The scene was already crowded with many people, noisy and chaotic.
In front of a breakfast stall, a mother and daughter huddled on the ground, sobbing softly, not daring to look at the events unfolding beside them.
A group of delinquents lay on the ground, aside from one whose face was deeply bloodied and mangled, a bald man appeared most miserable.
His right wrist had been twisted by Ning Fan, and his other hand was blood-red, with a knife still sticking in the palm.
The bald man's palm continuously dripped blood as he stared at Ning Fan with rigid, wide eyes.
"Anyone who doesn't want to die, get the hell out of my way!"
Outside the crowd, an unreasonable and domineering voice rang out as a gang of thugs arrived, pushing through the spectators to encircle Ning Fan.
"Kid, you've got quite the nerve. Don't you know that this is my territory, Chen Tianba's territory?!"
Among the thugs, a man as sturdy as a bull stepped forward, his steps indicating he was trained.
Chen Tianba, the leader of all local thugs and their main backer. His name contained 'Tianba', making him the most notorious and powerful bully in the area.
The bald man and his fallen companions relied on him. They collected protection money in this area, with most of the profits handed over to him. Thanks to Chen Tianba's fierce reputation, no one dared oppose them,
"Brother Chen, Brother Chen, finally you are here, please help us out. This guy is lawless, causing trouble on your territory! We were just collecting protection money peacefully, and this bastard came out of nowhere, disrupting everything and injuring all my men!"
Seeing his backer had arrived, the bald man crawled and rolled to Chen Tianba, explaining everything that had happened, embellishing the details about Ning Fan's disrespect for Chen Tianba.
"Brother Chen, it's one thing for this kid to not take me seriously, but he dares to disregard you too. Here, who doesn't know who Chen Tianba is? And this bitch, this bastard, we must not let them go!"
The bald man spoke bitterly, a vicious smile on his face, confident that Chen Tianba would thoroughly dismantle Ning Fan.
Chen Tianba looked at Ning Fan, his face trembling, his eye scar more pronounced and terrifying as he glared.
"Kid, you should have asked around whose territory this is. Daring to stir trouble right under my nose, how many lives do you think you have to spare?"
Chen Tianba saw that Ning Fan was young, assuming him to be naive, and looked at him with a hint of contempt.
But Ning Fan had struck his protected thugs on his territory, which was a direct slap to his face!
Thinking this, Chen Tianba flew into a rage, and his nearby thugs, smirking coldly, moved forward to encircle Ning Fan.
"Don't say I, Chen Tianba, am unreasonable, today you either leave one hand or one leg behind, or you won't see tomorrow's sunrise!"
Chen Tianba was notoriously ruthless in this area, and as soon as he appeared, some spectators immediately recognized him.
"This guy is unlucky, of all people to mess with, he had to mess with Chen Tianba!"
"Yeah, this guy is famously vicious, I think it's going to be more than just losing a leg!"
"Alas, if it wasn't for Chen Tianba, would we really stand by idly?"
"Call the police, no, call an ambulance instead!"
Some people sympathized with Ning Fan, thinking he was doomed this time. Even if he was skilled, facing Chen Tianba meant he was likely to fall here.
Some found excuses for their inaction, as if they were provoked by Ning Fan's previous stare.
Ning Fan was indifferent, not responding, just watching Chen Tianba with a light and breezy gaze.
Just as he was about to make a move, the little girl's mother stood up. She ran to Chen Tianba's side and shouted, "Brother, it's not his fault, it's all my mistake. I'll gather the protection money. It's just a misunderstanding, please have mercy, it really has nothing to do with him!"
Ning Fan clenched his fists. The thugs looked at the little girl's mother with smirks, while beside Ning Fan, the little girl's cries grew louder.
Chen Tianba looked at the pleading eyes of the little girl's mother and laughed. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he raised his leg and kicked her, shouting at the same time, "Today, none of you will leave!"
Not just Ning Fan, Chen Tianba wasn't going to let even this mother and daughter go, if he didn't bleed these people today, how could he, Chen Tianba, continue to operate here?
The little girl's mother took a kick to the stomach and immediately curled up on the ground, still pleading, "Please, I beg you..."
The helpless voice completely enraged Ning Fan. His gaze grew colder, and an aura of fierceness emanated from him.
"Kid, you're very bold, now try being bold again!"
The thugs stepped forward, laughing, and drew back a hand to slap Ning Fan's face.
Ning Fan directly caught his hand and then twisted it, a scream following immediately.
"All of you, get him!" Chen Tianba, seeing this, widened his eyes and shouted in shock and anger.
A group of thugs immediately advanced, pulling out weapons they carried: knives, nunchucks, and stun batons.
Ning Fan reached out and directly snatched a nunchuck from one of them, and with two swift motions, he struck two men on their heads.
The sound of rapid thwacks continued to echo as the nunchuck displayed its might in Ning Fan's hands. Countless people watched, horrified, only seeing shadows flicker past as the thugs' heads were cracked one after another.
Chen Tianba was stunned, not expecting Ning Fan's martial skills to be so formidable; his men couldn't even get close before being beaten down.
"What's this kid's background?!"
Chen Tianba was filled with doubts. Seeing Ning Fan's skills, he knew the opponent was not easy to handle. His eyes flickering, he joined the outskirts of the fray, looking for an opportunity.
Just as Ning Fan was swinging the nunchuck and cracking another thug's head, he suddenly felt a chill at the back of his head, someone was attacking him from behind!
The nunchuck was bent forcefully. Chen Tianba, clutching his arm, stepped back several paces, disbelievingly watching Ning Fan.
The sneak attack had been Chen Tianba's best-found opportunity after a long search, yet unexpectedly, Ning Fan's reaction was so fast, he neutralized it directly.
"Good kid, since you want to die, I'll play along today!"
Chen Tianba, a ruthless man, was not frightened by Ning Fan's prowess. Instead, his blood was stirred, and he posed ready for a fight.
"Shaolin Patriarch's long fist?" Ning Fan narrowed his eyes and sneered, "You've completely disgraced Shaolin!"
Chen Tianba was stunned that his opponent could recognize at a glance that he was using Shaolin Patriarch's long fist. At that moment, he froze in place.