Time rewinds to more than half an hour ago.

As everyone expected, the Cold-blooded Butcher challenged Ren Zhong, the Second Level Citizen qualified to participate in the Pu Cha assessment.

Afterwards, the whole place fell silent.

Countless eyes rested on Ren Zhong.

Ren Zhong, clad in War Armor, walked out with a smile.

"Alright. I accept your challenge."

In the next moment, the crowd erupted.

The heavy stone in the hearts of the fugitives of Starfire Town quietly settled, only to be replaced by another kind of worry.

Millions of viewers in front of the broadcast debated intensely.

Some said Ren Zhong was insane, forsaking a good Citizen's life to get involved in the Pu Cha combat assessment.

In the Pu Cha assessment, the Cold-blooded Butcher wouldn't care about his Citizen's right to life; he could kill him just like that. He was seeking death.

Others said he had the masculinity to follow through on his words.

Some even wondered if he had something truly special, not the recklessness of an ignorant fool, but rather came prepared.

When Ren Zhong stepped out to accept the challenge, the underground gambling industry in a certain city closed their betting.

This round of bets was on whether Ren Zhong would accept the challenge.

The odds for him accepting versus not accepting were 0.48 and 0.51 respectively.

Now that he accepted, the betting results were confirmed.

The gambling industry made a huge profit.

In any case, when a certain infamous gambling insider with the last name Huang, who deviated from his usual stock forecasting, commented that Ren Zhong was doomed to die, the underground betting market fluctuated again.

The odds for betting on Ren Zhong surviving plummeted crazily.

The odds concerning the outcome of the match, however, didn't change much.

The odds for betting on Ren Zhong's victory were 15 to 1, while betting on the Butcher's victory was 0.06 to 1.

Compared to the same moment in the previous timeline, the odds for Ren Zhong's victory significantly dropped from a terrifying 70 to 1 to 15 to 1,

The reason should be that the two Ren family private laboratories, established with a heavy investment, gave him an edge.

He increased his chances of winning.

Even if it's a pig, spending billions to enhance its combat power should yield some results.

Not to mention that Ren Zhong is at least a famous internet celebrity-level war strategist and has personally slain a quasi-Level Six Ruined Beast, which counts for something.

Even though a Ruined Beast like the Descending Demon Baby is something the Cold-blooded Butcher could handle ten of, what if?

The underground gambling houses didn't know that among the total betting pool of over a hundred billion, one billion belonged to a contestant.

He bet on himself to win.

Actually, Ren Zhong could put up 1.7 billion in cash, but he only bet one billion.

This is underground gambling, full of variables; he only planned to play with a small target because if he won too much, it'd be easy to be double-crossed.

The underworld often lacks enforceable debts.

"Hello, audience friends, I'm Xiao Xingyue, welcome..."

Reporter Xiao Xingyue continued to diligently provide live commentary.

Before Xiao Xingyue finished speaking, Ren Zhong and the Butcher moved.

Ren Zhong exhibited speed and equipment performance beyond any previous instance.

He began with an overwhelming power level of 50,000 kilowatts, catching the Butcher off guard.

Seeing the emerald green light brought by the Corrosive Blade arc through the air, diving straight at the Butcher.

He was as fast as lightning, sharp-edged and bold.

Perceiving the enormous threat posed by the opponent's Corrosive Blade, the Butcher's reaction was equally quick, promptly increasing his armor's output power, using a medium engine to sidestep.

He was about to unleash his long chain weapon, but in the next moment, Ren Zhong bizarrely attacked from another angle.

Here, Ren Zhong used the Residual Image Tactics he secretly learned from Shi Xuan.

The previous aggressive object was actually a 3D projection jammer launched from his leg armor.

Not only that, but to deceive the opponent, Ren Zhong also consecutively fired dozens of Corrosive Biological Bombs to mimic the energy fluctuations of the Corrosive Blade.

The Butcher was completely fooled.

Ren Zhong's Corrosive Blade hacked fiercely, striking directly in the middle of the Butcher's long chain, held wide by both hands.

A clamorous explosion sounded.

Both the Butcher and Ren Zhong were knocked back simultaneously.

In the next second, the two charged forward head-on again.

For a moment, only smoke and dust filled the spacious plains, with green flames flying everywhere.

Thanks to Evolutionary Metal from Alien Ore, the negative effects of the amplifier on Ren Zhong were significantly reduced.

Though his ability to change direction was still constrained by physical limits, inferior to the opponent, his absolute speed gave him an edge over the Butcher.

Therefore, it appeared as if Ren Zhong were mercilessly pummeling the Butcher.

Ren Zhong circled through the sky, occasionally diving in an arc, then swiftly retreating, like an eagle hunting a rabbit.

This time he didn't inject Super Armor Frenzy Potion and couldn't change directions like the Butcher.

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