Reversal and Comeback

"Haha, I know you, Shūichi, paid a hefty price on this bet—ten thousand divine power points in total. You really went all in."

"Two people placed bets, one for five hundred and one for four thousand divine power points. Did you secretly send others to place bets for you?"

Ōtsutsuki Shūichi was equally baffled. Since when had I asked anyone else to place bets?

"What a pity. It'll all end up in my little brother's pocket." Ōtsutsuki Kōsuke laughed smugly, utterly unable to hide his delight at having made such a huge profit.

Thinking himself clever, he assumed Li Yu and Ōtsutsuki Sanjian had been secretly sent by Ōtsutsuki Shūichi to raise the stakes. He used it to mock and needle Ōtsutsuki Shūichi.

Ōtsutsuki Shūichi's expression darkened. He turned away and viciously pinched his female companion several times, making the elf woman grimace in pain, though she did not dare cry out or stop him.

Seeing him deflated, Ōtsutsuki Kōsuke lost interest in teasing him further and turned back to the match.

Yet he thought to himself, Shūichi, keep pretending. In a moment, I'll make your Number 6 die an ugly death.

In the fighting arena, Number 6, the polar bear, no longer had the smooth, gleaming white fur it had possessed when it entered. Its coat was now stained red, blue, black, and yellow, caked with dirt and blood, leaving it in a miserable state.

"Roar!"

Somehow finding the strength, the thick-skinned Number 6 polar bear climbed back up and blasted a mouthful of icy breath at Number 1, the Tyrannosaurus rex.

Mixed within the frosty breath were ice arrows that struck the retreating Tyrannosaurus rex with a series of clangs, forcing it back more than a hundred meters.

After steadying itself, Number 1, the Tyrannosaurus rex, refused to