Upon hearing Dai Mubai's plan to bet everything at once, Yin Hao was visibly shocked, then "kindly" offered his advice.
"Mubai, think it over! This is all your gold soul coins! Even if you win, you can earn three times your initial investment, which is over 70,000 gold soul coins. From then on, you can do whatever you want and never worry about gold soul coins again. You can live a carefree life for years without a problem, enjoying delicious food every day without repeating the same dishes. It's enough to support a dozen beautiful girls at the same time, making them do whatever you want. But you still need to think it over!"
Hearing Yin Hao's "advice," Dai Mubai grinned from ear to ear, waved his hand, and said,
"No need to think about it, I'm betting everything! No… betting everything isn't enough, I'll go borrow some more from the Grand Soul Arena…"
With that, Dai Mubai ignored Yin Hao's "diligent persuasion" and resolutely went to the Soul Arena organizers to borrow money.
The Grand Soul Arena also offers loan services, but the interest rates… only the Dog System can compare…
As for not repaying? Guess why this Grand Soul Arena has branches in all the major cities of the two empires? Let alone a mere Soul Master like Dai Mubai, even a Titled Douluo wouldn't want to offend the Grand Soul Arena.
Xiao Wu watched Dai Mubai leave, his back still somewhat dazed.
"Dai Mubai went to borrow money?"
Yin Hao nodded.
"Sigh… there's nothing I can do, I can't dissuade him…"
Then, ignoring Dai Mubai's reaction, he directly said to the counter clerk,
"Single Tournament, Match 85, I bet on Zhu Zhuqing to win."
"Okay, how many gold soul coins would you like to bet?"
"Two hundred and one thousand gold soul coins."
(The Grand Soul Arena charges a handling fee when someone comes to collect their money after the match.)
…
When Yin Hao, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai returned, Hu Liena's performance was already over.
Seeing Yin Hao return, Tang San approached and said,
"Brother Hao, a woman came looking for you earlier, but you weren't here, so she asked me to give you this…"
He handed over an envelope.
Yin Hao took the envelope curiously but didn't open it immediately. Instead, he asked,
"What kind of woman is she?"
Xiao Wu also looked at Tang San warily, wanting to know who was so shameless as to seduce her Brother Hao.
Tang San thought for a moment and said,
"Wearing a mask, um… light brown short hair…"
At this moment, Ma Hongjun interjected,
"It's that hot woman on stage when Brother Hao left!"
Yin Hao nodded. Hu Liena…
He then sat down, opened the envelope, and took out the letter.
Inside the envelope were two letters and a gold card.
This surprised Yin Hao, and he picked up one of the letters and began to read.
The letter was written by Bibi Dong. It essentially said that, at his father's request, she had prepared some gold soul coins for him. Due to time constraints, she hadn't been able to prepare much, only eight million.
Not much! Only eight million!
Yin Hao glanced at the letter, then at the gold card in his hand. He had worked himself to the bone for four years and couldn't even earn a tenth of that, and yet, in her words, she hadn't prepared much!
Putting down Bibi Dong's letter, he picked up another one from Ling Wai. This one was written by Hu Liena. It started with a lot of nonsense, asking if her junior brother missed her, and whether he was happy that his senior sister had come to see him.
The only useful part was the last sentence, which told him to go to the Spirit Hall in Soto City after the competition; she would be waiting for him there.
"What are you doing?"
Yin Hao gently folded the letter, looked at Xiao Wu, who was craning her neck to look at his hand, and said calmly.
Xiao Wu smiled awkwardly.
"I didn't do anything… I was just worried that you were too tired, so I wanted to massage your shoulders…"
As she spoke, she stretched out her two snow-white little hands and began to massage Yin Hao's shoulders.
Dai Mubai, who was not far away, saw this scene, then looked at Zhu Zhuqing not far away, thought for a moment, and then walked over.
"Um… Zhuqing…"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Zhuqing stood up and said calmly,
"I should go on stage…"
After saying that, she prepared to leave.
Dai Mubai clenched his fists, glared angrily at Zhu Zhuqing's back, and then returned to his seat.
Tang San followed Zhu Zhuqing away.
After the match on stage was completed, Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing also went onto the field.
After a brief introduction by the host, the match between the two officially began.
Without a word, Tang San's first spirit ring lit up.
"First Soul Skill, Entanglement."
Zhu Zhuqing didn't hold back, dodging the rising Blue Silver Grass beneath her feet and using her speed advantage to quickly advance, trying to close the distance between herself and Tang San.
However, Tang San wouldn't let her succeed. He continued to increase his soul power, and Blue Silver Grass on both sides shot into the sky, half attacking Zhu Zhuqing, the other half forming a barrier to block her.
However, he seemed to have overestimated the toughness of his Blue Silver Grass. Zhu Zhuqing's second spirit ring lit up, and Netherworld Hundred Claws were activated, countless claw marks instantly tearing apart the Blue Silver Grass attacking her.
Then, Zhu Zhuqing lightly leaped, stepping on the Blue Silver Grass blocking the Soul Arena and soaring into the air. In mid-air, her first spirit ring lit up.
"First Soul Skill, Netherworld Thrust!"
Although Tang San's character wasn't great, his combat experience accumulated from his past and present lives was still considerable.
His eyes flashed, a purple light appearing in them, and he saw Zhu Zhuqing's attack direction in a single glance.
Tang San smiled slightly, activating his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Technique, intending to dodge her attack and then ambush Zhu Zhuqing with his Blue Silver Grass to end the battle.
Unfortunately for him, Yin Hao, possessing the Sharingan, saw through Tang San's intentions and immediately granted Zhu Zhuqing a power-up.
"System, claim 20% of Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Technique understanding."
[Successfully claimed!]
At the same time, Tang San, about to activate Ghost Shadow Perplexing Technique, suddenly felt dazed, as if he had lost something important.
Although he quickly regained his senses, that brief second was enough for Zhu Zhuqing to reach him from mid-air.
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's sharp claws gleaming as they attacked, the previously composed Tang San was instantly terrified. He frantically tried to retreat, but it was too late.
Zhu Zhuqing's claws slashed upwards toward his chest, and Tang San had no choice but to quickly dodge to the side.
Originally, Zhu Zhuqing hadn't intended to hurt Tang San. After all, they were from the same academy and would likely run into each other again; there was no need to create unnecessary grudges over a match.
Therefore, although Zhu Zhuqing's claws were aimed at Tang San's chest, she only intended to subdue him, not harm him.
However, Tang San dodged, lowering his body, which caught Zhu Zhuqing off guard. Her claws grazed Tang San's otherwise ordinary face, leaving a long wound from the corner of his eye to his jaw, fortunately without injuring his eye.
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