CHAPTER 258: CHAPTER 253: TRIAL TOWER (PART 2)

Chu Chen didn’t hesitate for a moment upon hearing this, and directly took the golden card.

"Thank you, Steward Zhang."

"It’s my duty. You all enjoy yourselves. I’ll go check out the first floor." With that, Steward Zhang turned to leave.

Seeing this, Chu Chen quickly said in a low voice to keep him, "Steward Zhang, please wait. I have a question and hope you can enlighten me."

Hearing this, Steward Zhang was momentarily stunned but then laughed and replied, "No need to be so polite, just ask if you have something."

Hearing this, Chu Chen didn’t hold back and asked about the relationship between Li Dehai and Wu Yingxiong.

Steward Zhang didn’t answer immediately upon hearing this. He was silent for a moment before saying in a low voice, "This matter isn’t too secretive. It’s not a problem to tell you."

Through Steward Zhang’s explanation, Chu Chen finally understood the reason behind it.

After thanking Steward Zhang again, the latter took his leave.

"It seems I’ve disrupted their good plans; no wonder he has hostility toward me. I’ll have to watch out for Li Dehai’s revenge in the future," Chu Chen muttered to himself.

At this moment, Wang Lu suddenly appeared next to Chu Chen, slinging an arm around his shoulder with a grin, "Hey big spender, I’m sticking with you from now on."

Chu Chen glanced at Wang Lu upon hearing this and said, "Who are you? Do I know you?"

Wang Lu was taken aback upon hearing this, but quickly caught on, grabbing the back of Chu Chen’s neck and saying, "Oh come on, Old Chu, now that you’re successful, you don’t recognize me? Wishful thinking; I’m not letting you go today."

The two were childhood friends, and Wang Lu’s family background used to be much better than Chu Chen’s. Whether they went out to play or eat, it was mostly Wang Lu who paid.

This friendship was something he would never forget. They were merely fooling around as usual.

Everyone was used to this, and after some playful teasing, the two finally stopped.

Chu Chen returned the black card to Zhang Yuyan and also gave her back the one billion that Shen Jialiang and others lost as a gesture of goodwill.

This time, the little rich girl didn’t refuse and took it readily.

This time, Chu Chen managed to gain six billion without any cost, so she didn’t mind taking some interest.

Of course, she understood Chu Chen very well and knew that he was sincerely gifting it to her, and refusing would not change the outcome.

Wang Lu and the others watched with envy, but there was nothing they could do as they did not have enough capital to lend to Chu Chen.

In other words, even if they had, whether they would lend it was another question, considering it was two billion.

Zhang Yuyan chuckled at this and said, "What a happy day. We made a billion in an hour. I’m treating everyone to a good meal."

Zhang Yuyan’s proposal was naturally unanimously approved.

"No time to lose, let’s head out now," Zhang Yuyan said with a smile.

As everyone reached the fourth floor, all eyes were on Chu Chen and the others, and comments buzzed around them.

"So they’re the ones from Celestial Star City. Didn’t expect Black Snake City to lose."

"Yeah, it’s really interesting. Also heard that kid named Chu Chen won six billion today."

"What did you say? Six billion? You must be joking."

"No mistake there. Wu Yingxiong held the bet, and everyone on the fifth floor witnessed it."

"That kid named Chu Chen is really ruthless."

"His luck is unbelievably out of this world."

"You really think it’s just luck?"

"You mean it was skill?"

"Of course, it’s skill. Who else would dare gamble two billion on luck, even Wu Yingxiong would think twice."

Hearing the discussions, Chu Chen’s expression changed, and he hurried downstairs.

Today he made a big move, and probably the whole Cyan Dragon City would know about him by tomorrow.

A poor boy from a small border town, borrowing money to avenge his friends, ended up with god-like luck, earning six billion.

Such a legendary story, it’s hard not to become famous.

After leaving the Gambling Egg Pavilion, everyone hurriedly headed to the food street.

He planned to lay low for a while once the news spread, enjoying a feast for now.

