Chasing Light City, outskirts, Iron Heart Gang headquarters.

At dawn, surrounded by eight twenty-story steel buildings, the small square was filled with members of the Iron Heart Gang, all looking in surprise at the four men tied in the center.

"Why are these four elders tied up?"

"Don't you know? There was a big incident last night. Deputy Gang Leader Meng Wei led a rebellion, but it was discovered early by the Gang Leader and others, and was suppressed immediately. These four elders were planning to rebel along with Deputy Gang Leader Meng Wei."

"No way, how could Deputy Gang Leader Meng Wei betray us? The Iron Heart Gang owes much of its success today to Meng Wei leading the charge everywhere. Could the Gang Leader have gotten it wrong?"

"I'm not really sure either; I just heard it from others when I arrived."

The thousands of Iron Heart Gang members present looked at the four dying elders on stage, whispering among themselves, curious about what really happened in the gang.

The Iron Heart Gang, compared to those long-established gangs in the Chasing Light City outskirts, could be considered a new gang, and its overall strength is only middle tier. In terms of accumulation, it's far behind those old forces and families that have been around for more than fifty years.

The gang essentially relies on its leader Fu Yihai and deputy leader Meng Wei, both martial artists. The other elders are merely extreme quasi-martial artists, relying on B1 level battle armor, acquired at great expense, to save face and not be underestimated by other forces.

The established gangs and families in Chasing Light City, even without resident martial artists, generally have several B2 level battle armors, and the powerful ones even have B4 levels.

Any extreme quasi-martial artist wearing a B4 level battle armor that can increase strength by 1600 kilograms can easily suppress an initial stage martial artist in a B1 level battle armor. Also, from B3 level and up, because of the addition of special alloy, the armor weakens the power, giving quasi-martial artists great resistance to power.

This is why, despite having two martial artists, the Iron Heart Gang can only rank in the middle tier on the outskirts.

Now that the Iron Heart Gang just resolved a major trouble and was preparing to reclaim Nanxing Street to prosper, it's hard to imagine Deputy Gang Leader Meng Wei would rebel.

If the Iron Heart Gang could reclaim Nanxing Street, their finances would increase substantially. They could afford to buy a basic qi and blood enhancement potion from the Martial Artist Association for Deputy Leader Meng Wei to advance to a middle-tier martial artist. Once he becomes a middle-tier martial artist, the Iron Heart Gang would rise with him, and Meng Wei's status might even surpass Gang Leader Fu Yihai, leaving no reason to rebel.

While the Iron Heart Gang members were discussing this, a muscular, towering middle-aged giant, about 2.45 meters tall and nearly two people wide, walked onto the stage.

As this giant middle-aged man took the stage, the entire place fell silent, with everyone watching intently.

This giant middle-aged man was none other than Fu Yihai, the leader of the Iron Heart Gang, accompanied by several elders of the gang.

"Everyone, quiet down!"

"I've gathered you all here suddenly to announce three things."

Fu Yihai stood on the stage and scanned the crowd, his qi and blood erupting, sending waves of heat, exerting great pressure on everyone present.

Even though Fu Yihai, like Deputy Gang Leader Meng Wei, is an extreme initial stage martial artist, Fu Yihai is younger, and although his qi and blood are slightly declining, his physical condition is at its peak. The sheer burst of qi and blood can make a quasi-martial artist feel like they are carrying a hundred kilograms of stone.

"The first thing is that last night, Deputy Gang Leader Meng Wei rebelled and fled. The reason for the rebellion is because Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall promised him benefits, intending to lead the entire Iron Heart Gang to join Black Obsidian. However, I discovered it in advance, and, with the elders, suppressed the rebellion. Meng Wei and his two disciples are on the run."

With Fu Yihai's statement, the Iron Heart Gang members were instantly in an uproar.

"No way, was the deputy leader really planning to join that Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?"

"Isn't Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall the gang targeted by the four major forces, led by the Baelon Clan, to be taken down? Has the deputy leader gone crazy, wanting our Iron Heart Gang to join such a force?"

"Luckily, the Gang Leader discovered it early, otherwise, our Iron Heart Gang would be finished. The four major forces have made it clear that anyone associated with Black Obsidian will face their wrath."

News about the Baelon Clan, Bain, Pavin, and Gorilla Gang, the four major forces, has spread throughout Chasing Light City. Not just in the outskirts, even city-based powers and ordinary people know about it.

Nobody wants to get involved in Black Obsidian affairs, because even city-outskirts forces acknowledged as the top two find these four forces tough to handle, let alone other powers.

As for those major city forces, except for martial artists in the Bone Forging Realm, they're not significantly stronger than the top two ranked forces of the outskirts and naturally do not wish to provoke these four forces.

Some major city forces have even ordered their disciples not to get involved, reflecting how seriously they take the alliance of the four forces.

If the Iron Heart Gang really joined Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, they would be done for.

Fu Yihai looked at the gang members, who were both terrified and relieved, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Next, I will announce the second thing," Fu Yihai said in a loud voice. "The four elders on stage were planning to rebel with Meng Wei. Initially, I intended to execute them directly, but considering their years of contribution to the Iron Heart Gang, I can give them a chance. That is, if Meng Wei is willing to come and submit to punishment by sunset today, I will let these four elders go and hold no grudge. If Meng Wei does not come, then it is not my fault. They can only blame themselves for misjudging the person!"

