Only until hearing this did Wang Tao smile.
The most important things to students are their points, since their points determine their ranking!
Either points or money can be the wager in a staked match. Sometimes, both of them are staked! You can stake, at lowest, 2,000 points. As for money, the lowest is one billion Chinese dollars! Luo Feng isn't staking points and only the lowest amount of money possible: clearly, he just wants a friendly match with no ill intentions.
"Haha, alright! I'll accept this challenge. When you go back, apply for a challenge and we'll have a staked match tomorrow" said Wang Tao in a straightforward matter.
Only one billion, and Wang Tao has a higher chance of winning.
He also gives Luo Feng a good impression; why wouldn't he accept this challenge?
.....
On July 3rd, Luo Feng and Wang Tao fought to the death in a tropical forest in the virtual space.
In the end, Luo Feng lost!
After losing the first round, Luo Feng continued to challenge other students! Luo Feng drew up a tide of battle in the training camp; students rarely challenge others like this. However, Luo Feng wasn't staking points and only staked the smallest amount of money possible. The opponents he chose were rarely weaker than him too.
So most of the students accepted his challenge!
Some people even heard about what was going on and went to challenge Luo Feng.
On every odd day, Luo Feng found an opponent and fought a battle to the death! You can say that Luo Feng fought the most matches in the month of July.
From the 3rd to the 27th, Luo Feng fought in 36 staked matches: he lost 19 and won 17. Each match had a wager of one billion, since the students clearly didn't want to make the stakes too high. In other words, he lost two billion!
******
28th, around 11 PM.
Candace��Paulinus returned to his living quarters.
"Luo Feng's rank actually rose again this month, all the way up to #43. There's not even an hour left until midnight, so his ranking probably won't change again" William and Candace walked side by side to their living quarters. Candace yelled with a bad expression on his face: "Don't mention Luo Feng in front of me!"
William looked at Candace.
Candace's teeth were clenched: he was clearly enraged.
"I said a long time ago that you should give up on Janet" William sat on a chair, "Janet only has her eyes on Luo Feng"
"That chink" Candace was enraged.
Candace has been trying to make Janet happy for these past three months. Unfortunately, he failed again and again. Clearly, Janet was only looking at Luo Feng. While he was looking at the black dragon ranking tonight, he attempted yet again to get closer to Janet, but was rejected with just one phrase.
"Hold it in!" Candace motivated himself while he attempted to contain his anger.
Logic told him that he couldn't mess with Luo Feng: he could only hold it in!
Suddenly--
The sounds of footsteps rose.
"Hm?" Candace and William both looked over with confusion on their face. Shouldn't most people be at the black dragon ranking at a time like this? Who would come here?
A shadow entered the courtyard.
Candace's face changed slightly and William widened his eyes as he said with surprise: "How come he's here?"
The person who came was precisely Luo Feng!
"Hello, Candace" Luo Feng smiled. Candace's name was in Shi Jiang's list.
"Luo Feng, what are you here for?" Even though Candace wanted to eat the person in front of him, he still squeezed out a smile and had some basic manners.
Luo Feng smiled: "Candace, I want to have a staked match with you! I have no other intention, I just want to test our skills...... We won't stake points, oh, we won't have any points tomorrow anyway. We'll stake money, the lowest amount of one billion Chinese dollars. How about it?"
"Staked match?" Candace and William froze.
They have long heard about Luo Feng and his staked matches.
Who would've known that he would come to Candace today.
"This yellow skinned chink is always getting close to Janet!" Candace was enraged. Even though his stomach was filled with anger every time he saw the girl he liked get close to another guy, he could only hold it in. He held his anger in for three months, something a regular person definitely can't do. "I never had the chance to mess with you, but you actually dared to challenge me today"
FUCK!
How could he give up such a chance? A chance for revenge with no drawbacks! And Luo Feng was the one who proposed this match!
