Top-tier Unruly Master

Ding Fan carried Ye Ningqing on his back and, after a wild sprint, he hid in a clump of bushes.

At that moment, Ye Ningqing looked up and saw that there was nothing unusual outside; she really couldn't understand why Ding Fan would do such a thing.

Just then, a figure swiftly passed by the bushes where they were hiding.

Ye Ningqing silently drew in a cold breath. If Ding Fan hadn't hidden in advance, they would definitely have been discovered by that person. Once they alerted the enemy, rescuing anyone would be out of the question, let alone safeguarding their own lives.

Feeling secretly relieved, Ye Ningqing became a bit curious as she watched Ding Fan. She didn't understand how he had detected the adversary in advance, especially since it was hard to see clearly beyond three meters in the dim forest.

"Where are your companions right now?" Ding Fan slightly turned his head and asked Ye Ningqing, who was lying on his back.

At that moment, Ye Ningqing could almost smell Ding Fan's breath. Her face inexplicably flushed red; it was her first time being so close to a man.

"They are hiding in a depression over that side of the forest..." Ye Ningqing said, suppressing the awkwardness in her heart and pointing in a direction ahead.

Ding Fan surveyed the surroundings. The depression was surrounded by quite a few gunmen and even four ancient martial arts experts lurking nearby.

Ding Fan knew that even now, it was impossible to kill all these people without anyone noticing. Therefore, a sneak attack was out of the question. Besides, if a fight really broke out, Ding Fan would definitely not have the upper hand against the combination of martial arts descendants and gunmen.

Thus, Ding Fan decided to first check the situation in the depression and then figure out a way to sneak the people out.

Immediately, Ding Fan picked up Ye Ning and suddenly leapt forward, but, to Ye Ningqing's surprise, he did not leap in the direction she had pointed.

Ding Fan rapidly moved his body, hiding and sprinting, until he finally appeared in the depression with Ye Ningqing on his back without being detected.

Ye Ningqing even stepped onto the depression. She could hardly believe that she had appeared there without anyone noticing.

Squeak... At that moment, a very sharp noise suddenly erupted.

Ye Ningqing was startled by the sound; it was clearly the sound of her companion's hidden weapon.

It seemed that their sudden appearance had led her companions to mistake them for Jiu Jiao's people.

At that moment, Ding Fan thrust out two fingers. When Ye Ningqing looked back, she was shocked to see that Ding Fan was holding a short arrow between his two fingers.

Ye Ningqing knew that at that distance, the short arrow was as lethal as a bullet. Yet, Ding Fan easily pinched it between his fingers, which seemed overly fierce.

However, now Ye Ningqing didn't have much time to be astonished. She hurriedly called out softly towards the depression, "I am Ye Ningqing..."

After Ye Ningqing called out, there was silence in the depression for a while, then a woman's voice came out.

"Ningqing? Is it really you..."

Following that voice, a woman crawled out from behind a large rock next to the depression.

"How is everyone?" Ye Ningqing anxiously asked upon seeing her.

"Sun Chao is seriously injured; she has already started to run a fever. If we don't get medicine soon, she might not survive until morning," the woman replied, then glanced at Ding Fan standing behind Ye Ningqing.

"Who is he?"

"This senior here is the reinforcement I called for... Now is not the time to talk about this, let's go see Sun Chao's injuries first," Ye Ningqing said.

The woman gave Ding Fan another look. She didn't sense any fluctuations of inner strength from Ding Fan, and at that moment, she wondered what use such a person would be, whom Ye Ningqing had invited.

However, the woman refrained from asking out of respect for Ye Ningqing's presence.

Under the woman's lead, they quickly crawled through a pile of dry grass. Upon entering the dry grass, Ding Fan saw a woman lying on the ground covered in blood.

From the conversation between Ye Ningqing and the woman earlier, this bloodied woman must be the one named Sun Chao. Ding Fan scanned her with his divine sense; Sun Chao's vitality was faint, and her complexion was extremely pale, indicating severe injuries.

"Who is this person?" At that moment, a man's voice, sounding very unfriendly, came from the side.

"Li Yu, this senior is the reinforcement I called for..." Ye Ningqing hurriedly introduced him to the side.

"Senior, let me introduce you. This is our team leader; his name is Li Yu," Ye Ningqing introduced Ding Fan.

Li Yu at that moment did not seem to acknowledge Ding Fan, and he turned to Ye Ningqing, "Since you've already broken out, why did you come back? Our mission has failed, and someone among us must leave to report the whole situation to our superiors."

