With this forewarning, the damage sustained was not significant. He also felt that Li Chonglou's strength was not much greater than his own; it was only his speed that was superior.
A surge of confidence welled up within him.
However, in the very next second, a palm suddenly appeared in his line of sight.
"Slap!"
The burly man was sent flying with a slap, his face etched with shock, as Li Chonglou's voice echoed in his ears.
"You dare to touch my money?"
On the other side.
Sen Lang, who was still inside the car, had no idea what was happening in the forest. He only occasionally heard dull thuds, like the sound of a heavy object falling onto soft ground.
"Brother Li should be fine, right?"
Sen Lang couldn't be sure what was going on, especially since the burly man had never displayed his true strength in front of them.
However, with no threat beside him, he could finally use his internal energy to break through the seal on his acupoints.
The principle of acupoint pressure was not that once it was applied, one could no longer sense their internal energy, but rather that one could not utilize it. It was as if a water pipe that could previously dispense water had been blocked by someone else.
The water was still within the pipe, but if you wanted it to come out, you would first have to clear the blockage.
This was precisely what Sen Lang was trying to do. However, unlike clearing a physical pipe, the situation within the body was far more complex, making it something that couldn't be resolved in a moment.
This was also why he hadn't dared to do this when the burly man was around. With the other party's strength, as soon as he used his internal energy, it would be immediately detected.
Now, with no threat nearby, Sen Lang naturally had no more concerns. With his full effort, he managed to unseal the acupoints in just a few minutes.
What bound him were merely ordinary ropes, and with a slight exertion, they snapped.
Sen Lang quickly got out of the car and ran towards the depths of the forest. However, halfway there, he saw Li Chonglou returning, dragging the half-dead burly man as if he were carrying a dead dog.
"Brother Li!"
Seeing the scene before him, Sen Lang finally let out a deep sigh of relief.
"It's alright now. I've got the password. We'll talk more back there."
Li Chonglou didn't kill the burly man because he was unsure whether Sen Lang's mission required them to capture him alive or dead. After all, any mission from the General Bureau offered bounties of millions, which was all cold, hard cash.
Meanwhile, Hei Dao and the others quickly received news from Sen Lang. When they heard that the burly man had been successfully captured, a glimmer of relief flashed in their eyes.
The person was safe, the mission was completed, and the money was recovered. This was already the best possible outcome.
However, Li Chonglou had instructed them to stay put in Mei City, as he intended to personally visit the owner of Mei City, Tian Mei.
Therefore, his expression was different from the others. Yue Hai's expression was somewhat complicated.
Hei Dao, who was by his side, noticed the anomaly and couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Hai, what's wrong? Is there something else?"
"No, no, it's nothing. I was just thinking about how to explain things to Brother Li later..."
Yue Hai flinched at the question and quickly changed the subject. Hearing this, Hei Dao couldn't help but feel a sense of distress.
"Damn it, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. Although the outcome is good this time, we completely messed up the situation on our end."
Hei Dao sighed deeply. It was the first time he realized that their team had many problems, but the biggest problem was himself.
If he hadn't meddled, perhaps none of the subsequent events would have happened.
Not to mention that he was still injured; they didn't even know the situation with Sen Bao yet.
Di Xing had only said that he wouldn't die, but nothing more.
Half an hour later, Li Chonglou, in Old Third's car, returned to Mei City. "How is Sen Bao now?"
As soon as he got out of the car, he asked before Sen Lang. Hei Dao nodded and said, "I just called the hospital to ask. His condition is quite stable, though he has some internal injuries and several broken ribs."
Sen Lang, who was following behind, let out a heavy sigh of relief upon hearing this. To survive a full-force blow from an expert nearly two levels higher than himself, managing to escape with only broken ribs was already the best outcome.
What's more, considering that the burly man had only broken a few ribs, it seemed his intention at the time was to take hostages.
Li Chonglou nodded. Tian Xing, not being one of them, had already left. Thus, he could only look at Hei Dao and say, "Take me to see the owner of this place."
He had already pieced together the entire incident from Hei Dao and Sen Lang's accounts. It could be said that if Tian Mei had not sent the Twin Stars to support them, Yue Hai and Chen Peiyue alone might not have been able to defeat the burly man.
After all, by the time they arrived, Sen Lang and his brother might have already fallen to the opponent.
This was equivalent to saving his team's lives!
It was truly a great debt of gratitude!
Hei Dao understood this as well. Just as he was about to speak, Yue Hai beside him suddenly interjected, "Brother Li, let me take you. I've met her before."
Li Chonglou's expression faltered: "You've met her?"
Yue Hai instantly felt incredibly nervous, but he still forced himself to remain calm and nodded: "Yes, Xiao Yue and I saved her. At that time, there was a person named Huang Shao..."
Yue Hai recounted the incident of encountering Huang Jie in the room. Li Chonglou then learned that there were so many formidable experts in Mei City.
"Are Huang Bao's people also here?"
Li Chonglou's brows furrowed slightly. In the current situation, the most sensitive group were the Four Great Gangs.
The General Bureau's cleanup operations had dismantled many criminal organizations, but none of the Four Great Gangs were among them!
Although the latter had also tightened their operational scope during this period, it always felt to others that the Four Great Gangs had some special circumstances, otherwise, they wouldn't have been spared.
The early bird catches the worm; this had always been the law of nature. However, this time, the General Bureau had only eliminated small and medium-sized forces, which naturally led to speculation.
But this was just a minor interlude. As long as the other party didn't openly oppose him, Li Chonglou had no intention of interfering.
Since Yue Hai had voluntarily stepped forward and claimed to have saved Tian Mei's life, the task of leading the way naturally fell to him.
The others, on the other hand, rushed to the hospital to visit Sen Bao and to take people back to the General Bureau to claim bounties.
"The password has been obtained, but don't forget to withdraw the money before handing them over!"
Before parting, Li Chonglou did not forget to remind them. Who knew if the General Bureau would directly freeze the burly man's bank card after they handed him over.
The most crucial thing was that the amount in the bank was more than ten million!
"Understood, Brother Li! We will do it!"
Hei Dao clearly had the same thought. His eyes lit up, and he thumped his chest vigorously.