Chapter 175: Wu Gang Bets and Loses the Summoner, Li Haotian's Mistake Is Even Graver

Wu Gang let out a cold laugh.

In the gaming realm, he never thought he would lose.

"Fine, I'll accompany you."

Wu Gang took out his wallet and slapped it on the table.

Both inserted game coins.

The first round began.

Wu Gang was about to unleash his signature combo when he noticed the opponent's moves were extremely bizarre.

The keypress sounds were disjointed, yet the on-screen character dodged his attacks every time and countered with a fatal blow, as if clairvoyant.

Less than twenty seconds.

KO.

Wu Gang stared at the dim screen, stunned.

Sharite reached out, took Wu Gang's wallet, and said, "You lost."

"Again!"

Wu Gang's eyes instantly turned red.

His anger exploded in his mind.

He couldn't accept being instantly killed in his strongest domain.

"You have no chips left."

Sharite pointed at his pocket.

"I've got one!"

Wu Gang tore off his expensive coat and smashed it on the machine, "Let's bet this!"

Second round.

Thirty seconds.

Wu Gang was KO'd again.

Sharite took the coat away.

"Again!"

Wu Gang sprang up, pulled out the key to his yellow heavy-duty motorcycle, and slapped it on the table.

Large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

Third round.

Forty seconds.

Wu Gang's character was driven into a corner and suffered a combo that killed it.

The motorcycle key changed hands.

In just ten minutes, Wu Gang lost everything but a thin short-sleeve shirt.

He stared fixedly at the screen, his eyes bloodshot, his breathing heavy like an enraged bull.

Sharite looked at the penniless Wu Gang, a flicker of cunning flashing in his eyes.

He stood up, clapped his hands, and feigned a sigh.

"Boring. You've lost everything. I'm not playing with you anymore."

Sharite turned to leave.

"Stop!"

Wu Gang let out an angry roar.

Those words utterly wounded his pitiful self-esteem.

He had lost in the game, been stripped of his property, and now the opponent despised him so.

He completely lost his reason.

Wu Gang yanked open his backpack and pulled out a precision instrument emitting a metallic sheen.

Vajra Armor Summoner!

Wu Gang slammed the summoner onto the arcade machine, producing a loud "pop."

"If you win this time, I'll give you this!" Wu Gang pointed at the summoner,

"Dare to bet?"

Sharite stopped his steps.

He turned his head, looked at the summoner on the table, and was completely stunned.

The pupils beneath his helmet contracted sharply.

Sharite even doubted whether he was hallucinating.

General Lufa had plotted countless conspiracies, mobilized vast resources, and even personally acted against Feiying, all to seize these armor summoners.

And now, this foolish human, because he lost badly in an arcade game, actually put forward this god-tier equipment capable of deciding the galaxy's allegiance as a wager?

If he weren't sure Wu Gang's IQ couldn't possibly set up some trap within a trap,

Sharite would almost think Wu Gang had seen through his Netherworld Demon identity and was deliberately baiting him.

Sharite suppressed the ecstasy rising in his heart.

His hand trembled slightly at his side.

"This is what you said."

Sharite sat back down, his surface calm, even hinting at disdain,

"Although I don't know what this lump of iron is, since you insist, I'll accompany you for one last round."

All heavens and myriad worlds.

A second ago, they were still commenting on Wu Gang's various civilizations; now they have all fallen into dead silence.

A deathly silence.

Nobody dared believe their own eyes.

Perfect World.

Shi Hao's beast leg dropped straight to the ground, his mouth slightly open.

"This… just took it out? That's a life‑saving trump card. Even the biggest idiot at the village entrance wouldn't hand over his protective bone script to gamble with someone."

Naruto World.

Tsunade smashed the Hokage office desk with a single slap.

"I may like to gamble, but I would never use Konoha's confidential documents as casino chips! This Wu Gang is outright a lunatic—doesn't he even have the most basic bottom line?"

Super God Academy.

Morgana covered her forehead, laughing angrily.

"Amazing. I take back my praise of them. Among these three summoners, Xu Tingfei and Wu Gang are both idiots; only Li Haotian is a true armor warrior."

