Chapter 634 - 658: The Expert Appears
"How many of you are there?" Li Yifei, his fingers slightly relaxed, asked coldly as he gripped the guy’s neck.
The thug eagerly took a couple of deep breaths; the closeness of death had been so palpable when his breathing was stifled, but now that he could finally breathe, he realized how precious air was to a person. Despite having taken lives, he cherished his own life immensely and quickly said, "Only if you promise not to kill me will I tell you."
"You don’t have the right to bargain." Li Yifei’s fingers suddenly extended, pressing sharply against the guy’s ribs.
Li Yifei was very skilled, not just physically robust, but also proficient in a technique similar to acupoint aiming. While it wasn’t as mystical as depicted in novels, it could indeed provoke particular reactions in the body when applied with a specific force to certain points. The place he pressed now caused the thug to feel an unbearable pain throughout his body. Instinctively, he wanted to scream in agony, but with Li Yifei’s hand on his throat, even a cry was impossible. This internalized torture was intolerable, and he wished to die immediately rather than endure such pain again.
"Speak, and I’ll grant you a quick death." Li Yifei pressed on the man’s ribs again, and the thug’s complexion eased.
By the time Li Yifei’s grip had slightly loosened, the thug had completely lost the will to resist and hastily said, "I’ll talk, we came in groups. There are fifteen of us in my group, we’re responsible for the engine and the ship’s power systems. How many others there are, I really don’t know."
Li Yifei nodded and then with a forceful press of his fingers, he killed the thug. As the man took his last breath, his face oddly showed a sense of relief. The brief pain he had experienced had been so severe that he never wanted to bear it again; in death, he found an escape.
Li Yifei picked up Li Xinyue and Song Lianyao. It was still too dangerous here, and escorting them to a safe place would take too much time, so he decided to rouse them both instead.
As Li Xinyue and Song Lianyao awakened, their first instinct was the sensation of being held. Their minds still lingered on the moments before they fainted, and they immediately started to struggle fiercely.
Li Yifei hurriedly said, "It’s me!"