Chapter 601

Chapter 601: Gathering Resources for Betting

Compared to the previous two matches, this time Thomasen started betting relatively late.

He had received a notification from Yi Chen that this was Yi Chen’s last life-and-death duel in the Stag Coliseum.

He was told to find a way to profit significantly.

In this situation, placing bets too early could increase the odds and attract more followers.

It wasn’t until two hours later, when the odds for Yi Chen to win slowly climbed to one hundred and fifty to one due to some spectators betting on an upset, that Thomasen began to bet continuously.

As a result, the odds gradually increased to over fifty to one.

This change caught the attention of many spectators, and more began to bet on Daniel winning.

Thomasen followed suit, continually raising the bets, keeping the odds hovering around fifty to one.

Ten million Low-grade Immortal Stones, twenty million Low-grade Immortal Stones, thirty million Low-grade Immortal Stones…

The odds were still relatively good, leaving those spectators hoping for a high payout upset feeling utterly disappointed.

However, it also motivated more spectators to decide to accept this opportunity.

Although the odds were still not high (betting on Daniel winning would yield only two Low-grade Immortal Stones for every one hundred invested), it was still free money.

"Why not take it if it’s free?"

What surprised the spectators even more was that the odds for betting on Daniel winning not only did not increase over time but actually decreased.

With seven or eight hours left before the betting window closed, the odds for Yi Chen winning slowly climbed from about fifty to around thirty to one.

With six hours remaining until the duel began and five hours until the betting window closed, Thomasen placed all the resources and treasures given to him by the Shadow King on Yi Chen winning.

“Master, I have placed all the resources and treasures on the line.”

Thomasen then messaged Mares.

“All of them?”

Yi Chen was somewhat surprised by the information from Mares.

The resources and treasures given to Thomasen by the Shadow King were worth nearly trillions of Low-grade Immortal Stones.

Including the winnings from the previous two matches, they would total around fifteen trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones.

He initially thought that even though the odds seemed decent and the outcome was obvious, merely betting this fifteen trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones was already quite impressive.

This meant that betting fifteen trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones on himself to win at a thirty-to-one odds was equivalent to betting nearly fifty trillion on Daniel.

Fifteen trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones was what a two hundred level strong fighter and a two hundred and ten level strong fighter could carry, excluding some powerful treasures and materials.

This Stag Coliseum was barely among the top one hundred coliseums in the entire Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

This duel was just one of many.

The total amount of several tens of trillions had already reached its limit.

But the reality was somewhat beyond Yi Chen’s expectations.

The resources and treasures controlled by the ordinary Tree-Dwelling Tribe exceeded his expectations, which made the limits of the Stag Coliseum also far exceed what he had anticipated.

In that case, it was only natural to continue betting.

“Mares, give all the resources and treasures you don’t need to the Shadow King to continue betting through Thomasen,” Yi Chen instructed.

“Okay!”

Mares did not hesitate at all.

Yi Chen then turned to the Shadow King, “Inform the Shadow Clan to gather as many resources and treasures as possible!”

“Understood!”

The Shadow King realized Yi Chen planned to gamble all the resources and treasures reserved by the Shadow Clan.

Without any delay, he immediately notified the Shadow Kings stationed at the base.

When the Shadow King brought all the unnecessary resources and treasures from Mares to Thomasen, Yi Chen’s mind moved.

He used the Teleportation Technique, wrapping the flying treasure with his divine consciousness, and instantly arrived in the outer space of Stag Star.

Then, he repeatedly used the Teleportation Technique, and in less than a minute, he reached a nearby Deserted Star.

Yi Chen quickly worked to set up a defensive formation on the Deserted Star.

Inside the defensive formation, he laid out a teleportation array.

The entire process took just about an hour.

Through the teleportation array, Yi Chen transported himself to the blood-colored planet.

The Shadow King ran back to the base, and half an hour later, he returned to the flying treasure with resources and treasures worth fifty trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones that the Shadow Clan had gathered in just over an hour.

Yi Chen then used the teleportation array to return to the teleportation array on the Deserted Star.

He sent one of the Shadow Kings to deliver this batch of resources and treasures to Thomasen.

By the time the Shadow King delivered the resources and treasures, Thomasen had already bet all the resources and treasures worth fifty million Low-grade Immortal Stones that Mares had given him on Yi Chen winning over half an hour ago.

Due to the lack of significant betting in the last half hour, the odds for Yi Chen winning rose to over forty to one.

The newly acquired fifty trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones, as Thomasen bet like crazy, once again brought the odds to a level where most spectators wanted to take advantage.

The total betting amount continued to climb rapidly.

As spectators betting on Thomasen saw the odds remain good, they could not help but place more bets.

In the last few hours, it was nothing short of madness.

With three hours left before the betting window closed, the total betting amount exceeded one hundred trillion, breaking the Stag Coliseum’s highest betting record in nearly a month.

With two hours left before the window closed, the total amount surpassed the highest betting record of the Stag Coliseum in nearly three years.

And when the betting window officially closed, the total betting amount reached over three hundred fifty trillion, successfully breaking the Stag Coliseum’s highest single-match betting record in two thousand years.

The last time the total betting amount exceeded three hundred fifty trillion was a thousand years ago, during a life-and-death duel between two two hundred level strong fighters due to personal grudges.

“Crazy, two fighters around level 150 in a life-and-death duel, and the total betting amount exceeds three hundred fifty trillion… it’s just insane!”

“With the total betting amount reaching this level, based on my thousands of years of betting experience, this welfare might not be a welfare at all; it could be a trap. So, while I bet a lot of resources and treasures on Daniel’s win, I also placed some bets on that Clay as the situation seemed off.”

“You’re just giving the coliseum commission, with odds just over thirty to one. It’s clear that some big shots are backing Clay. But think about it—how does he plan to defeat Daniel?”

“Even if a big shot secretly gave Clay a powerful treasure to boost his strength, it’s still a big question whether he can defeat Daniel.”

“Not to mention, there might just be big shots secretly giving Daniel powerful treasures too. You need to understand, Daniel is a local genius of Stag Star, and nearly all the strong fighters there know him.”

“I know, no matter how you look at it, Daniel has a greater chance of winning. But with the total betting amount so high, small bets for an upset would be the wisest choice.”

“If you don’t take the welfare, you’ll miss it. If you want a chance like this again, it might take hundreds or thousands of years!”

Almost all the spectators focused on the upcoming duel.

Because the vast majority of spectators, including many strong fighters who came to the Stag Coliseum to place bets, had placed their bets on Daniel winning.

There was no choice; Daniel’s chances of winning were just absurdly high.

In such a duel with a vast strength disparity, most outcomes were welfare, and it was rare to see an upset in hundreds or even thousands of matches.

Only a few seasoned veterans, due to the unbelievable total amount, figured that some big shots must be betting everything on Yi Chen’s win.

They felt this welfare might not be so easily obtained, so they chose to risk small bets on Yi Chen, hoping for an upset.