ng City, Zhang Ziyue and the others returned to the original basent.
After receiving the signal to act from Wu Li, they started their operation, silently taking out the followers downstairs and then Zhang Ziyue, along with another Red Stick, sneaked into the target’s room and killed the target.
The whole process went smoothly, without making any noise, and everyone safely withdrew.
The group chatted sporadically as they waited for Wu Li to return.
"Do you think he can succeed?" a Red Stick close to Zhang Ziyue asked as he approached him.
"He probably can," he replied.
ntioning Wu Li made Zhang Ziyue look sowhat uncomfortable.
"Hey, cheer up—after all, he is a monster who has cultivated the Innate Gang Qi. Even Li San can’t beat him, so it’s normal for you to lose to him," his companion comforted.
Zhang Ziyue remained expressionless, tightly gripping the Yuan Yang Yue in his hand.
In fact, Li San had always been his target; he believed that one day he would surpass Li San and beco the new Double Flower Red Stick, but then Wu Li appeared out of nowhere and completely shattered his confidence.
"But still, he’s a young man, full of vigor. Over in River County, the target was mingling with a bunch of Three K Gang mbers. It’s not easy to assassinate soone alone," his companion said nonchalantly.
"Old Huang, although he’s young, he’s already a Grandmaster. He doesn’t need your worry," said a familiar face nearby, joining in with a laugh.
Old Huang shook his head, speaking with the tone of soone who had seen it all: "Ah, tis have changed. Now it’s an era dominated by firearms; no matter how good your martial arts are, you can’t compete with guns."
"Old Huang has a point. Tis have changed. In the old days, I chased a dozen n with a single blade, but within a few years, I was the one being chased by soone with a gun."
"Haha, Xin Yidao, how many years ago was that?" people around them joined the conversation, speaking up.
The boxer known as ’Xin Yidao’ spoke loudly: "Humph, I consider myself lucky. How many masters from our Zhiyuan Hall have died under gunfire?"
"As far as I know, the first was in ’97, ’Scythe Hand’ Lu Yong, Master Lu, who was cornered in an alley by seven gunn from the New York Mafia and was beaten to death!"
"And in ’03, ’Iron Arhat’ Tu Xiong, Master Tu, was assassinated with a gun in his own ho."
"The most recent, in ’17, ’Ghost Shadow’ Liu Xing, you all know how fast his movent technique was, but what happened? When we found him, he had been shot eleven tis!"
Xin Yidao’s words resonated with everyone present, and the boxers from Zhiqing Hall also spoke up:
"Yes, our Grandmaster Yang Yongzhong from Zhiqing Hall—I have learned Baji Fist from him, too. But when Lin Hall Master once encountered an assassination attempt, Master Yang was killed by stray bullets fired by gunn."
"And Master Li..."
"And Master Zhang..."
...
As people noisily recounted the stories of boxers who had ultimately died from gunfire, the atmosphere in the room gradually beca somber.
Although everyone was a martial artist, and their skills were superior to those of most boxers, living in such tis and having witnessed so many formidable boxers die from gunfire, they couldn’t help feeling disheartened, feeling that the era of Kung Fu had passed.
As everyone fell silent, a Red Stick from Zhiqing Hall suddenly received a ssage on his smartphone.
"There’s news from Wu Li," he said, looking at his phone.
"Oh?"
"How is it?"
"Did he succeed?"
Everyone asked eagerly, and the Red Stick looked at the ssage on the phone; when he got to a certain part, his eyes widened in shock.
"What exactly happened, Wang Jun?" soone urged.
After reading the ssage on his phone, Wang Jun looked conflicted, "Grandmaster..."
At that mont, several other Red Sticks from Zhiqing Hall also received the ssage, and they all looked down at their phones.
"No way?"
"Is it true?"
"This is really..."
All the Red Sticks who saw the ssage had complex expressions, making everyone else even more curious.
"What happened?"
"Hurry up and tell us!"
"Look for yourselves."
Wang Jun passed his smartphone to soone next to him, and the other Red Sticks from Zhiqing Hall did the sa.
Monts later, so sighed deeply while others gasped loudly.
"What exactly happened?"
Zhang Ziyue couldn’t hold back anymore and ran to ask Old Huang.
Old Huang, looking imnsely impressed, raised his head and looked at Zhang Ziyue, "Wu Li, Master Wu, he stord into Bolis’s villa of the Three K Gang all by himself."
"Then what?" Zhang Ziyue asked.
Old Huang: "He burst in blatantly and in the end, including Bolis, the Gang leader, a total of forty-seven gunn in the villa were all killed!"
Zhang Ziyue: "..."
"So, Chang Hao?"
"Obviously, he’s dead."
"Why, why did he..." Zhang Ziyue murmured.
At this mont, the sa question lingered in everyone’s mind. The target was just Chang Hao. Why did Wu Li feel the need to kill so many people, and in such a drastic manner?
"Old Xin." Old Huang suddenly shouted.
’Xin Yidao’ turned back: "Hmm?"
Old Huang: "We just said the era of kung fu had passed, but it seems we were wrong."
’Xin Yidao’: "..."
Old Huang, full of emotion: "I finally understand, we just haven’t practiced enough."
Everyone fell silent. They had just been discussing the power of firearms and losing faith in martial arts, and now Wu Li used such a ’brutal’ fact to tell them: martial arts are not outdated!
"I’m convinced," soone said softly.
" too."
"When Master Wu cos back, I need to ask him to teach a few Xingyi Fist techniques."
"Hey, Master Zhang, you’re a whole generation older than him, can you really swallow your pride?"
"What’s there to swallow? In martial arts, the proficient lead the way! Master Wu’s skills, I think, aren’t much different from those grandmasters from the period of the Republic."
"That makes sense."
...
If Wu Li beating Zhang Ziyue earlier and showing off his Innate Gang Qi skills had only superficially impressed these Red Sticks, then knowing about Wu Li’s terrifying achievents now made them truly impressed from the bottom of their hearts.
Because in an era dominated by firearms and the decline of martial arts, soone who could face firearms head-on with martial arts inspired these veteran boxers, filling them with pride and renewed hope!
...
In a room, Lin Yun had heard about the drama Wu Li caused in River County even earlier.
He lit a cigarette with a complicated expression, sat on the sofa for a while, and finally picked up his phone to text Li San, who promptly called him back.
"Is there sothing you needed, Hall Master Lin?"
"Master Li, haven’t you slept yet?"
"No."
"You heard about Wu Li?"
"Just did."
"Ah, it caught a bit off guard."
"Do you think he shouldn’t have killed Bolis?"
"Eh, Master Li, I absolutely didn’t an to bla him!"
"Hmm."
"I was thinking, maybe when you have ti, could you perhaps talk to Master Wu about assassination?"
"Uh, well..."
"You know, he went to perform an assassination, right? And now, it’s stirred up too much noise..."
"Hall Master Lin."
"Go ahead."
"I think, you see, Wu Li was originally into martial arts and not assassination. He might have so misconceptions about assassination."
"..."
PS: This Chapter includes an additional update for Baili Tongyun’s Silver Alliance.
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