Chapter 2688: Chapter 2688: The Wager
"Sacrificial Officer Laird, can you tell me... why have you made such a judgment?"
Upon hearing Wyatt Barnes’s words again, Cohen Yellow was even more curious and couldn’t help but ask with some impatience.
Because, at this moment, even if a hundred or a thousand people asked him, he would only say that the odds between Julian Yorke and Kaison Truman are fifty-fifty.
He found it difficult, almost impossible, to make a judgment like Wyatt Barnes’s.
Precisely because of this, he was very curious:
This low-grade alchemist Sacrificial Officer of their Flying Dragon Sect, what basis did he have to make such a judgment?
Facing Cohen Yellow’s curious and ardent gaze, Wyatt Barnes squinted his eyes and spoke slowly, "Because I believe, compared to Julian Yorke, Kaison Truman is definitely more composed... Even if one of them gets distracted first and shows a flaw, I think, nine times out of ten, that person would be Julian Yorke, not Kaison Truman."
"Why do you say that?"
Cohen Yellow became even more curious and repeatedly urged, "Sacrificial Officer Laird, stop keeping us in suspense... just tell me directly, why do you think this way?"
"Indeed, Sacrificial Officer Laird, just say it."
"Sacrificial Officer Laird, I also want to know why you think this way."
"Sacrificial Officer Laird..."
...
At some point, other members of the Flying Dragon Sect who came with Cohen Yellow and Wyatt Barnes also looked at Wyatt Barnes, their eyes filled with curiosity.
Of course, they did not know:
The person covered in the black robe before them was the ’Trump Card’ from Nine Nether County that had been repeatedly mentioned since the start of this gathering of sixteen counties:
The ’Wyatt Barnes’ who, despite being under a hundred years old, possessed strength that rivaled Daai Law Golden Immortal!
They only knew that this was their Flying Dragon Sect’s ’Sacrificial Officer Laird,’ a low-grade alchemist with outstanding alchemy skills.
Now, not only were the people from the Flying Dragon Sect curious, but also some folks from other sects and families near the Flying Dragon Sect heard the conversation between Wyatt Barnes and Cohen Yellow.
For a moment, many people were eagerly anticipating Wyatt Barnes’s next words...
"Hmph!"
At this moment, a cold hum was heard.
Not far away, a burly man sneered at the group from the Flying Dragon Sect and said disdainfully, "Putting on airs! Even King Cooper of the Royal Palace probably wouldn’t dare say that Kaison Truman has a better chance of winning."
"What right does a low-grade alchemist have to say this? I suggest you... just stick to refining your Pill Medicine and stop misleading others with your pretentiousness!"
The burly man’s gaze fell on Wyatt Barnes with scorn and contempt.
"Andrew Campbell, you dare to be disrespectful to our Flying Dragon Sect’s Sacrificial Officer... Is it your personal intention to provoke us, or is it your Poison King Sect trying to provoke our Flying Dragon Sect?"
Almost immediately after the burly man’s words fell, Cohen Yellow stood up in anger and glared at the burly man, asking in a deep voice.
"It’s Vice Sect Leader Campbell of the Poison King Sect!"
At the same time, someone from the Flying Dragon Sect recognized the burly man.
"The Poison King Sect and Flying Dragon Sect have been mortal enemies for a hundred years... I didn’t expect them to clash again at a gathering of sixteen counties."
"I assumed that with King Cooper’s Royal Palace suppressing them at this gathering, they wouldn’t dare act recklessly, but they clashed again."
"Though they’ve clashed... they will surely consider the repercussions. After all, this gathering of sixteen counties is held by the Royal Palace of King Cooper. If they cause a disturbance here, King Cooper’s reputation will suffer, and if King Cooper is displeased, they won’t fare well either."
...
Among the VIP audience, people from other forces whispered as they watched the exchange between the Flying Dragon Sect and Poison King Sect.
"Hmph! Does our Poison King Sect fear your Flying Dragon Sect?"
Vice Sect Leader Campbell of the Poison King Sect also stood up, intimidatingly confronting Cohen Yellow, seemingly not worried at all about tearing faces with Cohen Yellow, the Vice Sect Leader of the Flying Dragon Sect.
Andrew Campbell was the leader of this group from the Poison King Sect.
Others completely obeyed him.
Seeing Andrew Campbell stand up and face Cohen Yellow, everyone from his side looked menacingly at the group from the Flying Dragon Sect, seemingly ready to clash at any moment.
"Poison King Sect?"
Wrapped in the robe of a Kun character celestial master, Wyatt Barnes’s eyes flashed sharply.
Although his time serving as Sacrificial Officer at the Flying Dragon Sect was short, he had heard of the Poison King Sect multiple times, knowing it was a sect skilled in ’poison.’
Of course, most of the ’poisons’ of the Poison King Sect are effective only against beings below Daai Law Golden Immortal.
Only the Poison King Sect’s central poison can threaten Daai Law Golden Immortal.
About a hundred years ago, the Flying Dragon Sect and Poison King Sect fought fiercely over an immortal stone mine, resulting in a rivers of blood conflict.
