parentshiftbook Chapter 23 Slaughter, Harvest
Chapter 23 Slaughter, Harvest
Several corpses lay scattered on the ground, their blood staining the dirt road a dark red.
The shouts of battle grew closer, and Su Yu made a decisive move, retreating with the panicked crowd into the deeper commercial area. Those were shops owned by powerful figures in the city; even if gangs were bloodthirsty, they wouldn't dare attack them.
As he was running, a small, thin figure darted through the crowd like an eel and bumped into Su Yu.
Su Yu frowned and subconsciously reached into his pocket.
It's empty!
The purse containing loose silver coins has vanished!
"Damn it!"
A cold glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes; that was his last remaining possession!
Without saying a word, he took off chasing after it.
The petty thief was short, but his movements were extremely unpredictable. He swayed left and right in the crowded throng as if he were nothing. On the other hand, Su Yu was carrying a fifty-pound sack of grain and had to dodge panicked passersby, and the distance between them was getting further and further apart.
Su Yu immediately took off the grain sack and other items from his back and threw them aside.
With the burden lifted, Su Yu felt as light as a swallow.
With a burst of his inner energy, he used his brute force to carve a path through the crowd and seize that gray figure.
The thief clearly hadn't expected this fat sheep to be so troublesome, and in his panic, he plunged headlong into a dead-end alley.
Su Yu blocked the alley entrance and approached step by step.
The petty thief retreated to the base of the wall, seeing no way to escape, a bitter smile appeared on his face, which was covered in dust and obscured. His voice was hoarse and unpleasant: "Brother... good sir, spare my life! Here's your money bag back!"
The person who caught up with me is most likely skilled in martial arts; I've messed with someone tough.
As he spoke, he tossed a money bag over.
Su Yu took the money bag, checked that the loose silver inside was still there, and put it away.
"not enough!"
To chase after this person, I threw away all the things I bought that cost me hundreds of coins. I have to make up for this debt.
"Sir, I just opened for business today, and I'm really out of money..." The thief spread his hands, looking utterly unlucky.
Su Yu snorted coldly and moved forward, intending to take action himself.
The man looked like he was about to be captured, with a bitter smile on his face.
Su Yu did not let his guard down. After getting close, he suddenly grabbed at his throat.
Just as they were about to capture him, the thief's body twisted at an unbelievable angle, like a piece of paper without bones, barely avoiding the grab.
"Um?"
Su Yu was startled; what a slippery movement technique! He immediately used a white ape-like ramming motion to block the other's escape route.
However, the man moved his feet and nimbly turned around, dodging Su Yu's impact and circling to the other side, escaping towards the gap.
"Impressive footwork!"
Su Yu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration again, then turned around and chased after him.
That movement technique is so exquisite! If only I could learn it…
The man was running ahead when he saw Su Yu chasing after him, and he felt a pang of bitterness.
He gritted his teeth, pulled out another money pouch from his pocket, and threw it out.
However, Su Yu didn't even glance at it and continued, "I want the movement technique!"
The man had just escaped to the alley entrance and was about to be caught when he gritted his teeth and pulled out a yellowed booklet.
Just as he was about to throw it down, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the alley entrance.
"Damn it, where did that bastard from the Water Snake Gang run off to?"
Two burly men from the Money Gang rushed in, blocking the only way out.
The two men looked around the alley and found no trace of the Water Snake Gang member, but rather two other people.
"You two, did you see one of the Water Snake Gang members escape?"
"I haven't seen it, sir," the petty thief quickly replied, silently stuffing the booklet back into his clothes.
Su Yu stopped in his tracks, not daring to make any rash moves. He hadn't expected to run into members of the gang.
The two men from the Money Gang glanced around and spotted the money bag on the ground. They exchanged a glance and made a plan.
"Hand over everything you have, and we'll let you go!"
"Take out the books you hid earlier!"
Two members of the Money Gang blocked the alley entrance from the left and right. One of them held a throwing knife, twirled it, and looked at the other with a mocking gaze.
Su Yu remained calm as he slowly took out the money pouch from his pocket.
