Blood Courage, Ruthlessness

"Ah!"

Just then, a scream suddenly rang out from nearby, along with Gu Yingying's wailing sobs.

Gu Yang's heart jolted, and he hurriedly ran toward the shack where they lived.

Outside the Gu Family's shack, Gu Yingying had fallen to one side and was crying nonstop. Gu Mother had collapsed on the ground, filthy all over, with a large footprint on her abdomen.

As for Gu Dashan, two men had him pinned beneath them, raining punches and kicks on him.

Just then, Liu Third Brother walked out of the Gu Family's shack with a cloth sack in hand. Inside was unmistakably the piece of Black Tiger Meat.

"You damned Carpenter Gu! We're all refugees, yet you've got money to buy meat for your son? Where did that money come from? Did you sneak into our house and steal it while the village was suffering?"

Liu Third Brother struck first with a false accusation, speaking with a cold sneer.

Gu Yang rushed over and saw the scene before him. His blood instantly surged to his head, and with a furious roar, he charged forward.

"Heh, brat, I heard you joined the Martial Academy. Come on, let me see what you learned there."

Gu Yang made no effort to hide his movements, so Liu Third Brother naturally noticed him. Seeing Gu Yang charge at them, he stepped forward to meet him.

His blood was boiling, but when he truly faced battle, Gu Yang's heart abruptly became calm. There was no emotion in his eyes, only pure ruthlessness.

He did not recklessly rush in. Instead, he first assumed the stance of Azure Dragon Dance's Stance Training, then used his footwork to quickly approach Liu Third Brother.

"Oh, that stance looks pretty convincing." Liu Third Brother did not take Gu Yang, a teenager barely over ten, seriously at all.

He had supposedly gone to the Martial Academy to learn martial arts, but after only two days, what could he possibly have learned?

As Gu Yang rushed in, Liu Third Brother threw a straight punch at his head.

There was no technique behind it, only the brute force of a grown man, but even that was more than Gu Yang's thin body could withstand.

Gu Yang's eyes flickered. He ducked low and dodged the punch, then stepped forward to close the distance. Following the motion, he threw a punch straight at the man's ribs.

The gap in their height and weight was considerable. If he wanted to end this quickly, he had to strike without mercy.

Gu Yang's eyes brimmed with viciousness. The moment he attacked, he showed no mercy at all.

Liu Third Brother had been careless. Gu Yang's heavy punch landed squarely on his ribs, and his body immediately went limp. Clutching his side with both hands, he was about to collapse backward.

But he had forgotten that Gu Yang was still right in front of him.

Seeing Liu Third Brother's body tilt, Gu Yang threw another straight punch, landing squarely on his eye.

"Buzz—"

That punch made stars burst before Liu Third Brother's eyes, leaving him utterly unable to notice Gu Yang's final killing move.

His gaze icy, Gu Yang finally swung out the sweeping kick he had been preparing for so long.

"Aah!"

A heaven-shaking scream rang out before the shack. Liu Third Brother clamped his legs together and grabbed between them with both hands, rolling across the ground in agony.

The other two Liu Brothers were startled by that scream. No longer caring about Gu Dashan on the ground, they charged straight at Gu Yang.

Yet they had underestimated Gu Dashan's toughness. Seeing the two rush toward Gu Yang, Gu Dashan somehow found the strength. His arms suddenly exerted force, and he grabbed Liu Second Brother's right leg, then gave it a fierce yank, directly pulling Liu Second Brother to the ground.

In that flash of lightning and spark of flint, the battle changed again. Two opponents became one, and Gu Yang immediately seized the opportunity, charging forward.

Fists, kicks, footwork.

Gu Yang held an enormous advantage in fighting technique, but he was clearly inferior to Liu Eldest Brother in strength.

This battle was extremely difficult.

Yet Gu Yang still relied on his techniques to dodge Liu Eldest Brother's punches again and again, exhausting Liu Eldest Brother's strength and ultimately claiming victory.

"Bang."

A heavy punch smashed into Liu Eldest Brother's right jaw. His body immediately tilted, and he fell sitting to the ground.

Gu Yang only gave his head one additional kick before running straight toward Gu Dashan.

At that moment, Gu Dashan was tangled up in a struggle with Liu Second Brother.

Liu Second Brother was on top, pinning Gu Dashan beneath him.

Seeing this, Gu Yang lunged forward, grabbed Liu Second Brother's hair, and yanked it hard backward.

"Ah!"

Another scream rang out, but Gu Yang did not hesitate in the slightest. He drove his elbow up and smashed it heavily into Liu Second Brother's back.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After several consecutive heavy blows, Liu Second Brother's body immediately went limp.

Gu Yang gave another pull and finally dragged him off Gu Dashan.

"Dad, are you all right?" Gu Yang carefully helped Gu Dashan to his feet and asked with concern.

"Don't worry, I won't die. Pah." As he spoke, Gu Dashan tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, along with a front tooth.

Seeing Gu Dashan covered in injuries, Gu Yang could no longer suppress the fury in his heart. He strode over to the three Liu Brothers and gave each of them several more kicks.

Gu Yang's kicks were filled with hatred. He kicked the three men hard enough to send them rolling over, and only stopped once they curled into balls, wailing in pain.

Just then, the authorities arrived. Pushing through the crowd of onlookers, they shouted, "Who reported this to the authorities? What happened here?"

"Sir, save us! That boy from the Gu Family is trying to kill us!" Seeing a group of constables arrive, Liu Eldest Brother immediately cried out.

"Hmph. You tell me." After looking around and seeing Gu Yang dressed in a martial uniform, the constable directly questioned him.

"Sir..." Gu Yang stepped forward quickly and recounted the conflict between the two families from beginning to end.

But after he finished, his tone shifted as he continued, "If that were all, it could merely be treated as a conflict between neighbors. But this time, they actually intended to steal the meat Master Qin from the Martial Academy lent me. I do not know what kind of meat this is, but it is undoubtedly worth a fortune. Stealing meat is the same as stealing money, so the nature of this matter is entirely different."

Gu Yang still had to train at the Martial Academy during the day, while Gu Dashan had to enter the city to look for work.

He simply did not have the energy to deal with the three Liu Brothers' later retaliation, so he intended to crush these three brothers completely, leaving them no chance to rise again.

On the other side, the constables reacted exactly as Gu Yang had expected. One immediately asked, "Meat? What meat? Bring it over and let me see."

"Sir, it's the meat in this sack." Gu Yang picked up the cloth sack Liu Third Brother had thrown to the ground and handed it over.

"Hiss." Opening the sack, the lead constable immediately sucked in a breath.

He recognized this piece of meat. It was precisely because he recognized it that he was so shocked.

Casting a pitying glance at the three Liu Brothers, the constable immediately waved his hand and said, "These three committed home invasion and robbery in broad daylight, involving an enormous sum. Take them away at once!"

"Sir! Sir! We didn't know what meat it was! We didn't steal any meat!" Hearing the constable's words, Liu Eldest Brother and Liu Second Brother immediately cried out their innocence.

At this moment, Gu Yang sneered from the side. "The two of you held my family back while your other brother entered the shack to steal the meat. Everyone around here saw it with their own eyes, yet you still refuse to confess?"

"Take them away." The lead constable could not be bothered to waste words with the three men. He directly hauled them up and headed toward the city.

Along the way, the families of the three Liu Brothers heard that their men had been taken away and immediately stopped the constables to plead for mercy.

However, the evidence against the three Liu Brothers was conclusive. Moreover, Gu Yang held firmly to his accusation with an unyielding attitude, leaving no room whatsoever for reconciliation.