198: The elder is willing to pay 80 billion, just asking you to be polite.

But in the next second...

Under everyone's horrified gaze...

A long string of zeros began to jump frantically!

One hundred million!

One billion!

Ten billion!

Fifty billion!

Eighty billion!

Finally!

The numbers froze!

【1,000,000,000,000】

One hundred billion!

Not a single zero more, not a single zero less!

When this string of numbers appeared...

The entire square became so silent that a pin drop could be heard.

Everyone's breathing stopped at this moment.

Their eyes bulged like copper bells, their minds went blank, and they completely lost the ability to think.

The Saintess of Light was also struck as if by lightning, frozen in place, her entire body stiff.

She looked at that virtual screen and the string of numbers that made her soul tremble, feeling that her worldview was being thoroughly crushed at this moment.

Really... He actually brought it out!

A Divine Ability Realm Infant... casually produced one hundred billion in federation coin liquid capital!

This... what kind of monster is he?!

Su Jue looked at the petrified Saintess of Light and urged her impatiently.

"Hey."

"It's your turn."

"I've already brought out the money."

"Where's yours?"

"You're not thinking of backing out, are you?"

..."Where's yours?"

"You're not thinking of backing out, are you?"

Su Jue's voice was like a demonic sound drilling into her ears, buzzing in the Saintess of Light's mind.

She suddenly snapped back to her senses, her face turning pale and then flushed, looking extremely unsightly.

Backing out?

As the dignified Saintess of the Light God Clan, how could she possibly back out!

But... one hundred billion!

She really couldn't produce it!

Her entire net worth, including various real estate, dharma treasures, and pills, might add up to that amount.

But in terms of liquid capital, she had at most ten or twenty billion.

Now... she was riding a tiger and couldn't get off!

Seeing the Saintess of Light's embarrassed state, the expressions of the disciples below the stage also became incredibly colorful.

Who could have imagined?

The high and mighty Saintess of Light, like a deity, would actually be forced to this point by an Infant using money.

This was ten thousand times more humiliating than being directly defeated by him!

"I..."

The Saintess of Light opened her mouth, her throat dry, unable to say a single word.

Her pride and dignity were, at this moment, being trampled and rubbed into the ground by Su Jue in the most simple and crude manner.

Su Jue curled his lip.

"Can't produce it?"

"If you can't produce it, you should have said so earlier."

"Wasting my emotions."

"Fine, I'm not fighting. I'm going back to sleep."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

If she let him leave now...

Then she, the Saintess of Light, would become a laughingstock in the entire Cosmic Temple from now on!

A joke who was crushed by an Infant's money!

"Wait!"

The Saintess of Light almost roared it out.

She stared fixedly at Su Jue's back, her golden eyes already bloodshot.

"I... I can produce it!"

She said through gritted teeth.

Su Jue stopped, turned around, and looked at her with a face full of doubt.

"Oh?"

"Then produce it."

"I'm waiting."

The Saintess of Light took a deep breath, as if she had made a major decision.

She suddenly looked up, her gaze piercing through the void toward a certain direction of the Temple Headquarters.

That was where the Council of Elders was located.

In the next second.

Using her divine sense, she sent out a message enough to shake the entire temple high-level.

"Elder Jin Lie!"

"Lend me eighty billion!"

"..."

Temple Headquarters.

Inside the Elder Council conference room.

Several Great Saint Realm elders who were drinking tea and watching the show almost spat out their tea when they heard this divine sense transmission.

"Pfft!"

Elder Jin Lie spat out a mouthful of tea three meters away, choking until his face was red.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"What... what did she say?!"

"Lend... lend money?!"

Another elder also had an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

"Eighty billion?!"

"Is this girl, the Saintess of Light, crazy?!"

"What does she want so much money for?!"

The elders looked at each other, seeing extreme shock and confusion in each other's eyes.

Through their monitoring dharma treasures, they had naturally seen everything happening on the challenge stage.

When Su Jue really produced one hundred billion, they were also startled.

But they never expected that the Saintess of Light, in order to accept the challenge, would actually do something like publicly asking them for a loan!

This... this was simply throwing away all her face!

Elder Jin Lie wiped the tea from the corner of his mouth, his expression shifting.

To lend, or not to lend?

Reasonably speaking, the Saintess of Light was the temple's number one genius and a future pillar. Since she asked, this face must be given.

But... eighty billion!

That wasn't eighty dollars!

Even for him, it would be painful for a long time.

Moreover, what if... what if the Saintess of Light lost?

Then wouldn't this money be down the drain?

Just as Elder Jin Lie was hesitating.

In his mind, the gentle voice of Temple Master Qin Tian suddenly sounded.

"Lend it to her."

Jin Lie was startled.

"Temple Master?"

"This... why?"

Qin Tian's voice carried a hint of a smile.

"This little fellow is very interesting."

"I also want to see exactly how many trump cards he still has."

"And..."

"Being able to use eighty billion to buy an opportunity to befriend him is a very good deal."

Hearing this, Jin Lie was instantly enlightened!

Right!

How could he have forgotten this!

This kid Su Jue had a mysterious background and unfathomable strength; even the Temple Master valued him so much.

These eighty billion seemingly were lent to the Saintess of Light.

In reality, it was a gift of allegiance to Su Jue!

Where was this lending money?

This was clearly a huge opportunity!

Having thought this through, Elder Jin Lie no longer had any hesitation.

He immediately activated his divine sense, and a golden light pierced the sky, instantly appearing above the challenge stage.

The golden light dissipated, turning into a golden card composed of pure energy.

"Saintess of Light."

Elder Jin Lie's majestic voice resounded through the field.

"In this card, there are eighty billion."

"Consider it... my loan to you."

"There's no need for interest."

"However, I have one condition."

The Saintess of Light took the card, scanned it with her divine sense, and found there really were eighty billion inside. She was immediately overjoyed.

"Please speak, Elder!"

Elder Jin Lie's gaze flickered toward Su Jue, almost imperceptibly.

"In the future... be a bit more polite to young friend Su Jue."

"..."

The joy on the Saintess of Light's face froze instantly.

The disciples below the stage were also all dumbfounded.

This... what kind of operation was this?!

Elder Jin Lie actually took the initiative to lend money to Su Jue's opponent just to curry favor with him?!

This plot was too surreal!

Su Jue was also startled, then became amused.

This old man has a future.

The Saintess of Light's face was ashen, but she still gritted her teeth and nodded.

"I understand."

She transferred her twenty billion, along with Elder Jin Lie's eighty billion, into a temporary public account.

Total: one hundred billion!

Adding Su Jue's one hundred billion, there was a full two hundred billion federation coin in the betting pool!

Looking at that astronomical figure, everyone felt like their hearts were about to jump out.

This was definitely the biggest gamble in the history of the Cosmic Temple!

"Alright."

The Saintess of Light stared fixedly at Su Jue.

"Now, can we begin?"