er thread were simply too fast. The silver thread led by the golden blade rushed straight towards his waist. Whether he moved up or down, left or right, Wang Zheng didn’t have any opportunities at all...Main Text Chapter 113: Extracting Value!

Lǐ Gāng, a burly man with rough features, was holding onto two scantily clad women, one in each hand. His right hand was still wrapped in bandages; the fingers he had lost to Wáng Zhēng hadn't yet fully healed.

Sòng Míngshēng sat across from him and smiled as he said, "Thanks to you, Jiāng little brother. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to get this out of my system. That Wang Zheng really pushed it too far."

Lǐ Gāng’s injured right hand was being rubbed against the chest of one of the women beside him, making him feel very comfortable. He then poured himself a large cup of wine and said in a brazen manner, "Mr. Sòng, if you have any business in Pingjiang City, just come to me. There's nothing that can stump Lǐ Gāng even in Beijing."

Sòng Míngshēng took a sip of his drink too: "I didn’t expect Jiāng little brother to be so straightforward. We should communicate more often in the future."

Lǐ Gāng chuckled and said, "Mr. Sòng, I’m actually quite interested in some of your company’s minor celebrities. Would you mind introducing them to me"

"Of course not," whispered Sòng Míngshēng: “Brother, let me be frank with you. I don’t have much else, but I do have plenty of minor celebrities under my wing. Just name the ones you want—nothing will stop me from getting them for you.”

"Hehe, that’s perfect," Lǐ Gāng said cheerfully as he raised a glass of wine: "Mr. Sòng, let me take this drink first."

Sòng Míngshēng looked at his watch and couldn’t help but show signs of worry: “Brother, why haven't we received any news yet Could something have gone wrong”

"What could go wrong" Lǐ Gāng said dismissively. "Old brother, don’t be so worried. Let me tell you the truth—those two I sent used to work for the police force and were on file as criminals. They once robbed a bank and kidnapped a wealthy businessman; there’s nothing they wouldn't do. You can rest assured that taking out a scrawny little guy like Wang Zheng will be child's play." With this, his large hand roughly squeezed one of the women beside him who was serving drinks.

Both Sòng Míngshēng and Lǐ Gāng were very efficient. After Fēng Chángmíng gave Sòng Míngshēng Lǐ Gāng’s contact information, he immediately reached out to the burly man. He was surprised to find that his target was nearby, so at Fēng Chángmíng's instigation, the two men with ulterior motives met. One wanted money and sex, while the other wanted a life. The former would do anything for payment; the latter had nothing except money. They got straight to business, agreeing on terms right away, and Lǐ Gāng immediately sent people to track Wáng Zhēng down and plan an assassination.

But what both men didn’t expect was that their target was already quite close by.

Sòng Míngshēng listened to Lǐ Gāng but still felt uneasy: "Brother, I’m still a bit worried. Should we give them a call and check up on things"

"Ouch, Mr. Song, you shouldn't be so nervous. What's the big deal" Li Gang felt somewhat disdainful when he saw Song Mingsheng acting so surprised and exaggerated, but since the sponsor had spoken up, he needed to make a phone call to confirm something

The moment the phone was connected, Li Gang impatiently asked: "Why are you two so slow Have you finished yet You're dragging your feet like girls!"

To his surprise, a cold laugh came from the other end before the line was abruptly hung up.

"What's going on! How dare they hang up on me! These two youngsters..." Li Gang suddenly seemed to realize something and immediately said: "No wait! Could there be some problem"

Feeling extremely tense, Song Mingsheng’s palms were sweating as he asked with a slight tremble in his voice: "What's going on What happened Did they fail"

The uneasiness Li Gang felt when holding the phone was evident.

"Let's go, we need to leave immediately." Without waiting for Song Mingsheng's response, Li Gang pushed aside two women next to him and opened the door to leave.

But then a foot seemed to come out of nowhere, delivering a powerful kick straight to Li Gang’s chest. The 200-pound man flew up into the air, crashing heavily against the wall, dazed and disoriented!

Song Mingsheng, upon seeing who had entered, widened his eyes in shock: "Wang Zheng Is it really you"

"I didn't expect Mr. Song to have no sense of humor; just a joke, and you want my life" Wang Zheng saw the look of sheer terror on Song Mingsheng's face and smirked with derision.

"No, no, there must be some misunderstanding somewhere." It was Song Mingsheng’s first time hiring someone to kill someone else, indeed a nerve-wracking experience, especially fearing exposure would leave him in a worse situation.

When a public figure hires an assassin and it gets exposed, it will absolutely draw high attention from the society. If found guilty, even if he didn’t succeed in killing, he might face life imprisonment or even death penalty.

"Is there really a misunderstanding" Wang Zheng sneered coldly as his foot swept towards Song Mingsheng’s face; the latter was kicked several meters away and crashed into a sofa on the other side of the room, spitting blood.

