Xiang Mantang didn't know who the members of the Desolation guild were or where they were standing.
Therefore, when he spoke, he didn't purposefully target anyone.
But although he wasn't familiar with the members of the Desolation guild, most of the other assassins present recognized them immediately.
As soon as Xiang Mantang finished speaking,
everyone in attendance almost instantly turned their gazes toward a group of people of various skin colors to the southwest.
They were the members of the Desolation guild.
When the members of the Desolation saw everyone looking at them, their faces turned instantly pale, their legs weakened, trembling.
However, a few of them looked towards Xiang Mantang with determination and murderous intent, saying, "Come on!"
After speaking, the first man stomped on the ground and charged onto the platform.
The dwarf had shown him kindness, and now that the dwarf lay dead by Xiang Mantang's hand, even if this battle meant certain death, he was resolved to strike on behalf of the dwarf.
"You, can't make it."
When Xiang Mantang saw this man come up, he casually glanced at him and noticed his lack of strength, not even reaching the level of a Dark Energy Warrior, he could kill him with one hand, and shook his head saying,
"Why come up knowing you'll die?"
Xiang Mantang asked, curious.
"The president was kind to me!" the burly man said succinctly, swinging his sword at Xiang Mantang!
"Swoosh, swoosh!"
The shadows of the swords crossed, cutting through the wind.
"Clang!"
Xiang Mantang raised his hand, pinched the blade with two fingers, and with a slight effort, snapped the blade in half.
He then held the broken blade, flicked his wrist, and shot it out.
"Swish!"
The broken blade cut straight through the burly man's throat, instantly spewing blood.
"Clang."
The burly man loosened his grip on the sword, his body trembled a few times, and then fell straight backwards.
"Fulfilling your act of revenge,"
Xiang Mantang, without lifting his head, took out a handkerchief and wiped his clean hands.
"Anyone else?"
After wiping his hands, Xiang Mantang tossed aside the handkerchief, lifted his eyelids, and looked towards the people of Desolation, speaking indifferently.
Nobody from the Desolation guild dared to respond.
Knowing they would die, there were few who still had the courage to seek their own deaths.
They thought to themselves that they needed to preserve their useful lives, and when an opportunity arose, they would seek revenge for President Sanmi!
Seeing no one responded, Xiang Mantang turned his head towards the Vice Alliance Hierarch and asked, "Can it be announced now?"
"Wait one more minute,"
The Vice Alliance Hierarch looked at Xiang Mantang with interest and softly said.
Hearing the response, Xiang Mantang said no more, simply stood quietly on the platform, waiting for the Vice Alliance Hierarch to announce their guild, Six Disasters Canglong, absorbing Desolation.
One minute later.
No one from the Desolation assassins dared to come forward.
Thus, the Vice Alliance Hierarch announced that Desolation had been absorbed by Six Disasters Canglong.
From then on, Six Disasters Canglong leapt from being the lowest-level assassins guild to becoming a First-level guild.
"Hmm? Aren't you coming down?"
After the Vice Alliance Hierarch made the announcement, seeing Xiang Mantang still standing on the platform, he was slightly taken aback, then inquired.
Xiang Mantang swept his gaze across the room and fixed it on the most powerful individuals. Without guessing, he knew they must be members of the world's top-ranking assassins guild. He then said, "Come forward."
The moment the Vice Alliance Hierarch heard those words from Xiang Mantang, he knew the challenge was still on. His eyes sparkled with interest, and he chose to say no more.
The guild that Xiang Mantang first targeted consisted of East Asians. They wore a uniform attire that made them stand out from other casually dressed, differently skinned assassins guild members.
"That is 'Xiao', ranked among the top three in the world among assassins guilds, belonging to the Dongying Assassins Guild, and all its members are Dongying ninjas," said San Liu, explaining the assassins guild targeted by Xiang Mantang to Mu Jinyu.
"Heh, he has actually targeted us."
"Interesting."
At that moment, the assassins of the "Xiao" guild, upon realizing they were being targeted by Xiang Mantang, let out a cold laugh. Ming, the guild leader, then asked in Chinese, "We have no grudges, right?"
Ming was quite puzzled, as logically, such a new guild, having dealt with "Desolation" and ascended to a first-level guild that day, should have been satisfied. Why then were they daring to target them, were they so arrogantly disregarding others?
Xiang Mantang shook his head and said, "There is no grudge, but my target is not just a first-level guild."
Hearing this, Ming smiled and then said, "So, you want to be among the world's top few guilds? But let me remind you, though 'Desolation' is a first-level guild, it ranks not even in the top ten of the world in Slaughter Redemption. And my 'Xiao' guild is among the top three assassins guilds in the world. The gap is quite significant, do you think, because you resolved 'Sanmi', you can also resolve me, 'Ming'?"
"We'll know if we try," said Xiang Mantang, his tone calm.
"Alright."
Ming responded and, unlike the dwarf "Sanmi," did not go up himself as it was beneath his status. He turned back and said to a woman behind him, "'Yue', why don't you go up and try with him?"
"Okay."
The woman codenamed "Yue," expressionless, leapt gracefully and landed steadily on the platform.
Seeing this, the Vice Alliance Hierarch announced from below: "In that case… 'Six Disasters Canglong' guild member 'Invincible' issues a promotion challenge to the 'Xiao' guild, member 'Yue' to respond. Best of five rounds, first round, begin!"
"Swoosh!"
As soon as the Vice Alliance Hierarch finished speaking.
Yue's expression suddenly turned icy as she flung several shuriken, subsequently grasping a kunai, she charged at Xiang Mantang!
Xiang Mantang, holding the Broken Blade acquired after killing a member of the "Desolation" guild, parried the incoming shuriken, and then struck at Yue with his blade!
"Bang!"
The chilling blade Qi rampaged, directly splitting Yue in half, only to turn out to be a dense mist that dispersed across the platform.
It turns out, the "Yue" ninja had already used the clone technique and was hiding in the shadows.
"Clang clang clang!"
In the dense mist, everyone's vision was obscured, only the sound of metal clashing could be intermittently heard.
"Puff!"
Soon, accompanied by a choking sound of blood, the mist went silent.
Everyone held their breath and pricked up their ears, eager to know who survived.
"Next."
At that moment, Xiang Mantang's indifferent voice was heard once again.
"Hmm?"
Hearing Xiang Mantang's voice, the "Xiao" guild's members facial expressions suddenly changed. One of them formed hand seals with both hands, his cheeks ballooning like a toad's, and then he exhaled.
"Whoosh…"
Instantly, a fierce gale blew, swiftly clearing the dense mist from the platform.
There stood Xiang Mantang, solidly holding the blade, and behind him, "Yue" lay down, her body temperature gradually cooling.
"You?!"
The assassins of the "Xiao" guild, glaring furious and splitting.
Several of them could hardly restrain themselves and were about to rush forward to fight Xiang Mantang!
But at Ming's command, they did not dare to act recklessly.
Suitable, with a more serious look in his eyes and without turning his head, Ming instructed, "'Demon Sword', it's your turn."