Chapter 8 (1/2)
Chapter 8
Chapter 8: Life and Death Battle
Quite a few people had already assembled around the ularly enjoyed watching, there were also a few of the imperial capital’s noble heirs
Today was the day of Long Chen and Li Hao’s life-and-death battleAlthough this place would norhts, life-and-death battles were still very few in number
What was even odder about this situation was that despite that the two noble heirs ere fighting didn’t have shockingly high cultivation bases, countless people had still come to watch
In addition, Gaambler in the entire i pool
Li Hao’s victory: 2 ti Chen’s victory: 10 times the odds
Since no kinds of counterfeit could occur during a life-and-death battle, and adding their high statuses as noble heirs, betting on the outco to amblers also started to place bets, but for the most part everyone bet on Li Hao’s victory
Although Long Chen did defeat Li Hao last ti Chen had taken advantage of that openingSuch a miracle would not occur a second time
Only an extremely small portion of people who liked to either play around or were desperate decided to take a long shot and bet on Long Chen
The betting place was located not far from the martial arena, and the section to bet on Li Hao’s victory was completely packed with people, whereas the section to bet on Long Chen was co Chen”
Suddenly a large and lofty man appeared and tossed a crystal card over to the person in charge of the betting
“What?!”
The handler was co he had only collected ten thousand gold coins till nowHearing this new bet, he alure was of course shi+ FengHe had been entrusted by Long Chen to put all his gold coins onto his own victory
Because of his status, Long Chen knew that with Ga pool, and so he had already pree to bet on him
Even if Ga up the betting pool, he would definitely end up losing his popularity and the trust in him if he backed out
Most of the money he normally earned was from his own personal bets, and as for these outer public bets, he didn’t actually make much off of themThe main reason he had to hold public bets was to keep the people satisfied
And even if he were to take a loss, with Ga wealth, it could easily be brushed offIt was for these reasons that Long Chen decided to join the betting
Originally he had planned on having this et ten ti Chen wasn’t an idiot, so of course he knehich was better
Yesterday, with the help of Fatty Yu and his friends he had collected over two hundred thousand gold coinsWhen he had handed it over to shi+ Feng, shi+ Feng sa assured he was acting and clenching his teeth, he increased the a’s family was not actually very rich, mostly since they had a tendency to be rather hot-te businessThe families of Fatty Yu and the others tended to be better off
In order to collect this much moneyhe had actually used all his weapons and armor as additional collateral
All this was just for Long Chen’s wild and crazy betshi+ Feng couldn’t hold back having his heart jump a couple times in nervousnessBrother Chen, you have to stay cals have all been put on the line
Li Hao arrived just before noonWith a light push on the ground, he jumped severala burst of cheers
However this time the cheers weren’t for his appearance, but rather because everyone was excited to see the start of a good show
Today Li Hao earing clean and neat robes that were quite attractive, and a proud thought arose in his iven me will be returned to you tenfold!
But even after quite a while passed after Li Hao went onto stage, no one saw Long Chen appearNo one understood why he hadn’t appeared, and soan to wonder if perhaps he had chickened out
Just as everyone was puzzling wondering, an old e of the martial arena coldly told him, “Your appointment for your battle is for 12:45 so you’re early by ale or you can come off to wait”
Everyone booed in disappointor Li Hao also becaotten to check the tieIn any case he’s a person who’s about to die so his re time is more valuable than mine”
Li Hao indifferently sed on top thethe air of an expertHowever his attempt to maintain an expert’sa bit strange…