The petty thief trembled even more, pulling a yellowed booklet from his pocket, looking terrified: "Sir, this is all I have..."
"Give it to me!"
The two reached out to take it.
In the next instant, something unexpected happened!
The thief moved with lightning speed, his figure flashing like a ghost through the gap between the two.
The man with the throwing knife reacted faster, immediately flew into a rage, and raised his hand to throw the knife.
However, as soon as he raised his hand, his expression changed drastically—his hand was empty!
That throwing knife somehow ended up in the hands of that petty thief!
"Bye-bye!" The petty thief darted into the street.
"Damn it! You dare to mess with me!"
The man throwing knives was furious, but he couldn't catch up with him, so he could only vent his anger on the remaining Su Yu.
"Kid, you're out of luck! Watch your eyes next time!"
"Bang!"
Before the man throwing knives could finish speaking, Su Yu had already seized the opportunity and unleashed a powerful White Ape Mountain Strike, sending him flying instantly.
"Snap!"
The sound of ribs breaking was clearly audible. The man screamed and was thrown into the air, crashing heavily against the wall.
The other man was stunned for a moment, and was about to retaliate when Su Yu kicked him in the stomach, causing him to curl up like a boiled shrimp.
"die!"
Su Yu clenched his right fist, his spine trembled, and all his blood and energy converged into one point. He then punched the enemy in front of him in the throat.
This strike mobilized all the body's energy and blood, showcasing the full extent of the power of a single breakthrough.
The throat is a vital part of the human body, with dense blood vessels and nerves. Even an ordinary person can be fatally wounded by it, let alone someone as strong as Su Yu.
With a muffled thud, the enemy's throat bone shattered instantly, his eyes bulged out, and he clutched his neck with both hands, making a hissing sound as he collapsed limply to the ground, twitching twice before going still.
"A... someone who's trained in martial arts?!"
The man who had been knocked away by the knife had just gotten up when he witnessed his companion's gruesome death, and he was terrified.
They've really messed up!
"run!"
He turned and ran away, wishing he had two more legs.
"Can you escape?"
Su Yu had already caught up and punched the man in the back of the head.
"Thump!"
The man fell flat on his face.
Su Yu lunged forward without hesitation, punching his opponent in the temple, followed by several more punches until the person beneath him fell completely silent.
When killing someone, you must silence them; when cutting weeds, you must nip them in the bud!
"call……"
Su Yu stood up, looking at his hands covered in blood. Although his heart was pounding, he didn't feel much fear.
This is the power of a single breakthrough!
Killing ordinary people is like slaughtering dogs!
If one truly becomes a martial artist, one can probably, as Senior Brother Xu said, kill ten soldiers on the battlefield without exhausting one's energy.
He quickly crouched down and began to search the corpse.
These two members of the Money Gang had clearly just looted the outskirts of the market and were quite well-off.
The two heavy money bags were quite pleasing.
What surprised Su Yu even more was that he found a thin, thread-bound book in the inner pocket of the man who threw the knife.
By the dim light, I could see the words "Money Throwing" written in large characters on the cover.
"Martial arts?"
Su Yu was startled.
So lucky to have gotten a martial arts manual? Although that thief got away, I unexpectedly gained another martial arts manual.
Suppressing the urge to check immediately, Su Yu stuffed the books and money bag into his pocket and hurriedly left towards the alley entrance.
Back on the main street, the Money Gang seemed to have been defeated, and the Water Snake Gang was clearing out the area.
Su Yu bypassed the battlefield and returned to the place where he had thrown things away earlier. Sure enough, the grain bags were long gone.
Then they immediately hid in the deepest part of the market, in the area of shops.
Upon arriving near the shopping area, one finds a large crowd of people trapped in the market, unable to escape in time.
Su Yu felt he could still find his things, so he looked around and soon found the two people in an empty alley.
One of them was tall and thin, carrying on his back... the very bag of grain he had lost! The other was short and stout...
Su Yu narrowed his eyes; the two people from behind were actually acquaintances!
However, if you've taken something that belongs to you and then happen to run into it, you should naturally take it back.
So he walked into the alley, came up behind the two, and spoke coldly:
"Gentlemen, those are mine!"