Sheng Xiong's departure was marked by significant commotion.
The aura he exuded alone stirred a breeze through the venue!
The wind howled, sounding restless.
He was like a ferocious, wild lion.
His already thick elbow, imbued with violent force, struck towards Song Qiao's face!
If this blow landed, it was imaginable that Song Qiao's entire head would be smashed into his stomach!
Many people held their breath for him, their hearts unable to help but pity his predicament.
However, facing such a terrifying, heavy strike, Song Qiao shifted his footing.
He sidestepped slightly, his body swaying ethereally, and managed to dodge it by the narrowest of margins!
Not only that, after evading the crushing blow, Song Qiao seized the opportunity to counter-attack with a punch.
He aimed straight for Sheng Xiong's shoulder, which had just brushed past him!
"Hmph! I knew you weren't what you seemed, you scoundrel!"
As the words fell, a deafening bang erupted!
Sheng Xiong's attack carried immense force, his elbow powering his movement, almost dragging his body forward.
After Song Qiao dodged, it was impossible for him to avoid the collision.
His shoulder took a heavy, direct hit!
His body tilted sharply to the side, his feet rapidly stamping on the ground.
With a cracking sound!
He put force into his heel, crushing a floorboard before he finally managed to stop himself with difficulty.
He hadn't been knocked to the ground by that punch.
Standing steady, Sheng Xiong stared at Song Qiao with a look of surprise, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Such terrifying power, yet the scent of herbs on your person?"
Sheng Xiong didn't need to feel it to know the immense power behind that punch.
Because even the ceiling above was rattling noisily!
Cracking sounds followed in quick succession, dense and rapid.
It was clear that these were the sounds of the surrounding windows being shattered by the punch!
The onlookers felt it even more acutely; they felt as though the very floor beneath them was shaking restlessly.
Third Madam even lost her balance and tumbled to the ground.
"Is this truly the strength a human can unleash?"
Everyone stared blankly at Song Qiao and Sheng Xiong, their faces filled with shock and bewilderment.
The punch was thrown by Song Qiao, but Sheng Xiong had somehow withstood it without being knocked down!
These two were simply monsters!
Amidst the crowd's tense atmosphere, Song Qiao spoke leisurely.
He glanced at Sheng Xiong and snorted coldly, saying, "This is not a week ago."
"My strength has long since recovered to over seventy percent, you have no chance of winning!"
A week ago, Song Qiao had been ambushed by Sheng Xiong and was in grave danger.
At that time, Song Qiao firmly believed that if he could recover to forty percent of his strength in time, he could certainly kill Sheng Xiong!
Now, after a week of careful recuperation, he had already recovered to about eighty percent.
Under these circumstances, he had no fear of Sheng Xiong!
Sheng Xiong quickly sensed this as well.
He knew that Song Qiao would not easily expose the same weakness again after that day.
Therefore, the previous attack was primarily a probe.
Now that he had tested Song Qiao's level, he no longer had any intention of continuing the fight.
"Third Madam, you'd better find someone else."
"I have a grudge against Song Qiao, but the time is not right. I cannot help you today."
After saying this to Third Madam, Sheng Xiong turned to Song Qiao and continued.
"Although I truly wish to kill you sooner, I have many matters to attend to."
"I won't accompany you today. I'll come back for your life another day!"
Heh heh.
These words actually made Song Qiao laugh. He glanced at Sheng Xiong with a look of disdain.
With extreme mockery, he said, "Isn't it because you know you are outmatched?"
"Speaking of which, how many times have you fled from me in disgrace now?"
Hmph!
Seeing his pretense exposed, Sheng Xiong let out a cold snort.
However, he did not show any signs of extreme anger.
"You're deliberately saying these things to provoke me, isn't that because you know you can't stop me from leaving?"
"If you could truly keep me, why would I have escaped so many times?"
The two continued to taunt each other, and in the end, it was a matter of stripping away all pretense.
But in reality, both of them had a point.
Sheng Xiong was no match for Song Qiao's restored strength, and Song Qiao could not stop Sheng Xiong if he was determined to escape.
After all, besides his terrifying combat prowess, this guy was also first-rate at escaping.
Last time, even he and Mo Ling working together couldn't stop him, which led to such a great calamity.
However, Song Qiao did not seem anxious, and said calmly.
"Go ahead and flee, but don't forget that this hunt has begun."
"You are destined to be my prey!"
"As long as you are alive and in Modu, I will find you."
"And then kill you!"
Hahahahahaha!
Sheng Xiong bared his teeth and let out a series of sinister laughs, shouting arrogantly.
"Then I'll be waiting for you!"
As he spoke, Sheng Xiong's feet did not seem to move.
His body swayed, and he instantly vanished!
Only his arrogant words and eerie, sinister laughter echoed in the venue.
It wasn't until Sheng Xiong left that Jiang Rou finally relaxed.
During the confrontation between the two, she had been so tense she could barely breathe.
Third Madam felt it even more intensely. Especially after Sheng Xiong left, she had lost her backing.
At this moment, her heart inevitably fell back into panic.
Song Qiao turned to Third Madam and asked, "Are you still fighting?"
"If not, I'm leaving?"