Beginning With Max Enlightenment: I Confront The Immortals With Martial Arts - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Night Attack

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Zhou You had made up his mind to collect the debt, but he did not immediately take action. Instead, he waited for another ten days.

In these ten days, as his internal force continued to strengthen his muscles and skin, his ability increased by leaps and bounds.

Just his strength alone had increased by more than 50%.

His speed and resistance had also increased greatly.

In addition, his five senses had also become much sharper. His vision, hearing, and sense of smell had become sharper.

When he fought, it would bring overwhelming defeat to his opponents.

A few days ago, Zhou You had gone to look for a few famous hooligans in the vicinity to spar, but none of them was a match for him.

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The West River and Meng River converged at Mengyang City, dividing it into three parts.

They were known as the inner city, West River and East River.

North of the West River, the inner city west of the Meng River was what the old people called the city.

The City Lord Manor’s Meng Family and its affiliated families lived there, as well as some branches of merchant groups.

South of the West River, west of the Meng River was known as the West River. The main powers consisted of two dojos and one gang.

The Black Stone Gang, White Crane Fist Dojo, and Diamond Dojo.

East of the Meng River was the East River. The main powers also consisted of two dojos and one gang.

White Sand Gang, Ferocious Tiger Fist Dojo, and Iron Skin Dojo.

The two gangs were local tyrants.

The four dojos were all established as chains, and there were even stronger headquarters above them.

Under the two gangs and four dojos, there were countless small martial arts schools and sects.

It was not that they were innumerable, but the change in power was too fast. If they established themselves today, they might be destroyed tomorrow. No one had the mood to remember.

The Green Snake Gang was a small gang in the East River.

As Zhuo Ling was a martial artist, the Green Snake Gang had always been standing strong. Their reputation was relatively big, so it was easy to obtain information about them.

The Green Snake Gang only had one martial artist, Zhuo Ling. There were thirty to forty members within the gang.

Zhuo Ling was an Early-stage Body Forging martial artist. He did not have any follow-up cultivation techniques for the Green Snake Fist, so he could not make any further progress. Instead, he switched to practicing the Iron Skin Technique of the Iron Skin Dojo. He had already cultivated the Iron Skin to the Greater Mastery Stage, and his entire body was immune to sabers and swords.

If it was ten days ago, Zhou You might not have been able to defeat Zhuo Ling.

However, now that his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, he was full of confidence.

Zhou You had tried it before. By pouring his internal force into his fist, he could shatter an ordinary person’s calf bone with a single punch. It would not be a problem for him to defeat someone with Iron Skin Technique at the Greater Mastery level.

As for the other 30 to 40 ordinary gang members, Zhou You did not care about them at all. As long as he was careful not to be surrounded by more than five people with sharp weapons in a narrow area, there would be no problem.

In a head-on battle, he could defeat one with a single punch. However, he still had to guard against some underhanded moves and could not be careless.

The headquarters of the Green Snake Gang was located on Pine Lane. It was a large courtyard that was connected to several small courtyards.

It was divided into three ring-shaped areas.

The outer ring consisted of the ordinary gang members’ living area and the training area.

The middle ring consisted of middle management living areas and a meeting hall.

The inner ring was a complete small courtyard that belonged exclusively to Zhuo Ling and his two sons.

It was a moonless night.

Zhou You wore ordinary hemp clothes and a similarly ordinary facecloth. He followed the swaying shadows of the trees on the courtyard walls, easily avoiding the sentries on duty in the middle of the outer ring and sneaking all the way into the inner ring.

After becoming a martial artist, his five senses had become much sharper. His eyes could adapt to extremely weak light, and the sound of his footsteps was lowered to a level that ordinary people could not detect.

There were also three people on duty in the inner ring, but because the place was narrow, it was difficult to pass through.

Zhou You had already expected this. He supported himself against the wall with one hand and effortlessly climbed over the wall. He quickly took a few steps and slid behind the toilet.

Time passed slowly.

One of the guards pushed the door open, undid the belt of his pants, and peed.

PAH!

With a dull thud, the man collapsed.

Zhou You grabbed the man and covered his mouth with one hand. He placed his other arm across his neck and moved swiftly.

Crack!

Zhou You quickly wiped his hands on the body with a look of disdain. Then, Zhou You gently put the man down and leaned him against the wall as if he had fallen asleep.

“One down! Two to go!”

It was as easy as he had planned.

Zhou You did not feel much when a life disappeared in his hand.

The main sources of income for gang members were protection fees, bullying, extortion, and banditry.

He would not say every gang member was bad, but every time they were shot, no one was wronged.

Zhou You continued to wait silently.

Soon, someone walked towards the toilet while cursing in a low voice.

“Son of a b*tch, did you fall into a latrine? Why haven’t you come out after so long!”

Zhou You’s ears twitched.

The night was quiet. Although there was only one voice, he heard two footsteps, almost overlapping.

“You’re quite vigilant, aren’t you?” Zhou You raised his eyebrows slightly.

Fortunately, he saw this coming!

PAH!

The toilet door was roughly pushed open.

One of them stuck his head out and saw his companion leaning against the corner of the wall. He was stunned and was about to speak.

Swoosh!

A black shadow rushed over with a strong wind.

The man’s expression changed drastically. He opened his mouth and was about to shout when he felt a pain in his throat. The entire world spun, and his entire body leaned back. He happened to see a black silhouette grab another companion’s throat and break it forcefully.

Crack!

With a soft sound, a huge foot descended from the sky.

PAH!

His vision went black and he lost consciousness.

Zhou You raised his leg and looked at the two corpses lying on the ground. He took a deep breath and rushed towards the east wing without any hesitation.

He thought about how he would react in a situation like this.

Zhou You did not believe that such a huge commotion outside had not alerted Zhuo Ling by now.

He had never planned to plot against Zhuo Ling.

This kind of mafia boss who had risen from the mud had much more experience than him. How could he be so easily assassinated?

Killing him fair and square was the right way.

As long as he was fast enough, he could safely retreat.

Crack!

With a powerful kick, the door opened.

Facing Zhuo Ling’s stunned expression, Zhou You did not have time to think. He kicked his legs hard and pounced forward like a ferocious tiger descending the mountain.

His muscles tensed up and bulged. He squeezed and condensed his internal force into his fists.

He raised his fist high and smashed it down like a pair of hammers.

He attacked his enemy to the face!

Without any hesitation, Zhou You used his strongest frontal attack.

There was nothing fancy about his attack and it was just a straight punch.

He smashed down with all his might!

PAH!

A dull thud sounded.

Zhuo Ling hurriedly raised his hand to block. Under the powerful impact, he flew back high.

Zhou You did not show mercy. He pounced forward and punched out with his fists.

Pah pah pah pah!

A few breaths later.

Zhou You looked at Zhuo Ling, who was lying limply in the corner and no longer breathing. He took a few deep breaths and leaned forward to search Zhuo Ling’s body for a while. Then, he quickly searched the room.

He quickly retrieved the money, two booklets, and a dagger. After putting them away, he turned around and went quickly towards the west wing.

Zhou You looked at the two children who were not much younger than him. They covered their mouths tightly and their eyes were filled with fear, but they could not hide their hatred. Zhou You hesitated for a moment before making up his mind.

He also searched the area quickly and rushed out of the door. He stretched out his hand in front of the courtyard wall and jumped over it. He landed in the shadows and silently disappeared into the darkness.

At this moment, the lights in the outer ring of the middle ring lit up one after another. Cries of surprise and clamor came from behind.