Lu Chutong's turn out of danger made the elders of the Black Bamboo Gang very happy, and they thought it was worth celebrating.
The Red Bamboo Gang, tens of millions of miles away, was also celebrating. They received the wrong news that Lu Chutong was dead.
The leader of the Red Bamboo Gang, Wang Xiaotian, has been in retreat for many years. After hearing that the leader of the Black Bamboo Gang was in retreat, he also hurriedly went into retreat.
Nowadays, all the affairs of the Hongzhu Gang are taken care of by the deputy gang leader Wang Xiaoshan. He is the gang leader's younger brother, and his cultivation is second only to his elder brother.
In the late stage of refining the void, he is already infinitely close to the state of Dzogchen. He is the absolute second-in-command of the Red Bamboo Gang. His eldest brother Wang Xiaotian is in seclusion. He is responsible for taking care of things in the gang and is expected by everyone.
Unlike the Black Bamboo Gang, the Red Bamboo Gang only has one deputy gang leader. In this way, when the gang leader is away, the power is concentrated on one deputy gang leader, making it less likely to cause trouble.
Under the deputy gang leader, there are six guardians, each of whom is a strong person in the late stage of refining the void.
The Red Bamboo Gang has a rule that as long as their cultivation reaches the late stage of Void Refining, they will be automatically promoted to the gang's protector. This is the same as the Black Bamboo Gang.
In terms of top-level combat power, the Red Bamboo Gang has one more cultivator in the late stage of Void Refining. With their six guardians coming together, they can contain the two deputy gang leaders and the four guardians of the Black Bamboo Gang.
As a result, no one can control Wang Xiaoshan, the deputy gang leader of the Red Bamboo Gang, which will make the Black Bamboo Gang very passive.
In terms of combat power in the middle stage of the Void Refining, the Red Bamboo Gang also had an advantage, with three more people than the Black Bamboo Gang. The gap further widened. In the early stage of the Void Refining, there were five more people, who also crushed the Black Bamboo Gang.
Precisely relying on the advantage of strength, the Red Bamboo Gang adopts a forward policy, looking for trouble from time to time, provoking the old rival Black Bamboo Gang, snatching the Black Bamboo Gang's industry, and eliminating the lone Black Bamboo Gang monks.
This time, they used poisonous needles to sneak attack on Lu Chutong, which was a further heavy blow to the Black Bamboo Gang. This was a greater result than robbing a spiritual island.
In their opinion, as long as they are poisoned by the Red Bamboo Gang's poison, there is no possibility of survival.
In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, they used the agents deployed in the Black Bamboo Gang to learn that Lu Chutong had indeed died.
Such good news was naturally worthy of celebration, so the elders of the Hongzhu Gang started eating and drinking in the main hall.
Wang Xiaoshan, the deputy gang leader of the Red Bamboo Gang, was sitting in an honorable seat, drinking a large amount of spiritual wine. There were a large number of delicious spiritual fruits, spiritual meat, and spiritual meals beside him.
On both sides in front of Wang Xiaoshan, there are three tables on each side, with the six guardians sitting respectively.
Behind the six guardians were eighteen gang elders who were in the middle stage of refining the void. The table in front of them was half the size and their pay was slightly lower.
In the Hongzhu Gang, we believe that the strong are respected, and whatever the strong says is right, naturally you have to sit in the front row when attending banquets and enjoy more delicious food.
"Everyone, we have received news from our detailed work that Lu Chutong of the Black Bamboo Gang is dead, haha! As a result, their Black Bamboo Gang will become even weaker.
With our current strength, we should definitely have more territory. The declining Black Bamboo Gang does not deserve to have such a large sea area.
We will take back the spiritual islands under their command one by one, and eventually, we will destroy the Black Bamboo Gang and let the Red Bamboo Gang dominate this sea area."
Wang Xiaoshan, deputy gang leader of the Red Bamboo Gang, shouted crazily.
"Deputy Gang Leader, why don't we strike while the iron is hot and attack now to kill a few strong men from the Black Bamboo Gang."
