Long Xiao looked at the island nation's gambling king. He hadn't unleashed his five-elemental qi. He wanted to see how strong the island nation's gambling king's control over qi was.
He strengthened his life qi again, and the island nation's gambling king also strengthened his qi, confronting Long Xiao's life qi. Soon, the island nation's gambling king's qi couldn't hold on and was constantly retreating.
Just as Long Xiao's qi was about to cover Kamedan Kyuji, another surge of qi from the island nation's gambling king condensed and shot towards Long Xiao.
The qi condensed by the island nation's gambling king could only harm ordinary people. For someone like Long Xiao, whose dantian was special, it was basically harmless.
Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the island nation's gambling king hurriedly sent out more qi, intending to use two surges of qi to counter Long Xiao's qi.
Just as Long Xiao was about to use all five elemental qis, the Hong Kong gambling king suddenly sent out a surge of qi, canceling out part of the island nation's gambling king's qi.
The island nation's gambling king's expression changed slightly. The moment Kamedan Kyuji put down the dice cup, Long Xiao used his qi to flip the dice, turning all three dice to ones.
When the dice cup was opened, the entire venue let out a gasp. No one had expected three ones to appear in such a high-stakes gambling match.
Kamedan Kyuji looked at Long Xiao with an unfriendly expression. The dealer took the dice cup and dice to Long Xiao. As soon as Long Xiao's hand touched the dice cup, two surges of qi from the island nation's gambling king lunged at him.
This time, Long Xiao didn't release any qi. He glanced at the Hong Kong gambling king. The Hong Kong gambling king's qi appeared, and the three surges of qi collided. On the huge gambling table, it was as if the wind had blown through, scattering the chips.
As Long Xiao picked up the dice cup to shake it, he glanced at Kamedan Kemono from the corner of his eye and saw a strange smile on Kamedan Kemono's face.
Long Xiao found it very strange. Kamedan Kemono had asked him to kill Kamedan Kyuji, and there was nothing wrong with that. But why was he smiling like that? Why didn't he tell him that there would be a duel between two great gambling kings tonight?
The more Long Xiao thought about it, the stranger he felt, and the faster he shook the dice cup in his hand.
The confrontation between the Hong Kong gambling king and the island nation's gambling king had not yet been decided when Long Xiao stopped his actions.
The Hong Kong gambling king's body trembled. The island nation's gambling king's qi covered Long Xiao, and the dice in the cup were also flipped by his qi.
The island nation's gambling king looked at Long Xiao triumphantly. As Long Xiao lifted the dice cup, his five-elemental qi was released, and one of the dice moved.
"Four points. Hong Kong gambling king wins." The referee shouted loudly after looking at the dice Long Xiao had rolled.
According to the agreement, there were a total of three rounds, and each round was best of three.
Long Xiao won the first dice roll. If he won the second dice roll, the Hong Kong gambling king would win.
Now, who shook the dice was not important. What was important was whose qi was stronger. The island nation's gambling king looked at Long Xiao with some anger. Through the collision of qi, his strength was slightly higher than the Hong Kong gambling king's. However, with Long Xiao added, he was bound to lose.
The island nation's gambling king hesitated. The Hong Kong gambling king said, "Let's begin."
The referee announced the start. This time, Long Xiao was to roll first. As he picked up the dice cup to shake it, the island nation's gambling king said, "Hold on, I have a few words to say."
Long Xiao looked at the island nation's gambling king. The island nation's gambling king said, "Shaking dice doesn't actually represent how profound one's gambling skill is..."
The island nation's gambling king was spouting nonsense. Long Xiao suddenly felt an inexplicable force attacking him. This force was not qi, it was traceless, but it was very powerful.
He hurriedly spread out his five-elemental qi to protect his body. This sudden force weakened a bit.
To show that he had been affected, Long Xiao stared blankly at the island nation's gambling king, as if he were listening very carefully to him.
The island nation's gambling king spoke for a minute before stopping. Long Xiao held the dice cup and didn't move.
The island nation's gambling king said, "Let's begin."
Long Xiao picked up the dice cup and slowly began to shake it. The Hong Kong gambling king noticed something unusual and reached out to push Long Xiao, but a powerful force repelled his hand.
