“I’ve moved my muscles and bones a little.”

After knocking out his opponent, Chen Mobai rotated his right hand. It had been a long time since he had hit someone with such force, and he felt a bit uncomfortable.

“Referee!”

He sat down and pushed the opponent lying on the ring. After confirming that he was unconscious, he called out to the referee who had just stepped down less than a minute ago.

“The winner, Chen Mobai.”

The referee was straightforward and announced it directly.

Amidst the noise around him, Chen Mobai stepped down from the ring.

The students from Fifth High School immediately came over. Seeing it with their own eyes was completely different from watching the video. It only took him a minute to defeat his opponent, and many people were amazed.

Shi Jingjing had already uploaded the battle video she recorded. At the same time, she secretly placed a heavy bet on Chen Mobai’s advancement to the fourth round on the betting website.

“Why are you so powerful?”

Song Zheng couldn’t help but ask. He knew that Chen Mobai’s cultivation in spells might be slightly better than his own, but he never expected him to be this powerful.

He could also control water and had mastered a similar water shield technique.

But he believed that in terms of timing and coordination with talismans, he was not as skilled as Chen Mobai. The latter had developed a complete system of combining spells and talismans, which was not simply one plus one equals two, but rather a multiplication of power.

“I guess it’s just practice makes perfect.”

Chen Mobai thought for a moment and felt that he had improved through the battles on Qingguang Island and fighting against the demonic beasts.

Although many of his opponents in this competition had higher cultivation levels, not to mention the four Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators, even Xu Yuan, Shi Jingjing, and other classmates were all at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.

But no matter who it was, Chen Mobai faced them with an inexplicable confidence.

This kind of simulated battle made him, a true warrior who had been tempered between life and death, feel like it was a downgrade.

So no matter who his opponent was, Chen Mobai faced them with a calm and confident demeanor.

“It’s my turn.”

At this moment, Cao Yaling spoke up. It was her second round in this venue.

As a Qi Refining Eighth Layer cultivator, she was also one of the seeded participants, and her opponent was only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer. However, the process of the battle surprised all the students, as she had a particularly difficult victory.

Her opponent was also a martial artist, and combined with Cao Yaling’s lack of expertise in battles, she was initially suppressed.

But in the end, she relied on her spiritual vision to see through her opponent’s flaws and used more spiritual power to exhaust her opponent and win.

“Chen Mobai, you must make it to the fourth round.”

During lunchtime, Shi Jingjing suddenly said this mysteriously.

“Huh? Did you bet on me?”

Chen Mobai stared at her while eating.

“Just a little bit.”

“Didn’t you say you couldn’t bet?”

“I didn’t bet on myself, and I bet on you to win.”

Chen Mobai thought of the more than 3,000 Good Deeds in his account and a thought flashed through his mind.

In the evening, he called Qing Nv.

“Are you sure you want to do this?”

“It’s a bit of pressure for myself.”

“Alright then, anyway, these few Good Deeds are not enough to cover the cost of a Qi Replenishing Spirit Water.”

Qing Nv saw the link and the transfer of 3,000 Good Deeds from Chen Mobai, but she didn’t know that it was all he had left. She obediently placed a bet on Chen Mobai winning the championship.

“A 1:100 odds, not bad.”

“How much? Wasn’t it 1:150 when I checked at noon?”

Chen Mobai was stunned when he saw the screenshot Qing Nv sent.

He immediately asked the expert Shi Jingjing, who said that the odds were constantly changing with the bets placed. It should be that after the video of Chen Mobai’s previous round was uploaded, some gamblers saw potential in him and wanted to take a risk by betting on him to win, resulting in a decrease in his odds.

After all, the house always wins.

“So that’s how it is. I thought the odds were fixed.”

Chen Mobai had a sudden realization after reading the long explanation sent by Shi Jingjing.

“Don’t bet on yourself. If you want to bet, transfer the Good Deeds to me, and I’ll help you bet.”

Shi Jingjing’s words were different from before, but Chen Mobai didn’t trust her.

“Don’t worry, I’m just looking, not betting.”

On the betting website, the four Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators were still the favorites.

Yan Feng had the lowest odds, only 1:8. This was because of his superior background, and many gamblers believed that he could produce powerful talismans that would determine victory or defeat.

Next was Kong Feichen, followed by Gong Xiangyu, and lastly, the gloomy Yang Jing.

It was similar to Chen Mobai’s feeling. It could only be said that the eyes of the masses were sharp.

Outside of these four, the odds were all above 50, and most people assumed that the final champion would be determined among these four.However, with the increase in the number of duels, many unexpected situations occurred.

For instance, in the first round, two Qi Refining sixth level practitioners defeated a Qi Refining seventh level practitioner, causing many gamblers to suffer huge losses.

But in the second round, such an event did not happen again. Even those who were not good at dueling like Cao Yaling, with their preparedness and much stronger spiritual power, achieved victory in the most stable manner.

All the Qi Refining sixth level practitioners were eliminated in this round.

This included Mo Simin, but she only felt upset for half a day, and accepted the outcome peacefully the next morning. She went with Chen Mobai to watch Yan Bingxuan’s second round.

This match was extremely thrilling.

Her opponent was a Qi Refining seventh level practitioner from the second high school. Yan Bingxuan used up all her talismans, and finally won the battle with her powerful ice spiritual power.

However, Shi Jingjing was not so lucky.

She encountered a Qi Refining eighth level practitioner from the private Jade Heng High School, named Hong Gang, who had practiced a kind of Diamond Body. Even though Shi Jingjing saw through his weakness, she was defeated due to the gap in combat power and exhausted all her talismans.

After stepping down, Shi Jingjing had tears in her eyes, but she gradually recovered under the comfort of her good friends like Cao Yaling.

Thanks to her sacrifice, Song Zheng, Xu Yuan, and Shi Yuanqing did not encounter a formidable opponent like Hong Gang on the third day, and they all easily advanced to the next round.

Of course, apart from them, all the other students from the fifth high school stopped at the second round.

Meanwhile, Chen Mobai’s information on the odds network was updated in real time to Qi Refining seventh level. After two battles, even those without keen eyes could see his true cultivation level.

The 70 students who entered the third round were all in the late stage of Qi Refining.

The intensity of the duels was completely different in an instant.

Moreover, at this point, it was inevitable to have conflicts within the same school.

Xu Yuan and Cao Yaling faced each other.

Yan Bingxuan was even less fortunate, she was matched with Yan Feng.

Song Zheng faced an opponent named Xue Luan, who was a student trained in the army with Xu Yuan and others, and was the strongest one, known as the King of Student Soldiers.

Shi Yuanqing faced a Qi Refining eighth level practitioner named Wu Xue, who was the second genius in the first high school, second only to Gong Xiangyu.

Chen Mobai was lucky, he faced an ordinary Qi Refining seventh level practitioner.