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"d.a.m.n! The final round is finally here! Look at these legs of mine, they can"t stop shaking!"
"Huh? This is a sign of Parkinson! You oughta return home and take a rest bro!"
"Take a rest your head! I"m excited you idiot!"
The crowd clamored in an even more intense cheering and shouting as their body were infected with uncontrollable amount of adrenaline shots right now!
A fight between two of their favorite contestants, now this would be one h.e.l.l of a ruckus!
But when they saw Duan Li stepping up onto that platform as well, the crowd looked towards each other in confusion.
What is that Lord trying to do now?
While his domineering presence was reduced since he left the throne, each step he took towards the platform still has the audience to feel nervous and anxious all the same!
They knew that this Lord called Duan Li was a very formidable person, and every action he made would attract the attention of others.
After all, this was the person that had managed to escape the encirclement from dozens of opponents during the first Combat lesson before.
This was also the person that had beaten Shen Murong, a junior with a battle prowess comparable to that of a soph.o.m.ore with raw strength fair and square!
Furthermore, this was the person whom was so rich that he bought the most expensive residence court in the academy even though he only had less than 10 followers!
Adding up to the rumors that this new junior Lord had connections to high places, the exagerated tales of the ronin samurai and some other more, it was obvious that this person here was far from ordinary!
Facing the two contestants, right now their positions were like that in a triangle.
"My Lord, what"s wrong?" Shen Lu asked out, evidently confused as well.
Duan Li cupped at his chin before answering, "Well, since we already watched a ton of their matches, we need something special for the final, don"t you guys think so?" he turned his gaze towards the crowd, smiling.
When the audiences heard this, they broke out into silence for a while before nodding.
"Yeah! Since this is the final round, it makes sense to have something special!"
"Indeed, otherwise even if its going to be intense later on, it would just be another matches like any other before."
"True! Just that, what sorts of idea does he have in his mind to make the final round special?"
The crowd swiftly agreed with what Duan Li was suggesting to them as they started to look forward to this "special" final round.
"I see, then what is my Lord suggesting we do for this final round?" Shen Lu inquired once more, his eyes flashing with interest.
This was the person that hadn"t yet let him down ever since he pledged to become a part of his followers. Thus, this must be something good!
"For the final round, instead of two people fighting against each other.. why not all the 10 contestants from the semi-final round fight against.. me instead?" Duan Li said.
Eh?
Did we hear him wrong?
The crowd broke into discussion as they asked those besides them to repeat what Duan Li had just said.
To fight against 10 people at once, surely my ears were not working properly right?
Those contestants weren"t the same as the weak juniors back from the Combat cla.s.s before!
In terms of sheer battle prowess alone, just a single one of them would be able to fight single-handedly against 10 people simultaneously!
In fact, each of these individuals could be considered as a monster in their own category as well!
To fight against 10 of them at the same time, we know that you are someone that is quite formidable brother, but are you sure that you"re not getting over-confident here?
Most of the audience began to doubt at Duan Li, some were even speaking in contempt towards him.
We understand that you are the Lord, but do you think that students of the academy are far more weaker than you?
However, contrary to the crowd"s reaction, Shen Lu and the rest of his party immediately could tell that Duan Li was serious!
They knew firsthand of what Duan Li was really capable of. Heck, even the Heaven"s Will before had to adjust a few things here and there just to accomodate to his demands.
In their opinion, that was something that was extremely incredulous to believe. Had it not been that they had watched the whole scene with their own eyes, even if someone were to castrate them, they would refuse to believe even a single bit of it!
What is he planning this time?
Thus, each of them began to brew conjectures within their minds as to why Duan Li was doing this.
"Could it be?" Shen Lu"s eyes narrowed. Being a Strategist, he has a far more in-depth a.n.a.lyzing capabilities as compared to the rest.
According to his deductions, the resulting effect from this sudden move of Duan Li would be two things.
One, was that the betting system would be reset. This would mean that he could ask the audience to bet once more of who would be defeated first, second, third and all the way to the last one against Duan Li!
As to whether Duan Li could hold out against these 10 people at all, for some reason, he had full trust in Duan Li"s capabilities.
Second, was that by defeating these 10 individuals simultaneously in one battle, he would be able to exert even more dominance and cemented his status over them of being the strongest!
For a Lord, there was nothing more important than being looked as someone that was inviolable and unbeatable, for this causes a natural deference and reverence by others!
