Chapter 2689: Chapter 2689: Not Simple
"I actually think, as Andrew of the Poison King Sect said... that inferior-grade alchemy immortal sacrificial officer of the Flying Dragon Sect is just putting on a show."
The Third Prince continued to smile and said.
"I don’t think so... the tone with which he placed the ’bet’ seemed very confident."
The King Cooper said.
"Fine! I’ll accept this ’bet’ you’ve made, Wyatt Barnes!"
At the same time, King Cooper and the Third Prince heard a voice from outside, and it was none other than the Vice Sect Leader of the Poison King Sect, ’Andrew Campbell’, speaking.
And when he spoke, he accepted the unfair bet Wyatt Barnes had made for himself!
"However... are you sure that after you lose, you won’t renege on your word?"
Andrew’s voice continued to come through, and his words seemed to show distrust towards Wyatt Barnes.
"Rest assured... a mere 100,000 top-grade celestial stones is still nothing to me. But since you’ve mentioned it, I’m a little worried that you might renege."
Wyatt’s voice sounded hoarse, filled with suspicion.
"Nonsense! How could I, a Vice Sect Leader of the Poison King Sect, go back on my word?"
Andrew’s angry voice came through.
"Who knows?"
Wyatt’s hoarse voice continued.
"Since neither of you trusts the other but still wants to bet... then let me be your ’intermediary’!"
As the Third Prince spoke loudly, he stood up, left his luxurious seat, and crossed through the curtain to appear in the VIP audience area.
"Third Prince!"
"Greetings, Third Prince!"
...
Immediately, a group of people in the VIP audience area spontaneously greeted the Third Prince.
After all, the Third Prince, apart from being the younger brother of King Cooper, was also one of the rare ’pinnacle Daai Law Golden Immortal’ level powerhouses in King Cooper’s Palace.
In King Cooper’s Palace, the strength of this Third Prince was second only to King Cooper.
Because of this, he was usually King Cooper’s ’spokesman’, even for this War of Sixteen Counties held by King Cooper’s Palace, King Cooper asked him to host.
"What’s the matter? If you both trust me... I can be the intermediary, holding your ’stakes’ and, after the victory is decided, giving the stakes to the winner."
The Third Prince quickly approached where the group from the Flying Dragon Sect and the group from the Poison King Sect were located.
"Of course, I trust the Third Prince!"
Seeing that the Third Prince was drawn out by the ’bet’ between himself and the inferior-grade alchemy immortal sacrificial officer of the Flying Dragon Sect, Andrew was momentarily flustered.
At the same time, he didn’t forget to take out an empty Storage Ring, placed 50,000 top-grade celestial stones in it, and handed it to the Third Prince.
"With the Third Prince as the intermediary, I naturally am not afraid of him reneging on his word."
Wyatt said hoarsely while also taking out a Storage Ring, placing 100,000 top-grade celestial stones in it, and handing it to the Third Prince.
The Third Prince checked the two Storage Rings and then nodded, "Not bad, the numbers are correct."
"However..."
While putting away the two Storage Rings, the Third Prince’s gaze fell upon Wyatt, who was cloaked in a Heaven Master Robe, and asked with a smile: "It seems you are the sacrificial officer of the Flying Dragon Sect? Could you tell me... why do you have such confidence in Kaison Truman?"
"Some of your words I overheard just now. You seemed to say: You believe that compared to Julian Yorke, Kaison Truman is certainly more composed... even if one of them would get distracted first and make a mistake, you believe nine times out of ten that it would be Julian Yorke and not Kaison Truman?"
"But I wonder... why do you think Julian Yorke would get distracted first and make a mistake?"
The Third Prince continued to ask.
Almost as soon as the Third Prince finished speaking, all the eyes in the VIP audience area were riveted on Wyatt.
Even the Vice Sect Leader of the Poison King Sect, ’Andrew’, was no exception.
Though the dueling ring was far from the other audience areas and the VIP section, and the other spectators’ attention was all on the duel between Julian Yorke and Kaison Truman above the ring.
So others didn’t notice the ’commotion’ in the VIP section.
"In fact, I’m just guessing."
Facing the Third Prince’s inquiry, Wyatt said hoarsely and matter-of-factly: "I just think: Kaison Truman could hide his abilities and not reveal them until the War of Sixteen Counties was about to be held by King Cooper’s Palace, only then showcasing his talent and strength to the world, becoming the ’Dark Horse’ of the day in the War of Sixteen Counties..."
"This alone shows that Kaison Truman is very composed."
Wyatt unabashedly expressed his thoughts and assessments.
"It seems... there’s some truth to that."
After listening to Wyatt, the Third Prince was momentarily stunned, then nodded his head after recovering his senses, finding it hard to refute Wyatt’s words.
Based on the experiences of both Julian Yorke and Kaison Truman, indeed, Kaison seemed more composed.
Of course, this doesn’t necessarily prove that Julian is an impatient person.
"Hahahaha..."
As the Third Prince contemplated, Andrew, the Vice Sect Leader of the Poison King Sect who was betting against Wyatt, also came to his senses and burst into laughter.
After a while, realizing the Third Prince of King Cooper’s Palace was right in front of him, he stopped laughing, but when he looked at Wyatt again, his eyes were full of ridicule, "Even though what you said makes some sense... on what grounds do you think that Julian Yorke would lose his composure first?"
