Chapter 14: Gambling on Life
At the dinner table, the topic of everyone's conversation shifted from Phoebus to the other two trialists that Alan was also familiar with.
Nora and Pamela teamed up to make a big story.
It all started two days ago.
In the final stage of the four-way melee, the angel legion of the "Holy White Tower", led by "Hui Yuntian" and "Yuehuatian", launched a counterattack against the demon clan of the "Bloody Hand Fortress".
At that time, the main force of the demon side was fighting fiercely against the devil army in the "Iron Fist Fortress".
Cassius, the bull demon general who was originally responsible for garrisoning the lair, was killed in the previous battle, and there was a lack of enough generals to sit in charge.
The Angel Corps took advantage of the weakness and launched a fierce offensive.
Initially, the battle went well, and at one point the inner city was stormed.
The two demon generals on the front line learned that their hometown had been taken away, and hurriedly led their troops to help.
During the march, they were ambushed by the Holy White Tower.
Participants included trialists who had joined the angelic side, mainly the Silvermoon Warlocks led by Master Shiva.
There are also elementals of Pamela's line, and Nora, the "Rakshasa Ghost Girl" who has always been alone, both good and evil.
Frequent ambushes and harassment slowed down the march of the demon legions.
Immediately after, the news came to make matters worse.
The Devil's Legion also joined the ranks of besieging the demons.
It turned out that the Holy White Tower and the Iron Fist Fortress had secretly formed an alliance.
Angels and demons, unite to encircle and suppress demons!
The demon army that was attacked by the enemy on its back was about to be wiped out.
At this critical juncture, an accident happened.
The Devil's Legion suddenly turned against the Angels!
Why is this happening?
In hindsight, it seems that the devils do not want the demons to be completely destroyed, preferring to maintain a three-legged posture of holding each other down.
The trialists who participated in this battle were quite overwhelmed at the time.
On the contrary, the angels of the Holy White Tower did not seem surprised by the devil's betrayal.
It may have long been decided that if the devil does not betray his allies, he is not the real devil.
When angels, demons, and demons are in a scuffle, the true protagonist of the battlefield finally shows his edge.
Pamela and Nora, who belong to the side of the Holy White Tower, have previously excelled in battles against evil spirits.
Deeply appreciated by the high-level of the heavenly realm, he followed the side of "Huiyuntian" and "Yuehuatian" and served as an adjutant.
However, these two people have lived up to the trust of the four-winged angel.
Just when the two angels and the demon general were fighting, they suddenly stabbed out!
The two four-winged angels were assassinated by traitors and unfortunately fell.
Pamela and Nora took advantage of the chaos to seize the bloodline essence of "Huiyuntian" and "Yuehuatian" and directly opened the trial ring.
Escape the battlefield at the speed of light and escape back to Origin City!
The trialists who witnessed this were deeply shocked!
I can't figure out how they dare to do such a vicious thing regardless of the consequences.
Were they bought by the devil, or were they undercover agents planted by the devil in the heavenly realm?
Don't they know that once the betrayer sets foot in the trial space, no matter where he is, he will be hunted down by angels?
Pamela and Nora, don't explain these doubts.
In fact, they didn't need to mind the angel hunting.
There were only two days left in the trial, and from the moment they decided to assassinate the angel, they had no intention of entering the trial space again.
Anyway, the angels couldn't chase down Origin City to settle accounts with them.
Just this hammer deal, and run away with a bucket when it's done!
For the next two days, Pamela and Nora went into retreat, merging the bloodline essence of "Radiant Clouds" and "Moonlight Heaven" respectively!
When the news spread, it aroused people's discussion and suspicion.
You know, Pamela and Nora are not the first time they have fused blood.
Pamela had previously fused the Wind Djinn bloodline, as well as the Silver Titan bloodline.
Nora is not far behind, having fused the bloodlines of the Crimson Mist Demon and the Vampire Count, two high-level undead.
Counting the angel bloodline, these two crazy women, in just 100 days, actually fused three bloodlines each!
At most, there is a 50% chance of success in each fusion.
The probability of three successes in a row is 1 in 8.
To be sure, the odds aren't high, but they're not so low as to win the lottery.
The question is, is it worth risking your life on that one-eighth of your luck!
