"Sound the alarm! Prepare for battle!" Tang Wen immediately sprang up and rushed outside.
He found that Yan Beitian had already ordered the personal guards to put on their Bulletproof Vests and helmets. Fully armed, they had taken up defensive positions, their firearms aimed outside.
"Strange. Why don't they look like people from the Cloud-Sea Sect?" Dongfang Ming looked them over and said in bewilderment.
"Heh, they certainly aren't from the Cloud-Sea Sect. They should be the island's residents." Tang Wen smiled.
"Residents? What are the residents coming here for?" Yan Beitian asked.
"The Cloud-Sea Sect is pulling the strings, inciting them to cause trouble and scare us away." Tang Wen sneered. "When they charge to a hundred meters out, fire the firearms to frighten them! Set up the Black-Clad Cannons. If they dare force their way in, kill them!"
Bang, bang, bang...
Sure enough, the crowd charged closer, but as the firearms sounded and pale smoke rose, they hastily stopped in fright.
"Who goes there? This is the military camp of Lord Tang, Deputy Tuanlian Commissioner of Jiangzhou Prefecture. Anyone who forces their way in will be treated as a pirate and killed without mercy!" Standing atop an upright steel column at the factory, Yan Beitian held a broadsword and shouted in a powerful voice.
"Might!" All the personal guards immediately shouted.
A stir ran through the crowd opposite them. Before long, they retreated another dozen meters in fright before stopping.
"You're the bandits! Sky-Stone Island belongs to us! You're trying to seize our island! Get back where you came from!" someone shouted, probably their leader.
"Insolence! Lord Tang just bought this from Gui Wusong. It's all in black and white. Send a few representatives over to look!" Luo Yiwu shouted.
"That's right! When the Cloud-Sea Sect came yesterday,