Possessing five billion, now everyone he saw looked like a robber to him.

Just outside Entertainment Street, their communication bracelets rang simultaneously.

Glancing at each other, they quickly checked their messages.

The message was from Lu Hongfei, with just a single line.

"The content for the Youth Exchange Competition preliminary is out. Return quickly."

Chu Chen lifted his head and said seriously, "You all saw it, right? It looks like the dinner party will have to be postponed."

"Let’s head back; the competition is important," Zhang Yuyan said with authority.

Hearing this, everyone nodded a bit solemnly.

"Senior Brother Wang, since the content of the preliminaries is out, we need to discuss with the curator. Let’s meet up another day," Chu Chen said a bit apologetically.

Wang Lingfeng smiled and replied, "No need to be so polite; the exchange competition is important. Let’s head back quickly."

Half an hour later, everyone returned to their lodging.

Lu Hongfei and Liu Ruyan were seated on the couch discussing something. Seeing Chu Chen and the group return, they waved them over hurriedly, "Come here quickly."

Upon hearing this, everyone came to the couch and found an empty spot to sit down.

"Teacher, where is the preliminary held?" Wang Lu asked eagerly.

Lu Hongfei replied seriously, "The preliminary will be held at Cyan Dragon Academy."

"Here?" Chu Chen asked, puzzled.

Lu Hongfei nodded and said, "Yes, Cyan Dragon Academy has a Trial Tower. You should know about it."

Everyone nodded quickly upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Lu Hongfei continued, "The Trial Tower can adjust the opponent according to the intruder’s realm."

Before Lu Hongfei could finish, Wang Lu interrupted, "Teacher, does the Trial Tower keep many Star Beasts inside?"

Upon Wang Lu’s question, everyone’s eyes fell on Lu Hongfei.

Seeing this, Lu Hongfei chuckled and explained, "What are you thinking? At the top of the Trial Tower is a Mirror Image Stone, a Celestial Tier Lower Grade treasure."

"Celestial Tier Lower Grade?" Wang Lu exclaimed.

"Yes, Celestial Tier Lower Grade. As long as enough Star Power is fed into the Mirror Image Stone, it can summon a significantly powerful Star Beast. Of course, it has its limits, but what those limits are, I don’t know," Lu Hongfei explained with a smile.

Everyone was astonished. This Mirror Image Stone was truly a priceless treasure.

"Teacher, is there any trick inside the Trial Tower?" Wang Lu asked again.

Lu Hongfei replied seriously, "Of course. Besides the Mirror Image Stone, every level has many arrays. Take the Angry Wind Elf for example; its realm is the Peak of War General Level. Its opponent on the first level is one War General Level Peak Star Beast, the second level is two, the third level four, the fourth level eight, and so on. Moreover, the Star Beasts faced on each level vary greatly, and the higher the level, the more changes and difficulty increase."

Wang Lu said dismissively, "Teacher, passing the first few levels with my strength should be easy, especially the first two levels, two versus one and two versus two, shouldn’t be a problem," Wang Lu said cheerily.

Lu Hongfei warned seriously, "You’re celebrating too early. The number of images conjured in the Trial Tower depends on the number of Guardian Beasts a Beast Master summons. If you summon two Guardian Beasts, you’ll face two Star Beasts on the first level, four on the second, eight on the third, and so on. Therefore, Director Liu and I suggest each person send their strongest Guardian Beast to the tower."

Everyone fell into deep thought after hearing this.

Lu Hongfei’s advice was very reasonable. Although two Guardian Beasts can cooperate, making their combat strength greater than two, it may be advantageous in the early levels. However, as the levels progress and the number of Star Beasts multiplies, when facing several times or even a dozen times more Beasts, any advantage from coordination disappears.

Moreover, the strength of the Guardian Beasts varies, and weaker ones in the later stages only lag behind, struggling to make an impact.

Of course, some weaker Beast Masters choosing to send two Guardian Beasts to the tower might achieve better results than just one.