"The Upgrade Assessment is about to begin. Do you dare make a wager?"
Dai Huabin glanced at the cold-eyed Huo Yuhao, snorted, then turned to Gu Qingnian and spoke icily.
"Oh? What are we betting on?" Gu Qingnian asked with interest.
"The average scores of your three and our three in the Upgrade Assessment," Dai Huabin said in a low voice.
All three of them looked at Dai Huabin with mild surprise. They hadn't expected the brat to be rather clever.
Average scores meant, quite simply, that if Dai Huabin's trio scored 140, 130, and 145, their average would be 138. They would compare the average of each trio's combined scores.
Although Dai Huabin had improved considerably, he wasn't arrogant enough to think he could defeat Gu Qingnian one-on-one, much less in a three-person team battle.
That made the Upgrade Assessment his best opportunity. He had heard they would fight Soul Beasts and compete for the highest score. Once Dai Huabin learned that, an idea immediately took shape.
You're great at fighting people, sure, but I refuse to believe you're just as good against Soul Beasts. What if you are? Fine, even if you're just as good against Soul Beasts, okay, we'll compete as teams, three against three. All three members of Dai Huabin's team were quite capable: one assault-type, one agility-type, and one control-type. Gu Qingnian's side had two control-types and one assault-type.
Gu Qingnian was the most terrifying of them and could fight all three alone, but fortunately, this wouldn't be a direct confrontation.
The other two were reasonably strong, but nothing to fear. With Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie, his team could definitely pull ahead of them.
Still, to be safe, he added another safeguard: the "average." He believed Huo Yuhao would drag them down to some