After computer system verification, the betting battle between Luo Feng and Kandis will begin at 9:15 a.m. on 29 July.
On the morning of 29 July, there was already a hint of heat in the air.
Inside Jiangnan Pavilion.
“Luo Feng, Luo Feng!” Zhao Ruo’s clear voice echoed throughout the entire pavilion.
“Senior sister.” Luo Feng appeared on the balcony on the second floor of the building and looked down at Zhao Ruo. “Calling me so early, is something wrong?”
“Something wrong? You are acting so calm, as if nothing has happened?” Zhao Ruo widened her eyes. “I just heard it during breakfast in the restaurant. You and Kandis are actually going to have a betting battle this morning, and you, you actually bet 10 billion with him?”
10 billion, even for a God of War, this is an enormous amount.
These geniuses are all recruited by various countries and organisations, and they are very wealthy. However, they also need money to buy secret manuals, battle suits and other equipment. If there is no confidence, who would dare to bet 10 billion?
“Tell me quickly, is this true?” Zhao Ruo urged.
“It is true.” Luo Feng nodded.
“Damn!” Zhao Ruo stared at Luo Feng with an expression as if she was looking at a madman. “Crazy, you are really crazy.”
“Senior sister, I will go and focus on cultivation first to prepare for the life and death battle this morning.” Luo Feng immediately returned to his quiet room. Facing this senior sister who was loud and straightforward, even more rough than a man, Luo Feng felt it was better to avoid her.
Inside the quiet room.
Sandalwood fragrance filled the air. Luo Feng sat cross legged in meditation, his mind as calm as still water.
As an experienced fighter who had already fought 36 battles in July, Luo Feng was very clear that when two evenly matched opponents enter a life and death battle, it is impossible to say who will win. For example, if one side is emotionally unstable or in poor condition, they could be killed instantly. But when in peak condition, they might also kill the opponent.
Condition.
The best state is a mind as calm as still water, a completely empty and tranquil state. That is easy to say, but how many people can truly achieve a mind as still water without any distracting thoughts?
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Two hours later.
The largest building in the elite training camp, Nine Story Tower, on the ninth floor hall, more than a hundred people gathered here. The entire training camp had a total of 183 students, plus the battle instructors, barely over 200 people. But now more than a hundred were gathered here, far more than the last battle between Luo Feng and William.
A 10 billion betting battle.
It is rare even in a whole year of the training camp to see such a large bet. And the participants are the excellent senior student Kandis Bolainas, and the rapidly rising new student Luo Feng.
“In this battle, Kandis has a slightly higher chance of winning.” Among the European faction students, a handsome young man who looked almost like an elf, surrounded by others, made his judgement.
“Luo Feng showed strong intuition and understanding in his life and death battles, he still has a good chance of winning.” On the Huaxia side, Shi Jiang also made his judgement among a group of young men and women.
“Kandis will win.” Among the American faction students, a petite black girl who looked like a saint stated calmly and directly.
“Kandis has a 70 percent chance of victory. Luo Feng has 30 percent.” On the Indian side, a tall bald strong man, like a steel cast Arhat, said slowly.
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All the prominent figures in the elite training camp made their own judgements.
The weakest among these top figures also had the ability to challenge the top ten. Any one of them could easily defeat Luo Feng or Kandis. The last battle between Luo Feng and William did not attract many of these figures, but today’s battle attracted many more. After all, both Luo Feng and Kandis are strong, and the bet is huge.
“Kandis Bolainas, Luo Feng, enter the challenge room.” An electronic voice echoed through the ninth floor hall.
Luo Feng, who had been quietly meditating at the edge of the Huaxia faction crowd, opened his eyes.
“Luo Feng, good luck.” Instructor Jiang Fang said beside him.
Luo Feng looked at Jiang Fang, then at the Huaxia compatriots nearby, and nodded before walking towards the challenge room.
Kandis also stepped out from the crowd and walked towards the challenge room.
Click.
The door to the challenge room opened. Luo Feng and Kandis entered one after the other, then the door automatically closed.
Luo Feng lay on the sofa and picked up the dark blue helmet, glancing at Kandis beside him. Kandis also turned to look at him. His blue eyes stared at Luo Feng. If looks could kill, Luo Feng would have already been torn into dozens of pieces.
“Luo Feng, try not to lose too badly, that would be boring.” Kandis said, licking his lips like a poisonous snake.
Luo Feng smiled slightly and put on the helmet.
Kandis also put on his helmet.
In the virtual space.
Luo Feng and Kandis quickly put on battle suits and selected weapons. Luo Feng, who had a lower rank on the Black Dragon ranking list, chose the battle environment, a ruined city under heavy rain.
