The Panther Gang was one of the top four gangs in the Lower Region. Its castle was so grand and
solid that it could block the attacks of any warrior at the advanced stage of Bone Reinforcement.
The stronghold was also so large that it was just like a city and contained many people.
As darkness fell, the markets around the Panther Gang's castle were extremely busy and crowded.
The merchants were shouting for attention, while the visitors were looking around in interest. There
were quite a few pretty ladies loitering around outside buildings that anyone could tell were brothels.
They were so provocatively dressed that they attracted most of the nearby warriors' attention.
If someone listened carefully, they might even hear moaning coming from inside the brothels.
On that very night, very few of the warriors in the markets noticed that there were some strange people
scattered around the markets. If they observed them carefully, they could have seen that most of the
strangers were gathering into small teams. The groups of strangers stayed strangely close to the gates
of the Panther Gang's castle.
Before long, there were fifteen groups of out of place people gathered around the castle. Adding all the
people in all the groups together, there were around one hundred and fifty of them.
Most of the strangers were warriors who were at the advanced stage of Blood Purification. A few of
them were also at the inferior stage of Bone Reinforcement. Other than that, there were a few warriors
who were at the fourth grade of Bone Reinforcement, but there were less than ten of them.
As they got ready for action, several warriors in black finally arrived.
Without much preparation, one of the warriors in black raised his right hand and suddenly gathered an
intense flaming spiritual energy around him. The spiritual energy grew into the shape of a fierce tiger
after a minute. Waving his fist, the warrior in black threw a punch and a flame tiger flew into the night
air with a loud roar.
Boom!
Before anyone nearby realized what had happened, they heard a different kind of roar coming from the
gate of the Panther Gang's castle. The noise attracted everyone's attention as the gate creaked
opened!
"What is happening?" Most of the warriors present were quite confused at the events that were
unfolding.
Before they could figure out what was happening, there was the sound of some warriors roaring
echoing throughout the markets and from the Panther Gang's castle.
The strangers in the markets gathered their own strength at the same time. Taking out their weapons,
they valiantly ran into the Panther Gang's castle, ready for battle.
"Kill them all!" The warriors inside and outside the castle shouted the same thing almost at the same
time, rushing at each other.
"When the gate of the castle opens, the battle will begin! It seems that Nicholas didn't lie to us and
everything he said is true!" one of the warriors in black said upon hearing the shouting from inside the
castle. The one who spoke was Tyson.
"Yes, that's right. Nicholas was telling us the truth. Now, let's do our job! Tyson, You need to take care
of the Panther Gang's leader—Abner!" Ricky replied. He was one of the other warriors in black.
"Hahaha! Okay then. I've just had a breakthrough, so let's see what I am capable of now!" Tyson said.
"Marcus is the deputy leader who ranks first in the Panther Gang. Nicholas said that he wanted to take
care of Marcus himself. So, Bastian, Thaddeus is your responsibility," Ricky said.
"Yes, Leader Russell. I'll cut off the head of my target within one hour!"
"Okay, let's do this! Have fun everyone!"
All the warriors roughly removed their capes and ran into the castle right after Ricky finished giving
them orders.
"What... what is happening? I can't believe that there is a group that dares to go up against the Panther
Gang!" one of the onlookers said in surprise. In fact, every warrior nearby still had a hard time believing
what they were seeing.
"Look at those warriors who are attacking the Panther Gang. Those warriors belong to the Axe Gang!"
The onlookers began discussing the situation with each other.
"Yes, I also noticed that some of them belong to the Manor Gang. It seems that the Axe Gang is
helping the Manor Gang launch this attack." The onlookers slowly realized who was attacking the
Panther Gang as they watched it all unfold.
"Huh? Who do they think they are? The Manor Gang has completely overreached itself! Even if they
managed to annex the Axe Gang, they will never be able to defeat the Panther Gang," one of the
onlookers sneered. He thought that the Manor Gang didn't stand a chance of defeating the Panther
Gang like that.
"It's hard to say. It's said that one of the leaders of the Manor Gang is a casting master at the
intermediate Mortal Level. I heard that he is even better at it than Trent. That's also why Trent decided
to join the Manor Gang with his followers."
"Oh? So, they must have cast many weapons at the intermediate Mortal Level. That means that they
can manage to ask powerful warriors to join them. I think that the Panther Gang might not be able to
win this battle!"
Ignoring the onlookers' remarks, Ricky, Tyson, and Trent's teams already threw themselves into the
Panther Gang's castle. Tyson began to look for Abner, while the Axe Gang began to look for Thaddeus.
Ricky, who was leading several warriors at the fourth grade of Bone Reinforcement with him, began to
threaten the members of the Panther Gang into submission.
"Members of the Panther Gang, listen to me! If you put down your weapons and separate yourselves
from the rest of the Panther Gang, we promise that we won't kill you," Ricky said to a group of the
members of the Panther Gang. He was standing in a small lobby with his followers.
The members of the Panther Gang didn't say a word though. Taking out their weapons, they decided
fight back against the Manor Gang instead.
Ricky showed no mercy to his enemies. He killed every enemy he ran into. As a warrior with the
combat power of the fifth grade of Bone Reinforcement, he was like a tiger that kept hunting down its
defenseless prey.
After a few moments, most of the members of the Panther Gang had clearly realized that they were no
match for Ricky and his followers. Letting their fear take control, they began to flee from them.
"I'll kill anyone who tries to retreat!" a voice shouted angrily.
Just then, two Black Panthers at the third grade of Bone Reinforcement ran towards Ricky madly.
There was a young man sitting astride each Black Panther. The two men looked very similar to each
other.
If Ricky thought carefully, he would have been able to see that both of the young men also looked very
similar to Barry.
"Young masters!" The members of the Panther Gang stopped running away and bowed respectfully. A
glimmer of hope appeared in their frightened eyes.
"You're all deserters! How can you just run away like that?" one of the young men asked coldly. He felt
really disappointed in the cowardice of his gang's members.
Stopping a few yards away from Ricky, the young men looked straight into his eyes.
"Are you Russell, one of the leaders of the Manor Gang? Are you the one who killed our brother?"
Craig asked furiously.
"Yep! I'm Russell. Good lord, are you two the young masters of the Panther Gang?" Ricky replied
mockingly. He hadn't figured out the young men's identities until just then.
"I was worried that I wouldn't get a hold of you two. Ha! I can't believe that you came to me first," Ricky
continued.
"Russell, you're so arrogant. Who do you think you are? How dare you attack our castle and talk such
nonsense in front of us! You are now our mortal enemy! I'm going to tear you up if it's the last thing I
do!" Ashton roared in rage.
"Hahaha! Okay, show me how you two are going to tear me up then! If you don't do it quickly, I'll show
you how I'm going to tear you up!" Ricky laughed.
Without saying anything else, Ricky gathered his flaming spiritual energy and ran towards the wrathful
brothers.
"I'm going to kill you!" the brothers shouted together in rage.
They were furious that Ricky dared to challenge them with just his bare fists. Leaping from their Black
Panthers steeds, they gathered their own energy and ran towards Ricky together.
Boom! Boom!
Their powerful attacks suddenly collided.
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