Chapter 81: Jia Jia Tianlong

The Golden Wolf Jia Jia Tianlong was currently full of ambition. His usually pale and haggard face was flushed with a few spots of red due to his extreme excitement.

It was no wonder he looked this way; after all, the Seven Mysteries Sect, the lifelong enemy of the Wild Wolf Gang, was about to collapse right before his eyes under his meticulous calculations. As the master of the Wild Wolf Gang, how could he not be smug!

He was currently standing on the mountainside of Sunset Peak, at a former sentry post of the Seven Mysteries Sect. He was surrounded by many Red-Clad Iron Guards of the Wild Wolf Gang. These fifty or sixty Iron Guards were the soldiers he had spent a great deal of effort and heart to meticulously cultivate. Not only was each one's martial arts superb, but they were also fiercely loyal, harboring no two hearts toward him.

He had always regarded this group as precious treasures, usually reluctant to use them in daily skirmishes. But at this moment, he had brought them all with him, solely to completely intimidate those small and medium-sized gangs that were restless. Otherwise, how could the leaders of gangs like the Iron Spear Society and the Water-Severing Gate have so obediently bowed their heads and followed orders?

After all, these gangs never wanted the Wild Wolf Gang to be the sole dominant power; they hoped the two major forces would remain in a state of struggle or balance forever, so that they could survive in the cracks.

If it weren't for Jia Jia Tianlong using lightning-fast tactics to suddenly take control of all the families and children of these leaders, plus promising them heavy profits, these small and medium-sized gangs would have likely turned their blades against him long ago.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look back at the dozen or so leaders of the small and medium-sized gangs standing not far behind him.

These people all looked dejected. Once they saw Jia Jia Tianlong looking over, they either glared back in anger or dodged his gaze, not daring to meet his eyes.

Seeing this situation, Jia Jia Tianlong gave a cold smile in his heart. After turning his head back, he couldn't help but start considering a feasible plan for how to annex these small and medium-sized gangs after taking down the Seven Mysteries Sect.

In front of Jia Jia Tianlong, nearly a thousand people wearing clothes of various colors and holding various weapons were swarming like a hive to fiercely attack a Seven Mysteries Sect sentry post. These people had scattered formations and did not care about any coordination, so their casualties were not light.

But Jia Jia Tianlong didn't care at all, because the ones attacking at this moment were not his Wild Wolf Gang members, but the gang members of the Iron Spear Society, the Water-Severing Gate, and others. He had never expected these people to be able to take down this last and most dangerous pass of Sunset Peak; he just wanted these gang members to exhaust more of the defenders' energy, and then send his own gang's elite soldiers to take it in one blow with repeating crossbows.

At the thought of those military-grade repeating crossbows, a trace of joy appeared on Jia Jia Tianlong's handsome face.

If one had to say why the Wild Wolf Gang could so easily gain the upper hand this time, these lethal weapons from the military definitely deserved the most credit.

Otherwise, not only would it have been impossible to annihilate the opponent's negotiation team, but even the dozen or so sentry posts already taken in front of Sunset Peak would have caused the Wild Wolf Gang to lose quite a bit of vitality, which would have been greatly unfavorable to his future plans to annex the small and medium-sized gangs.

This batch of military crossbows hadn't cost Jia Jia Tianlong a single bit of effort; they had fallen from the sky while he was sitting at home.

Whenever Jia Jia Tianlong thought of this, he felt a great sense of satisfaction.

That was three months ago. At the time, he was planning this operation at headquarters when an officer claiming to be his relative wanted to see him. He felt a bit surprised, so he met the man, and it turned out to be his cousin. It turned out that more than ten years ago, when the predecessor of the Wild Wolf Gang was still a group of horse bandits, a batch of people had been recruited by the government. His cousin was among them, and after all these years, his cousin had actually risen to a high military rank like Deputy General. Now, this cousin who was a Deputy General happened to be escorting a batch of supplies to a border fortress in Jingzhou and was passing by here. Hearing the name of Jia Jia Tianlong, a close relative and master of the Wild Wolf Gang, he naturally wanted to visit this cousin.

Upon meeting, the two naturally exchanged emotional greetings and chatted about their experiences over the years. When he heard Jia Jia Tianlong talk about the recent conflicts and skirmishes with the Seven Mysteries Sect, the other party curled his lip and said arrogantly that it was nothing; as long as he was given a hundred or so hard repeating crossbows, he could slaughter the entire Seven Mysteries Sect from top to bottom.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener did. Jia Jia Tianlong's heart stirred, and he tentatively asked if his cousin could get him some hard crossbows. The other party smiled slightly upon hearing this, and quite frankly told Jia Jia Tianlong that there were many repeating crossbows in the supplies he was transporting. It wasn't that he couldn't give them to him, but it would require some silver to seal the mouths of the receiving officers, and he couldn't give too many.

Jia Jia Tianlong was overjoyed upon hearing this. He immediately spent over twenty thousand taels of silver to exchange for more than three hundred repeating crossbows from his cousin, which he handed over to his trusted subordinates to use carefully. That was how they had achieved the series of victories over the past few days.

"It's broken!"

"It's been breached!"

A burst of earth-shattering clamor woke the great gang master from his deep thoughts.

He was a bit startled and hurriedly raised his head to look at the mountain peak, only to see that the sentry post where the Seven Mysteries Sect flag had been planted was already crowded with people from the small and medium-sized gangs; it had truly been breached.

Jia Jia Tianlong frowned. He felt a bit strange. Judging by the defensive strength of the previous passes, this last one should logically have been even harder to attack. How could it have been taken by this ragtag army in such a short time? Could there be some conspiracy?

His expression turned gloomy. Anyone familiar with the great gang master knew that this was a sign of his displeasure. If anyone provoked him at this time, that person would likely find it hard to even die.

"Hey, since it's broken, why aren't you moving?" A voice like a broken gong rang out, with not the slightest bit of respect for the great gang master in its tone.

Logically, Jia Jia Tianlong should have been furious, but at this moment, the gang master turned to the side and replied very respectfully:

"Master Zhang, I feel that this breach was a bit too suspicious. I'm afraid there might be some trap set inside. It's better to be cautious!"

"What are you afraid of? With me by your side, can these mortals hurt you? Move, move! I've been up for almost the whole night here and I'm exhausted. Solve these Seven Mysteries Sect fellows early so I, the old man, can get some rest." This voice didn't sound old, yet it adopted an arrogant, elderly tone that was very annoying.

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