After saying that!
Liu Zhanpeng felt like he was about to grind his back teeth to pieces.
He wanted to be a stall master too!
"Huh?"
The middle-aged man froze for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and cupped his hands toward Jiang Yi.
"Greetings, Young Master Jiang!"
The few people following behind him also cupped their hands.
"Greetings, Young Master Jiang!"
Jiang Yi returned the salute with cupped hands.
"Greetings, everyone. From now on, we can be considered colleagues!"
"I have only just arrived. If there is anything I do not understand, I hope you will all be tolerant."
"Let us work together!"
"Together, let us safeguard the peace and order of the Qingshi Street area."
"Young Master Jiang, you are too polite!"
"Come, come, Young Master Jiang, Young Master Liu, quickly come inside with me. I have already prepared a modest banquet!"
"I have been waiting to welcome the two of you and wash away the dust of your journey!"
The middle-aged steward hurriedly led the way, inviting Jiang Yi and the other man into the building.
But at that moment!
From the other side of Qingshi Street, a shrill, grating voice suddenly rang out in mockery.
"Well, isn't this lively!"
"Has your Fish Guild gotten itself a new stall master? That stall master wouldn't happen to be you, would it... Liu Little Bird!"
At the sound of that familiar voice!
Liu Zhanpeng's body tensed. He turned around, and his face and neck flushed crimson in an instant.
When he spoke, he was practically gritting his teeth.
"Zhang Hu~~~ So it's you!"
"Haha, why couldn't it be me? I've now been appointed steward of Bailiu Street!"
Bailiu Street!
It lay directly opposite Qingshi Street.
Just cross the bridge, and one could reach it!
However, that side was not under the Fish Guild's jurisdiction. It belonged to the territory of their rival, the Evil Wolf Gang.
The two factions had long borne deep grudges against each other!
Though they did not dare openly slaughter one another, small-scale clashes behind the scenes were unavoidable.
That was why martial artists were needed to hold down the stalls!
Besides maintaining order within their territory, they also had to guard against troublemakers from enemy factions.
"Looks like things are pretty good here!"
The young man called Zhang Hu wore a black robe patterned with golden designs.
He looked somewhat short in stature.
Yet his build was remarkably burly, with the broad back and thick waist of a tiger.
Behind him!
More than a dozen men in black followed in a great swarm, all of them members of the Evil Wolf Gang!
A vicious wolf's head was embroidered over the chest of their robes!
"What, are you looking to make trouble?"
Liu Zhanpeng stepped forward and stared coldly at Zhang Hu. His feet shifted apart, while his hands rose and curled slightly!
He assumed the stance of a rooted martial posture.
Jiang Yi recognized at a glance that this was an opening stance of the Cauldron Origin Art.
He was regulating his breath and gathering strength, preparing to meet an enemy.
From the exchange between the two, they clearly knew each other—knew each other as enemies.
Judging by the way they addressed one another, they had likely fought before.
Liu Zhanpeng was probably the one at a disadvantage. To make a bold guess—
He had most likely lost!
Sure enough!
Zhang Hu looked at Liu Zhanpeng with open ridicule.
"Making trouble?"
"Haha, Liu Little Bird, you guessed right. I came here precisely to make trouble for you!"
"What, you want to make a move?"
"Hahahaha, how utterly ridiculous."
Zhang Hu planted his hands on his hips and threw back his head in laughter, his voice brimming with scorn.
"Why don't you take a look at your own weight before you speak? Are you even my match?"
"You'd be better off moving aside on your own!"
"Let me tear this Qingshi Street apart first!"
Liu Zhanpeng roared in fury, leaping forward as he charged at Zhang Hu with murderous rage.
"Zhang Hu, don't even think about it! Take this!"
"Hmph, you are nothing but a defeated opponent. Since you are courting death, don't blame me."
Zhang Hu snorted coldly!
His burly body tightened, revealing taut, powerful muscles as he likewise charged toward Liu Zhanpeng!
