

"What things?" Li Feng asked, but he already saw the black bird dash from the entrance to a direction behind him. The shaman then noticed that the spawned Kings vanished as if they had been either recalled or… deployed. Did Liu Xiaodan use the Kings to monitor Song Qixi's escape? "...you're..."

"Go on. Find a good spot to hide."

…

From outside, the rest of the mercenaries could only watch the fighter jets drop bombs into the facility. What made it infuriating to them was that the jets were disguised as dust croppers. Even the bombs they drop were in water tanks to make it strange to photographs. 

However, to them, it was clearly bombs to destroy the mental institution. They were the ground units, and they could see how devastating those bombs were. How clever… looking so innocent…

It didn't help that they haven't found Li Feng and Liu Xiaodan yet. Chuan Nayi clutched on her c.h.e.s.t as she watched with watery eyes. Her tears started to fall after her lashes shook multiple times from the flicker of the explosions. She didn't know if she could accept the fact that Liu Xiaodan was buried under the rubble.

Thunk! Jiu Yuanli suddenly grabbed Chuan Nayi and tackled her to the ground, covering her with his doctor gown. A wild gas suddenly spread before the leader of the mercenaries could pick it up and throw it back. They all had to cover their noses and cough out. Thankfully, it was just tear gas—not some kind of poison.

"Capture them!" A familiar voice echoed, and the soldiers with gas masks went to separate them from each other. Everyone was wildly coughing, and they couldn't even open their eyes. They were then pressed to the ground and restrained, not even merciful to Chuan Nayi.

She was the only one who could raise her eyes and glare at the men that came. She gritted her teeth and spat at a very disdainful voice. "Wu Zhong..."

Wu Zhong and Qiao Muwei knew that they would be hiding from the jets—actually, they were as well. This port was supposed to be their escape route as well, but how funny that every boat was gone. Of course, the saboteurs had hijacked all of them. Wu Zhong wanted to prepare his gun to shoot her dead, but Qiao Muwei lifted a hand to stop him. The master shaman then had his hands behind him.

"Are you Li Heilong's people?" He asked in a majestic tone as if they were compelled to answer him. However, the mercenaries would never answer such a thing. Their silence didn't make Qiao Muwei happy. He glanced at Qiao Weilun, and the latter handed him a gun. The master aimed at Jiu Yuanli's head. "Are you really willing to die here? For this? A man that wasn't even supposed to be out there in the world?"