Long Xiao shook the dice cup a few times, then placed it on the gambling table. The Hong Kong gambling king tried to use his qi to flip the dice, but found that the qi he released sank like a stone into the sea, with no reaction at all.
Long Xiao lost this round smoothly. A triumphant look appeared on the island nation's gambling king's face. Looking at Kamedan Kemono, Kamedan Kemono frowned slightly. He hadn't expected Long Xiao to lose.
A strange expression appeared on Long Xiao's face. He looked around. Upon realizing he had lost, he said apologetically, "Mr. Long, I lost."
The Hong Kong gambling king smiled and said, "It's okay. We've just started. Losing one round doesn't matter."
For the third round, Park Soo-young was asked to shake the dice. At first, Long Xiao didn't use his own qi. When the Hong Kong gambling king and the island nation's gambling king were locked in a qi battle at a critical moment, he directly used his qi to arrange all three dice to show sixes upwards.
The gambling amount for the first round was one hundred million. After the Hong Kong gambling king won, he was in high spirits. During the break, he invited Long Xiao and Park Soo-young to his lounge and chatted with Long Xiao for a while.
Casually, the Hong Kong gambling king brought up Long Xiao. He asked, "Brother Hu, I heard that you and Long Xiao have a very good relationship. Is that true?"
Long Xiao was somewhat surprised. If the Hong Kong gambling king knew Hu Lei, it would be understandable. After all, Hu Lei was now an elder of the Martial Alliance Enforcement Hall. It was a bit strange that he knew Long Xiao.
"Mr. Long, do you know Long Xiao?" Long Xiao asked curiously.
The Hong Kong gambling king nodded and said, "I've heard about Long Xiao. Legend has it that he is powerful and skilled in medicine, a god-like figure."
Long Xiao put down his teacup and said, "Actually, I'm not very familiar with Long Xiao. I've only met him a few times."
The Hong Kong gambling king's face showed disappointment. Long Xiao felt like this was all a trap, and he was the sparrow that had fallen into it.
After a short break, the second round was about to begin. The three of them walked out of the lounge. As soon as they entered the hall, Park Soo-young suddenly stopped.
"Elder Hu, is that guy Xiao Ming?"
Following Park Soo-young's gaze, Long Xiao saw Xiao Ming and Ye Xiao sitting in a corner, talking about something.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, that's Xiao Ming."
As soon as Long Xiao finished speaking, Park Soo-young rushed towards Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming looked up and saw Park Soo-young, but didn't pay much attention. He pretended not to see her and lowered his head to continue talking with Ye Xiao.
"Xiao Ming, get up." Park Soo-young shouted loudly.
Long Xiao looked at the formidable Park Soo-young. Knowing he couldn't help in such matters, he just smiled and went to the gambling table with the Hong Kong gambling king.
The second round was twenty-four points. Long Xiao understood this even less. He sat aside and watched for a while, helping the Hong Kong gambling king suppress the opponent's qi. In the end, the Hong Kong gambling king won again.
In the hall, everyone's attention was on the gambling table. Xiao Ming, with a worried expression, explained to Park Soo-young that he had only arrived in Hong Kong yesterday and that the person on the stage the day before was not him at all.
"How can you prove it wasn't you?" Park Soo-young asked, looking at Xiao Ming with some doubt.
Park Soo-young felt that Xiao Ming and the person who had beaten her on stage that day were the same person, but she had no evidence.
Xiao Ming looked at Ye Xiao and said, "Ask my sister. We came together yesterday. Whoever lies is a dog."
After explaining, Xiao Ming said, "If you want to find that guy, it's not difficult. He's from the Martial Alliance. You can just look for the head of the Hong Kong Martial Alliance."
Park Soo-young thought for a moment. Xiao Ming made sense. She said, "I just saw Qian Luo. I'll go with you to find him later."
"I don't know you. Why should I go with you to find him?" Xiao Ming said feigning reluctance.
Park Soo-young rolled her eyes at Xiao Ming and said, "You're such a stingy man. Can you help me out, please? Look how pitiful I am."
Ye Xiao nudged Xiao Ming and said, "You have nothing else to do. Just help her. Look how pitiful she is."
Xiao Ming pretended to be unwilling and said, "Alright, for my sister's sake, I'll help you this once."