Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 1060 - 1013: Luring the Enemy

Chapter 1060: Chapter 1013: Luring the Enemy

Li Yifei had been playing with Xu Shanshan, and it wasn’t long before the topic turned to their current predicament.

"Shanshan, we’re in a bit of trouble now, if your sister has developed a psychic connection, then Mengxin will know we’re still alive. She’ll definitely try to reassure everyone, but I have no idea if she’ll be able to keep it a secret."

"Ah... Really? They can have a connection over such a distance?" Xu Shanshan stretched her lips into a strained smile. The thought of her sister learning the truth filled her with trepidation.

Li Yifei managed a wry smile and said, "I’m torn, part of me hopes there is a connection so that they won’t worry, but I’m afraid if your sister does have a connection, our cover will be blown."

Xu Shanshan rubbed her nose and responded, "Let’s just go with the flow. At worst, we’ll just come clean when we get back. It’s not like my sister can eat me, and besides, if she can accept others, why not me? Does she really want me to marry someone else and have her sense my intimacy with another person every day?"

Left without options, Li Yifei decided to play it by ear. Perhaps it was better for Xu Yingying to know they were still alive rather than to be constantly worried.

Soon after their conversation, the Saintess returned, teased them a little, and then the three huddled together to sleep. These days, the three of them constantly slept together, with Xu Shanshan in the middle for two reasons: firstly, she was the weakest and needed the warmth, and secondly, it prevented the Saintess from getting too close to Li Yifei.

In the following days, Li Yifei and his companions kept moving forward, while the group behind them continued their relentless pursuit. Li Yifei had tried to probe their trackers, but they were obviously skilled professionals. If he got within two kilometers of them, they would retreat, never allowing him to get close.

The enemy clearly didn’t want a direct confrontation yet, it was a war of attrition, and they appeared confident they could outlast Li Yifei and his group. And Li Yifei had no doubt about this; without finding a way out of the desert or stumbling upon another oasis, their supplies simply wouldn’t last.

After five days of travel, the desert still lay endless before them, and their supplies had thinned dangerously. If this continued, they would be in real trouble.

Knowing the enemy was waiting for them to run out of supplies, Li Yifei decided to draw them in. While they still had the strength to last a few more days, they could feign a lack of supplies. This ploy would likely lure the enemy in, giving them a chance to strike and seize their equipment and provisions, which would enable their escape from the desert.

"Boss, it looks like they’ve run out of food and water."

Three days later, the group tracking Li Yifei gathered atop a sand dune, equipped with high-powered telescopic binoculars. Even three kilometers away, they could see Li Yifei’s party clearly.

"Can we take action now?" A man with a sharp dagger licked it, his face emanating fierce aggression.

"Boss, let’s do it. It’s unbearable staying in this godforsaken place. We’ll finish them off quickly and then we can enjoy ourselves."

Sensing the agitation around him, a blond man peered through his binoculars once more and said coolly, "Wait a little longer. Even if they’re short on food and water, Golden Eagle’s combat abilities won’t have diminished much in such a short time. I don’t want us to suffer any losses."

Another guy, consulting a map with a GPS, said, "But, boss, there’s another oasis less than a hundred kilometers ahead. If we don’t kill them before they reach it, once they resupply, we’ll miss our chance."

A glint of cold light flickered in the blond man’s eyes as he said, "We’ll wait another day. Tomorrow night, we strike."

Excitement surged through the group. To kill Golden Eagle, the infamous Golden Eagle—it would be the ultimate honor for them.

"Boss, what about the Saintess?" another person inquired.

"Take her out too."

"That’s a pity, the Saintess, the idol of all the believers in the Holy War Organization. God knows how many men dream of her."

"Hehe, it’d be great if we could have a little fun before finishing her off."

"Shut up!" the blond man barked, his face stern as he spoke, "The saintess is also an extremely dangerous figure. Don’t underestimate her; we must kill on sight. Our organization may be powerful, but the Holy War Organization is definitely not inferior to us. If they carry out a crazed retaliation, our organization will suffer great losses. If something goes wrong here, you all know the consequences."

