Apocalypse: Why did you provoke her? She's a cultivator.

Chapter 165 Breakup
The aircraft glided slowly along the mountain ridge, the mountain wind whipping up pebbles that brushed against the hull, making a soft, rustling sound.

Ye Qiumian was looking down at the gray, decaying plants spreading below when she suddenly heard a series of chaotic footsteps coming from down the mountain, mixed with suppressed breathing and angry shouts.

She looked up and saw a dozen people stumbling and running forward on the steep slope in the distance.

Those people were dressed in rags, and many had deep wounds on their arms or legs that exposed bone. Bloodstains soaked through the fabric, leaving intermittent red streaks on the ground behind them.

The man at the front, clutching his bleeding side, kept turning back to shout, "Faster...faster!"

And the person firmly protected in the middle of this group was a young girl wearing a light blue T-shirt.

Her face was covered in mud, her forehead was cut, and blood was streaming down her cheek, but she didn't bother to wipe it away. Instead, she pulled a middle-aged woman forward with her backhand.

He held a surge of supernatural power in his other hand, his eyes warily fixed on what was behind him.

Isn't that Xiao Nuo?

Some time ago, at the foot of a mountain, she stumbled upon Yu Jiahui and Song Yiqiao ambushing Xiao Nuo.

I saved her back then, so why am I being chased and killed now?
"Run? Let's see where you run!" A sharp shout came from behind.

Ye Qiu Mian turned her head and saw more than twenty figures chasing after her at an extremely fast speed.

Their movements were swift and their breathing steady, clearly indicating that they were superhumans who had been fighting for many years.

The man at the front raised his hand and a half-foot-long flame shot out from his palm, striking a rock in front of Xiao Nuo and the others with precision.

With a loud "boom," the rock shattered, sending fragments flying everywhere.

The man running at the back couldn't dodge in time, and his knee was grazed by the gravel. He staggered and fell to his knees, groaning in pain.

Xiao Nuo turned around abruptly, gritted her teeth, and flung out the superpower in her hand.

"Does Yu Wenhao really want to wipe them all out?"

"Exterminate them all?" Among the pursuing superhumans, a woman wielding ice spikes sneered, "Xiao Nuo, you killed Yu Jiahui and Song Yiqiao, and you still have the nerve to say the base commander wants to exterminate them all? If you know what's good for you, just surrender yourself, and maybe you can leave your family with a whole corpse!"

As soon as the woman with the ice cone finished speaking, an earth-elemental ability user next to her raised his hand and slammed it into the ground.

The ground beneath Xiao Nuo and the others instantly churned, sprouting several sharp earth spikes that blocked their path.

Caught in a pincer movement, the Forgotten Ability User beside Xiao Nuo panicked.

She stared intently at the woman with the ice spikes, her face pale, but she still said fiercely, "They have only themselves to blame!"

"Enough with the nonsense!" The leading fire-type ability user waved his hand impatiently. "The base chief said, we need to see them alive or dead. Let's move!"

Flames and ice spikes struck simultaneously, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound.

Xiao Nuo's pupils contracted sharply. She instinctively stood in front of her family members, but the flames burned her sleeves, instantly igniting a small flame.

Ye Qiumian watched quietly from inside the aircraft.

When she recalled saving Xiao Nuo, she clearly had no intention of killing Yu Jia Hui and Song Yi Qiao.

But those people just said she killed those two people, so it seems Xiao Nuo did indeed kill them after all.

It's likely that Yu Jiahui and Song Yiqiao crossed her line.

Since she killed Yu Wenhao's sister, she naturally broke ties with Yu Wenhao.

Ye Qiumian tapped the gunwale lightly with her fingertips, her gaze sweeping over the tense situation below.

They were more spirited than she had imagined.

The mountain wind rustled the trees on the peaks, whipped up Xiao Nuo's scorched clothes, and brought with it the explosive sounds of colliding supernatural abilities.

The aircraft remained suspended lightly in mid-air, its hull reflecting the impending battle below.

Flames and ice spikes were almost within reach. Xiao Bin and his wife cried out and rushed over to protect their daughter, but were tripped by the earth spikes and stopped in their tracks.

Just at this critical moment, a pale golden aura suddenly fell from mid-air, like an invisible net, gently covering Xiao Nuo and the others.

The flames collided with the aura shield, turning into sparks with a "poof." The ice spikes struck them, instantly melting into water vapor.

The fierce expressions on the faces of the twenty superhumans who were chasing them were instantly replaced by astonishment.

They could clearly feel the oppressive force contained within that spiritual energy, which made them pause their breathing for a moment.

"Who?!" the fire-type ability user shouted sharply, looking up at the sky.

Ye Qiumian stood at the bow of the boat, her clothes fluttering in the mountain breeze, her expression serene.

She didn't say much, but simply raised her fingertips slightly, and the spiritual energy shield suddenly pushed outward.

The twenty-odd superhumans were as if they had been hit by an invisible wall, and they all took seven or eight steps back.

They looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes.

This strength is simply beyond their ability to contend with.

"Retreat!" someone shouted in a low voice. Without the slightest hesitation, the five turned and ran down the mountain, disappearing into the dense forest in the blink of an eye.

The crisis was averted, and the spiritual energy shield quietly dissipated.

Xiao Nuo suddenly looked up at the sky, and when she saw the familiar figure on the boat, her eyes instantly turned red.

"Sister Ye?" Her voice trembled, choked with disbelief.

The aircraft landed slowly, its spiritual light faded, and it transformed into a stream of light that entered Ye Qiumian's space.

She landed lightly on her toes in front of Xiao Nuo, her skirt sweeping across the pebbles and kicking up a few wisps of dust.

"Sister Ye!" Xiao Nuo could no longer hold back her tears.

The scene of her saving herself some time ago overlaps with this moment.

It was Sister Ye again who saved my family during the most critical moment.

After regaining their senses, Xiao Bin and his wife quickly helped their still dazed youngest son, Xiao Yan, forward.

Xiao Bin clutched his bleeding side, his face pale but unable to hide his excitement.

He bowed deeply to Ye Qiumian: "Miss Ye, thank you for saving us."

Chen Manwen's eyes were red, and she took Xiaoyan's hand, making the child bow as well: "Quick, Xiaoyan, thank Sister Ye."

Six years have passed, and Xiaoyan is now eleven years old. She was so frightened just now that she kept clutching her father's clothes.

She timidly raised her head, looked at the aloof older sister in front of her, and whispered, "Thank you, Sister Ye."

After speaking, she quickly lowered her head, her little hands still trembling slightly.

Ye Qiumian's gaze swept over their wounds, her brows furrowed slightly, and she flicked her finger.

Several wisps of spiritual energy landed on Xiao Bin's side waist, Xiao Nuo's wound on her forehead, and the wounds of others.

The spiritual energy melted upon contact with the skin, and a cool sensation came from the wound, instantly reducing the burning pain by half.

"Thank you so much, Miss Ye..." Mr. and Mrs. Xiaobin were even more grateful, their lips trembling as they murmured, unsure of what to say.

Xiao Nuo wiped away her tears and looked at Ye Qiu Mian: "Sister Ye, what are you doing here?"

Ye Qiumian said calmly, "I'm going back to the state capital base."

"Can we come with you?" Xiao Nuo asked.

Ye Qiumian glanced at everyone present; everyone was injured.

If they were to encounter the people sent by Yu Wenhao again, they would likely be powerless to resist.

She nodded: "Okay, let's go together."

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