Chapter 113: Madness at Red Moon Mountain (Part 2)
"Good!"
Fisher and Papu, seeing Fluo's determined expression, didn't try to dissuade him further and immediately moved out with more than forty of their men.
This defensive battle indeed seemed like a sure-loss, but it wasn't without a chance to win.
The Great Ape Gang might have more men and power, but if their losses were too heavy, they would certainly withdraw from attacking Red Moon Mountain. After all, wilderness gangs have plenty of mortal enemies; their basic purpose for establishment is survival.
Truly fighting to the bitter end just for face, to the point of mutual destruction, such a gang would have long perished in the wild.
So they just needed to fight until the Great Ape Gang couldn't bear it, and the Great Ape Gang would naturally retreat.
As Fluo instructed his subordinates to guard Red Moon Mountain, Lin Qi, who emerged from the mine, witnessed the scene and changed his view of Fluo and the others. People willing to risk their lives for an 'alliance' in the wilderness are truly rare these days.
"Deputy Gang Leader Fluo, are you planning to stay?" Lin Qi asked with a smile as he watched Fluo organizing the defense.
"Yes, this Red Moon Mountain is too good to give up now," Fluo nodded, looking at Lin Qi with a slight wry smile. "But Hall Master Lin, with the Great Ape Gang attacking this time, I'm betting everything on you. Can you be frank with me? Can Red Moon Mountain be defended?"
Seeing Fluo's earnest and expectant expression, Lin Qi thought for a moment and said, "There shouldn't be a problem."
Lin Qi was quite confident about defending Red Moon Mountain. Given that players' strength is not what it used to be, even back then, nineteen advanced apprentices could wreak havoc at the Great Ape Gang's base.
Currently, there are 60 advanced apprentices stationed at Red Moon Mountain, along with 30 intermediate apprentices. If not for the fact that a new batch of players can only be summoned today, the number of players that could be stationed at Red Moon Mountain could reach 110.
However, the current 90 players are not too few either.
With the respawn point in the mine, these 90 players need only to persist under the Great Ape Gang's attack until the deceased players respawn.
Back then, 19 people could hold their ground for thirty minutes at the Great Ape Gang's base. Now, with more numbers and favorable terrain, there's no reason they can't hold out for thirty minutes.
"Good! With Hall Master Lin's words, I'm reassured." Fluo couldn't help but feel a flicker of hope.
Just as Lin Qi and Fluo were conversing briefly, a commotion erupted at the large bridge at the foot of the mountain. The vagabonds who had initially withdrawn from Red Moon Mountain suddenly stepped aside, allowing large transportation vehicles to pass through, as if in a royal procession. The vagabonds on both sides bowed their heads, not daring to look at the passing vehicles.
Some lively vagabond children, seeing the large vehicles passing by, attempted to point at them, asking their parents about the flags on the vehicles. But their parents quickly pressed their heads down and pulled them aside, as if afraid of attracting some terrifying existence.
"Phosphorus Fire Gang!"
"Why is the Phosphorus Fire Gang here?!"
"Could it be that the Phosphorus Fire Gang is also interested in Red Moon Mountain?"
Some vagabonds, who had already distanced themselves from the bridge, couldn't help but whisper among themselves as they watched the large vehicles headed towards the foot of Red Moon Mountain.
Almost every vagabond who has been to Chasing Light City knows about the Phosphorus Fire Gang, a major gang in the city's outskirts, ranking in the top fifteen. Especially now, with several genius martial artists emerging from the Half-Scale Race, their status in Chasing Light City has risen significantly. After a recent expansion, Phosphorus Fire Gang now ranks in the top ten among suburban gangs.
Such a suburban gang is an entity that those living in the wilderness or part of a wilderness gang absolutely cannot provoke.
"The Phosphorus Fire Gang actually sent people here?" Fluo's expression was filled with unparalleled excitement as he watched four large vehicles bearing the Phosphorus Fire Gang's burning stone flag approach. "I've really made the right bet! The right bet!"
Although Fluo had great faith in his judgment, thinking that the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was closely related to the Phosphorus Fire Gang, it hadn't been 100% certain.
Yet now, with Phosphorus Fire Gang's personal arrival, it's 100% certain that Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was established by the Phosphorus Fire Gang.
Fluo could even understand why Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall dared not fear the Great Ape Gang and launched a night assault on their base; with backing from such a suburban gang as the Phosphorus Fire Gang, they naturally wouldn't consider the Great Ape Gang a threat.
The four large transportation vehicles of Phosphorus Fire Gang drove straight through the checkpoints set by the Great Ape Gang. Not a single member of the Great Ape Gang dared to stop them; they merely watched as the vehicles parked unapologetically at the foot of Red Moon Mountain, blocking the Great Ape Gang.
"What's the Phosphorus Fire Gang here for?"
Before the intense curiosity of "what's going on" could be resolved, the members of the Great Ape Gang heard the sound of pneumatic doors opening.
The four parked vehicles opened their rear compartments, and platoons of Half-Scale Race individuals clad in A6-level armor and wielding A6-level weapons disembarked.
Every one of these Half-Scale Race individuals possessed at least advanced apprentice strength. A total of two hundred people from the four vehicles, each squad of ten led by a Half-Scale Race captain clad in A6-level battle armor with B2-level weapons, exuded a dense blood qi, clearly all at the quasi-martial artist level.
Twenty quasi-martial artists in A6-level battle armor and 180 advanced apprentices in A6-level gear stood in formation in front of the four large vehicles, resembling a well-trained army.
It made everyone present keenly aware of how great the strength disparity was between suburban gangs and wilderness gangs; they were not even on the same level.
With the appearance of a tall and graceful Half-Scale Race woman emerging from the vehicle, the 200 fully armed Half-Scale Race members saluted, causing a stir among the crowd as they wondered who this prominent figure from Chasing Light City could be.
"Why is she here?" Watu, standing over three meters tall with silvery-gray fur, became noticeably more cautious and vigilant upon seeing the Half-Scale Race woman step out of the vehicle. "Is it also for the small energy ore vein?"
Ordinary vagabonds might not know the identity of this Half-Scale Race woman, but it was uncommon for leaders of major wilderness gangs not to know.
Xia Ling!
The granddaughter of the Phosphorus Fire Gang's Gang Leader!
However, before Watu could ponder further, Xia Ling, who had just disembarked, swept her golden eyes over the Great Ape Gang members and casually uttered a sentence, shocking everyone present.
"This Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall belongs to my friend. If you Great Ape Gang have no business here, disperse."