Bang!!!
A muffled boom rang out!
The two slammed viciously into each other!
"Men, charge! Just as the Young Gang Leader ordered, tear this Qingshi Street apart!"
"Kill!!!"
A minor leader of the Evil Wolf Gang raised an arm and shouted.
The other gang members immediately howled and rushed toward Qingshi Street like hungry wolves!
"Quick, stop them first!"
"I'll go call for reinforcements right away!"
The middle-aged steward's expression changed drastically as he called for the other Fish Guild disciples to hold them off.
"Let me handle this!"
Jiang Yi took a step forward. His tendons and bones trembled in unison as tremendous power surged from within him, spreading into his fists and legs.
His left hand formed a claw, his right hand a fist.
An indescribable aura wound around him, heavy and solid, yet revealing razor-sharp edges.
His right leg stomped down fiercely, sinking the bluestone slab beneath his foot!
His entire body shot forward.
Boom!!!
Like a savage beast of prey, he crashed ferociously into the charging Evil Wolf Gang members!
Three or four men were sent flying at once, coughing blood from the impact!
His left hand seized the wrist of a man beside him. With a crack, he snapped it in an instant.
Before the man could even let out a miserable scream!
Jiang Yi yanked him close and threw out his right fist, as though lifting a massive boulder!
Bang!
His chest caved in, his spine shattered!
Like a broken sack, he flew five or six meters away. After hitting the ground and rolling several times—
He did not move again.
[Killed one ordinary enemy. Plundered 3 years of lifespan.]
This was not over yet!
Jiang Yi dodged an incoming punch, then swept out his right leg and kicked down a rushing man.
Just as the man was about to fall to the ground!
Jiang Yi bent his body, twisted at the waist, and swung his arm, rewarding him with a Rising Dragon Fist.
The man shot two or three zhang into the air!
Blood sprayed wildly from his mouth as he fell!
With such brutality and violence, who else could compare?
[Killed one ordinary enemy. Plundered 4 years of lifespan.]
"Damn it!"
"Attack him together! What are you afraid of? He's only one man!"
"We outnumber him. Kill him together, and the Young Gang Leader will surely reward us handsomely later!"
The Evil Wolf Gang's minor leader swallowed hard and shouted encouragement at the other gang members.
"That's right, he's only one man!"
"Kill him!"
The remaining eight or nine gang members seemed to gain a shared understanding this time and surrounded him all at once.
"Good timing!"
Jiang Yi felt hot blood boiling upward within him, and a flicker of excitement appeared on his face.
"Watch my Shadowless Kick!"
The Evil Wolf Gang's minor leader seized his chance and leaped into the air, kicking repeatedly in midair.
Up and down, left and right!
Every strike bore straight toward Jiang Yi's head!
Clearly, this minor leader had cultivated this martial art to a profound level!
To an ordinary person, those kicks would have been dazzling enough to blur the eyes, impossible to tell real from false.
But was Jiang Yi an ordinary person?
In his eyes, the man was nothing more than a jumping clown, bouncing and hopping about before him.
With a piercing eagle's cry!
Jiang Yi's five fingers formed claws, tearing through the air, savage and vicious with bone-chilling sharpness.
Before the man could even close in!
Jiang Yi clasped the ankle of that so-called "Shadowless Kick," leaving the man nearly dangling in midair.
Crack!
The force of his claw penetrated flesh, ruthless and tyrannical, pulverizing the tendons and bones of the man's lower limb.
The Evil Wolf Gang's minor leader instantly turned deathly pale and began screaming in agony!
He had made a mistake!
So he was a clown after all!
Under the excruciating pain!
The minor leader twisted and struggled incessantly like a black worm.
Jiang Yi felt power surging through him, his blood racing like a flood as it poured fiercely into his right arm!
That clown from the Evil Wolf Gang!
Jiang Yi swung his entire body straight out!
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