Long Haochen was kind-hearted, but he wasn’t foolish. They were already bullying him, so was he just supposed to let it go?

“I don’t have absolute certainty because anything can happen. Even if they’re at the fifth rank, they should be at the peak of the fifth rank in terms of cultivation, and their combat experience will definitely not be less than mine,” Long Haochen said calmly.

Wang Yuan Yuan said, “Captain, what are your chances of winning?”

Long Haochen smiled, his radiant smile causing Wang Yuan Yuan to stare blankly. “Ninety percent, I’d say.”

“Ninety percent?” Lu Xi stared at Long Haochen, his eyes wide. “Haochen, could I be so bold as to ask, what level are you at in the fifth rank now?” His confidence in Long Haochen mainly came from his powerful mount, Haoyue, and the Light Elemental Spirit.

Long Haochen looked towards Lao Wu, who was waiting at the entrance of the trading center. “I should be about the same as him.”

“Peak of the fifth rank?” Lu Xi gasped. Not only him, but even the members of the 21st General Grade Demon Hunt Squad looked at Long Haochen with strange expressions. When they were carrying out the mission in the Cave of Howling Fear, Long Haochen’s internal spiritual power was only a little over three thousand, still a long way from the ninth level of the fifth rank. But in such a short period of time, he, he had actually reached the peak of the fifth rank? How did that trick work?

Sima Xian rubbed his hands, lowered his bald head, and moved closer to Long Haochen’s ear. “Boss, what are we waiting for? Someone’s offering a big gift, we have to rip them off. A million merits is impossible, but since they are a seasoned General Grade Demon Hunt Squad, I estimate their bottom line should be around a hundred thousand merits. We just need to bet ten thousand merits, even if we lose, it’s not a big deal.”

“Lose my foot, how could the boss lose? They tried to cheat us, let’s beat them to death,” Lin Xin said fiercely. He was in a state of excitement, and his words were even more arrogant than his usual narcissism.

Long Haochen blinked and said, “Ten times the merits, isn’t that a bit too much? That’s not good. Lin Xin, give all the merits to you first. I’ll just keep ten thousand merits.”

As the person in charge of the team’s finances, the merits were naturally managed by Lin Xin. This guy wasn’t just greedy, but also a miser. He was quite good at bargaining, making him perfect as the team’s God of Wealth.

Chen Ying’er chuckled, “Captain, you’re learning to be naughty too.”

Long Haochen said he would keep ten thousand merits, naturally meaning he was going to go to this bet.

Lin Xin’s eyes darted around, and he came up with an idea. After collecting over a hundred thousand merits, his expression was very excited, with a hint of cunning.

Long Haochen walked towards the entrance of the trading center, directly approaching Lao Wu.

He didn’t need to pretend. His slightly immature face was already very convincing. Even Lao San, who was a little worried, and Lao Liu, who came up with the bad idea, felt relieved. How much cultivation could such a young fellow have? Even if he was outstanding, he would at most have just broken through to the fifth rank. But Lao Wu had been a Demon Hunter for five years, and had risked his life in missions countless times.

“Senior Lao Wu, I am willing to complete this mission tower task. How many merits do you think is appropriate for me to bet?” Long Haochen said very respectfully.

Lao Wu smiled and said, “Whatever, see how many merits you have.”

Long Haochen hesitated slightly and said, “Our team just completed a mission, and we also got merits from the previous trial, about ten thousand or so. Can I bet them all?” As he spoke, he lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly.

Fortunately, the others from the 21st General Grade Demon Hunt Squad and the 4th Soldier Grade Demon Hunt Squad didn’t follow, otherwise their impression of Long Haochen would definitely change. Kindness didn’t mean honesty. He was obviously being very dishonest right now.

Lao Wu’s eyes lit up, but he also became slightly wary, and subconsciously looked at Lao Liu beside him.

The woman Lao Liu nodded slightly to Lao Wu and gestured with her hand.

Lao Wu was immediately relieved and said generously, “Okay, one thousand it is. If you win, we will pay you ten thousand merits. Go to the Great Training Ground and wait. We will compete in the Warrior Training Ground.”

Long Haochen shook his head and said, “The Warrior Training Ground is not good, I am more used to the Knight Training Ground.”

Lao Wu was slightly stunned and laughed, “What? Are you afraid that I will cheat you? Okay, the Knight Training Ground is fine.”

“Thank you, Senior.” Long Haochen saluted again and turned to leave. As he turned around, a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Watching him leave, Lao San couldn’t help but say, “Lao Wu, this kid is probably not simple. Ten thousand merits, for a newly promoted Demon Hunt Squad, this is a big deal. We almost caused the collapse of the entire team when we lost only five thousand merits. If he dares to take out ten thousand merits, he must be confident. Should we first find out which team he is from?”

