But after a period of time, once the archery clone reached the level of mastery, it stopped progressing as well.

The progress in archery stalled, but unlike Iron Wire Fist, it wasn’t because ordinary meat was useless—it was simply that he had reached the end of the road.

Ordinary archery, after all, was not a martial art. It didn’t involve qi and blood, so there was no such thing as the unity of man and martial arts.

The most infuriating part was that both clones had stopped, yet the Dao Book still absorbed half of the energy from food every time.

Henry Clark was quite speechless.

Of course, after Iron Wire Fist broke through to mastery and opened up 288 collateral channels, the efficiency of absorbing and converting energy greatly increased, and the speed of accumulating qi and blood also soared.

Three months after Iron Wire Fist reached mastery, Henry Clark once again felt his qi and blood overflowing and sensed the second sealed gate.

With the mastery-level Iron Wire Fist, there was no suspense—Henry Clark successfully broke through the sealed gate and became a twice-limit-breaking martial artist, on par with William Clark at his peak.

Naturally, this time Henry Clark deliberately kept it secret and didn’t tell William Clark. Even during the seven days of rapid improvement after breaking the limit, he trained alone in the mountains while roasting meat.

Mainly because this progress was too shocking—the fewer people who knew, the better.

During this period, he even encountered a fierce tiger. After a fierce battle, he managed to hunt it down and obtained a complete tiger skin.

After breaking the limit a second time, his strength increased greatly, and Henry Clark became much more confident. Sometimes he would take wolf pelts, cowhides, or fox pelts to Changfeng City to sell for silver.

Gradually, Henry Clark also accumulated some silver on hand.

Afterwards, he got himself an iron bow and arrows.

A clever housewife cannot cook without rice; even with mastery-level archery, Henry Clark couldn’t unleash his full power without a good bow.

As for that tiger skin, he hadn’t sold it yet.

Henry Clark had inquired—a complete tiger skin was worth at least a hundred taels of silver, equivalent to a hundred thousand yuan on Earth.

Such value would surely attract the covetous eyes of other limit-breaking martial artists, so Henry Clark planned to prepare before selling it.

……

Late at night, dark clouds covered the sky, the world was pitch black, and the small village was completely shrouded in darkness.

Suddenly, Henry Clark woke up from his deep sleep.

There were rustling sounds outside.

Someone had snuck in.

Just as Henry Clark was about to get up, he heard the sound of the door opening in the next room.

“Not good.”

Henry Clark’s expression changed.

Judging by the breathing, it was Olivia Smith.

The sounds outside were very faint. Olivia Smith was just an ordinary person—there was no way she could hear anything outside while asleep. Even William Clark wouldn’t have heard it. There was only one explanation: Olivia Smith just happened to get up to use the toilet.

If she ran into the intruder, she could be in danger.

Henry Clark immediately got up and rushed out. At that moment, he heard Olivia Smith cry out in alarm: “Ah, who are you? Thief!”

Swish!

As soon as Henry Clark rushed out of his room, he saw a dark figure, holding a kitchen knife, chopping toward Olivia Smith’s neck.

If she was struck, Olivia Smith would likely be doomed.

At this critical moment, Henry Clark suddenly grabbed a pole nearby and threw it, hitting the dark figure’s arm.

With Henry Clark’s current strength, the bones in the dark figure’s arm broke instantly, and the kitchen knife fell to the ground.

Ah!

The dark figure screamed in pain and turned to flee.

Henry Clark caught up in a few steps and kicked the person’s calf. With a crack, the person’s calf bone broke, and with a thud, he fell to the ground.

“Spare me, spare me, Henry Clark—no, Henry, please spare me!”

The dark figure cried out in terror.

Henry Clark walked over and tore off the person’s mask, his eyes turning cold. “It’s you.”

David Clark, one of the ruffians in Kaoshan Village, second only to Charles Foster and a few others. He was the first to discover the corpses of Charles Foster and the others.

This person had also fled with Henry Clark and the others, and used to belong to the Lu family village with William Clark.

In Henry Clark’s memory, because his parents spoiled him too much, he became lazy and idle, living off his parents at home.

He didn’t have the skills of Charles Foster and the others, so he didn’t dare to rob others of their food. During the flight, he made his parents find food for him.

Whenever they found something to eat, he would take it all for himself, leaving nothing for his parents.

In the end, his parents starved to death on the road, but he didn’t care at all. He told others that the two old folks did it willingly and it had nothing to do with him.

Even Charles Foster and the others disdained associating with such a person, so David Clark always tried to join Charles Foster’s group, but was always rejected.

“Henry, please spare me! I was just starving and wanted to steal some food. Please let me live like a dog, I won’t dare do it again.”

David Clark begged, snot and tears streaming down his face.

“Stealing food, but you brought a knife?”

Henry Clark’s face was icy as he picked up the kitchen knife from the ground and found it had been freshly sharpened, extremely sharp.

Bringing a sharpened knife clearly meant he was prepared to kill if discovered.

He just never expected Henry Clark’s strength to be so terrifying, able to break his limbs with ease.

“Mother, are you alright?”

William Clark was already awake, supporting Olivia Smith.

Olivia Smith’s face was pale, still shaken.

“Husband, I’m fine. Luckily, Henry acted in time.” Olivia Smith comforted William Clark.

“Henry, how do you want to deal with him?”

William Clark asked.