25: Having just escaped the tiger's mouth, he now attracts a peach blossom curse.

The siren sounds gradually drew closer.

Armored vehicles emblazoned with the golden Dragon Shield insignia sealed off all exits.

Large numbers of fully armed Dragon Shield Bureau members, along with medical personnel in white uniforms, disembarked in an orderly fashion, quickly taking control of the scene.

Lin Yuan glanced up at the flashing red and blue police lights.

After a brief moment of speechlessness, he let out a long sigh of relief.

They finally… arrived.

Just then.

A black command vehicle stopped not far away, and its door opened.

A figure stepped out of the vehicle.

It was a woman.

She wore a brown trench coat, had neat short hair, and a cold, elegant face, exuding a heroic and spirited demeanor.

She merely stood there, and an invisible sense of oppression spread, quieting the surrounding clamor.

Clearly, she was the commander of this reinforcement unit.

As soon as she exited the vehicle, her gaze swept across the scene, quickly assessing the situation.

When her eyes landed on the center of the ruins, they suddenly narrowed.

She saw Su Wanqing, covered in blood and pale.

She also saw Su Wanqing’s combat uniform, tattered by corrosive liquid, and the shocking bloody hole in her shoulder!

And she saw… a strange man, supporting Su Wanqing, with one hand brazenly resting on her body!

At that instant.

Her eyes turned icy cold.

A chilling killing intent erupted!

"Take your filthy hands off Wanqing!"

A sharp shout, like an icy wind in winter, swept through the entire ruin.

Before her words even finished.

The woman pointed her right hand like a blade, and with an empty slash in Lin Yuan’s direction!

Whoosh!

A transparent wind blade, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, appeared out of thin air!

It tore through the air, directly slashing towards Lin Yuan!

Lin Yuan’s pupils constricted.

What the heck!

Is this woman crazy?!

She just started attacking indiscriminately?

He cursed wildly in his mind, his body instinctively wanting to dodge.

However.

He realized in horror that his body was completely unresponsive.

The forced absorption of the entire substation's electrical energy had already pushed his body to its limit.

That flashy move to instantly kill the Warlord Rank beast had drained the last shred of strength from his body.

Now, he was incredibly weak.

Forget dodging, even standing up was difficult.

He could only watch helplessly as the wind blade grew larger and larger in his pupils.

Damn it.

I just painstakingly killed the BOSS, and now I'm going to die at the hands of my own people?

What kind of situation is this!

Just at this critical moment.

"Stop!"

A somewhat weak shout rang out.

It was Su Wanqing!

She sensed the danger and forcefully mobilized the last bit of cold energy left in her body.

She condensed a thin ice shield in front of Lin Yuan.

"Bang!"

The wind blade slammed heavily onto the ice shield.

The hastily condensed ice shield lasted less than half a second before shattering into countless ice crystals with a "crack."

The lingering force of the wind blade grazed Lin Yuan’s cheek.

"Sssla…"

A shallow cut appeared on his face, burning with pain.

And Su Wanqing, after expending her last bit of strength, went limp, almost collapsing.

If Lin Yuan hadn't instinctively held her tighter, she would have probably fallen to the ground.

This scene, however, appeared as something entirely different in the woman's eyes.

He actually dared to hold the heavily injured Wanqing hostage!

"You're courting death!"

The woman took a step forward.

Boom!

A gust of wind exploded from her, scattering the rubble and dust on the ground.

A wind blade, even more formidable and larger than before, was rapidly condensing at her fingertips.

Lin Yuan held the soft body in his arms, feeling the other party's undisguised killing intent, both shocked and enraged, and could no longer help but curse loudly:

"Seriously? Are you sick or something?"

"Can't tell the difference between friend and foe, can you?"

"I just risked my life to save her, and you come at me with a slash? I really don't understand how someone like you can become a commander!"

His string of angry shouts not only failed to calm Liu Yan down but instead intensified the killing intent in her eyes.

In her opinion, this was merely the scoundrel acting out of desperation.

This time, she would dismember this bastard who dared to harm and humiliate Su Wanqing!

"Liu Yan! Stop it!"

Just as Liu Yan was about to make her move again, Su Wanqing’s voice came again.

"That's an order!"

Liu Yan's motion of condensing the wind blade froze.

She looked at Su Wanqing, who was leaning in Lin Yuan's arms, in disbelief.

Su Wanqing raised her head and stared coldly at her.

"Lin Yuan is my partner."

"He is also the sole contributor to the success of this mission."

"Now, put away your ridiculous act and immediately, right now, execute the rescue procedure!"

Partner… contributor… These two words stunned Liu Yan.

She looked at Su Wanqing's cold eyes, then at the innocent-looking man still tightly holding Su Wanqing.

Her face turned ashen.

A complex mix of jealousy, anger, and unwillingness surged in her chest.

But… an order was an order.

Especially an order personally given by Su Wanqing.

Liu Yan clenched her fists tightly, and the fierce winds around her gradually subsided.

Finally, she still waved her hand unwillingly, her voice seeming to be squeezed out from between her teeth.

"Medical team! Move forward!"

Several medical personnel who had been waiting nearby, as if granted a great pardon, quickly rushed forward with stretchers and medical kits.

They carefully took the semi-conscious Su Wanqing from Lin Yuan’s arms.

Lin Yuan was politely "invited" to the side by two medical personnel.

He looked at Liu Yan’s seemingly man-eating gaze, then at the still-bleeding cut on his face, feeling utterly bewildered.

Who did he… offend?

He instinctively touched his nose, his face full of innocence.

Well.

Judging by the situation, it seemed he had inexplicably gained another enemy.