The vast majority of sane people would not accept such a gamble.
"When Allen helped me, my sister and my mother fuse the bloodline of the abyss demon scorpion, the success rate of fusion was as high as eighty percent, even so, our mother and wife also wrote a suicide note in advance."
Spana held a glass of red wine and sighed with emotion.
"Pamela and Nora, they actually gambled three times in a row, and they all succeeded, I can only say...... These two crazy women are really not afraid of death! ”
"Is there a possibility, in fact, they have mastered some kind of skill to improve the success rate of bloodline fusion, and they have a spectrum in their hearts, so they naturally don't panic."
Kelly made a more rational guess.
Tanya's heart moved, and she turned her head and asked Alan in a low voice, "Pamela is coming to you again?" ”
Apart from Allen, she didn't know of any other trialist who could increase the success rate of bloodline fusion.
"Pamela didn't look for me, I only heard about it today."
Alan shook his head slightly.
"Nora is even less likely to find me, without that friendship."
"If Pamela came to you, would you be ruthless enough to refuse?" Tauna interjected suddenly.
This is exactly what Tanya wanted to ask, but she was too embarrassed to speak.
Alan didn't say anything, and buried himself in cooking.
Julie glared at Tauna fiercely, motioning for her to be less confused.
"Since this matter has nothing to do with Allen, we can only envy their good luck."
Spanna took over the conversation and sighed with mixed feelings.
"You've heard about what happened to Levi and Akbar, right?"
Levi, the black-clothed cardinal of the Human Demon Order, was not satisfied after upgrading his bone demon bloodline to the ice demon bloodline, and tried to promote the horned demon.
As a result, he failed to complete the gambling agreement signed with the Horned Demon Master, lost a life, and the soul was taken away by the Horned Demon.
The "Wolf Prince" Akbar had successfully fused the blood of the three-headed Cerberus before, and he was full of confidence.
Keep up the good work and try to fuse the Beamon bloodline.
It was an unfortunate failure, and he died of a blood collapse three days earlier......
Akbar's sister Betting, as well as Betty's lover Tafman, were lucky enough to successfully fuse Beamon's blood.
"Alas, sometimes I have to admit that the same people don't have the same fate!"
Levi is a person that Allen is not familiar with.
I just heard Sonia say that this black cardinal has a similar relationship with her, and he looks like a god.
Perhaps he was afraid of Sonia, a rising star, and replaced himself as the number two person in the Order.
In order to maintain his power, he suppressed Sonia intentionally or unintentionally.
Allen, as Sonia's friend, was indifferent to Levi's death.
But Akbar, he's all too familiar.
From the Civil War to the Origin City Trials, Alan has dealt with the "Wolf Prince" many times.
Earlier, the two sides were in hostile camps and had formed a bond.
After coming to Origin City, the relationship eased somewhat.
Alan could feel that the wolf siblings were interested in showing favor to him and trying to turn enemies into friends.
The second senior brother Tafman, as well as Caroline's mother and daughter, also directly or indirectly revealed the meaning of mediation.
If Akbar didn't love face so much, he took the initiative to bow his head to him and Sonia, apologize for forcibly extracting the essence of Hugo and Marlowe's bloodline before, and make compensation, and Alan wouldn't mind turning enemies into friends.
If he can show enough sincerity, he may even be able to help him fuse the Beamon bloodline.
It's a pity that the wolf prince is rebellious by nature, and after all, he still can't pull his subordinates to take the initiative to make peace, and would rather choose to gamble.
As a result, he lost the bet and lost his life.
Alan has a gluttonous system that can fuse bloodline essence without risk.
Therefore, when others mention the huge risk of bloodline fusion, they always feel very far away from themselves and cannot empathize.
Until he heard of Akbar's death.
A very familiar person, just disappeared.
Only then did he deeply feel the cruelty of the impermanence of fate.
Akbar and Levi are both geniuses in the outside world, and they are strong.
Who would have thought that the two of them would die quietly in Origin City like this.
Dead so uneventful.
It's not shocking, it's not tragic.
Maybe one day in the future, I will be forced to be helpless and have to risk my life and gamble on a slim future.
Alan didn't like the feeling of being out of his own hands.
Therefore, it is still necessary to practice diligently and become stronger.
