If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

"Hold on, hold on for me! Take my guards with me too. We must hold off their attack. Don't worry, the Ancestor has already spoken with Lord Turner today. He has promised to help us. Lord Turner will definitely know about something this big. I'm sure he'll send reinforcements soon!"

at dusk!

Inside the main hall of the Black Rock Gang, Luo Haotian, the leader of the Black Flame Gang, was angrily issuing a series of orders. The patriarch of the Black Rock Gang and the seven elders were also in the hall, their faces full of indignation!

"What a despicable bunch! Didn't they say they'd visit in three days? How did it turn into an attack tonight? And they came with nearly 300,000 men all at once, so aggressively! If our castle weren't so easy to defend, they might have really taken it!"

This was the voice of the Grand Elder. As a master in the early stage of the Great Power realm, he wanted to rush out and fight as soon as he learned that the gang had been attacked, but he was pulled back by the Ancestor!

At this moment, listening to his subordinates relaying news that the enemy's attack on the city was unfavorable to him, and seeing Luo Haotian issuing one order after another, he, who already had a bad temper, was already furious!

"You sit still and behave yourself!"

Seeing the Grand Elder pacing back and forth in the main hall, spewing profanities, the Ancestor finally couldn't help but speak up: "Is this still the Grand Elder of our Black Rock Gang? You're so easily angered by the slightest attack from the enemy?"

"Ancestor!"

Facing the patriarch, the Grand Elder dared not provoke him, but said angrily, "The casualties below are enormous, how can I sit idly by?"

"You have to sit, whether you like it or not!"

The patriarch said, "Do you think I don't feel heartache? These disciples are all people we have taught and nurtured year after year. I would feel heartache if any of them died, but now is a critical moment. The most important thing is to protect our core. As long as the core is protected, we still have a chance to turn things around!"

At this point, the old ancestor paused slightly and continued, "Look at the situation outside now. They can send 300,000 people to attack our fortress. What kind of power do you think they are?"

"It has to be at least a sect-level power, right? Do you think a sect-level power wouldn't have any experts? You're just a Grandmaster in the early stage; going out there would just be you feeding them. Given the choice between losing a Grandmaster in the early stage and losing a bunch of ordinary disciples, which would you choose?"

The ancestor shouted.

Hearing the patriarch's reprimand, the Grand Elder was speechless for a long time. He knew that the Grand Elder was right, but just sitting here and waiting was not a good idea. If the enemy broke in, wouldn't that be courting death?

However, the First Elder did not dare to contradict the Ancestor to his face. After all, the Ancestor was not only the Ancestor, but also a direct descendant of the Luo family and his own father!

The Grand Elder is Luo Haotian's grandfather, and this ancestor was the one who founded the Black Rock Gang and is also the great-grandfather of the current gang leader, Luo Haotian.

"Ancestor, if things continue like this, with only 100,000 men under our command, we might not be able to withstand their attack for long!"

The First Elder dared not speak, but the Second Elder, as the strategist of the Black Rock Gang, had no choice but to speak!

“I know the Ancestor means to wait for the City Lord's Mansion to come to our aid. That's true. If the City Lord's Mansion comes to our aid, even just sending an order would save our Black Rock Gang. But once…”

"There is no such thing as 'once'!"

The old ancestor said in a deep voice, "Turner has already agreed to my request and accepted my benefits. I can't speak for him in other aspects, but he is a man of his word and has some integrity. Besides, I know some things about him, so I'm sure he won't stand idly by!"

"Something you know?"

The Second Elder was taken aback: "Ancestor, what is the most urgent matter right now? Would you be so kind as to reveal what it is?"

"You want to know?"

The patriarch gave the second elder a meaningful look: "Those who know are all dead. Do you think I would tell you? I can only say that this is a handle on Turner, and I have it in my hands now!"

"handle?"

Upon hearing this word, the Second Elder's heart tightened immediately. As the Second Elder of the Black Rock Gang, he wasn't like other elders who rose to their positions through sheer strength, even though he was also a mid-stage Divine Sect member.

He is qualified to sit in the position of elder of the Black Rock Gang based on his strength.

However, when he became the second elder under the first elder, he was only at the early stage of the Divine Sect. In fact, he was already an elder of the Black Rock Gang when he was at the peak of the Martial Venerable!

His achievements in the Black Rock Gang relied solely on his wisdom. He was the strategist of the Black Rock Gang. When the Grand Elder was the gang leader, he fought so many battles with other forces, and many of the victories were won thanks to his wisdom!

Now, upon hearing the patriarch say that he had something on Lord Turner, the other elders all showed joy on their faces, but the second elder was genuinely worried, and this worry even turned into a faint fear.

"Ancestor, if that's the case, I'm afraid Lord Turner won't come to help us anymore!"

Although he knew that the patriarch would not want to hear what he said, the second elder still spoke up because he believed it concerned the life and death of the Black Rock Gang.

"What do you mean?"

Sure enough, the patriarch's face fell immediately after hearing the second elder's words.

"Ancestor!"

The Second Elder swallowed hard: "If Lord Turner helps us because he accepted our money, that's understandable. But if Lord Turner knows we have something on him, then the best thing for him to do is to shut those who know about him up forever!"

"Hmph, how presumptuous!"

Upon hearing the Second Elder's words, the Ancestor was indeed furious: "What, are you implying that if Turner doesn't come, our Black Rock Gang is doomed today? Am I going to die today too?"

"Ancestor!"

Upon hearing the patriarch's tone, the second elder knew he was truly angry and immediately knelt down: "I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to remind everyone..."

"boom!"

Suddenly, the patriarch waved his hand, and a fireball rushed towards the kneeling Second Elder, blasting him away!

"puff!"

As soon as the Second Elder landed, he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned deathly pale!

"I'll let you off this time for the sake of the Black Rock Gang, but if you dare to spout nonsense and disrupt morale again, I'll take your dog's life. You better remember this: although you are the second elder of the Black Rock Gang, the Black Rock Gang belongs to the Luo family, and the Black Rock Gang will always be surnamed Luo. What happens in the future is none of your business, as an outsider!"