The roars of the esper made Han Lang feel a sense of familiarity.
He looked up and saw that it was none other than his old acquaintance, Gou Tuizhi.
Gou Tuizhi was merely an SSS-class esper. Let alone Dan Nan and Liu Xiaoxiao, who had already reached the Nascent Soul stage, Han Lang himself was fully capable of fighting him one-on-one.
However, to conceal his strength, Han Lang still shouted loudly at Dan Nan.
"Deputy Officer Dan, it's an SSS-class esper and a group of SS-class espers. The SSS-class esper is yours, the rest are ours!"
Dan Nan understood Han Lang's intention and, without any hesitation, rose into the air and launched a heavy blow towards Gou Tuizhi.
Gou Tuizhi was no match for a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage.
This strike sent him flying back dozens of meters.
Enraged, he quickly shouted again.
"Give it your all, no matter the cost, and hold them off for me."
For a moment, over a dozen SS-class espers charged at Han Lang and the others as if they had no regard for their own lives.
Han Lang's flying needles were swift and frequent; he didn't take these SS-class espers seriously.
But the situation was extremely urgent.
At least, within his visual range, the sensory esper Allen, and another burly-looking esper were rapidly approaching them.
Han Lang felt anxious. While resisting fiercely, he shouted at Ma Long on the helicopter.
"Brother Ma, is it ready yet? X-class espers are coming!"
Ma Long was also sweating profusely from anxiety. He ignored Han Lang's shouts, but instead, he desperately tried to control his nervousness and started the helicopter with all his might.
With a rumbling mechanical sound, Ma Long was overjoyed. While sitting in the pilot's seat, he poked his head out and shouted to everyone.
"It's ready! Get on the helicopter!"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but rejoice.
Dan Nan directly said,
"Tang Qin, Tang Geng, Zhao Wu, you first. Han Lang, Xiaoxiao, hurry up. I'll cover the rear!"
Tang Qin, Tang Geng, and Zhao Wu did not hesitate. With a turn, they rushed onto the helicopter.
At the same time, the helicopter fully started and lifted off.
Han Lang and Liu Xiaoxiao also seized the opportunity, repelled the espers in front of them with a strike, then flashed and darted into the cabin.
Just then, the X-class esper Allen also arrived at the battlefield first.
Seeing them about to escape by helicopter, he did not hesitate and directly attacked the helicopter.
Dan Nan was greatly alarmed.
He moved through the air, blocking Allen's path, and without hesitation, threw a heavy punch at Allen.
Allen dared not withstand it head-on.
His combat ability was not as strong as a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, so he could only defend with all his might.
It was during this brief interval that Dan Nan entered the cabin.
Seeing that everyone was on board, Ma Long unhesitatingly pushed the lever, and the helicopter began to move forward rapidly.
However, acceleration still took time.
Within these few breaths, the burly esper also arrived at the scene.
Without any hesitation, he intended to directly attack the helicopter's propellers.
Dan Nan was greatly alarmed.
He quickly gathered his spiritual energy and punched the burly X-class esper through the air.
The esper, facing such an attack, did not retreat or dodge. He merely raised his arm slightly to block in front of him, easily neutralizing Dan Nan's attack.
And just as he was about to advance again to attack the helicopter, Ma Long had also controlled the helicopter to accelerate.
The burly esper stomped his feet in anger.
But even if he chased now, he wouldn't be able to catch up in time.
Helpless, he continued to dash forward and repeatedly issued orders.
"Fire, fire! Shoot down the helicopter for me!"
Immediately, missiles flew.
Whistling, they hurtled towards Han Lang and the others.
Han Lang and Tang Geng were prepared.
They respectively unleashed their golden needles and flying swords to strike the fuzes of the missiles.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Several missiles exploded in mid-air.
However, the residual force caused the helicopter to shake violently.
Its speed also decreased slightly.
Taking advantage of this gap, Allen and the burly esper instantly caught up.
Accompanying them was the second wave of rapidly approaching missiles.
Han Lang and the others were stunned.
The missiles were too fast.
If the same situation occurred again, they would inevitably be held back by the two X-class espers.
At this critical moment.
Han Lang exerted all his strength, mobilizing his late-stage Golden Core spiritual energy, and controlled a golden needle to attach itself to a missile.
Tang Geng immediately understood and his flying sword also pressed tightly against the underside of the missile.
With their joint efforts.
The speeding missile had its direction forcefully altered.
Then, Han Lang precisely controlled the missile to fly towards the two X-class espers.
With a "boom."
A massive fireball instantly engulfed the two espers.
His figure was thus completely stopped, forced to resist the might of the missile with all his strength.
Although Han Lang had used his late-stage Golden Core strength, this power was not directly applied to the attack.
Therefore, the espers did not discover Han Lang's progress in strength.
With the time gained, the helicopter successfully left the attack range of the two espers and sped towards the planned northern dense forest.
Just when everyone thought they had escaped danger.
Rumbling sounds soon came from behind.
Helicopters, and even fighter jets, took off and pursued Han Lang and the others closely.
The two X-class espers also took the opportunity to board aircraft, following closely behind Han Lang and the others.
As the aircraft flew, the northern dense forest gradually appeared before them.
However, the speed of helicopters could not compare to fighter jets.
For a time, fighter jets roared, charging forward around Han Lang and the others.
Then, with a beautiful turn, they faced Han Lang and the others' helicopter head-on.
As the fighter jet pilot pulled the trigger.
Shells directly bombarded the helicopter.
Han Lang, Tang Geng, and Liu Xiaoxiao, Dan Nan immediately began to counterattack.
Shells exploded around the helicopter.
The immense noise caused Zhao Wu and Tang Qin on the helicopter to frown.
However, Ma Long, in the pilot's seat, knew the urgency of the situation.
Therefore, he struggled to control himself and drove the helicopter forward with all his might.
This also resulted in the helicopter's speed slightly decreasing due to the explosions, but it still maintained its distance from the X-class espers behind them.
But things were never that simple.
Seeing that their attack failed, the few fighter jets then turned again.
In the same manner, they launched another attack on the helicopter.
At this time, the helicopter carrying Han Lang and the others had arrived above the northern dense forest.
Seeing the speeding shells, Dan Nan had a flash of inspiration and immediately said.
"Don't detonate these shells. Let them destroy the helicopter. We'll use the flames of the explosion to find a way to hide in the dense forest!"
Han Lang and the others were initially puzzled by this statement.
But soon, everyone understood Dan Nan's meaning.
Their purpose in fleeing to this dense forest was to divert attention.
Wouldn't letting the plane be destroyed further highlight their intention to return to Xia Country to the enemy?
As long as they could hide well in the dense forest, the espers and the White Elephant Country army would surely focus their defenses on the other side of the dense forest, which was the only way back to Xia Country.
This way, they would have enough time to maneuver and infiltrate the city to the southwest!
With this thought, Han Lang and Tang Geng deliberately exposed a flaw.
They pretended to be careless, allowing a few shells to penetrate their defensive perimeter.
Indeed, seeing this, the two espers on the helicopter behind them sneered.
And as the explosions sounded, the sky-high flames, accompanied by the falling helicopter, instantly ignited a forest fire in the dense forest.
Han Lang and the others were prepared and protected themselves with spiritual energy.
The moment the plane crashed, they quickly escaped and hid elsewhere in the dense forest.