Qiu Xinghuo, one of the six guardians, said loudly.
"Deputy gang leader, since you have used the secret treasure of the gang to kill Lu Chutong, there is no need to hide it. Continue to use the secret treasure to kill more powerful men of the Black Bamboo Gang.
In this way, our Red Bamboo Gang will have a greater advantage and completely make the Black Bamboo Gang unable to stand up."
Another protector, Xin Yun, expressed his views loudly.
"No, the number of secret treasures in the gang is limited. If we use them up, we will lose the deterrence. If we encounter more powerful enemies in the future, without the secret treasure as a trump card, we will be passive."
Another protector Liu Ming said.
"Well, the secret treasures of the gang are hard to come by and cannot be used lightly. Now that we have the advantage, there is no need to continue to waste it.
We just need to work slowly and slowly, and we can eat the Black Bamboo Gang slowly and bite by bite, there is no need to rush at all."
Deputy gang leader Wang Xiaoshan bowed his hands and vetoed the continued use of poisonous needles.
With their current strength, they are more than enough to fight against the Black Bamboo Gang. Since they can beat them, there is no need to waste the gang's secret treasure.
In the end, Wang Xiaoshan, the deputy leader of the Red Bamboo Gang, decided to cut the flesh with a soft knife and swallow up the Black Bamboo Gang's industry bit by bit.
If the Black Bamboo Gang dares to resist, they will give them a severe lesson. No matter whether the Black Bamboo Gang wants a small fight or a big fight, they will stay with them until the end.
When they embezzle the Black Bamboo Gang's property, they will first let the gang's low-level disciples take action. If it succeeds, it is best. If the Black Bamboo Gang sends out high-level monks to fight back, they will also send out high-level monks hiding nearby.
If the Black Bamboo Gang sends out top experts, their top experts will immediately show up and falsely accuse the other party of bullying the smaller ones, thereby shamelessly occupying the moral high ground.
Two days after the repair, the Red Bamboo Gang took action. Ten members of the Yuan Ying Gang of the Red Bamboo Gang suddenly attacked a spiritual island belonging to the Black Bamboo Gang.
This spiritual island has average resources and is a very ordinary spiritual island. It does not have much value. The Red Bamboo Gang chose this island entirely to test the reaction of the Black Bamboo Gang.
"Enemy attack, be on guard."
The Black Bamboo Island monks who were defending the island immediately launched a defensive formation.
Due to the low value of the island, there are only three Nascent Soul members from the Black Bamboo Gang and hundreds of Immortal Cultivation Miners temporarily recruited to be responsible for digging the spiritual mines here.
Therefore, the defense of this spiritual island is very weak and it is simply vulnerable. Ten Yuanying monks can sneak attack and take it down in one fell swoop as long as they are well prepared.
"Boom boom boom..."
Ten monks from the Red Bamboo Gang threw out the formation-breaking beads in their hands, shaking the formation.
The three defending Nascent Soul cultivators from the Black Bamboo Gang naturally immediately asked the gang for help.
The monks of the Black Bamboo Gang were holding their breath. When they heard that ten Nascent Soul monks of the Red Bamboo Gang were making a sneak attack, they immediately sent five Spirit Transformation monks to prepare to destroy this group of Nascent Soul monks of the Red Bamboo Gang.
"How brave you are to attack the Black Bamboo Gang and seek death!"
Five cultivators from the Black Bamboo Gang suddenly rushed into the battlefield and glared fiercely at the ten Nascent Soul cultivators from the Red Bamboo Gang.
"It's a monk who transforms into gods, run away quickly!"
Ten Yuanying monks from the Red Bamboo Gang fled quickly.
"If you want to escape, stay with me!"
Five of the Black Bamboo Gang's cultivators immediately chased and killed him.
"Five Taoist friends from the Black Bamboo Gang, don't you feel shameless when you use the big to bully the small? Your opponents are us."