Crash, crash, crash.
Heavy rain poured down. Every raindrop smashed into the abandoned city. Buildings were decayed, some had even collapsed. On a wide street, rusted overturned cars lay scattered. At that moment, two figures appeared on the street.
Luo Feng and Kandis.
“You actually chose a rainy battlefield?” Kandis, in a black battle suit, looked at Luo Feng from dozens of metres away.
Luo Feng’s gaze was cold.
His blade technique, Thunderbolt, contained the intent of lightning, which he had comprehended while observing thunder in rainy nights. He had trained his blade technique in rainstorms, and found it flowed better in such conditions.
“Battle, begin.” An electronic voice echoed above the ruined city.
Swoosh.
Kandis blurred and rushed towards Luo Feng like he merged into the rain.
Clang.
Luo Feng drew his blade like lightning and charged forward.
The Blood Shadow Battle Blade slashed upwards in a diagonal arc, aiming for Kandis’s neck. Kandis, like a poisonous snake in the rain, thrust his sword towards Luo Feng’s head, while at the same time a piece of broken metal from a car shot towards Luo Feng’s blade.
The metal fragment flew towards the blade.
The sword aimed at Luo Feng’s head.
Retreat.
Luo Feng instantly made the decision and retreated.
At the same time, a white blade light erupted. With 2.8 times strength explosion, the blade light was like lightning and mist under the rain. It brushed past the metal fragment and deflected the sword strike.
Clang, clang.
Luo Feng retreated thirty metres.
“Perfect level movement technique?” Luo Feng looked at Kandis.
“Hmph.” Kandis snorted. “Surprised? Most veteran students in the fourth and fifth year of the elite training camp, unless they are poor, have already reached perfect level movement. Some have even reached intent level. You are just a new student.”
He charged again.
When Kandis’s blurred figure approached, it seemed to split into two shadows.
Bang.
Luo Feng kicked an abandoned car, shattering it completely. Metal parts flew towards Kandis.
“Die.”
Luo Feng charged forward and caught up with the flying debris.
Blade light burst out like lightning, engulfing Kandis. Kandis moved like a hidden snake in the dark night, dodging continuously while blocking Luo Feng’s attacks, and counterattacking at times.
Clang, clang, clang.
Both sides used car parts and debris as tools to interfere with each other’s movement. Every step and every shift of body was used to its fullest.
Perfect movement versus perfect movement.
Luo Feng’s blade was like continuous lightning. Kandis’s sword was continuous and flexible, sometimes defensive, sometimes striking.
Suddenly.
A black shadow slipped past the edge of the shield. The flexible sword twisted and wrapped around Luo Feng’s left arm holding the shield, then sliced lightly.
Puff.
Luo Feng’s left arm, together with the shield, fell to the ground.
“Aah!”
Luo Feng retreated dozens of metres instantly.
“My left arm is severed.” Luo Feng’s expression changed.
“Luo Feng, my fist power is 2.5 times. In speed and strength, you are slightly stronger than me.” Kandis walked forward coldly like the god of death in the rain. “But my sword technique combined with movement is far above yours.”
Kandis spoke Mandarin awkwardly, but Luo Feng’s face turned pale, partly from blood loss and partly from understanding the situation.
Kandis’s movement was perfect level, his sword technique had reached a level of combining hardness and softness, higher than Luo Feng’s blade technique. His intent was like a poisonous snake, strange and unpredictable. Both movement and sword technique were compatible, making him even stronger.
“Without your shield, you are surely dead.” Kandis’s eyes showed madness.
Luo Feng retreated into a shop on the street.
“It is useless.” Kandis followed inside step by step.
The ruined shop leaked rainwater. A pool of water lay on the floor, and droplets fell from the ceiling.
The water surface reflected Luo Feng like a mirror. A drop fell, breaking the reflection into ripples.
“Mirror, ripples.”
“Nine Layer Thunder Blade force?”
“Mirror, mirror?”
Luo Feng’s expression changed, then turned into surprise.
At that moment, Kandis walked in like a gentleman at a banquet, holding his thin sword.
“This 10 billion belongs to me.” Kandis smiled, then charged forward like lightning.
“IT IS YOU WHO WILL GIVE ME 10 BILLION.” Luo Feng shouted.
He burst forward.
His speed reached an astonishing level, dodging the strike. At the same time, a white blade light flashed like thunder inside the shop.
Puff.
A head flew into the air.
Luo Feng’s figure appeared ten metres behind Kandis, standing in the rain outside.
Thud.
Kandis’s body fell.