"For someone like Wu Gang, Lu Fa doesn't need to send troops to attack Earth; he just needs to open a casino and Earth will go bankrupt on its own."

In the heavenly screen.

The final match begins.

Wu Gang drenched in sweat, his fingers frantically pounding the buttons—but rage twisted his movements completely, his operation riddled with flaws.

Sharite held nothing back, using the Netherworld Demon's reaction nerves to launch the most savage attack.

Fifteen seconds.

KO!

On the screen, blaring red large characters lit up.

Wu Gang lifted both hands from the console and slumped powerlessly into his chair.

His whole body felt as if his soul had been drained.

Sharite reached out and snatched the Diamond Armor Summoner into his hand.

The tentacles were ice‑cold—the crystallization of Ares' highest technology.

"Thanks. I'll take this."

Sharite didn't linger, slipped the summoner into his pocket, strode out of the arcade, and vanished into the crowd.

Wu Gang sat dazed in place; only after a long while did he suddenly realize what he had just done.

He lost the summoner in the bet.

One of Earth's ultimate defenses, he personally handed it over to a stranger.

He burst out of the arcade; on the bustling street, there was no trace of that youth.

Land of Light.

Beneath the Plasma Spark Tower.

Just moments ago praising Wu Gang's decent counter‑attack awareness, Ultraman Sevengar now stood with his hands at his sides, silent.

Sevengar gazed at the screen at the dispirited Wu Gang, unable to utter a word for a long while.

Taro coughed twice, embarrassed:

"Um… instructor, human emotions are indeed complicated; perhaps he's obsessed with gaming…"

""

Sevengar was speechless.

He turned and walked toward the edge of the square, leaving everyone a profoundly disappointed back view.

【Wu Gang's impulsiveness cost Earth a heavy‑duty armor.】

The heavenly screen's image gradually darkened.

The narrator's voice carried an oppressive feeling, as if a storm were about to break.

【But this is merely the first step of Lu Fa's plan.】

【Having lost the Diamond Armor, the internally fractured Armor Squad now faces a true catastrophe.】

The image froze on the underground secret room of the Ba Wang Group.

Lu Fa fiddled with the Diamond Armor Summoner that Sharite had just handed over, emitting an ear‑splitting manic laugh.

Warhammer Universe.

Within the cold, majestic imperial palace.

The Emperor gazed at the heavenly screen's image, his deep‑set eyes revealing utter disappointment.

"If an Astartes dares to lose his bolt gun on the gambling table, the Judgment Tribunal will immediately send him to the burning stake."

The Emperor's voice echoed through the hall, absolute cruelty in his tone: "This human has no reverence for the word 'responsibility.' Such a person is unworthy to wield the blade that protects his kin."

Starfield World.

United Star Command.

Human Federation Grand Marshal Sidney pointed at the screen showing the dispirited Wu Gang, then turned to look at his adjutant.

"An individual with no disciplinary bottom line doesn't even qualify to be turned into a machine servant!"

Sidney slammed his palm hard onto the tactical table,

"Xu Tingfei is arrogant and oblivious to being controlled by alien bio‑magic."

"Wu Gang is impulsive and hot‑headed, putting strategic‑level armament that could decide a star system's fate on the betting table! These two are pure liabilities."

Sidney's gaze turned upward:

On the whole Earth, among this three-person team, only the young man named Li Haotian possesses the qualities of a true warrior.

Armor Warrior First World.

Inside the ERP Research Institute.

The alarm's red light flashes.

Dong Shan braced both hands on the control panel, staring intently at the screen, veins bulging on his forehead.

"The summoner is the life of the Armor Warrior!"

Dong Shan's tone was stern as he slammed a fist onto the table,

"He doesn't deserve to own the Diamond Armor at all. His understanding of Armor Power is superficial to the extreme."

"If it were me, even if I gave my last breath and laid down my life on the battlefield, I could never simply hand over the Wind Eagle Summoner as a bargaining chip!"

Beside him, Bei Miao lifted his coffee cup, the corner of his mouth curling with undisguised arrogance.

