Kas’s words brought a sudden silence to the tavern.
Messi was indeed carrying a large number of blank scrolls. As Kane City’s vice mayor, he came to the central city every so often to exchange blank scrolls for supplies. The number of blank scrolls he carried could be described as astronomical. The stake Kas offered was equally shocking: the ownership of an entire fragment world.
This could be called a huge gamble!
Kas gulped down half a mug of ale again in one go. After setting the mug down, his eyes looked at Messi with full provocation. That gaze made Messi feel a trace of panic. This man seemed to have suddenly changed into a different person. His aura faintly overpowered Messi’s!
Messi had not heard of Kas’s reputation back on the Castro Continent outside. But he knew that no matter how powerful someone was out there, once exiled to the Divine Sin Continent, everything started from scratch. Even the strongest had to bow their noble heads here. Kas was indeed very clever. Soon after arriving, he understood the difficulties here. So when facing veterans like Messi, he had been very tolerant. Tolerance, from another angle, meant cowardice. Messi had enjoyed that feeling. But now, suddenly, Kas seemed completely transformed.
The current Kas was sharp, flamboyant, confident, even a bit arrogant!
Messi felt a twinge of fear. He very much wanted to take the bet right away. But a trace of caution in his heart made him hesitate.
At that moment, someone hurried into the tavern. It was a warrior from Kane City, one of Messi’s subordinates. He seemed to have encountered something important. He rushed to Messi’s ear and whispered something.
Messi’s expression shifted. “What? There is actually someone like that participating in this initial trial?”
“I only just found out. That kid is said to be a genius. Windless City has high hopes for him. This initial trial is his debut. But almost everyone already believes he will win in the end.” The subordinate said.
A few key words reached Kas’s ears. This made Kas pause slightly.
Windless City!
This was a fragment world ranked ninety-sixth in the lower layers. Fragment worlds that had entered the top hundred usually only participated in “Heavenly Ladder battlefields”. They paid little attention to trials, especially initial trials. Unexpectedly, a Windless City team had joined this initial trial!
And it included a genius?
With his subordinate’s information, a trace of relaxation appeared on Messi’s face. He looked at Kas and said, “If that kid is participating in the initial trial, then our Kane City team could never have won in the first place… No one else could either!”
He had been hesitating. But at this moment, he made up his mind completely. He slammed the bar hard. “Fine! Kane City will take you on!”
Messi waved his hand. Several of his companions and subordinates in the tavern immediately placed backpacks on the bar. The backpacks opened to reveal stacks of blank scrolls. Messi explained, “This time I brought three thousand five hundred blank scrolls in total. I will bet them against you, Mayor Kas. But if you lose, I hope you do not go back on your word.”
“I hope you do not go back on yours either, Messi!” Kas knew why Messi had suddenly become so resolute. It seemed that Windless City’s genius was truly terrifying. But… Kas had never found geniuses frightening. Could any genius be more frightening than Ye Dui, Debbie, and that group?
“Hmph. Kane City always keeps its promises.” Messi said coldly.
He looked at the somewhat stunned tavern boss and pointed at the now completely black light screen. “Switch the light screen to Windless City’s initial trial footage!”
The light screen equipment in the Divine Sin Continent was inherited from common divine constructs of the gods’ era. Its function was similar to television or online video. It could receive signals broadcast by believers participating in trials or battlefields and view everything happening around those believers.
The boss hurriedly adjusted the light screen. A few minutes later, the originally dark screen flickered. An image appeared.
On the screen was a short-haired woman dressed rather provocatively. She was Windless City’s believer, accompanying their team in the initial trial.
The short-haired woman seemed to sense that more light screens were receiving her signal. She smiled and said, “Thank you all for your attention. This time, the final victory in the initial trial is ours for sure. Because we have a powerful genius participant. As long as he is here, it will be a nightmare for everyone on the battlefield. He is the son of Windless City’s mayor, Mad Beast Bien. This initial trial is his first match. But before this, he has already undergone ten years of training. In Windless City’s arena, he achieved an astonishing record of three hundred consecutive wins. He was born for victory. He will surely lead Windless City to greater heights and ascend to the upper layers…”
The short-haired woman spoke in a passionate tone. In one corner of the screen, a tall young man’s figure could be seen. He had somewhat messy shoulder-length hair. He held dual blades. His face was extremely cold. His upper body was bare. His companions all wore armour. But he went shirtless, showing his confidence. Under his dual blades, no one could approach within two metres!
His face still showed some youthfulness. He should not be older than fifteen. Yet his height already reached two metres. His body was full of muscles. His icy expression made him look like a beast released from a cage. Mad Beast Bien. The name suited him perfectly.
Even his companions seemed somewhat uncomfortable around him. While commentating, the short-haired woman kept glancing at him with traces of fear in her eyes.
