Xu Xing traveled alone to Rongcheng, bearing a great responsibility to find Shen Feng's family and protect them.
Xu Xing knew her responsibility was immense. City Lord Shen Feng had always treated her well, and this was her chance to repay him. Therefore, she could not be careless and had to find Shen Feng's family as quickly as possible.
As Xu Xing ran along the road, many earth bees collided with her. Many earth bees also tried to attack Xu Xing at this time, but as soon as they landed on her, they turned into powder. Xu Xing didn't even need to lift a finger; she could kill any earth bee that landed on her in an instant.
Finally, Xu Xing entered Rongcheng without any obstruction. After entering the city, Xu Xing began to search for survivors, hoping to find survivors to inquire about the specific situation, and ideally, to know which direction Shen Feng's family had gone.
However, this goal could not be achieved. A large portion of the tall city walls surrounding Rongcheng had already collapsed, and the tall buildings in the city had all turned into ruins. At this time, not a single person could be seen in the city. Instead, there were many mutated beasts that ate people. Many mutated beasts pounced directly at Xu Xing upon seeing her, as if they wanted to eat some fresh human flesh.
Xu Xing drew her long saber and killed all the mutated beasts that dared to attack her, one by one. She was no longer a novice girl. Killing mutated beasts was now second nature to her; as long as she made a move, she was sure to kill the mutated beast.
"Help! Save me!" At this moment, Xu Xing heard a cry for help from a distance, so she hurried over. She then discovered that the person calling for help was an injured soldier whose leg was trapped by the surrounding ruins. He was unable to move, and it was fortunate that he had not been discovered by any mutated beasts.
"Wait a moment, I'll save you right away." Xu Xing quickly put her long saber back at her waist.
Xu Xing had finally found a living person. Although he was now pinned by a stone slab, he could still be asked for information. She directly grabbed the stone slab with one hand and lifted it with a single burst of strength.
The soldier quickly crawled out from under the stone slab and thanked Xu Xing repeatedly, "Thank you so much! If you hadn't saved me, I would still be crushed under this stone slab!"
Xu Xing replied, "It's nothing, just a small effort." Xu Xing was very humble at this moment. In reality, she was not exaggerating, because for her, this was indeed a small matter, nothing significant.
"I want to know something now, and I hope you can tell me, where did Lord Fengshen's family go?" Xu Xing quickly inquired.
The injured soldier recalled carefully and said, "I don't remember this very clearly. It seems they went east, and it also seems they went west. In short, I can't remember clearly."
Xu Xing couldn't help but ask, "How can it be two different directions? That's too much of a deviation!"
The soldier said helplessly, "After the earthquake, everyone fled in a frenzy. We could only do our best to cover the residents' escape. The situation was too complicated, and I couldn't remember the escape route."
"Then why didn't you just choose one direction to escape? At least you could have looked out for each other. Instead, you had to scatter and flee." Xu Xing was a little resentful at this moment. If they had encountered rescue, they could have been rescued in time. However, the people of Rongcheng had fled in all directions, making it very difficult to rescue them now.
The soldier explained helplessly at this moment, "Immortal Xing, none of us expected to encounter an earthquake. Before that, not many people thought Rongcheng couldn't be defended. But the earthquake toppled the city walls, and everyone fled in a panic. The residents couldn't be organized at all."
Xu Xing also realized that once panic set in, people liked to run around. At this time, there was no good way to stop the panic. In the end, as soon as people found an exit, they fled frantically, with no time to consider which direction to escape. Escaping was already difficult enough, and the direction didn't matter anymore.
However, fleeing randomly was never a good thing. Earth bees were particularly fond of chasing running humans. The faster people ran, the more fiercely the earth bees pursued them. At least hundreds of thousands of people died under the stingers of the earth bees, while those who ran slower were fortunate enough to escape. Xu Xing hesitated, unsure which direction to pursue.
Fortunately, just as Xu Xing was unsure where to go, someone suddenly arrived from a distance. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Jin Zijue, who looked rather weak.
"Mr. Jin, do you know which direction Lord Fengshen's family went?" Upon seeing Jin Zijue, Xu Xing realized that this person must know the news and immediately began to inquire.
Jin Zijue was relieved to see Xu Xing there and quickly said, "Xiao Sheng is protecting them and has already left from the east. I stayed behind to cover the rear. I just didn't expect that after the crowd left the city, all the earth bees would also chase after them. We fought for a long time and finally survived."
Things in the world are always so strange. Many people believed that breaking through was the way to survive, and staying in the city was a dead end, so people scrambled to leave Rongcheng. However, in the end, it was those who stayed in the city who were not attacked. With no earth bee attacks in the city, people could actually be safer.
After learning the exact location, Xu Xing immediately took action. She had to find Shen Feng's family and protect them immediately.
"Where is your City Lord? He should have arrived here quickly!" Jin Zijue suddenly asked.
