Ning Qingxue's eyes fshed with a hint of surprise. She had expected to see a joke, but this brat actually won.

  Seeing his smug expression, she felt an urge to punch him.

  Having tasted success, Lin Hao was ready to pother bet.

  This time, both batants were from the Demon , and they were of the same species—two wolf demons.

  In terms of size and age, the two demons were almost identical.

  Lin Hao frowned slightly. This was tricky; betting oher side seemed risky, with no guarantee of victory.

  Others shared Lin Hao's thoughts, guarding their wallets and not daring to pce bets lightly.

  As the match was about to start, Lin Hao steeled himself and pced the 6,000 spirit stones he had just won on the wolf demon on the left.

  Ning Qingxue and Liu Mei were both extremely surprised. This brat had some guts, daring to take on something without a 70-80% ce of winning!

  The match started quickly, with the two wolf demons evenly matched, exging blows bad forth.

  Even after exhausting their demon power, there was no clear winner. However, the physical bodies of the Demon were also formidable, leading the two demons into a physical brawl.

  Still, they were evenly matched.

  The manager in charge of this matteo decre it a draw.

  Uedly, a sudden ge occurred. The wolf demon on the left used its right arm as bait to lock the throat of the wolf demon on the right.

  ch!

  ch!

  The sound of bones grinding!

  The wolf demon on the right was nearly strangled and had to cede defeat.

  There weren't many people betting on this match, so there was no outburst of curses.

  However, Ning Qingxue was stunned, her alluring lips twitg slightly.

  This damn thief won again. Sihe odds set by the house were oo-ohe 6,000 spirit stourned into 12,000.

  This... a capital of 3,000 turned into 12,000!

  To be ho, she was a bit envious. After all, who would pin about having too many spirit stones?

  She was tempted to pce a bet herself, but her damn pride held her back.

  Having won two rounds in a row, Lin Hao was increasingly fident, feeling that his judgment and intuition were at their peak, so he decided to go for another round.

  This time, he bet even more, taking out 8,000 spirit stones from his Ste Bag and pg a 20,000 bet on the testant on the left to win.

  As the match progressed, the scales of victradually tilted towards the testant on the left.

  Lin Hao couldn't help but smile. If he won this round, he would double his money and make a profit of 20,000 spirit stones!

  This was almost half of his assets, and he was suddenly nervous.

  Just as it seemed the testant on the left was about to win, an ued turn of events occurred. The testant on the right seized the opportunity and executed a lightning-fast five-strike bo, reversing the oute.

  ???

  Lin Hao was dumbfounded. How could such a favorable situation be overturned like this?

  Damn it, was this a rigged match?

  Seeing Lin Haretful expression, the two women found it somewhat amusing, yet felt an inexplicable pang of sympathy.

  20,000 middle-grade spirit stones could have been enough to attempt breaking through to the Golden Elixir stage if saved, but now it was all gone.

  It hurt!

  Lin Hao felt a pain in his heart. Clearly, the testant he chose could have won, but he entered a rigged match. Who could he pin to about this?

  No, he had to recoup his losses.

  Lin Hao wasn't oo take a loss lightly, but the arena's owner was aal Infant cultivator. As a mere Foundatioablishment cultivator, seeking justice was a fool's dream!

  After some thought, he decided to ehe arena himself and fight a match.

  He would bet on himself to win back the spirit stones!

  Seeing Lin Hao preparing to ehe arena, Ning Qingxue immediately frowned and said, "Lin Hao, the Tianjiao Battle is approag. You shouldn't cause unnecessary trouble, and there are other sects' geniuses here. If you ehe arena, won't you expose your strength prematurely?"

  Lin Hao shook his head slightly and said, "That won't happen. I know what I'm doing. Besides, if I 't evehe arena's fighters, what's the point of participating iianjiao Battle? I might as well go home!"

  Ning Qingxue wao persuade him further, but when she looked at Liu Mei, the tter did not stop him.

  Lin Hao went straight to the manager and expressed his iion to pete.

  The manager, Feng Yun, had earlier noticed Lin Hao's extraordinary demeanor and had someone iigate their background, learning that they were from the Xuan Yi.

  They were here to participate iianjiao Battle, which made him cautious.

  A genius from a sect was not to be uimated, and suddenly requesting to fight iour indicated extreme fiden his abilities.

  Feng Yun dared not be careless and prepared to send out a champion with a streak of victories, a master at the peak of Foundatioablishment!

  Upon learning that an outsider genius was challenging the arena's ace, the audiehered in droves.

  Other sects' geniuses, like Ting Yan and Ting Yu, also came over, partly to watch the excitement and partly to assess Lin Hao's strength in advance.

  To maximize the profits from this match, Feng Yun halted other matches, promoted this battle, and highlighted Lin Hao's background.

  Initially, the audieeo bet on the ace to win, but upon learning that Lin Hao was a genius from the Xuan Yi, they hesitated.

  On one side was ah a reputation built on tless victories, and oher rodigy from a prestigious sect. It was hard to predict the oute of their battle.

  Even the most avid gamblers hesitated.

  Seeing that not many people were betting, Feng Yun annouhat the odds for both were oo-one.

  Upon hearing this, some gamblers were tempted and took out their spirit stoo pce bets.

  Lin Hao participated to recover his lost 20,000 spirit stones, so he naturally wao bet.

  He took out 30,000 middle-grade spirit stones arusted Ning Qio bet on his victory, leaving her with a look of surprise.

  "You sure are... fident."

  "This must be your entire fortune, right? If you lose again, you..."

  Without a sed thought, Lin Hao said, "I won't lose."

  As the saying goes, good advice is hard to give to a stubbhost. Ning Qingxue had already tried to persuade him, but since he insisted, she said no more.

  Even though it was revealed that Lin Hao was a genius from the Xuan Yi, most people still bet on the ace to win.

  After all, the ace's strength was well-known.

  But as fehere was no guarahey weren't overrated.

  eniuses watched with a mi of enjoying the show, pg small bets for fun based on personal preference.

  Lin Hao stepped onto the stage and g his oppo, who was at the peak of Foundatioablishment, exuding an invisible arrogance.

  "Brat, I don't care if you're a genius or not. If you think you use me, Deng Bao, as a stepping stone, you're dead wrong!"

  Deng Bao thought that as a sect disciple, Lin Hao must have ulterior motives for wanting to pete.

  "Use you as a stepping stone? Are you worthy?" Lin Hao replied indifferently.

  "You..."

  Deng Bao's face turned beet red. Damn it, this brat's mouth was so vicious. I'll crush your boer.

  Lin Hao stood with his hands behind his back, extending his little finger and being Deng Bao.

  "Brat, prepare to die!"

  Enraged, Deng Bao brandished a spirit spear and thrust it at his oppo.

  As the saying goes, "An inch longer, an inch stronger." He relied on his spear to overpower many peers!

  Peerjun