Chapter 24 The Shadow of the Serpent 1 June 23rd, evening.

In a dark and deserted middle alley.

The carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of the alley, and the street lamp shone on the carriage, pulling a long shadow in the alley.

The door opened, and a man got out of the car, and then the carriage started again, and left the place as fast as it were, as if an invisible whip was spurring behind it.

Dio stood at the entrance of the alley, looking left and right at the street below, there were almost no pedestrians, just a homeless man cowering behind a garbage bin on the corner, sleeping soundly.

Although Dio knew that the entrance to the death match had always been very hidden, it was still a little surprising to him that it was hidden here, as the largest death match in the Black Satsuma area of Baisos, the entrance was hidden and hidden, but it had to be like a little bit, I really don't know how those rich and powerful people would come to such a place.

Pulling his collar, Dior steadily walked into the dark alley, quickly merging with the shadows.

After walking for a while, Dior turned into another, dirtier and narrower alley, where the room above was dimly lit and filled with a musty smell.

A little further on, a door appeared on the wall of the alley, rusty and old, and strangely at the top of the door hung a clean and bright brass plaque that read: No. 761.

"That's it. ”

Dio looked at the sign, confirmed that this was his destination, and knocked on the door.

Bang bang bang!

Soon there was movement behind the door, and after a metal grinding sound, a slit was revealed on the door that could only reveal the eyes, and the person behind the door stared at Dior, and then said, "Admission pass." ”

Dio took a black card from his pocket and stuffed it into the crack in the door, and after a while, after a shrill creak, the door opened inward, revealing a strong, bald man inside.

"Follow me. The bald man handed the card back to Dior, let him in and closed the door again.

Dior followed the bald man inside, from the decoration, it was the back door of a bar, after walking in, you could just see the bar in front and the wine table against the wall, but it seemed that the business was deserted, there were not many customers, the only few left just sat in the corner and drank silently, and there was no noise from other similar places at all.

The bald man didn't take Dior to the bar, but came to a small room across the kitchen, pushed open the door, and suddenly there was a corridor that stretched downward.

Walking in the middle of the road, Dior looked around as he walked. Unlike the dilapidated outside, it is not as luxurious as the extravagant, but the décor is top-notch - the soft plush carpet underfoot, from which the carpet does not cover the obsidian floor, the walls on both sides are covered with black marble, and the filamentous patterns outlined in dark gold metal, and the purple crystal lighting on the top reflects the whole corridor with a mysterious atmosphere.

After about a hundred meters along the road, a large gate appeared in Dior's field of vision, guarded by two security guards in black vests, and the bald man sent him to the door and returned the same way.

Inspections were stricter, and after the security guards were sure that Dior had no lethal weapons, they opened the door and let him in.

Just through a door, the inside and outside are completely two worlds - the cacophony of sound waves hitting like a typhoon passing through is a stark contrast to the silence of the previous corridor.

Deathmatch, an illegal underground fight, is popular in Baisos, and there are underground matchmaking rings in almost every major city, and it is a favorite event for the rich and powerful to watch - although it is openly forbidden.

The reason why Deathmatch is so popular, in addition to being exciting and bloody enough, is also related to one of its nicknames - the cradle of martial artists.

To understand why there is such an alias?

Martial artists can now be mainly divided into two groups - the heart warriors and the ancient warriors, which can be said to be a group divided because of different concepts. The central martial artist believes that practicing martial arts is to train the heart, not to let the strong lose their hearts and become puppets of strength, emphasizing virtue over skill, and the ancient martial artists scoff at this concept, for them, what they inherit is the best killing skills that originate from the battlefield, hone their skills from killing, nourish confidence from victory, constantly surpass themselves, and move forward in the direction of the strongest, while the set of heart warriors is just the self-deception of the weak.

These two factions can be said to be in opposition, in terms of individual strength, the ancient warriors are completely crushing the martial artists, you must know that the vast majority of martial artists are from the ancient warriors, or the kind with unusually rich experience in fighting, if the two parties go to the ring, the ten ** who are carried down are all martial artists, and they are either dead or disabled;

In this case, the heart warrior has gained more support from all walks of life, and has been able to continue to grow and develop, and the famous martial arts hall outside is all a faction of the heart warrior; on the contrary, without the support of external forces, although the ancient martial artist is still strong, but the influence has been shrinking under the suppression of the heart warrior, and it has shown a trend of decline, and the martial arts hall is completely unable to compete with each other in business.

