CHAPTER 1248: CHAPTER 1242: INFERNAL DEMON DRAGON

The entire spectator area fell silent, the pit beside Zhang Menglong still retained the residual warmth of that move by Ye Kai just now. That Mogya was already dead beyond resurrection; under fifty times the strength, even Mogya couldn’t come back to life.

"Shouldn’t his strength be close to the Void Transformation Realm by now?"

"Haven’t you heard? To catch this Mogya, the Giant Blade Martial Battle Arena deployed three Martial Artists of the Void Transformation Realm. His strength definitely surpasses the usual Void Transformation Realm!"

"Exciting, isn’t it? Won’t he really clear the challenge? That would make him the first in history!"

"Didn’t you hear earlier? He said to let the remaining five WarCrafts attack together, that’s just too arrogant!"

"Arrogant? If I had his skills, I could be more arrogant. So what if five attack together? Does it make a difference whether it’s one or five with his strength?"

"At this level of strength, the fourth WarCraft should still be at the peak God-breaking, and the fifth one should be half-step to the Void Transformation Realm. After the sixth, it’s absolutely at the Void Transformation Realm level. One-on-one, I don’t see any problem, but one-on-five is still a bit risky!"

"Who cares if it’s risky, our Giant Blade Martial Battle Arena is already taking a huge loss. The more he wins, the more money they lose, isn’t that delightful?"

Due to the unique nature of the life-and-death challenge, there are two ways to bet on the match. The first is to bet on the specific number of matches the challenger can win. If someone bets that Zhang Menglong can only win three matches, then no matter whether Zhang Menglong wins only one or two matches, or wins more than four, they will still lose money.

Of course, the odds for this kind of bet are quite high.

As for the second, which 99% of people choose, it’s to bet on which round Zhang Menglong can last until. As for how many more matches he can win thereafter, it’s no longer important. The odds for this kind of bet are much lower, but the risk is much smaller.

Due to the odds given by the Giant Blade Martial Arena, most people bet that Zhang Menglong could last beyond three matches. Now these people have already made a fortune, even the Giant Blade Martial Arena didn’t expect that Zhang Menglong could kill something like Mogya with just one move.

"Manager, our losses for this match have already surpassed 10 trillion Sacred Gold," the staff performed a rough calculation and arrived at a terrifying number. In a normal year, Iron Spear City’s Giant Blade Martial Battle Arena wouldn’t make this much money!

In the manager’s office of the Giant Blade Martial Battle Arena, the muscles on the face of a middle-aged man kept twitching. The deficits were now set in stone, and what they needed to consider was how to minimize the losses.

"Manager, the strength he just displayed has already surpassed the usual first-level of the Void Transformation Realm. With such strength, he can at least win the sixth match! If he wins the next two matches, our losses might double!"

"There are some speculative people who bet he could pass the seventh and eighth rounds. Although the amounts are small, the odds are high. If he really passes the life-and-death challenge, our total losses may be at least 35 trillion Sacred Gold!"

"Didn’t he say to let the remaining five WarCrafts attack together? Then let’s grant him his wish!" Although the manager had never seen Zhang Menglong, his hatred for Zhang Menglong at this moment even exceeded a father’s death.

Originally, they could have profited big from this life-and-death challenge, but unexpectedly, it backfired drastically. If the reported losses really reached this number, the manager position of this Giant Blade Martial Battle Arena would be someone else’s tomorrow.

"So which five WarCrafts should we choose?"

"Send out the strongest at the pass level!" Suddenly, the manager thought of something, "Wait, isn’t there a Fire Demon Dragon Beast that’s about to break through to the second level of Void Transformation Realm?"

"You want it to fight?"

"Common WarCrafts of the first level of Void Transformation Realm are no longer safe, but a WarCraft at the second level of the Void Transformation Realm would blatantly violate the rules. But if it breaks through from the first level to the second level during the battle, that shouldn’t be blamed on me, right?" The manager’s eyes were filled with killing intent; Zhang Menglong must die, or else the losses might be irreparable.

"By the way, let’s add some spice to it!"

...

"Everyone, please remain calm. According to Mr. Zhang’s request, we are preparing the following five WarCrafts. Soon, all of you will witness Mr. Zhang’s intense battle against five WarCrafts alone!"

"Have you no shame? You ignored other requests, yet you are meticulously attentive to this one!"

"Five against one, you sure have the nerve!"

"Bring on however many WarCrafts you want, Mr. Zhang will tear them apart all the same!"

"Do you even have the money to pay? Giant Blade Martial Battle Arena is such a big place, you shouldn’t be doing anything so immoral as not paying your debts, right?"

The audience, having mostly made money, was in an uproar. This challenge no longer required them to worry, so everyone was in a mood that feared the world would not be chaotic enough.

"Everyone, quiet down, they’re here!"

With a series of earthquake-like footsteps, four behemoths closed in from four directions towards Zhang Menglong’s position. Above Zhang Menglong, there was also a creature hovering, its massive wings casting a huge shadow on the ground.

"Everyone, due to the special mechanism of this match, if Mr. Zhang directly kills these five WarCrafts, he will become the first winner of the life-and-death challenge in history! But if Mr. Zhang is unfortunately defeated, his challenge record will be fixed at the fourth round."

"Bullshit! You really are utterly shameless!"

"Isn’t it supposed to be one more round for every monster killed? Have you gone mad with poverty?"

"Protest!"

Those who bet that Zhang Menglong could win five, six, or seven rounds started cursing. The only way for them to make money now was if Zhang Menglong killed these five WarCrafts, but would the Giant Blade Martial Battle Arena allow such a thing to happen easily?

"Fine, send them all at once so I don’t waste time." Zhang Menglong pressed on his heart once again, "Death Gate, open again!"

A red lightning bolt swiftly traversed the city. Even before the spectators could see his silhouette, the weakest of the flying WarCrafts had already had its head shattered and fell from the sky.

"The first half-step Void Transformation Realm WarCraft, instant kill?"

Zhang Menglong shook off the blood on his fist. This thing was much easier to kill than the earlier Mogya. He locked eyes on the second target, a Void Transformation Realm WarCraft resembling a giant bison with scales!

"Ye Kai!" The ghostly face formed by red energy rammed directly into the WarCraft’s body. It was instantly crushed where Zhang Menglong’s kick landed, its massive body demolishing buildings along the way, leaving a blood trail stretching thousands of meters on the ground.

The Void Transformation Realm WarCraft under his foot was actually instant-killed!

"So strong! So strong, that’s two down!"

"Boom!"

"The third one!"

"Crash!"

"The fourth one down!"

"That thing was a peak Void Transformation Realm being! A God-breaking peak creature instant-killing a peak Void Transformation WarCraft?"

"Only the last Fire Demon Dragon remains!"

The Fire Demon Dragon resembled a western dragon, entirely black, with red patterns on its body. Even its breath carried searing heat.

"Look, what’s that in its claws?"

"It’s the Life Cores of the other three WarCrafts!"

When humans break through to the Void Transformation Realm, they develop something called a Life Pattern, while WarCrafts at the Void Transformation Realm develop these Life Cores!

The Fire Demon Dragon smiled menacingly, then stuffed the three Life Cores into its mouth.

"What’s it doing?"

"Oh no, the Fire Demon Dragon is already at half-step to the second level of the Void Transformation Realm, if it absorbs that much energy, then..."

"Zhang Menglong! Stop it quickly!"

"It’s over, too late..."