It was fortunate that he hadn’t entered the duel; it was just a probe. He was certain that his rocket would only severely injure a True Tiger Level at best. Once successful, he would imdiately enter the duel to reap the rewards.
But Ling Sha displayed astonishing combat power, which imdiately made him waver.
"Hehe..." A chilling light glead in Viper’s eyes, but he said nothing.
Him taking the field? Even less likely now, everyone in the arena was his mortal enemy...
Moreover, ti was running out, and anyway, he had to face Gao Xin, so why not just wait for Gao Xin to secure 22 points before taking him down?
Everyone else was thinking the sa, and for a mont, all eyes turned to the center of the arena.
"Ling Sha! Lin An! You’ve staked 8 points! Since you still have the strength for another battle, why not make your move?" Viper urged, unable to comprehend why Ling Sha would protect the Swamp Crocodile.
Ling Sha remained indifferent, standing in place.
Lin An glanced at her and then silently moved beside her, not uttering a word.
Now everyone could see clearly, Ling Sha didn’t want to win at all!
"You... from the start, you were aiming for a draw?"
"How could it be! You... you... you don’t want your 8 points?"
The spectators upstairs couldn’t understand; Ling Sha fought desperately to win, yet in the end, she didn’t make the finishing strike.
The massive prize pool was mainly piled up by four players with 4 points each, with others contributing 1 or 2 points, and the Black Knight didn’t even put in a single point.
So, while they were glad to see it happen, why would Ling Sha also want a draw?
Gao Xin chuckled, "You’ve really got guts, Ling Sha, from the start, you aid to expand the prize pool."
"By throwing in 8 points as bait, you lured everyone’s points into the ga."
"Are you so confident that you can take back your points in the end?"
Ling Sha tilted her head and said, "Oh? Did you figure it all out from the start?"
"Seeing that I am a 10 and realizing I wanted to expand the prize pool, are you the worm in my belly, Tai Sui?"
Gao Xin replied with a smile, "If you really wanted to kill the Swamp Crocodile, you wouldn’t have actually staked 8 points on winning."
"Who would put all their eggs in one basket? Using 8 points to win 4 points, is that necessary? If you staked 4 points on yourself, killing the Swamp Crocodile would still win you 4 points, and you could even spare Lin An to bet on a draw, doing a risk hedge."
"But you both bet on the sa outco, the returns are too low, it seems like a desperate move, but in fact, it’s because you fear the Swamp Crocodile betting on a draw."
"What good does it do you? It only fuels the Swamp Crocodile’s fighting spirit, making him fight you with his life, pushing to the limit."
"This is not the mindset of soone who is determined to kill the Swamp Crocodile... able to make such a bet."
"Unless you were hoping for a draw with no one betting on it from the start."
His words directly pointed out the anomaly in Ling Sha’s gaplay.
As an 8-point group, all the initiative was in Ling Sha’s hands; if she and Lin An had separated their bets on the win and the draw, betting on two different outcos, the Swamp Crocodile would either not bet at all, or he could only bet on a draw too.
It’s only because she and Lin An bet in the sa place, with no fourth person able to bet, that the Swamp Crocodile would follow suit and bet on his own victory.
"Mindset, huh? Can’t I simply not have thought through all this and just recklessly went along with Lin An?" Ling Sha said with a laugh, spreading her hands.
Gao Xin shook his head, pointing at Lin An, "Impossible, it’s not a question of your acting skills, but his..."
"Lin An didn’t hesitate at all to bet on the sa outco as you, not even a glance your way, which ans you had agreed on this bet from the beginning."
"Having control of the initiative, you unexpectedly handed it over, thinking about how the other side would bet, trying to remotely control their betting..."
"If you really wanted him dead, shouldn’t you only consider how to bet most advantageously for yourself? Why care how he bets? If he dies, the points are all yours anyway."
Ling Sha laughed.
The Swamp Crocodile’s expression changed, "You didn’t want to win? Then why did you go for the kill each ti? Aren’t you afraid of killing ?"
Ling Sha scoffed, "The gaplay is the gaplay, the fighting technique is the fighting technique, how can they be conflated?"
"When I fight, I don’t consider any other factors; I strike with the conviction that I must kill you."
"Even if I accidentally kill you, I’ll just have to suck it up and take your 4 points with a pinched nose."
The Swamp Crocodile was at a loss for words. This woman wanted a draw, but since the Swamp Crocodile fought with the belief that he must win, she couldn’t afford to slack off.
A draw would be good, but if not, she’d kill him.
In fact, killing was the normal outco; desiring a draw was the perplexing part.
Damn it, swallow a small loss and pinch your nose to win his 4 points... isn’t winning points good enough?
"Why? Why do you want to lose these 8 points? What advantage does expanding the prize pool give you?" The Swamp Crocodile realized he was likely falling behind in terms of gaplay.
He was still thinking about how to get more points, while she was thinking about giving them away from the start...
The two were probably not playing the ga at the sa level.
Ling Sha disdainfully said, "It’s nothing; Redemption Tickets are but passing clouds to . I just want to see you all fight tooth and nail over the bone thrown out by the powers that be."
"You..." The Swamp Crocodile was at a loss for words.
It was then that Lin An spoke, "Ti’s up."
The crowd on the second floor looked back, only to see that the first two betting boards were almost settled simultaneously.
Draw! Draw! No one had bet on either.
The only bet left was [Tai Sui duels Ling Sha], and that too was less than three minutes from finishing.
The outco of Gao Xin taking all was fixed, as for the third bet, he was the only one with a valid stake.
And all of the points from everyone in the arena were in the prize pool.
"Kid! You cannot handle 22 points!"
"One person taking all the points from the entire arena, can you stomach that?"
Viper shouted, his eyes ominously eager.
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