Romance of Dragons and Snakes

After weighing his options in an instant, he immediately ducked into another alley without another word with a fast amount of speed.

The car up ahead roared into life as it drove away to another street. Quickly remembering the model and license plate, Wang Chao waited for the car to disappear before running out of the alleyway into another direction.

While Wang Chao’s leg strength was still far away from Tang Zichen’s ability to tread water, after a prolonged amount of time, the explosive strength would surprise anyone. It was his body especially that because of his constant training of inner martial arts that he was far more physical than even the athletes.

His legs crossed each in a single fluid motion as the soles of his feet smashed against the ground. His running posture was smooth and in coordination with his legs, and with each large stride, he was moving at 1 meter, this was the long stride method from Bagua.

Stride forward as if flying before landing gracefully on the ground.

Not a moment after, Wang Chao crossed a street only to see the car traveling on a road around the city.

Because the car was traveling towards downtown, the car wasn’t traveling all that fast. With all of the red lights along the way, its speed was only restricted, allowing Wang Chao to be able to catch up on foot.

It was only after it had exited from the traffic congested areas that the car began to pick up speed. However, it was already getting dark so Wang Chao did not need to hide anymore and could run on the sidewalk without being discovered.

Within the shroud of the shadows, Wang Chao had straightened his vertebrae, centered his gravity, steeled his abs and sealed his pores so that goosebumps appeared everywhere. Issuing power, he began to run as if he was a wolf chasing after his prey in the wilderness in attempt to prevent the car from ever leaving his sights.

This vigorous amount of movement had caused a large amount of Qi to move about inside his body and demanded to be released as sweat through his pores. But with the pores sealed shut, there was no way for it to be released.

Wang Chao’s ability to seal his pores had grown even stronger as a result of him practicing his inner martial arts to a deeper level.

But chasing after the car was still a laborious task. He had chased after it for ten kilometers while it continued to stop and go. At some times, the tail lights of the car had disappeared over the horizon, but because there was no side lanes to turn, Wang Chao could catch up without losing it.

“Fuck, why doesn’t it stop? I’m getting so tired, I’m finished!”

Wang Chao’s frantic rush had caused his sealed pores to reach a limit and made his skin swell as if it was on the edge of bursting.

This was the limit of refining spirit to Qi, and for most martial artists. They would have to stop for a while and make use of a few stances to make the Qi enter their abdomen before being distributed around the body for cultivating the health and improving the body.

If the limit was surpassed, then the pores wouldn’t be able to contain the Qi anymore and sweat would instantly be produced. By this point, they would collapse from dehydration and perhaps go into shock!

But Wang Chao couldn’t stop. He could only grit his teeth and brace the pain.

Wang Chao knew that he was playing with fire by this point. The normal person would be sweating after so much exercise and slow down, this was self control. But those who practiced martial arts were different. If one was unable to close the pores, then all of the Qi would escape and it would seem as if a dam was suddenly broken within the body, placing the person in danger for their life.

Just at the most critical moment, the car up ahead made a sudden turn onto a path towards a village before stopping at a two story building.

Immediately stopping, Wang Chao didn’t dare drop is guard and got in the stance for the “Assault of Dragon and Snake”. Crouching down a part of the body lightly, Wang Chao slowly began to make the Qi he accumulated in the last half hour settle down into his abdomen. With this, he slowly began to laxen his pores without a single drop of sweat.

After recovering, Wang Chao walked his way towards the village where the two story building was.

The car was parked on the outside with no one inside already. There was no perimeter gate on the outside, showing that it was just a normal village residential house. The gates were closed, but there was a light on the floor with the faint sounds of several guys.

After observing the environment, Wang Chao noticed there was a water pipe to the second story on the back of the house. Promptly climbing the pipe up onto the roof, he made his way to the platform of the building.

There wasn’t anyone on the platform, just a single door that led to the inside of the second floor. Wang Chao climbed in stealthily like a cat with a single breath before looking all around himself. His ears were pricked up as they listened for any sound before running for a dark shadowy gap where he could watch the lit room.

“Do I have a talent for being a thief?” Wang Chao thought to himself as he congratulated himself on his stealth.

The inside of this village residency was rather plain with no one inside. There were cobwebs in most of the corners as well even, but Wang Chao had brushed those aside with no problems.

“Big brother, what should we do now that we’ve kidnapped her? Should we tell her daddy Cao Yi to come over?”Wang Chao peered into the room to see five or six males.

A large figure with a red sleeveless shirt could be seen with his muscles bulging outwards as he played with a dagger. The other males were seated around a table with several beers and snacks on the table. On the side was a single electric fan that blew at the hair of everyone there.

Cao Jingjing was tied in a corner to a wooden stool with her mouth taped shut and her entire body sweating. Her two eyes blinked rapidly with fear, but she was trying her utmost hardest to keep calm.

“I’ve already called Cao Yi to come by himself. He knows our game, we have his precious only daughter here. If he does us a favor, then this 100,000 RMB is his. If he doesn’t agree, we’ll rape and kill his daughter!”

The man grabbed the dagger he was playing with and stabbed it fiercely into the table. Then, pulling a hidden suitcase, he placed it onto the table.

“Boss, do you think 100,000RMB is enough to bribe Cao Yi?” A long ponytailed male asked.

“Cao Yi is too cunning, so I gave im an incentive. This was the boss’ plan as well when he let us on this mission. Don’t underestimate Cao Yi as a sub-bureau cop, he has another identity as a special ops soldier!”

“Big brother, why didn’t the boss let us have guns? I’ve heard Cao Yi’s skill is strong!”

“Hmph, he’s strong? I’m not lacking either! I’ve already planned on fighting him a long time ago to see who’s stronger, what use are guns?! Would you even be able to carry that through the airport? You idiots! Wait for Cao Yi to arrive, and then search him! If he carries a good, then it’d become ours! If he isn’t carrying one, then isn’t that better for us?”

“Big brother’s thinking is too smart!” A male laughed.

“100,000RMB!!!!” Wang Chao screamed to himself internally as his blood began to boil. “Without a gun, do I dare try to steal it? I dare!”

Just as Wang Chao was about to spring into action, the sound of a whistle could be heard on the outside.

One of the males looked out the window, “Boss, it’s Cao Yi! His car is here with no one else!”

“Good, go down and search him then bring him up here!” The boss’ words were icy like ice.