On the battlefield.
Gu Changqing held the Wine God Gourd in one hand, casually tossing the newly acquired Chaos Bead with the other.
The gray, misty bead rose and fell in his palm, each bounce seeming to tug at the hearts of every Mighty Expert watching.
That was the Chaos Bead!
A chaos supreme treasure ranked alongside the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and the Jade Disc of Creation!
Yet now, the Wine Sword Immortal was weighing it in his hand and playing with it as though it were an ordinary stone ball.
There was something indescribably absurd about the sight.
An eerie, deathly silence once again settled over the world.
Everyone's minds had gone blank.
From beginning to end, this earth-shaking battle had been filled with bizarre reversals.
The two sides had always been as incompatible as fire and water, bent on fighting to the death.
But Gu Changqing's shameless, brazen baiting had goaded Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos into losing their heads.
And so this absurd wager had come about.
Of course, the supreme divine ability Gu Changqing had unleashed-the "first style of the Three Styles of Heaven Opening"-had been even more terrifying.
All of these things had ultimately led to the Chaos Bead changing hands and falling into Gu Changqing's possession.
As the spectators recovered their senses and carefully thought it through, they suddenly felt that something was off.
A battle to the death, fought all the way to the end...
Why did it feel... as though the Wine Sword Immortal had teamed up with Empress Houtu specifically to fleece the Elder of Chaos?
A long while passed.
At last, one Mighty Expert could no longer hold back and burst out laughing.
"Heavens... I finally understand. This wasn't a duel to the death at all. It was a