At this moment, eight of the Red Bamboo Gang's god-transforming monks who were hiding nearby suddenly came out and blocked the five Black Bamboo Gang's god-transforming monks.
Regardless of the number of people or cultivation, the Red Bamboo Gang had an absolute advantage, which made the five god-transformation monks of the Black Bamboo Gang very passive.
They had to escape while continuing to ask for help from the main altar.
When the news reached the Black Bamboo Gang, the leaders of the Black Bamboo Gang who were studying countermeasures were really angry.
"The Red Bamboo Gang is so shameless. They are deliberately provoking and pushing the responsibility for expanding the war onto us."
Ke Wenli said angrily.
"Li Qing is right. The Red Bamboo Gang has indeed taken action. It seems that we will also speed up our deployment."
Guo Lengshuang spoke coldly, preparing to fight to the death with the Hongzhu Gang.
They have been studying countermeasures these days and have discussed specific plans with Ximen Changqing many times.
In the realistic situation where their opponents are strong and they are weak, if they want to defeat the Red Bamboo Gang, they must make careful arrangements without making the slightest mistake.
In fact, it's not a great strategy. It's just to lure the enemy deep and trap them into a large formation. This is an old trick.
The difficult thing is how to make the enemy fall into the trap and get into a trapped formation, thereby locking in the victory.
If it is an obvious lure, the enemy will not be fooled, but if it is a very real defeat, the enemy may pursue boldly and fall into a trap.
The target of the Black Bamboo Gang is not big, as long as they can kill one or two top monks of the Red Bamboo Gang, it is enough.
For this reason, they decided to divide their troops into two groups, one group going to support the front line, and the other group taking a detour to break into the territory of the Red Bamboo Gang, turning them upside down and forcing the top strength of the Red Bamboo Gang to split up.
Ximen Changqing gave specific strategies, and every step was very detailed.
"It's indeed a clever plan. It's settled. Ke Wenli, Lu Chutong, Yin Zhifeng, and Li Qing, the four of you will rush into the territory of the Red Bamboo Gang. First, you'll turn them upside down. Then we'll see if the Red Bamboo Gang will be fooled."
Li Ziming thought Ximen Changqing's plan was very good, so he agreed, and the other elders also thought it was okay.
Ximen Changqing's partial master has two late stage Void Refining, one is in the middle stage of Void Refining, and one is in the early stage of Void Refining. Their strength is not very strong.
But they all know that the masters of the late stage Void Refining of the Red Bamboo Gang are all hidden in the territory of the Black Bamboo Gang, so the four of them can go on a killing spree if they enter the territory of the Red Bamboo Gang.
Due to the need to take a detour, the four of them would enter the Red Bamboo Gang's territory relatively late. The first to fight the enemy would be Li Ziming and others.
They have four late-stage Void Refining cultivators who are relatively powerful, but their opponents are seven Void Refining cultivators from the Red Bamboo Gang, and the gap is very obvious.
Of course, their task is just to delay, the real killer move lies with Ximen Changqing's team.
After setting up a large defensive formation, the four of Li Ziming and a large number of Void Refining monks appeared on the battlefield and dispersed the Red Bamboo Gang's God Transformation monks.
"Hahaha! Several Taoist friends from the Black Bamboo Gang, you bullied the small ones with your big ones and broke the rules of the world of immortality. Today, we must have a fight."
Wang Xiaoshan and other seven late-stage cultivators of Void Refining, as well as a large number of mid-stage and early-stage cultivators, were all killed.
The top combat power was four to seven, and the Red Bamboo Gang monks had an obvious advantage.
"You were the one who started the provocation. It's so shameless. It's so shameless."
Li Ziming cursed angrily.
"Haha! So what, you bullied the small ones with the big one, and even killed three of our Hongzhu Gang's god-transformation monks. You thought you could let it go, kill them!"
Wang Xiaoshan waved his hand, and the monks from the Red Bamboo Gang who had the advantage directly attacked the Black Bamboo Gang.
"withdraw!"
