“Young Master Long, we’ve arrived.” The driver stopped the car and called out to Long Tian. “Good, stop right here.” Long Tian responded, quickly stepping out of the car, his eyes fixed intensely on the Long Gang headquarters, fifty meters away.

A scent saturated with blood, an aura chilling to the bone, bodies strewn haphazardly across the ground, splashes of scarlet blood, and firearms constantly dropping, all of it momentarily ‘dazzled’ him. “Young Master Long, this…!” Li Yun stared with shock, suppressing a wave of nausea, because the corpses on the ground were simply too numerous, and every single one belonged to their own people.

“Bastard!” Long Tian cursed furiously, immediately looking toward the headquarters. “Gather everyone right now, and get the gear ready!” “Yes!” This was the first time Li Yun had seen Long Tian so enraged, and without any hesitation, she signaled several times to those behind her.

Seeing the signal, a contingent swiftly disembarked from the cars, lining up in a formidable, neat formation. Li Yun looked over to Long Tian and asked, “Young Master Long, should we charge in, or…?” “No need.

He’s coming out.” Before Long Tian could answer, he saw Yang Yi emerge from the Long Gang headquarters—a sight that filled him with utter loathing. In an instant, all eyes fell upon the young man leading a group out of the headquarters, their hands instinctively tightening on their weapons.

“It seems Dragon Gang Leader, you noticed rather early, didn’t you?” Yang Yi walked out, a faint smile playing on his lips. Hearing this, Long Tian’s face turned unbearably cold.

He sneered, “Hmph, are you mocking me?” “Aren’t I?” Yang Yi gestured innocently. “Your Long Gang headquarters now belongs to my Black God Gang.

And besides the influence you hold in Macau, where else do you think you can muster any real power?” “What exactly do you mean by that?” Long Tian’s body jolted upon hearing Yang Yi’s words, his eyes widening as he demanded. “Heh heh, what do you think I mean?” Yang Yi found the question amusing.

He surveyed the scene, noting that Long Tian’s personal strength was still considerable. The men standing behind him were densely packed, certainly numbering no less than a thousand, and they were all armed, clearly outlining the gravity of the current situation.

Since arriving here, Long Tian’s brow had not smoothed even once; he had been staring at Yang Yi with a perpetual frown. Hearing that sentence, an unexpected chill crept into his heart; it felt like he was foreseeing something terrible.

“First, you used cunning means to seize my major casino holdings in Macau, then you started poaching from the Long Gang’s ranks, and now you attack my headquarters. Yang Yi, don’t you think you’re utterly despicable?” Li Yun’s expression was grim; her anger distorted the beautiful lines of her face.

Women usually stood behind men, but Li Yun was different. Everyone in the Long Gang knew this sharp professional beauty was the second-in-command.

Though she didn't fully grasp the meaning of Yang Yi’s last remark, she sensed a profound danger. “Beautiful women shouldn't lose their temper so easily.

Conversely, a woman who knows how to temper her anger to refine herself is a truly high-caliber woman,” Yang Yi remarked. Hearing Li Yun, who had once used her Mind Reading skill on him, now openly scold him, felt strangely ironic.

“You…!” Li Yun’s beautiful eyes filled with killing intent upon hearing words that sounded like both an insult and a lecture. Long Tian felt the same.

No matter how peerless one’s aura, everyone has a sensitive spot—a reverse scale—and Li Yun was undoubtedly Long Tian’s. Thus, when Yang Yi referred to ‘his woman,’ the killing aura Long Tian possessed was unleashed entirely upon Yang Yi.

“Oh?” Yang Yi showed slight surprise, staring at Long Tian with keen interest. He chuckled, “I didn’t expect that!” “Expect what?” Long Tian’s pupils constricted as he asked coldly, “Don’t tell me you didn’t expect I was also a Grandmaster-level martial artist?” “Hahahaha!” Yang Yi laughed with arrogant disdain, his eyes filled with coldness.

When his laughter died down, he said, “Indeed, I truly didn’t expect you to be a Grandmaster-level expert, and what’s more, a Yellow Grade Grandmaster.” “…” Long Tian fell silent. Yang Yi had instantly discerned his cultivation level, which surprised him; to name one's realm in a single sentence meant the speaker’s power surpassed his own.

However, Yang Yi seemed less concerned with this fact right now than with the meaning of the previous statement. With a grim expression, he glanced at the men behind Yang Yi and asked, “Can you tell me exactly what that sentence you spoke earlier meant?” “You’ve stood at the pinnacle of the underworld for so long, Long Tian, have your brains rusted?

