Chapter 1470: Chapter 1519: The Great Escape
Both of them looked miserable. Sophia had more external injuries, but Li Yifei’s internal injuries were the main concern. He had already overexerted his physical strength and True Qi, and was hit so many times by Yanagio Inujiro, causing multiple organ damages inside his body.
It could only have been Li Yifei; anyone else would not have been able to escape from the men in black under such circumstances with precise calculations, let alone run so far through the mountainous road.
With both internal and external injuries, Li Yifei sat in the car with Meng Xiaofei driving, finally able to rest a bit. Before resting, he forced himself to check Sophia’s injuries, seeing she could still respond to him and hadn’t gone into hypovolemic shock, which made him slightly relieved.
Very soon, Li Yifei drifted into a daze. He seemed to lose consciousness, but he could still feel the car’s jolts, though he couldn’t open his eyes, feeling only that his eyelids were heavy and weighed down.
The car jolted, its speed suddenly fast, suddenly slow. Meng Xiaofei was anxious, seeing through the rearview mirror that Li Yifei’s face was flushed, covered in sweat, and extremely weak, which made her want to cry.
But she could not cry. The two of them behind had already exhausted all their strength to save her. She saw firsthand how fierce the scene was, not to mention Li Yifei’s side. The fact that the two could come back alive was the greatest fortune. Meng Xiaofei continually reminded herself not to panic and to hold on.
A few minutes after the car had just started, several cars suddenly sped toward her. Meng Xiaofei shifted the car to the roadside to avoid these vehicles.
Hmm? Suddenly, Meng Xiaofei saw the window of the last car rolling down, and a man in sunglasses inside extended a gun, seemingly shouting something.
Not good. Meng Xiaofei suddenly slammed on the gas, increasing the car’s speed. No matter who these people were, since they had guns... Meng Xiaofei had to be cautious.
The two cars passed each other, and Meng Xiaofei quickly shifted gears and sped away.
In the rearview mirror, those cars stopped, with one continuing forward while the others started turning around, and some people got out, shouting and shooting at Meng Xiaofei’s car.
Luckily, within these several dozen seconds, Meng Xiaofei had already widened the distance a bit, and those bullets all missed.
Meng Xiaofei glanced back at Li Yifei and Sophia. She was extremely tense to the point of breaking.
In the past, gunfights were something she’d only seen in movies. This time, Meng Xiaofei was experiencing it firsthand.
"I can’t lose it; I must stay steady!" Meng Xiaofei gritted her teeth, forcing herself to calm down. She already felt her limbs going numb, her heartbeat rapidly accelerating, and even her brain became tense to the point of lacking oxygen.
She bit her lip, trying to calm herself down, and drove forward with all her effort.
Behind her, those black cars had already turned around and started chasing Meng Xiaofei’s car.
In the past, Meng Xiaofei drove very slowly, even on highways never going too fast. But this time, it was different. Hearing gunshots from behind, Meng Xiaofei had no choice but to speed up, faster and faster.
The chase began. Li Yifei had just discovered some residual True Qi in his body, gathering them together, leading them into his Dantian, and then circulating them within his meridians.
Li Yifei was unclear about what was happening outside. He just felt the car’s jolts becoming more and more frequent, but he truly couldn’t open his eyes.
In the car behind, Motoharu was issuing orders. He sat in an SUV, wearing an earpiece, and shouted, "Chase them for me, kill Li Yifei!"
Motoharu never dreamed that Yanagio Inujiro would be defeated, even killed by Li Yifei. When he received the call earlier, he thought he had heard wrong.
But whether Yanagio Inujiro was really dead or just pretending, he had to make a decision.
The reason he dared to oppose Koboto Kobayashi, intending to seize the position of Yamaguchi Group’s president, was because he thought he had leaned on the immense power of Yanagio Inujiro. Now that the "god" was dead, if Li Yifei were to escape, Motoharu would be at grave risk.
Thinking about what Li Yifei had done to the Yamaguchi Group before, Motoharu couldn’t help but shiver.
Fortunately, he learned from that strange phone call that Li Yifei had suffered severe injuries, which prompted him to immediately decide to bring people to kill Li Yifei.
This road was the only way to where Yanagio Inujiro lived in seclusion. Seeing a car coming out from inside, Motoharu was resting with his eyes closed, notified by his subordinate. That was why they reacted a bit slowly.
Luckily, this slow reaction allowed Meng Xiaofei to drive past and discover their intentions, making a desperate escape.
Gunfire continued behind her. By this time, Meng Xiaofei was gradually calming down. She tried her best to keep the car steady while also weaving slightly to avoid the bullets.
Several movie scenes flashed in her mind, scenes of highway chases from the movies Meng Xiaofei had seen.
