"Haah, hoo..."
His chest expanded as the Blood Ape drew in a fierce breath of air, then let it out in a long exhale. His shoulders slackened, his expression eased, and he cupped his fists respectfully. "As long as there is one. Thank you, Senior Dragon King, for telling me!"
Silence.
Seeing that Liang Qu had nothing more to say, the Dragon King grew curious.
"You only asked whether you could win. Why did you not ask what odds I gave you?"
"Because I already know the odds."
"Oh?" The dragon shadow flickered. "What odds?"
Liang Qu bared his fangs in a grin.
"Ten out of ten!"
"Again with that eight or nine times out of ten?"
"Dragon King, you have quite the memory. You still remember something this junior said nearly eight or nine years ago, when I was cultivating True Astral."
"And do you not remember the things you have said yourself?"
"Ha." Liang Qu sat sideways on the ground, one arm draped over his knee. "It is not really eight or nine times out of ten. It is just... if I put myself in your shoes, if someone asked me about something dangerous, then for the sake of certainty, I would never dare guarantee anything. I would fear that they might hold me accountable. Thus, even if I had ten out of ten confidence, I would still call it seven out of ten and leave myself three parts of leeway."
"Then where do these seven parts come from?"
"Of the remaining seven parts, Dragon King, you said there is a chance. That proves my preparations were not in vain, that they will work against the Flood Dragon. That is the first part."
"And the other six?"
"The other six." The Blood Ape spread his ten fingers and