Chapter 310: Defeat (3)
Liu He turned around and started walking away while swaying about. "Defeat Huang Qifeng and prove that he is a piece of trash. If you lose to even someone like him, you will lose all my respect."
Meanwhile, Huang Qifeng was too preoccupied to be angered by those words. His eyes were focused on Su Yu with a solemn expression on his face.
Ninth-stage Great Strength Realm.
Second tier Divine Characters.
Su Yu had not relied on luck. Liu He had used all his strength yet Su Yu had still defeated him easily. And Su Yu's true strength was most definitely stronger than what he had shown thus far.
"Su Yu is the victor!"
Zhao Ming declared with a look of astonishment. The young teacher who had arrived earlier was also looking at Su Yu with an odd expression.
He won? And it also felt like Su Yu hadn't even used all his strength. Someone who had used all his strength wouldn't look as relaxed as he was.
This kid had actually defeated Liu He. He had only entered the academy for two months. And he was going to challenge Huang Qifeng next. This was not a dream. This was really happening.
Su Yu ignored the crowd and said, "I wish to rest for 30 minutes before challenging the ranked 71st Huang Qifeng. Is that possible, Teacher?"
"Yes." Zhao Ming smiled, "Of course you can. You can even fight tomorrow if you want. Half an hour might not be enough to recover. If you fight today, it would be the same as giving that fellow an advantage over you."
In the crowd, Huang Qifeng remained silent. It was normal for someone to request for a rest after a fight. If he dared to refuse Su Yu the chance to rest, he would probably lose the respect of everyone present.
Su Yu had fought two matches continuously. What was the big deal of letting him take a short rest?
Zhao Ming then looked at Liu He who had walked quite far away and shouted, "Liu He, your injuries are very heavy! Let me help you!"
He then rushed over to Liu He's side. Come on! This kid shouldn't mess around with his injuries! Was he not aware that he shouldn't move around recklessly with injuries on his body? What if he further injured himself moving around?
Everyone ignored Zhao Ming.
Meanwhile, Su Yu left the ring and sat down cross-legged. He consumed a drop of source qi liquid and started recovering his source qi. In truth, he hadn't used much of his strength, but against an opponent like Huang Qifeng, he needed to recover to his peak condition. He wanted to give Huang Qifeng a proper beating.
A short while later, someone appeared beside him.
This time, Wu Lan wasn't looking at him with her nostrils. Instead, she crouched down and curiously looked at him.
"Ninth stage?"
"I told you."
"What?"
Su Yu smiled, "I didn't lie. When you asked me, the answer I gave you was six."
"And?"
"Six stages on top of the third stage. Thus, I was already at the ninth stage."
Wu Lan nodded in agreement. So he had already told her the truth.
She said nothing else and stood up. Looking at Su Yu with her nostrils, she said, "Defeat that Huang guy. That guy is an obvious lowlife."
Su Yu smiled and said nothing.
Next, Xia Huyou arrived, "So are you confident?"
Su Yu looked at him and thought of something before saying, "Nope."
"Come on! Don't mess with me!"
"You must have earned a lot taking bets earlier."
"Not at all! I only earned a little..."
"Do you think I'm blind?" Su Yu flashed his trademark friendly smile and whispered, "When you opened the betting pool earlier, there must be a lot of people who had wagered in my defeat. That will remain the case even now. No matter how much strength I display, people will still believe that Huang Qifeng is stronger. I won't be placing a bet, but I want 30 percent of your profits. Otherwise...I'll get someone to bet on me losing before surrendering to him."
"..."
Xia Huyou hesitated before asking, "But you will lose face doing that!"
"It's fine. Everyone expected me to lose so it won't be too embarrassing for me. I only need money."
"You..."
Xia Huyou was feeling very gloomy.
Su Yu said, "Get Huang Qifeng and his people to place a bet as well. That would be easy, right? Would he be afraid of losing to me? If he's not, why wouldn't he want to make more money? They have quite a lot of people over there!"
"Of course I'm aware of that. I'm asking if you have the confidence to win. If he is already at the Infinite Strength Realm, how are you supposed to win?"
"I have 100 percent confidence in winning."
"Alright! Don't forget your words!" Xia Huyou clenched his teeth and said, "I'll take this gamble. If they end up placing a large bet and you really lose, I'm finished."
"Don't worry." Su Yu whispered, "But would you get raided?"
"Don't jinx it! It won't happen!" Xia Huyou then lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry. I am giving out receipts to the ones placing a bet with me. According to the receipts, they are all loaning money to me. Even if the academy ends up raiding me, I'll have a proper excuse to keep the money. After the conclusion of the bet, I'll get receipts back from the ones that lost."
"Are you not afraid that they will keep the receipts and renege on the bet?"
"Not everyone is this shameless. The more of a genius one is, the more highly they regard their reputation. There are so many people watching their every action. They won't do something so shameless. Also, if they really do act so shamelessly, do you think I'm a pushover? The strong ones naturally disdain reneging on a bet. As for the weak ones, I can easily deal with them."
"I have a better idea. Don't accept any merit points from them first." Su Yu suggested, "Let them write you a receipt when placing their bets as well. You can use the receipts to get your money from them after the match. This would be much safer."
