Chapter 1858: Chapter 1858: Changing the Stakes, Another Battle!
If it weren’t for Huang Qingmie, Le Sansheng wouldn’t have decided to gamble with Qin Chen earlier.
He even went as far as borrowing Identity Creeds.
That’s human nature.
Just a moment ago, Le Sansheng was still grateful to Huang Qingmie.
But now he lost.
All the blame was placed on Huang Qingmie’s head.
Very few people can constantly examine themselves and not shirk responsibility.
"Le Sansheng, how are you planning to repay these Identity Creeds?"
"Yeah, you said it in front of everyone, regardless of this battle’s outcome, you would pay us back with interest."
"Pay up! Pay us back now!"
...
The people who lent Le Sansheng the Identity Creeds immediately started pressing for the debt.
Le Sansheng was under enormous pressure.
At the same time.
"Sansheng, this debt has nothing to do with us; you’re the one who borrowed from them."
"Yeah, and frankly, the situation reached this point all because of you. All our Identity Creeds are gone too, so by rights, you should reimburse us for them."
"Right! Le Sansheng, you have to pay our Identity Creeds back!"
"We were forced into this!"
...
What happened next enraged Le Sansheng.
The people from the Golden Hall blamed everything on him and even had the audacity to demand the Identity Creeds from him!
Human life’s greatest misery might just be this.
Le Sansheng was boiling with rage inside.
"Huang Qingmie!"
He rushed straight at Huang Qingmie.
His demeanor was such that he wanted to skin Huang Qingmie alive!
"Don’t cause trouble here; this is the gambling area."
Gao Yu’s voice suddenly rang out.
Only then did Le Sansheng calm down a bit.
He naturally wouldn’t dare to defy Gao Yu.
Especially since this was Gao Yu’s territory.
He knelt on the ground, his face full of despair, with nothing but deep regret in his heart.
Yet of all the various remedies in the world, none can cure regret.
His remorse was useless.
"Ten percent fee."
Someone next to Gao Yu stepped forward and looked at Qin Chen.
Qin Chen nodded, drew out thirty Identity Creeds, and handed them over.
Since he participated in this gamble, he would abide by the rules.
He never takes the initiative to break the rules.
Even though thirty Identity Creeds were quite a significant number.
He glanced at Gao Yu, who effortlessly managed to take thirty Identity Creeds from him; Qin Chen concluded that Gao Yu was likely the person with the most Identity Creeds in the field at that moment.
Moreover.
He would have increasingly more.
He was the ultimate beneficiary.
"If I want to win the championship, he’s probably my top enemy," Qin Chen said.
He was determined to win this championship.
Of course.
There were still a few days until the Cliff Entrance Battle settled, so he wasn’t in a hurry for now.
He decided to observe first.
He took out a Healing Elixir and handed it to Han Xinkui.
Han Xinkui wasn’t severely injured, and after swallowing the Healing Elixir, she felt significantly better.
The people around looked at Qin Chen with wary eyes.
After just one battle, Qin Chen had already demonstrated his strength to them.
Even if they coveted the Identity Creeds in Qin Chen’s hands, they dared not act rashly.
Identity Creeds are valuable, but only if one has the strength to claim them.
Qin Chen also sensed the apprehension in the eyes around him.
This made him smirk wryly.
It seemed impossible to win three hundred Identity Creeds as easily as he did this time.
Yet he still raised the three hundred Identity Creeds.
"Anyone else wants to gamble against us? Same rules as before, three versus six; if not, three versus seven is fine too."
No one responded.
What a joke.
After witnessing Le Sansheng’s bitter experience, who would dare gamble with Qin Chen?
Even a three versus seven would be unlikely!
Sure, numbers matter.
But many times.
In the face of absolute strength, numerical advantage becomes insignificant.
Gao Yu’s eyes flickered, and he whispered an instruction to someone next to him.
The person nodded at Gao Yu’s words and immediately called out a few names.
"We’ll fight you."
A voice rang out.
Just when Qin Chen was about to give up.
And it was very loud.
Qin Chen looked over in surprise.
Many gazes followed suit.
Four figures stepped forward.
"Yue Yishan, Chang Qi, Zhang Shu, Zhu Wan."
Seeing these four figures, many people recognized them.
"They’re all Gao Yu’s people. These three really pushed Gao Yu into intervening directly?"
"If Gao Yu sends someone, you know their strength is a given. This is a sure ambush; Gao Yu wants to devour the three hundred Identity Creeds Qin Chen painstakingly won from Le Sansheng."
"Gao Yu is a bit cunning, sending people out at this time. Even if they want to refuse, they can’t; after all, this is Gao Yu’s territory, and there are many reasons why they have to fight."
"Yeah, the fact that Gao Yu can manipulate this scene shows he’s not simple. These three were still too naive."
...
The surrounding chatter was noisy.
Yet some of it reached Qin Chen’s ears.
Hearing this, Qin Chen’s eyes narrowed.
So Gao Yu sent people to ambush him?
"How about this..."
Qin Chen’s eyes shifted, and he smiled at Yue Yishan and the others: "Let’s change the stakes of the gamble."
Is this a sign he knows he’s going to lose, so he’s trying to minimize losses?
But.
Would Gao Yu agree?
Yue Yishan said, "How much do you want to change it to?"
"Five hundred Identity Creeds."
Qin Chen took out another two hundred Identity Creeds.
"Wow—"
The scene erupted.
Many eyes widened.
Nobody expected Qin Chen not to reduce the stakes but to increase them instead?!
Five hundred Identity Creeds!
This was indeed playing at an extraordinary level.
Gao Yu’s eyes narrowed to slits.
He stared at Qin Chen, seemingly trying to discern where Qin Chen got the confidence to gamble five hundred Identity Creeds with him.
Yue Yishan couldn’t decide and turned his head to look at Gao Yu.
Gao Yu hesitated only a moment before nodding.
He agreed.
Although Qin Chen’s decision surprised Gao Yu.
But Gao Yu had great confidence in Yue Yishan and the others’ strength.
These four, any one of them could surpass Le Sansheng by several streets; each had the power of the Tribulation Transformation Realm.
Equivalent to four major Tribulation Transformations.
Could he still lose under these circumstances?
He couldn’t believe it.
"Gao Yu agreed; this detail alone reveals much."
"Overconfident, clearly overconfident."
"I think it’s likely that he got a little carried away after winning three hundred Identity Creeds from Le Sansheng earlier."
...
The crowd was not optimistic about Qin Chen and his group.
Gao Yu was as good as gold.
Since Gao Yu dared to agree, he must be one hundred percent confident he could take down Qin Chen and his partners.
"We agree."
Yue Yishan looked at Qin Chen and then spoke.
