Invincibility Begins with a Super Fairy Manny

Chapter 2194: Chapter 2195: High-Stakes Gamble (First Update)

Upon hearing this, the Shadow Turtle Emperor instantly flew into a rage.

"What are you saying? You gambled away Bead City? Is Bead City yours to gamble away?"

As he spoke, he was about to rush forward and kill Zhang Pengtian.

"Enough, enough, let him finish!"

Xue An stopped the Shadow Turtle Emperor and then asked, "Tell us, what is really going on!"

Zhang Pengtian sighed softly, "It’s all my fault for not being able to resist the temptation!"

"Back then, a jeweler came to Ultimate Pearl City, and because he was so generous, I personally met with him. At the banquet, he vividly described to me the luxury of Linglong City!"

"He also mysteriously told me that the reason he could amass such wealth was due to the capital he accumulated in Linglong City. All this was because he had a gambling technique that guaranteed winning!"

"These words made my heart race, but at the time I didn’t show it. The next day, when this man bid farewell and left, he claimed that the profit from selling his Treasure Beads in Linglong City would at least triple. Hearing this, I finally couldn’t hold back, but to be safe, I only sent a clone to follow him."

"When we arrived in Linglong City, everything was just as he had described, extremely luxurious! I saw with my own eyes how he easily sold the acquired beads at more than three times the price, and then he took me to tour the major casinos!"

"What a scene it was!"

Zhang Pengtian’s eyes revealed a look of yearning, "Rows of either richly decorative or bizarrely magnificent casinos stood side by side. Inside, every luxury you can imagine was present."

"Even the most ordinary waitresses were stunning girls! In such an environment, I couldn’t help but join him in gambling!"

"At first, everything went so smoothly. Within just three days, I won wealth equal to nearly half of Bead City! Everyone came to congratulate me, even the casino owner’s wife personally came to have a drink with me!"

"That feeling of being admired by thousands is unforgettable once experienced!"

"Just when I was reveling in it, my friend who brought me there told me to seize this opportunity to quit while I was ahead and leave Linglong City. He said that if I kept gambling, I would surely lose control!"

"To be honest, I was a bit dismissive at first, but his concern for me was touching, and I thought I had found a true friend. Plus, my clone had been away for too long and was beginning to falter, so I took my winnings back to Bead City!"

Upon hearing this, the Shadow Turtle Emperor couldn’t help but say, "Isn’t that great? If you stopped there, you’d have immensely increased your wealth!"

Zhang Pengtian sighed lightly, "That’s easy to say, but you can’t understand that feeling. Looking back now, I realize it was all a trap from the start."

"Because once a person wins, they want to keep winning, especially in Linglong City’s atmosphere. Once you experience it, everything else seems dull!"

"So you went back again?" Xue An asked calmly.

"That’s right, and this time I went in person with my true self!" Zhang Pengtian said with a bitter smile.

"When I went back, I found my friend again. He was still in Linglong City, but he didn’t seem surprised by my arrival. After inviting me for a drink, he continued to lead me around to the various casinos!"

"But this time, I wasn’t as lucky as before!" Zhang Pengtian’s eyes showed fear, indicating the torment of recalling this experience.

"Initially, I kept winning, and my earnings grew larger. In this situation, countless people began to flatter me. Logically, at my level of Cultivation Level, I should be immune to this, but for some reason, it was as if something clouded my mind, and I quickly lost myself entirely."

"Then I started losing, and it was a complete cascade of losses, as if something in the dark was targeting me. No matter how big or small my bets were, I couldn’t escape losing!"

"Soon, all my betting money was gone. Yet my friend reassured me that this was normal and even offered to loan me money!"

"In this situation, I had lost my reason and viewed the one loaning me money as a benefactor. But soon, I was completely blinded by the losses, and I kept betting bigger and bigger..."

At this point, Zhang Pengtian suddenly went silent.

"So you lost the entire Bead City in just one night?" the Shadow Turtle Emperor couldn’t help but ask.

Zhang Pengtian gave a bitter smile, "Not in one night, to be precise, it took just one hour!"

The Shadow Turtle Emperor was livid, "Such a vast city, a nearly astronomical amount of wealth, and you lost it all in just one hour? Are you crazy?"

"Yes! Every time I think back, I feel I must have been mad then, or how else could I have lost my mind so quickly?"

"I still remember the feeling after I placed the last bet and lost everything; an indescribable emptiness. I sat there dazed for at least half an incense stick of time until the person who took me there patted my shoulder and told me I had lost the entire Bead City!"

"Didn’t you doubt or resist at all?" the Shadow Turtle Emperor asked.

"Of course, I did. In fact, anger surged from my chest, and I wanted to act, but he gently patted my shoulder, dispelling all my resistance, and then he said if I wanted to live, I had to follow him obediently!"

"I followed him in a daze to a secret chamber where many people were gathered, including the casino owner’s wife who toasted to me earlier. Ridiculously, it was only then that I realized I had been a pig led into a trap by others!"

"So what did these people say to you?" the Shadow Turtle Emperor asked again.

"They said I had two options. The first was to lose Bead City to them, which I would never choose because Bead City wasn’t mine to lose! They seemed to expect my response and then gleefully spoke of the second option!"

"Did they want you to cooperate with them to secretly go against the Shadow Turtle Race?" Xue An suddenly asked.

"That’s right! That’s exactly what they told me! Of course, I initially refused, but they changed their demeanor and brutally tortured me, eventually..."

Zhang Pengtian’s eyes showed a hint of guilt.

"In the end, you gave in and even borrowed a Cultivation Level from them? Because they promised that if you succeeded, not only would they overlook your past, but you could become the true City Lord of Bead City, completely controlling the Death Dark Domain. Is that right?" Xue An said.