Chapter 2812: A Series of Traps, Huh?
Amidst a chorus of curses and the anguished howls of the various racial leaders!
The final match of the first round of the promotion tournament had also come to an end. It could finally calm down!
The preliminary list of the top 16 was:
Human, Bose, Silicon, Dark Cosmos, Apocalypse, Gamma, Celestial Star, Stardust, Insect, Hidden Spirit, Crystal, Star Mirror, Purple Thunder, Cave Heaven, Loom, Asura Imperial.
Many of them were members of the Carbon Alliance. It was almost an understatement to say they dominated the arena!
What surprised Jiangnan was that Jing Ming actually managed to win against the Divine Child with all the money he spent, earning a promotion spot!
Tianli cleared his throat twice:
(｡･ˇกˇ･) "I declare that the first round of promotion matches has officially ended. Members on the promotion list will receive 1.5 million promotion points as a reward!"
"However, the promotion list is not yet finalized. Next up is the first round of challenge matches!"
"Eliminated parties can use their challenge rights to freely designate any of the top 16 as their opponent! But they must take 1.5 million points from their own racial pool as a challenge wager!"
"The designated party cannot refuse, but if they receive multiple designations, they can choose which challenge to accept. Now... designation begins!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the eliminated races turned red!
The two beaten-up guys from the Chaos Race spoke first, pointing directly at the Purple Thunder Race!
☚(｀益´(#) "I, the Chaos Race, choose to challenge the Purple Thunder Race!"
But it wasn't just them. Lu Tie from the Metal Race also urged loudly:
(#▼皿▼)☛ "I also challenge the Purple Thunder Race! I don't accept it! Why can they advance and I can't? Do they even have the strength for it?"
"Don't fight me for it! I, the Demon Lord, also challenge the Purple Thunder Race!"
"I'll challenge too!"
Like the Demon Lord of the Black Demon Race, the Blood King of the Mad Race, Ye Chou of the Carbon Silk Race, Bai Gui of the Spirit Demon Race—all wanted to challenge the Purple Thunder Race!
Wang Kacha instantly received eight or nine designated challenges!
As for races like Human, Dark Cosmos, and Bose, they hardly received any designated challenges at all!
Who would be stupid enough to challenge such strong races? That's just asking for a beating and to be a free kill!
Wang Kacha froze on the spot. He didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
=͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇) Damn!
Am I really this popular?
Do I look that weak? A whole bunch of people want to challenge me?
Actually, he hadn't expected to advance in the first place. He was surprised he even won!
That was already a huge gain!
He was already very content. There's no way he'd make it to the next round—Wang Kacha knew that himself!
He couldn't refuse a designated challenge. Wang Kacha sighed and was about to pick the weakest opponent to give it another shot. He wasn't hopeful, but what if he could win?
However, Jiangnan suddenly teleported in front of Wang Kacha!
He elbowed Wang Kacha right in the ribs!
(￢◠￢〃) "Are you stupid?"
Wang Kacha swallowed hard:
(•́┏ω┓•̀٥) "Wh... what's wrong? Oh right, Boss Nan, for the challenge match later, you... you gotta give me some buffs again, or I'm afraid I won't be sure of winning!"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes and immediately sent a telepathic message:
(꒪ั～꒪ั*) "With your strength, advancing was already a fluke. Why are you even thinking about a bicycle?"
"Why not take this chance to make a profit? Are you really going to accept the challenge honestly? Do you even have a brain?"
Wang Kacha's face turned green. 'A fluke' my ass! Even though we're on the same side, you don't have to diss me like that!
Don't I have any face?
But he admitted Jiangnan was right. He probably couldn't even beat Boss Nan himself~
(๑◔┏益┓◔ิ) "Make a profit? How?"
Jiangnan was speechless:
(≖⇀≖〃) "Leave it to me~ Thirty-seventy split, okay? I'll take thirty~"
With that, he grinned widely and looked at the crowd with a bright smile!
(〃⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴) "Oh my~ I didn't expect our Wang Kacha to be so popular, receiving so many challenges at once!"
"It wouldn't be good to agree to just one—that would offend the others, wouldn't it?"
"What if we do it like this: whoever bids the highest gets the right to challenge? Fair and reasonable, highest bidder wins~"
As soon as he said that, Chu Yang, Bai Gui, the Demon Lord, and the others all turned green!
Are you starting an auction again?!
Do we have to bid for the right to bully the weak these days?
You can't miss any opportunity to make money, can you?
Wang Kacha's eyes lit up. 'Damn, that's a good idea! It's a business opportunity!'
No matter if he won or lost, he could make a big profit. No loss at all!
The Demon Lord gritted his teeth: (งᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ง "I can hear your little abacus from the end of the starry sky! Why should I have to pay extra to challenge him?"
Jiangnan spread his hands: ╮(•́ω•̀)╭ "You don't have to bid. No one's forcing you. Remember, in one round, a race can only accept one challenge."
"Miss this opportunity and there won't be another. If Wang Kacha gets knocked out by someone else, where will you find someone as weak as him?"
Wang Kacha clutched his chest, his face dark!
(づ▀┏益┓▀̿)̄
Although Boss Nan is helping me make money, hearing this really pisses me off!
The Blood King was already furious. Challenging someone else wasn't a sure thing—what if he lost? Wang Kacha was the easiest target!
But the thought of paying money...
