The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 467 - Life’s Bet

After losing his Innate God Equipment, the casino owner’s face turned ashen. Without it, he couldn’t use even a tenth of his Earthsunder power, and he no longer had the strength to face Han Wu.

For the sake of his own survival, he swallowed his pride and begged for mercy. “Let me live. I am willing to compensate you with anything until you are satisfied.”

Han Wu already had plenty of Abyssal Netherstones and didn’t need the casino owner’s money. He was about to refuse, then recalled the numbers that had appeared above the casino owner when he activated Fate’s Gambit earlier. He had won ten chips from Steely and caused ten of his arms to turn black before shriveling up. Those arms remained black, and he could use them only for the most basic defensive stance.

Han Wu stated his demand. “Hand over ninety of your one hundred chips, and I will spare you.”

The casino owner’s face twisted with regret.

Seeing him remain silent, Han Wu scoffed. “Since you won’t part with them, I will kill you now. Steely, cut him up.”

Steely acted immediately. He gripped his ninety greatswords with his remaining good arms and merged them into a gigantic wind blade. The force within the wind blade surged so fiercely that the strong gusts circling it tore at the surrounding space.

The casino owner knew that a single hit would end him for good. Thus, he had no choice but to relent. “I will accept your demands! I will exchange ninety chips for my life.”

Han Wu smiled. The casino owner then used his ability to turn his own Life Energy into ninety chips and handed them to Han Wu. As he did, his vitality plummeted, and his presence diminished until he no longer qualified as an Earthsunder life form.

Han Wu could feel the powerful energy in those chips. He could use them to nurture a new Earthsunder life form, but the process would take some time.

Han Wu returned ten chips to Steely since they were his in the first place. They contained his Life Energy, so Steely could absorb it with relative ease. Once he drew in that energy, his shriveled arms recovered and looked normal again.

Han Wu nodded and handed him ten more chips. This time, Steely needed time to absorb them because they did not contain his own Life Energy. Dark Locust had played a major role in the battle, so Han Wu rewarded him with ten chips as well. As for the dying casino owner, Han Wu honored his word and spared his life.

After Han Wu left, the casino owner struggled to stand up and surveyed the wreckage of his room. The explosion had torn through everything. Thankfully, he had placed a powerful barrier before. Otherwise, his entire casino would have collapsed.

He opened the door and told his underlings to capture the stall owner. He was already exhausted by the entire ordeal. His aura had shrunk to a tenth of its former strength, yet his reputation and temperament still frightened his underlings enough to keep them obedient. They quickly captured the stall owner and dragged him back with ropes.

The casino owner almost fainted when he saw the stall owner’s face. If not for him, he wouldn’t have suffered such a fate today. Rage clouded his thoughts as he searched for the most cruel punishment he could imagine.

“Hit him to death using sticks!” The casino owner changed his mind. “No, wait, that’s too easy on him. Stuff him into a coffin filled with fire ants. Let him suffer before he dies!”

The stall owner froze, then begged for mercy. “Please, let me go! I won’t do it again, I swear.”

“What are you standing around for? Take him away!” the casino owner howled. The outburst hit him so hard that he stumbled as dizziness washed over him.

His underlings quickly dragged the stall owner and followed the order. They forced the stall owner into a coffin filled with fire ants. Before long, wails and screams echoed from inside.

He cried through three long nights. His voice finally fell silent on the fourth day. From that day onward, the world had lost another gambler, and a measure of peace was returned.

On the other side, Han Wu had returned to his base with his units. He laid out everything he had bought so Jing Jing could choose what she wanted too.

Her eyes were already glazed with exhaustion when she saw the mountain of different systems on the table. In the end, she ended up choosing three to enhance her ship.

Han Wu used the rest to outfit his fleet. His situation differed from Jing Jing’s because he had many ships that he had segmented using his divine realm. It was challenging to outfit them all with the right systems.

Han Wu understood that building something great required time, so he wasn’t in a rush. The systems he had bought this time were mainly used to upgrade Steely and Dark Locust’s Giant-class ships. The rest would have to wait until Han Wu could sell more Abyssal Netherstones.

Once the systems were distributed, Han Wu took out the most valuable reward he had obtained this time: the remaining sixty chips. Each one contained so much Life Energy that a Common life form could turn into a King life form after absorbing only one. With ten, reaching the Sage rank wasn’t impossible.

Han Wu had a feeling that one of his units could reach the Earthsunder rank if they could absorb all sixty pieces. He looked at Jing Jing and decided to hand them to her. Compared to his units, he was hoping that Jing Jing would become the next Earthsunder life form because her advancement would help him collect more resources and command a stronger skeleton army. In his view, investing in her offered the highest return.

Jing Jing understood his intent, so she accepted the chips and returned to her ship to start absorbing them. From that moment, her ship was in complete lockdown. Only Han Wu and his units could approach. Any other life form risked being killed.

Han Wu then equipped the rest of the systems to his ships. After some time, his two Giant-class ships had been upgraded and their ratings rose to above average.

Han Wu was confident that he could purchase enough systems to improve his ships’ ratings even higher once he sold the next batch of Abyssal Netherstones.