No matter what the influence or business and so on, in the final analysis, it is a word - resources, no matter what sect martial arts organization, if you want to grow, you must occupy enough resources, and now the ancient warriors are not competing with the martial artists on the surface, and the result is that the social resources are inclined to the martial artists, and the group of ancient warriors is getting weaker and weaker, so that the resources are further inclined to the martial artists, and they have entered a vicious circle.

In order to change this state, the ancient warrior gate can only find another way, so the death match was born, and the biggest feature of this kind of event is that the players in this kind of event are all ancient warriors who are proficient in killing skills.

Compared to other legal or illegal events, Deathmatch brings out the brutal and bloody characteristics to the fullest, there are no superfluous rules, the winner lives, the loser forgets, that's all. This kind of illegal event naturally attracts many thrill-seeking elites to participate in the viewing, and the sects to which the contestants belong may be supported by the powerful, thereby enhancing the influence of the industry and obtaining resources for expansion. After all, the essence of martial arts is to fight, and often martial artists have more or less experience in participating in wars, and now the mode of war has begun to change from cold weapons to **, for the ancient warriors who are determined to become fighters, it is the mode of death match that is more effective for them.

And this method has proven to be feasible, and every year there will be cases of fighters stepping on the corpses of other fighters to break through all the way and eventually become martial artists, which in turn inspires more aspiring martial artists to devote themselves to it, hence the nickname of the cradle of martial artists.

Dio didn't come here to participate in the deathmatch, but to find the right martial arts for him, and many of the spectators present also had the same mentality as him.

Attracting people like Dio is also one of the most important purposes of the ancient martial arts sects involved in the death match. The resources required by the sect are not only money and power, but also the foundation of the excellent disciples to ensure the inheritance of the sect, and the importance of attracting young people who love martial arts to join their sect and constantly replenishing new blood for the sect is even more important than attracting the attention of the powerful.

Although Dior had heard of the death arena, it was the first time he had come today, and he looked around curiously after entering. The whole death arena is like a retro-style sunken amphitheater, the center of the arena is covered with a thin layer of yellow sand, Dior can imagine the visual impact of the yellow sand after the real battle begins, for the real lovers of this battlefield atmosphere is undoubtedly the best place to fight.

The entrance counter paid 2,000 yuan for the entrance fee, and Dior was given a seat number and a thin notebook, which contained the personal introductions of today's contestants, the martial arts they used, and the schools to which they belonged. Of course, you can also gamble, but I'm not interested in this Dior, so I didn't take the relevant form.

The entrance fee of 2,000 and the admission card that must be obtained by an introducer make the death arena not accessible to ordinary people, and Dio has to thank the old man Hemmer for having an unused admission card in his hand this time, and he generously gave it to him, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Came to his seat and sat down, Dior watched that the game had not officially started for a while, and now it was just a mat match to stir up the atmosphere, so he opened the book and read it.

The book describes the player's information in great detail.,Height, age, weight, strength, speed, past records, etc.,Unfortunately, although these things are very detailed,But it's useless for Dior.,He must use his own eyes to personally distinguish which kind of martial arts is suitable for him in actual combat.,So just take a look at the player's information.,Mainly focus on the introduction of the sect behind.,These are the real ancient martial arts sects.,All have real materials.。

There are only three games in one night, and Dio is not sure that he will be able to find his goal today, so he is ready to come a few more times, of course, this entrance fee is still not cheap for him, four or five times is already his limit, and then he has to find a way to get money.

It didn't take long for the game to officially begin, and the three groups of players came to the stage one by one to catch and fight, and the atmosphere of the death arena soared to the most, as if the gladiators of a thousand years ago were resurrected today, and an epic battle was staged again in front of the audience.

Especially at the moment when the victor was born, the cheers made the entire death arena tremble, and people had to admire that this kind of crazy and bloody battle could indeed seduce anyone's hormones.

These three battles made Dior dizzy to watch, it can be said that every player on the stage is a real experienced and powerful martial artist, each of them is not something he can compete with now, and this kind of high-level combat has improved his experience a lot.

It's just a pity that today's event didn't allow him to find his perfect goal, so he can only wait for the next time.