Until you can take full control of your own destiny!
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"Ahem!"
Butler Miri walked into the hall and coughed heavily.
The restaurant immediately fell silent.
Under the gaze of everyone, the butler took out his pocket watch and looked at it.
"The time has come, please come with me."
The butler turned and walked out the restaurant door.
The trialists rose one after another, followed the butler, and went into the spacious courtyard of the castle.
This is the place where people are tested.
"Congratulations to all of you for persevering to the end and completing the 100-day trial."
"At the same time, I deeply regret what happened to Akbar and Levi."
The butler pressed his right hand on his chest, lowered his head, and made a gesture of mourning and silence.
Out of respect for the deceased, everyone also paid a moment of silence.
After that, the housekeeper stalled a roster and began to roll call.
According to the level of cultivation, the housekeeper divides the forty-one people who have completed the trial into five grades.
Trialists of the same grade are ranked in no particular order.
The first level, cultivated to the early stage of the seventh order, has a total of three people.
Caroline, the "Spider Queen" who fuses the blood of the Abyss Demon Scorpion.
The "White Tiger Warrior Venerable" Shiva, who fuses the blood of the sphinx prophet.
Advance to the red dragon bloodline in the prime of life, and get the blessing of the "Dragon King Charm".
The second level, cultivated to the late stage of the sixth order, is also three people.
Allen, who fuses the bloodlines of Beamon and the Golden Titan.
A fusion of the Crimson Mist Demon, the Vampire Count, and the "Rakshasa Ghost Mother" Nora of the Moonlight.
Nora holds Cynthia, a talking rag doll, in her arms.
Cynthia, nominally Nora's pet.
But Alan suspects that it may well be the ghost of Nora's dead daughter, clinging to a rag doll.
The last one, the blonde and blue-eyed domineering beautiful girl, is Miss Pamela, who fuses the Wind Djinn, the Silver Titan, and the Radiant Sky.
The third level, cultivated to the early stage of the sixth order, has a total of five people.
Aslan of advanced adult blue dragon bloodline.
Tanya fused with the blood of the Silver Titan.
The "Rat Prince" Max who fuses the blood of the earth djinn.
There are also the sisters Spencha and Spanna, who fuse the blood of the Abyss Scorpion.
The fourth gear, the late fifth order, has a total of sixteen people.
Sonia who has been promoted to the bloodline of the Joy Demon.
Tao Na who advanced to the "Shepherd Messenger".
Anqi who fuses the blood of Yaling.
Bei Ting, a wolf girl who has successively fused the blood of the high-level winter wolf and the Beamon giant beast.
Maria, the "lion sister" who fuses the blood of Lamia's mother.
Adam of the Bear Courtyard and George of the Pig Courtyard did not take the risk of merging the Beamon bloodline, and grew up along the route of the "Gaiding Heavenly Clan", each of them rising a rank.
Cohen and Dudal, who are from the Dragon Vein family, have been promoted to the adult Green Dragon and adult Black Dragon bloodline, respectively.
Burke and Bagula from the Demmons family were promoted to the Bull Demon and Berserker bloodlines, respectively.
Finally, there are the two elders of the Human Demon Order, Luke and Miller.
These two guys don't look very good.
During the 100-day trial, the two of them each rose to the next level.
His strength has improved, but not much compared to other trialists.
Both Luke and Miller felt that their luck was too low.
Originally, he planned to join forces to hunt the Crimson Mist Demon and seize the bloodline essence, but he was disrupted by Nora who was killed halfway and returned empty-handed.
Later, the two followed Levi and participated in a four-way melee.
Try to build merit on the battlefield of Purgatory and get a chance to advance.
Unexpectedly, Levi was obsessed with ghosts, and actually made a bet with the devil.
As a result, he lost a mess and his soul was seized by the devil.
Luke and Miller followed the wrong boss and worked in vain, without reaping any benefits.
Now the two of them regret it very much.
I regret that I shouldn't have been involved in the factional struggle of the Human Demon Cult in the first place, and followed Levi to squeeze out Sonia.
Levi died unexpectedly, and Sonia, on the other hand, was in a good situation.
Not only did she advance to Yue Demon, but her strength skyrocketed, but even the two dogs she raised, Cerberus Marlowe and Winter Wolf Hugo, also successfully advanced to the Beamon Behemoth.
