"Thanks for the reminder, but next time, you could remind me of something I don't already know."
Xie Antong replied calmly, her words carrying a faint barb as she pushed back against Bliss.
In truth, this game had contained a misdirection from the very beginning—the five rounds of play.
With five rounds, people would easily think of a best-of-five format, but there was no such rule at all. They were entirely different things.
This was a true gamble, one that depended purely on chips!
Once the five rounds were over, the side with fewer chips lost.
In other words, she could lose four of the rounds, then win big once and turn the situation around immediately.
Considering that even thinking consumed chips, she could even lose every single round. If her opponent overthought things and completely drained the hourglass, she would still win!
But the theoretical possibility of winning that way only existed on the gods' side. It was already impossible for Xie Antong...
And now, although only one round had been played, Xie Antong had already been forced into a corner.
Because with their current chip difference, if she lost another round, she would effectively have already lost.
After all, Bliss would no longer need to play. Bliss could simply fold and concede every round, slowly wearing her down until she died!
Even though the minimum bet increased each round, Xie Antong's own thinking would further reduce her remaining chips.
So she had to win this round!
Which meant she had to figure out the exact rules of this wager right now.
Taking a deep breath, she took out her potion for the first time in this game and injected it into herself.
Then she slowly closed her eyes, placed one hand on the remaining cards on the table,