Even a Daai Law Golden Immortal from each sect fell.
Finally, it was King Cooper’s Royal Palace that intervened, seizing the mine, and the two sects temporarily called a truce.
However, after that battle, the two sects became mortal enemies.
Whenever an opportunity arises to suppress the other, neither sect hesitates.
Just like now.
"Are you the Vice Sect Leader of the Poison King Sect?"
Just as tension built between the Flying Dragon Sect and Poison King Sect, Wyatt Barnes’s voice broke the temporary calm between the sects.
"Do you dare to make a wager with me?"
Wyatt Barnes said calmly.
"Hmm?"
As Wyatt spoke, the eyes of the Vice Sect Leader of the Poison King Sect, ’Andrew Campbell’, fell on Wyatt.
Now, hearing Wyatt ask if he dared to bet against him, Andrew couldn’t help but be stunned.
He couldn’t react at all.
"You... dare?"
Wyatt spoke again, his tone full of provocation.
"How do we bet?"
Facing Wyatt’s provocation, Andrew’s face instantly turned cold as he asked in a deep voice.
"Let’s bet on this battle, whether Kaison Truman will ultimately win!"
Wyatt said.
Before Andrew could respond, Wyatt continued, "Of course, I know that in your heart, you also think Kaison has a fifty percent chance of winning... So, concerning this victory or defeat, I can set a ’wager’ that’s to your advantage."
"If Julian Yorke wins... I’ll give you one hundred thousand top-grade immortal stones. If Kaison wins, you only need to give me fifty thousand top-grade immortal stones!"
After openly setting the ’wager’, Wyatt continued in a provocative tone, using a hoarse voice, "Vice Sect Leader Campbell, do you dare accept this wager?"
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
...
Almost instantly as Wyatt finished speaking, the VIP audience seats erupted with the sound of gasping cold air simultaneously.
More people were shocked into silence.
For a moment.
"Has this lower-tier alchemist sacrificial officer of the Flying Dragon Sect gone crazy? Setting such a wager... this wager seems more unfair to him."
"Currently, Julian and Kaison are evenly matched, difficult to determine a winner. Looking at the current situation, the odds are fifty-fifty... However, they might end up in a draw."
"The Sixteen Counties Martial Gathering doesn’t seem to allow for a draw, does it?"
"Almost forgot about that... It’s said that if they fight for an hour without a winner, the strong from King Cooper’s Residence will directly apply pressure on them, forcing them to duel under pressure."
"Once pressure is applied... they will inevitably have to divert attention to handle the pressure. At that moment, even if they face the same pressure, their methods of dealing with it will surely differ... Once that difference appears, it’s not hard to determine a winner."
...
In the VIP audience seats, a group gradually came to their senses and started whispering.
Most people, in their speech, thought that Wyatt setting such a ’wager’ seemed unfair to himself!
"One hundred thousand top-grade immortal stones?"
Andrew, having just returned to his senses, looked at Wyatt with scorching eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Are you serious? If Julian wins... you will give me one hundred thousand top-grade immortal stones?"
"Yes."
Wyatt responded calmly, "But, if Kaison wins... you will also have to give me fifty thousand top-grade immortal stones."
"How about it? This ’wager’... will you dare accept it?"
Wyatt asked again.
"Sacrificial Officer Laird..."
Vice Sect Leader of the Flying Dragon Sect ’Cohen Yellow’ turned to Wyatt, furrowing his brows tightly and couldn’t help but transmit his voice to ask, "Are you confident?"
"Not one hundred percent confident..."
Wyatt replied via voice transmission.
Instantly, Cohen Yellow’s face dropped, "Then why are you betting against Andrew..."
"But, I am ninety percent confident."
Wyatt again transmitted his voice, interrupting Cohen Yellow, leaving Cohen Yellow speechless while his mood instantly flipped from hell to heaven.
Ninety percent!
This confidence is not low!
"Does this sacrificial officer from the Flying Dragon Sect truly see a greater chance for Kaison to win? Otherwise... why would he dare set such a ’wager’? Knowing that the wager is very disadvantageous if Julian and Kaison have a fifty-fifty chance."
"Yes, he seems to be using one hundred thousand top-grade immortal stones to bet against Vice Sect Leader of the Poison King Sect Andrew Campbell’s fifty thousand top-grade immortal stones."
"No idea what he’s thinking... Giving away immortal stones isn’t done like this!"
"Perhaps he’s just a blind cat that caught a dead mouse, and Kaison happens to win?"
"You also said it’s a blind cat catching a dead mouse... But what if Julian wins instead?"
...
The lively atmosphere from the VIP audience seats quickly drew attention behind the curtain, catching the notice of King Cooper’s Residence ’King Cooper’ and ’Third Prince’.
"That lower-tier alchemist sacrificial officer from Flying Dragon Sect... is quite interesting."
Third Prince laughed.
"Who knows... how he saw that Kaison has a greater chance to win."
King Cooper shook his head and said.
