Of course, not everyone thought that this year's Dark-Night Squad would still shine as brilliantly as two years ago.
For example:
The hermit from island ninja, Miyamoto Yifu.
This decedent who had just died and his brother wasn't able to successfully ascend to the top of the Miyamoto family. Not only did he not show any intentions of thanking Lin Gudu, he had even already decided in the bottom of his heart that he would fight to the death with Lin Gudu.
"Hmph, what belongs to Lin Gudu, must die."
Another example would be:
The position of the Ancient Chinese Martial Union.
The youth holding the fan casually glanced at Lin Gudu, and revealed a meaningful smile.
The woman in red beside her could clearly feel the contempt in her captain's eyes.
There was also the Lawrence family:
The mysterious old man whispered to a middle-aged Earl of the Blood race next to him, "I don't care about the price. I want that Oriental woman in my hands."
He was naturally referring to Liu Fei who was following beside Lin Gudu.
The original purpose of the Tower of Babel agreement was to facilitate communication between the various powers, but it gradually evolved into a place where the various powers could settle their personal grudges. And the way to do so, was through the great competition organized by the Alliance of Esper.
For example, in the last competition, Ancient Chinese Martial Arts and the special ability user Guild had agreed to send out five twenty to thirty year old young experts to fight each other. In the end, the Ancient Chinese Martial Union won by 3: 1, and successfully became the champion.
It was precisely because of this that when Lin Gudu and the rest beat up Daniel at the entrance of the competition grounds, and then pummeled the people of the Salamander City, the alliance manager saw that it was a group of Oriental people causing trouble, and ran away early, unwilling to bother anymore.
At half past three in the afternoon, the tournament officially began in the martial arena.
The competition was a challenge, and whether it was a representative of a person or a representative of a faction, they could challenge any force on the stage. As for the competition's method, it was decided by the two sides.
The two hundred or so factions sounded very numerous. To most people, the Challenger League would be very chaotic.
The truth was that the Esper was not an Olympic Games competition, and there would not be any chance of survival, because between organizations, individuals and organizations, there existed suppression of absolute strength.
For example, a top Magus in Central Africa, even if it was an old demon who was in his seventies or eighties, would not be able to leave even if he met a Ancient Chinese Warriors with the strength of the first level of the Postnatal realm. This was a bit like the technological competition between various countries. A small country's sophisticated weapon, if placed in a large country with a strong economy, might not even be looked down upon by others.
As for the Ancient Chinese Martial Arts, North America, Western European Blood Clan, island ninja and Northern werewolf, the reason why these five forces had such a huge impact and established the Alliance of Esper, was not only because they had too many people, but more importantly because the five forces had super powers, and were able to suppress all other powers.
Because of this, the number of organizations or factions that could issue a real challenge in the biennial Tower of Babel's competition would definitely not exceed ten. Some of this was to raise their rankings, while others were for the purpose of hating the challenger. They wanted to kill him on the stage.
However, the Alliance of Esper was also a peace-loving person. In order to prevent too much bloodshed, the age of the participants had to be between twenty and thirty years old.
The biennial competition for the Tower of Babel officially began.
There were only four organizations that issued a challenge this year. They were all assassin organizations and mercenary organizations ranked below rank 100, so they didn't attract too much attention.
However, when the Blood Clan's host, who was standing on the stage, announced that there were four teams challenging the Dark-Night Squad, the entire audience burst into an uproar.
Dark Night created a legend two years ago.
Ye Xiao led the six members of his Dark Night to challenge his students one by one, starting from the one hundred twentieth rank. In a row, the six members didn't lose, and directly pushed his Dark Night to the fifteenth rank.
The times had changed. Dark Night, who once challenged others, had now become the target of four teams' challenges.
For the sake of fairness, the real information about the challenger would not be released until the challenger and the person being challenged had entered the stage.
"The first round, the one to challenge Dark Night is, Lawrence family!" The host stood on stage, smiling slightly, after which he announced arrogantly, the entire venue resounded with his voice.
"Someone from the Lawrence family?"
Daniel has been bullied by Ye Xiao a few times, and I heard that even his incisors were knocked off. Oh, how funny, can you imagine a vampire without front teeth? Lawrence family will definitely take revenge for Daniel. "
"Look, they're here."
The atmosphere in the entire arena was stirred up. As the crowd cheered, everyone saw a man in a black tailcoat slowly walk up to the stage. He was less than 170 centimeters tall and was as thin as a bamboo pole.
This fellow had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He was clearly less than thirty years old, but his head was already half bald. His face was bloodless, pale, and pale, like a person with leukemia.
However, no one dared to look down on him, because he was one of the strongest young experts of the Lawrence family, Viscount La Sikaiweiqi.
This was a very powerful and difficult opponent to deal with!
Everyone's gaze stayed on La Sikaiweiqi's viscount for two seconds. Then, they turned towards the direction of the Dark-Night Squad with tacit understanding, before landing on Lin Gudu.
