Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 39 Luo Feng's Good Intentions

"challenge?"

The voice of the silver-haired youth rang out once again, finally pulling Luo Shen out of his own world.

His gaze swept over the other person, looking them up and down.

"What's the stake?"

All challenges for trainees in the training camp must be applied for through the challenge system in the challenge room. The minimum bet is 10 billion Chinese Yuan, and trainees can also bet their points, as long as both parties agree and put up an equivalent bet.

Luo Shen found it quite interesting.

Since the other party knew his name, they must have some understanding of him, but even so, they still dared to challenge him.

It seems he does have some skill.

"Didn't you just get 50 billion? Let's bet that 50 billion!" For some reason, seeing Luo Shen's handsome face, Candace had an urge to completely crush him under his feet!

But as soon as the words left his mouth, Candace regretted them.

Although he is the first in line to inherit the family business, 50 billion is not a small amount for him. If he loses, his younger siblings will not hesitate to kick him when he is down.

"Heh, interesting, you must be Candace!"

From these words, Luo Shen deduced the other person's identity.

Candace-Polenas is the first in line to inherit the Polenas family, one of the nine core families of the HR Alliance. He also has another identity: the nephew of Li Yao and Vinina!

Only in this way can one explain why the other party knew that he had just received 50 billion.

"That's right, it's me!"

Seeing Luo Shen's seemingly in complete control, Candice immediately forgot her earlier regret and said firmly, "Let's bet 50 billion, are you in or not!?"

The conflict between Candice and Luo Shen quickly attracted the attention of many students.

In particular, the bet between the two of them was as high as 50 billion!

It's important to know that the figure of 50 billion is enough to make 99.99% of the world's strongest people envious. After all, even a high-level war god can only earn that much money in a year.

Not to mention, the person who said those words was Candace.

Candice has been in the camp for three years and has performed quite well among his peers. Last December, he broke into the top 12 on the Black Dragon leaderboard, while his opponent was a newcomer.

Many people were watching the spectacle.

Many students with ulterior motives even clamored, "Say yes! Say yes!"

Of course, some Chinese students who knew Luo Shen also stood up: "Candice, what kind of skill is it to bully our Chinese newcomers? If you want a bet, come find me!"

The person speaking was Shi Jiang, whom Luo Shen had only met once. He knew that Shi Jiang lived in Jiangnan Pavilion with Luo Feng.

Upon hearing Shi Jiang speak, Candice's expression changed.

Shi Jiang arrived at the training camp a year before him and has consistently ranked in the top five. He is one of the best in the entire training camp. Betting against Shi Jiang is no different from throwing money into the water.

"Senior Brother Shi Jiang, it's alright, I can handle it myself."

Luo Shen chuckled and patted Shi Jiang's broad shoulder, saying, "I'm not even afraid of Candace, his uncle, let alone his nephew."

Shi Jiang gave Luo Shen a serious look.

Seeing that he was not acting on impulse, he nodded and stepped aside.

"Candice, since you've made the bet, I, Luo Shen, am naturally happy to oblige!" Luo Shen turned to look at Candice and sneered, "I'll gladly accept all of Li Yao's billions in bounty!"

Candice scoffed, "I hope you'll still be laughing after the challenge!"

Seeing that more and more students were gathering around, gradually blocking the stone path, Luo Shen frowned and said, "Go back and submit the challenge applications. Set the time for tomorrow!"

Candace received a reply, turned around, squeezed through the crowd, and left.

Seeing that there was no excitement to watch, the other trainees left one by one. However, the news of the 50 billion bet between Candice and Luo Shen quickly spread to the ears of all the trainees in the training camp through their words.

On the way to the Nine-Story Tower.

Upon hearing the news, Luo Feng intercepted Luo Shen on the way.

"Ah Shen, are you crazy? That's 50 billion! Where did you get so much money?!" Although he was confident in Luo Shen's abilities, the amount of money he heard about the bet was as high as 50 billion, which was almost the price of two bottles of the Water of Life!

Moreover, he had already heard about Candace's stats from his senior brother Shi Jiang; he was ranked in the top fifty in the entire training camp.

He's definitely a formidable rival!

"Don't worry, senior brother, I know what I'm doing."

Luo Shen smiled and explained, "Besides, even if we accidentally lose, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the 50 billion came from Li Yao, so we can just pretend we never received it."

Besides, if a fight really breaks out, who knows who will beat whom?

"It's all because of me, otherwise you wouldn't have been targeted by Li Yao." Luo Feng sighed and said, "If you lose this bet, you owe me half of the 50 billion!"

Luo Shen wanted to say something.

But Luo Feng waved his hand, silencing him: "If you still consider me your senior brother, then don't refuse me."

Well, we've gone this far.

If Luo Shen were to refuse again, it would truly be somewhat ungrateful of him.

"Alright, alright, whatever you say." Luo Shen shrugged and said, "But senior brother, I'm hungry now. How about giving me a chance to treat you to a big meal, since I've made 50 billion?"

Luo Feng laughed and said, "Absolutely! Let's go! That dragon tendon from last time was really powerful!"

"Fine, at this rate, you'll bankrupt me sooner or later!"

Luo Shen rolled his eyes.

The two brothers walked side by side, their backs gradually disappearing into the stone path, and soon they were completely swallowed up by the night.

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The next day at 11:30 a.m.

The ninth floor hall of the Nine-Story Building was already filled with most of the students, including many War God teachers, such as Yang Hui, who led Luo Shen and Luo Feng into the camp, and was standing with several familiar War God teachers.

Keep in mind, this is a bet totaling 100 billion!

One hundred billion is a huge number, and even beings who surpass the God of War would be tempted by it, let alone the students present, most of whom have not yet reached the God of War level.

This is definitely the largest bet in the history of the elite training camp!

"Yang Hui, who do you think will win this betting battle?"

One of the instructors, a war god, asked Yang Hui curiously, since Yang Hui had personally led Luo Shen into the elite training camp and should know Luo Shen's strength best.

The surrounding teachers and students all looked over.

They were very curious too.

They knew very little about this new recruit; the only information they had was that Luo Shen was the only recruit in the last ten years or so.

Yang Hui chuckled and said, "You'll find out after the battle."

The crowd was naturally dissatisfied with Yang Hui's answer.

Just as they were about to ask further questions, an electronic voice suddenly rang out, interrupting their attempt to probe: "Candice Pollenas, Luo Shen, enter the challenge room!"

Luo Shen opened his eyes and walked out from the crowd of Chinese students.

Candace also stepped forward.

Their eyes met in mid-air, like two bolts of lightning clashing and producing incredibly bright, scorching sparks.

"Hmph!" Candace walked into the challenge room first.

"Go, Ah Shen!"

Luo Feng's voice rang out from behind.

Luo Shen smiled and gave a thumbs up, then followed Candice into the challenge room.

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