The King of Urban Mercenaries

Lin Fei did a quick calculation and realized that he didn’t have any chance of becoming the lucky one. There was no way; he understood that even if luck was on his side, there would only be one opportunity. After all, being the last would mean he would face the opponent of the first place because he ended up being last.

The tournament had started.

Lin Fei was the forty-eighth to compete; after stepping onto the stage, his opponent was a small, thin dwarf who looked at Lin Fei with disdain, which made Lin Fei quite unhappy.

Lin Fei glanced ahead, to the left, and to the right where people were competing in matches, while directly opposite him was his opponent.

"Hey, kid, where the hell are you looking? Trying to get yourself killed?"

Lin Fei turned his gaze to his opponent, a short, thin dwarf whose height only reached his chest, while his Demon Beast hadn’t made an appearance.

"Where’s your Demon Beast?"

"Hehe, my Demon Beast? It’s right behind you, of course!" the dwarf replied.

Lin Fei was startled and immediately turned around to check behind him, only to find nothing there.

"Not good!"

At this critical moment, Lin Fei finally realized he had fallen for the opponent’s trick. He hadn’t expected such deceitfulness; just as the match was about to begin, the opponent had already played a cunning card—truly infuriating.

But one had to admit that Lin Fei was truly tricked. He felt completely foolish, but then again, who could he blame? If he was foolish, it was by his own doing and couldn’t be blamed on others.

However, Lin Fei wasn’t worried because, as he turned around, he had already seen his White Wolf beside him, now much larger, biting the long scorpion’s tail.

Indeed, the opponent’s Demon Beast was a scorpion, and a highly venomous Fire Poison Scorpion. The Fire Poison Scorpion’s strength wasn’t formidable, but its venom was extremely potent; getting stung even once could cause one’s True Qi to turn into raging flames, leading to instant death.

After all, the Fire Poison Scorpion’s venom was similar to Lin Fei’s Dead Fire, which burns up the True Qi in one’s body. Of course, if powerful enough, one could expel the poison, but if not strong enough, one might just perish as the True Qi is depleted!

Everything in nature has its pros and cons; the Fire Poison Scorpion still has its natural nemesis. If it encounters its nemesis, then it only has a fate of death awaiting.

The White Wolf directly bit into the Fire Poison Scorpion’s tail, preventing it from attacking Lin Fei. Lin Fei smiled and said, "Well done."

Then, Lin Fei stepped forward and delivered a palm strike towards the master of the Fire Poison Scorpion.

The master of the Fire Poison Scorpion, the small, thin dwarf, watched Lin Fei rushing over and suddenly gave a cold smile, stretching out his hands to shoot over a dozen venomous darts towards Lin Fei.

Lin Fei hadn’t expected the opponent to be so fierce, so he immediately used the Flame Shield just in time to block the darts, which were directly stopped. Then, as the darts hit the top of the Flame Shield, Lin Fei charged towards the opponent.

"Hehe, you dare to attack me?"

Without a word, the small, thin dwarf suddenly released bursts of smoke, a green mist that was undoubtedly a deadly poison gas. Lin Fei didn’t dare to be negligent; if he accidentally inhaled it, who knew what might happen.

So Lin Fei laughed, slapped out his hand, and True Qi surged forth from his body, crashing into the dense poisonous mist. In an instant, the green gas was blown away, rushing toward another arena.

The two cultivators on the other battlefield hadn’t expected such a powerful surge of True Qi to appear suddenly, accompanied by a mist-like presence. As they inhaled it, they immediately felt uncomfortable and collapsed, unable to get up.

The judge on that arena quickly retreated, not daring to stay in the toxic mist, while across was a crowd of disciples from Qianhuang Peak. If it rushed over, it would surely cause heavy casualties!

During the chaos, Dugu Aotian suddenly acted. With a point of his finger, a shield appeared in front of the green mist, then a spherical orb encased it, finally transforming into a small sphere in Dugu Aotian’s hand, as if he were holding a controllable ball.

Then Dugu Aotian minimized it and directly obliterated it, leaving no trace behind.

Lin Fei furrowed his brows, observing Dugu Aotian’s use of God Demon Binding, clearly a technique within the Demon Refinement Technique. Lin Fei was still suppressing his own strength, not wanting to expose himself, for the use of the Demon Refinement Technique would surely be recognized.

Moreover, Hou Qitian and that little dagger were outside; Lin Fei hadn’t allowed them to come in, preferring not to cause chaos here, as masters filled the venue.

On the contrary, Lin Fei thought that with himself and the White Wolf, they should be able to handle these matters, as it wasn’t anything too difficult, right?

At present, the small, thin dwarf in front was indeed a trouble, but it no longer mattered. Lin Fei saw the White Wolf already having the scorpion in its mouth, chewing away, so Lin Fei was reassured.

"Admit defeat," Lin Fei said, hoping the opponent would know when to retreat.

However, the opponent seemed never to have considered what retreating meant, angrily shouting, "Never!" and charged towards Lin Fei.

Lin Fei let out a cold humph, reaching out with a palm, imprinting a hand formed by True Qi directly onto the small, thin man’s body, sending him flying out.

In the end, the small, thin man was slammed down off the arena by Lin Fei and couldn’t stand up again.

Lin Fei let out a cold humph, standing on the stage, and said, "You were nothing but a stepping stone for me, so ignorant and vicious, your death is not regrettable!" Lin Fei said coldly and then stepped off the stage as the judge announced Lin Fei’s victory.

After winning, Lin Fei stepped off the platform, and the White Wolf quickly shrank in size, like a little puppy, following Lin Fei closely. It looked very cute; Lin Fei was sure that if it were a woman, she would definitely be unable to resist the White Wolf’s charm.

But Lin Fei, being a man, paid no attention to the White Wolf’s cuteness, which had no effect on him. He needed practicality and strength, not adorableness~

However, fortunately, cuteness didn’t affect other aspects; Lin Fei won this round, at least advancing to the next match.

At this moment, Lin Fei suddenly felt someone watching him, and as she raised her head, she discovered it was Dugu Aotian. Lin Fei noticed the doubt in Dugu Aotian’s eyes.

Lin Fei smiled and bowed to Dugu Aotian.

Dugu Aotian was momentarily surprised by Lin Fei’s gesture, then nodded slightly at Lin Fei and no longer paid attention to him.

"Looks like I imagined too much."