Chapter 54: Uproot the Weeds

"Brother Liu, I know the incident two days ago was our fault, so aren't we coming over to apologize?"

Guo Ye said in a low, pleading voice, "I know Brother Liu you won't forgive me so easily, so I also brought some money over as compensation."

"!"

Inside the house, Liu Yang and the other two, upon hearing it, simultaneously showed excited expressions.

The three of them are short on money right now!

No, they've always been short on money, but now they're the most short of all!

Since Jiang Xiong's three‑day deadline, two days have already passed; they've only managed to grab a little over two hundred. Unless they can snatch six or seven hundred tomorrow, the only way to make up the full thousand is to pay out of their own pockets.

But that thousand was saved to pay the Wild Wolf Gang, set aside at the start of the month and never dared to touch.

Because if it's short, the consequences would be unimaginable! Then, during the night, someone delivered money to the door—what else but a timely aid? "Brother Liu!"

A junior brother could no longer hold back, stood up, and went to open the door.

"Don't rush."

Liu Yang shook his head, indicating not to get too excited yet—what if the other side only has a few dozen bucks? It's not that we won't accept, but this amount would just be feeding a beggar. "Guo junior, it's enough that you know you're sorry; how much money did you bring this time?"

"Brother Liu, isn't it the end of the month? The few of us brothers don't have much money, so this time we brought three hundred. Anything more, I can't produce," Guo Ye said pitifully.

That gesture, that tone, made Jiang Cheng on the side suspect that the guy might be a born actor. "Three hundred!"

Inside, the three's breathing quickened a few beats.

"Brother Liu, why are you still stunned? Quickly let him in!"

"Yes, Brother Liu, that's three hundred! With this 300, we can work a bit harder tomorrow and fully reach a thousand; if that still fails, we can borrow a bit more from him."

"Hmm."

Liu Yang nodded, feeling the two's words made sense.

"Go, open the door for him."

Having said that, a smile involuntarily spread across his face.

Guo Ye was indeed quite sensible, even knowing to bring money for himself.

If the other two groups were as sensible as this guy, then the thousand would be complete, right? Another junior brother also grinned ear to ear.

"Here, here."

Another person had already run to the doorway, shouting while pulling back the latch; the door was only half pulled open.

Boom! A single foot kicked the main door open, it slammed heavily against the wall, producing a violent sound.

The person opening the door was stunned, mouth agape, completely unable to grasp what was happening.

A sound of breaking through the air rose suddenly.

A Short Staff, moving so fast only a blur was seen, slammed heavily on his forehead! "Crack!"

It seemed like the sound of bone shattering.

Immediately after came a second staff.

Landing on the same spot.

The man then went "thud", falling to the ground, eyes wide open, staring at the floor.

This scene exceeded the two inside's expectations; as the man fell, the smiles on their faces remained frozen.

Outside, Guo Ye was even more terrified, his complexion turning ashen.

Being struck on the forehead by such a heavy staff, the consequences were obvious.

Yet Jiang Cheng seemed uneasy and delivered another staff strike.

The man lying on the ground was probably already cold.

At this moment, Jiang Cheng felt blood boiling through his body; before arriving, he had already resolved to kill these three! If it were just once, he wouldn't have been so ruthless—at most breaking their hands or legs as a lesson.

What he didn't expect was that these three were also ruthless; before he could trouble them, they had already called for help. Had he not processed the membership that morning, the outcome would have been hard to predict.

Given that, he would no longer be merciful; he must cut the weeds at the root! Otherwise, with these three's temperament, who knows how they'd deal with him the third time.

Having just killed a man with a staff, his heart was uneasy, his whole body trembling.

But now his only targets were the two before him.

The next second, he sprang forward in a single step, charging at the second person; that man widened his eyes, mouth agape, about to speak.

"Peng!"

Jiang Cheng, without a word, spread his staff‑holding arms like a great bird, then suddenly exerted force, left and right, the two solid Short Staffs striking heavily on both temples of the opponent.

The opponent didn't even let out a muffled groan, sliding from the stool to the floor, his whole body limp.

Jiang Cheng lifted his head again, murderous eyes blazing, looking toward Liu Yang opposite.

"It's you!"

Liu Yang finally reacted, shouting.

He tried to flee, but suddenly found his legs unresponsive, as if filled with lead, unable to move.

Jiang Cheng hurried forward, a staff striking his forehead.

Then the left‑hand staff swept the opponent's right temple, and the right‑hand staff brutally struck the left temple.

Three staff blows landed, Liu Yang didn't utter a single plea, his body straightened and fell backward with a thud, crashing onto the ground.

His face twisted from pain, eyes wide open, filled with terror and disbelief.

He never even dreamed that Jiang Cheng would come to his door, especially at night; he had thought Jiang Cheng would at most meet them in an alley, and since they weren't legless, they could just split and run.

Even if unlucky and caught, it wouldn't matter; at most they'd take a beating, maybe a few months bedridden if severe.

But he never imagined Jiang Cheng would turn murderous outright; from opening the door to now, not a single word spoken, and he killed all three of them.

Guo Ye hadn't expected it either.

He also thought Jiang Cheng came to give the three a beating, vent his anger, and then leave; so he worried that Liu Yang and the others wouldn't dare offend Jiang Cheng, but would instead vent their anger onto him.

Now it's over; the three of them are all dead.

At this moment, he finally recalled what Jiang Cheng said back then.

The three of them will never have a chance to take revenge on you.

It sounded like a perfunctory remark at the time.

Now, looking back, it sends a chill down one's spine.

Yeah, Liu Yang and the others are all dead; how could they still cause trouble for themselves?

"No, no, I can't, I have to leave this place! Leave quickly!"

He shouted inwardly, worried about the person in the house, and casually dealt with himself, since now he was of no use to that person.

But his body would not obey.

Intense fear filled every corner of his body.

He had seen the dead and had seen people being killed, but he had never seen such a ruthless person, who could kill three people within a few breaths.

Is this man really a street vendor selling Roasted Sweet Potato?

And at this moment, Jiang Cheng's situation was not as good as it seemed.

He had previously been full of anger, every cell in his body excited, but now the passion faded, replaced by a strong sense of suffocation; because of fear, the stick in his hand trembled.

(End of Chapter)