This was a terrifying warrior who made even his companions tremble!
“We have heard of this kid long ago. He is ruthless, excels at offence, and possesses immense strength. He is Windless City’s secret weapon to challenge the top ten rankings. I never thought Windless City would let him appear in this trial…” Messi said to Kas in a gloomy tone. He tried to see some panic on Kas’s face. However, what he saw on Kas’s face was only calm. Kas was even gently sipping his ale.
Meeting Messi’s gaze, Kas laughed. “If you were like me and had only recently come here from the outside world, you would not be so confident. Those few newcomers are not ordinary people. A genius? Heh heh…”
“People from outside have their powers sealed here!” Messi gritted his teeth.
“Is that so? But the seal only restricts part of their power. For those few, even if ninety-nine percent of their power is sealed, the remaining one percent is enough to make them invincible in the trial.” Kas said with full confidence. “I trust them!”
On the light screen, the short-haired woman began showing off her charms to attract viewers’ attention. This was one of the tricks believer streamers used to gain supporters and fans. At that moment, Mad Beast Bien suddenly spoke. His voice was cold and hoarse, like the low growl of a beast matching his name. He asked, “How many people have we killed so far?”
The short-haired woman seemed to tremble slightly. She hurriedly answered, “Fifteen already!”
Believers in the Divine Sin Continent had another name: connectors. Connectors could not only transmit scenes from the initial trial to the Heavenly Ladder and light screens for outsiders to see. They could also somewhat sense information emitted by the Heavenly Ladder and check the scores of participating trial teams. They could only view scores and could not locate other teams’ positions. At the same time, a believer’s connection ability was one-way. Outsiders could see what was happening around the streamer, but they could not send reminders or communicate with the streamer.
The short-haired woman tilted her head to sense for a moment. Then she continued to Mad Beast Bien, “Right now, our Windless City team is far ahead. We are leading the second-ranked team by…”
She suddenly paused here, showing some surprise.
“What is it!?” Mad Beast Bien demanded coldly. “How many has the second place killed now?”
“Ten… fourteen!” The short-haired woman said in astonishment. When she checked earlier, second place had only killed nine. How could it suddenly jump to fourteen in just a few minutes?
The second-ranked team had killed five people in a few minutes?
“Ahhh!!!” Mad Beast Bien let out an unhappy roar. His other companions instinctively stepped back a few paces. He demanded, “Which team is in second!?”
“It is, it is that newcomer team. They were just exiled here. Yet in their first try, they have already killed fourteen people…” The short-haired woman said trembling. In trials and Heavenly Ladder battlefields, each transmission brought around a hundred people. The highest kill record in a trial or battlefield was only a little over thirty. Usually, a team killing ten was already very impressive.
For newcomers, just surviving to the end was already hard. Most newcomers barely survived and then got extremely lucky killing the last enemy to pass the trial. But this time, these newcomers had boldly killed fourteen right away?
In the small tavern in the central city, the drinkers fell somewhat silent. From the short-haired woman’s words, they picked up many implications. Second place was a newcomer team. Earlier their kill count was nine. But suddenly it gained five more heads. Those five heads undoubtedly belonged to Kane City’s five-person team… This team had already killed nine before?
Were these really newcomers!?
What Messi and the Kane City group found even harder to accept was that, while they were shocked, the short-haired woman on the light screen suddenly trembled again. Her expression became extremely stunned. She murmured, “This, this is impossible…”
“What happened!?” Mad Beast Bien rushed in front of the short-haired woman. He waved his dual blades and demanded.
The short-haired woman trembled as she said, “Just now, just now the rankings changed again. That newcomer team’s kill count… suddenly increased by four more. They now have eighteen kills. They have surpassed us and are temporarily in first place!”
“Ahhhhhh! I will kill them! I will kill them!” Mad Beast Bien roared like a madman. This was his debut. He was supposed to be the focus of this trial. He absolutely would not allow others to steal his spotlight!
The other members of Windless City were also shocked beyond words. How had that newcomer team done all this? They had instantly killed another four people!?
…
At the crash site in the initial trial, Ye Dui wiped the sweat from his forehead. He looked at the few people lying in front of the bushes nearby. With an angry face, he said, “A bunch of sneaky old bastards. They were actually planning to ambush us from the side!”
When Kane City’s five-person team prepared to intercept Ye Dui and the others, another four-person team had already been hiding nearby, waiting to strike after. Just as Ye Dui and the others started looting the bags, those guys suddenly rushed out from the small woods, trying to catch them off guard.
Ye Dui’s group had indeed been caught somewhat off guard. They had sprayed in that direction for at least five minutes straight…
Well, in honour of them lasting ten seconds, give them a thumbs up.
