The Eastern Alliance had issued an emergency alert.
The entire Yiri City echoed with alarm sirens, even reaching the suburbs.
Decisions.
Now, his test had come.
Since taking office, the Acting Person-in-Charge had rarely made difficult decisions.
One wrong decision and he might face the same treatment as the previous person-in-charge.
The experts watched him, waiting for his decision.
Huang Yi was also waiting for his decision.
Now he finally understood how the middle-aged man from before had been suspended.
A decision like this led to a dead end no matter who made it.
So, the Acting Person-in-Charge asked for Huang Yi’s opinion.
Huang Yi was ruthless: one word, “Retreat.”
The Acting Person-in-Charge pretended to think for a moment, then adopted this decision, putting on a show as if it were Huang Yi who made the decision, not himself, the person-in-charge.
The order was relayed.
In the city center where the initial massive explosion occurred, rescue operations continued: rescue the affected citizens, save lives first, then salvage property last.
At the location where Yin Lin fought the Lifa Male, abandon all rescue efforts and evacuate civilians within a 10-kilometer radius.
If it were the past, it wouldn’t just be evacuating 10 kilometers—the entire city would hide in the suburbs, not even staying in basements.
Yin Lin and the Lifa Male’s battle had both pros and cons.
Since the Demonic Creature couldn’t one-shot Yin Lin, she could still struggle and escape, which caused the disaster area to expand further and further.
Does this theory sound a bit unsettling?
This was the result of the experts’ calm discussion, but they only said half of it.
In the past, when encountering Cadre-level Demonic Creatures, everyone could hide in basements, abandon ground facilities, and then execute a lure plan to trick the Cadre-level Demonic Creature away, or carry out a difficult annihilation mission.
This time was different.
Because Yin Lin’s combat power was too strong, there was a possibility of solo-killing the Lifa Male.
Their intense battle would devastate the nearby city beyond recognition.
The vicinity of the battlefield was no longer suitable for hiding people; evacuation was necessary.
Everyone could no longer secretly rescue those civilians; they had to give up.
Of course, there were other approaches: have the Magical Girl trick the Lifa Male away.
Huang Yi knew this, but he didn’t send that message to her.
With such fierce fighting over there—a single punch could destroy buildings within a several-hundred-meter fan-shaped area.
Sending a message now to tell Yin Lin what to do?
Was he not afraid that humanity’s hope would be killed due to distraction?
Anyway, Huang Yi didn’t dare send that message, even if the citizens in that area were all caught in the crossfire—he didn’t care.
Underground, a huge cavity had been destroyed.
The load-bearing facilities were wrecked, and the surface over several square kilometers had collapsed.
Countless houses were destroyed, and countless people were buried underneath, making rescue difficult.
Those buried people were soon released.
The Lifa Male was angered by Yin Lin’s movements.
After using another mana-infused punch to blow Yin Lin away, he angrily delivered a Charged Fist.
It could be considered a small combo: knockback control plus area attack.
One punch, and the blast rolled for nearly two kilometers.
Those who had been buried nearby were directly vaporized by the mana-infused punch, leaving no remains, torn to powder.
This was what it was like for normal people facing a Cadre-level Demonic Creature—one move and they were gone.
Yin Lin, however, wasn’t able to dodge this time and took the Charged Fist from several hundred meters away.
Looking at Yin Lin again, she had many abrasions, sprains, and internal organ damage, coughing up some blood.
But she still wasn’t dead.
In terms of data, her HP was probably still at 80%, with a few negative status effects.
After enduring so much damage, Yin Lin gradually adapted to that guy’s attack patterns.
This time, after being knocked back, she quickly got up and flew into the sky.
The Lifa Male had destroyed the area, collapsing it.
In the originally pitch-black underground tunnel, a large hole now appeared that led directly outside.
One more weakness of the Magical Girl was gone—she could now fly to disengage.
Just as she flew out of the underground and hadn’t risen too high above the surface, the Lifa Male had already burst out of the underground tunnel.
With a single great leap, he jumped hundreds of meters high, from Basement Level 2 straight to the surface.
Seeing Yin Lin hadn’t gotten far above, he leaped again to even higher than her and slapped down.
A visible blue glowing palm print, dozens of meters in diameter, struck downward from above, smashing Yin Lin hard into the ground.
It was like being hit by the Buddha’s Palm; she was driven into the concrete road, creating a crater over ten meters deep.
That one really hurt.
Yin Lin’s Shield was broken again, and the excessive damage injured her.
She finally vomited blood.
This guy’s attacks were much heavier than Lightning Man’s.
Every attack could break her Shield, even just a glancing blow.
This was no longer a battle that Jin Luan and Huan Hong could participate in.
If Greenfield were here, she might be able to help.
Greenfield’s whip-type Magic Wand could lock down this Demonic Creature.
Yin Lin, coughing, flew out of the crater and tried to take off again.
Her Charge had been very slow during this time; busy escaping, she hadn’t charged much.
Now it was only at 95%.
‘Should I grit my teeth and keep charging?’
‘Only ten seconds and it’s done.’
‘I’m going for it!’
Having made up her mind, Yin Lin prepared to take a punch head-on.
And she was about to receive a heavy blow.
After being driven underground by the Buddha’s Palm earlier, her knockback distance was actually very short—the shortest knockback in the entire battle so far.
Previously, because her body weight was too light and she had no Super Armor, she would fly too far when hit by the Demonic Creature’s magical punches.
The Demonic Creature also had trouble chasing, unable to combo Yin Lin in a short time.
But now, the Demonic Creature had an opportunity for a combo.
After knocking Yin Lin out of the sky, the Demonic Creature had already charged over.
Accumulating mana, he readied his fist.
At this moment, Yin Lin was too close to him to dodge in time.
‘If only I also had Jin Luan’s Flash Step Magic.’
Seeing the Demonic Creature only two meters away from her, his massive body already bearing down.
The breath of death enveloped her heart, and Yin Lin’s life began to flash before her eyes.
She remembered catching cicadas in the summer as a child, and then competing with her friends to see who could pee farther.
‘Wait, it’s not time for my life to flash before my eyes yet!’
Yin Lin suddenly snapped back, firing the Magic Power Cannon she had charged to 98%.
It detonated at zero meters.
A milky white light enveloped both herself and the Demonic Creature.
Yin Lin also took the strongest blow of this battle so far—the strongest blow she had taken since becoming a Magical Girl.
The Magic Power Cannon had exploded, and the Lifa Male’s fully-charged punch also arrived.
The punch struck Yin Lin’s abdomen hard, breaking her Shield instantly.
Her ribs became as fragile as tofu in that instant, all of them shattered.