After paying a hundred and fifty million demon spirit coins, all the credit that Shen Ming had earned in the family in this period of time had all gone down the drain. When the Patriarch came out from his isolation, he definitely wouldn't let him off!
Not having the position of the Main Affairs Elder was merely secondary. With the Patriarch's methods, plus all those family secrets he knew, he probably wouldn't be able to escape death!
At this moment, Shen Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of a crazy idea. There was still another round! If he managed to win all the money back in the third round, then he wouldn't have committed any mistake, but the opposite instead!
"This third round, we must definitely win!" Shen Ming calculated for a moment. He could still take out another two hundred million demon spirit coins. This was all of the liquid cash that the Sacred Family had at the moment. Originally, this had been prepared to be used to buy some elixirs from the Alchemist Association for the family's younger generation.
Two hundred million demon spirit coins, if he won, he would be able to explain it to the Patriarch.
All out!
Shen Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of viciousness.
"Patriarch Nie Hai, we still have the third competition, correct?" Shen Ming stared at Nie Hai and coldly said.
Nie Hai was stunned for a moment and shot a glance at Nie Li. Seeing Nie Li nodding his head, he said, "Correct, there is still the third round."
Yang Xin slightly frowned. With her understanding towards Shen Ming, she knew the consequences would be extreme since he had lost a hundred and fifty million. After he returned to the main household, he probably wouldn't be able to escape the fate of house arrest. Since Shen Ming actually still wanted to bet, that proved that Shen Ming had already made up his mind to go all out.
After the situation developed to this point, Shen Ming had already gone crazy. Therefore, thinking of betting as a last ditch was very normal.
"This round, we'll bet three hundred million demon spirit coins!" Shen Ming coldly said. He had already sent people to various stores of the Sacred Family to transfer the money over.
If the Patriarch of the Sacred Family were to be present, he would definitely stop Shen Ming's action. However, due to being the Main Affairs Elder of the Sacred Family for so many years, he had won the trust of the Patriarch. Therefore, his authority was quite sizeable. He was placed in charge of all the businesses run by the Sacred Family. If he were to transfer some funds, no one have a second thought about it.
Since it was the last bet, if he was able to win back three hundred million demon spirit coins, he would even be able to go up a step in the Sacred Family.
"Okay, three hundred million demon spirit coins bet it is!" Nie Li said, nodding his head. Looking at Shen Ming's expression, he easily understood that Shen Ning was doing this as a last resort.
The corner of Nie Li's mouth curled into a chilling smile. This was exactly what he wished for!
The various Patriarchs of the various families were all discussing. They were all witnesses to the bet. They had never thought that after losing a hundred and fifty million demon spirit coins, the Sacred Family would still continue betting, and this time, it was with a stake of three hundred million demon spirit coins.
"The Sacred Family is really going all out!"
"After losing so much money, Main Affairs Elder Shen Ming probably wouldn't be able to keep his position after he returns. He probably wants to win everything back with this round!"
"I heard that this time, Shen Xiao is the one being sent up!"
"I know of this Shen Xiao. He's already a 1-star Gold rank Demon Spiritualist at such a young age. The only reason that brat Nie Li was able to beat Shen Fei and Shen Ning was merely luck. Meeting a Gold rank Demon Spiritualist this round, his chances of winning are probably null."
"Three hundred million demon spirit coins, if he lost it all, Main Affairs Elder Shen Ming would be doomed. This is also probably the Sacred Family's entire liquid cash!"
Several families were discussing among themselves.
Another betting round. The amount of the betting stake this time was something they could only see once in their entire life, causing their blood to boil. Under Yang Xin's hosted bet, everyone was placing down their bets. However, whether Yang Xin won or lost, Nie Li didn't care about it. After all, Yang Xin was loaded. As the Director of the Alchemist Association, she wielded huge power in her hands. After coming in contact with Nie Li, god knew how much money she had helped the Alchemist Association earn. Even if she were to take out several hundred millions, those elders wouldn't say a thing.
