Chapter 214: Chapter 214: Entering the Arena
When Ouyang Yi returned to Jiang Kai's side, Jiang Kai frowned and looked at Ouyang Yi out of the corner of his eye.
Having watched hundreds of matches, surrendering before the match even began—this was the first time…
"Ouyang old bro, what happened to the mind game you promised?"
Ouyang Yi didn't feel embarrassed at all, smacked his lips, "Played the mind game. Lost."
Jiang Kai had a face full of black lines. This old bro really was a character.
"Old bro, do you have a grudge with that Zhan Fei?"
"Not really, just snatched a few leader-level bosses from him... He's too petty. Just a few leaders, right? I even gave them back to him last time, does he really have to keep hunting me down every day?" Ouyang Yi scratched his head.
Jiang Kai asked in surprise, "You gave them back and he still hunts you? Old bro, how did you give the bosses back?"
"There's a spot in Zone 1 with a dense cluster of leader bosses. That time our guild accidentally triggered several at once, so later I ran off with the leaders and happened to run into Zhan Fei and his people."
"I thought, well, I did snatch some of his bosses before, so I might as well take the opportunity to return them. That way we'd be even. So I returned seven leaders to him at once."
Listening to Ouyang Yi's legendary tale, Jiang Kai also had a face full of black lines.
This old bro isn't a normal person!
"Uh... did Zhan Fei catch them?"
"Nope, probably wasn't ready. Heard they got wiped out." Ouyang Yi said casually.
Jiang Kai finally understood why Zhan Fei would take off his mask just from seeing Ouyang Yi.
That hate must run deep into his bones!
"Sigh, Zhan Fei is just too strong. I'm telling you, ordinary people really can't beat him. One of the three top experts of Heavenly Sword, he's got me cornered."
"I lost another 400 points this time, and those points were borrowed from other guilds."
Jiang Kai asked in confusion, "You're a top-tier guild, don't tell me you can't even come up with 400 points?"
Ouyang Yi shook his head, "We can come up with it, but if we really did, there wouldn't be much left."
"Heavenly Sword's been pressing us hard to kick me out. Our guild refused, so they've been making life difficult for us—our development's been declining."
"I thought, the guild's already like this. If I lose, our already struggling guild might get downgraded. So I did a bit of crowdfunding from other guilds."
Jiang Kai couldn't help but clasp his fists, "Respect. Truly respect!"
This guy screws others over, but not his own people. That's rare indeed.
"Sigh, don't know what I'll do when I go back this time."
Jiang Kai thought for a moment and said, "Old bro, if you really can't hang on, you can come to our guild in Zone 18."
Ouyang Yi glanced at the blurry words on Jiang Kai's chest, "Earth God Guild? At best you're just a top-tier guild. Heavenly Sword has branches in all major zones—if I really join your guild, you guys would get crushed by them."
"Forget it, I won't drag you down."
After speaking, Ouyang Yi looked toward the stage. Seeing the dumbfounded Zhan Fei, he chuckled, "Even though I lost the points, that blockhead Zhan Fei took off his mask himself. Hehe, can't bait small fish anymore, huh."
Jiang Kai had a face full of black lines. Not to mention Zhan Fei didn't expect Ouyang Yi to forfeit—who would?
Heavenly Sword's surprise lineup had been working well, but Ouyang Yi's meddling really messed up their rhythm.
Originally, Zhan Fei was a crucial piece. Normally, no one would expect Heavenly Sword to put one of their top three experts so early in the lineup.
Watching him win a few rounds in a row, people might be surprised by his strength, but they'd definitely form ideas about him.
But now that Zhan Fei's identity was exposed, the entire plan was seen through by the challengers.
The challenge team's bid points immediately rose by 100–200 points.
After the last match ended, because Heavenly Sword lost too many rounds earlier, they ended up winning only 3190 points—much lower than expected.
Heavenly Sword's matches were finally over. The next to enter was Black Tortoise.
On the stage appeared the image of the massive divine beast Black Tortoise, as Black Tortoise disciples successively donned masks and stepped onto the stage to form their lineup.
Ouyang Yi patted Jiang Kai on the shoulder, "Little bro, try going up in the first round. A lot of people can't guess Black Tortoise's lineup early on, bidding's not that intense—you might be able to snag it for just a few dozen points."
"By the way, are you the guild leader's real son or what? How'd you get so many points just to play around with?"
