Surprise Attack on the Mysterious Iron Gang!

The hall was completely silent, the atmosphere heavy and oppressive.

Tie Wuya ashen, and he growled, barely able to contain his anger:

"After investigating for half a month, all they found was someone with 'no small background'?"

"Coiling Dragon Valley stole 70% of our profits, and our brothers are almost out of Spirit Stone to buy Qi Gathering Pill."

"You think you can just brush me off with a simple 'you've got some big connections'?"

"Have I been supporting you all for nothing all this time?!"

A tall, thin hall master below could only steel himself and step forward, cupping his hands in a respectful gesture. "Chief, please calm your anger. It's not that the brothers haven't been diligent, but the Sacred Blood Sect's actions are too strange."

"Our spies who went to investigate never came out once they entered the inner valley of Coiling Dragon Valley, and the information we gathered from the outside was all just baseless rumors..."

Some say they practice High Antiquity body cultivation Cultivation Method, while others say it's Blood Dao secret technique passed down from the Jin Kingdom.

"Fart!"

Tie Wuya slammed his hand on the armrest of the rosewood chair, shattering it instantly and sending wood chips flying. He was practically pointing at them and yelling:

"Taizhen Commandery is such a small place, where would so many High Antiquity heritages come from?"

"In my opinion, it's probably just some fallen Lineage that got some kind of strange fortuitous opportunity and is putting on a show to fool you bunch of good-for-nothings!"

Even so, Tie Wuya was still uncertain in his heart.

He had also visited the scene of the Chen Household massacre. The scattered limbs and the magical Law Artifact that had been forcibly torn apart were something that no ordinary cultivator could have accomplished.

But at this point, he could only rely on force to stabilize public sentiment.

If even the gang leader shows weakness, the people's hearts will naturally crumble, let alone be able to contend with the Sacred Blood Sect...

"Chief, how about we pool our Spirit Stone and go to the Mysterious Water Sect to ask Deacon Song to intervene?" a hall master suggested, his tone tinged with timidity.

"Please invite the Mysterious Water Sect?"

Tie Wuya sneered and slammed the steel gall bladder he was holding onto the table, "It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away!"

"If those bigwigs from the Mysterious Water Sect get involved in the underground black market, our Mysterious Iron Gang won't even get a sip of soup."

"This is something we'll have to resolve ourselves."

"This Taizhen Commandery is home to two major Golden Core sects, Profound Water and Gang Yuan. The underground black market itself was formed by the alliance of various Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan, and is a product of the struggle and balance of power between these two major forces..."

"If we side with the Mysterious Water Sect, are we not already courting death?"

"At that point, let alone whether the higher-ups will intervene, the Foundation Establishment Lineage in each county behind us alone could tear us apart!"

At this point, Tie Wuya rubbed his temples.

There's no good solution right now, so the safest option is to retreat and wait for the situation to change.

"Send the order back all the brothers who have been sent out to other areas. The branches in Green Rock and White Water counties should be on high alert."

"Let's halt all operations for now and see how the situation develops."

At the same time.

In the depths of the black market in Coiling Dragon Valley, Fallen Leaf County, there is a hidden stone chamber.

Cang Ya, with Lin Changsong's Elder Zhang, leaned back in his armchair, twirling two iron walnuts in his hands, Bi Luo, wearing a bronze mask, stood to one side.

Below, kneeling on one knee, is Li Tie, now known as the Black Sha Protector.

"Greetings, Master Lin."

"The Mysterious Iron Gang has been making frequent moves these past few days, recalling all their best fighters scattered across various counties back to their headquarters in Green Rock County. It seems they're prepared to fight us to the death."

Li Tie's voice was deep and resonant, and he was even more muscular than he had been six months ago. Beneath his gray robe, his muscles bulged, and he exuded a faint, pungent, and wild stench.

Cang Ya didn't even lift his eyelids, the walnut spinning rapidly between his fingertips.

"Tie Wuya is scared and wants to stick together for warmth."

"He can't figure out our hand, so he doesn't dare to take the initiative and can only retreat to the sidelines, waiting for an opportunity to turn things around..."

Bi Luo snorted coldly, a ghostly green light flashing in her eyes beneath the mask. "A mere underground gang dares to block the Sacred Sect's path."

"Chieftain, shouldn't we teach him a lesson?"

Cang Ya stopped what he was doing and clenched the iron walnut in his palm.

"If you don't kill the snake, you'll only get hurt."

"The Mysterious Iron Gang has deep roots in Taizhen Commandery. If they recover and start gossiping about the Xuan Se and Gang Yuan factions, it will cause a lot of trouble."

"However, since they've gathered everyone together, it saves us the trouble of searching them one by one..."

Li Tie raised his head, his eyes gleaming with a bloodthirsty red light:

"Does the patriarch mean to directly destroy their base?"

"Speed is of the essence in war. Before they decide to fight to the death, let's strike first and catch them off guard."

"At midnight tonight, I will have the Mysterious Iron Gang wiped out of Taizhen Commandery."

Cang Ya spoke calmly, as if killing and wiping out entire families was commonplace for him; over the years, he had wiped out countless families.

Moreover, it was against a mortal enemy like the Human Race, so there was absolutely no psychological burden on them.

Bi Luo immediately ordered, "Black Sha, instruct the other five protectors to gather five hundred elite followers and bring their formation-breaking Law Artifact."

"Tonight, we must not fail."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Night fell, and dark clouds obscured the moon.

On the desolate ancient road leading from Fallen Leaf County to Green Rock County, more than 500 dark figures swiftly traversed the darkness.

Strangely, the footsteps of the five hundred men who rushed forward were extremely light.

At the very front of the procession, the six guardians stood in a row.

Li Tie was at the forefront, his short, bluish-black hairs standing on end, his fingernails growing half an inch longer and gleaming with a metallic sheen.

It is fifty li east of Green Rock County.

The headquarters of the Mysterious Iron Gang was built inside a mountain villa. The villa was surrounded by two layers of defensive formations and patrolled by hidden sentries.

When the Sacred Blood Sect members reached the outer perimeter of the manor...

Li Tie raised his hand, and the five hundred followers immediately prostrated themselves on the ground without making a sound.

"Heavenly Sha, Earthly Sha, go and eliminate the hidden sentries. Mystic Sha, True Sha, take men to the back mountain and block their retreat."

"Blood Sha, you and I will launch a full-scale attack from the front and storm the mountain!"

Upon hearing this, the guardians nodded in agreement and dispersed like ghosts.

Before an incense stick could burn, extremely faint sounds of bones breaking came from several hidden treetops on the outskirts of the manor.

The Mysterious Iron Gang's sentries were killed before they could sound the alarm.

"Attack! Break the formation together!"

Seeing that the sentries had been eliminated, Li Tie no longer concealed his presence. He took out several black array-breaking cones from his Storage Bag and hurled them fiercely at the light barrier.

The array-breaking cone pierced the barrier, causing the array's light curtain to distort violently.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

Such a commotion naturally attracted attention, and a sharp whistle broke the silence.

Li Tie roared and stomped his feet on the ground, crashing into the weakest point of the array's light barrier like a cannonball.

His right arm muscles instantly swelled, transforming into a huge phantom bear paw that slammed down.

After suffering repeated heavy blows, the array's light barrier finally succumbed to such brute force, shattering inch by inch and dissipating into countless rays of light.

"Die!"

"Leave no one alive!!"