A month passed in a flash.

There were only five days left until the World King of Gamblers competition.

Zhang Bin was preparing to set off for America. This time, his goal was to win the championship, claim the throne of the King of Gamblers, and win a prize of over 3 billion USD to pay back his brothers, Ma Rufei and Chen Chaoyue. He knew that while Ma Rufei and Chen Chaoyue were wealthy, their money essentially belonged to their families. The amount they could personally control wasn't very large. Although they hadn't asked Zhang Bin to pay them back, telling him to enter the competition and win money was their way of hoping he would repay them sooner. Otherwise, they would be in a tight spot.

After a month of frantically studying Gambling Skills in the Virtual World, he had transformed from a complete novice into a master of the craft. But it was precisely because he had become a master that he understood its true depth and complexity. The world of gambling was filled with experts, and as for winning the championship and becoming the King of Gamblers, he truly had no confidence at all.

However, he would not miss such a great opportunity. At worst, he would waste a million USD, which was less than seven million RMB. At the rate his company was currently earning money, he might not make 3 billion USD quickly, but seven million RMB was not an amount he would lose sleep over.

Furthermore, spring was just around the corner. He could use this trip to search for plants in North and South America, test their medicinal properties, and gather the herbs needed to concoct the Evergreen Pill. He had to refine the pill and give it to Gao Si. As for the two thousand Spirit Stones Gao Si required, he had prepared them long ago.

Over the past month, he had collected Spirit Stones every day. Thanks to the Spiritual Medicine he received as compensation from the Daoyi Sect, which he cultivated with Spiritual Water, the Medicinal Power of some of the herbs had slowly increased to over five hundred years. He refined these into True Essence Pills for his Cultivation. Thus, although he had not yet reached the Mid-stage Liquid Realm, he was not far off. At the very least, the liquid True Qi in his Dantian had nearly doubled, and the vast sea within it had begun to show ripples. As his Cultivation Level increased, combined with his daily practice of the Pure Heart Mystique, his spiritual power also grew rapidly. His ability to harvest Spirit Stones had improved, allowing him to collect 110 stones per day.

Ma Rufei and Chen Chaoyue arrived as scheduled, both brimming with excitement and in high spirits.

"You two should take a plane. I'll stow away again," Zhang Bin told them. "We can just meet up in Las Vegas."

"Still stowing away?" The two of them were baffled. They stared at Zhang Bin as if he were a monster, wondering if he had gotten addicted to it.

"I'm worried that bitch won't let me leave the country again," Zhang Bin said with a wicked smile.

Of course, that wasn't the real reason. Ever since that high-ranking official's visit, all actions targeting him had ceased. This was also because he had demonstrated the Taiqing Sect's terrifying strength, which made the many predators eyeing him back off, no longer daring to cause him trouble. The real reason was that he didn't want to go through customs and alert the Special Action Team. He didn't want to attract any of their attention.

"Then we'll stow away with you." Ma Rufei and Chen Chaoyue exchanged a look, reaching a silent agreement. The last time they had crossed the sea from the Island Nation had been a thrilling experience, a dance between life and death.

"You're just making things hard for yourselves," Zhang Bin said, a mischievous expression on his face. However, he didn't stop them. With both of them stowing away, they would be even less likely to draw the attention of the Special Action Team, which meant avoiding potential trouble.

They departed soon after. As night fell, they set off on Xiao Xuanzi, bringing Xiao Qian, Xiao Jin, and Hong Ya with them. The purpose of bringing Xiao Qian and Hong Ya was to search for new plants and test their medicinal properties. Xiao Qian and Hong Ya were experts at finding medicinal herbs; Xiao Qian was inconspicuous due to her small size, while Hong Ya could fly, allowing her to easily reach treacherous places to gather plants.

After another month of Cultivation, Xiao Xuanzi's body had continued to grow. Its back was now truly like a ship's deck, at least a hundred square meters in area. When Ma Rufei and Chen Chaoyue saw it, they both gasped.

"My god, how is this turtle growing so fast?"

"What kind of terrifying Demon Beast is this?" they exclaimed in shock.

"It's a different turtle, one of the guardian Divine Beasts of the Taiqing Sect," Zhang Bin lied.

"The Taiqing Sect is incredible!"

"To think they raise such a gigantic Demon Beast! It's heaven-defying!" Ma Rufei and Chen Chaoyue shouted, their faces filled with envy.

They were not ordinary people, so they naturally knew secrets hidden from the common world. In mysterious places on Earth, like the depths of the ocean or remote, ancient forests, terrifying Demon Beasts—in truth, powerful Monsters—dwelled. A Sect capable of subduing such Monsters was naturally seen as incredibly powerful.

The three of them jumped onto Xiao Xuanzi's back, followed by Xiao Qian and Hong Ya. Although Hong Ya's body had also grown much larger, it wasn't as exaggerated as Xiao Xuanzi's. In fact, with Hong Ya's current abilities, she could have easily carried the three of them through the air for some distance. Zhang Bin also possessed the ability to fly there using Sword Control. But he didn't want to show off or alarm anyone.

After all, Earth had too many powerful masters. Although Zhang Bin was strong now, perhaps able to contend with cultivators of the Initial Stage of Gold Core, there were still many he couldn't handle. This included cultivators at the mid-stage of the Golden Core Realm and above, as well as SS-level and higher Superpower Users and Genetically Enhanced Humans. Therefore, he had to be extremely careful.

Xiao Xuanzi immediately set off, swimming much faster than before. It sliced through the waves like an arrow, heading toward America.

Unbeknownst to them, at that very moment in the Capital City, an extraordinarily important meeting was taking place in a secret underground chamber.

General Song stood ramrod straight on the podium, with nearly a hundred experts seated below. If Zhang Bin were there, he would have recognized most of them as Golden Core Realm cultivators, along with some SS-level Superpower Users. Even Zhou Tianyu, the Nascent Soul Stage Master who had clashed with him before, was among them. There was also an old man who was as sharp as a Flying Sword; his aura and oppression were no less than Zhou Tianyu's, making him clearly another Nascent Soul Stage Master.

However, there were also some less powerful cultivators present, such as Zhao Dawei, Qian Bing, and Sun Tie.

"Gentlemen," General Song began gravely, "America is about to hold the World King of Gamblers competition. The large crowds will provide a perfect opportunity for us to act. This time, we must obtain their latest technology for Genetically Enhanced Humans. Success is the only option; failure is not. Otherwise, in less than three years, America's Genetically Enhanced Humans will dominate the world. We cultivators will suffer a devastating blow, and any survivors will become slaves in their own conquered land."

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