Surrounded on All Sides

"What? Then what are we still defending for? Lu Yang has five million men, and we only have two million. We'd be wiped out in one wave."

"No wonder Lu Yang hadn't come for so long."

Countless players discussed it in private. Everyone had friends they knew, and they were all used to watching livestreams and browsing forums in the game. News that could not be hidden quickly spread throughout Black Iron Fortress. All of Dao Jian Sha Shen's subordinates learned that every player sent to reinforce them had been wiped out by Lu Yang. All that remained was for them to defend a lone city under siege.

Nan Ou, Xue Fanchen, and the other vice presidents and Legion Commanders could only watch helplessly as their soldiers' morale sank lower and lower. They could not even find words to raise their spirits.

"It looks like we're completely finished," a Legion Commander said.

"Has the boss still not recovered?" Xue Fanchen asked.

Nan Ou shook his head. "I sent him messages, but he hasn't replied."

"Given the current situation, we no longer have the ability to raise morale," Xue Fanchen said. "No one but the boss can get the brothers back on their feet. Yet he still won't show himself. Once Lu Yang arrives, how are we supposed to defend the city?"

The moment he finished speaking, three deep horn blasts sounded outside the fortress.

"Whooo~~~ Whoo~ whoo~"

"Whooo~~~ Whoo~ whoo~"

"Whooo~~~ Whoo~ whoo~"

Nan Ou and the others looked outside the city in terror. A black line appeared at the farthest edge of the horizon, longer than the walls of Black Iron Fortress.

"Oh no, the Iron Blood Brotherhood is attacking!" Mo Xin shouted. He held binoculars and could clearly see the situation in the distance.

Lu Yang rode