Jiang Kai shook his head, "These people are all really strong, no way anyone's playing multiple matches. I'll wait for the later rounds—the points are higher then."
Ouyang Yi didn't quite follow what Jiang Kai meant.
"I don't get what you're saying?"
Jiang Kai smiled faintly, "Old bro, anyway I plan to go up later."
Ouyang Yi thought for a moment, seemed to get it, and nodded, "Makes sense. You're here to learn anyway. Might as well fight those top-level experts—more to gain."
"Just more costly in points…"
Black Tortoise had once boldly claimed they'd win first place in the betting tournament.
At first, Black Tortoise didn't perform that well, keeping around a 70% win rate.
Their score even showed losses for a while.
But after about 100 matches, Black Tortoise finally started to ramp up.
For three to four dozen matches in a row, their players showed extremely strong performance, pushing their win rate above 80%!
Overall, if you maintain a 75% win rate, earnings roughly balance out. Of course, specifics vary depending on how much each challenge bet.
But if the win rate goes above 80%, that's basically a profit phase.
"Started chasing win rates after 100 matches?" Ouyang Yi frowned slightly, "Does Black Tortoise really have that many experts?"
You have to know, if Black Tortoise wants high scores, they have to defend the final rounds—they must have top players reserved for the end.
Even so, if they can keep such terrifying win rates mid- to late-game, it shows that Black Tortoise's lineup this time is extremely strong overall.
"I heard they paid big to recruit some top players from other guilds. Didn't believe it at first, but now… seems likely."
"They lost a branch before—heard someone sabotaged it. One of the top ten guilds actually had a branch taken down. Black Tortoise's reputation definitely took a hit—they're here to save face this time!"
"Oh right, I think the branch that got hit was your Zone 18's. You know what happened?"
Jiang Kai blinked, "Old bro, actually, the one who took down their branch… was me!"
"You?" Ouyang Yi looked at Jiang Kai, then suddenly burst into laughter, "Hahaha, right right right, it was you! A guy who hasn't even reached Tier 4 took down a Black Tortoise branch? You're even better at bragging than me!"
Jiang Kai frowned. Looks like Ouyang Yi would never believe him.
By the final 20 rounds, Black Tortoise had profited over 7000 points!
"Black Tortoise still has five people who haven't gone up yet!" Ouyang Yi looked at their defensive lineup, "If nothing goes wrong, Black Tortoise might break 10,000 points this time! That's extremely high in all previous betting tournaments."
"Sigh, kid, aren't you going up? If you don't go now, there won't be another chance…" Ouyang Yi turned to the side—only to find the person beside him had changed.
That silly kid had already gone to the bidding zone!
"100 points!"
"130!"
"180!"
Black Tortoise's performance was so eye-catching, these attackers unknowingly started bidding lower.
"180 once, 180 twice, 180…"
Suddenly, a faint voice called out from the crowd with a new bid.
"5000 points!"
Everyone in the bidding area turned in shock toward the source of the voice.
They saw a young man with medium-length hair walking over with a calm expression.
"What? 5000? Did I hear that right?"
"Damn, going this big? Is he nuts?!"
"Earth God Guild? Never heard of it. If they lose, even a top-tier guild would be broke!"
Jiang Kai calmly walked through the crowd.
The staff recording the bids had trembling hands as he looked again at Jiang Kai, "You… you just bid 5000?"
"Yeah." Jiang Kai answered.
"You're sure it's 5000 points?"
Jiang Kai frowned, "Why, can't I bid 5000? If you don't have the capital, what kind of dealer are you?!"
"I didn't mean Black Tortoise doesn't have capital—they've got decades of foundation, of course they have 5000 points. I'm just worried you don't know the situation. If you throw out random bids, you might get blacklisted forever!"
Jiang Kai shook his head, "If I dared to bid, then I've got the points. Just ask if anyone else is bidding higher."
"Oh, oh… 5000 once, 5000 twice, 5000 three times… please adjust your wristband to personal identity info, I need to scan it."
Others didn't seem to go through this step, but Jiang Kai didn't mind—just a scan.
After scanning, the staff pulled up the main guild info and saw that there really were over 5000 unused points.
"You… you can go up now!"
Jiang Kai nodded and stepped onto the stage, walking directly to his opponent.
"Zone 18, Main God Guild—Jiang Kai, 5000 points!"
When Jiang Kai announced his bet, the whole venue erupted instantly…
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