155: The Saintess's High-Stakes Challenge!

As Hua Yingxue gave the order, the atmosphere of the entire Gold-Squandering Arena was instantly ignited.

The breath of every demonic cultivator became scorching, their gazes like iron filings attracted by a magnet, firmly welded onto the massive 'demon heart roulette wheel' in the center.

“First round, begin!”

Hua Yingxue's red lips parted slightly, her voice sounding like a magic incantation.

She was the first to raise her slender jade hand, striking the edge of the roulette wheel with a palm containing vast Demonic Yuan!

On the other side, Su Chen didn't even bother to sit up straight.

He just leaned back on his throne and, facing the direction of the roulette wheel, casually extended a finger and gave a light tap through the air.

That posture was as if he were teasing a cat lying on a table.

After the injection of two completely different forces, the roulette wheel let out a low roar, and the massive pointer, polished from the spine of a Demonic Dragon, began to spin frantically!

The pointer whipped up a Soul-stirring demonic wind. Each time it passed through areas like 'Life', 'Death', 'Love', and 'Hate', the Dao Hearts of the spectators skipped a beat.

Everyone held their breath.

Finally, the rotation speed of the roulette wheel visibly slowed down.

The pointer swayed hesitantly between the golden light representing 'Greed' and the flames representing 'Anger'.

“Click!”

With a crisp locking sound, the pointer stopped steadily in the 'Greed' area, which was carved with countless gold coins!

“It’s ‘Greed’!”

“First round, a competition of financial power!”

The area outside instantly erupted into mountain-shaking, ocean-toppling roars.

This was the most primitive, most barbaric, and most effective competition to ignite the desires of all living beings!

Seeing this result, the tense corners of Hua Yingxue's mouth finally bloomed into a victorious curve.

Although it wasn't 'Love' or 'Desire', which she was most confident in, she also possessed absolute confidence in a competition of financial power!

Standing behind her was the accumulation of the entire Hehuan Sect over tens of thousands of years!

She didn't believe that a Loose Cultivator of unknown origin could surpass an Immortal Lineage in this regard!

Hua Yingxue's gaze carried undisguised aggression as it pierced straight toward Su Chen.

She waved her jade hand.

The Mei Xinnu behind her immediately understood, stepping forward holding over a dozen bulging Storage Pouches, and poured the Spirit Stones, precious Materials, and Medicinal Pills inside all at once onto the gambling table in front of her.

A small mountain built of wealth rose from the ground!

Vast ripples of Spiritual Qi spread like a tide, causing the entire Gold-Squandering Arena to tremble!

“I bet one hundred million Top-Grade Spirit Stones!”

“Plus, one-third of the Heaven And Earth Treasures in my Hehuan Sect's treasury!”

Hua Yingxue's voice was filled with a domineering air that crushed everything, echoing in everyone's ears.

One hundred million!

This number was like an invisible heavy hammer, ruthlessly smashing onto the skulls of all the demonic cultivators!

They were completely shocked, their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering at this terrifying number!

“Insane! Saintess Hua went all-in immediately!”

“Is this the foundation of an Immortal Demonic Sect? It's too terrifying!”

“How is that Young Master going to respond? He's dead for sure! Although the things he brought out before were precious, compared to a demonic Sect's treasury, they're just a drop in the bucket!”

All gazes—sympathetic, mocking, and gloating—converged in unison on Su Chen.

However, Su Chen still maintained that half-dead appearance, leaning back on the throne without even a hint of change in expression on his face.

It was as if that hundred million Top-Grade Spirit Stones were nothing more than a 'single penny' in his ears.

Su Chen didn't spare the gambling table a single glance, only casually waving his hand toward Spring Flower behind him.

[Spring Flower, it's your turn to perform.]

[Let them open their eyes and see what a professional wealth management team looks like.]

Spring Flower received the command.

On that cute and naive little face, an indifference that viewed money as dirt—completely inconsistent with her appearance—instantly surfaced.

She stepped forward, first disdainfully pushing aside the 'scraps' Su Chen had brought out earlier.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, she began to slowly take things out from her seemingly ordinary Storage Ring.

The first item was a palm-sized palace model perfectly cast from 'Astral Divine Gold'.

As soon as it appeared, it drew in Star Power from beyond the heavens, projecting a brilliant phantom of a galaxy above the Gold-Squandering Arena!

