Chapter 110: Helper

Inside the house.

Jiang Cheng seemed tireless, brandishing the double staff in his hands.

With the boost of Secret Medicine, every two or three seconds the double staff's Experience Value rose by 0.1 point, amounting to 2 to 3 points per minute.

It should be noted that when he sparred with Zeng Zhiten before, the Experience Value only increased by 1 point per minute.

Unconsciously, an hour passed.

Jiang Cheng's movements suddenly halted, his whole body frozen in place.

A massive wave of information surged into his mind.

Double staff, Great Completion! At this moment, Jiang Cheng felt as if he had trained for over a decade; the short staff in his hand no longer seemed a staff, but an extended arm.

Besides becoming more adept at various force techniques, he also deeply grasped several principles of the short staff.

Namely, simultaneous movement and close acquisition, killing the vanguard, and looping attack.

Simultaneous movement means moving the form while the shadow follows, always maintaining the optimal strategic position; close acquisition means attacking the nearest target, using a full arm's length to overpower the opponent's half‑arm.

Killing the vanguard means first striking the opponent's armed hand, a direct manifestation of close acquisition; in most combats, when both sides enter attack range, both sides reach position simultaneously, so killing the vanguard is relatively a very safe tactic.

Looping attack is the successive strikes after close acquisition, a cold weapon delivering multiple hits in one flow; after the first strike lands, the following looping attacks become the true soul‑pursuing, life‑taking assault!

Fast, ferocious, lethal—the instant short weapons collide is also the moment of superiority; whoever seizes the chance and lands the first strike may become the winner.

These are the essence of the short staff; Jiang Cheng had already grasped them at the Entry, Proficient, and Mastery levels.

But this time, it felt etched into his bones, becoming an instinct.

"I wonder what the Perfect Realm of the short staff would be like,"

Jiang Cheng murmured.

But that is a matter for later.

Next, it's time to send those Wild Wolf Gang's bereaved dogs to the underground to meet their good brothers.

…

A casino on the street.

The main gate was wide open, and a clamor rose from inside.

"Come, come, place your bets quickly, once you buy in you can't back out,"

Looking inside.

More than a dozen Wild Wolf Gang members gathered around a gambling table; some were placing bets, some held money and hesitated, others just watched the spectacle.

In a corner, three thuggish men watched the scene with envious faces.

"I really want to go up and play a couple of rounds."

Someone licked his lips, looking very hungry.

"Are you crazy?"

The companion beside him glared at him.

Betting money with these people?

If you lose, you lose; if you win, do you really think you can walk away with the money?

"Don't you see there's no one nearby to play? I was just speaking offhand, big brother, tell me, can we really get that three thousand?" the man looked at the man in the middle.

"It should be possible."

The latter nodded, "The one we saw on the second floor earlier is the Deputy Gang Leader of the Wild Wolf Gang, a big figure; how could his words not count? I believe that once we take him to that kid's residence tonight, we can get the money. Even if we don't, we lose nothing, at most a day's time wasted."

"Indeed."

The two beside him felt his words made sense and kept nodding.

At that moment, a buzzing sound approached from afar, like a motorcycle.

Just moments before, the Wild Wolf Gang members of all sizes were shouting, but even the money on the table they hadn't grabbed, they all fled outward.

A motorcycle stopped outside the main gate; a tall man stepped down, wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses, looking straight out of a movie.

"Tai Ge!"

"Tai Ge!" The Wild Wolf Gang members bowed and flattered themselves, their expressions overly obsequious.

Because this man is a top expert in the gang, the Gang Leader's personal bodyguard, far beyond what they can compare to.

This time they came to help out of Sen Ge's face; in other words, if he hadn't come, they wouldn't have dared to go after that person recklessly.

"Hmm."

Li Tai scanned the crowd and asked, "Where's Sen Ge?"

The leading man smiled, "He's on the second floor; Sen Ge specifically told me that once Tai Ge arrives, I'll take you to meet him."

"Take me there."

"Please, please."

Li Tai entered the hall, saw three people still standing in the corner, looking unsure where to place their hands, and asked, "Who are they?"

"Oh, a few small thugs who know where that kid lives; we'll need them to guide us tonight."

"Oh."

Li Tai withdrew his gaze.

Clang clang clang up the stairs.

Outside a room on the second floor, the man knocked and then called out, "Sen Ge, Tai Ge is here."

Inside, an excited voice shouted, "Quick, quick, quick, let him in!"

Before the man could open the door, it was swung open from inside.

Wang Weisen grasped Li Tai's hand and said emotionally, "Ah Tai, I've been waiting for stars and the moon, and finally I've waited you in."

Li Tai was stunned, his face showing a stiff smile, "Sen Ge, you're being polite."

"Come, come, have a seat. You must've been thirsty on the way, right? Want a glass of water?"

"Brother Sen."

Li Tai frowned and said, "We should discuss the matter at hand. Before I arrived, I heard the Gang Leader say that Brother Sen this time wants me to act, to deal with a person?"

"That's right."

Wang Weisen nodded, "That person is Jiang Cheng, lives nearby, and makes a living selling Roasted Sweet Potato."

"Roasted Sweet Potato? A street vendor?"

Li Tai's expression instantly turned sour.

"What a joke, calling him from far away just to deal with a Roasted Sweet Potato vendor?"

"Even when the Wild Wolf Gang was at its peak, he was the top combat strength within the gang."

"A Tai, that kid isn't simple. I was also fooled by his identity until yesterday I got news that the kid is a Senior Member of the Flying Eagle Martial Arts Hall, his Double Staff has reached Mastery Level; dealing with a few ordinary people is no problem."

"The Double Staff has reached Mastery Level?"

Li Tai's face turned serious then.

Any weapon, without five or six years of practice, cannot reach Mastery Level; even with good talent, a slower learner might never achieve it in a lifetime.

But don't think that reaching Mastery Level means you can rest easy; you must keep training, because if you become rusty, your level will drop.

As the Gang Leader's personal bodyguard, his daily routine besides staying by the Gang Leader's side is honing his martial skills; under thirty, his fists, feet and dual blades are already at Mastery grade.

In a few more years, reaching Great Completion is not impossible.

"Yes, this information should be true, because it was Xiao Yuanqing from the Flying Eagle Martial Arts Hall who told me. It looks like that guy holds a grudge against the Jiang surname and wants to use us to eliminate him."

"It's him."

Li Tai, hearing the name Xiao Yuanqing, showed deep apprehension in his eyes.

Then, he doubted further:

"So, the one called Jiang Cheng is really the murderer of A Bao and the others?"

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