529: Chapter 529 Betting

"Chen Yi!"

Zhao Zhao dove into Chen Yi's arms, her small face covered in tears. "You're finally back!"

Chen Yi stumbled back from the impact, looking bewildered. "What's wrong?"

Zhao Zhao looked up at him, her eyes brimming with tears. "I—my pocket money—I lost it all—"

After saying this, she burst into tears.

Chen Yi and Emilia were stunned on the spot.

"What the heck?"

The two of them watched in silence as Zhao Zhao cried for a full ten minutes.

When she finally cried herself out and stopped with a hiccup, Chen Yi spoke up. "You went gambling again?"

Zhao Zhao nodded.

"And you lost?"

Zhao Zhao nodded.

"How much did you lose?"

Zhao Zhao said in a small voice, "My pocket money is all gone, and I owe fifteen energy purple crystals..."

"Pfft—"

Chen Yi felt like he was genuinely going to spit out a mouthful of blood!

Wasn't Zhao Zhao supposed to be a little rich girl?

He had been thinking that if he could form a contract with Zhao Zhao in the future, maybe all of this would come to him as a dowry!

And it was all lost?

And she was in debt up to her ears?

Just how many dark night crystals would that be?

Zhao Zhao looked at him pitifully.

"Chen Yi—could you lend me some energy purple crystals?"

"I promise! Next time I'll definitely win it all back!"

Chen Yi looked at her big, watery eyes and was silent for a few seconds.

Then, he smiled.

"Why would I need to lend you anything?"

He ruffled Zhao Zhao's hair. "Come on, I'll take you to win some money."

Zhao Zhao was stunned. "Win money?"

Chen Yi tapped Zhao Zhao on her small head. "Didn't you say the Festival lasts for a year? Then I'll—win for a year!"

"Huh???????"

Zhao Zhao looked completely bewildered.

Half an hour later.

Chen Yi stood in the staging area of an arena, closing his eyes to focus.

Zhao Zhao watched him nervously from the side.

"Chen Yi, can you really do this? The guardian of this arena has already won eighteen matches in a row!"

"His projection is a Spirit Beast that has already reached Tier 14. Its speed is outrageously fast, and so many people have been defeated by him!"

"Even though they don't know who your Contracted Spirit Beast is, the Rank suppression is still there. Can your Contracted Spirit Beast handle it?"

Chen Yi smiled and didn't answer.

His summoning technique could summon targets directly with the strength of a Heavenly God!

Why would he be afraid of some small-fry Tier 14?

The crowd around them began placing bets frantically.

Chen Yi's opponent, a Beast Tamer named Lei Ji, had a win rate as high as 87%!

He had already won twenty-three consecutive matches in the arena, and his Contracted Spirit Beast, the Spirit Beast, was as fast as lightning—no one had been able to defeat it yet!

Almost everyone had placed their dark night crystals on Lei Ji!

Some bet ten, some bet a hundred, and some even bet over a thousand!

On the betting table, the dark night crystals were piled up like a small mountain.

As for Chen Yi's side, there were only a few scattered ones.

Those who bet on him were just madmen hoping to gamble on an upset.

Just then, Zhao Zhao squeezed her way to the front of the betting table.

She pulled twenty energy purple crystals from her bosom and slapped them onto the table.

"I'm betting on Chen Yi! Twenty energy purple crystals!"

The whole place instantly went quiet.

Everyone looked at her in unison.

The look in their eyes was like they were staring at an idiot.

"Twenty energy purple crystals?"

The person in charge of the betting table widened their eyes. "Little girl, are you sure? You didn't bet on the wrong person, did you?"

Zhao Zhao looked determined. "I'm sure! Betting it all!"

Bursts of laughter erupted from the crowd.

"Hahahaha! This girl must be crazy!"

"Twenty energy purple crystals, that's two million dark night crystals! Just like that, betting on a nobody?"

"Does she not know how strong Lei Ji is?"

"Wait, this little girl—why does she look familiar?"

Someone scrutinized Zhao Zhao, then suddenly slapped their thigh.

"I remember now! Isn't this that Zhao Zhao who lost so much she ended up in debt up to her ears?"

"Yes, yes, yes! That's her! I heard she owes Zhao Bobo five energy purple crystals and gets chased for debt every single day!"

"Hahahaha! She's in debt and still dares to come gamble? And betting this much?"

"She's definitely an idiot! An idiot among idiots!"

The mocking laughter rose and fell.

Zhao Zhao's small face flushed red, but she stubbornly held her head high, remaining silent.

Just then, a sarcastic voice drifted from the crowd.

"Yo, yo, yo, isn't this Young Miss Zhao Zhao?"

A short, stout man squeezed out of the crowd, looking at Zhao Zhao with a grin.

He was wearing flashy, golden robes, and all ten of his fingers were covered in gemstone rings, looking just like a walking jewelry display case.

It was none other than one of Zhao Zhao's creditors—Zhao Bobo!

"Young Miss Zhao Zhao, you still owe me five energy purple crystals."

Zhao Bobo shook the IOU in his hand. "You have twenty crystals now, and you aren't paying me back? You went to place a bet instead?"

Zhao Zhao bit her lip, not saying a word.

Zhao Bobo narrowed his eyes, a glimmer of greed flashing through them, and he couldn't help but lick his thick lips.

"Oh well, never mind!"

"According to the rules of the Void Realm, if you owe me more than twenty energy purple crystals, your ownership will belong to me, and you will become my slave!"

"Divine Rank, and such a cute little girl too—"

"Hehehe, not bad, not bad!"

Zhao Zhao shuddered and instinctively took a step back.

Even with Nolan protecting her, she didn't dare to recklessly incur such a massive debt.

"In that case, I'll bet twenty energy purple crystals too!"

Zhao Bobo stepped forward, pulled twenty energy purple crystals from his robes, and slapped them onto the betting table. "I'm betting on Lei Ji!"

The crowd was in an uproar!

"Twenty! Another twenty!"

"Zhao Bobo is killing two birds with one stone!"

"Brilliant! If Lei Ji wins, the little girl's twenty energy purple crystals will almost all end up in Zhao Bobo's hands!"

"Hahahaha, then Young Miss Zhao Zhao will be his slave for good!"

"Too ruthless! He wants to decide her fate in one round!"

Zhao Zhao's face turned pale instantly.

She naturally knew the debt transfer rules of the Void Realm!

If she placed a bet using borrowed energy purple crystals, and the subject of the bet lost, then the debt for the crystals she lost would be transferred to the winner!

In other words, if Lei Ji won, the twenty energy purple crystals she lost would almost all become a debt owed to Zhao Bobo!

Added to the five she already owed, that would be twenty-five!

Twenty-five crystals were enough to make her Zhao Bobo's slave!

Zhao Zhao's hands began to tremble!

She looked at the twenty energy purple crystals in her hand!

These crystals were given to her by Chen Yi!

Chen Yi had said at the time: "Help me bet twenty of them, bet it all on me!"

Zhao Zhao hadn't thought much of it at the time and had agreed.

But now, she suddenly realized a problem.

According to the rules, although these twenty crystals were Chen Yi's.

Because the bet went through her hands, it was essentially still a debt transfer.

If she lost, the debt of these twenty crystals would be counted against her!

This Chen Yi—could he be trying to set her up?