Ranking Rush!

For a moment, the scene fell deathly silent.

Everyone stared at Vinina in shock. After all, the amount was indeed a little too large—equivalent to the entire two years' earnings of an ordinary Initial War God. Though these genius Martial Artists of the Elite Training Camp received quite a bit of financial support, they clearly could not reach the figure of ten billion.

Under normal circumstances, even Mental Masters and highly ranked students betting on battles with each other would only wager around half that amount. Only under exceptional circumstances, when both sides were fighting over a moment of pride, would things escalate to such an extent.

And now, this young lady of the Polenas Family had just entered the Elite Training Camp and was already going to bet ten billion with an old student.

"If you don't dare, forget it."

Vinina looked at the silent David, shook her head slightly, then turned and left.

Obviously, if Vinina could get this money, it would merely count as an unexpected gain—a one-shot deal to fleece Blackie. If she could not get it, it did not matter either. With the Polenas Family backing her, she would never lack this kind of Earth currency.

But in David's eyes, Vinina was merely a rookie who had just joined the Elite Training Camp. No matter how much they wagered, she was giving him money. Now that the stakes had increased tenfold, how could he possibly give up?

"Wait!"

Seeing Vinina about to walk away, David finally could not resist shouting, "Ten billion, I'll bet you!"

"Fine."

Vinina turned to look at David, the teasing in her eyes growing even stronger. "When?"

"Tomorrow!"

"Fine. Then when will you send the challenge letter?"

Vinina urged him. The exact time of a challenge could not be determined, because there was only one challenge room, and another student might be using it. The precise time could only be confirmed after the computer system approved it.

A challenge letter was different. It could only be sent after being approved by the Elite Training Camp system, with the Limit Martial Hall standing behind it. When signing it, both parties had to provide the full amount of the wager and transfer it into the dedicated account of the challenge system. Only then would the challenge be established.

Once established, it meant the two were qualified to enter the challenge room and fight. After the winner was determined, both sums of money would be transferred into the victor's account.

In other words, from the moment both sides signed the challenge letter, there was no room for regret.

"Now!"

Vinina's utterly casual expression made David feel a little uneasy. With a wager involving ten billion Huaxia Coins, he did not dare conclude outright whether Vinina truly had the strength or was merely blindly confident. But since things had already come this far, he could only choose to trust the intelligence provided by the forces behind him.

Namely: first level of Annihilation, insufficient combat experience, and movement technique about to enter the Subtle stage.

To be fair, those figures were far better than his own.

After all, she was only sixteen!

At that age, many people had not even passed their first Gene Primal Energy training, yet she was already a genuine Battle General level Martial Artist. Even without the Polenas Family behind her, with this talent alone, she would almost certainly become a War God level powerhouse in the future. No wonder she had been exceptionally admitted into the Elite Training Camp at the end of January.

But that was the future.

The betting matches in the combat room took place in virtual space, where both sides had identical physical attributes. What they competed in was Punch Power burst, speed, movement technique, combat experience, and other factors.

She was a sixteen-year-old girl who had only entered the Wilderness Zone a few times. Her movement technique and other aspects were inferior to his to begin with. What could she use to fight him?

This one was in the bag!

Thinking this, David directly used his mobile communication device to transfer ten billion from his bank account into the Elite Training Camp's dedicated account.

Next came the system review.

That process was unavoidable. Logically, for a challenge taking place tomorrow, he could have waited until he returned to his residence to apply. But David still submitted the application right in front of her.

He was leaving himself no room whatsoever for regret!

After all, those ten billion Huaxia Coins were nearly all his savings.

All in!

The system review was swift. By the time Vinina reached the Nine-Story Building, an email titled "Challenge Letter" had arrived in her personal account. After giving it a brief glance, Vinina replied, "Confirm acceptance!"

Then she tapped out a message on the virtual keyboard and sent it to the higher-ups of the Polenas Family:

Fourth level of *Annihilation*, Subtle movement technique, betting match, send money!

Brief, but effective.

Less than a minute after the message was sent, Vinina received a bank transfer notification.

Amount—ten billion!

Currency—Earth Coins!

At the current exchange rate of the world's major currencies, that was equivalent to a full thirty-five billion Huaxia Coins!

At the same time as the transfer arrived, a call came in. She answered it, then spoke before the other party could say anything. "Don't ask. Check the results in two hours!"

Then she hung up, entered the Nine-Story Building, and headed straight for the Trial Tower space on the ninth floor.

She was only able to do this because she was a new student. During their first month, new students could use the Trial Tower rank assessment privilege to bypass one restriction of the Trial Tower. Otherwise, they could only use it according to their ranking.

With Vinina's current ranking, throughout all of February, she could use the Ancient Civilization Gravity Chamber and the trial room for one hour each, for a total of two hours. She had already used them up during these seven days.

"Let's push as far as possible."

She turned on the lights, picked up the dark blue helmet beside her, and spoke softly as she put it on.

As soon as she put on the helmet, there was the familiar hum. Then her sight, hearing, and touch were instantly cut off. When they returned, she was already standing upon that familiar, vast expanse of silver earth, with a sea of stars before her.

The only structure was the Trial Tower in the distance.

She advanced quickly and arrived at the main entrance of the Trial Tower. Information about Vinina appeared on the pillar to the left of its entrance:

Name: Vinina Polenas

Gender: Female

Identity: Official student of the Elite Training Camp

Trial Tower level: 1.6

Vinina shrugged slightly. Under the virtual space's prompt, she quickly changed into combat gear, picked up her spear, and entered the Trial Tower.

Vinina appeared out of thin air upon a boundless stretch of land. Following the Trial Tower's prompt, she began the first-floor, C-stage trial.

Namely: kill a herd of Raging Bulls composed of 190 Primary Beast General level bulls and 10 Intermediate Beast General level bulls within fifty minutes.

"Come on."

Vinina raised her spear, stared at the mighty herd of two hundred Raging Bulls that had appeared out of thin air on the grasslands, and lunged forward.

She did not hold back in the slightest!

Naturally, the battle turned into a one-sided slaughter. In only twenty minutes, the fight was over.

There was nothing to be done about it. The techniques of the second level of Annihilation plus Battle Intent Power gave her a burst of nearly 500%. Every thrust of her spear could unleash more than 40,000 kilograms of force, which was impressive even among High-level Battle Generals. Against these Raging Bulls, the vast majority of which were merely Primary Beast General level, with only ten being Intermediate Beast General level—and being huge, clumsy, and inflexible attackers at that—the advantage was simply too great.

If she still could not handle them with ease under such overwhelming advantages, Vinina might as well stop thinking so much and find a crooked-necked tree to hang herself from.