Jiangnan grinned:
(͡°ก͡°)✧ "Ahem~ If you pay... things can be arranged~ Challenge matches~ No surprises~ You know the drill~"
With that, he winked at them wildly. When Jiangnan said that, the Star Devourers couldn't help but swallow hard!
Whoa! Does he mean that whoever wins the bidding will basically get the promotion slot arranged?
This isn't an auction for the challenge right—it's an auction for the promotion spot itself!
After all, the Purple Thunder Race has already earned 1.5 million points. Even if they lose, they don't lose anything?
The Demon Lord narrowed his eyes: (≖益≖ꐦ) "One hundred thousand Black Demon Ancient Crystals! One hundred thousand trillion star source points! Fifteen interstellar city industrial parks..."
Once someone started bidding, it was settled. A small auction had begun!
The various Star Devourers started frantically raising the price, all wanting to win the challenge right!
Wang Kacha was overjoyed. All this for me?
Just by accepting a challenge, I can make so much money? Even if I lose, it's not a loss!
After several rounds of bidding, the price had already reached an absurd level, even making the Star Devourers wince in pain!
Wang Kacha wanted to agree several times, but Jiangnan held him back every time!
Just as the Blood King finished his bid, Chu Yang angrily said:
(｀⌒´#) "Can you outbid my Chaos Race? I bid..."
Jiangnan immediately elbowed Wang Kacha!
Wang Kacha quickly shouted:
(٥ﾟ┏口┓ﾟ)ﾂ "I accept the Blood King's challenge! His bid includes something I want!"
Chu Yang choked on the spot, looking extremely frustrated!
The Blood King laughed heartily: "Demand creates value! Get it?"
But Wang Kacha sent a puzzled telepathic message:
(๑◔┏益┓◔ิ) "Boss Nan, why did you stop now? If we let it go a few more rounds, the price could go even higher..."
"Deciding now feels a bit of a loss?"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes:
(꒪ั～꒪ั*) "What loss? If we let it go to the end, it would definitely be a big race like Crystal or Chaos that wins. They have more resources!"
"You can take this challenge, but can you beat him? The Blood King's strength seems relatively weak to me. If you use the buffs, you might have a chance!"
"If you win, you get both points and money. If you lose, it's not a loss either."
Wang Kacha's mouth dropped open!
∑(°┏口┓°๑) Damn!
Your heart is really black!
After one round of bidding, you still ended up picking the weakest opponent to fight, no difference!
But you made an extra round of auction money!
You want both money and points, huh?
And the Blood King was still over there laughing happily. What a happy fool!
Seeing that Wang Kacha chose the Mad Race, the others quickly shifted their targets!
After all, a race can only accept one challenge. No matter win or lose, they can't take a second one!
So the remaining weak races became their challenge targets!
Like Jing Huayue of the Star Mirror Race, Du Lulu of the Loom Race, and Lou Xiao of the Cave Heaven Race all became key challenge targets!
Seeing how well Jiangnan did, why would they accept challenges honestly anymore?
Who wouldn't want to earn free money?
Du Lulu immediately raised her head:
(◦`┏～┓´◦) "Everyone~ start bidding~ Only those who bid high enough and catch my eye will get the chance to challenge me!"
At this moment, the Star Devourers who were preparing to challenge all turned green, glaring resentfully at Jiangnan!
Jiangnan spread his hands innocently:
ʅ(･´‸･｀)ʃ "Why are you all looking at me? It's not like I told her to auction it off? I haven't even asked her for a share of the profits yet~"
The Star Devourers' resentment value refreshed wildly!
Who started this mess if not you?
Otherwise, none of this would have happened!
Thus, one auction for challenge rights after another began!
This allowed those weaker Star Devourers to make a good profit!
Tianli watched this scene, his mouth twitching!
The entire direction of the Vertex War has been warped by this guy!
Among the 16 eliminated races, not all of them used their challenge rights.
Only about seven or eight did. After bleeding badly, they finally prepared for the challenge matches!
At that moment, Jiangnan drifted over again with his vendor cloth, his face beaming with a bright smile!
(｡⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴) "Everyone preparing for the challenge matches, don't you want to buy some buffs from me?"
Wu Gang of the Tungsten Armor Race angrily shouted:
(ꐦ･ˇ┏益┓ˇ･) "No! You want us to pay again? Do you want us to pawn our underwear?"
Jiangnan smiled sweetly:
(๑◔◡◔ิ) "Oh? Really not buying? Many of your challenge targets are members of my Carbon Alliance, and they'll be using buffs in the challenge matches. If you don't, you'll probably lose~"
"Also, among those who initiated challenges, many are from the Carbon Alliance and will also use buffs."
"If you don't use them, you'll get beaten~ If you get pushed out, the high price you paid to win your previous match will be wasted~"
"And if you lose the challenge, that 1.5 million points goes to your opponent~ Tsk tsk~"
At this moment, the Star Devourers' gazes at Jiangnan could kill!
A series of traps!
Every single step has a pit waiting, and they have to step into each one!
They even suspected that after the Vertex War, they might all go bankrupt!
Wu Gang angrily shouted:
(งᵒ̌┏皿┓ᵒ̌)ง "Jiangnan Gege! You're so mean~ Why do you always trick us like this~ All our money is being swindled by you, hmph~ It's really annoying~ Boohoo~"
The tough guy's falsetto voice echoed through the starry sky, lingering for a long time...
Wu Gang petrified on the spot...
Destroy it all! Leastwise Ward!