"..."
In the stands, a crowd of Fighting Insect enthusiasts exchanged glances, then curled their lips into smiles and fed Spirit Crystals into the formations built into their seats.
This was a formation ordinary Insect Fighting Arenas didn't have. Here, placing bets required no staff at all; just feed Spirit Crystals into the formation, and everything would be settled automatically.
The White-robed Young Master spoke first. "The Hidden Wing Divine Wasp has an impressive record, winning fight after fight. Its Tail Stinger can even pierce the defenses of a Stoneback Earth Dragon. I don't think you can beat it. You're sure to lose."
With that, the White-robed Young Master tossed a Storage Bag into the formation. No one knew how many Spirit Crystals were inside.
Quite a few people nodded along, finding his analysis perfectly reasonable. After all, Jin Lingfeng's past record had been dismal. This time would probably be no different—he was just blindly confident.
So many people bet on it to lose, while even more chose to wait and see.
They hadn't even seen Jin Lingfeng's Fighting Insect yet. What was the rush?
Sure enough, Jin Lingfeng merely smiled as if it were nothing, then turned to look at the arena's host.
"Please step farther away. I'm afraid my Fighting Insect might scare you."
The host was at the Nirvana level and naturally wasn't afraid, but he still chose to move aside.
Then Jin Lingfeng shook his insect pouch, and Jianji Sand Dou, steady as a mountain, appeared on the arena.
In an instant, countless people widened their eyes.
The huge black-armored beetle had razor-sharp mouthparts, and its heavy armor was like a city wall.
But what drew the most attention was still its terrifying Jianji.
"Jianji Sand Dou! Now that's something! This kid went to the Black