It's really a person who has attained the Tao, and the chicken dog ascends to heaven!
Luke and Miller, privately.
Now change the door and hug Sonia's thigh, I don't know if it's too late?
Before that, the two were more worried about the final assessment.
In case the performance is too poor and you are eliminated from the competition......
Even if they are willing to put their old faces to Sonia and kneel down as a dog for the new archbishop, I am afraid they are not qualified!
The last gear, the early stage of the fifth order, has a total of seventeen people.
Kelly who fuses the blood of Thunder Leopard and Beamon Behemoth.
Renee, who fuses the blood of the sea tiger and the Beamon Behemoth.
Baker and Hogg of the Silvermoon Monastery were promoted to "First Day of the Tree Bear" and "First Day of the Thunder Pig", respectively.
Tafman, who defected to the Beast Cult, as well as Sonia's pair of demon wolf minions, Marlowe and Hugo, have all successfully fused with the bloodline of the Beamon Behemoth.
The three Randolph Elementals, Am, Sean, and Phil, advanced to the Earth Djinn, Water Djinn, and Fire Djinn bloodlines, respectively.
Flora and Avril of the Russell family have successfully advanced to the bloodline of Elona and the primordial Morteng.
Julie and Fei Lin, sisters and siblings from the South Island Academy, first chose to advance to the Gaiding Celestial Clan, and then fused with the bloodline of the Beamon Behemoth and evolved into a pair of "Behemoth Angels"!
Helen of the De Mons family, in Asmo Cathedral, performed a bloody rite of advancement, evolving from a succubus to a regent magician.
Finally, there are two sorceresses from the Dragon Vein family.
Leda and Penny, each advanced to the Young Red Dragon and Young White Dragon bloodline.
After the roll call, the housekeeper closes the roster and announces the precautions for the final assessment.
"The final assessment is divided into two modes, and the trialist can choose one of them."
"The first mode is 'martial arts', where the trialist practices one of the skills he is best at."
"I serve as an examiner and score based on my on-the-spot performance."
"The second assessment mode is actual combat."
"You can challenge the other trialists, discuss with each other, fight to the death, or communicate amicably, and stop when you decide the winner."
"The challenged, if you don't want to accept a life-and-death duel, can directly admit defeat."
"If the rank of the challenged person is not lower than that of the challenger, after admitting defeat, part of the assessment points will be deducted."
"After all the trialists have completed the assessment, I will announce the score ranking and award the prizes.
"The prizes include attribute magic stones, origin meditation methods, and the cultivation time of the riverside hut."
"The higher the ranking, the more rewards."
"The first-ranked trialist will receive additional rewards."
"Including a third-order anti-aging elixir, a hundred years of longevity after injection, a full set of 1~9 order origin meditation methods, and a secret method that can greatly improve the efficiency of meditation!"
Hearing this, the trialists couldn't help but stir.
The focus of most people's attention is the third-order frozen age-reel!
Allen is more concerned about the cultivation time of the "Riverside Cabin".
He was the only one of all the trialists to have ever entered the riverside hut, and of course he knew what the reward meant.
What puzzled him even more was ......
Fengyue, that guy, what kind of bug is stuck?
How could she enter the riverside hut before the trial was over?
Judging by her familiarity with the hut, it was like going home, obviously not smuggling once or twice.
As for the true identity of this extraterrestrial spirit, Alan became more and more curious.
The butler raised his hand and motioned for everyone to be silent.
The next step is the formal assessment.
Starting with the lowest-ranked trialist, lots are drawn to determine the order of assessment.
The seventeen trialists in the early stage of the fifth order drew lots one after another.
When it was their turn to play, it was decided to choose "martial arts" or "duel".
Not surprisingly, the vast majority of people choose to play martial arts.
Each other is a decent person with outstanding talent and a great future, unless there is really any deep hatred, there is no need to tear your face on this occasion and fight to the death.
Ferrin was drawn to be the first to play.
The fat guy was not stage frightened at all, and he came to the center of the courtyard, bowed to the referee, Mr. Miri, and then started the atavistic form.
After cultivating to break through the fifth order, Fei Lin's lion first heavenly bloodline had been perfectly fused with the Beamon Behemoth.