The Black Bamboo Gang monks quickly retreated to the location where the defensive formation was deployed according to the previously planned strategy.
"Chase, be careful, don't fall into the trap."
Wang Xiaoshan led the monks in pursuit, but he was cautious and worried about encountering a trap.
"Haha! Do you just hide in a turtle shell?"
Seeing the monks from the Black Bamboo Gang hiding in the defensive formation, the monks from the Red Bamboo Gang laughed arrogantly.
"Deputy Gang Leader, something is wrong! I always feel weird."
"Yes! Deputy gang leader, why are they missing a protector? Lu Chutong is dead, and Ke Wenli is missing. Have you seen Ke Wenli?"
Soon, the monks of the Red Bamboo Gang discovered that there was a strong person in the late stage of Void Refining missing from the Black Bamboo Gang's team.
Hearing this, Wang Xiaoshan was also shocked and confused. He didn't understand what it meant for the Black Bamboo Gang to hide a top combat force.
In the territory of the Red Bamboo Gang, four people from Ximen Changqing stopped over a spiritual island.
"Lu Chutong, Li Qing, you guys hide and don't let others see you. The task of educating these bastards is left to the two of us."
Ke Wenli and Yin Zhifeng immediately took action to attack the defending monks on the island.
Most of the several god-transformation monks and a dozen Nascent Soul monks were killed immediately, and a late-stage god-transformation monk fled while asking for help.
After killing all the monks on the island, Ke Wenli immediately snatched the spiritual materials on the island, and then the four of them went to the next spiritual island to continue the previous operation.
Since the top combat power of the Red Bamboo Gang has gone to fight with the Black Bamboo Gang, Ke Wenli can walk sideways here. Moreover, he has a mid-stage Void Refining helper beside him.
Soon, the news that Ke Wenli and Yin Zhifeng had entered the Hongzhu Gang's territory and wreaked havoc reached the ears of Wang Xiaoshan on the front line.
"What, Ke Wenli and Yin Zhifeng went on a killing spree in our territory. They are so brave."
After hearing the news, Wang Xiaoshan and his elders were all furious.
"Li Ziming, Guo Lengshuang, are you trying to kill everything? How do you explain Ke Wenli's matter?"
Wang Xiaoshan roared angrily.
"Haha! Sorry, Ke Wenli is determined to avenge Lu Chutong, and we can't stop him! This is the result of your killing Lu Chutong."
Li Ziming pretended to be helpless when answering.
"Okay, very good."
Wang Xiaoshan was furious, and the elders around him were also furious.
"Deputy gang leader, we can't let Ke Wenli continue to have trouble. I'm going to teach him a lesson."
"Deputy gang leader, I'll go too. The two of us in the late stage of Xuefeng training are enough to deal with the two of them. We can even kill Yin Zhifeng."
Xin Yun and Liu Ming volunteered to meet Ke Wenli.
Two late-stage Void Refining, facing one late-stage Void Refining and one mid-stage Void Refining, have obvious advantages, and they are confident that they can control the situation.
It shouldn't be a big problem to kill Yin Zhifeng in the middle stage of Void Refining first, and then join forces to seriously injure Ke Wenli.
"Okay, you two return immediately. You must stop Ke Wenli. It's best if you can kill him."
Wang Xiaoshan had no objection.
They divided into two late-stage Void Refiners and five late-stage Void Refiners. Facing the main force of the Black Bamboo Gang, they still had an advantageous position.
At this time, they were no longer in a hurry to launch an attack, and were quietly waiting for news from Xin Yun and Liu Ming.
In the territory of the Red Bamboo Gang, the four men from Ximen Changqing are deploying a sixth-level offensive and defensive formation. They have successively conquered more than a dozen Red Bamboo Gang spirit islands and chose this pretty good island to prepare a trap formation.
Whether or not the strong men from the Red Bamboo Gang can be killed depends on whether the monks killed by the Red Bamboo Gang will fall into a trap. As long as they fall into the trap, Ximen Changqing's plan will be complete.