Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 189: Chapter 138: This City Needs My Purification

”What’s the matter?”

Chu Xiu looked at Lin Ji, who had a surprised expression, and calmly asked.

”No, no,” Lin Ji realized his rudeness and quickly corrected himself: ”I have a cousin in Jiang City, and I’ve heard of someone named Ye Junlin who seems quite powerful, but I didn’t expect there would be a genius.”

Song Lichuan, standing by, laughed and said: ”Brother Lin, Brother Chen might not be from our batch, so you don’t have to ask too much.”

Lin Ji also realized, because he assumed that those who could pass the gambling bet were all High Grade Professionals, and these Professionals typically participated in the Fierce Tier Trials soon after the Awakening Trial, as with their Talent and resources, staying in Low Tier was meaningless.

But the person in front of him might not be an Awakened from this year, but an old Awakened who had been accumulating for many years.

Thinking of this, he felt a slight sense of disdain; only those from their upper-class backgrounds understood the vast resource gap between classes, an insurmountable chasm for Low Tier Awakened individuals.

Of course, he couldn’t show it, so he kept a friendly smile on his face.

Upon further thought, the person in front seemed to not want their true identity recognized, being masked and clad in a robe, perhaps mentioning Chen Ce in Jiang City was just a casual remark.

Although Lin Ji didn’t much like people who were secretive, he still bowed apologetically: ”I was impolite.”

Chu Xiu naturally didn’t mind and instead asked, ”Do you three know each other previously?”

He noticed they seemed somewhat familiar with each other in conversation, so he couldn’t help but ask.

Song Lichuan said: ”Not really acquainted, just have heard each other’s names to some extent.”

Lin Ji smiled and said: ”Brother Song is a disciple of the Celestial King, while Bian classmate is the daughter of a General, I had heard of their names back in middle school.”

Hearing this, Song Lichuan quickly waved his hand: ”Brother Lin, please don’t tease me; speaking of reputation, who doesn’t know the third young master of the Lin Financial Group?”

Watching the two flatter each other, Chu Xiu also understood in his heart.

This was another match-up in a high-end game.

Among the three, he was most curious about Song Lichuan. Being accepted as a disciple by the Celestial King would require at least a SS Talent or Profession, while the other two might simply be from good families.

Moreover, only Song Lichuan was unharmed; Chu Xiu instinctively felt this person was not only strong but also had top-notch intelligence and mentality, far stronger than most pampered aristocratic children.

”Let’s drop the pleasantries, we should be focusing on how to pass the Trial now.”

At this point, the cold girl named Bian Guanyue, who carried a long spear, spoke.

Her words made Lin Ji a bit embarrassed, but Song Lichuan’s expression remained unchanged, and he immediately laughed: ”Bian classmate is right, why don’t I briefly introduce the situation for Brother Chen, then we can discuss a reasonable strategy?”

The other two naturally didn’t object, so Song Lichuan started chatting with Chu Xiu.

Before Chu Xiu came out, the three seemed to have already exchanged information. Like Chu Xiu, they had questioned gamblers and the information they had obtained was about the same as what Chu Xiu knew.

However, there was one thing he didn’t know: the death rate in the Death God Gambling Bet was actually not high, less than forty percent.

Just like the previous gamble with the Ghostface person, the Death God wouldn’t actually claim your life; if you could withstand the punishment they called the ”Death God Game,” you could survive.

There were two different cases here: if the loser couldn’t pay the stakes, they had to undergo the Death God Game under the Bet Chain’s constraints, just like Chu Xiu, in which case the survival probability was very low.

But if one had enough stakes, the restraints of the Bet Chain would disappear, greatly increasing one’s chances of survival.

”So, stakes are extremely important in the gamble; besides boosting luck, they can almost serve as a second life.” Song Lichuan concluded.

Lin Ji nodded: ”I’ve been to casinos a few times with my elders, and gamblers with fewer stakes may win a few rounds occasionally, but if they keep gambling, they inevitably end up losing; there’s even a specific principle to explain this.”

”Moreover, many games put players with fewer stakes at a disadvantage; for example, in popular Texas hold’em, if you don’t have enough stakes, you can’t call even if your hand is large sometimes.”

”Therefore, I have an immature suggestion.” Song Lichuan took over the conversation, ”How about we pool all our stakes on one person, maximizing their luck to avoid any restrictions, then send them to participate in the gamble?”

”Our first phase can be to spread out and gather intelligence, compiling everyone’s expertise in different gambles, then pool our stakes to overcome them one by one!”

Song Lichuan’s words made Bian Guanyue and Lin Ji nod in agreement, it was indeed a good proposal.

Even putting aside the increased win rate with more stakes, this was a very sound strategy.

If they fought alone, they would have to constantly win gambles to accumulate stakes and then win the Knight Tier’s advancement gamble to pass the Trial.

Otherwise, they could wait until near the time limit, gather enough stakes, and leave before the Knight Gambler starts causing trouble, but this involved more uncertainty because the duration and difficulty of the gambles weren’t controllable.

However, if they worked together, only the strongest of the four would need to participate in the Knight Gambler game. If he succeeded, the remaining three wouldn’t need to take risks, they could redistribute stakes once the time limit ended to succeed together.