The bushy-bearded man let out a wild laugh, as if to vent the frustration of losing nearly half his men.
But his laughter soon died down.
The opponent was simply too fast.
So fast that he couldn't even see the other person's figure.
Countless cold lights flashed, and his subordinates kept falling, yet they couldn't even touch the opponent's clothes.
"Focus fire!"
The bushy-bearded man's heart lurched, and he quickly shouted.
Everyone put away their weapons and unleashed their psychic attacks towards the phantom figure in front of them.
However, it was completely useless. Not only did it fail to injure the opponent in the slightest, but it also accidentally wounded many of their own teammates.
The bushy-bearded man was utterly panicked.
In less than a minute, over a hundred of his subordinates had been killed, while the enemy remained unharmed.
At this rate of killing, his more than two thousand men would likely be slaughtered in less than half an hour.
The bushy-bearded man's body slowly retreated.
The bone-piercing slaughter somewhat calmed Qin Shilei's rage.
He looked up and shouted to Xiao Qiang, who was in mid-air, "Xiao Qiang, keep a close eye on them. Don't let anyone here escape."
With that, he summoned the Thunder of Annihilation and unleashed it upon the surrounding Indians.
As the Thunder of Annihilation appeared, the bushy-bearded man was completely despairing.
Was this a psychic ability that humans could master?
With a single strike, no one within a hundred-meter radius, thousands of people, survived.
Under the furious bombardment of heavenly lightning, the remaining Indians trembled and turned to flee in all directions.
"You can't escape."
Qin Shilei flashed forward, unleashing the Thunder of Annihilation again.
Hundreds more Indians were blasted to the ground.
The Indians who were not targeted by Qin Shilei desperately fled into the distance, hoping to escape while Qin Shilei was pursuing others.
"Swoosh!"
A clear eagle's cry echoed, and sharp winds came from behind them.
Before the Indians could react, they were split in two by the fleeting Golden-winged Thunder Roc.
After the third violent bombardment of the Thunder of Annihilation, only a handful of people remained on the ground.
"Run, why aren't you running anymore?"
Qin Shilei flashed and quickly appeared behind the bushy-bearded man.
"I surrender, can you spare me?"
The bushy-bearded man asked, his hands half-raised, his body trembling.
"No, you'll go down to accompany my subordinates."
Qin Shilei said expressionlessly, slowly raising his Juque sword. The next moment, he was about to cleave the man in two.
"Your subordinates aren't dead yet," the bushy-bearded man said quickly. "If you let me go, I'll return that regiment commander to you."
"Oh!" Qin Shilei's expression brightened, and a purple light flashed in his eyes.
"Where is that regiment commander now?"
The bushy-bearded man's eyes immediately became dazed, and he replied blankly, "I had someone send him back to Aya City. We plan to refine him into a puppet and torment him for eternity."
"Show me the way."
Qin Shilei carried the man onto Xiao Qiang's back, and then flew along the direction indicated by the man, along a cement road.
Perhaps it was fate that Xu Jun would have this ordeal. They had only been gone for a short time and should have been caught and rescued by Qin Shilei very soon.
However, they encountered several mutated beasts on the way.
In order to avoid the mutated beasts, Roy took him down another small path.
In this way, they inadvertently avoided Qin Shilei's aerial search.
Qin Shilei searched along the road for hundreds of kilometers but found no trace of Xu Jun.
He turned around and searched the way back.
And he widened the search range.
He searched until nightfall but found nothing.
Qin Shilei looked menacingly at the bushy-bearded man he had thrown onto Xiao Qiang's back.
At this point, the man had broken free from the control of the Purple Eyes of Insight and trembled as he said, "They really took this road. Let's keep searching, we'll definitely find them."
"No need, you'll go down to accompany my subordinates."
Qin Shilei knew the man wasn't lying, but now it was the apocalypse, and the wilderness was fraught with danger. Perhaps Xu Jun had already been eaten by mutated beasts.
Even if nothing happened, finding a few people in the vast land would likely not be easy.
The only plan now was to wait at Aya City.
Didn't the bushy-bearded man plan to send Xu Jun to Aya City to be refined into a puppet by the divine servants there?
As long as he stayed by that divine servant's side, he might be able to rescue Xu Jun.
With a plan in mind, Qin Shilei decided not to continue searching here. However, before leaving, he wanted to collect some interest.
With a wave of his hand, he instantly severed the tendons of the bushy-bearded man's hands and feet.
Then, he kicked him forcefully off Xiao Qiang's back.
"Ah!"
The bushy-bearded man screamed as he rapidly fell downwards.
Boom!
The bushy-bearded man crashed heavily onto the hard cement road, smashing into a pulp.
Seeing that the man had no chance of survival, Qin Shilei turned and flew towards Aya City.
Aya City was nearly three hundred kilometers away.
With Xiao Qiang's speed, they arrived above the city in less than twenty minutes, half of which was wasted in finding the way.
"I didn't expect this city to be protected by city walls."
Qin Shilei murmured in surprise as he looked at the brightly lit Aya City below.
He thought for a moment, put on a mask, and then flew down directly from Xiao Qiang's back into Aya City.
According to the bushy-bearded man's introduction, Aya City now had nearly eight hundred thousand survivors.
The city lord of Aya City was named Eugene, a peak master of Silver Nine-star.
Besides the city lord, Aya City also had a Shiva temple, which held a lofty status.
Perhaps thanks to the uninterrupted power supply, the entire Aya City even had a semblance of the prosperity of a small county town.
This was Qin Shilei's first time abroad in his current and previous life. He temporarily put aside his worries about Xu Jun and began to stroll through one of its bustling streets.
Soon, he entered a luxuriously decorated restaurant.
He had originally wanted to order some local specialties, but as soon as he remembered the disgusting, mushy mixture of dozens of things from his previous life, his desire to try them vanished.
He could only order a few Western-style dishes and then sat at his seat, listening to the chatter around him while waiting for the food to be served.
"Have you heard? The city lord is making a bet with Shen Feixue, the sect leader of Feixue Sect. The stakes are huge."
"How big are the stakes?"
"If the city lord loses, he will let Shen Feixue become the vice city lord and cede half of Aya City to her. If she loses, she will marry the city lord and Feixue Sect will have to obey the city lord's command."
"I just don't understand why Eugene, as the lord of the city and a peak master of Silver Nine-star, would make such a bet with this woman. Does she, a Great Xia person, deserve it?"
"It's a sure win, why not take it?"
"I think Shen Feixue is clearly trying to latch onto our city lord, which is why she's making this bet. If she loses, won't she naturally marry into a wealthy family?"
"Exactly. These lowly Great Xia people are inherently deceitful schemers."
The people around him chimed in, slandering the Great Xia country in various ways.
Just as Qin Shilei was about to teach them a lesson, a woman in a corner suddenly slammed the table and rose to her feet.
She shouted angrily, "You disgusting Indians, shut your mouths. Our Great Xia is a celestial kingdom, not something you can slander."