Chapter 8: Versus the Ringer Vajra Bear

As expected, just as Li Qingran said.

The ensuing result left everyone present greatly shocked.

Gou Fugui swept away his dejected air; his stroke became decisive and steady.

In just two rounds, he sank all the object balls into the pockets, and finally, without surprise, pocketed the 8-ball, turning the tables on Snake Princess Nina.

"Seems those house players who lost to you aren't much.

If the ringer you invited tonight is also at this level, I advise you to just concede directly, save yourself the embarrassment."

Gou Fugui held a cigarette in his mouth, across the spirit control billiards table, looking down on Nina like an emperor.

Tonight, their showdown was best-of-three.

The first match, they played personally.

The remaining two matches allowed hiring ringers.

"Hmph! Don't get cocky too early!" Snake Princess threw her cue, the two patches of snow-white on her chest seemingly swaying violently as well.

"Hiss!"

A wave of inhaled breaths rose at the scene, drawing wild applause from the spirit control billiards enthusiasts present.

Although her ball-playing wasn't that good, but some balls were extremely good.

Nina felt very unreconciled in her heart, but she had to admit, Gou Fugui's ball skills were indeed much stronger than hers, almost at the level of a reserve professional player.

She had already done her utmost.

And Gou Fugui, worthy of being a house player who stayed at Qingshan Club for three years, had extremely solid fundamentals; the first several strokes were completely pretending to have fallen for her charm technique.

Fortunately, a few days ago she met a noble person, a mysterious half-blind man whose cultivation reached First-Rank Spirit Control General!

Spirit Control General, in a third-rate small city like Heihai City, was absolutely an invincible existence.

Even without witnessing the mysterious person's spirit control billiards skill, just the strength of a First-Rank Spirit Control General was enough to make Nina's confidence soar, victory firmly in grasp!

On the viewing platform.

Heiye wore a face of worship: "Boss, your ball skills must be amazing, right? With one glance you saw through Snake Princess's depth, the match's result.

Now, it's Boss's turn to play!"

Heiye had already made a deal with Nina: tonight help Nina win this spirit control billiards showdown, the reward being the Extreme Yin Grass in Nina's collection.

Li Qingran shook her head slightly: "Don't misunderstand, spirit control billiards, I've never played it."

Heiye held his forehead with both hands: "Boss, you're not joking, right?"

"But just now while watching, I've already learned it."

Heiye: "..."

Don't kid around, this spirit control billiards thing, it's not something you can win just by relying on cultivation.

Heiye already thought darkly in his heart: if Li Qingran lost the match, he'd just forcibly seize the Extreme Yin Grass.

Thoughts were thoughts, but Heiye still followed Li Qingran off the platform heading to Nina's side.

Heiye introduced: "This is my boss, the next match will be fought by my boss."

Boss?

Nina was slightly startled.

The one playing tonight was unexpectedly not Heiye, but this youth she had never met before.

She couldn't make out the youth's strength, but being called boss by Heiye, he definitely wouldn't be weak, and might even be stronger than Heiye.

And, so handsome!

Tiny Heihai City, when did it have this kind of immortal? Probably some major power's younger generation out sightseeing.

Nina's pair of beautiful eyes seemed to drip water, gazing at Li Qingran coquettishly: "Handsome guy, that beast Gou Fugui doesn't know how to cherish the fairer sex at all, you must get justice for me! Tonight I'm counting on you!"

Li Qingran nodded, counting as a greeting: "Just each taking what they need."

Just then, a mocking voice suddenly came from the opposite side: "Snake Princess, did my one stroke just now poke you stupid? Where'd you find this wet-behind-the-ears brat? Just this, just this?"

Gou Fugui wore a face of contemptuous laughter: "I even specially invited Guangdong Province's professional player Xiong Meng!"

"Xiong Meng? The Xiong Meng called the Great Strength Miracle?"

Hearing Gou Fugui's utterly unconcerned voice, the scene instantly boiled over.

Xiong Meng in the Huaxia Spirit Control Billiards Professional League was famously renowned.

In one match, Xiong Meng with one stroke shattered the cue ball into four pieces!

Even more wondrous, the four flying shards respectively struck four spirit control balls, and all were knocked into pockets.

One battle made him famous, and thus he was called "Great Strength Miracle".

Xiong Meng, was a genuine professional player.

No one expected that in this showdown, Gou Fugui actually managed to invite this kind of capable person.

The next moment, only to see a burly muscular man walk out from Gou Fugui's camp.

He was Xiong Meng, possessing the beast-type guardian spirit Great Strength Vajra Bear.

"Boss." Heiye seeing this, felt even more uncertain in his heart.

"Trivial." Li Qingran still wore a calm expression.

Nina, who originally felt very uneasy, seeing Li Qingran's transcendent expert demeanor, immediately settled down.

It was an indescribable calm temperament; if not possessing heaven-defying consummate ball skills, how could one be this natural?

Only Heiye was silently calculating in his heart: after snatching the Extreme Yin Grass, whether to kill Snake Princess to silence her?

The second match began.

This time it was Gou Fugui's side's turn to break.

"Power Bestowal!"

Only to see Xiong Meng's feet plant firm, like a bronze bell entering meditation; behind him, the silhouette of the Great Strength Vajra Bear flashed past.

Then came a booming sound, like thunder, as if the balls themselves would be shattered.

On the viewing platform, the kidney-deficient gentlemen all had their ears ringing painfully from the shock.

"Damn! Is this playing ball or playing thunder! I feel like my ears are going deaf!"

"Truly great strength produces miracles, look at the screen, one two three four five, damn! This break shot of his directly sank five balls!"

"But his subsequent balls won't be easy to play."

"..."

As expected, Xiong Meng didn't sink any more balls.

But he set an even greater problem for Li Qingran.

Two object balls clamped the cue ball tight.

For Li Qingran to pocket the 4-ball, he must graze past the 5-ball, because the 5-ball sits right on the potting line.

But the slightest touch of the 5-ball means certain deviation; there's simply no allowable margin for operation.

"Heh. Let's see how you play." Xiong Meng smiled: "I'll show you how big the gap is between you and a pro player — not letting you sink a single ball."

Li Qingran neither agreed nor disagreed, holding the custom cue, his eyes as if only the Spirit-Control Ball remained.

Bang!

Cue strikes ball.

The cue ball rushed straight forward, striking the 4-ball.

But the 4-ball didn't drop; instead it rebounded toward the other side of the middle pocket.

Gou Fugui laughed loudly: "I thought he was an expert, didn't expect a weakling, even this he can miss! She Ji, you're done for!"

However, his words had just fallen.

On the table, the 4-ball, right after rebounding, began its second, third rebounds.

Stunningly, in the end, the 4-ball actually headed toward the 1-ball beside the right middle pocket's mouth.

Boom!

Accompanied by a crisp collision sound.

The 1-ball actually rushed straight for the middle pocket mouth, wobbling as it dropped in!

Gou Fugui froze, the cigarette in his mouth nearly falling: "Th-this damn luck is too good, right!"

By the table, Xiong Meng's eyes widened round, unable to believe: "Not luck, this, this is a three-stage bank shot?"