Chapter 2910 - 585: Betting on the Arena

"Let’s go, follow and see."

The three cultivators of the Golden Immortal Realm quickly followed.

Although many cultivators had already entered the Astral Domain Secret Territory, there were still many cultivators remaining outside.

And Immortal Lord Qiong E and the other three were all existences at the level of Daluo Golden Immortal; in this Peace City now, there were probably only five Daluo Golden Immortals in total.

On the street, the cultivators one after another looked at the Daluo Golden Immortals walking together, their eyes filled with even greater astonishment.

"What’s going on?"

"All the Daluo Golden Immortals have gathered together."

"Where are they going? This direction... why do I feel like it’s toward the arena?"

"Let’s follow and take a look too."

Because several Daluo Golden Immortals were walking together, the cultivators they passed along the way all grew curious and followed along as well.

Soon, they arrived at the arena grounds.

In the center of the grounds, the two arenas were both empty at the moment.

The ghost leading the team pointed at the arena, then stretched out his hand to point at Cao Zhen, and then at Immortal Lord Qiong E; his meaning was already very clear.

Cao Zhen saw the ghost’s movements clearly and immediately raised his voice to refute, "You want me and him to fight a life-and-death battle on the arena to resolve our conflict?

He’s a Daluo Golden Immortal cultivator, I’m only a Taiyi True Immortal. How could I possibly fight him! Besides, he was the one making trouble at my doorstep; I was in my own home, no matter how you look at it he should be punished, not me."

Immortal Lord Qiong E, however, was overjoyed, unable to suppress the hint of excitement in his eyes. According to their original plan, after they killed Immortal Lord Bai Feng, the four of them were to evenly split Immortal Lord Bai Feng’s treasures together.

With four cultivators splitting them, each would naturally get fewer treasures, especially that most precious Immortal Mine!

But now, this ghost actually wanted him and Immortal Lord Bai Feng to fight a life-and-death duel!

According to the rules of arena life-and-death battles, once you kill the opponent, the treasures inside the opponent’s Heaven and Earth Ring naturally belong to the victor.

So as long as he killed Immortal Lord Bai Feng, then all of Immortal Lord Bai Feng’s treasures, including that piece of Immortal Mine, would be his alone.

He had originally thought he was unlucky and would have to receive punishment, yet in the end he’d run into such a turn for the better.

He immediately took out a Peace Command and handed it to the ghost at the side. And to prevent Immortal Lord Bai Feng from stirring up trouble again, the very next instant he took out another Peace Command and handed it to the ghost.

For arena battles, you had to pay a venue fee, which was precisely this Peace Command.

All around, the cultivators who had come to watch understood what had happened.

"So you’re saying this Taiyi Golden Immortal somehow started a dispute with that Daluo Golden Immortal, and then each of them claimed it was the other’s fault—that they hadn’t violated Peace City’s rules, it was the other side who had."

"And because the patrolling ghost couldn’t determine who was in the wrong, he directly let them go to the arena for a decisive battle."

"You can rule like that? They’ve never ruled like this before."

"Just because something didn’t exist before doesn’t mean it won’t in the future. I actually think this kind of ruling is pretty good."

"That still depends on who you’re talking about. For that Daluo Golden Immortal, this ruling is naturally great, but for the Taiyi Golden Immortal, it’s rotten luck."

Cao Zhen saw Immortal Lord Qiong E so anxious that he even paid his own fee, and he almost couldn’t hold back his laughter.

His intention all along had been to make the other side completely unsuspecting, totally without doubt, and step onto the arena with him.

That ghost was also someone he had contacted beforehand; he’d had that ghost patrol nearby all this time.

The plan he had made earlier had to be carried out with this ghost’s help.

After all, if they’d run into some other ghost, that one might have simply locked the two of them up.

Cao Zhen even deliberately put on an appearance of not wanting to go up on the stage, but the ghost captain in front suddenly swung his hand toward the ground; a streak of pitch-black finger energy shot out, landed at Cao Zhen’s feet, and directly pierced through the ground.

Cao Zhen jumped in fright to avoid the strike; looking at the shattered ground, he could only helplessly walk toward the arena.

The ghost, in accordance with the plan they’d made earlier, then took out a Peace Command, pointed at Cao Zhen and then at Immortal Lord Qiong E, and placed the Peace Command in front of himself.

Down below, the crowd of cultivators froze for a moment. What did this ghost mean?

Immortal Lord Shi Wang had followed along when Cao Zhen and the others left, then blended into the crowd, looking completely inconspicuous.

Now, seeing the ghost’s movements, he couldn’t help but recall what Immortal Lord Bai Feng had told him beforehand.

After thinking it over, he chose to trust Immortal Lord Bai Feng. He quietly retreated a bit farther back, then raised his voice and said, "My lord, from your actions, do you mean to have us place bets, wagering on which of these two cultivators will win? And the stake for betting must be Peace Commands?"

As soon as his words fell, the ghost opposite them started nodding his head like crazy.

All around, the cultivators were stunned yet again.

"Why does this ghost feel... a bit different."

"Yeah, Peace City has had cultivators fight before, but I’ve walked through so many Peace Cities and this is the first time I’ve seen city enforcers acting as the banker and letting everyone place bets."

"I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but I feel like this ghost seems much smarter than the others."

"But the problem is, betting should have odds, right? One is a Daluo Golden Immortal, the other is a Taiyi Golden Immortal—their odds definitely shouldn’t be the same."

"Yeah, what are their odds, anyway?"

The ghost seemed to understand what everyone meant. He took out two more Peace Commands, pointed at Cao Zhen and Immortal Lord Qiong E, then placed them at his sides, one to the left and one to the right in two different directions.

Immortal Lord Shi Wang had just been about to repeat what Immortal Lord Bai Feng had taught him before, but before he could speak, other cultivators’ voices had already risen.

"Does he mean the odds are one to one?"

"That should be what he means. Look, he’s nodding."

"How can the odds for a Taiyi Golden Immortal be the same as for a Daluo Golden Immortal!"

"If that’s the case, who would choose the Taiyi Golden Immortal?"

"Do you think maybe he’s never done this kind of thing before, so he has no experience and just made the odds the same for both sides?"

"If that’s the case, then what’s everyone still hesitating for—hurry up and place your bets!"