If he doesn't cruelly beat up Luo Feng a bit, he'll never be able to unleash his anger!
"Staked match, sure. However, the stakes are a bit way too small. Luo Feng, you're the famous guy of our training camp, so how about 10 billion Chinese dollars?" Candace stared at Luo Feng. This was a huge amount of money, even for him. But the only way to make his opponent lose something is by raising the stakes!
"10 billion?" Luo Feng was shocked.
His previous battles all had stakes of one billion each; how did this one turn into 10 billion? A match like this will be hard to run into over the course of a year at the elite training camp! And whether skill or body fitness level, this veteran student Candace��Paulinus is way above him. However, Candace's battle ability amplifier isn't that much greater. How did this bet go out of control all of a sudden?
"What, scared?" Candace smirked as he looked at Luo Feng.
"Not scared, but I just want to have a friendly match with you, just for the sake of testing our skills. Why do we have to bet so much money?" said Luo Feng.
Candace sneered inside.
Luo Feng would barely lose anything if they stake just a billion. Unless he makes Luo Feng lose something, how would he quell his rage?
"Haha, Luo Feng, you didn't even blink when you took my five billion. How come you're so scared when staking with Candace?" William fanned the fires as he stared at Luo Feng, "Or, you're certain that you'll lose the money to Candace? If so, then why did you even come all the way here to fight Candace"
Luo Feng frowned.
Candace and William were clearly provoking him.
"Could it be that you only staked five billion with William because you were 100% certain of your victory? The only reason you staked was to make a big buck for yourself? And now that you aren't certain of your victory, you're too scared to stake?" Candace looked at Luo Feng.
"Candace, you really want to stake 10 billion?" Luo Feng frowned.
"Of course, it wouldn't be interesting otherwise!" smiled Candace.
"Fine, as you wish!" replied Luo Feng.
Of course he understood his own strength well.
At the beginning of the month, he lost more than he won. However, he started winning more than he lost after a period of time. After every battle to the death, he improved. Luo Feng knew that he was much stronger than he was at the beginning of the month. Luo Feng was even able to charge up to a tower of trials level of 3.4 by the 25th.
His improvement was indeed great.
"Even though I'm not absolutely sure I'll win, I have a 50% chance, maybe even a bit higher! The pressure brought by the 10 billion could make me fight even harder in this battle to the death" thought Luo Feng to himself.
There were only three days left until August 1st!
A battle with huge stakes was also a chance to boost his battle ability amplifier closer to 12.
"As I, wish?" Candace was struggling a bit with Chinese. After that, he looked at Luo Feng with amazement, "You mean, you accept the stake of 10 billion?"
"Yes, a staked match with 10 billion on the line" nodded Luo Feng, "I'll go back and apply through the system"
"Very good" Candace smiled as he nodded. Yet, his eyes seemed to have a small flame in them; flames of revenge.
Chapter 131: Luo Feng vs Candace
July 29th, dawn was a bit hot and humid.
/> Inside Jiang-Nan pagoda.
"Luo Feng, Luo Feng!" Zhao Ruo's clear voice rang around the entire pagoda.
"Senior" Luo Feng appeared on the balcony of the second floor of the pagoda and looked at Zhao Ruo below, "yelling this early in the morning, do you need something?"
"Need something? How can you be so calm as if nothing ever happened?" Zhao Ruo's eyes widened, "I just heard everything while eating breakfast at the cafeteria. You're going to have a staked match with Candace this afternoon..... and, you, you actually dared to bring the stakes to 10 billion?"
10 billion was a large number even for a wargod.
Even though these geniuses were all rich from the stuff they received from various organizations and countries, they still have to spend money on instruction manuals, battle uniforms, etc. Unless they have absolute confidence, who would stake 10 billion?
"Hurry up and tell me, is this true?" urged Zhao Ruo.
"It's true" nodded Luo Feng.
