"What?"
Looking at the scene on the surveillance, Shen Lang's face changed drastically. He said, "Zi Guang, you beast, how dare you betray me?"
"Haha, Shen Lang, you are truly naive. Did you really think I would keep my promise to release Ye Shishi after you released our Young Master and Dr. Qin?"
Seeing Shen Lang's anger, Zi Guang laughed loudly. "The first time I introduced myself, I said I was Zi Guang, and I come from the Shaodao Association."
"The Shaodao Association is an organization without humanity, and therefore, there is no such thing as credibility. I don't even believe my own words, yet you actually believed them. I don't know whether to call you stupid or naive?"
"Let me tell you, from the moment I kidnapped Ye Shishi, I never intended for her to live. You have repeatedly foiled the Shaodao Association's plans and killed so many of our members. Ye Shishi's life will be the interest you pay."
"Shameless scoundrel!" Long Zi, upon hearing Zi Guang's words, angrily exclaimed, "You've turned your back on your promise before even taking the person away. Aren't you afraid that Hyena and Qin Bianque, or even you yourself, won't be able to leave here?"
"Hahaha, I know you, you are Huo Zilong, one of the few prominent figures in the Martial Guard Department. However, for you and Shen Lang, along with twenty-odd other Martial Guards, to try and stop us from leaving... you must be dreaming."
With that said, Zi Guang snapped his fingers. The next second, four or five Gatling guns emerged from the helicopter, locking onto Shen Lang and the caged group, leaving them with no room to evade.
"Let me tell you, these are not ordinary Gatling guns, but laser Gatling guns developed by the Shaodao Association. They fire lasers, which possess destructive heat. Their temperature exceeds three thousand degrees. One direct hit will instantly cause a person to combust and turn to ashes within two seconds."
Zi Guang smiled and continued, "The greatest confidence I have in bringing a few people to Nanling is these weapons. I advise you to be sensible, or none of you will leave here alive."
"Zi Guang, I have to commend you. Among all the Shaodao Association members I've met, you are the most formidable. However, you won't be leaving here alive today."
After Zi Guang finished speaking, Shen Lang sneered, "You've calculated everything, but have you calculated how you will die?"
"Shen Lang, your woman is about to die, and you're not panicked at all, still having the time to bicker with me?"
Zi Guang looked at Shen Lang with the expression of someone looking at an idiot, and smiled, "It seems I guessed wrong. You don't love Ye Shishi at all. On the contrary, you detest her, which is why you don't care about her life or death, right?"
"Zi Guang, I don't know why, but I intensely dislike you. Even though this is our first meeting, I can't wait for you to die."
Looking at the sarcastic Zi Guang, Shen Lang spoke, "I'm curious what kind of face you have hidden beneath that cloak. But no matter what it looks like, it won't change the fact that you are going to die today."
"As for you saying I don't care about Ye Shishi's life or death, let me tell you, you're wrong. I care about her very much. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered playing along with you."
Shen Lang said to Zi Guang, "Many people are just pawns, yet they constantly wish to play the role of the chess player. In the end, after meticulously plotting, they only end up ruining their own lives."
"Ah—"
As Shen Lang finished speaking, on the video surveillance, a wooden sword appeared out of thin air. Just as the man in black was about to slit Ye Shishi's throat with his dagger, the wooden sword pierced through the man's throat a moment faster.
The wooden sword had no edge, nor a pointed tip, yet it cleanly pierced through the man's throat, instantly draining his life. The man's eyes widened in disbelief, his death unfulfilled.
"How could this be?"
This sudden turn of events not only made Zi Guang exclaim in terror but also made Xiong Zi and Long Zi's eyes widen. No one dared to believe that someone would intervene at the critical moment to save Ye Shishi's life.
However, the next second, when everyone clearly saw the face of the person holding the wooden sword, they were even more stunned.
The person in the video looked exactly like Shen Lang, as if they were carved from the same mold.
"This..."
Seeing this, Zi Guang shouted at Shen Lang, "What trick are you playing?"
"Zi Guang, are you finding it hard to understand why this happened?"
Shen Lang walked step by step towards Zi Guang and said, "Do you think the person in the surveillance is me, or the one standing before you is me?"
"Zi Guang, if I told you that both of them are me, the one in the surveillance is my clone, and this one is my true self, would you believe me?"
"A clone?"
Upon hearing Shen Lang's words, Zi Guang roared with anger, "Shen Lang, do you think I'm an idiot and would believe such a thing? Let me tell you, I'm not stupid, and I won't believe it. This is just a disguise technique, something any member of the Shaodao Association can do."
"Is that so?"
As Zi Guang finished speaking, both the Shen Lang in the surveillance and the Shen Lang standing before Zi Guang spoke simultaneously, "Which of us do you think is disguised, and who is the real Shen Lang?"
"The person standing before me is Shen Lang. You are the disguised one."
Zi Guang shouted at the Shen Lang in the surveillance, "I've investigated. Although Shen Lang's swordsmanship is good, it hasn't reached the level where a wooden sword can kill people. Therefore, he definitely isn't Shen Lang."
"A wooden sword without an edge, invincible. I once heard of a person in Nanling named Dugu Jian, so the one in the surveillance must be Dugu Jian."
Dugu Jian, the Grandmaster of Sword Dao in Long Country. Many people were unclear about her strength. All that was known was that before the age of ten, she had never even played with a wooden sword, but after the age of ten, wielding a sword, she became unrivaled in the world.
In this world, no one could withstand a single strike from Dugu Jian. As long as the sword was in her hand, Dugu Jian was invincible.
Zi Guang had meticulously planned everything, but he never anticipated that Dugu Jian would be involved. This introduced a massive variable into his plan.
"Zi Guang, it seems you are indeed intelligent. You even know me. That's right, I am Dugu Jian."
As Zi Guang spoke, the Shen Lang in the surveillance suddenly changed his face. It was a face that wasn't exceptionally beautiful, but it was very pleasant to behold.
She was very young, yet as cold as ice. No one could have imagined that such a girl could be the renowned Grandmaster of Sword Dao.
"However, Zi Guang, while you are intelligent, you are not intelligent enough. You shouldn't have kidnapped our young lady."
Dugu Jian could feel her chill even through the screen. She said coldly, "From now on, you must remember my words: within a month, I will kill three thousand members of the Shaodao Association, making you pay a heavy price for your actions today."