The people who had been joking around suddenly fell silent. Their expressions turned ferocious; they were a bunch of killing fanatics. Their mission was to eliminate anyone detrimental to the organization. Normally, they underwent extremely strict training. Once they got serious, their discipline was immediately evident.

Another day passed, and these ten men noticed that Li Yifei and his group had covered less than twenty kilometers in one day and seemed to be walking with great difficulty. It looked like the three of them were truly exhausted, and it was time for them to make their move.

Still, they waited until it got dark. Everyone donned infrared glasses—this way, they could see Li Yifei even in the darkness. Each person was wielding an AK47; taking down Golden Eagle with guns would certainly be safest.

The ten men proceeded very carefully. Golden Eagle’s reputation was well known; among the organization’s killers, even those who had taken drugs died by his hand. The strongest among them was the blond man, a gold medal assassin. The rest were silver medal assassins, whose skills were far inferior to Li Yifei’s. Now they had no drugs to enhance them, and against even a weakened Li Yifei, they dared not be careless, not to mention there was the dangerous saintess as well.

They were a little over a hundred meters from Li Yifei’s group, who were still lying on the ground. The blond man made a slight hand motion, and everyone, with even lighter steps, crouched forward. Their footsteps were so faint that only someone with exceptional hearing could detect them.

Ninety meters... Eighty meters... Seventy meters...

When they reached a distance of ten meters, the blond man waved his hand sharply. The muzzles of the ten AK47s spewed fire all at once, all aimed at Li Yifei lying on the ground.

The flash from the gunfire seemed to light up the area; not just three people, but even three elephants would have been shot dead on the spot at that moment.

But the instant their guns spewed fire, Li Yifei and the other two, who had still been on the ground, suddenly disappeared. The blond man instantly yelled out, "Be careful!" Then he raised his gun barrel slightly and swept it across in a barrage of gunfire.

The others reacted just as quickly. Some tilted their barrels upward, some to the left, some to the right, sealing off all possible angles of evasion for Li Yifei and his companions. Even if they could dodge at that moment, they couldn’t possibly escape the waterfall of bullets.

"Click, click..." The sound of empty chambers rang out. Everyone had fired their entire magazine in the effort to kill Li Yifei in one go.

After discarding their guns, everyone drew out sharp daggers. Even though this was a perfect ambush, they were facing the formidable Golden Eagle, and not a single one dared to be negligent.

The ten men looked around. With those glasses, they could see everything around them, but not a single trace of anyone. It was as if Li Yifei had vanished into thin air.

The ten slowly moved toward the spot where Li Yifei and the others had lain. They took every step with extreme caution; they took a whole minute to cover that ten-meter distance.

And when they were five meters away from the place where Li Yifei’s group had been lying, suddenly, two handfuls of sand flew into the air. The speed and force of the sand instinctively made them all shut their eyes.

Naturally, disappearing into thin air was impossible, but Li Yifei could burrow into the ground. After pretending to be weak for several days, he had finally awaited the ambush from these men. How could he not be fully prepared? Right next to where they were lying was a pit about a meter deep. At the instant the men started shooting, he had already rolled into the pit with Xu Shanshan and the saintess, taking cover. Don’t underestimate the sand; it has significant resistance, so the bullets couldn’t penetrate very deep. A pit over a meter deep was enough to dodge any bullet.

The enemy had run out of bullets, and they were so close—the time had come for Li Yifei and his companions to fight back.

The two handfuls of sand were enough to distract their opponents, which was sufficient for experts like Li Yifei and the saintess. Like spring-loaded, they leaped out of the pit and directly into the crowd.

Li Yifei never showed mercy to those who wanted to kill him. When he struck, it was lethal. To be kind to enemies was to be cruel to oneself. Only by killing all his enemies could he ensure his own safety.

But Li Yifei also felt that his opponents were not weak. After several moves, he had only taken down three men.

At that moment, the saintess had killed two men, though it was unclear if she had actually taken their lives, but the two men lying on the ground were certainly incapacitated.

The remaining five men had now gathered together and started a frenzied counterattack against Li Yifei and his companions. Their counterattack was quite threatening, especially the blond man, whose strength could not be underestimated. In coordination with others, he had even forced Li Yifei to retreat a few steps.