What appeared in front of people's eyes was a lion-headed giant with a height of 30 meters!
Thick golden lion's mane fluttering in the wind.
The strong body and exaggerated claws highlight the domineering spirit of the Beamon Behemoth!
A holy halo on his head, and a pair of golden wings spread out on his back.
The former indicates its angelic identity, while the latter is a trait inherited from a griffin!
Everyone in the courtyard witnessed the mighty and domineering "giant beast angel" and praised it one after another.
Fei Lin was in the limelight and very proud.
planned to practice the super-limit secret technique "Holy Word Lion Roar" awakened after the fusion of bloodlines in public, giving the audience a little shock, but was stopped by the referee.
"Uh...... Mr. Miri, I'm not done yet! ”
"No need, fat boy, you've got it."
"But I haven't demonstrated anything yet!"
Fei Lin was in a hurry.
It's a rare opportunity to stand in the center of the stage and become the protagonist of everyone's onlookers, and it is too disappointing to be kicked off the stage before he can show his unique skills!
"I don't need to say no, you kid don't be verbose!"
The butler opened the roster and put a score under Felin's name.
"You have successfully fused the bloodlines of the lion's first day and the Beamon Behemoth, and you are qualified to pass the assessment."
"Holy Word Lion's Roar, you don't need to practice, I also know what level it is, and I guarantee to give you a reasonable score."
"There are still a lot of people waiting in line, I want to finish the assessment before dark, don't hurt me to work overtime!"
"Okay...... You're the referee, it's up to you! ”
Reluctantly, Ferrin lifted his atavism and returned to the sidelines.
Alan watched the farce and fell into thought.
The butler's unintentional words just now aroused his vigilance.
Fei Lin's "Holy Word Lion's Roar" is a super-limited secret technique that only awakens after the combination of the two bloodlines of the lion's first day and the Beamon Behemoth.
The housekeeper didn't bother to take a look at this kind of unique skill, and said that he had seen it a long time ago.
It can be seen that long before Fei Lin, there were other trialists who had successfully fused the bloodlines of the lion's first day and Beamon.
From ancient times to the present, the Holy Demon Imperial Family that founded Origin City has existed for 10,000 years, and the background is truly unfathomable.
Even Miri, the castle steward, has a deep experience and a wide range of knowledge beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
The next few trialists were treated the same as Felin.
As soon as he turned on his atavistic form, he was stopped by the housekeeper, claiming to have seen through their depths.
It wasn't until Renee appeared that the butler was a little more patient.
Two dark blue beams of light shot out of her eyes, shining on Renee.
"Tiger Man, Ogre Wizard, Aquatic Mutant Shifter, Sky Beamon...... Little girl, your bloodline is very complicated! ”
Renee was seen through by him, and looked a little cramped and uneasy.
She belonged to the inconspicuous category among the trialists.
Those who don't know Renee, after listening to what the butler said, only then did they know that this female sorceress with mediocre cultivation had actually successfully fused three bloodlines, comparable to Nora and Pamela!
Bet three times, and you're still alive and well......
Renee's courage and luck, as well as her potential, impressed everyone.
Although her cultivation is only in the early stage of the fifth order, it is not outstanding, but the rich bloodline genealogy means that her growth ceiling is very high and her future is great!
Phoebus stood on the sidelines and heard people talking about his ex-girlfriend, his face cloudy.
Renee, the silly woman he had used to use as an ATM, suddenly became a stranger.
Phoebus, of course, knew that Renee wasn't a genius.
She was born in a declining tiger family and has mediocre talents.
Because of this, Phoebis looked down on her in his heart.
Renee, who feels mediocre, is not worthy of her gifted self.
Pursue Renee just to get money from her, and use her as a stepping stone to climb the branches.
He never dreamed that the mediocre Renee would actually fuse three bloodlines, including a top-level bloodline like the Beamon Behemoth, and directly change from an "ugly duckling" to a "white swan"!
Why such an abrupt shift?
Renee knows what to expect.
I can have today, thanks to Allen's training.
One of the happiest things in this life is that he chased Alan despite being reserved and was determined to be his licking dog.
The result is licked to the end, everything you need.
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(End of chapter)