As Shen Mengqing charged out, a cold glint suddenly appeared between her right fingers from the boundless darkness.
Her figure, swift as lightning and a sword, graceful as an eagle and a swallow, embodying both speed and agility, appeared before the fastest-charging Fang Long in the next second.
The night wind stirred, and a cold light flashed!
"Ah!!!"
As a piercing scream echoed through the night sky, Fang Long's body froze in place.
Immediately after, he hunched his body slightly, clutching his right wrist tightly with his left hand, Fang Long stomping his feet in pain.
After dealing with Fang Long, Shen Mengqing's steps did not falter. As the steel plate in her right hand spun out, she powerfully kicked with her left foot, sending a burly man who was reaching out to grab her flying into the wilderness.
In less than a minute and a half, except for Duan Kun, the other four people who had come with him were all cleanly dealt with by Shen Mengqing.
After finishing off the four people in one go, Shen Mengqing leisurely walked up to Duan Kun.
Looking at Duan Kun, whose face was filled with shock and whose body was trembling uncontrollably, Shen Mengqing said coldly, "If it weren't for Aunt Jin always reminding me to prioritize peace, tonight... your lackeys wouldn't just have their hands scratched!"
"So, it's the same as what I told you in the casino."
"This is the only time, and it won't happen again!"
"Next time, I promise... I'll make sure every one of you loses a hand!!!"
Looking at the steel plate flashing with cold light between Shen Mengqing's right fingers, and recalling her flawless movements from before, Duan Kun, who was already terrified out of his wits, dared not utter a sound. In his haste, he hurriedly nodded his head.
Seeing this, Shen Mengqing said nothing more and directly pulled me and rushed out.
Not long after I and Shen Mengqing had run out, the sound of noisy and chaotic footsteps suddenly came from the wilderness not far behind us.
Without needing to guess, I knew it was Duan Kun's reinforcements arriving.
Hearing the sound, without any communication or exchange, Shen Mengqing and I tacitly quickened our pace, quickly disappearing into the wilderness...
Only when the figures of Shen Mengqing and I had completely vanished did Duan Kun slowly come back to his senses.
Staring intently in the direction we had fled, Duan Kun roared hysterically, "Shen Mengqing, you damned bitch! I'm not done with you!"
After an unknown amount of time.
When Shen Mengqing and I had completely run out of the wilderness and, after many twists and turns, returned to the roadside where we had parked earlier, apart from scattered bloodstains, the Passat that had been blocking the Porsche was long gone without a trace.
Clearly, Duan Kun had been scared witless by Shen Mengqing's divine flying plate technique, and with casualties to boot, he had simply given up.
Stepping out of the wilderness and back onto the road, as the dim streetlights illuminated me, the phone in my pocket suddenly vibrated repeatedly.
Taking out my phone, I saw it was Cheng Minglang's call.
Seeing this, I decisively pressed the answer button.
As soon as the call connected, I heard Cheng Minglang's urgent voice from the other end.
"Chen Xiang, where are you?"
"What happened when you didn't answer the call earlier? Why did you keep changing locations?"
"Are you alright?"
Although Cheng Minglang's tone was urgent to the point of being abrupt, I could hear the concern in his words.
A warmth surged in my heart, and I directly replied, "I had something to do before, but I'm fine now."
Upon hearing my words, Cheng Minglang let out a long sigh and then asked, "Do you want me to pick you up?"
I glanced at Shen Mengqing, and the scenes from earlier immediately flashed back in my mind.
So, I replied with a smile, "No need, someone is giving me a ride! I'll be back soon."
Hearing this, Cheng Minglang didn't linger and simply urged me to be careful before hanging up.
...
After getting back into the car, I directly said to Shen Mengqing, "Thank you so much for tonight, I owe you one! How about you give me a chance to treat you to a meal sometime to express my gratitude properly."
Hearing my words, Shen Mengqing immediately smiled, then winked playfully and said, "No way, little brother? Saving my life!"
"Just a meal is enough?"
Shen Mengqing's reply made me pause slightly.
After a moment, I asked meaningfully, "What? You want me to cook for you? And then have some deep exchange?"
"Hahaha..."
My words immediately made Shen Mengqing burst into laughter, "Who wants to eat what you cook?"
"Ah, no! Who wants to eat the noodles you make!"
"And a deep exchange? How long can a little brother's little brother... be?"
"How about this. You can cover my late-night snacks for this month! Deal?"
In fact, ever since I witnessed Shen Mengqing's skill earlier, I had already started to harbor a little thought.
It wasn't for any other reason, purely because her flying plate technique... was truly amazing!
Although I knew that the rules of the Thousand Gate were strict.
For those who were not disciples, the techniques of the Thousand Gate were strictly forbidden from being passed on, but...
If I could get closer to Shen Mengqing, and then get to know her better, it wouldn't be impossible to openly ask her to teach me a few tricks once we were completely familiar with each other.
Therefore, upon hearing Shen Mengqing's request, without even considering it, I agreed immediately.
And so, after agreeing on what late-night snack we would have at midnight tomorrow, Shen Mengqing and I embarked on our way back, chatting all the way...
When we returned to the hotel, it was already four in the morning.
Han Jinlun was already fast asleep.
As for Cheng Minglang, the moment he saw me enter, he sat up from the bed, grasping his extendable baton.
But upon seeing that it was me entering, he immediately lay back down and went to sleep.
I had to admit, there was a huge difference between those who had trained and those who hadn't.
After a simple wash, I lay down on the bed.
Although it was very late, I tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
Perhaps I had dozed off intermittently several times, but each time I wasn't sleeping soundly and was woken up by the chaotic thoughts in my mind.
My thoughts were either on the clues to the Thousand King Token, or I was involuntarily recalling the scenes from before.
Honestly, after witnessing Shen Mengqing's strength, I already had a preliminary blueprint for my own Thousand Gate Eight Generals team...
Zheng Jiang: Me.
Ti Jiang: Shen Mengqing.
Tuo Jiang: Han Jinlun.
Huo Jiang: Cheng Minglang.
Yao Jiang: Xu Peiyu.
Including myself, these five members of the Thousand Gate Eight Generals were the most ideal preliminary state.
Among them, Shen Mengqing and Xu Peiyu could each play multiple roles, especially Shen Mengqing.
I estimated that, apart from Tuo Jiang, she could perfectly fill any of the other seven roles in the Thousand Gate Eight Generals.