Swallowing the Stars: My Comprehension is Beyond the Heavens!

Chapter 70 William's Challenge

The temperature was very low on the morning of March 30th.

However, for Luo Feng and Luo Xia, who had already become martial artists, this slight drop in temperature had no effect on them, so they were both wearing very loose training clothes.

Because they will only be considered official students on April 1st.

Luo Xia and Luo Feng didn't have many classes to attend these past two days, so they went for a run in the training camp early in the morning to exercise and warm up.

Once their bodies warmed up, Luo Xia and Luo Feng went to a relatively spacious lawn and began practicing warm-up and body-strengthening techniques.

Rorschach's warm-up and body-strengthening techniques are still effective today.

The two brothers never slack off; they practice whenever they have time.

As they were performing an extremely difficult move, a voice suddenly came from over.

"You must be Luo Feng and Luo Xia?"

Although this person spoke Mandarin, his accent was slightly awkward, and it was immediately obvious that he was a foreigner.

Luo Xia and Luo Feng stopped what they were doing, slightly out of breath, and looked at the foreigners who were walking towards them.

"My name is William, William Edith, and I come from an EU country."

The young man with short blond hair looked at Luo Xia and Luo Feng and smiled.

Luo Feng blinked. "Hello, I'm Luo Feng, and this is my younger brother, Luo Xia. May I ask what brings you here?"

William said enthusiastically, "I've always been curious about China, and there are many talented martial artists from China in the training camp. You two brothers were even recruited separately. I'd really like to have a match with you and test our skills. I wonder if you'd be willing to grant me this request?"

Rorschach pointed to his older brother, then to himself, and looked at William, asking in surprise, "You mean you're going to fight both of us by yourself?"

William was taken aback, then quickly shook his head. "NONONO, I mean, I want to spar with one of you."

Luo Xia and Luo Feng exchanged a glance.

Rorschach asked, "How do you plan to spar?"

William looked at Rorschach and smiled, "How about we compete in the challenge room?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Xia frowned.

According to the trainee instructions, entering the challenge room means entering a virtual space for a life-or-death battle, and according to the training camp rules, these battles always involve bets!

Before Luo Xia and Luo Feng could answer, William grinned and said, "We won't bet big, how about one billion Chinese yuan?"

Luo Feng frowned and muttered to Luo Xia, "This bastard is obviously coming for the two of us on purpose."

Luo Xia nodded and asked, "Big brother, do we have one billion Chinese yuan right now?"

Luo Feng was taken aback. "You're planning to accept?"

Rorschach grinned, his smile even brighter and more enthusiastic than William's. "Since kind people are giving us money, why can't we accept it?"

At that moment, he also remembered this scene from the original work.

In the original story, William also challenged Luo Feng, and under Luo Feng's provocation, the stakes between the two increased from one billion to five billion.

Luo Feng dared to raise the stakes because in the original story, he also went to City 003 and stole the home of a Lord-level armored dragon, from which he obtained many valuable combat suits and weapons.

After selling his combat uniforms and weapons, he amassed a fortune of tens of billions.

But neither Luo Feng nor Luo Xia has ever been to City 003.

The two only hunted in city 023, so naturally they didn't have that much money.

"One billion..." Luo Feng calculated in his mind, then nodded and said, "We've been working hard in City 023 for almost two months, and we should have more than 11 billion in the account now."

Luo Xia raised an eyebrow and said, "That's good!"

He was about to accept William's challenge when an angry, sharp shout rang out, "William!"

Immediately afterward, Zhao Ruo, dressed in a purple training uniform, walked over with an angry expression and glared at William, shouting:

"William, you're shameless! Luo Feng and Luo Xia just arrived; they're still newcomers to the training camp. You're going to challenge them to a duel in the challenge room? Isn't that just throwing money away for you?"

She pointed at William, clearly angry and not at all ladylike, but Rorschach found it adorable and genuine.

"You bunch of filthy bastards! Back in March, you secretly found some newbies and made them gamble against you, losing money to you! Now you're coming after Luo Feng and Luo Xia. If you've got the guts, gamble with me!"

William, pointed at by Zhao Ruo, looked displeased. "Miss Zhao Ruo, this has nothing to do with you. I believe Luo Feng and Luo Xia are very strong; otherwise, the training camp wouldn't have recruited them separately, would it?"

He shrugged, looked at Luo Feng and Luo Xia, and smiled, "Perhaps I'll lose to them."

Zhao Ruo looked at Luo Feng and Luo Xia and advised, "You two shouldn't trust this foreigner. Some people in the training camp are very cunning and specialize in bullying newcomers. You've just entered the training camp, how could you possibly be a match for the veterans?"

William chuckled and said to Luo Xia and Luo Feng, "It's just a billion. You can easily earn more than that by joining any organization in a year."

"Haha, you're right." Rorschach laughed, looking at William, "Since you're so willing to give us money, I'm naturally happy to accept it. I accept your challenge!"

Upon hearing this, William smiled excitedly, "Great! Let's set a time!"

Zhao Ruo, standing beside him, was stunned for a moment, then looked at Luo Xia with exasperation, "Luo Xia, why did you agree to him? I said..."

"Senior sister, don't worry. I dare to agree to him because I have the confidence. So what if he's an old man?"

Rorschach radiated confidence. "Sometimes," he declared, "the old guard can be swept away and left to languish on the beach!"

As he spoke, Rorschach looked at William and chuckled, "I think tomorrow would be good."

It's impossible to give an exact time because there's only one challenge room, and other students might be using it. So we have to wait for the computer system to approve it before we can schedule a specific time.

"good!"

William laughed and turned to leave.

……

"Rorschach, how could you make a bet with William?"

In Jiangnan Pavilion, Zhao Ruo looked at Luo Xia, somewhat angry and worried, and said in a muffled voice:

"Do you think you're a genius? That you're incredibly capable, that you've never met anyone your age who's better than you, and that's why you're so confident?"

Luo Xia smiled slightly, "Senior sister, I admit I'm confident, but my confidence comes from the fact that I have the ability to back it up."

Zhao Ruo retorted angrily, "What gives you the audacity? You're a genius, but isn't William a genius too? This is an elite training camp that only accepts monsters; which student here isn't a genius?"

She pointed outside, "That William has been in the camp for a year already, and his combat strength has reached the intermediate level! You've only just joined the camp, how could you possibly beat him?"

Shi Jiang, who had rushed back after hearing news of the betting match, said, "Alright, Zhao Ruo. Since Luo Xia dared to accept, he must have his own confidence. Besides, where have you ever seen a seventeen-year-old high-ranking general?"

Zhao Ruo was taken aback. Yes…

The kid in front of me is a seventeen-year-old advanced warrior. To achieve this level of physical ability at this age, his genius is among the very top in this training camp.

"Alright, alright, I won't say anymore. Sigh, I'm just worried that Xia will get taken advantage of."

Having figured it out, Zhao Ruo was no longer angry. After sighing, she said with a smile, "Since Xia is confident, then let's teach that foreign devil a lesson! Let him know that we Chinese are not to be trifled with!"

Rorschach nodded and said with a smile, "No problem. I'll show him what it means that even geniuses have differences!"

(End of this chapter)