Others might think that Duan Li was being over-confident, but this was actually a well-thought out and solid plan!
Was he actually aiming for this since the very beginning when I had proposed this plan back then?!
If that is true, what a truly, scary and formidable eye of insight!
However, in actuality, Duan Li had only proposed this because he was bored just sitting around on that throne, watching the fights without doing anything at all!
He was aching to get into action himself and was also curious to test out his current battle prowess.
As of now, he was already at the pinnacle stage of the Foundation establishment realm, just a step away from being a Core formation realm expert.
If Shen Lu were to know of the real reason behind Duan Li"s decision to interfere in this final match, he would definitely spat out blood!
But Duan Li was not a fool as well and could catch on with the crowds reaction, thus he whipped out a single high quality spirit stone.
"Perhaps most of you would be dissatisfied by this decision of mine. But worry not!"
"For those of you whom could guess correctly as to who would be defeated by me first, second, third and all the way to the final one, I will personally gift each of you a single high quality spirit stone!"
"But, if any of you were to bet against me instead, that I would lose during this final round, no matter how many contestants I"ve already taken out, as long as there still remains even a single person on this platform by then, I would have to consider that as my lost!"
"By which in that case.. not only would you be able to win your bets, I would even gift each of those who betted against me.. 10 high quality spirit stones each, if they are correct!"
Duan Li"s voice echoed out as that final sentence resounded clearly in the Duel hall.
The impact of this speech of his had caused the whole audience to be muted as they were still processing whether or not what they had just heard was not a dream!
Soon after, they broke out from their daze as they stood up with clenched fists in excitement!
"What the h.e.l.l! This is an extremely good deal! The minimum amount required to bet was not increased as well! If I could win this, that would be a jackpot!"
"You"re right! Since the minimum amount to bet is still dirt cheap, even if I lost, losing a few low quality spirit stones wouldn"t affect me that much at all!"
"HAHA! Let me put my luck to a test! All-in to Duan Li"s losing this match!"
"Me as well!"
"Me too!"
The audience began to crazily bet against Duan Li"s odds of losing this match. Looking at the sheer number of spirit stones pouring in, the total worth was already about a dozen of high quality spirit stones and was still pouring in!
Shen Lu"s eyes shone bright at the sight of this, as his smile beamed from ear to ear.
There were also others whom had communicated with their groups and factions as well, and was granted the permission to bet with spirit stones of medium quality.
In fact, there was even a few that had placed their bets using high quality spirit stones!
Therefore in the end, the total amount of spirits stones from people betting against Duan Li had reached a staggering amount of 150 high quality spirit stones in worth!
After all, the number of audience had increased during the period of time as the matches went by and was now numbering in the range of a few thousand. Thus, it was not surprising for such a colossal amount to stack!
In comparison, the number of people that had not betted against Duan Li was not even worth a mention and was miniscule!
This was proven by the fact that the total worth was not even a single high quality spirit stone!
"HAHAHA! We"ve struck it rich this time!" Shen Lu laughed out.
"They"ve been had." w.a.n.g Xiolun shook his head, feeling pitiful to the audience that had betted against Duan Li.
Shen Murong was a little doubtful at first, but when he casted his sights onto the 10 contestants, other than those two dark horses, he was 100 percent confident in beating the rest of them with ease.
"Since Duan Li is stronger than me, then perhaps he could really handle this!" thought Shen Murong.
Meanwhile, Xiahou Yu just ignored the whole situation entirely. In her mind, there was nothing that Duan Li could not do. In fact, she was now busy thinking of ways to make her own fried chicken franchise in the Jiu Empire.
Somehow, seeing those staggering amount of spirit stones before her had alighted that deeply hidden ambitions within her.
...
Back in Duan Li"s residence court, Cucko was hiding within a bush, observing intently on the movements of the fishes within the pond in front of it.
Currently, its biggest enemy was a transformed fish within that pond. This fish was considered as a nuisance for its daily fish hunting activity, as the latter would protect the fishes inside the pond from being its victim.
For Cucko, this was something that it definitely could not tolerate at all!
That was why it was stalking silently right now, trying to find the weaknesses of the other party.
However, it was at this moment that Cucko"s body shivered momentarily, as it rose its chicken head onto the sky with narrowed eyes, as if peering straight into the heavens!
Cucko had sensed that danger was coming soon!
...