Standing behind Xu Kun were one or two thousand gang members. Quite a few of them were members of the Xu Family, and they had long regarded the Black Tiger Gang as their home, taking pride in it as well.
They knew even better that, even if they knelt and surrendered now, the fate awaiting them would still be to lose their heads and bodies. Rather than compromise and die in humiliation, they might as well fight to the death, exchanging their lives for their enemies'.
The Enforcement Hall Master, Sword Demon Yihong, was originally named Mo Yihong. His cultivation method was unusual. He had entered the Dao through the sword and had nearly fallen into demonic ways. His sword techniques and divine abilities were so formidable that no one on Wutian Island dared claim to surpass him. Thus, people called him Sword Demon Yihong.
He had originally been an orphan, but Xu Kun's father later adopted him, and he grew up together with Xu Kun.
The two had cultivated together since childhood. Though they did not share a surname, they were closer than brothers. The Old Gang Leader had treated him no differently, regarding him as his own son. He had never been stingy with cultivation resources, allowing Mo Yihong's cultivation to advance steadily.
The Old Gang Leader had adopted many orphans like Mo Yihong. Quite a few were among the more than one thousand cultivators present.
These cultivators could be called the Xu Family's iron soldiers. Even if everyone else betrayed the family, they would never abandon it. Although the environment on Wutian Island made its cultivators savage and violent by nature, they had not lost their conscience. Everyone had a balance in their hearts and knew how to choose.
There were fewer than two thousand of them,