Because the man's body suddenly swelled dramatically at this moment, in less than a while, it became a round, bloated ball of flesh, looking quite terrifying. Shallow Creek also let go of the man midway.

"Hurry up and go!" Shallow Creek shouted, and upon hearing it, Hua Xiangrong quickly propped up Xiao Yifei, helping him stand. However, Xiao Yifei, being a full-grown man, made it difficult for Hua Xiangrong to run fast while carrying him. Seeing this, Shallow Creek grabbed Xiao Yifei and Hua Xiangrong's arms, executed a light Qinggong leap, and fled the Hua Mansion.

Just as they exited the Hua Mansion, Hua Xiangrong heard a series of explosions behind them. Then, the walls of the entire Hua Mansion collapsed at that moment, with flying sand and rocks. No one would have thought that an explosion would occur in such a place. Stabilizing her footing, Hua Xiangrong leaned Xiao Yifei against herself.

"Sister, what happened?" Hua Xiangrong asked in surprise while looking at the Hua Mansion, which had been destroyed in an instant. Upon hearing this, Shallow Creek let out a soft sigh, then shook her head and said with lingering fear, "He tried to take us down with him through self-destruction just now."

Hearing Shallow Creek mention self-destruction, Hua Xiangrong looked at Shallow Creek with confusion. Knowing Hua Xiangrong didn't understand, Shallow Creek explained that a cultivator could compress the True Qi within their body to cause an explosion with devastating power, easily tripling the damage of their previous cultivation level.

However, the result of self-destruction is obvious, which is to die without a corpse. The assassin now has likely become part of the flying sand and rocks here. But what a pity for the Hua Mansion, which has to be buried along with this person. Understanding this, Hua Xiangrong finally sighed with relief, realizing that if they had been a little slower earlier, they might have died on the spot too.

"Alright, let's take Xiao Yifei to the hospital first." As Shallow Creek spoke, Hua Xiangrong also responded.

The situation with Xiao Yifei was still very urgent, so the two of them escorted Xiao Yifei, heading straight for the hospital.

"Hua Lao, an explosion occurred at your residence." In the solemn command center, a staff member shouted towards Commander Hua Lao. In their satellite surveillance, they detected an extremely large energy reaction. This place was precisely Hua Lao's residence, the Hua Mansion.

Upon hearing this news, Hua Lao furrowed his brow, wondering why his Hua Mansion would suddenly explode. So, he asked the staff member what caused the explosion. Upon hearing this, the staff member immediately checked and then slowly said, "Reporting to Hua Lao, it was an explosion caused by a cultivator's self-destruction."

"What?" Hearing the reason, Hua Lao's face immediately turned grim. In his heart, he first thought of Shallow Creek, because among the cultivators who could enter the Hua Mansion, apart from Shallow Creek, there was no one else.

And this self-destruction, Hua Lao thought it was most likely Shallow Creek, so his entire heart was in suspense. "I'm going out for a while, Liu Rui, I leave this place to you." Hua Lao said to Liu Rui beside him, but Liu Rui was equally worried about Shallow Creek.

So Liu Rui shook his head, refusing to stay here, wanting to go with Hua Lao. Seeing this, Hua Lao furrowed his brows, knowing that the command headquarters could not be left unattended. He sighed and said, "You go, I'll stay here." After speaking, he patted Liu Rui's shoulder.

Upon hearing this, Liu Rui nodded, indeed agreeing that in such a critical place, it's better for Hua Lao to oversee things. So Liu Rui immediately packed up and left quickly.

At this moment, Shallow Creek was traveling to the hospital with Hua Xiangrong, because Xiao Yifei was almost unable to hold on anymore. Hua Xiangrong clearly felt that Xiao Yifei's aura was getting weaker and weaker, and the rise and fall of his chest was almost imperceptible.

Shallow Creek, while infusing True Qi into Xiao Yifei, accelerated the vehicle's speed. Time, at this moment, seemed extremely precious. "Xiao Yifei, don't die," Hua Xiangrong's eyes teared up, her voice slightly choked. "Don't worry, he won't die," Shallow Creek comforted.

No one knew how long it had been; on the long journey in the car, it seemed so protracted. Finally reaching the hospital, Hua Xiangrong panickedly brought Xiao Yifei inside, and he was escorted to the emergency room by doctors. Watching Xiao Yifei being pushed in step by step, Hua Xiangrong's expression seemed very complex.

Seeing Hua Xiangrong like this, Shallow Creek sighed, holding her in her arms. Hua Xiangrong's tears burst out at this moment. During this journey, Hua Xiangrong was deeply immersed in self-blame, in her mind thinking that Xiao Yifei became like this because of her.

"It's all because of me, if only I could have reacted at that time." Hua Xiangrong cried, words of self-blame spilling out uncontrollably. Hearing this, Shallow Creek patted Hua Xiangrong's back, "It's not your fault, blame that assassin." Seeing Hua Xiangrong in this state, Shallow Creek also felt some heartache.

Only after a while did Hua Xiangrong's emotions gradually stabilize, so the two waited outside the emergency room for updates on Xiao Yifei's condition inside. They didn't know how long it was before the doctor slowly came out of the emergency room. Upon seeing this, the two hurried to meet the doctor, "Doctor, how is Xiao Yifei?" Hua Xiangrong asked anxiously.

Upon hearing this, the doctor sighed, then nodded, "The patient is temporarily not in life-threatening danger." Hearing the doctor say this, Hua Xiangrong burst into tears with excitement. However, before the words settled, the doctor continued, "But the patient's condition is still critical, with some artery damage near the heart. It's unclear how it happened."

Upon hearing this, the heart that had just settled down was again raised. Xiao Yifei, for now, had merely escaped danger temporarily, yet problems could still arise. The artery damage the doctor mentioned was naturally due to that assassin.

"The patient still needs a few days of observation, don't worry, we'll do our utmost." The doctor sighed and reassured the two, then left. Seeing the tightly closed emergency room doors, Hua Xiangrong slumped weakly to the ground, having never expected things to reach this point.

Xiao Yifei, might actually die. Thinking of all this, Hua Xiangrong's expression seemed somewhat despairing, and Shallow Creek, who had been comforting Hua Xiangrong, at this moment didn't know how to continue comforting her. Now, no matter what Shallow Creek said, she felt somewhat powerless.

At this time, a figure suddenly appeared at the end of the corridor. Feeling familiar, Shallow Creek paid more attention. Upon seeing clearly, Shallow Creek was pleasantly surprised because that figure at the corridor's end was none other than Liu Rui.

Liu Rui had rushed to the Hua Mansion upon hearing about the explosion, but upon arriving, Liu Rui found that the Hua Mansion had already turned into a heap of ruins. Liu Rui searched for a long time but couldn't find Shallow Creek's figure, so he anxiously asked nearby passersby.

Finally, someone told Liu Rui that Shallow Creek had gone to the hospital, implying that since she was able to reach the hospital, Shallow Creek was unharmed. This revelation sent Liu Rui rushing to the hospital. But upon arriving here, Liu Rui was greeted by the sight of Hua Xiangrong kneeling as if crying, and Shallow Creek's expression didn't look much better.

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