125: Accept the challenge and bet 5000

In this country, you cannot give the opponent any chance to rise.

Even at Divine Gene, many Japanese Awakened Ones are basically the primary subjects for experiments.

It can't be helped; people from this country are rebellious by nature. Once they rise, they want to take a bite out of everyone.

Over the years, although many Geniuses have been born, after the entirety of Japan was overrun by Mutated Beasts, there has only been one Demi-God rank Awakened One over all these years, who was assigned to a large city in Europa.

Most of the time, Augustus and Chiba Shinichi are practically two peas in a pod.

Inside the challenge room, Augustus stepped out of the Challenge Pod, scanned the surroundings, and a satisfied smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

"Who else wants to challenge? It seems people from every stronghold have already fought. You from the Xia Kingdom have the most slots this time; I wonder if you have the courage to try?"

As he spoke, Augustus looked provocatively at Jin Yan and the others.

With Jin Yan's hot temper, he really couldn't stand it and rushed to the Challenge Pod: "Bullshit! I'll take you on first, and later when Zhou Xing arrives, I'll let him deal with you."

After wagering three hundred Points, the battle began quickly.

Jin Yan's strength had already reached the Late Control Stage, and the battle between the two sides reached a fever pitch from the very beginning.

Jin Yan erupted with full power, the True Solar Fire turning into a giant wave crashing down, but Augustus blocked it with one hand.

Even more shocking was that the flames were directly assimilated by the Power of Light, and even turned back to attack Jin Yan himself.

Knowing the gap between him and his opponent was not small, Jin Yan immediately manifested his True Body of the Sun.

His strength increased further, making Augustus's expression turn more solemn.

However, as someone who also reached the Control Realm immediately upon Awakening, Augustus's divinity of the god of light had already reached 55%.

With the move Light Possession, his strength instantly soared to a level no less than the Early Stage of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. Jin Yan couldn't last three minutes before being defeated.

Subsequently, Shangguan Chengfeng, Su Li, and Gu Qianjun took the stage one after another, all returning in defeat.

At this moment, the expressions of the four were very unsightly.

However, for Augustus and Chiba Shinichi, they were most looking forward to fighting Zhou Xing, Xing Tian, James, and Janet.

Especially Zhou Xing, who was their main target.

"Zhou Xing is here."

At that moment, someone shouted loudly, and the entire challenge room suddenly fell silent.

Soon, Zhou Xing and Xing Tian walked in.

"I heard someone called me out for a challenge?"

Zhou Xing scanned the room, finally locking his gaze on Augustus and Chiba Shinichi.

The two locked onto Zhou Xing, their Battle Intent rising: "Finally, you're here."

"Zhou Xing, give this guy a good lesson! The four of us lost face; we couldn't even last three minutes."

Jin Yan rushed over to complain.

"You guys, didn't I say to wait until we got here? You're so impatient."

Xing Tian spoke with a tone of disappointment.

When he went out to find Zhou Xing just now, he had clearly told them not to be impulsive.

However, that the four of them couldn't even hold out for three minutes before losing also made Xing Tian somewhat shocked.

Augustus's strength shouldn't be this great, even at the Peak of Control.

"Tell me, with your strength, it's impossible for you to not even last three minutes..."

Jin Yan whispered impatiently: "That activated Power of Light is unusual. It can assimilate other attribute energies to use and counter them. My True Solar Fire was completely ineffective."

Zhou Xing turned to look at Augustus: "It seems you're quite confident after your Breakthrough."

Augustus was full of Battle Intent: "How about it? Do you dare to have an all-out match?"

Whispers immediately broke out in the challenge room.

Many remembered the scene from the previous combat practice where Zhou Xing narrowly defeated Augustus. Now that the opponent's strength had greatly increased, the outcome was uncertain.

Zhou Xing slowly walked toward the virtual pod in the challenge room, his fingers lightly tapping the shell: "I can, but what's the wager?"

"You decide," Augustus said with full confidence.

"Fine, then five thousand Points."

As Zhou Xing's words fell, Augustus was first stunned, and then his expression became somewhat solemn.

He didn't know why Zhou Xing was still so confident.

At the same time, the number Zhou Xing proposed was like a bomb exploding in the challenge room.

A commotion broke out among the many students; even Janet, who always remained indifferent, slightly widened her heterochromatic eyes.

"Five thousand? Is he crazy, or am I hallucinating?"

"Who can produce that many Points right now?"

"If you can't, you can borrow them. Besides, I calculated that Augustus already has 5100 Points by now."

...Not to mention, this person's calculation was very accurate.

Augustus glanced at his balance and found that he indeed already had 5100 Points; this was his entire current fortune.

Although he hesitated a bit, under everyone's gaze and having initiated the challenge himself, he naturally couldn't back down.

"Fine, it's a deal," he said, gritting his teeth.

Then he slapped his point card onto the wagering slot in the challenge room and entered the number 5000.

Zhou Xing also took out his point card and wagered 5000 Points.

As both sides placed their bets, the lights in the entire challenge room dimmed. Zhou Xing and Augustus both stepped into the pods, closed the doors, and put on specialized neural induction helmets.

The holographic projection screen in the center now displayed the information:

[Challenge Confirmed: Zhou Xing VS Augustus, Wager: 5000 Points]

[Illusion Battlefield Loading...]

At this time, the other students also returned to their seats in the back, staring at the holographic screen with anticipation.

In reality, one couldn't use full power during practice, but in virtual space, there were no such restrictions. They were eager to see an all-out battle between the two.

Meanwhile, as their consciousnesses entered the Illusion Battlefield, many map scenes appeared before their eyes.

"Let's choose the Crimson Wasteland."

The choices of the two were surprisingly consistent.

After all, on the wasteland, the two could attack without restraint, without worrying about the opponent hiding behind other buildings.

Rumble~~~

With a violent shaking, the scenes around Zhou Xing and Augustus constantly shifted, and then they appeared in an endless Crimson Wasteland with no obstacles around them.

At the same time, what many didn't know was that the footage of the challenge here was being transmitted in real-time to a room in the Training Camp.

Inside the room, Jiang Ming, Yue Hua, and Gutaruo were all present.

They were naturally following such a lively event in the Training Camp from the shadows.