Chapter 744: Crushing Defeat (2)

To the side of the ring was a section of aisle disconnected from the other sections. Numerous experts were seated there.

While leisurely sipping on tea, Niu Baidao said, "Both of them are talented kids. It is a loss to lose either of them. Do you agree?"

Jiang Tao, who had just arrived, smiled, "Principal Niu is right. Junior Brother Shan has always been kind. In all his previous spars, he has never harmed his opponents too badly. Most of the time, he will only kill cultists or those from our enemy races."

He did not say anything about Su Yu. But everyone knew just how murderous Su Yu was. And he had killed a lot of humans. Some of the people he had killed were young human geniuses, such as Di Feng of Great Xia.

He had also killed the students from Great Xia's Foreign Students Faculty, Zhou Pingsheng, and the others. He was most definitely not a good person. In comparison, Shan Xiong looked much kinder.

Niu Baidao merely smiled and said nothing. Nearby, Wen Zhong said, "Teaching Assistant Shan sure is kind. It isn't a bad thing to teach those multiple character faction juniors that there is always a stronger person out there. However, erasing one's hope is crueler than simply killing someone."

He did not say anything else.

Shan Xiong's previous challenges were not regular challenges. Rather, he was stepping on the multiple character faction while they were down. With the backing of Great Zhou, he had forced the weakened multiple character faction to disband.

Wen Zhong did not know what Shan Xiong was thinking when challenging all those multiple character faction experts, but he did know that Shan Xiong was the knife meant to cut the multiple character faction down.

Jiang Tao said, "Even if Junior Brother Shan didn't challenge them, someone else would do so as well. There is no denying that those people are weak. What's the point of talking about hope? Back when the multiple character faction was dominant, they had also defeated countless single character faction experts. Did we cry about our hope being erased?"

Wen Zhong merely smiled, not bothering to argue.

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Su Yu continued walking toward the ring, ignoring what the others were saying about him.

After getting into the ring, he stood about ten meters away from Shan Xiong. With a smile, he greeted, "Greetings, Senior Brother Shan."

"You're too polite, Junior Brother Su."

After exchanging greetings, Shan Xiong asked, "How do you intend to proceed with this match?"

Su Yu smiled, "How do you think we should proceed?"

"Stop after a victor is decided?" Shan Xiong suggested.

Su Yu's smile grew wider, "Stop after a victor is decided? That's too soft. And boring. We won't be able to properly display our strength doing that. Why don't we up the stakes? Previously, the multiple character faction members you defeated were forced to dissolve their branches. Why don't we do something similar here? If I lose, I'll shut down my research center."

Shan Xiong raised his brow and said, "Junior Brother, the dissolution of the multiple character faction branches aren't related to—"

Shan Xiong was left speechless. After a long while, he nodded, "You're right. Those matches were never clean."

Su Yu looked at Jiang Tao and asked, "So? Do you agree?"

Before Jiang Tao could answer, Niu Baidao coughed and said, "Su Yu, do you even have that stele? Don't try to fool them with a lie. Everyone is watching."

So did Su Yu have the stele? Well, he was sure that Su Yu had the stele. But they needed to talk about it first before wagering it in a bet. What if the kid ended up losing? That would be very troublesome.

Su Yu wasn't weak. But Shan Xiong was someone who had reached the 50th floor of the pagoda. That was a very impressive level of strength. Zhu Tiandao wasn't confident that Su Yu would win. Otherwise, Jiang Tao wouldn't have bothered suggesting the bet.

Su Yu said, "Prefect, nobody will trust me if I say that I don't have it. In that case, I might as well give them the answer they want."

"You..."

Niu Baidao laughed, "Little Jiang, this is merely a spar between youngsters. Don't escalate it too much. Are you trying to empty Great Zhou's treasury? Won't you be in trouble if Shan Xiong loses?"

"A small bet will bring people closer, but a massive bet might harm someone. Why don't we make the wager a hundred merit points?"

Su Yu laughed. Even Shan Xiong laughed.

Shan Xiong said, "Principal Niu is right. There is no need to escalate this too much. If I lose, I'll go to the Allheaven Battlefield and kill ten Cloudbreach divines and devils for you. If you lose, you will need to do the same. What do you think?"

Su Yu sneered, "Shan Xiong, why are you still playing these boring games?"

Shan Xiong said nothing.

Su Yu said, "You can freely go to the Allheaven Battlefield. But does the same apply for me? Too many people want me dead. But very few people want you dead."

Once again, Shan Xiong was rendered speechless.

"Since you don't have the courage to accept this bet, let's change it."

Su Yu had a toying tone as he said, "Since you lack the courage to bet with resources, we'll be betting our reputation. If you lose and survive your defeat, you only need to visit the various academies and personally admit that the single character faction is worse than the multiple character faction."

"I am not qualified to represent the single character faction."

Shan Xiong disagreed.