The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1864: A Close Call

In moments of crisis, people can always unleash immense potential, even cultivators are no exception. Ye Shikai knew what kind of monster was behind him, and he had to leave quickly. Suddenly, he felt a large hand tightly grip his ankle and drag him outwards.

"Damn."

Caught off guard, Ye Shikai was half pulled out of the ventilation duct. A little later, he would be dragged out completely and torn to shreds by the monster. In desperation, Ye Shikai drew his You Xi Sword and swung it forcefully behind him.

The sword rose and fell, easily slicing through the monster’s arm. Ye Shikai kicked the monster away and quickly crawled back into the duct, desperately moving forward. After crawling five or six meters and realizing the monster couldn’t get in, he breathed a sigh of relief. These monsters were truly terrifying; a moment’s delay or failing to sever the creature’s hand would have meant certain death.

Panting, Ye Shikai dared not delay and continued to crawl forward. Despite wanting to pursue him, the monsters were hindered by their massive size and couldn’t enter, ultimately giving up. Ye Shikai had crawled about halfway when he suddenly felt a tremor behind him, and the surrounding metal panels emitted a "thud-thud" sound. Tianjing and the others should have crawled out by now, meaning something was chasing after him.

Turning his head, he vaguely felt something approaching. Without light in the ventilation duct, Ye Shikai pulled out his portable flashlight and saw a monster about ten meters behind him, similar in size to a human, but with a crocodile head. Its limbs resembled a crocodile’s, and it had a long tail.

Holy cow, startled by the revelation, Ye Shikai held his breath. He never imagined these monsters could resemble human size. What was the purpose behind these monsters created by the sinister organization?

The crocodile creature let out an eerie sound from behind, prompting Ye Shikai to crawl forward with all his might. However, in terms of crawling, crocodiles are naturally adept, rapidly catching up within a few steps. Feeling anxious, Ye Shikai pulled out a handgun and repeatedly fired at the creature.

Bam, bam, bam.

The bullets hit the creature’s head but didn’t penetrate; the scales were like heavy-duty bulletproof vests, even armor-piercing rounds couldn’t get through.

Ye Shikai then unleashed the Fire Element; a burst of flames gushing forth, causing the crocodile creature to screech. The narrow duct allowed the flame to concentrate on a point, and getting burnt wasn’t pleasant. Enraged, the creature lunged forward. The cramped space made it difficult to move or wield a sword effectively. Biting each other wasn’t an option.

Ye Shikai used Inner Strength to create a barrier behind him, temporarily blocking the creature’s charge, and crawled slowly outward.

Outside.

"Mr. Ye’s been down there for a long time. Why hasn’t he come up yet?" Jing Xie asked anxiously.

"There’s noise, it’s Mr. Ye." Tianjing pressed his ear against the duct and clearly heard the crawling sound and the monster’s shrieking...

"This is bad, a monster is catching up." Tianjing immediately realized, flashing a flashlight downwards but unable to see anything. The duct was too dark and not a straight line; some parts were even vertical, making going up more effortful and slower than descending.

"What do we do then? Should we go down and help?"

"This duct is so narrow, how can we go down to help?" Tianjing was very anxious but helpless.

Five minutes later.

"Tianjing, I see Mr. Ye."

Tianjing rushed forward; at this moment, Ye Shikai was only twenty meters from the exit, clearly seeing a creature with a crocodile head behind him.

"Mr. Ye, are you alright?" Tianjing shouted downwards.

"Don’t worry, I’m fine, but the creature is still chasing me," Ye Shikai shouted back.

"Hurry up, come up, we’ll deal with the creature."

"Alright."

When Ye Shikai reached the exit, Jing Xie rushed forward, grabbing his arm and pulling him out. Tianjing, Phoenix, along with the SAD special forces and Dragon Teeth squad positioned their gun barrels facing the duct.

Ha-ha.

When the crocodile creature emerged, Tianjing commanded, and everyone unleashed full firepower. In an instant, hundreds of rounds poured onto the creature.

"Cease fire."

After nearly half a minute of shooting, even a mutant creature was shot to pieces. Tianjing walked forward, pulling the creature out. Everyone shuddered at the sight, as if a person was encased in a crocodile skin, but in reality, it was a crocodile monster, half-human, half-crocodile.

"Mr. Ye, are you alright?" Tianjing quickly inquired.

"Don’t worry, I’m fine." Ye Shikai pulled out a remote control from his pocket and pressed the button under everyone’s watchful eyes.

"Let’s bury these monsters here."

Boom.

Even underground, the people above heard several loud explosions, and the foundation shook like an earthquake. So much explosive power underground was enough to collapse the entire basement. Such immense energy; flames from the explosion even spewed through the duct...

A minute later, the factory fell silent once more.

"Deploy a remote-controlled robot into the duct to see if the underground has collapsed," Tianjing instructed. Equipped with cameras, everyone could observe the basement’s destruction via computer screens.

"Understood."

"I was scared to death, nearly died down there," Ye Shikai gasped for breath, still shaken.

"Ah, what’s this?" Cheng Luoqi suddenly exclaimed. Ye Shikai’s ankle still had a tightly clutched hand, or rather a claw.

"I was grabbed by a monster’s hand earlier. If I hadn’t severed it in time, I would’ve been pulled out." Ye Shikai explained, forcibly removing the severed claw, surprised he hadn’t noticed it had become "rigid."

"Report, the duct is completely blocked; no activity detected below."

"Great news." Tianjing was very excited; mission accomplished, finally eliminating these mutant humans, with everyone safe.

"However, it’s unfortunate we didn’t acquire the HST project’s pharmaceutical results. Frankly, these monsters were modified by those bastards using live humans. Although they aren’t truly terrifying, the yet-unfound sinister organization is what’s truly scary," Ye Shikai heaved a long sigh.

"We will find them."