"FUCK!" Zhao Ruo looked at Luo Feng as if he was a crazy person, "Crazy, you're seriously crazy"
"Senior, I'm going to calm my mind first to prepare for the battle to the death in the afternoon" right after saying that, Luo Feng headed back towards his room. When faced with this noisy senior who's even bolder than a man, Luo Feng's best course of action was to hurry up and hide.
In his room.
The scent of sandalwood emanated in the air. Luo Feng sat cross legged, his heart as still as water.
As a veteran who fought 36 matches in the month of July, Luo Feng was very clear that there was no way to determine who would win in a battle to the death when the two fighters are of similar skill. For example, if one of them isn't in their best condition, they could be killed instantly by their opponent. If they are in their best condition, they could kill their opponent.
Condition!
The best condition is to have a heart as calm as water; completely empty. Well, we say that, but just how many people can completely clear their minds and be as calm as water?
.....
Two hours later.
The largest building in the elite training camp--the Nine Grand Floors. In the lobby of the ninth floor, roughly a hundred people were gathered here. There were only 183 students in the entire training camp; with wargod teachers added in there, the amount of people barely surpasses 200! And right now, there were around a hundred people gathered here; way more than the amount of people attracted to the battle between Luo Feng and William.
A staked match with 10 billion on the line!
A match like this would be hard to encounter over the course of a year in the training camp! And one participant was the powerful, veteran student, 'Candace��Paulinus', while the other was the rookie, Luo Feng, whose name recently swept through the training camp.
"Luo Feng fights amazingly well in these types of battles, so his chances of winning aren't small" on the Chinese side, Shi Jiang gave his assessment in a group of youths.
"Candace, will win" on the American side, a short black girl calmly announced her judgment like a saint.
"Candace has a 70% chance of winning. Luo Feng, has 30%!" on the Indian side, a bald brute who seemed like he was molded out of steel spoke slowly like a monk.
.....
Legendary figures gave their conclusions one after another.
Even the weakest of these figures has the power to charge into the top 10. Any of them could easily defeat Luo Feng and Candace! Not many legendary figures were attracted to the match between Luo Feng and William, but many of them were attracted to today's match! Since Luo Feng and Candace were quite strong, and the stakes were high!
"Candace��Paulinus, Luo Feng, enter the battle room!" an electronic sound reverberated around the ninth floor's lobby.
Luo Feng, who was standing on the Chinese side with his eyes closed, opened his eyes.
"Luo Feng, go for it" encouraged teacher Jiang Fang on the side.
Luo Feng looked at Jiang Fang and then his fellow Chinese students, nodded, and directly headed towards the battle room.
Candace also walked out of the crowd and headed towards the battle room.
"KA!"
Luo Feng and Candace opened the door to the battle room and went in. After that, the door shut itself automatically.
Luo Feng lay on the sofa and picked up the dark blue helmet. He couldn't help but to glance at Candace. Candace also turned his head; his blue eyes stared at Luo Feng. If a gaze could kill, then he probably would have sliced Luo Feng into dozen pieces by now: "Luo Feng, don't lose too easily, or that'll be too boring". As he said that, Candace licked his lips like a venomous snake.
Luo Feng grinned and put on the helmet.
Candace also put on his helmet.
******
In the virtual space.
Luo Feng and Candace swiftly put on their battle uniforms and selected their weapons. After that, Luo Feng, who had a lower rank on the black dragon ranking, selected the scene of battle-- a stormy, ruined city.
PA! PA! PA! PA!
The storm raged: each drop of rain smashed onto the long abandoned city. The tall buildings have long been ruined and some were already collapsed. On the street that was wide enough to hold four cars, quite a few cars were flipped over and covered in rust. At this moment, two shadows appeared on the street at the same time.
Luo Feng, Candace!
"You chose a stormy location?" Candace, who was in a black uniform, looked at Luo Feng from a distance of around a dozen meters away.
