Chapter 1661: Shocking Eternal Dark City

Dong Wuxu's expression changed drastically; his whole body trembled as he said in disbelief, "This, how is this possible?"

He had clearly seen the other party place the ball into this bowl; every movement had been within his sight, so how could there be no ball in any of the three bowls?

Could he have seen it wrong?

Impossible!

This lad's movements were so slow; there was absolutely no way he could have seen it wrong!

The people around were also stunned; many gathered beside the table, staring fixedly at those few bowls as if trying to pierce through them with their gaze.

Some even picked up the bowls, turning them over and over to inspect them, yet they found nothing unusual whatsoever.

That ball seemed to have vanished into thin air!

Xu Que leaned leisurely against the chair back, stored the twenty Immortal Artifacts Dong Wuxu had just produced into his Storage Ring, and said with a smile, "How about it, do you want to continue gambling?"

Seeing Dong Wuxu remain silent, he shook his head, picked up those bowls once more, and placed them upside down.

After casually shifting them twice, the ball appeared under the leftmost bowl.

Then, from who knows where, he produced a chopstick, tapped the middle bowl once, and lifted it; the ball had actually appeared there as well!

He tapped the right bowl once, and the ball appeared yet again!!

Finally, Xu Que lifted all three bowls, revealing that there was a ball inside every single one of them!

Everyone was dumbstruck; this set of tricks in Xu Que's hands was simply a miracle!

"Heavens... how did he do it?"

"So this Guessing the Ball gambling duel actually has such ingenious techniques?"

"I seem to understand it, yet not fully..."

After this series of maneuvers by Xu Que, everyone realized that Xu Que's gambling skills, at least in the aspect of Guessing the Ball duels, far surpassed Dong Wuxu's.

After a long while, Dong Wuxu took a deep breath, clasped his fists, and bowed, saying, "Your skill is one level higher; I admire you."

Seeing that even Dong Wuxu had admitted defeat, these Cultivators, no matter how unwilling to believe it, could only accept this result.

The strongly favored powerful contender, Dong Wuxu, had lost to an unknown nobody!

This news spread wildly throughout Eternal Dark City like a virus.

In merely a quarter of an hour, nearly every Cultivator in the entire Eternal Dark City knew about this matter.

Dong Wuxu's most skilled Guessing the Ball trick had actually been broken by an unknown nobody!

Every Cultivator who heard this news reacted first with disbelief.

How could this be possible?

Dong Wuxu was the gambling duel genius everyone expected much from; almost everyone thought he could compete head-to-head with Chen Paijiu and Li Shisan Zhang to fight for the ultimate championship.

Up until now, those two still maintained perfect victory records, leaving everyone else far behind on the Ranking List, whereas Dong Wuxu, having lost forty Lower Grade Immortal Artifacts, had actually dropped one position in the rankings.

As for the name Zha Tian Bang Gambling God, it began sprinting wildly up the Ranking List, surging forward at an astonishing speed, and within less than half an hour, became the fourth place on the list.

Ahead of him remained only Chen Paijiu, Li Shisan Zhang, and Dong Wuxu, who had once again raised his own ranking.

Just as everyone was guessing who would obtain first place, shocking news spread throughout the entire Eternal Dark City.

The Zha Tian Bang Gambling God, by his own strength, gambled against both Chen Paijiu and Li Shisan Zhang and achieved victory with an overwhelming advantage!

He leaped directly into second place!

This news instantly ignited the entire Eternal Dark City!

Never before had anyone ascended the Ranking List in such a manner!

This was simply unimaginable to the extreme!

"Who exactly is this Zha Tian Bang Gambling God?"

"Too unimaginable; I've never seen gambling skills this formidable!"

"This lad must be the true Gambling God!"

Countless voices concerning Xu Que arose; everyone was curious about just what kind of divine figure the Zha Tian Bang Gambling God was.

Most crucially, who exactly was this Zha Tian Bang?

Even Qiu Wumo, upon learning of Xu Que's method of victory, felt somewhat terrified.

Qiu Wumo put himself in the shoes of Chen Paijiu and Li Shisan Zhang, pondered carefully for a long time, and discovered that he actually could not find any way to break the situation.

"No, we cannot let him become first place."

Thinking of this, Qiu Wumo immediately ordered several subordinates to go ambush Xu Que.

At the same time, he privately spread word that no one was allowed to engage in gambling duels with the Zha Tian Bang Gambling God.

As long as no gambling duels took place, no matter how superb this Gambling God's skills were, it would be impossible for him to achieve ultimate victory.

"Contestants currently competing within Eternal Dark City must not engage in gambling duels with the Zha Tian Bang Gambling God; those who comply will receive a compensatory reward of one Lower Grade Immortal Artifact."

This news spread through the entire city at an astonishing speed, and soon all contestants began intentionally keeping their distance from Xu Que.

"Brother, let's gamble a couple of rounds," Xu Que approached a contestant and said enthusiastically.

That contestant looked him up and down twice: "Are you the Zha Tian Bang Gambling God?"

"That's right, it is indeed me! But don't look at me being the Zha Tian Bang Gambling God; actually, my gambling skills are not refined; before it was all just relying on Qi Circulation..."

"No gambling!"

Before Xu Que could finish speaking, that contestant rejected him.

Xu Que looked puzzled, turned around, and approached the next contestant.

"Brother, I am the Zha Tian Bang Gambling God; want to gamble with me..."

"Go away, go away."

"That handsome guy, gamble with me..."

"Get lost!"

"Fellow Villager..."

"Scram!"

Almost every gambler Xu Que approached rejected him without exception.

Xu Que was completely stunned.

What was going on?

I haven't even spoken a word, and they're already rejecting me!

So you won't give me face, is that it!

Moreover, Xu Que discovered that at some unknown point, no matter where he went, all those gamblers would retreat three Hut-lengths away.

Every single one wore an Expression as if approaching him would bring misfortune, shrinking far away one by one.

"Damn it, avoiding me, are you?" A surge of anger rose in Xu Que's heart; he simply summoned an Avatar directly, disguised it as a contestant, and went to pry for information.

Loitering twice around the landmark, Xu Que waited until a contestant was off guard, then controlled his Avatar to step forward and block the other's path.

"Brother, I see you all seem to be avoiding that Zha Tian Bang Gambling God; what's going on?"

That contestant looked left and right, then whispered, "You don't know yet, brother? Qiu Wumo has spread the word: anyone who rejects that fellow's gambling challenge invitation can receive a Lower Grade Immortal Artifact as a reward. Since I've already lost almost everything anyway, getting a Lower Grade Immortal Artifact as a reward is fine by me."

"So that's how it is; many thanks, brother."

Xu Que cupped his fists and bowed. In his heart, however, he let out a Cold Smile.

Damn it, that dog-born Qiu Wumo, playing such underhanded tricks, is he?

Fine, this Saint will compete with you to see who is more underhanded!

Afterwards, Xu Que went straight to that giant die, leaped onto its very top, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to rest his spirit.