31: Chapter 31 Gamblers are everywhere

"What 'you' what? If you're not convinced, come up here and fight me! Why are you dawdling like that?"

"Fine, fine, fine! Since you've pushed it to this point, if we don't fight you today, it'll look like we're truly afraid of you!"

After a brief discussion, the three of them released all their Believers who had reached the First Rank. All in all, they only managed to scrape together about twenty.

Next, they started borrowing from classmates they were on good terms with. After all, this was a virtual world. Even if the Believers were truly killed, it would only cause a bit of mental damage.

Plus, Wang Tao's attitude was truly infuriating. Everyone here was a Divine Being, and his family background wasn't even as good as theirs! What right did he have to be so arrogant?

Therefore, the three of them quickly borrowed enough to gather one hundred First Rank Believers.

With these Believers in hand, the three of them felt their confidence surge. Liu Cheng walked up to Wang Tao with a fake smile on his face.

"Fighting just like this is too boring. Since classmate Wang is so confident, how about we add a wager? If we win, how about you pay us one hundred thousand faith points?"

Hearing this bet, Wang Tao instinctively looked toward Lin Xiao. Although he had confidence in the battle, he still needed to seek his Lord's opinion regarding matters involving faith points.

He hadn't expected a perfectly good assessment to turn into this. He looked at the homeroom teacher standing to the side, who showed no intention of stopping them.

Lin Xiao sighed inwardly. He understood the feelings of his two subordinates. Being subjected to passive-aggressive remarks openly and covertly all the time was something no one could tolerate.

If they had no strength, it would be one thing, but they were currently the side with the strength. If they could still endure this, they would truly be: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

"We're all classmates, a match is just a match. Why add a wager? With such a large bet, whoever loses will likely feel terrible. Why don't we skip it?"

For Lin Xiao, one hundred thousand was naturally a drop in the bucket, but for an ordinary Divine Being, it was a huge fortune. If one didn't count the Ministry of Education rewards and student loans, this amount of faith points would take them many years to earn.

Yet, Lin Xiao's well-intentioned persuasion only further solidified Liu Cheng's resolve. Even the two classmates on the side who were originally looking worried became determined.

"Classmate Lin, what are you saying? It's only one hundred thousand faith points. Surely that should be nothing to you."

"Exactly. Classmate Lin says it's for our own good, but could it be that you're afraid to pay up if you lose?"

"Wang Tao was able to produce a hundred First Rankers in such a short time, and even equipped them with fine weapons. I wonder how much of that fifteen million student loan you have left?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the other students in the class revealed looks of sudden realization.

"I knew it! How could his strength improve so quickly? So they were using three people's student loans to support just him? What are they planning to do after that?"

"Hehe, what else can they do? Naturally, they'll go find some suckers to act as Slave Gods. If our school doesn't work out, they can just change schools."

"No way? That's possible?"

"Tch, what's impossible about it? After all, didn't he also... hehehe."

The surrounding students' discussions were undisguised—or rather, they were deliberately spoken for the three of them to hear.

Lin Xiao had a good mindset, but Wang Tao and Su Xue did not have such a good mindset at the moment. Especially since these people actually dared to slander their Lord!

One must know that in their hearts, the current Lin Xiao was an existence whose status was far higher than even their own parents.

With eyes burning with rage, Wang Tao stepped forward, intending to kill these people on the spot. Anyway, this was a virtual world; letting them suffer mental damage and behave themselves for a few days would be fine too.

Seeing his appearance, Lin Xiao waved his hand, his tone indifferent.

"There's no need to lower yourself to their level. As the old saying goes: If you aren't envied, you're mediocre. Your strength is so great that they can't beat you in a fight."

"They can only talk big. Since they want to play, then you should play along with them properly. We accept the bet of one hundred thousand faith points."

After speaking, Lin Xiao casually transferred one hundred thousand faith points to the teacher, then turned to look at the group led by Liu Cheng.

"Our wager has already been transferred to the teacher. Now it's your turn. Do you want me to give you some time to go borrow more from other classmates?"

Hearing Lin Xiao's deliberately mocking words, two of the thinner-skinned classmates opened their mouths to say something, but Liu Cheng was quick to grab them.

"He's provoking us, wanting us to give up our current position and fight him. We mustn't fall for it."

"Damn! That's so insidious! I almost fell for his trap. Good thing you're here."

"Isn't it just one hundred thousand faith points? Does he think this little money can scare us? Hmph! Don't cry when you lose later!"

Soon, the three of them each transferred 33,333 faith points to the teacher; the extra point was covered by Liu Cheng.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao almost couldn't help but laugh out loud. They were already so damn poor, yet they still insisted on gambling to try and make a big score?

Sure enough, there's no shortage of gambling addicts in any world. They didn't even consider what to do if they lost.

"Since they want to play, let your Believers play with them properly."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tao respectfully bowed to Lin Xiao. Just as he was about to speak, Liu Cheng seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly shouted out.

"It was agreed that you'd only send out one Believer! If it's two, then you lose without needing to fight!"

As soon as these words left his mouth, even his companions beside him couldn't help but blush. The students below looked at him with eyes that were: awestruck.

"Damn? He can actually say something like that so righteously? This really opened my eyes."

"Damn it! No wonder he can earn one hundred thousand faith points. With this brain and this thick skin, if he doesn't earn these faith points, who will?"

"Hiss! As expected. I still have a lot of room for improvement. If I can't even bear to throw away my face, how can I dream of ascending to Demigodhood..."

"Is this what a powerhouse is like... Truly different from ordinary people like me."

Watching the students whose thoughts were beginning to twist because of this sentence, the corner of Teacher Tong Qian's mouth twitched slightly.

However, she didn't say anything, nor did she intend to correct them. To a certain extent, this trait was indeed indispensable for low-level Divine Beings who wanted to rise.

Lin Xiao, who heard this from the side, had already begun to mourn for this kid in his heart. Over thirty thousand faith points—if he loses later, won't this kid be torn alive by his companions?

Wang Tao also heard this, which made him pause for a moment. Then, he continued to give orders to his Believer.

"General Zhan Yi, you go. This battle must be won, not lost! If you lose..."

Wang Tao didn't finish his sentence, while the general-looking General Zhan Yi respectfully knelt on one knee and solemnly issued a military pledge.

"This battle will certainly not fail my God's expectations! I will only die in battle! There is no defeat!"

If it were before, General Zhan Yi might have had some concerns. After all, he had never seen an Outer God's Believer before and had always assumed they were of the same strength as himself.

Even if they were worse, could they really be worse than those Second Rank beasts?

It turned out that after fighting just one round, he realized they could actually be worse! Never mind comparing them to Second Rank beasts, even First Rank beasts were stronger than the Outer God's Believers.

If he still lost after this, he wouldn't even need his God to speak; he wouldn't have the face to go on living himself.

At this moment, General Zhan Yi drew the sharp blade from his waist and pointed it at the one hundred First Rank Believers opposite him.

There was only one thought in his mind: End this quickly!