After the collecting of the betting stakes, Nie Li once again went into the arena.
Shen Ming's chilling eyes stared at Nie Li. A hint of viciousness flashed across his eyes.
He took out two pills from his chest and said, "Shen Xiao, these are two Demon Spirit Strengthening Pills. Consume them before the battle begins!"
Shen Xiao looked at Shen Ming with surprise and said, "Elder, that brat is probably only 1 or 2-star Silver rank in strength. With my strength as a 1-star Gold rank, I'm more than enough to go against that kid. There is absolutely no need to use the Demon Spirit Strengthening Pills!" His demon spirit was a Scarlet Dragon Eagle, an extremely powerful type of demon spirit. Its price went as high as two million demon spirit coins. If he were to consume two Demon Spirit Strengthening Pills, although he could let the Scarlet Dragon Eagle display several times its power for half an hour, it would cripple the Scarlet Dragon Eagle. This caused Shen Xiao to be very heart pained about using it.
"What is there to be scared of? Listen to me. This matter is extremely important. If anything were to happen, can you bear the responsibility? It's an amount of three hundred million demon spirit coins! If you win this match, I'll give you twenty million demon spirit coins. At that time, you can buy whatever demon spirit you want!" Shen Ming said.
Hearing Shen Ming's words, Shen Xiao's eyes lit up. Although the Scarlet Dragon Eagle was rare, it could still be bought with two million demon spirit coins. If Shen Ming were to give him twenty million demon spirit coins, he could buy an even higher grade demon spirit. Crippling the Scarlet Dragon Eagle was worth that.
"Okay, I will listen to the instructions of elder." Shen Xiao nodded his head and said, putting the two Demon Spirit Strengthening Pill into his interspatial ring.
Shen Xiao looked at Nie Li's figure and let out two snort. 'Losing by my hands, this is your fate. To actually force me to cripple a Scarlet Dragon Eagle with two Demon Spirit Strengthening Pills to handle you, consider this your honour!'
In Shen Xiao's views, with his strength as a 1-star Gold rank, defeating Nie Li was a simple matter. One had to know he was a 1-star Gold rank Demon Spiritualist!
After the two people entered the arena, the whole audience area grew heated once again.
However, this round, no one was sure who would win. Although Nie Li's strength was far from Shen Xiao's, no one knew if Nie Li would have luck like the previous rounds again. They all felt that the reason why Nie Li had won the last two rounds was purely based on luck.
This round, most of the people dared not to bet again. The only one that was confident that Nie Li would win was Ye Ziyun. Ye Ziyun, once again, bet all of her savings plus her winnings from earlier on Nie Li again.
Everyone was shouting.
"I never thought that you'd be able to consecutively win two rounds. However, this one, you will definitely lose by my hands!" Shen Xiao coldly stared at Nie Li and murmured as though he was talking to himself, "I'm not the same as them. I am a 1-star Gold rank Demon Spiritualist. Furthermore, I'm a 1-star Gold rank Demon Spiritualist that has integrated with a Scarlet Dragon Eagle!"
Nie Li was lazily stretching his waist. In the previous rounds, he had been bored because of the pretending. Now that this was the third round, there was no longer any need to pretend!
"How would you know without testing? Previously, I won the last two rounds. Who knows, maybe my luck will be good this round as in the previous rounds?" Nie Li said, lightly smiling. He looked calm.
Shen Xiao's gaze turned cold. Nie Li was indeed a little strange. He obviously knew that Shen Xiao was a Gold rank expert and yet he was not panicking. His right hand moved, swallowing the two Demon Spirit Strengthening Pills that he had gotten from Shen Ming.
At this moment, the audience uproared.
"Am I seeing it wrong? Shen Xiao of the Sacred Family actually swallowed Demon Spirit Strengthening Pills?"
"A 1-star Gold rank Demon Spiritualist, facing a Fanged Panda actually needs Demon Spirit Strengthening Pills? And it seems to be two at that, too!"
"Sure enough, the Sacred Family was scared after the two previous losses!"