"Shameless!" Jinli Qianning roared in fury at his words, her stunning face flushing red with anger. She suddenly swung her slender Jade hand toward Shen Qiang's cheek, and it carried a powerful surge of True Yuan. But right after that, Shen Qiang grabbed her pale wrist in one go.
"Let go of me!"
Even though she was using all her strength, Jinli Qianning still couldn't pull her wrist free from Shen Qiang's hand.
After all, Shen Qiang, who had achieved Fetal Dragon Essence Foundation Establishment, had a Qi Sea so vast you couldn't reach the end of it in three years. His amount of True Essence could only be described as terrifying, so even if Jinli Qianning was the most pampered youngest daughter of the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang, there was simply no way for her to break free.
"Listen carefully, I'll only say this once. I, Shen Qiang, like beautiful women, but even more than that, I like women who are reasonable, and smart enough. This crappy Di bar, this crappy bar, in my eyes, isn't worth a single cent. But you…"
Shen Qiang slightly lowered his head and said coldly, "You do have a bit of value, more or less. But if you keep making a scene like an unreasonable brat, then even if your dad were here, I still wouldn't be polite to you. Clearly, he's spoiled you rotten, but I can help him educate you."
"Utterly shameless! Let go of me!"
Jinli Qianning was a mermaid. Her stunning face remained flawless, beautiful even in fury.
"If you can calm down and listen to what I have to say, then there's no problem." Shen Qiang, still holding her arm, said calmly.
"Bastard, scum!" Her chest heaved with anger, tears welling in her beautiful eyes.
But at this moment, Shen Qiang's heart was incomparably calm.
Because whether Jinli Qianning was angry or whether this was all a misunderstanding, those could be explained later. However, this Liam who was using bacteria to attack Ordinary people had to be dealt with as soon as possible.
After all, his bacteria were different from Shen Qiang's.
When Shen Qiang used bacteria to infect others, whoever he infected, it stayed with that person. Those bacteria simply wouldn't cause secondary infections. But Liam's were different. The bacteria he used were completely out of control. As long as there was a medium for transmission, they would spread endlessly. If they didn't find him quickly and something really went wrong, then no one would be able to handle it.
After all, Beijing had tens of millions of people.
Right now, everyone was shrouded under this guy's threat.
So as long as Liam had not been found, Shen Qiang would absolutely not truly relax, nor would he be interested in anything else.
Especially just now.
Shen Qiang had clearly been played by Liam.
Strictly speaking, Liam should know that this kind of little trick could only cause misunderstandings between Shen Qiang and Jinli Qianning, and couldn't possibly cause Shen Qiang any real harm or threat. So why did he still do it?
"Wenren Meiqiao!"
Holding Jinli Qianning's wrist, Shen Qiang suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, because it was obvious that just now, without thinking, he had proactively let Wenren Meiqiao leave his side. The original two-person team had been split up by his own hands, without anyone else intervening.
"Is he going after Wenren Meiqiao? Or me?"
Realizing in an instant that he had fallen for it again, Shen Qiang flung away the mermaid Jinli Qianning's arm and turned to walk out, because right now, what Shen Qiang was most worried about wasn't himself, but Wenren Meiqiao. If Liam took this opportunity to make a move on Wenren Meiqiao, and then used her to threaten Shen Qiang, Shen Qiang would be put in an extremely passive position.
"Shen Qiang, you bastard, got nothing to say now? You want to leave—what do you think this place is?"
Behind him came Jinli Qianning's furious shout. Despite the rage in her tone, her voice was still enchanting and sweet.
"As the King of Demons, I go wherever I want." Shen Qiang said without even turning his head.
Jinli Qianning was enraged. "Shen Qiang, don't be so arrogant. Don't forget, this is my turf!"
In the instant he heard that, Shen Qiang, who had been striding forward, felt as if time itself froze.
"He knows I'm ruthless and not hypocritical, so it's not hard to guess I'd hit someone. Under these circumstances, after those three get beaten, they'll say they were acting on my orders. Whether he arranged for that or they did it on their own, I, wanting to calm things down, would definitely have the people beside me escort them out."
"That way, I become alone, which makes it extremely convenient for him to make a move. It's a very short but very good window. He didn't attack, didn't show himself, which clearly means that at this moment, there's still something in his way."
"What's in his way? At a time like this? Who else could stop him from going after me?"
"Jinli Qianning!"
"This is her turf!"
All these thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. As he stepped forward, Shen Qiang channeled his True Yuan and forcibly twisted his posture to turn around.
Almost the very moment he turned back.
Shen Qiang activated the Plague Source; the suddenly erupting bacteria allowed him to very clearly sense an object like an awl shooting at an astonishing speed straight toward Jinli Qianning, who was angrily shouting at him.
"What a terrifying guy. He practically calculated everything. The moment I felt something was off, I'd rush to rendezvous with Wenren Meiqiao, and at the exact same time I turned to leave, he'd strike at Jinli Qianning, whose emotions were running wild."
"Once Jinli Qianning gets attacked, I'll immediately go after him. And at that time, there's no one else by my side. If he lures me away from here, then when Wenren Meiqiao rushes in, she'll see the assaulted Qianning. Even if she hesitates for just a second, we could already be several kilometers away."
"By then, I'll be truly isolated and helpless. If his strength is above mine, then in the time before the Dragon Group's reinforcements arrive, I'll be nothing but a lamb waiting to be slaughtered!"
Thoughts flashed like lightning.
Shen Qiang had already sorted everything out in that split second.
"Fury, Power, Wind Walk."
He instantly activated three of the Mixed Arts' five techniques. Terrifying Dragon Breath burst out in a flash. Shen Qiang's eyes flooded with a faint golden light, shocking the previously enraged mermaid Jinli Qianning so much that her beautiful eyes went wide and she froze on the spot.
Because it wasn't only among Cultivators.
In the world of Demon, it had always been the law of the strong. Earlier, when Jinli Qianning had confronted Shen Qiang, part of it was because she was angry, and part of it was because Shen Qiang hadn't revealed any aura.
But now, that wild, unrestrained, domineering Dragon Breath made her not only lose all desire to resist, but instead made her feel like kneeling before Shen Qiang.
"I can make it in time. My speed is enough!"
Shen Qiang's eagle-like eyes widened, True Yuan surging. His figure seemed to turn into a streak of flowing light in an instant.
So much so that the dazed mermaid Qianning hadn't even figured out what was happening before she was already tackled to the ground by Shen Qiang, who moved like a flash of light.
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