Chapter 1258: Chapter 1258

"This... If I let go of Wu Xiaoyu, wouldn’t I suffer a huge loss."

Nangong Tianyue frowned and grumbled unhappily.

"I stand by my words; I won’t go back on them like you do."

Tang Ming pouted and said resolutely, "Moreover, you don’t have the right to negotiate terms with me. Even if you have many experts, nobody can stop me."

"We don’t trust each other. What do you suggest we do now?"

Nangong Tianyue couldn’t help but curse in anger.

"Then help Wu Xiaoyu heal immediately. As long as her condition recovers enough for her to leave on her own, I will go with you."

Tang Ming glanced at Wu Xiaoyu and urged.

"You’re joking, right? In her current state, even with your cultivation, you can’t make her recover quickly enough to be completely healthy. How can she walk by herself?"

Nangong Tianyue looked at Wu Xiaoyu speechlessly.

"You didn’t let me bring people; this is the consequence. It’s your fault for injuring her so severely."

Tang Ming pouted, frowned, and said, "Since that’s the case, then immediately send her to my people. Only when she’s safely in place can I be at ease."

"Hmph, if I send her away, what will happen if you escape?"

Nangong Tianyue grumbled with a displeased expression.

"Cowardly thing, who gave you the courage to hang out?"

Tang Ming cursed angrily, frowned, and said, "You can leave first and let these subordinates watch me. Once you reach a safe location, you won’t have to worry about me dying with you. Is that okay?"

Nangong Tianyue hesitated; this was indeed a solution. As long as he is safe, whether Tang Ming sets off the bomb or not won’t affect him much.

"Okay, let’s do it that way."

Nangong Tianyue nodded and turned to shout, "Someone come, immediately send Wu Xiaoyu back to the city, and you guys keep an eye on Tang Ming while I go hide."

Upon hearing this, a group of mysterious people were very displeased, but due to Nangong Tianyue’s commanding position, they had no choice but to endure.

Soon, someone lifted Wu Xiaoyu and left the scene, and Nangong Tianyue also fled to a safe place, using the phone to communicate with his subordinates.

Watching Wu Xiaoyu being taken away, Tang Ming felt unease. He was gambling that Nangong Tianyue wanted to get methods to crack the genetic poison and acquire the Tianxuan Nine Needles, wanting a living person.

Otherwise, if the opponent really wanted him dead, everything he did would be meaningless.

Nangong Tianyue was also gambling. He bet that Tang Ming wouldn’t easily commit suicide and that Tang Ming would keep his promise, surrendering after Wu Xiaoyu was released.

This time, both Tang Ming and Nangong Tianyue won.

Time passed slowly. After an unknown duration, Tang Ming received a call from Chu Batian.

"Group Leader, someone just dropped Wu Xiaoyu at the branch office entrance. How are things on your side?"

Chu Batian asked anxiously.

"How is Wu Xiaoyu’s situation? Is she in any life-threatening danger?"

Tang Ming asked nervously.

"The situation is still unclear. She’s been sent to the hospital for emergency care. I’ve informed the Wu Family, and the initial doctor’s examination results show no life-threatening danger, but..."

"But what? Don’t leave your words hanging!"

Tang Ming shouted impatiently.

"But even if her life is saved, she may become disabled. Numerous serious injuries have destroyed her appearance."

Chu Batian sighed helplessly. Wu Xiaoyu’s reproductive characteristics as a woman were almost completely destroyed. Such harm makes life worse than death for a woman.

"Damn it, these beasts."

Upon hearing these words, Tang Ming couldn’t help but curse.

"Group Leader, how are you doing now? Since Wu Xiaoyu has been rescued, why haven’t you come back?"

Chu Batian asked with concern.

"Huff, I can’t return. Just carry out what I’ve instructed. If I survive, I’ll naturally come back. If I die, then... take good care of yourselves."

Tang Ming finished speaking and hung up the phone.

"You damn brutes are too ruthless."

Tang Ming gritted his teeth and looked at the group of masked people around him.

"Stop talking nonsense; you’ve received the news of Wu Xiaoyu’s safety. Surrender immediately and go with us obediently, or my people will have no hesitation dying with you."

Nangong Tianyue impatiently urged through a subordinate’s phone video.

Tang Ming’s expression was fluctuating; to say he wasn’t afraid of death was false. But if he were to die for a worthy cause, he wouldn’t mind life or death.

The thought of dying so easily was too unwilling. Tang Ming sighed, raised his hand, and shouted, "If I say I will surrender, I won’t die with you."

Tang Ming detached himself, and a group of masked people swarmed him, pinning him to the ground, controlling his hands and feet, directly knocking him unconscious.

In doing so, Tang Ming saved Wu Xiaoyu at the cost of himself. As for his own fate, he never considered it—just death or life worse than death.

At the Songlan City Center Hospital, Chu Batian waited outside the emergency room with Li Xiaoli and Xia Wei’er for more than two hours.

"Why is it taking so long to come out? Why not come out?"

Li Xiaoli anxiously paced back and forth in the corridor, worriedly saying, "Tang Ming’s phone is dead, and we can’t contact him at all. Only Wu Xiaoyu knows the situation. Hurry and wake up."

"I really didn’t expect Wu Xiaoyu to be worse off than in the video. She sacrificed so much for Tang Ming."

Liu Mengting sighed repeatedly.

"The current situation is very unfavorable. I’ve already sent people to check Mount Lao Jun’s situation, but it’s empty, and the group leader has been taken."

Chu Batian sighed helplessly, "Currently, only Wu Xiaoyu has contacted the criminals. Whether we can rescue them depends entirely on her."

"Tang Ming is such a big fool, sacrificing himself for others, too stupid!"

Li Xiaoli complained angrily.

"Didn’t we appreciate his loyal and righteous character?"

Liu Mengting smiled bitterly, looking at the emergency room door, "The priority now is to save Wu Xiaoyu; otherwise, Tang Ming’s sacrifice will be in vain."