"There are many people who want to kill me, but I didn't expect there would be you two fools among them." Wang Zheng shot a cold glance and saw two scantily clad beauties in the cabin trembling with fear. He gave each of them a swift slash across their hands, sending them into unconsciousness so that they wouldn’t know about some unsuitable things to see.

Li Gang clutched his chest and coughed violently before lifting his head to meet Wang Zheng's gaze. The fierce look in his eyes immediately turned into fear and shock!

How could it be this guy!

The resentment welled up inside Li Gang as he glared at Song Mingsheng with even more ferocity. If only he had known that the task was to kill Wang Zheng, not even a hundred guts would have been enough for him! The man before him wasn’t human but a devil!

The last time in the bar when he had taken interest in his sexy partner, several people were felled by one of Wang Zheng's moves and Li Gang himself got his finger broken. Every time he recalled it, he felt very scared.

But what was even more terrifying wasn't that. At the time, Deputy Director Qin Changqing, a new star in Beijing’s police force, came to Pingjiang District for inspection. Wang Huaping wanted to apprehend Wang Zheng but didn’t expect Qin Changqing would lose his temper right away and threaten everyone present. Afterward, Li Gang still had an uncle who was the deputy director of a district bureau but it did him no good as he was detained in jail for several days before being released.

This man, this face, were Li Gang's nightmares!

After joining the underworld and going about unchecked for so long, taking very few losses, Li Gang naturally looked down on others and never experienced such humiliation. He constantly thought of turning the tables but couldn’t find Wang Zheng’s whereabouts nor did he dare provoke someone with a background as thick as Qin Changqing, whom even he admired and feared.

But seeing Wang Zheng's significant smile and the cold glint in his eyes, Li Gang felt his chest hurt even more.

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"You two fools, if you want to kill me, why not find some professionals Can anyone just take my life"

"This matter is very simple. Should I choose to report it or settle it privately Which method would be better"

Wang Zheng toyed with the dagger in his hand as he looked at the two guys sitting beside him, their heads drooping. The smile on his lips made people feel a chill down their spines.

"Let me warn you first, don’t think that after reporting to the police, you can pressure them through your connections and easily go in and come out unharmed," Wang Zheng seemed to read Li Gang and Song Mingsheng's thoughts, bluntly saying: "You should be aware of my influence within law enforcement. This is a case of hiring someone else to commit murder, and its heinous nature is probably even clearer to you than it is to me. And I guarantee that if you go in, the lightest punishment will be disgrace and ruin; I’ll ensure you live every day well but with no better life than death."

After hearing Wang Zheng's words, Li Gang and Song Mingsheng felt a chill run down their spines. That gaze, those words, did not seem fake.

Now, Song Mingsheng couldn’t help feeling regretful, regretting his rashness for provoking an invincible deity. Thinking about the possibility of being tormented to death, his body uncontrollably shuddered.

"You know that if I didn’t have any self-defense skills, I would now just be a cold corpse," Wang Zheng smiled at the somewhat despairing expressions on the faces of the two men opposite him: "I, Wang Zheng, am someone who never forgets an enemy. Since you both want my life, I won’t let it go easily either. You should know that I can make you disappear from this world silently and without a trace, with no news about your whereabouts ever again, while I continue to live grandly as if nothing happened. Of course, I’m not someone who delights in killing. If you don’t want to die, then tell me something worthwhile enough to save your lives."

Wang Zheng was Wang Zheng; it would be a pity to let go of such an opportunity for substantial gain. Although these two wanted his life, their methods posed no real threat to him. It was easy for him to take their lives, but controlling them and utilizing them might yield even better results, as long-term benefits were always preferable to one-time exploitation.

Wang Zheng never intended to kill these two insignificant individuals, especially Li Gang; killing such a person was meaningless. Wang Zheng had been the target of so many assassination attempts, particularly when acting under the identity of "Eastern Devil King," that he almost lived in constant danger every day. Because of this, even Song Mingsheng and Li Gang’s ambush tactic failed to provoke his anger.

The enemy was too weak; it wasn’t stimulating at all. Therefore, Wang Zheng needed to find something worth rewarding himself with to achieve some psychological balance.

Upon hearing Wang Zheng's words, both Li Gang and Song Mingsheng’s eyes lit up as if they saw a glimmer of hope for survival.

The higher the status, the more one didn’t want to die, because everything one had strived for would be in vain upon death. Especially those like Song Mingsheng and Li Gang who sought pleasure at all costs; their fear of death was absolute.

Without doubting that Wang Zheng could easily eliminate them, under the immense pressure of impending doom, Song Mingsheng spoke first with a slightly trembling voice: "What if I get every male and female artist under the Song Media Group to endorse the Phantom Crystal for free They must wear this brand’s diamonds at all public appearances. How does that sound"

Song Mingsheng looked expectantly at Wang Zheng, waiting for his response.

But Wang Zheng's reply disappointed Second Master Song: "This condition isn’t satisfactory."Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel, Wang Zheng encountered Ahn Sung-hyun, who was known as the "Korean War God." If not out of necessity, he would never have wished to clash with that respected elder. In a s...