Luo Feng's gaze was cold.
His technique, 'thunderbolt', was inspired from the lightning observed right before a storm. After that, he created it after training hard in the middle of a storm! Luo Feng also realized that he can execute his technique better in a stormy environment.
"Battle, begin!" the electronic sound echoed around the sky of the ruined city.
Whoosh!
Candace's body turned into a phantom and, as if he had merged into the storm, rushed towards Luo Feng.
"CLANG!" Luo Feng unsheathed his blade like lightning and also charged forward.
Whoosh!
The ghost blade came in from the side like lightning and its cold light directly slashed towards Candace's neck. Yet Candace's gaze was cold, his body was like a snake in a storm and his blade was like a snake's tongue as it directly thrusted towards Luo Feng's head. At the same time, a sonic boom could be heard: a metal piece from one of the broken cars!
The metal piece shot towards Luo Feng's ghost blade.
And the blade thrusted towards Luo Feng's head!
"Retreat!" Luo Feng instantly made his decision. With his understanding of the environment thanks to his perfect level technique, he naturally understood that he was at a disadvantage when that metal piece came flying at him.
While retreating.
A white light flashed! Under 2.8x force, the light from the ghost blade was indeed amazing. Like lightning, it became even more dream-like in this storm. As it scraped past the metal piece, it weakened the quick yet powerful thrust of the blade!
Technique--Thunderbolt!
"Clang!" "Clang!"
With those two sounds, Luo Feng used all of his power to retreat to a distance of 30 meters away.
"Perfect level technique?" Luo Feng looked at the faraway Candace.
A "Hmph" rose. Candace, in his black battle uniform, said with a cold voice, "Surprised? As long as they don't suck too much, most of the old students that have been here for four or five years have all reached the perfect level! No matter how strong you are, you're still just a rookie"
After saying that, Candace came charging at him again!
Hu! Hu!
As Candace's blurry figure approached, it instantly split into two shadows.
"PENG!" Luo Feng kicked the broken car to his side. The kick that held over 20 tons of force caused the broken car to instantly explode. Huge amounts of car components flew towards the direction Candace was charging from.
"Die!"
Luo Feng instantly charged forwards and caught up with the car components.
Whoosh!
After that, a light that was as white as snow flashed. For a time, light after light covered Candace. And Candace was like a venomous snake hiding in the darkness: he dodged peculiarly time after time and the blade in his hand easily blocked Luo Feng's wave of attacks. He even managed to counterattack time after time.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The car components and broken pieces in the area became tools that both sides used to distract their opponent. Each of their steps and movements could use their environment to assist them. While not allowing the car components to affect themselves, they'll use them to obstruct their opponent's movements!
Perfect level technique, versus perfect level technique!
Luo Feng's blade was like a never ending thunderbolt. And Candace's blade was constantly changing: at times it would softly defend against each attack, and at times it would suddenly attack out of nowhere.
"PUCHI!"
A shadow stuck itself to the side of the hexagonal shield, and the long, thin blade actually curved and went around the shield as it lightly drew across the arm holding the shield!
PUCHI!
The arm that was holding the shield directly fell to the ground.
"Ah!"
As if teleportation, Luo Feng backed off to a distance of around a dozen meters away.
"My left arm has been cut off" Luo Feng had a bad expression on.
"Luo Feng, my fist strength level is 2.5, so you're above me in power and speed" Candace sneered as he came closer one step at a time, as if a grim reaper in a storm, "Sadly, my technique is way above you" even though Candace's Chinese wasn't fluent...
Luo Feng's face was pale, one reason was because of blood loss, and another was because he found out what went wrong.
Candace's technique was at the perfect level, and his blade technique reached the 'firm yet flexible' state, one state higher than his blade. And...... Candace's blade technique seemed like a peculiar, venomous snake. And his technique was also peculiar. Both his technique and blade technique were peculiar: the two of them combined perfectly!
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