"You should know, Julian Yorke is facing Kaison Truman, whose strength matches his own... if it were anyone else in his shoes, they’d be putting in their full effort, responding carefully, and proceeding cautiously!"
In his view:
Wyatt Barnes spoke reasonably, but it wasn’t enough to explain how Kaison Truman could ultimately defeat Julian Yorke!
After all, Julian Yorke was not easy to deal with.
And the other people in the VIP audience also thought the same way.
So, after hearing Wyatt Barnes’ words, they were somewhat disappointed.
They had expected Wyatt Barnes to provide a ’reason’ that would convince them.
But unexpectedly:
Wyatt Barnes gave a ’reason’ that made them feel logical but difficult to believe.
"Sacrificial Officer Laird, you’re too impulsive."
The Vice Sect Leader of the Flying Dragon Sect, ’Cohen Yellow’, transmitted his voice to Wyatt Barnes with a bitter smile.
In his view, although Wyatt Barnes’ words were reasonable, they were not enough to decide the final victory of this battle; at most, it turned the fifty-fifty chance between Kaison Truman and Julian Yorke into sixty-forty.
Kaison Truman’s odds of winning still weren’t as high as ninety percent.
He couldn’t understand:
Where did this Sacrificial Officer get the ninety percent certainty!
Upon hearing Cohen Yellow’s voice transmission, Wyatt Barnes didn’t explain further and simply responded calmly with a voice transmission, "Vice Sect Leader Cohen, just wait and see... Anyway, even if I lose, it’s not the sect’s top-grade Immortal Stones that are at stake."
"That’s not what I meant..."
Cohen Yellow chuckled again.
Meanwhile, the ’Third Prince’ from King Cooper’s estate also returned behind the curtain.
"I originally thought that the Flying Dragon Sect’s lower-grade Alchemy Immortal Master Sacrificial Officer would have something convincing to say... But unexpectedly, he spoke what sounded like non-nonsense nonsense. What he said might add a point to Kaison Truman’s odds, but it doesn’t warrant risking ten thousand top-grade Immortal Stones against Andrew Campbell’s five thousand top-grade Immortal Stones."
After sitting back beside King Cooper, the Third Prince shook his head, his tone full of disappointment.
"Not necessarily."
However, upon hearing the Third Prince’s words, King Cooper was somewhat dismissive.
"Hmm? What do you mean, brother?"
The Third Prince looked at King Cooper curiously.
"For this battle... Julian Yorke has a ninety percent chance of defeat!"
King Cooper said.
"Ninety percent?"
The Third Prince’s pupils slightly contracted.
It should be known that even after Wyatt Barnes spoke, he only thought Kaison Truman had a sixty percent chance of winning.
And now, when his brother spoke, it was tantamount to saying Kaison Truman had a whole ’ninety percent’ chance of winning!
If Kaison Truman truly had ninety percent odds, let alone risking ten thousand top-grade Immortal Stones against five thousand, risking twenty thousand top-grade Immortal Stones against five thousand would be worth it!
"Why does brother think this way?"
The Third Prince asked further.
Meanwhile, Ares Cooper, who was initially uninterested in the external conflict and bets, couldn’t help but look at King Cooper, curious why this uncle would say that Julian Yorke, the trump card of Pingshan County, had a ninety percent chance of losing.
"If that lower-grade Alchemy Immortal Master Sacrificial Officer from Flying Dragon Sect hadn’t mentioned being able to keep one’s composure... I would also think the battle between Kaison Truman and Julian Yorke was fifty-fifty."
King Cooper lamented.
Under the increasingly curious gaze of Ares Cooper and the Third Prince, King Cooper continued, "I’ve observed Julian Yorke’s every battle before... Compared to Kaison Truman, he’s indeed less able to keep his composure!"
"Because his opponents’ strength was far inferior to his, he wasn’t very composed, yet it wasn’t obvious... That’s why I didn’t think about it in that direction."
"I suspect... the lower-grade Alchemy Immortal Master Sacrificial Officer from Flying Dragon Sect must have noticed earlier during Julian Yorke’s previous battles that he’s not very composed."
Towards the end, King Cooper’s gaze pierced through the curtain, landing on the black silhouette in the VIP audience, lingering for a long time.
"I see... I didn’t notice before. Had I noticed, I could have determined Julian Yorke indeed isn’t as good as Kaison Truman."
After listening to King Cooper’s words, the Third Prince finally understood why King Cooper previously said Julian Yorke had a ninety percent chance of defeat.
"But... even I didn’t see it. Has the lower-grade Alchemy Immortal Master Sacrificial Officer from Flying Dragon Sect seen through it? Is his ability stronger than mine?"
The Third Prince asked somewhat incredulously.
"One doesn’t necessarily need to be more powerful to notice... As long as one observes carefully, even a Daai Law Golden Immortal in the Yellow Realm could easily see this."
King Cooper said.
"This lower-grade Alchemy Immortal Master Sacrificial Officer from Flying Dragon Sect... is extraordinary!"
Finally, King Cooper gave this evaluation.
Soon, an hour passed.
Kaison Truman and Julian Yorke still hadn’t decided the victor.
"You two better be careful... Now, I’m going to apply pressure on you!"
The host of the Sixteen County Martial Meet spoke at the right time, causing everyone present to be greatly shocked.
The arrival of this moment also meant:
The outcome is about to be decided!