"So I've said before, this kind of random armor that came out of nowhere will ultimately be useless."

Bei Miao gave a cold chuckle twice,

"Wu Gang is at most a clueless child who doesn't know the height of heaven and depth of earth, with an extremely immature mind."

"How can they be mentioned in the same breath as our Five Elements Armor Summoners? Rotten mud can't support a wall."

Armor Warrior Third World.

Happy House Ramen Restaurant.

Duanmu Yan held a spoon in his hand, staring at the sky curtain, completely dumbfounded.

After a brief stupor, came boiling rage.

"Did his brain get waterlogged?"

Duanmu Yan slammed the spoon heavily onto the table, hot soup splashing everywhere,

"Shouldering the fate of all humanity, he actually went to play arcade games with extraterrestrial mutants? And even lost the summoner?"

"Arrogant! Ignorant! Unaware of gratitude!"

Duanmu Yan rolled up his sleeves, his curses echoing in the ramen shop,

"And he plays games so badly it's painful to watch!"

"If I, Duanmu Yan, went to play games with the Netherworld Demon, I guarantee I'd blast him in the game and beat him bloody in reality!"

"No, I wouldn't waste words on him; I'd just hit him with a Thunder Forty-Eight Combo!"

Naruto World.

Senju Hashirama sat cross-legged, withdrawing his former simple-minded smile.

"A team can't consist entirely of time bombs ready to explode at any moment."

Hashirama spoke in a low voice,

"Xu Tengfei and Wu Gang's minds are too immature."

"In this three-person team, only Li Haotian is the true core, and only he has never made a mistake from start to finish."

But just as the myriad worlds' civilizations were reaching a verdict, the sky curtain's image gradually dimmed.

On a black background, white subtitles appeared line by line, accompanied by the low beat of war drums.

【If one says that Xu Tengfei's arrogance and Wu Gang's impulsiveness led to a series of defensive breaches, then that is merely a partial mistake caused by personality flaws.】

【However.】

【That Li Haotian, whom everyone sees as the team's sole hope, steady and calm.】

【Yet his decision caused a disaster tens of thousands of times more severe than the combined errors of Xu Tengfei and Wu Gang.】

When these two lines of large text appeared,

The myriad heavens and myriad worlds fell into a brief silence, then erupted in incredulous clamor.

Battle Through the Heavens World.

Xiao Yan froze. He stared at the screen, brows furrowed:

"Li Haotian? Isn't he the most steady one? What else could he possibly do that's outrageous?"

"Could he have also treated the summoner like a parcel to send away?"

"That shouldn't be the case."

Three-Body World.

Luo Ji leaned back in his chair and lit a cigarette.

"Logically, it doesn't make sense. Li Haotian's big-picture vision far surpasses the other two."

"Xu Tengfei and Wu Gang's actions have already touched the bottom line of Earth's safety."

"Could Li Haotian still do something that surpasses that bottom line? Directly side with the extraterrestrial tyrant?"

Swallowing Starry Sky World.

Luo Feng stopped his origin-energy training and stared at the light curtain.

"Personality determines destiny. Xu Tengfei has the temper of a young master, Wu Gang is prone to anger and impulsiveness, and their mistakes leave traces."

"But Li Haotian is steady and restrained, his thoughts meticulous. He could never make a commonsense error."

Doubts about the myriad worlds rolled wildly across the barrage.

No matter how they tried, they just couldn't figure it out,

a captain who remained clear-headed from start to finish,

on what grounds could he be charged with the crime of "causing the most severe consequences"?

The sky curtain lit up, beginning to tally Li Haotian's highlight performances.

The scene cut to an abandoned quarry.

Heavy rain poured down.

Xu Tingfei and Wu Gang fought each other, both disintegrating and collapsing.

The Netherworld Demon raised its demon blade, about to sever Xu Tingfei's head.

Red light tore through the sky.

Li Haotian merged with the Heaven-punishing Armor. Opening stance, block punch, bone-breaking, heaven-covering palm, draw sword, behead, shoot.

Flowing like clouds and water, completed in one breath.