"The City Lord is not in Yuzhou at the moment, so it will take longer for him to get here. You should hurry south. The two ladies are fighting in the south, and this city is finished," Xu Xing said to Jin Zijue and the others as she walked away.
"If we leave now, what about these people buried underground?" Jin Zijue asked subsequently.
However, Xu Xing had already run far away, completely ignoring the question. A violent earthquake had occurred near Rongcheng, causing most of the houses to collapse. It was unknown how many people were buried underground. If no one could clear the ruins above, these people would inevitably die.
There were many people behind Jin Zijue. They were the ones who stayed in the city to block the earth bees. Now that the city was no longer in danger and the earth bees had chased after the crowd, they didn't know where to go and couldn't help but ask Jin Zijue, "Where do we go next?"
"At this time, we can only go south. Even if we stay here, we can't save anyone. The only one who can save Rongcheng is Yuzhou," Jin Zijue said earnestly.
At this moment, he knew what he should do. Rongcheng was now full of collapsed houses. At this time, there were only a few dozen people on their side, and it was impossible to carry out disaster relief. Therefore, they had to find Shen Feng and let Shen Feng use the power of Yuzhou to rescue Rongcheng.
After learning that Shen Feng's family had fled east, Xu Xing immediately set off eastward, following the corpses on the road. As people fled the city, they were attacked by earth bees along the way, leaving many corpses on the road. Now, there were also mutated beasts feasting.
As long as she followed the location of these corpses, she could know where these people had fled. After two hours, Xu Xing finally caught up with the fleeing crowd by relying on her speed advantage.
At this time, the people were facing attacks from earth bees in the sky. The sky was filled with densely packed earth bees, making it impossible to see their exact numbers. However, it was roughly estimated to be tens of millions. Many soldiers were shooting towards the sky, but although bullets could easily shatter dozens of earth bees, they were of no avail.
"Where is Xiao Sheng?" Xu Xing quickly inquired.
At this time, Xu Xing wanted to know where Xiao Sheng had taken Shen Feng's family, but after asking more than a dozen people, no one knew where Xiao Sheng had gone.
Finally, she found a soldier who had been constantly breaking through with Xiao Sheng before. Therefore, he knew Xiao Sheng's whereabouts.
Xu Xing then quickly asked, "Where is Xiao Sheng? Where is Shen Feng's family?"
However, the soldier replied, "They are not in the crowd. After leaving the city, they have been heading south, seemingly towards Yuzhou. However, quite a few earth bees were chasing after them at that time."
"Okay, thank you. You should also find a place to hide quickly, preferably in the woods, as it's easier to block the earth bees' line of sight," Xu Xing said immediately.
After saying these words, Xu Xing continued to pursue southward. She had been chasing for a whole day, but Xu Xing still dared not give up. No matter how tired she was, she could not relax at this moment. If she relaxed now and failed to find the City Lord's family in time, it would truly be a sin.
Fortunately, after a day, it was already late. After dark, the earth bees' attacks were not as strong. If there were only many mutated beasts on the ground, Xiao Sheng's abilities would have been enough to easily deal with them.
Xu Xing changed direction and chased southward. At dusk, she finally found the whereabouts of this group. There were many scorched earth bee corpses on the ground. This kind of attack could only be done by one person, and that was Xiao Sheng. Protecting a city might be more difficult, but protecting a few people was completely within his capabilities.
However, just as Xu Xing caught up, she suddenly heard sounds of shouting and killing from ahead. Judging from these sounds, it could be determined that the battle ahead was very fierce.
Xu Xing rushed forward upon discovering people fighting ahead. Upon closer inspection, she saw more than a dozen people surrounding one person. This person was sitting on the ground, surrounded by blue flames. The person sitting on the ground was actually Xiao Sheng.
Xiao Sheng was sitting on the ground, unable to move easily. The people attacking him from the right were all esper users, wearing black clothes and masks, making it impossible to see their true faces.
Others might not have known what these people were doing, but Xu Xing had already encountered attacks from this group before. At that time, Xu Xing had shown great power and killed two of the men in black. Later, she learned that these people belonged to an organization called the "Tianya Alliance," which specialized in hunting esper users. After killing lone esper users, they would seize the esper abilities of their victims.
"Hold on, Mr. Xiao, I'll save you right away!" Xu Xing immediately charged forward, holding her long saber, ready to join the battle and kill these despicable and shameless fellows.
"Alright, Immortal Xing is here. This woman is not to be trifled with! Let's run quickly." The group of men in black immediately turned and fled upon seeing Xu Xing, not engaging her in combat at all.
Xiao Sheng said with a pained expression, "Hurry up and chase them! We must capture one alive! Shen Yu has been taken away by them. Who knows where they will take her!"
When Xu Xing heard this, she was greatly shocked. She had not expected Shen Feng's family to have been taken away. Only by capturing a few live individuals could they find out the location of these people's lair.