Chapter 1542 - 1519: Finals, Curtain Up!
However, the thoughts of the Sword Family’s group were somewhat different from those of the audience.
Sword of Impermanence and many senior members of the Sword Family couldn’t help but guess that Ye Huan might be the Dragon of Huaxia.
But they tried to tell themselves subconsciously that Ye Huan could never be the Dragon!
An hour later, the audience and the contestants had gradually entered the venue.
The finals of the individual competition are about to begin!
Only one last segment remains: the betting!
That’s right, the official Hundred Tribes Tournament provides betting services.
The patriarchs of the Hundred Tribes guarantee and supervise it together, fair to all, with no shady business, purely to provide some entertainment for everyone.
The first bet is on which family will win the championship.
However, due to ninety-nine percent of people betting that the Shangguan Clan would achieve ultimate victory, there was no way to open the betting, so this project was abandoned.
Yes, ninety-nine percent!
The thirty percent who thought the Ling Family might achieve ultimate victory ended up choosing reality and bet on the Shangguan Clan, which had a much greater chance of winning, though helplessly, the odds were almost zero, and winning wouldn’t earn much.
With no way to open the betting, it had to be abandoned.
Next, the drawing lots segment!
First match: the Ling Family’s top genius Ling Yao against the Shangguan Clan’s second genius—Shangguan Shenlong!
The moment this draw result came out, Ling Yao nearly fainted on the spot. He was originally praying to the heavens to face a lower-ranked genius from the Shangguan Clan.
That would have given him a chance to win, but who would have thought he’d meet the fierce Shangguan Shenlong!
"I bet a hundred gold coins on Ling Yao!"
"I’ll bet three hundred on Shangguan Shenlong..."
"And me, I’m betting on Shangguan Shenlong..."
The betting in the individual competition segment was relatively normal.
After the main committee, composed of the Ultimate Guardians of the six deep mountains, drew the matchup for the first match, everyone began betting on the official Hundred Tribes Tournament app, some betting ten gold coins, some one hundred, and others more.
Of course, most people bet on Shangguan Shenlong winning.
Only twenty percent bet on Ling Yao to win.
The odds were astonishing!
If Ling Yao pulled off an upset, then the Ancient Martial Artists betting on Ling Yao would gain more than five times the return!
Soon, the second draw result was announced.
Ling Meijiao against Shangguan Shenzhu.
New betting rounds promptly logged onto the app.
Everyone bet, with sixty-five percent believing Shangguan Shenzhu would win.
Third match: Ling Fufu against Shangguan Shenshu!
Shangguan Shenshu’s strength is incredibly formidable; he swept through many geniuses yesterday. It’s said he’s not much weaker than Shangguan Shenlong, while Ling Fufu, being younger by several years, is a tier below Shangguan Shenshu in strength, seldom having anyone believe she’d win.
Still, more people bet on Shangguan Shenshu.
Then, matchup results continued to be drawn one after another.
Everyone placed their bets.
Looking at the 7.5:2.5 ratio between the Shangguan Clan and the Ling Family, most still believed the Shangguan Clan would achieve ultimate victory.
The atmosphere in the venue was buzzing.
When the final draw result came out, the arena exploded!
"Hundred Tribes Tournament individual battle finals, eighth match: Shangguan Shenzhou versus Ye Huan!" On the ninth-tier judging platform, Divine Traceless calmly announced the draw result.
"Damn! There’s no mistake, Ye Huan actually goes against Shangguan Shenzhou?!"
"Shangguan Clan’s top genius Shangguan Shenzhou facing Ling Family’s top failure Ye Huan, this is simply a matchup with no suspense! I say they might as well declare Ye Huan a loser right away, it’d save time!"
"Yeah, do you think the Ling Family is using a ’Tian Ji horse race’ strategy, trying to let other family members win against ordinary Shangguan geniuses as much as possible, then manipulate the draw to have the biggest loser, Ye Huan, give Shangguan Shenzhou a win? In short, it’s as if the Ling Family is using their inferior horse, Ye Huan, to pull down Shangguan Clan’s superior horse, Shangguan Shenzhou!"
"The Ling Family is so shameless, doing something like this in front of everyone, truly unrestrained in keeping the throne, disgusting!"
"No worries, even if the Ling Family is disgusting, it won’t matter much, the Shangguan Clan will definitely win!"
"Yes, the throne surely belongs to the Shangguan Clan, Ye Huan must lose!"
The audience roared with excitement, then placed their bets on the Hundred Tribes Tournament app!
Everyone virtually emptied their pockets, betting on Shangguan Shenzhou to win!
Because in their eyes, Shangguan Shenzhou was guaranteed victory!
No matter how much gold coins one bets, you could definitely earn some!
The more you bet, naturally the more you earn!
This was a match with no suspense, so of course, they put all their assets on supporting Shangguan Shenzhou.
But soon, they began worrying because there wasn’t a single person betting on Ye Huan to win.
The current betting situation showed that bets for Shangguan Shenzhou’s victory totaled three hundred thousand gold coins, with each participant averaging about six gold coins; indeed, some bet hundreds or thousands, while others did not participate, this was just the average.
But bets on Ye Huan to win totaled 0!
Not a single person bet on Ye Huan!
This left the audience frustrated, thinking this bet might end up deserted!
If that were the case, they’d really be badly off, missing out on a fantastic opportunity to profit!
Countdown began, if no one bet on Ye Huan within thirty seconds, then this match’s bet would be canceled.
Everyone anticipated, hoping someone foolish would stand up.
As they wished, within the last ten seconds of the countdown, someone directly bet three thousand gold coins!
The deserted bet countdown immediately stopped!
"Haha, someone bet, and it was three thousand gold coins right away!" Someone joyfully jumped up!
At this moment, another "fool" bet on Ye Huan to win!
The amount was a staggering ten thousand gold coins!
"Damn! Ten thousand gold coins betting on Ye Huan to win? Which family’s young sir took out his assets to wager on Ye Huan, thinking of turning a bicycle into a motorcycle?!" Many were astonished!
Ten thousand gold coins, that’s an astronomical sum!
An average person simply can’t produce it; only top families where young masters or heiresses, who receive generous salaries and pocket money, could save up over time to amass this sum!
Everyone speculated on which two heads had too much money, throwing it onto Ye Huan to be wasted.
Eventually, they couldn’t guess a thing, but they still chuckled, whatever, as long as they could profit!
Judging by the current ratio, once Shangguan Shenzhou wins, the ones betting on Shangguan Shenzhou to win would earn 0.1 gold coins for each 1 gold coin, that’s about 10 silver coins of profit.
Those betting on Ye Huan to win would earn 200 gold coins for each 1 gold coin!
The odds were tempting, but how could Ye Huan possibly win?
The odds for betting on Shangguan Shenzhou to win were low but at least they ensured stable earnings!
"Even a mosquito leg is meat; I only earn about 1 gold coin and 50 silver coins monthly, if Shangguan Shenzhou quickly beats Ye Huan, I’ll profiting by two months salary, haha!"
"Ye Huan can’t possibly win! We’re pocketing money for nothing, haha!"
"It’s amazing, didn’t expect today not only to watch for free, witness Ye Huan the despicable getting beaten, but actually earning from it too, simply awesome!"
"I’ll never curse Ye Huan again, after all, Ye Huan made me money, haha!"
"I bet five hundred gold coins on Shangguan Shenzhou, soon I’ll net forty—fifty gold coins profit! That’s nearly a year’s salary, profiting big time!"
"So satisfying! But for Ye Huan helping us profit, let’s carefully witness him get beaten later, and kneel calling Shangguan Shenzhou daddy, haha!"