Ershui City, Loach Street.
Wang Sheng had not expected the Golden Bull Gang to be targeting Loach Street this time.
But on further thought, it made sense.
One of the streets controlled by the Golden Bull Gang was not far from Loach Street.
And Loach Street was a poor alley with no important figures, so naturally the Golden Bull Gang wanted to extend its hand here and collect protection money from Loach Street.
The ones currently controlling Loach Street were a small gang called the Earth Dragon Gang, whose leader was at the Dark Force level.
Previously, they had never determined whether the Earth Dragon Gang's leader was at the middle or late stage of Dark Force, so the Golden Bull Gang had not made a move.
Recently, news had confirmed that the Earth Dragon Gang's leader was at the middle stage of Dark Force. The moment Golden Bull Gang leader Ox Cyclone heard it, he could no longer sit still. He ordered everyone to grab their weapons and decided to beat the Earth Dragon Gang into submission first.
Wang Sheng found time to change into another set of clothes. Wearing a gray fitted outfit embroidered with bull heads and a black cloth over his face, he hurried over from afar. When he saw the group from the Golden Bull Gang standing at the entrance to Loach Street, he stepped over and joined them.
Ox Cyclone turned and saw Wang Sheng, then nodded at him.
The other ordinary members of the Golden Bull Gang also hurriedly made way, standing respectfully behind Wang Sheng and the other Bright Force Martial Artists.
"Get lost, now!"
"No matter what you hear, don't come out. Otherwise, if you lose your lives, don't blame us."
The Golden Bull Gang members shouted as they drove away pedestrians passing through the street.
Meanwhile, the Earth Dragon Gang members opposite them stood at the other entrance to Loach Street, also driving away the civilians.
"Wuwu, please, sirs, let me go! I only sell pickled vegetable lumps. How much money could I possibly have on me? I still have a whole family to support! Please, sir! I'll kneel for you!"
"Bullshit! We're about to risk our lives here. Forget eating a few of your rotten pickled vegetables—even if we took your silver, would you dare say a second word?"
Whether it was the Golden Bull Gang or the Earth Dragon Gang, small gangs like these were mostly filled with hooligans and ruffians. Bullying the common folk came as naturally as breathing to them.
Wang Sheng was familiarizing himself with his refined saber, fully considering what he would do if a real fight broke out later.
These familiar voices reached Wang Sheng's ears, making him look up.
The person begging the Golden Bull Gang members to let her go was none other than Du Suo, who had once trained alongside Wang Sheng at the Zhao Family Martial Arts Academy.
After he had failed to enter the martial path, he had once urged Wang Sheng to give up with him and start a small business selling pickled vegetable lumps.
Neither of them had expected to meet here.
However, Wang Sheng was masked because he did not want to expose his identity while holding this post, so Du Suo did not recognize him at all.
Seeing several Golden Bull Gang members begin forcibly searching Du Suo for money, her face was filled with despair and helplessness.
Wang Sheng could not help shaking his head. One still had to practice martial arts.
Without enough strength to protect oneself, no amount of wealth could be kept safe.
"Let her go."
Wang Sheng walked over, stood before Du Suo and the Golden Bull Gang members, and spoke calmly.
"Ah! It's Protector Wang."
"Since Protector Wang has spoken, we will certainly obey."
Seeing a Bright Force Martial Artist step forward, the Golden Bull Gang members immediately behaved themselves. They released Du Suo and turned to deal with others.
"Thank you, Protector, for saving my life! I will never forget this kindness! I will surely pray for blessings for Protector in my home!"
The joy of having escaped disaster filled Du Suo's heart with gratitude toward Wang Sheng. Without even raising her head or seeing him clearly, she threw herself down in worship and repeatedly kowtowed in thanks.
"No matter. Leave this place quickly."
Wang Sheng spoke coldly.
Ox Cyclone paid no attention to such trivial matters. He wiped the long axe in his hand with one hand while staring fixedly at Hun Shui Long, leader of the Earth Dragon Gang.
The Earth Dragon Gang's leader had always called himself Hun Shui Long; few people knew his real name.
"Hahaha, I never thought the Golden Bull Gang would be so damn kind! Already trying to win people's hearts?"
"I suddenly feel like eating pickled vegetable lumps! Boy, come here!"
Hun Shui Long sneered, his eyes wide and round. With a furious shout, he frightened Du Suo until she trembled uncontrollably from head to toe.
"A mere loach dares slap my Golden Bull Gang in the face before me? Today, I'll chop you apart!"
Ox Cyclone pointed his long axe forward, his face savage.