He suppressed them with absolute psychic power, single-handedly driving back three high-level Netherworld Demons, forcibly pulling two teammates whose lives hung by a thread back from the Ghost Gate Pass.

The scene shifted again.

Xu Tingfei was controlled by a mental obstacle, turned against his allies, and swung his blade at his comrades.

Li Haotian hesitated not at all; the Flame Punishment Sword locked onto the opponent's offense, and a mighty heaven-covering palm strike directly forced them to disintegrate.

Decisive, ruthless, without a shred of womanly compassion.

The scene fast-forwarded.

Lu Fa's schemes were endless.

Division, temptation, sowing discord.

But before Li Haotian, all these conspiracies came to naught.

He was never swayed by external things, relying on powerful Ji Qi genes and extremely calm judgment, repeatedly pulling the team's defenses back from the brink of collapse onto the right track.

Finally, the scene froze on the final battle.

Above the wilderness, the wind howled.

Lu Fa reshaped his flesh, wielding the Thunderclap Absolute Command Sword, his aura overwhelming everything.

Xu Tingfei and Wu Gang were beaten helplessly, collapsing in the ruins and vomiting blood.

Li Haotian faced Lu Fa's destructive aura, slowly straightening his body.

Red psychic energy produced intense resonance between heaven and earth.

"Heaven-punishing Armor, upgrade!"

Light pierced the horizon.

War God Xingtian descended into the world.

Li Haotian drew the Flame Punishment Sword and directly clashed with the cosmic tyrant who once ruled the galaxy.

Sword light and heavy blows tore visible ring-shaped shockwaves in the air.

The final strike.

The Flame Punishment Sword suddenly chopped down.

Lu Fa's proud protective energy exploded and shattered.

"Today, it ends right here."

Li Haotian turned his belt, and the red three-dimensional magic cube was forcibly torn from Lu Fa's body.

The Netherworld Demon Commander, the Galactic Overlord, was thus defeated and sealed by Li Haotian.

Heaven and earth returned to silence.

Seeing this scene,

The doubts of all heavens and myriad worlds were not resolved but instead grew heavier.

Perfect World.

Shi Hao scratched his head:

"Isn't this a good fight? Cross-level counterkill, cleaning up the sect."

"Even the big boss was taken down solo. This record would be top-notch anywhere."

Marvel World.

Captain America's face full of confusion:

"He withstood immense pressure, integrated a scattered team like loose sand, and even personally ended Lu Fa."

"This is clearly a perfect savior script; why say his consequences are the most severe?"

Super God Academy.

Morgana stood with hands on hips:

"Is the firmament bugged? If this performance were given to A Tuo, I'd on the spot award him a one-ton dark gold medal. Where's any sign of harming the earth?"

Just when everyone was utterly confused,

The firmament's music suddenly shifted from triumphant to dead silence.

The scene froze at the moment Lu Fa was sealed into a genetic three-dimensional magic cube.

The narrator's voice carried a hint of cruel chill, echoing above the myriad worlds.

【A thousand years ago. Ge'erfa laid down the Ares Star codex with his life: the gene sequence of the Netherworld Demon Legion must be completely formatted and erased to forever eliminate future troubles.】

【As long as the gene sequence is not extinguished, even if sealed, they can endlessly absorb negative energy in the darkness, waiting for a chance to see the light again.】

The scene closed in.

Li Haotian held the Heaven-punishing Armor summoner in his hand.

As long as he picks up the summoner, aims at the cube, and presses the 'total delete' button.

Lu Fa and the entire Netherworld Demon Legion will be completely erased from this universe.

The thousand-year cycle of reincarnation, Earth's misfortune, will here be marked with an absolute period.

Li Haotian's finger had already been placed on the button.

The hearts of the myriad worlds' audience also rose.

Press down!

As long as you press down, everything will be over.

But at the moment when it was pressed, Li Haotian's movement suddenly froze.

……

(The author has been busy lately, basically no time to update, should be able to update normally next week.)

(Also thanks to the great god certification sent by the big shot Mofa Binggan Dalao; I will burst out updates after I'm busy, I owe it first.)