Douluo ║ Vermilion Ice Harmony

The Bet

The Spectator’s Stage.

Zhou Yi quietly stood on the stage, surveying the matches that were about to start. Class 1 had been the biggest winner among the ten classes during the round-robin tournament, but a few strong students had begun to reveal their true potential and strength when the knock-out tournament started. After the round of 32, only five teams from Class 1 remained. Although their numbers were greater than those from the other classes, their dominance was no longer that obvious.

The round of 32 was extremely crucial.

“Teacher Zhou, are you looking for your seeded team? I’ve just looked at the lots, and coincidentally, the seeded team you’ve chosen just so happened to meet up with the seeded team from my class. They’re over there at the eighth arena. Say, Who do you think will win?”

A thirty years old female teacher had walked up to Zhou Yi, and spoken with an amused tone.

Zhou Yi immediately squinted, “Mu Jin, do you think that your students will win for sure?”

Although Mu Jin wasn’t young, her appearance could definitely be described using the words ‘young and pretty’. She smiled, shaking her head. “That’s not true. There are no absolutes in this world. However, I’ve heard that there was a soul master in your seeded team with only one 10-year-old soul ring. What a pity!"

Zhou Yi’s gaze turned chilly. “Are you trying to provoke me?”

Mu Jin’s smiling expression instantly vanished, “So what if I am? Doesn’t your Class 1 have good results? I want to see how many of the students who you’ve taught can get into the top 8. When I saw that my seeded team was paired up against your seeded team, I felt very happy. I’ve heard that you want to be promoted to a senior teacher, but aih, you might be out of luck again.”

However, Zhou Yi didn’t pay attention to Mu Jin’s provoking look. She indifferently said, “Would you like to make a bet with me?”

Mu Jin’s objective had been to enrage and humiliate Zhou Yi. Thus, she didn’t hesitate to reply after hearing Zhou Yi’s words. “A bet? What’re you betting with me?”

Zhou Yi finally stopped ignoring her. Turning around, she spoke with a serious tone. “One soul bone. Do you dare to bet with me?”

After hearing the words ‘soul bone’, Mu Jin’s eyes suddenly shrank.

A soul ring was already an extremely precious item to a soul master, as a soul master needed a soul ring to be able to break through the existence known as a bottleneck.

However, soul bones were a hundred times more precious than soul rings. Every soul master could fuse with six soul bones, which were the skull bone, the torso bone, and the four limb bones.

Every soul ring could give a soul master one skill, while a hundred thousand-year ring could give two skills. In other words, an ordinary soul master who managed to cultivate his way to the nine-ringed Title Douluo stage should possess nine skills. On the other hand, soul bones were a completely different story altogether. Every soul bone would give a soul master another skill, and would drastically increase the strength of the body part it was added to.

Soul rings were items that soul beasts would definitely produce, but that wasn’t the case for soul bones; only a hundred thousand year soul beasts would definitely produce soul bones. On the other hand, soul beasts below the hundred thousand-year rank would only have a one percent chance of producing a soul bone! The appearance of any soul bone would definitely cause a scramble among soul masters.

There was a saying in the world of soul masters: “If one wanted to become an outstanding soul master, he would definitely have to work hard and increase his soul power, while obtaining an optimal soul ring.”

However, if one wanted to become a peak-level soul master and become a true expert in the Douluo Continent, he would definitely need to possess a soul bone. Furthermore, a person would become even stronger if he possessed even more soul bones. From another standpoint, a soul bone could even have the same effect as a medicinal pill, as fusing with a soul bone would increase the soul power of a soul master to some extent.

At this moment, Zhou Yi’s suggestion of a soul bone was practically her bringing out a fortune to fight with Mu Jin. Hence, how could Mu Jin not be astonished? She didn’t understand where Zhou Yi’s confidence was coming from.

A trace of disdain appeared at the corner of Zhou Yi’s mouth, “Get away from me if you’re scared. I don’t want to smell that nauseating perfume of yours.”

A fierce light flickered through Mu Jin’s eyes. “Fine, I’ll bet with you."

Xue Rui’s team wasn’t aware that a scene like this had occurred on the Spectator’s Stage; they were currently completely focused on their opponents.

The three young ladies in front of them were very pretty. They wore freshmen uniforms, just like Xue Rui’s team. The girl standing foremost was rather tall; She had short golden hair and seemed extremely nimble. Her large blue eyes had long eyelashes above them, and there were a few cute freckles on her cheeks.

The girl behind and to her left had short fiery-red hair, while her eyes were a rarely-seen shade of red. At a glance, she seemed somewhat scary, but if you observed her carefully, you’d notice that her facial features were extremely exquisite. Her skin was jade-white, but the gaze in her eyes was extremely cold; she was even comparable to Old Lady Zhou.

On the other hand, the girl on the right contrasted sharply with the girl on the left. A long head of light-green hair was draped over her shoulders, while her dark-green eyes were filled with warmth. The delicate feeling she emanated caused one to unconsciously feel the need to be tender towards her.