"That's a good idea. But it's too troublesome since I need to collect from them one by one after the match."
Xia Huyou nodded in agreement. He could give this idea a try. It was not a bad idea to do things safely. He had a suspicion that there was an asshole in the academy keeping an eye on him. But it didn't matter. He wasn't an easy target.
Su Yu said, "Huang Qifeng is a second-stage Infinite Strength cultivator with 96 percent willpower. Spread this news before accepting the bets. I'll try to provoke him into revealing his strength and make everyone believe that there is definitely no way I could win."
"If he's so strong, how are you so confident?"
Hearing that, Xia Huyou became even more worried.
Second-stage Infinite Strength Realm!
With that cultivation level, Huang Qifeng had fused at least nine acupoints into one. His willpower had been pushed near the peak of the Mental Tempering Stage. A cultural researcher like this was probably as strong as a fifth-stage Infinite Strength warrior.
As for Liu He, he was only as strong as a second-stage Infinite Strength warrior. Just because Su Yu could defeat Liu He did not mean that he would be able to defeat Huang Qifeng.
"Stop wasting time. If I do end up losing, I'll compensate you with 10 percent of everything you lose."
"Are you sure? But that's too little..."
"Fine. You fight in the ring then. I'll be the one taking bets instead."
"Forget it."
Xia Huyou waved his hand. He was not interested in fighting. Since Su Yu could say this much, then he was probably really quite confident in himself.
"By the way, maybe I can open a second betting pool for the length of the match. How long do you need to win?"
"Within three minutes."
"Are you sure?"
Xia Huyou was stunned. Was Su Yu serious? He had thought that Su Yu would need to spend some time bitterly struggling before defeating this opponent.
Su Yu exhaled lightly and said, "Yes. Go."
Xia Huyou was still worried. Was Su Yu really so confident? Holy shit! Was he still hiding some other trump cards? He was finding it harder and harder to understand Su Yu.
Xia Huyou left.
Su Yu spent around eight minutes before he finally returned to his peak. He did not hesitate and returned to the ring. Instantly, everyone looked at him.
Within the crowd, Xia Huyou was looking extremely worried. Damn it! Su Yu better win this! He had accepted a lot of bets!
Everyone might be supportive of Su Yu, but when it involved their money, everyone was still quite realistic. Even that group of senior sisters that had surrounded Su Yu lovingly earlier had all wagered on Huang Qifeng winning. These senior sisters had wagered around 800 merit points in total. They had basically wagered almost all their money on Su Yu losing.
As for the people from Huang Qifeng's group, their bets were even more terrifying. Huang Qifeng alone had placed a bet of 2,000 merit points. As for his entourage, they had wagered nearly 8,000 merit points in total.
This betting pool was much larger than the previous match. Nearly 30,000 merit points had been wagered on Huang Qifeng winning. Meanwhile, only about 3,000 merit points had been wagered on Su Yu winning.
Xia Huyou was deeply worried. If Su Yu lost, he would lose a lot of merit points.
After all, in order to attract more customers, he had offered an attractive rate of 1.3 for those betting on Huang Qifeng winning.
With Huang Qifeng's strength, that was a truly attractive rate. He wouldn't have placed such a huge bet on himself otherwise. Thus, if Huang Qifeng ended up winning, Xia Huyou would need to pay around 39,000 merit points to everyone who had placed their bets on Huang Qifeng winning.
Naturally, the rate he offered for Su Yu was even higher. But not many people had wagered on Su Yu. But the few who did would stand to win a lot if he ended up winning.
Xia Huyou was very worried. He had already lost a lot when he was raided previously. If Su Yu was defeated, he would end up losing tens of thousands merit points including what he lost during the previous raid.
His second granduncle would not spare him after losing so much money! He had only been conducting business in the academy for a few months yet he had lost all his capital! How could his second granduncle spare him?
In the ring.
Looking at Huang Qifeng within the crowd, Su Yu indifferently said, "Get in here."
The gentle facade he usually put up was completely gone. Since he had made himself clear, there was no need to be courteous toward his enemy. With a sneer, Huang Qifeng stepped into the ring. Meanwhile, more and more people were gathered around the ring.
Not far away, someone shouted anxiously, "Junior Brother, get down here!"
Wu Jia had arrived.
She still looked somewhat pale. Chen Yong was beside her. She worriedly shouted, "Get down here! I'll take the revenge myself! Cough, cough..."
She started coughing miserably.
Looking at Chen Yong and Wu Jia, Su Yu inhaled deeply before unleashing the aura of a ninth-stage Great Strength cultivator. Chen Yong did not say anything. He had known that this day would arrive. But it had still arrived far faster than he had expected. Ever since learning of Su Yu's new cultivation level, he had known that this would happen. But how many days had it been since then?
Huang Qifeng had a higher cultivation level. When Su Yu unleashed his aura, Huang Qifeng did the same. His 108 acupoints started dropping. From 108, they became 100 and kept dropping before they eventually stopped at 92 acupoints.
But he had not turned weaker. Two of the 92 acupoints were actually new acupoints he had formed through the fusion of 18 acupoints.
Second-stage Infinite Strength Realm.
A clamor erupted among the crowd. He had really reached the second-stage Infinite Strength Realm?