“What if you lose?” Hearing Han Qing state the terms of the bet, Lan Yue suddenly became interested.
Although she did not know Lin Ye very well, judging from yesterday’s combat, while he might not necessarily be able to defeat Chai Jin, dodging one move would not be a problem. She was willing to make such a sure-win deal.
Seeing Lan Yue “take the bait,” a trace of wild delight flashed in their eyes Han Qing, and he hurriedly said, “If you win, you can name any condition you like!”
“A third-order exquisite quality Spirit Card.” Lan Yue spoke with an indifferent expression.
“This…” Hearing Lan Yue’s demand, Han Qing, who had been full of bravado, immediately looked bitter.
Not to mention a tier-three exquisite quality Spirit Card—even a third-tier spirit card was beyond his possession! This was a precious Spirit Card usable only by a great martial master. What would a two-star martial master like him want with such a thing?
“Didn’t you say I could name any condition I wanted?” Lan Yue asked, slightly furrowing her beautiful brows.
“Fine, then—a three-star Exquisite Spirit Card!”
Hearing this, Han Qing’s expression suddenly became resolute. It was impossible for him to lose, and even if he did, so what? Could this wretched girl really disregard the identity of the Han Family eldest young master and demand a Spirit Card from him?
After saying this, Han Qing turned his gaze toward the center of the Card Duel Arena. He refused to believe that a good-for-nothing without the slightest spiritual power could truly withstand one move from a four-star martial artist.
Han Qing thought resentfully as Lin Ye walked to Chai Jin’s opposite side.
“Hahahaha! Running into a good-for-nothing like you today means I’m one step closer to ten victories!” Chai Jin laughed excitedly as he watched Lin Ye approach.
“Who exactly is the good-for-nothing? How would you know without trying?” A cold smile curled at the corner of Lin Ye’s mouth.
“Hahaha, brat, you have no strength, but your boasts are quite impressive!” As he spoke, Chai Jin reached to his waist with his right hand, and three red spirit cards immediately appeared in his hand.
“Brat, die!”
Chai Jin snorted coldly and poured spiritual power from his body into the spirit cards. A faint radiance suddenly flashed across one of them, and a fist-sized flame shot toward Lin Ye.
At the same time as the flame shot toward him, a Spirit Card that had appeared in Lin Ye’s hand at some unknown point also flickered faintly. A mass of blue water burst from the card and shot toward the bright-red flame.
“Hiss, hiss!”
The instant the two collided, the flame was extinguished by the pale-blue mass of water. Unexpectedly, the water continued forward without slowing, striking Chai Jin’s head under his terrified gaze.
“Bang!”
Chai Jin’s head was actually smashed open by that seemingly soft mass of water. His entire head immediately became drenched in blood, and his body violently toppled backward, resulting in instant death.
“Ding!”
“Congratulations, host, on completing the ‘Killing Chai Jin’ mission. Mission rewards: 100 spirit card essence. System Upgrade Progress: 600/5000.”
“Ding—”
“Host has successfully killed a four-star martial artist. Reward: 400 spirit card essence. System Upgrade Progress: 1000/5000.”
“Ding!”
“System mission: ‘Win ten battles in the Card Duel Arena.’ Would you like to accept this mission?”
Hearing the system notification voice in his mind, Lin Ye answered without the slightest hesitation, “Accept!”
“Ding!”
“Mission accepted successfully! Mission details: Win ten battles in the Card Duel Arena. Mission reward: 1,000 spirit card essence. Mission Progress: 2/10.”
“How is this possible…” Staring at Chai Jin, who had crashed to the ground in the arena, Han Qing stood there in stunned disbelief, his mind instantly going blank.
“Hiss!”
Seeing Chai Jin, who had appeared to be evenly matched with his opponent yet had been instantly defeated, everyone in the audience stand sharply sucked in a breath. The Card Duel Arena, holding tens of thousands of people, instantly fell into deathly silence.
“Good!” After nearly two or three seconds, a cheer suddenly rang out from the crowd, followed by applause and screams that resounded throughout the Card Duel Arena.
“Another round!”
“That’s right! How can someone this strong leave so easily?”
“There has to be another round!”
“Once you win ten rounds, you can leave. Better today than someday!”
After the applause and screams came the crowd’s encouragement for Lin Ye to fight another round.
There had been no such cries yesterday because Lin Ye’s match had already been the tenth, reaching the Card Duel Arena’s daily limit. Today, however, Lin Ye’s match was only the first.
These spectators, who loved stirring up trouble, naturally wanted to watch the excitement. More than that, they wanted to see the miserable sight of a martial artist who had just won being trampled underfoot before he even had time to celebrate.
Lin Ye paid no attention to the people in the audience stand. As an assassin, he would never act in front of others unless absolutely necessary. The shouts from the audience stand brought him not the slightest pride or satisfaction as a victor.
“Ding!”
“The System has detected a decomposable spirit card. Would you like to decompose it?”
“Agree!”
As Lin Ye’s mental voice fell silent, the three spirit cards he had just picked up suddenly vanished from his hand.
“Ding!”
“Decomposition successful! Obtained from decomposition: 300 spirit card essence. System Upgrade Progress: 1300/5000.”
Seeing what had happened in the arena, Lan Yue’s eyes remained calm and utterly unruffled. She turned to Han Qing with the same calm expression and slowly extended her small hand, as fair as white jade. “Third-rank refined spirit card.”
Hearing Lan Yue’s words, Han Qing finally recovered. With an awkward expression, he said, “Well, you know that I haven’t reached the great martial master realm yet, so I didn’t bring a third-tier spirit card with me. How about this? I’ll bring it to you the next time I come.”
“Tomorrow. If you don’t bring it to me tomorrow, I’ll personally make a trip to the Han Family.” After saying this indifferently, Lan Yue did not spare Han Qing another glance and walked straight toward Lin Ye.
Watching Lan Yue’s back, Han Qing gnashed his teeth resentfully. This wretched girl was not as easy to deal with as he had thought! But did she really think it was so easy to obtain something from the Han Family?
Thinking this, Han Qing hurried toward the center of the Card Duel Arena.
Lan Yue calmly walked to Chai Jin’s corpses and examined him. After confirming that Chai Jin had indeed stopped breathing, she asked Lin Ye as a matter of routine, “Do you want to continue?”
“That’s enough for today.” Lin Ye shook his head.
Hearing Lin Ye’s answer, faint approval flashed in Lan Yue’s eyes.
However, as the chief referee of the entire Card Duel Arena, she did not reveal too much emotion. She merely nodded slightly at Lin Ye, then turned to prepare to order someone to escort him out.
However, before Lan Yue could speak, Han Qing had already approached from behind.
“Hmph! A good-for-nothing is still a good-for-nothing. Do you only dare to fight one battle a day? How could a good-for-nothing without the slightest spiritual power possibly kill a four-star martial artist? Tell me how you cheated, and perhaps I’ll leave you an intact corpse today!”
Seeing Han Qing openly displaying all his hostility toward him, Lin Ye’s expression turned cold. “Cheating? Do you have any evidence?”