As the second announcement was made, the whole venue was once again abuzz.

"The Gang Leader is indeed nostalgic, letting these four elders off so easily. I wonder if that Meng Wei guy dares to come today."

"I don't think he would come. It's an iron law within the city that martial artists cannot engage in combat. Meng Wei is, after all, a martial artist. Unless he's surrounded by people below the martial artist level, who in Chasing Light City can do anything to him? But if he comes today, with so many experts from the gang here, he definitely won't escape."

"Isn't Meng Wei already part of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall? Do you think the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall will send people over? I heard they have some strength, quite a few experts; they even wiped out the Great Ape Gang in the wild. Now they're being targeted by the four major forces, so if the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall didn't have certain strength, they would probably have been crushed long ago."

"It's very possible. If Deputy Gang Leader Meng Wei brings people from the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, there might be a real chance. I heard that the Hall Master of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, Lin Qi, has exceptional potential and with B1 Level Battle Armor, his power is probably not beneath the Gang Leader. If he teams up with Deputy Gang Leader Meng Wei, they might even have a chance to take those four elders away."

"If that's the case, wouldn't we be in bad shape?"

The name of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is now known throughout the city, especially the Hall Master Lin Qi, whose information has been thoroughly dug up.

He's a genius martial artist of the Human Race generation, and it's a foregone conclusion he'll get into the Genius Training Camp. It's only a matter of time before he becomes a high-ranking city official.

This is also why the four major forces only targeted the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall but didn't attack Lin Qi himself.

Of course, the more important reason is the ban on fighting between martial artists in the city. The four major forces could only rely on a large number of quasi-martial artists to overwhelm Lin Qi if they wanted to take him down. But martial artists would run away, and once in the city, any fighting is strictly prohibited, making it fundamentally impossible to deal with Lin Qi.

If Meng Wei brings Lin Qi over and unleashes havoc in the crowd, Gang Leader Fu Yihai couldn't do anything but at most kill Meng Wei and Lin Qi's entourage, and then it would be up to who could outlast whom.

This is also a common occurrence in the suburban gang turf wars—after a gang war, the gang leaders almost never fall, and it's always the underlings who die. It's not that these gang leaders don't fight hard; it's just that martial artists can't fight each other, making it hard for one side to kill the other's martial artist.

Unless resorting to using people to overwhelm them, but when martial artists see things are not going well, they are sure to flee, resulting in the lower-ranking members being changed batch after batch over the years in all major cities, while the martial artist-level gang leaders remain unchanged for decades. It's the ones below who suffer.

"You don't have to worry too much. The third thing I'll announce next is related to all of you," Fu Yihai said with a smile to the worried gang members. "Considering the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall behind Meng Wei, I contacted the four major forces last night. The four major forces were pleased with our choice, so they sent 800 elite forces to assist us. If anyone from the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall dares to come, they'll never return!"

After Fu Yihai finished speaking, from the street leading to the small square came a group of fully armed extreme apprentices and quasi-martial artists, each wearing A6 Level Battle Armor. A full 800 people lined up below the stage, leaving the Iron Heart Gang members in awe.

Eight hundred extreme apprentices and quasi-martial artists in A6 Level Battle Armor—even for the Iron Heart Gang, with all its years of gang wars, and the four dying elders on stage, this was beyond imagination.

The Iron Heart Gang ranks in the middle among the suburban gangs, but they have less than two hundred sets of A6 Level Battle Armor, and if you add extreme apprentices and quasi-martial artists together, they're probably less than five hundred people strong.

"Long live the Gang Leader!"

"This is the power of the four major forces? Eight hundred elite! This force could wipe out our entire Iron Heart Gang, right?"

"It's more than capable of wiping us out. A hundred of these elites could surround and kill a martial artist in B Level Battle Armor. If these elites came after us, three hundred would be enough. In other words, four hundred elites could entirely obliterate our Iron Heart Gang."

"With these eight hundred elites, I bet the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall wouldn't dare to come. I don't know what they were thinking provoking the four major forces in the first place."

The Iron Heart Gang members, looking at the eight hundred elite sent by the four major forces, lightened up, realizing this was a joint show by Gang Leader Fu Yihai and the four forces.

The purpose was to humiliate the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and let everyone in the city know that the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall couldn't even protect people wanting to join them, so who would dare to associate with them?

However, while the Iron Heart Gang members were secretly discussing this, an arrow suddenly shot from the street entrance of the small square, speeding toward an elder on stage wearing B1 Level Battle Armor, almost reaching the speed of sound.

"It's a B2 Level Arrow! Get out of the way!" Fu Yihai immediately noticed the incoming arrow and loudly warned.

The elder, upon hearing this, did not dare be careless, leaping into the air, preparing to dodge, but just then, an arrow with lightning struck the first B2 Level Arrow in the blink of an eye.

Boom!

The sound was like a thunderclap echoing across the small square, and a scorching beam unknowingly pierced through the elder's chest, clad in B1 Level Battle Armor, right where he was attempting to dodge, leaving a bowl-sized charred hole, killing him instantly...

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