Even my Brother Yi hasn't told me everything, but I clearly know that all your Long Gang territories outside of Macau are already being besieged on a massive scale by my Black God Gang. Haven’t you even noticed this?

Perhaps you’ve only ever been concerned with what’s happening right in front of you?” It wasn't Yang Yi who answered, but a voice that sounded both unfamiliar and vaguely familiar to Long Tian. Suddenly, a group of people rushed past Yang Yi’s side.

“Greetings, Dragon Lord!” “Brother Yi!” “Yi!” Unmistakably, the arrivals were Fatty Lin, Xuanyuan Bing, and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends—all of whom did not fail to mock Long Tian upon their arrival. “You people!” Long Tian was horrified again.

He had left no less than a thousand men guarding the Macau Grand Hotel entrance, and they had arrived this quickly? And his thousand men???

Thinking this through, even Long Tian, though slow to realize, began to understand. “You want to ask us how we got here so fast, right?” Fatty Lin looked at Long Tian with a beaming smile, showing no respect whatsoever for the leader of one of China’s Four Great Underworld Families.

Long Tian felt his body tremble involuntarily. This was the first time in his life he had felt such boundless fury.

If he wasn't angry now, then something was truly wrong… The twenty-one cities in Guangdong province, under the Long Gang’s sphere of influence, had been largely conquered by the Black God Gang, and his own headquarters had just fallen. In Macau, he had suffered heavy losses—a thousand men!

What kind of number was that? How many lives?

It was comparable to the armies and forces mobilized during ancient warfare! What Long Tian failed to grasp was that in Yang Yi’s eyes, the underworld was no different from ancient warfare; regardless of the numbers, those destined to die would perish, and those meant to live would survive.

Only in the face of absolute power did one possess the true right to speak. Total defeat?

These four words accurately described Long Tian’s situation. If he hadn't been careless about one critical matter, things might not have escalated this severely.

“Alas, I was indeed too careless. I should have realized that someone who could rise to be one of the Four Great Gangs in China in such a short time is truly formidable.” Long Tian took a deep breath, attempting to suppress his surging rage, and a faint shadow of dejection crossed his face.

“It’s not that you were careless, but that you were too focused on your rivalry with me, causing you to be blinded to many things happening around you. Long Tian, you are certainly a figure of stature.

I believe, given the current circumstances, you know what you must do!” Yang Yi felt an inexplicable sense of relief when Long Tian admitted this. Because he knew that Long Tian saying this meant he realized that even with superior numbers now, he might not be able to eliminate Yang Yi.

The crucial factor was talent—the talent of a true overlord. For a leader, an ambitious man like that, wouldn’t he be useful to serve him?

Recruitment was inevitable, but whether Long Tian was willing to submit to Yang Yi’s command was uncertain; after all, Long Tian hadn't spoken a definitive word yet. “Hahahaha!” Long Tian let out a cold laugh, glancing at Li Yun beside him.

For some reason, he suddenly felt exhausted—not just mentally weary, but utterly drained. Looking seriously at Yang Yi, he stated, “You want to recruit me?” “Young Master Long!” His men immediately cried out upon hearing Long Tian’s words.

And Li Yun stared at Long Tian in disbelief, seemingly guessing exactly what he was about to do. She called out, “Tian!” “Heh heh, Little Yun, we have lost, and we have lost completely,” Long Tian found it deeply ironic that he was defeated by such a minor, crucial point.

“Tian!” Li Yun called out again. “Sigh, I see you are truly a man, Long Tian!” Fatty Lin feigned a sigh, though his face betrayed the triumphant grin of a victor.

“Let me tell you one more thing that will make you accept this defeat wholeheartedly. Our Black God Gang forces began crossing the Macau border this noon, so those forces you have besieging your casinos everywhere…!” Fatty Lin didn’t need to finish.

Long Tian’s expression of sheer astonishment told him everything. Long Tian had clearly grasped the situation, and the blow to his pride must be devastating.

“Impossible! How could your men cross over into Macau?

We made sure…” Li Yun’s face was etched with incredulity. “Alas, it seems you also tampered with the Macau Commander’s office, didn’t you?” Long Tian murmured wearily.

“Heh heh, we merely managed to secure a little bit of leverage over him, so he had no choice but to allow our men passage,” Yang Yi chuckled, then his expression turned stern. His tone was soft, yet it carried the weight of ‘obey me and live, defy me and perish.’ He asked, “Tell me, Dragon Gang Leader, do you wish to fight until everything is destroyed, or will you submit to the Black God Gang?”