Would Ye Xiao accept the Lawrence family's challenge?
Of course, if he didn't accept it, then he had no choice but to admit defeat.
Fatty stood up slowly and patted Lin Gudu's shoulders, "Let me go. The smell of these vampires is not very good, especially when your cold is not completely cured yet."
That's right, Lin Gudu's cold ailment not only flared up on its own, but it was also triggered by environmental factors, such as the smell of the blood clansmen in this world of ice and snow.
Zuo Xiaojie still had not straightened his back, but the big hand that was always so powerful suddenly patted on his shoulder, forcefully pushing him down.
Lin Gudu replied solemnly, "No, this is a war that I have to fight alone."
He looked up at the cloudless sky and saw smiling faces staring at him.
Feng Er, Xiao Fei, Zhang Kuang, Hei Shan, Xiao Ma, Giles.
This is all the members of the Dark-Night Squad.
Two years ago, on a small island in the South Pole, they had fought a bloody battle with Lin Gudu and obtained the fifteenth rank for the Dark Night.
Two years later, at the same time, Lin Gudu's most beloved people and closest brothers no longer exist in this world.
Revenge!
In the past year, even Lin Gudu's casual and happy expression could not conceal the hatred deep within his heart.
So this was his war alone.
"Wait." The fat guy suddenly called out.
"You don't need to persuade me again." said resolutely, regardless of life or death, he needed to give those who passed away an explanation.
Zuo Xiaojie shook his head: "I won't advise you. Here, this is your weapon, I've already stolen it for you, what do you think, are you big enough?"
Saying that, Zuo Xiaojie gave a mysterious smile, and then saw Qiu Ming, who had left at some point in time, trotting over with a large rod wrapped in black cloth on his shoulder. A familiar feeling immediately filled Lin Gudu's heart.
This was his dragon bone!
"You, how did you do it?" Lin Gudu was shocked.
This guy, could actually steal the thing from Huang Laoxie's hands?
Fatty smiled innocently, a little embarrassed. "Actually, I didn't steal it. I asked my Master for help."
"…"
Lin Gudu immediately understood.
It was said that he could enter nine out of the Ancient Chinese Martial Union's armory without being discovered. If he were to make a move, Huang Laoxie would not be able to defend himself at all.
Receiving the large rod from Qiu Ming's hands, Lin Gudu reached out his hands and gently caressed every single part of its body, as if he was caressing his own lover.
Very few people knew the meaning of this dragon bone to Lin Gudu. Not only did it suppress Lin Gudu's cold illness, it also accompanied him through a year of trials and hardships. Lin Gudu was able to kill his way into the island's Miyamoto family s and get rid of the Five Eighteen s.
With the dragon bone in his hand, Lin Gudu instantly felt a surge of confidence, he hoisted the dragon bone on his shoulder and walked up the stage with big strides.
"I, Ye Xiao, accept the challenge of the Lawrence family on behalf of the Dark-Night Squad."
Bang.
Lin Gudu smashed the dragon bone that was wrapped in the black cloth onto the stage. A muffled sound spread across the entire competition arena, and everyone's heart skipped a beat.
"Lin Gudu, the Lawrence family's request is, if Viscount La Sikaiweiqi wins against you, they will need to capture one of your members as their captive." The vampire that presided over the competition walked forward, steadied his heart, and said, "And you, you can also make a request of Lawrence family."
The mysterious old man from the Lawrence family wanted to obtain Liu Fei, but she couldn't openly snatch him from Lin Gudu's hands. Thus, she came up with this idea.
"Humph, feel free to mention what requirements you have, the great Lawrence family can satisfy you." La Sikaiweiqi looked at Lin Gudu in disdain, his tone filled with ridicule.
Lin Gudu grinned: "Your father's request is very simple, that is your life."
"You …"
"You're too long-winded. If you want to fight, just fight." Lin Gudu said in a domineering tone.
"Mr. Lin Gudu, the match has not started. I am the host …"
The vampire was extremely dissatisfied with Lin Gudu's actions.
However, before he could finish speaking, Lin Gudu lost patience and shouted "Scram!". Then, with his left hand, he grabbed the host's collar and threw him off the stage.
Lin Gudu did not have a good impression of these vampires who reeked of death and ice. On the contrary, he loathed them.
"Hmph, I will defeat you."
La Sikaiweiqi roared, his body suddenly floated up, and stopped a few centimeters above the ground, his hands stretched out, his entire body releasing the Qi of death and decay, among them, also had a strong stench of blood, that Spirit Qi pounced at everyone's face, making them feel nauseous.
Vampires relied on sucking blood to cultivate. Their methods were very cruel, thus, the aura on their body was definitely not some kind of light energy.
Following the release of the decaying aura from La Sikaiweiqi's body, Lin Gudu actually felt a little dizzy.
F * ck, what a despicable method of attack.
Lin Gudu hurriedly shook his head to wake himself up, but his right hand slowly held onto the dragon bone tightly.