Lao Wu said proudly, “Third Brother, you are really getting more timid as you get older. Can his age still be fake? Sixth Sister, bring it here.” As he spoke, he reached out to Lao Liu beside him.

The woman flicked her wrist, and an exquisite statue exuding a strong magical aura directly floated into his grasp.

Lao Wu gestured to Lao San. “With this thing, how could I lose? Let’s go, Third Brother, let’s borrow merits. Let’s get enough ten thousand merits first.”

Long Haochen told his partners the location of the duel, “Let’s go, let’s go over and wait for them.”

Lin Xin smiled and said, “Boss, you guys go first, Captain Lu Xi and I will go to the trading center to take a look.”

Long Haochen thought he was going to buy a gift for Li Xin, casually agreed, and took the others to the Knight Training Ground first.

Lin Xin and Lu Xi looked at each other, and the two quickly entered the trading center. Before long, news spread from the first and second floors of the trading center. Someone from the newly promoted Demon Hunt Squad was challenging Lao Wu of the 8th General Grade Demon Hunt Squad.

The news was initially very vague, but it quickly became known to all the Demon Hunters who were setting up stalls on the first and second floors of the trading center. It was also said that someone had specially opened a betting pool.

Long Haochen came to the Knight Training Ground, explained his intentions, and the staff here led him in with strange eyes. The staff would naturally not say anything, this was a matter between Demon Hunters, and it was not something they could interfere with.

Han Yu said in a low voice, “Master, be careful. That person is, after all, a Demon Hunter who has experienced many missions, his combat experience will not be weak.”

Long Haochen nodded slightly and said, “I understand.”

Sima Xian leisurely said, “Hey, Lao Han, don’t be nervous, we are just waiting to collect merits. After earning enough this time, we don’t have to go out on missions for the time being. We will wait until the Vice-Captain recovers.”

Like Han Yu, Sima Xian was now completely convinced by Long Haochen, treating him as the boss. Not to mention anything else, just the significant increase in his own cultivation speed after his innate spiritual power was increased, filled Sima Xian with admiration for Long Haochen. He was Long Haochen’s third Guardian Knight, after all, and Long Haochen had to take considerable risks.

Long Haochen and the others sat in the resting area and waited. However, after a while, Lao Wu had not arrived, but many people walked in from outside. These people were not too old. At most, they were only middle-aged. After entering the training ground, they directly found a place to sit down. Among these people, Long Haochen also saw some familiar faces, such as the 2nd Soldier Grade Demon Hunt Squad led by Yang Wenzhao, and the 3rd Soldier Grade Demon Hunt Squad led by Duan Yi. All of their members had come.

These two Captains even came directly to Long Haochen and sat down.

“Brother Long, I heard that you guys have caused quite a stir this time!” Yang Wenzhao glanced at Chen Ying’er not far away, and said in a low voice with a somewhat helpless expression.

Long Haochen naturally knew what he was referring to, shrugged his shoulders, and said, “Such a big mistake in the mission tower, it involves more than just our team.”

Yang Wenzhao nodded in agreement and said, “The alliance handled it in a timely manner, otherwise, it would definitely cause dissatisfaction among all Demon Hunt Squads. By the way, how did you get involved with the 8th General Grade Demon Hunt Squad? This is a scam, old hands cheating us newly promoted Demon Hunt Squads for merits. We encountered it before, but I refused. Are you confident?”

Long Haochen smiled slightly and said, “There is definitely no absolute certainty, but we newcomers cannot always be bullied. Even if we can’t win, it doesn’t matter, we are using one to fight ten, I only bet a small amount of merits.”

Yang Wenzhao was relieved and said, “That’s good. Just treat it as training your combat power. We are comrades of the same class, I support you. On the betting side, I have already bet a hundred merits on you.”

“Betting side? What betting side?” Long Haochen asked with a confused expression.

Yang Wenzhao said in surprise, “Wasn’t that betting pool opened by your people? Lin Xin! And Lu Xi of the 4th Soldier Grade Demon Hunt Squad. By the way, how did Lin Xin get together with Lu Xi? Although the odds he offered are extremely high, if you lose, you may have to pay a considerable amount of merits.”

Long Haochen said with a wry smile, “That greedy fellow, I wondered why he ran to the trading center. Did you all also get notified by him?”

Yang Wenzhao smiled and said, “Not only did he notify us, but he was also responsible for helping him spread it. Those old birds in the General Grade always want to bully us newcomers. With this incident, even if we don’t protest to the alliance, other teams of the same class should be able to get the news, saving everyone from being fooled in the future. Don’t worry, Lin Xin is very cunning, he opened a betting pool with odds of one to thirty. That is to say, if you lose, you have to bet thirty merits to win one merit. So you won’t lose too much.”

(To be continued)