Chapter 76: Masters Gather
City of Light Chasing, Crimson Moon Mountain over one hundred kilometers away.
The midday sun had just fallen, and the towering peak rising beside a lake looked like a lonely island in a golden ocean, incomparably beautiful, like a fairyland on earth.
On the only bridge leading to this lonely island, all kinds of vehicles were already jammed together.
Besides the most common tricycles, there were all kinds of transport vehicles, and even hover sports cars rarely seen in the suburbs.
On the summit of Crimson Moon Mountain, more than two thousand meters high, over three thousand people had already gathered in a temporary open-air plaza, and people rushing up from the foot of the mountain were still arriving one after another. The lively scene was in no way inferior to the Phosphor Fire Trading Market.
“So many gangs came this time.”
“Who says not? Over thirty of the top hundred gangs have come, and as for gangs with any name at all, no fewer than a hundred. A spectacle like this can be counted among the very best in more than ten years of death matches in the wilderness.”
“There is no helping it. The White Feather Gang hid so deeply. Now their overall strength is probably enough to rank among the top thirty wilderness gangs, and the Green Sparrow Gang is not bad either, quietly producing two Quasi-Martial Artists. Now that two gangs with overall strength possibly in the top thirty are holding a death match, how could the other big wilderness gangs stay away?”
“I heard it is not just some big wilderness gangs sending people. Even some wilderness experts have come. I just saw Wasteland Vulture and Doom Walker. Those two vicious ones have taken out plenty of top experts from major gangs, yet they still dared to come.”
“What is there they would not dare? They broke through to become Quasi-Martial Artists a year ago, and they both command Martial Artist-level martial skills. Even the leaders of the top-thirty gangs would not dare claim they could win against them, let alone others.”
The unregistered nomads standing in the plaza looked at the representatives of the gangs seated on the platform and could not help feeling shocked and excited by the influence of the White Feather Gang and the Green Sparrow Gang.
Gang death matches were indeed rare large-scale battles in the wilderness, but drawing so many gangs at once to watch was also extremely rare in the wilderness outside the City of Light Chasing.
Not to mention that many well-known wilderness experts had come as well, fully proving that this battle would be absolutely spectacular.
Otherwise, those vagrants whose strength was either Limit Apprentice or Quasi-Martial Artist would have had no need to come watch. They might as well go earn more Bit.
Since they were willing to come, it meant the death match between experts of the two gangs was very likely to be of some help to them as Limit Apprentices and Quasi-Martial Artists.
For an apprentice to become a Martial Artist was extremely difficult. Besides exercising themselves, they also needed to temper their qi and blood, breaking through their own limits with their surging qi and blood to become Martial Artists.
The way to break through qi and blood differed from person to person. It might be a sudden insight, or it might be a battle of life and death; either could lead to a breakthrough.
So in the City of Light Chasing, whenever experts clashed, there would always be some experts coming to watch.
Besides the possibility of gaining something for themselves, it was even more important to know the level of these experts, to know what kind of people they were. Otherwise, if they ran into them in the wilderness without knowing anything, they might start fighting without even knowing how they died.
The major gangs came for the same reason, mainly to see the strength of the White Feather Gang and the Green Sparrow Gang, so they could decide after returning what attitude to take toward these two gangs in the future.
Because of this, none of the gangs ranked in the top twenty in the wilderness came, as if already convinced that the White Feather Gang and the Green Sparrow Gang could not shake their position.
“Look, the people from the Green Sparrow Gang are here.”
No one knew who in the plaza called out, but everyone looked together toward a group of Winged Tribe members coming up from the foot of the mountain.
Every one of this Winged Tribe group wore A5 armor, and the dozen leading them were even wearing A6 armor. Among them, a lean man of the Winged Tribe in his fifties immediately became the focus of the entire crowd.
This was Valrod, leader of the Green Sparrow Gang, who had founded the gang with his own hands. Back when Valrod was a Limit Apprentice, relying on his B2 battle saber and microscopic-level realm, he had killed countless Limit Apprentices in the wilderness, and had even taken down two Quasi-Martial Artists.
Now that Valrod had been promoted to Quasi-Martial Artist, his strength was hard to gauge.
“So strong. Truly worthy of the Green Sparrow Gang. They actually have eleven Advanced Apprentices and three Limit Apprentices, plus two Quasi-Martial Artists. That kind of strength is enough for the top thirty.” Hou Fei below the stage looked at the Green Sparrow Gang coming onto the platform and could not help exclaiming.
The Green Sparrow Gang had not brought many people, barely one hundred in total. Though the weakest among them were Beginner Apprentices, with their sixteen senior officials, the Green Sparrow Gang was already stronger than many gangs ranked around the twenties.
“Brother Hou Fei, the people from the White Feather Gang are coming too.” The Crystal Race woman pointed at another group of Winged Tribe members coming up the mountain path.
Hou Fei turned to look at once, curious about how strong the White Feather Gang really was.
He would not have known if he had not looked. One look left him stunned.
“Sky Shattering Hammer Bot! Heavy Shield Atley!” Hou Fei stared at the two people standing at the very front of the White Feather Gang and could not help drawing in a sharp breath. “Have they both joined the White Feather Gang?”
Sky Shattering Hammer Bot and Heavy Shield Atley were extremely famous in the wilderness. Not only had they been renowned Quasi-Martial Artists for many years, they had never joined any gang. They had even once joined forces to wipe out a wilderness gang, shaking the wilderness with their names.
Although they were Winged Tribe experts, they had always stayed out of gang disputes and held extremely high status in the Winged Tribe Abandoned Area. Many people believed they were very likely already Limit Quasi-Martial Artists, just half a step away from becoming Martial Artists.
If these two really joined the White Feather Gang, it was unimaginable how strong the White Feather Gang had now become.
“Isaac!” The Green Sparrow Gang’s leader Valrod looked at the middle-aged giant man of the White Feather Gang approaching. His usually calm face now carried a trace of gravity.
Isaac, leader of the White Feather Gang, though only forty-five, had long since mastered half of a Martial Artist-level gun technique and had few rivals across the wilderness.
Now, after being promoted to Quasi-Martial Artist, his strength was difficult to measure. With his two vice gang leaders also being Quasi-Martial Artists, the Green Sparrow Gang could still manage to resist a bit.
But if Sky Shattering Hammer Bot and Heavy Shield Atley had both joined the White Feather Gang, then in the coming death match, even if all their experts took the field, their hope of victory might not even reach twenty percent.
“Valrod, surprised?” Isaac, the middle-aged giant man two and a half meters tall, could not help but laugh loudly. “I already guessed you were hiding your strength in secret. Did you really think I am a fool who would expose the White Feather Gang’s foundation so early for nothing?”
“How about it? If you give up and admit defeat now, according to the contract only half of your people need to die. I heard your nephew is also taking part in this death match. If we really start fighting, none of the people you send, including your nephew, should expect to live. You even plan to take the field yourself?”
While Isaac and Valrod were confronting each other, a sudden commotion sounded from the mountain path, making everyone present turn their heads, curious who could cause such a big reaction among those coming up.
In just a short while, a human race squad came up. They were few, only thirty-one in number, but when everyone saw their weapons and equipment, their eyes almost popped out.
Behind the leader were ten people, each not only wearing A5 armor but also equipped with a B2 standard weapon. It was simply extravagant to the extreme.
“They are too rich. Which gang are they from?”
“I have heard of them. They seem to be called the Gray Robe Gang!”