"Go!"
Wang Sheng ignored Hun Shui Long's crazed, bloodthirsty gaze and told Du Suo to leave at once.
That voice!
As Du Suo got up to flee, she glanced at Wang Sheng standing so close by. Though his face was covered, he still felt strangely familiar.
Hearing that voice for the second time, Du Suo, who had already found it familiar, suddenly remembered Wang Sheng from two months ago.
How is that possible?!
Impossible!!!
How could Wang Sheng have become Bright Force?!
Du Suo's heart was filled with unimaginable shock, horror, and confusion.
"Kill!"
"Slaughter them!"
Before Du Suo could escape Loach Street, Ox Cyclone and Hun Shui Long exchanged a few more insults before directly starting the fight.
Du Suo was so terrified that she even abandoned her shoulder pole of pickled vegetable lumps, scrambling and crawling away with a face full of fear.
Wang Sheng held a refined saber as he faced a Bright Force Martial Artist from the Earth Dragon Gang.
The two wielded sabers against each other. Empowered by force, their blades collided again and again. Fierce winds howled, saber lights and shadows flashed, sharp and ear-piercing clangs rang out, and sparks scattered in all directions.
"Friend, there's no grudge between us. Why fight and kill for others? How about we just put on a show?"
The Earth Dragon Gang's Bright Force Martial Artist was a burly man with a face full of whiskers. He spoke cautiously, as though afraid someone would hear him.
Although neither man stopped moving his saber while speaking, the danger between them lessened considerably.
"Fine!"
Wang Sheng nodded solemnly.
Thus, the two continued fighting while quietly moving farther from the battlefield, hiding in a corner to fight among themselves.
The ordinary gang members fought bloodily, with miserable screams ringing out without end. Severed arms and legs lay everywhere, while steaming blood dyed the ground red.
More than a dozen Bright Force Martial Artists fought in pairs. Some battled with great danger, while others were slacking off even more blatantly than Wang Sheng and his opponent.
The two gang leaders, however, had truly fought until their eyes were bloodshot. Going all out, they smashed down walls and shattered houses with their fists, creating the greatest commotion.
"Heh, looks like my gang leader is no match for Gang Leader Niu! Brother, if you win, can I join you?"
The burly man chatted as he fought.
"Of course. Your saber technique is not bad, friend. I can recommend you."
Wang Sheng said.
"That's good. Sigh, the Earth Dragon Gang's leader really is no good. He's cruel and vicious—he even wanted to kill that commoner selling pickled vegetables just now. The Golden Bull Gang you're in is much better, brother!"
The burly man said again.
"Gang Leader Niu treats people generously and conducts himself with righteousness. If you join my Golden Bull Gang, you will truly have found the right place."
Wang Sheng said.
"Really? Then that's wonderful. Oh no, brother, behind you! Watch out!"
The burly man's expression suddenly turned anxious as he looked behind Wang Sheng.
Yet there was no one behind Wang Sheng!
A lightning-fast saber swept through the air.
Saber light suddenly flashed, revealing the burly man's savage, triumphant expression beneath his feigned concern.
If no one dies, do you really think I'm playing around with you here?
The burly man thought that with his full-strength strike, and after all the groundwork he had laid, even if he could not kill his opponent, he could still severely wound him.
Buzz...
At the same time,
The moment the burly man warned Wang Sheng about behind him, Wang Sheng did not even look back. With one hand, he tapped several points on his body.
In an instant, Wang Sheng's qi and blood surged violently.
With his strength greatly increased,
The saber in Wang Sheng's hand seemed as light as a goose feather, while its speed and force were enough to terrify any Bright Force Martial Artist!
His saber struck later, yet arrived first!
The astonishing saber light tore through flesh, tendons, and bone without the slightest obstruction.
A bearded head flew straight into the air.
"The Liu Family's Blood Stacking Technique!"
The burly man's severed head was still blinking in midair, with only this thought flashing through his mind.
"Two hundred taels of silver, in hand!"
Wang Sheng looked at the burly man's head and exhaled a breath of turbid air.
To motivate everyone, Ox Cyclone had offered rewards from the very beginning of the battle: two hundred taels of silver for killing a Bright Force Martial Artist, and five taels for killing an ordinary gang member.
As for the burly man's scheme, it had been far too low-level.
So Wang Sheng had turned the tables. When the burly man struck with all his strength, his mind relaxed, and he could no longer change moves, Wang Sheng erupted with the Blood Stacking Technique. He was one beat faster than the burly man, and his saber landed on the man's neck.
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