After crashing to the ground, he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, staring in disbelief at the young man before him. They were both martial artists at the Condensing Yuan stage—why was this youth so overwhelmingly strong? The opponent’s speed was simply too fast; he only felt a blur before his eyes, and then he was already sent flying.

How could a Condensing Yuan stage martial artist possibly have such speed? Such strength? Especially since this youth was using the Farmer’s Fist!

With their leader instantly defeated, the remaining members of the Sangshan Gang were dumbfounded. Before they could react, Mike Sullivan had already charged into their midst, knocking them all to the ground with a few punches and kicks.

Chapter 5: The Dispute Over the Water Source (Part 2)

Although these people were knocked to the ground, the problem was not yet resolved.

“Kid, you’d better let us go quickly, or your whole village will be wiped out! Don’t think that defeating us Sangshan Gang members is the end of it. Let me tell you, we have powerful people backing us!”

“Powerful people? Who could possibly be backing you?” Mike Sullivan laughed.

“If I told you, I’m afraid you’d be scared to death! My backer is the Black Wolf Gang!”

“The Black Wolf Gang!”

The old farmers were shocked the moment they heard this name, and the village women, upon hearing it, trembled in fear.

Mike Sullivan was also stunned. He truly hadn’t expected that they would have such a powerful backer. The Black Wolf Gang was already a full-fledged gang. It was said that their first and second leaders were experts on par with the deputy hall masters of Shuiyao Sect.

“It’s the Black Wolf Gang, Mike Sullivan, let’s let them go quickly.” An old farmer walked up behind Mike Sullivan, tugged at his clothes, and said in a trembling voice, “The Black Wolf Gang is utterly ruthless, with no bottom line at all. We can’t afford to offend them!”

“That’s right, we really can’t afford to offend the Black Wolf Gang,” another elder added. “There’s nothing the Black Wolf Gang wouldn’t do. Not only do they rob travelers everywhere, sometimes they even storm into other villages to steal money and women. The consequences of offending them are just too terrible.”

“The neighboring Xiaoguan Village offended the Black Wolf Gang, and just as their crops were about to ripen, all of them were burned to the ground. The Black Wolf Gang is not to be trifled with. We should let these people go.”

Listening to the old farmers, Mike Sullivan still shook his head. “No, we can’t let them go. If we do, they’ll just come back to cause trouble. We’ll lock them up for now. As for the Black Wolf Gang, I’ll go find them myself. I just left Shuiyao Sect, so I think they’ll give me some respect.”

Mike Sullivan still locked the people up. Then he left the village, heading toward the Black Wolf Gang’s lair.

The core members of the Black Wolf Gang all came from the same village—Xiali Village.

No one knew why, but the land in Xiali Village, though it looked the same as everywhere else, always yielded less than half the harvest of other villages.

So Xiali Village had always been the poorest in the area. Later, as the Black Wolf Gang rose to power, most of the villagers joined them. Now, the entire village had become the Black Wolf Gang’s stronghold.

Mike Sullivan had just arrived at the entrance to Xiali Village when he was stopped.

Two young men, each with a knife at their waist and a blade of grass in their mouth, blocked Mike Sullivan's path.

“Hey, you, what are you doing here?” The two youths rudely sized up Mike Sullivan.

Mike Sullivan smiled slightly and replied, “I’m here to see your two bosses. May I ask if either of them is in?” He knew that in the Black Wolf Gang, the first and second leaders were the ones who truly called the shots.

“Looking for our bosses? Come back another day. Both of them are out.”

“Out?” Mike Sullivan’s heart skipped a beat. Both bosses out—could it be because of the Sangshan Gang incident?

“I have urgent business with your bosses. Could you do me a favor and tell me when they might be back?” Mike Sullivan kept a smile on his face.

“How should we know when the bosses will be back? They went with the mayor to celebrate the city lord’s eightieth birthday. If you want to know when they’ll return, go ask the mayor!”

“The city lord’s birthday?” Mike Sullivan was instantly relieved. As long as it wasn’t about the Sangshan Gang, it was fine. But the Black Wolf Gang going to celebrate the city lord? Obviously, they wouldn’t actually meet the city lord—they were just there to support the mayor.

Helpless, Mike Sullivan had no choice but to return to the village and continue his cultivation.

Three days passed quickly. During these three days, Mike Sullivan made further progress, breaking through to the early stage of Spirit Locking. During this time, he also discovered that even the immortal energy he absorbed had subtle differences.

The deeper he cut into space, the purer the immortal energy he absorbed became.

Now, his method of cutting open space had changed. Instead of cutting it open one time after another, he combined three cuts into one session. While holding a dagger to cut open space, he continuously absorbed immortal energy.

He would keep cutting at the same spot, three times in a row, until he couldn’t cut any further. Of course, during the process, he couldn’t stop absorbing immortal energy.