Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start-Chapter 84: Small Bets Turn Into High Stakes

Nicholas continued, "I have here a fang from a General-level Demon Beast, which is part of my personal collection. I would like to propose a small wagering game with Miss Cadena, betting on who will win. Miss Cadena, would you be interested in this?"

"If I win, I will gift the winnings to the contestant from my Federation as a token of gratitude for his contributions to the Federation."

Cadena feigned hesitation for a moment, "That’s a good proposal; I was also thinking about doing something for the contestant from my Federation."

"Well then, I don’t carry many valuable items with me, just a Refining Stone that possesses the Fiery Flame Attribute. It will accompany Mr. Nicholas in this bout of elegance."

"That’s wonderful, I thank Miss Cadena for her generous gift."

"No, it is I who should thank you."

At this point, the interaction between the two began to take on a somewhat combative tone.

Smith, observing all of this, immediately showed great interest and joined them, "I have an Ice Spirit Fruit here, and I also want to express my gratitude to our Federation’s contestant, may I?"

"Of course."

Nicholas and Cadena welcomed the idea.

It was a trap set for him.

Then, Smith turned to Song Chao’an, "Mr. Song, would you like to join in the fun? Your team has already suffered four consecutive losses, participating might change your luck, and who knows, it might even prevent the occurrence of a ’Penta Kill.’"

With a tone of mockery.

Three nobodies making a spectacle.

Song Chao’an didn’t want to bother with them, especially now that time was running short, and he was not in the mood.

Although he deeply trusted Xiao Zhan’s abilities, after all, they were completely unaware of what was happening inside.

Thus, at this moment, his anxious thoughts were mostly focused on Xiao Zhan.

However, he did not want to participate, yet Smith insisted on making him join, it was definitely set up for him.

"Mr. Song, aren’t you confident in your contestant? Why the silence, don’t you trust them anymore?"

"I see that your contestants are still very young, in the prime time for growth. What would they think if they knew about your distrust towards them?"

"What would they consider themselves? Cannon fodder? Or political tools? When they die, can their souls meet God?"

These harsh, mocking words made Song Chao’an increasingly irritated.

Your so-called God, does it deserve to meet my people from Longxia?

He really didn’t want to participate in this meaningless bet!

But with such taunting, if he did not retaliate, it would truly disgrace the face of the Longxia Federation.

Not just for his own sake, but for Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong, today Song Chao’an had to strike back.

He cast a cold glance at Smith.

Just wanting to see him fail in front of all the Federations, alright then, let’s see how big of a blunder you can survive today!

He could no longer bear it and walked up to the trio, looking disdainfully at the items on the table, "Mr. Smith, I’ve heard great things about your family’s wealth, how come you only brought out this Ice Spirit Fruit?"

"You really don’t take your Federation’s contestant seriously, do you? They are risking their lives for the Federation, this is simply disheartening. Even God would shake his head if He saw this, wouldn’t He?"

Hearing this, Smith’s eyes sparkled, suddenly intrigued.

"Is Mr. Song suggesting to raise the stakes?"

Without any more talk, Song Chao’an immediately took out a Spirit Fruit and placed it before the three.

"This is a Space Soul Spirit Fruit, consuming it gives a certain chance to comprehend a space-related Spirit Manipulation Technique. Based on its value grade, this is a Sixth Grade Spiritual Fruit!"

"The contestants are all risking their lives; if we are to express our gratitude, we should offer something truly valuable, right? Things like the Ice Spirit Fruit, which can’t even be shown in public, should be kept aside. Don’t you think so, Mr. Smith?"

Song Chao’an’s presence bore down like that of a dragon and tiger, causing Smith’s expression to turn grave.

His eyes widened in shock at the sight of the translucent Spirit Fruit.

He had only intended to provoke Song Chao’an, hoping to embarrass him in front of everyone, but he hadn’t expected him to be so impulsive as to directly produce a Sixth Grade Spiritual Fruit!

A Sixth Grade Spiritual Fruit!

Such items were practically unseen on the market!

Was he really that desperate?

It was a bit hard to understand his audacious move.

"What’s wrong? Mr. Smith, are you just all talk? No gratitude in your heart? Or perhaps, is the Smith family so poorly supplied that you can’t produce something of this grade?"

Now it was Song Chao’an’s turn to start mocking.

If we are to play, let’s play big—even if today Xiao Zhan and the rest of us can’t win, I’m still going to make you bleed heavily!

He planned to pull in others from the Federation soon.

Directly diminishing Smith and his two companions’ chances of winning!

Song Chao’an’s taunting made Smith’s face slightly awkward.

But he quickly decided to go all in—how could the hunter become the hunted?

He immediately had someone bring out a box, containing a white flower shaped like bone.

"This flower is called the White Dragon Bone Flower, containing strong vitality. As long as there’s a breath left in the body, it can save you; it’s a Fifth Grade Spiritual Medicine."

"Although its grade is lower than your Sixth Grade fruit, yours is a skill-type Spirit Fruit which carries a great risk of sinking. In terms of practical value, mine is far superior. Let’s bet with this, how about that!"

Speaking thus, Smith took back the Ice Spirit Fruit he previously had out.

The Ice Spirit Fruit is also a Second Grade Spiritual Fruit—too valuable for him to part with easily.

"Of course, that’s acceptable," replied Song Chao’an.

Smith spoke truthfully; Spiritual Fruits and Spiritual Medicines, like Spirit levels, are divided into nine grades, with the First Grade being the weakest and the Ninth Grade the strongest.

Moreover, the Spiritual Fruits and Medicines are finely divided into three categories.

The first category, enhancement-type.

Primarily manifests in various physical improvements for Spirit Masters and Artifact Spirits, such as strength, speed, spiritual power, bloodline... and so on.

The second category, attribute-type.

This category is similar to the material used in Artifact Refining by Artifact Spirits, capable of enhancing special properties of Artifact Spirits such as ice, fiery flames, dazzling light... and so on.

It can also aid in integrating new attributes during the advancement of Artifact Spirits.

The third category, skill-type.

Somewhat akin to opening a treasure chest, after consumption, if one is lucky, they might directly comprehend a skill. If average lucky, one might obtain a Skill Fragment, gaining some understanding, but not much, requiring more of the same type of Spiritual Fruits to fully comprehend the skill.

The unluckiest scenario is when one feels nothing, effectively wasting the fruit.

Thus, Smith was right; though the Space Soul Spirit Fruit is highly prized as a Sixth Grade, in terms of actual value, the Fifth Grade White Bone Dragon Flower is better.

"And what about you two?"

Song Chao’an then turned to look at Nicholas and Cadena.

The two had not expected a small bet to turn into a high stakes one, hesitated, and looked at Smith, who gave them a reassuring expression.

With no choice, they also had to put out similarly valuable items of the same grade.

Placed on the betting table, it instantly caused a pang of regret.