I Can Merge Techniques-Chapter 144 - 106: Promoted to Small Leader, Zhao Tianxing Seriously Injured, Chu Fan’s Night Raid on the White Tiger Gang
Zhao Tianxing gritted his teeth, cold sweat streaming down his forehead, but he didn’t make a sound.
"What happened? Who hurt you?" Chu Fan’s voice was low, carrying a hint of coldness.
Zhao Tianxing panted heavily, his eyes burning with resentment and hatred. "It was the White Tiger Gang..."
"You clashed with the White Tiger Gang?" Chu Fan was taken aback. "They dare to attack a member of the Seven Stars Gang?"
In Cyan Yang City, the White Tiger Gang was considered a second-rate gang at best, surviving by clinging to the Blood Saber Sect.
With the Blood Saber Sect now in decline, wouldn’t attacking a Seven Stars Gang disciple be suicide?
Chu Fan looked at Zhao Tianxing. With Tianxing’s current Blood Refining Realm strength and his Great Success mastery of the Moon Eclipse Arrow, as long as he maintained his distance, killing someone at the Bone Marrow Forging Realm—while not exactly effortless—shouldn’t have been too difficult.
He could even kill a Bone Tempering Realm expert if an opportunity arose.
’How did he get so badly hurt?’
"It wasn’t a clash... They didn’t know I was a disciple of the Seven Stars Gang."
Zhao Tianxing hesitated for a moment before saying, "I went for revenge. I wanted to wipe out a White Tiger Gang sub-branch outside of West City."
"That sub-branch only had two Bone Marrow Forging Realm experts stationed there..."
"My original plan was foolproof. I was going to use the Moon Eclipse Arrow to eliminate the two of them from a distance, then mop up the grunts..."
"But I didn’t expect it. After I shot one of them, two more Bone Marrow Forging Realm experts returned!"
"I was caught off guard and could only escape into the forest, trying to create distance to pick them off one by one."
"But I wasn’t familiar with the terrain, while they knew it like the back of their hands. They eventually surrounded me and closed in... I killed two of them in a desperate fight, but I was severely injured and only just managed to escape."
Chu Fan listened in silence, his hands never pausing as he dressed the wounds.
Though Zhao Tianxing’s injuries were severe, thankfully, his internal organs and bones were unharmed.
"Once I’ve recovered, I’ll make the White Tiger Gang pay in blood!"
Zhao Tianxing clenched his fists, the hatred in his eyes surging as if it were tangible.
Chu Fan stared at him and asked slowly, "What is this deep-seated grudge you have with the White Tiger Gang?"
His words seemed to open the floodgates. Zhao Tianxing took a deep breath and began to speak, his voice hoarse.
It turned out that Zhao Tianxing came from a hunter’s family, and his father was one of the best in their mountain village.
To gather the enormous sum needed to send him to a Martial Arts Hall, his father risked entering the perilous Mist Marsh, where he managed to kill a rare Demon Snake.
But just as he was leaving the Mist Marsh, he ran into members of the White Tiger Gang...
The Mist Marsh wasn’t White Tiger Gang territory, but those vicious thugs still stole the Demon Snake and beat his father severely.
His father dragged his broken body home, but between his severe injuries and a heart heavy with grief, he passed away within a few days.
"After I buried my father, I left the mountains with my bow and arrows on my back."
Tears welled in Zhao Tianxing’s eyes, but he stubbornly refused to let them fall. "I came to the Seven Stars Gang so that one day I could take revenge with my own hands and destroy the White Tiger Gang!"
Chu Fan was silent.
He recalled a conversation they’d had about hunting shortly after they joined the gang, and the flash of bone-deep hatred he had seen in Zhao Tianxing’s eyes.
’Now I finally understand why.’
In Cyan Yang Ancient City, the White Tiger Gang was a second-rate gang, far inferior to the Seven Stars Gang or the Blood Saber Sect.
But their Gang Leader was an expert at the Entering the Realm of Strength, and with several Bone Tempering and Bone Marrow Forging Realm members under his command, their strength was not to be underestimated.
Even though Zhao Tianxing had only targeted a small sub-branch, for someone at the Blood Refining Realm to single-handedly fight several experts at the Bone Marrow Forging Realm was incredibly dangerous.
The room fell silent, leaving only the sound of Zhao Tianxing’s labored breaths.
Chu Fan’s mind raced. ’Killing people for their treasures is the fastest way to accumulate resources.’
His previous exploits—wiping out the Huang Family, killing Tang Xiao, eliminating Huayang, and dealing with Zhou Ye and Xia Huanhuan—had all yielded rich rewards.
’The White Tiger Gang has committed countless evil acts. Wiping them out would avenge Tianxing and also get me a ton of resources. It’s a win-win.’
"What preparations have you made to take down the White Tiger Gang?" Chu Fan suddenly asked.
Zhao Tianxing’s eyes lit up. He struggled to sit up and pulled a roll of yellowed parchment and a handwritten notebook from his robes.
"After I broke through to the Blood Nourishing Realm in the Seven Stars Gang, I started investigating them in secret..."
Zhao Tianxing said, "This is a map of the White Tiger Gang’s Main Altar. After we came into that windfall a while back, I spent a hefty sum to buy it on the black market."
"And this is a record of the Cultivation levels and habits of the Gang Leader, Vice Gang Leader, and the five Hall Masters..."
Chu Fan took them and examined them carefully.
The White Tiger Gang’s Leader, Wang Hu, was at the early stage of the Entering the Realm of Strength.
The Vice Gang Leader, Liu Guanhai, was at the peak of the Bone Tempering Realm.
The five Hall Masters were also all at the Bone Tempering Realm.
They were affiliated with the Blood Saber Sect and had spent years using that connection to bully others and commit all manner of evil deeds. Their reputation was atrocious.
"I saw that the Blood Saber Sect could barely protect itself, and the White Tiger Gang was also laying low, so I thought it was the perfect time to strike."
Zhao Tianxing said sheepishly, "That’s why I..."
He was afraid Chu Fan would blame him.
But Chu Fan didn’t say much, just nodded. "Don’t be so reckless next time."
"You want revenge, I’ll help you."
"Old Chu..." Zhao Tianxing trailed off.
He knew Chu Fan was much stronger than him, but he hadn’t wanted to drag him into this mess, which was why he’d acted alone.
"You don’t have to say anything sentimental."
Chu Fan cut him off, his finger tracing a line on the map. "Let’s not go after the White Tiger Gang’s Main Altar just yet. An expert at the Entering the Realm of Strength leading a bunch of lackeys won’t be so easy to kill."
"We’ll stick to your original plan. We’ll start from the outskirts, take out their sub-branches one by one, and slowly turn that White Tiger Gang Leader into a commander with no troops!"
"’Commander with no troops’?" Zhao Tianxing asked, confused. "What does that mean?"
"Oh, it means a general with no soldiers, a leader with no one left to lead," Chu Fan said calmly. "You rest tonight. I’ll go destroy their branch in the North City Firewood Market."
"I’ve been to that place a few times, so I’m pretty familiar with it."
"I’ll go with you!" Zhao Tianxing said, suddenly excited.
Chu Fan glanced at his wounds. "In your condition..."
"It’s nothing! I won’t fight. I’ll just watch from a distance!" Zhao Tianxing’s breathing grew heavy. "I want to see them fall with my own eyes!"
