In the dormitory.
The two senior students watching the live stream both turned green.
Bai Feng's mouth was agape, usually a smart kid, but now he looked like an utter fool, his eyes fixed intently on the screen.
He couldn't utter a single word.
Li Heizi dumbfoundedly asked, "What... what is he doing?"
"What do you think?" Bai Feng said.
"No way, he's not really throwing the match, is he?" Li Heizi said incredulously, "New students have never dared to be so unruly."
Bai Feng replied listlessly, "He's not throwing the match, who can say he is?"
"He's eliminating everyone who isn't on his betting list from the top ten, so the ones left are mostly those he predicted."
"The remaining participants are definitely aiming for a high ranking, but as long as it's not the placement he wants, he'll step in and defeat them, naturally bringing their rank down."
Li Heizi's body shook.
"At the end, the top ten will mostly consist of the people he bet on, almost certainly."
"Exactly."
Bai Feng's morale had exploded, now he was filled with regret.
"Ah!!!"
He howled in despair.
"What on earth did I miss!"
"All my last points... gone..."
Watching Bai Feng wail woefully and weep in heartrending despair, Li Heizi remained silent, sympathy crossing his eyes.
Bai Feng's talent was considered bottom-tier in the academy; otherwise, he wouldn't still be a senior with his Cultivation Level stuck at Seventh Grade.
With such ability, going on missions outside the school could be life-threatening.
But without venturing outside, where could one earn points? Without talent and without points, it was naturally hard to improve one's strength.
Bai Feng was planning to bet and take a chance. If he could guess right for two participants, he could earn enough points to exchange for resources and break through to Sixth Grade, giving him the strength to protect himself on missions.
But now, it was too late for anything.
If it was just a simple loss, Bai Feng wouldn't be in so much pain.
What really hurt was that the man shining on the live stream had previously persuaded Bai Feng to bet with him, but Bai Feng had thought the other a fool and hadn't listened.
Bai Feng clutched his chest, tears streaming down his face, "I had a chance at wealth right in front of me, which I didn't cherish. Now all that greets me is bankruptcy."
"Ah!!!"
Li Heizi kept shaking his head, not wanting to say anything that might upset his friend.
But the thought of what massive amounts of points he could have earned if he had placed bets with Xia Luo, it was dizzying.
His eyes started to redden slightly.
Thinking that if Bai Feng had chosen to follow Xia Luo, and he had learned of it and followed suit, wouldn't he have struck it rich too?
He sighed.
There are too many what-ifs; in fact, he too had thought Xia Luo was crazy, and he wouldn't have bumbled into choosing what Xia Luo did.
Li Heizi patted Bai Feng on the shoulder: "Brother, what will be will be, don't be too hard on yourself."
Bai Feng was pulling at his hair, his eyes bloodshot with veins, looking particularly defeated.
"Can I be okay with this, when betting on so many right could get me so many points?"
"I could have drained the points jackpot, not needing to earn points through missions for the rest of my college years."
"It's my fault."
"It's my fault for not recognizing the opportunity."
Li Heizi shook his head: "Brother, don't blame yourself, Xiao Luo was just too low-key early on, who could've known he was an owner of twin Ancient Spirits?"
"Besides, don't be too upset. With Xia Luo earning points like crazy, those running the student council's betting are not likely to let it go easily, they're sure to cause him trouble."
"Pah," Bai Feng said, "With such talent, why would the student council easily offend him, unless the person in charge is kicked in the head by a donkey."
Li Heizi said, "Maybe, maybe not."
"The points involved this time are enormous, the resources they can be exchanged for are too many. I doubt the group in the student council will easily let go of the fat piece of meat already in their mouths."
"Sigh..." Bai Feng watched the invincible youth on the live stream and heaved a sigh of despair, "Missed it, I've missed it!!"
Elsewhere, within the Sichuan Province Martial University, in the student council's headquarters.
The room was glittering with gold, brightly lit, and around a huge black round table sat seven handsome young men and beautiful women, with only the main seat vacant.
"What is Xia Luo playing at?" A young man with a full forehead sitting to the left of the empty chair frowned deeply, clearly displeased.
Someone next to him replied: "He's already secured a top position and now he's continuously challenging participants in the arenas behind him, what else could he be up to?"
The young man's frown deepened further.
"I had someone check, and this Xia Luo also participated in the freshman challenge bets I organized."
"Brazenly shearing my wool, he's got quite the nerve."
"Vice Chairman Xue, someone with Xia Luo's exceptional gift wouldn't care about the pressure from our student council, right?" Someone spoke up to the youth.
The young man darkened his expression.
"Twin Ancient Spirits, one being Shennong Yandi, the other a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, he indeed has the capital to be arrogant."
"But he mustn't forget, 'When doing things, leave room for later, so that you can see each other without hard feelings.'
If he goes too far, wouldn't he be slapping our student council in the face? How then can our student council retain its dignity? How can it command respect?"
The girl next to him with butterfly earrings and wearing a green dress laughed, "What can we do? Such a genius is probably not something our student council can suppress."
"Humph!" Vice Chairman Xue's face was as dark as water: "Xiao E, you're bolstering others' courage and destroying our prestige."
"No matter how strong he is, he's just one person. How many do we have? And besides, our chairman's talent may not necessarily be inferior to this guy's."