Shen Xiao's robes snapped and streamed against the wind. Standing in midair, he shook both sleeves, sending over a thousand dice shooting at Mu Bai like bullets, sealing off every blind spot before him.
Mu Bai's eyes narrowed, and he hurriedly flew backward. Just as a savage, triumphant laugh spread across Shen Xiao's face, Mu Bai jabbed rapidly with both arms. Hundreds upon thousands of strands of metal and earth essence wove into a net to catch the incoming dice. At the same time, he swept out his hand and used Mental Power to conjure a massive Dice Cup modeled on the Three-Legged Crow Cauldron. With a clattering rush, he scooped all thousand-plus dice inside and shook it furiously in midair.
"Weakling, do you want big or small?"
Mu Bai also stood in midair, shaking the enormous Dice Cup wildly, a wicked gleam in his eyes as he loudly challenged Shen Xiao. Before Shen Xiao could answer in anger, the spectators in the hall began arguing.
"Big!"
"Small! I bet on small!"
"I bet a million on big!"
"I'm betting a million too, on small!"
"Ah, you've gone too far!"
Being toyed with in public was an unbearable humiliation for Shen Xiao. Had my body really been hollowed out? Opium Paste, wine, and women...
Refusing to concede or yield, Shen Xiao roared and conjured another great golden saber. With a vicious sweep of one arm, he slashed at Mu Bai's golden cup. Mu Bai smiled wickedly, reached out, and yanked the cup upward.
"The house takes all!"
Every one of the thousand-plus dice had landed with a single pip facing up. Before the crowd could cry out, all thousand dice shot back toward Shen Xiao as swiftly as arrows.
Shen Xiao swiftly turned his saber and swept it across, but