"I just heard gunfire, and I thought..."

Before Ye Ningqing could finish, the woman who had led Ding Fan in said, "We spotted a few people scouting this way earlier, and we fired at them to drive them back..."

"No matter how you got in here, I now order you not to worry about us. You must break out again," Li Yu said sternly.

"Li Yu, the senior can take us out of here," Ye Ningqing said hurriedly on the side.

"Senior?" Li Yu looked at Ding Fan indifferently. "I don't see how he resembles a senior."

Ding Fan was about the same age as them. In Li Yu's eyes, how could he possibly deserve the title of senior?

Ding Fan's eyebrows furrowed slightly. Li Yu's words clearly showed disbelief in him.

Ding Fan had come here only because Ye Ningqing had asked him to, but now, since the other party did not believe his words, there was no need for him to stay any longer.

At that moment, Ding Fan spoke indifferently to Ye Ningqing beside him.

"If you still want to get out, I can take you..."

Ye Ningqing could clearly see that Ding Fan meant to wash his hands of the matter. She became somewhat panicked and grabbed Ding Fan.

"Senior, please don't be angry."

Then Ye Ningqing turned to Li Yu and said, "Li Yu, the senior alone killed three Human Level Martial Artists before. Later, he led me here without anyone noticing us on the road. Now, only the senior can save us!"

A person had killed three Human Level Martial Artists?

Li Yu was stunned; after all, even he himself was just a Human Level Third Grade Martial Artist, and he found it hard to believe that Ding Fan could kill three Human Level Martial Artists by himself.

"Senior, please forgive our foolishness and save us..." At this moment, Ye Ningqing knelt directly in front of Ding Fan.

Seeing this, Li Yu was incredibly astonished.

Ye Ningqing was no ordinary person; she was from the Yanjing Ye Family, always carrying herself above others. What sort of person could catch her eye, yet there she was, so proud, kneeling to a stranger.

Ding Fan didn't want to meddle in their affairs, but seeing Ye Ningqing so desperately pleading, he felt it was hard to refuse.

Ding Fan pondered for a moment.

"I will lead the way ahead; those who wish to follow may do so," Ding Fan said, and without wasting more time, he walked straight towards the grass field's edge.

Believe or not, stay or leave, the choice Ding Fan gave was indeed very simple.

"Li Yu, should we follow him?" At this moment, the woman who led the way earlier looked at Li Yu.

"This senior is really incredible, trust me," Ye Ningbing said seriously.

Li Yu glanced at Ye Ningqing, then nodded his head.

Staying here meant certain death. The reason they hadn't been attacked yet was mainly because the Earth Star environment was complex, and the enemies hesitated to rashly enter.

Li Yu knew that once daylight broke, the enemies outside would not show any mercy. With four gunmen and several Martial Artists, that force was something they couldn't confront.

So rather than waiting for death here, it was better to try their luck following Ding Fan.

At that moment, Li Yu picked up Sun Chao, who had fainted on the ground. "Zhou Mei, keep up."

The woman previously leading the way, Zhou Mei, nodded and then closely followed Li Yu...

With his Divine Sense fully activated, Ding Fan, although it was difficult to see through the darkness of the night, his Divine Sense played a significant role.

Ding Fan used his Divine Sense to discern his surroundings, continually finding gaps in the enemy's encirclement as he led the group haltingly. It was only when they were about to exit the encirclement and Zhou Mei accidentally made a noise alerting a gunman that there was any incident again.

And the gunman, who was about to fire his gun to alert others, was killed by Ding Fan in an instant.

The group quietly and incredibly made their way out of the encirclement...

Even as they walked out of the encirclement, Li Yu found it hard to believe. To think that when they were being pursued, just the gunmen alone numbered between twenty and thirty, not to mention the numerous Ancient Martial Arts masters.

To have walked out right under the noses of these people, had he not experienced it himself, how could he dare to believe it?

After leading the group out and walking some distance to ensure their safety, Ding Fan then turned to Ye Ningqing and said,

"You're safe now, I will leave."

"Senior, previously I was blind and spoke rashly. I hope you won't take it to heart." Before Ye Ningqing could speak, Li Yu stepped forward, showed utmost respect according to the martial ethos, and said to Ding Fan.

They had escaped, all thanks to Ding Fan.

The ambushes within the surrounding forests seemed visible to Ding Fan. Just his ability alone was enough to earn Li Yu's admiration.