Chapter 116: Under Great Pressure (2)
Translator: Guy Gone Bad
“Are you all right?” Lou Yu looked at Su Rong who was lying on the ground.
Su Rong then tried to sit up and said, “I’m all right for the time being. Even if I got beaten black and blue, it’s a small matter. I just don’t know if I will be okay after three days.”
Lou Yu shook his head and said, “Then you should strive to defeat Ming Yafei. Don’t show mercy since she is a woman when you up the stage.”
Su Rong smiled awkwardly and said, “I won’t”.
Lou Yu looked at Su Rong and said, “Don’t tell anyone about you advancing to level four, not even your father and grandfather, you understand?”
Su Rong nodded solemnly, “Don’t worry, my prince, I understand.”
Lou Yu nodded, “That’s good. Then you keep on training with Mo Yi. I’ll go check out Ming Feiya’s previous fighting data and try to find out her weakness. Hope I can help you a little.”
Hearing Lou Yu’s words, Su Rong could not help but nodded with grat.i.tude, “Thank you, my prince.”
“I can tell Mo Yi is very hard on you!” Lou Yu said sportively.
Su Rong sighed helplessly, “Mo Yi followed Mo Fei to place the bet on me, one billion altogether, and if I lose, Mo Yi would…you know…”
Lou Yu smiled at Su Rong, “So Mo Yi also invested so much money in you. Now the odds on you in those gambling houses are generally over 30 to 1. And actually, I also invested altogether 5 billion on you in different gambling houses.”
Five billion was the bet that Lou Yu had decided to place after having estimated the bearing capacity of each gambling house.
Su Rong’s face went stiff instantly. 2 billion of the Crown Princess was already terrible enough, and now even Prince Yu came along for the ride. Su Rong felt overwhelmed by the number.
Lou Yu looked at Su Rong with a big smile and banged Su Rong on the shoulder. “Rongrong, you have a great responsibility on your shoulder. You must train hard!”
Su Rong’s smile was extremely reluctant. “Yes, Third Prince, I will definitely work hard.”
Lou Yu nodded, “Very good. I am relieved hearing you said so.”
Su Rong, “…”
He patted on Su Rong’s shoulder, saying, “Then I will let you and Mo Yi alone! Train harder! Show some masculinity.”
Su Rong wore a wry smile on his face. Everything came at a price! There was no such thing as a free lunch.
After his farewell to Su Rong, Lou Yu went into his own special cultivation room and began his cultivation. After taking Mo Fei’s potions, his hidden injuries had almost recovered, and his cultivation speed also greatly accelerated.
Lou Yu strived to absorb the star source force. Nine tenths of the star source power he absorbed would scatter before. With the help of the cultivation formations, his cultivation speed became even quicker than before he hadn’t gotten those hidden injuries.
Lou Yu opened his eyes. Recently, he had shown faint signs of entering Level 6. With more effort, he should be able to make it during the compet.i.tion.
Lou Yu squinted and thought to himself: If he got upgraded to the next level, he might be able to share some of Mo Fei’s burden and better protect him.
Three days pa.s.sed quickly and the second round began.
After the first knockout round, there were only 500 contestants left.
Mo Fei walked out disconsolately, “Yiyi, who is your opponent today?”
“He is a lucky level two star magician. He was not eliminated in the first round so his luck seems to have run out.” Mo Yi said in a light tone.
Mo Fei nodded, “If Su Rong could have your luck, I wouldn’t have to be so worried about him today.”
At this time, Su Rong came out of the house. Seeing Mo Fei and Mo Yi, he could not help but make a detour.
“RongRong! At what chance do you think you can win today?” Mo Fei asked curiously.
Su Rong’s expression went stiff, “About seventy percent, I guess.”
Using his intelligence network, Lou Yu collected a lot of records of Ming Feiya’s fighting. After Mo Yi saw these records, he practiced with Su Rong with Ming Feiya’s fighting habits. Lou Yu also gave Su Rong a lot of advice.
“Seventy percent!? Good. Good.” Mo Fei said smilingly.
Lou Yu came out and patted Su Rong on the shoulder. “Well, let nature take its course, Su Rong, you don’t have to give yourself too much pressure. We got your back.”
Su Rong smiled unnaturally, “Thank you all.” G.o.dd.a.m.n it, there were three mountains on his top. How could he not feel stressed?
On the compet.i.tion platform of Flying Snow College, Ming Feiya was surrounded by the crowd.
“Sister Ming, your opponent today is Su Rong! Although he is kind of capable, his strength is far from you.”
“I heard that he was nearly beaten to death in the last match. Whether he can fight today or not is still a question.”
“Senior sister, you can definitely win without any effort.”
Ming Yafei hesitated, “This is not certain. I heard some people bet large sums of money in the gambling houses on Su Rong.”
“Ah! You know, gamblers! They only know high odds and crave for getting rich overnight.”
Ming Yafei frowned, “But almost every gambling house has received a large sum of money placing the bet about the same time, ranging from 100 million to 1 billion, totaling about 5 billion.”
“Even if Su Rong has recovered, he could never be your opponent! Who would be so foolish to place the bet this way?” Some cla.s.smate said with puzzlement.
Ming Yafei shook her head. “I don’t know. Maybe he has discovered his potential after the first round and has reached level 4.”
“Oh come on! How could he have such good luck?” Some cla.s.smate disapproved of it.
“See? Su Rong is coming.” A contestant from Flying Snow College got excited on seeing Su Rong.
Ming Yafei looked at Su Rong and her eyes tightened at once. “He did make it to level 4.”
All the students of Flying Snow College looked at Ming Feiya with surprise. “Senior sister, did you say Su Rong reached level 4?”
Ming Feiya nodded and said calmly, “Yes, level 4. I knew that there must be something fishy about the five billion.”
She revealed a faint smile, and her heart was still full of confidence. Even if Su Rong had advanced to level 4, Ming Feiya still didn’t take him as her opponent. She fiddled with her fingers lightly and thought to herself: All right, it would be too boring if Su Rong couldn’t compete.