On the highway, a car sped ahead with several cars giving chase from behind, accompanied by a barrage of gunshots.
This place was vast and sparsely populated, and because it was a private road, she hadn’t encountered any people or vehicles despite driving for several minutes.
Behind them, Motoharu kept urging the driver to go faster.
The car jolted violently. Meng Xiaofei had been too busy looking back and didn’t notice the oncoming vehicle. By the time she reacted, she hurriedly turned the steering wheel to avoid the oncoming car. The two vehicles scraped past each other, narrowly avoiding a collision. But the car was moving too fast, and Meng Xiaofei couldn’t turn the wheel back in time, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and crash directly into the grass by the roadside.
Meng Xiaofei couldn’t help but scream as the car bounced violently.
The jolt woke up Li Yifei, who had been meditating with his eyes closed. Groggily, he was about to ask Meng Xiaofei what had happened when he heard a bang from the trunk. A bullet had hit the trunk, fortunately missing the two people in the back seat.
Years of experience made Li Yifei immediately aware that something was wrong. He twisted his weary body to see several cars in pursuit behind them, with people rolling down their windows to shoot.
Li Yifei reacted almost instantly. He immediately pulled out the handgun from his waist, took a quick look around, and said, "Xiaofei, drive to the right, there’s a mountain there."
This time, Meng Xiaofei dared not look back. While forcefully controlling the steering wheel, she said, "Brother Li, be careful, I’ll shake them off."
Fearing Li Yifei wouldn’t understand, Meng Xiaofei explained, "We had just driven out when these people showed up and then turned to chase us, and they’ve already fired many shots!"
The car was bouncing violently. Li Yifei used one hand to hold Sophia firmly to prevent her from being thrown, while the other hand gripped the handgun, observing the situation behind.
The car they were driving today was a Mercedes SUV, with a high chassis and plenty of power, so it was capable of handling this type of terrain.
There were a total of seven or eight cars from the people in black, four of them were sedans, and four were SUVs. When Meng Xiaofei drove downhill, the sedans couldn’t handle this terrain, so Li Yifei directed her to go to the right, away from the road.
This reduced the number of pursuing vehicles to four, lessening the pressure of the chase somewhat.
If possible, Li Yifei would have driven himself, but his current physical condition made that impossible, so it was better for Meng Xiaofei to drive.
He had already rolled down the window. Watching the cars behind them, Li Yifei was unusually calm.
Having escaped death twice today, Li Yifei was even more composed facing the people behind them.
He was slightly surprised at Meng Xiaofei; this girl wasn’t panicking at all.
From the side, Meng Xiaofei’s lips had a trace of blood, but her face was filled with determination. Her eyes were fixed on the road ahead, seemingly forgetting that the people behind them had guns and kept shooting at intervals.
Li Yifei felt both comforted and sorry for her.
There were still two or three kilometers to the distant mountain. It looked close, but on this kind of road, they couldn’t drive fast, so it would take some time to get there.
Seeing Meng Xiaofei get off the road, Motoharu cursed. His car was a sedan, so ditching it was pointless. He got another car to stop, coaxed the people out, got in, and continued the pursuit, while ordering the three SUVs ahead to open fire.
A burst of bullets came flying, and Li Yifei ducked his head. Seeing that the bullets missed, Li Yifei said, "Xiaofei, I’m going to return fire, be careful."
Saying that, Li Yifei extended his hand out the window, locking his body with his feet.
Inside the car, which kept bouncing up and down, it was hard enough to steady himself and hold the gun, let alone shoot. But Li Yifei had the skills to manage it. He extended his hand outside the window, furrowing his brow, aiming at the four cars behind.
Li Yifei only had seven bullets. If they were spent, he’d have no means to fight back, so he was very cautious.
Aiming, pulling the trigger, Li Yifei took a full half-minute before firing the first shot. He was calculating the car’s bounce and the speed and bounce of the opponent’s car.
The first bullet flew out of the gun barrel, and a second later, hit a car dozens of meters away.
Unfortunately, the silencer had weakened the bullet’s power. After hitting the hood, the kinetic energy had decreased a lot. Although the first shot hit, it didn’t achieve the desired effect.
"Damn, boss, they have guns too!" reported the Yamaguchi Group member in the hit car to Motoharu.
Motoharu cursed into the earpiece, "Damn it, are you a pig? Fire at them, if handguns don’t work, switch to the machine gun!"
He was still far behind due to changing cars, so it would take some time to catch up.
Li Yifei had already fired the second shot, having removed the silencer. The bullet went flying with a bang, heading for the opponent’s foremost car.
The opposing side heard the gunshot when the bullet had already arrived, and they didn’t have time to dodge. The bullet slammed into the windshield of the driver’s seat.