“Emperor weapon material! That's Astral Divine Gold, the main material for refining emperor weapons! She's using that as a stake?!”

A Demonic Path giant cried out, his voice changing pitch.

Spring Flower ignored him and continued.

The second item was a cyan lotus seed with a large amount of Yin and Yang Qi flowing through it.

Around the lotus seed, black and white Qi circulated, with a natural dao rhyme. A supreme divine charm capable of reshaping a dao foundation permeated the air!

“Yin Yang Cyan Lotus Seed! The supreme divine object rumored to help one forge a quasi-emperor foundation?”

Another Old Devil stood up from his seat in shock, his beard trembling.

Spring Flower remained expressionless and continued.

The third item was a long sword that constantly spat out blinding divine light.

“That... that is a quasi-emperor weapon!”

One item, then another... and another!

Every single thing Spring Flower brought out was enough to make ancient lineages start a Sect-exterminating war to fight for!

The value of these things could no longer be measured by Spirit Stones!

The entire Gold-Squandering Arena fell into an eerie silence.

The tens of thousands of demonic cultivators, including Hua Yingxue at the center of the gambling table, were all like wooden carvings whose Divine Souls had been collectively snatched away. They stared blankly as that small gambling table was lightly piled high with supreme treasures capable of inciting a catastrophe in the Xuanyuan Continent.

The victory-assured smile on Hua Yingxue's face had long since completely stiffened and shattered.

The hundred million Top-Grade Spirit Stones she was so proud of, and the Sect foundation she relied on, were as small as a giant joke in front of the things the other party had brought out.

That wasn't the difference between a wealthy landlord and an emperor.

That was the difference between a grain of sand and a vast sea of stars!

There was simply... no comparison!

Spring Flower finished all this as if she had just thrown away a pile of worthless stones.

She patted the non-existent dust off her hands, lifted her watery big eyes, looked at the already petrified Hua Yingxue opposite her, and said the cruelest words in the softest tone:

“My Young Master asks, are these... enough?”

“If it's not enough, I still have more here.”

As she spoke, she also innocently shook the seemingly ordinary Storage Ring on her hand.

“Pfft—”

Outside, a Demonic Lord with an unstable Dao Heart could no longer withstand this terrifying impact. His throat felt sweet, and he directly sprayed a mouthful of old blood three feet high, fainting on the spot from anger.

Was it enough?

This was more than just enough!

Hua Yingxue's face turned from red to white, from white to green, and finally turned into a deathly gray.

She felt as if her cheeks had been struck by an invisible large hand, swinging left and right, ruthlessly delivering hundreds of slaps that burned with pain.

The open scheme she had carefully planned to completely crush the other party in financial power was smashed into oblivion in the first round by the other party in a way she didn't even dare to imagine in her dreams!

How could they even compete?

There was no need to compete at all!

The winner had already been decided!

“The first round... White-robed Young Master... wins!”

The manager of the Soul-Melting Den announced the result with great difficulty, in a trembling voice like someone talking in their sleep.

As soon as he finished speaking, the mountain-like pile of Spirit Stones and treasures in front of Hua Yingxue was swept up by an invisible force, turning into a stream of light that flew toward Su Chen's gambling table, humbly merging into that even more brilliant and dazzling treasure light.

The first round of confrontation.

Hua Yingxue, a complete defeat!

She didn't even have the qualification to make the other party look at her directly.

[Tsk, with just this little bit of property, you still try to play all-in? Your professional skills are not up to par.]

Su Chen picked up the Ten-Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruit Wine that Qiu Yue had just replaced, took a light sip, and let out a ruthless mockery in his heart.

[It seems today's fun is even more bland and tasteless than I imagined.]

Hua Yingxue bit her lower lip hard, bright red blood seeping from the corner of her mouth, yet she was completely unaware.

She looked at the man opposite her, who had been calm and unruffled from beginning to end, the man who didn't even bother to glance at the gambling table. A sense of frustration strong enough to tear her Soul apart surged wildly into her heart.

But, she couldn't admit defeat!

She still had a chance!

Financial power was only one-ninth of the 'demon heart roulette wheel' assessment!

She didn't believe that this man could also be so abnormal in Dao Heart comprehension!

“Second round!”

“Begin!”

Hua Yingxue almost squeezed these words out from between her teeth, hysterical madness burning in her eyes as she activated the roulette wheel once more!

She was going to win back everything she had lost, with interest!