Chapter 2203

Sir Gu Lun! Stop!

Something big has happened!

In the dungeon, Gu Lun, who was wholeheartedly absorbing Gu Siman's spiritual energy, now had a face full of anger.

He was at the critical moment of absorption when he was suddenly interrupted—how could he bear it?

Feeling uneasy, he could only coldly glance at the extremely weakened Gu Siman on the ground before angrily rising.

"Didn't I say not to disturb me for anything?!"

Before Gu Lun could react, the next second his subordinate, a troll with a grim, tearful face, spoke with difficulty:

"Sir, we got it wrong! That human, that human has already rushed into the top six thousand! The Grand Elder orders you to go see him immediately!"

"What?!"

He could hardly believe the news he'd heard; only after his subordinate displayed the rankings did Gu Lun's heart jolt, nearly making him unable to stand.

How is that possible!? Wasn't that kid captured!? He's only at the fourth stage!

He was not only shocked by Lin An's performance, but more importantly realized what he would have to face next!

(Damn it! If that kid's ranking keeps rising, given his relationship with Gu Siman, wouldn't I...!?)

Before Gu Lun could instinctively turn to look at the unconscious, near-death Gu Siman on the ground, a sudden sonic boom almost shattered the dungeon; in the blink of an eye, several auras comparable to star-shattering level pressed toward him!

"High Priest! This is Gu Siman!"

The crowd gathered.

Gu Lun looked up in surprise, only to see a thin-built high priest, unlike the burly trolls, now gazing at him with icy eyes.

Not giving him a chance to speak, as if seeing through his thoughts, the high priest approached coldly. His overwhelming aura locked onto him, as if any movement would get him killed on the spot.

"You'd better pray that Gu Siman can still be saved; otherwise, it'll be your turn to be eaten..."

The two passed each other; the high priest paid no heed to Gu Lun's pale face, finished speaking with a cold sneer, gave him one last look, then took Gu Siman and left.

Although he was merely following orders, and his special status meant no one deserved his concern, he could see at a glance what Gu Lun had done and thought it excessive. Absorbing the power of one's own kind, though tacitly allowed by the Grand Elder, is also considered taboo among trolls! If Gu Siman truly is a traitor, then treating him this way is certainly permissible.

But if not, or even if he's been slandered and forced to this point, then it's a different matter.

Seeing everyone cast him pitying glances before they left, Gu Lun trembled all over; with his intellect, he naturally understood why.

Damn it! Why!? Why is that damned human still alive!

No matter how angry he was, Gu Lun also knew his immediate priority was to find the Grand Elder and admit his mistake! Perhaps he could also find some issues to 'save' his own life?

"Impossible, there must be some problem! How could my judgment be wrong!"

"Virtual space... right, I need to see the Grand Elder; surely the battlefield has a problem, there must be an issue inside!"

Starry Virtual Space.

Almost as soon as they entered the space, Gu Hong and the others heard many discussions about the Creator Alliance.

Lin An's performance was so astonishing that, at this moment, the Creator Alliance ranked in the six-thousands briefly surpassed the Heavenly Gods in attention.

After all, compared to the top-ten team's odds already near one-to-one point few, the Creator Alliance that Lin An belongs to still maintains odds around a hundredfold! In the face of such astonishing returns, no civilization would remain unmoved.

However, information on the Creator Alliance is truly scarce, and most civilizations are hesitating. Of course, it's obvious that as soon as one advanced civilization steps forward willing to bet, the others will surely follow suit!

"Have the statistics come out!?"

"How much do you still have in hand!"

No longer doubting that Lin An had an issue, the Elder also displayed the qualities expected of a Fifth Stage peak.

Especially hearing the intense debates among many Star-Destroying Level beings about what the Creator Alliance really is, he, feeling he had insider information, only felt his heart pounding heavily!

Everyone analyzing the Creator Alliance agreed that the last War Star Level was very strong.

But he knew that the true strength wasn't that War Star, but Lin An! Lin An, who is only at the Fourth Stage!

Relying on the advantage of his God Ascendant status, he could imagine that as long as Lin An maintains his current combat power, his future ranking stabilizing at a thousand, or even a hundred, is a sure thing!

"Grand Elder! Our total points are now about seventy-four hundred, with three thousand as reserves exchanged for safety time, and the remaining four thousand points are for exchanging strategic resources needed for the defense line. That means we can only mobilize about four hundred points now; if we include personal points, we can roughly scrape together around one thousand points!"

"But... Grand Elder, if we put all one thousand points on the line, once a problem arises, we might have no retreat!"

After tense calculations of the points the entire troll clan could mobilize, the Star-Destroying Level troll in charge of logistics gave a bitter smile, only hating that their pressure was truly immense!

Perhaps Lin An can hardly imagine that a troll civilization possessing over a hundred Star-Destroyers, three Silver-Star Level Fifth Stage peaks, has combined points still under ten thousand! There's no way; the larger the civilization, the more survivors, the more points needed to maintain safety time!

No matter how hard the troll clan's Fifth Stage strives to complete tasks, their final earnings barely cover expenses, forcing them to barely sustain like dancing on a blade's edge.

Hearing the subordinate's report, Gu Hong's originally excited heart felt as if doused with cold water, and his expression suddenly turned grim.

Only one thousand left?

Although according to current odds, betting those one thousand points on Lin An would yield a horrendously exaggerated return if successful, that one-hundred-and-fourfold odds require Lin An to reach the top!

In his judgment, or rather the safest approach would be to directly bet one thousand on one thousand, or be bolder and bet on the top hundred! That would drop the return rate to 1:13. Even so, they could still earn thirteen thousand points, and adding the five hundred points Gu Siman previously invested, their final profit would be more than enough.

But...

What if, what if something goes wrong?

Of course, if Lin An had still been around forty thousand rank earlier, betting on the top hundred would have given a hundredfold return! But they've already missed that opportunity!

Filled with regret, at this moment he actually wished he could travel back in time and slap Gu Lun to death!

That self-conceited fool has really ruined them!

"Grand Elder! Don't hesitate!"

"Some civilizations have already started betting! Delaying further will shift the odds! Moreover, if Lord Lin An advances further, it'll be too late then!"

Seeing Gu Hong hesitate again, although knowing the Elder must consider the survival of the entire troll civilization under immense pressure, having missed two chances in a row, Gu Yan Shan couldn't even maintain his composure and was almost on the verge of tears.

"Grand Elder!!"

"One hundred or one thousand, or even first!? If we wait any longer, we won't even be able to eat hot shit!"

"Believe in him this once! Gu Siman even risked his life—don't we have this bit of courage!? As long as we win, we'll be saved!"

Perhaps it was moved by Gu Yan Shan's final words.

Gu Hong suddenly raised his head, staring fixedly at the piece of information on the ranking list that represented Lin An.

"Well, I'll trust him once! One thousand points, no... two thousand points, I'll bet one thousand that he can stay in the top thousand! The remaining one thousand I'll bet that he makes it into the top hundred!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Hong without hesitation threw his points directly.

In the next second, seeing that two thousand points had been added to the bets behind the Creator's civilization, he then, as if drained, stared fixedly at the ranking, not daring to blink.

To be honest, he was truly afraid, afraid that just as he made his decision, Lin An would die!

It was just as if fortune had finally descended.

Just a few seconds after he placed his bet, the ranking information representing Lin An jumped again in an instant!