Abyss invasion? As a demon cultivator, I laughed.

In the lizardman's residence, Chu Xiu found a total of eleven chips, two large bags of bliss grass, and some miscellaneous equipment and props.

These equipment and props were not of high quality, but Chu Xiu's soul and flesh storage bag was large enough, so he accepted them all without any disdain.

Next, he began to clean up the civilian gambling houses along the outermost periphery.

Of course, he was not stupid enough to clean up all the casinos he passed by, but cleaned up every few to avoid being noticed by the patrol guards.

In fact, as long as the gambler can be killed before he calls the police, the probability of being discovered will be greatly reduced, because even if a later person enters the casino and sees the gambler's body, he will only think that this person has made a death bet with others and finally lost his life unlucky.

In this way, Chu Xiu quickly cleaned up these gamblers, which made his destiny chips increase at an astonishing rate.

In the process, he also saw a lot of gambling games that opened his eyes.

He originally thought that most people here would play poker like the Ghost Face Man, or some serious puzzle games, but it turned out that he was naive.

In this city, everything can be bet on, even the number of birds passing by, whether the next person to enter the store is a man or a woman, or other boring things.

And you don’t have to bet on life chips, anything can be bet on.

There are also extremely perverted bets like the Lizard Man, and this kind of "special" bet is not uncommon.

The one that Chu Xiu remembers most is a bet about "paradise grass".

The rule is to light a pipe filled with paradise grass in the center of a room, and then place eight heavy addicts who have not smoked paradise grass for a long time around the room, and there will be many traps between these addicts and the central paradise grass.

At the beginning, it was relatively simple, just some paths covered with glass slag, passages with blade obstacles, etc. As long as you can stay rational under the temptation of drugs, you can basically pass it.

It got weird later on, and everyone had to hurt themselves to move forward. For example, there was a swimming pool full of sharp syringes, and the contestants had to jump in and find a key in it to enter the next level.

This made Chu Xiu, a demon cultivator, feel that it was too weird.

"The smoke emitted after burning the bliss grass is more powerful than directly inhaling it, but I only burn a little, which is far from enough for these drug insects, and can only further stimulate their drug addiction."

"Don't you want to see how far these drug insects can go?" The boss introduced with a smile.

The rules are also very simple. Chu Xiu can bet on which of the eight people can move the farthest. If someone can get drugs, there will be an extra reward, or vice versa, bet on which people can still remain rational when the drug addiction attacks.

According to the boss, he has conducted more than ten gambling games, and no one has been able to resist the drug addiction, because once you smoke the bliss grass, you can never stop, and the whole person's brain will undergo fundamental and irreversible changes.

Even the guards can't resist it.

"The guards also smoke?" Chu Xiu was surprised.

"Of course," the boss pointed to the cage where the contestants were locked up, "see the black-haired guy in the innermost? He used to be a member of the guards, but he became useless after smoking, and lost himself to me for a bag of grass."

"The Baron is so stingy, if it wasn't for this, who would work for him? The guards are the same."

"It's just that the quality of what they smoke is higher, so the side effects are relatively smaller, but in the long run, they can't escape this fate."

"Only gambling slaves who have lost their souls can be immune to the grass of bliss."

"But what does it matter? There will always be a steady stream of people coming anyway. This world is full of crazy people who gamble their lives. One batch will be useless and another batch will be useless. They will never die like weeds."

The boss's words gave Chu Xiu a deeper understanding of the power of the grass of bliss, and a bold idea emerged in his heart.

To thank the boss, Chu Xiu smashed his head with a punch of the Heavenly Demon Hand. The pain nerves were destroyed before the transmitter and synapse could react. He died without any pain.

[Obtained item: Destiny chips*9]

After turning out the boss's property in the backyard, Chu Xiu's total number of chips exceeded forty.

However, he did not trigger the forced upgrade, because he lost the first round of the Death God gambling game and directly resisted the Death God's punishment, so he did not complete the gambling game at all, which means that Chu Xiu did not even have the gambling chain.

Without the gambling chain, there would naturally be no many restrictions.

Of course, Chu Xiu also found that these destiny chips were scrap metal on him. Only with the gambling chain could the effect of these chips to improve his fortune be activated.

However, Chu Xiu did not need fortune, his fist was the biggest fortune.

He felt that killing all the way from the beginning to the end might be the correct way to pass this copy.

Of course, it would be difficult for others to replicate his method.

Without thinking too much, Chu Xiu continued to the next gambling house.

Keep killing!

Chu Xiu was very efficient, and every move was clean and careful. If he encountered a boss who took very good precautions, he would immediately switch to another one without wasting any time.

So after killing more than ten gambling houses in a row, he still did not alert the patrol team.

At this time, his life chips had accumulated to 97.

When he punched another boss and took away his life chips, and after finding 14 chips, a notification sounded in his ears.

[Hold more than 100 chips to unlock hidden tasks. 】

[Hidden Mission: The Baron’s Gamble]

[Explanation: After you have more than two hundred destiny chips, the Baron will send someone to invite you to enter the golden hall to participate in the gambling game hosted by him personally. 】

[Perhaps you can use your gambling skills and resourcefulness to win your favorite items from the baron's treasure house. 】

The prompt that popped up in front of him made Chu Xiu's expression move slightly.

In the very first trial mission, there is an additional mission to get as many chips as possible. It turns out that when the chips reach 100, the next stage will be triggered.

"The Baron's bet?"

Chu Xiu touched his chin.

In fact, as long as he persists and waits until the time limit is over, he can pass the trial directly.

However, Chu Xiu, who has many life-saving tools in hand, is naturally qualified to try to obtain more benefits.

At his current speed, it is not difficult to grab another hundred chips, which means that Chu Xiu can challenge this hidden task at any time.

However, he was not prepared to gamble with the Baron. He had a full understanding of his gambling skills and luck, and he would definitely not be able to defeat these old cunts.

Chu Xiu will continue on his own path and fight to the end!

"These civilians are being exploited. Killing them is slow and there is no good stuff."

“If you want to attack, you must attack the ruling class!”

However, although Chu Xiu had made up his mind, he was not unilaterally arrogant, but had carefully analyzed the comparison between the enemy's and our own combat power.

The gamblers and low-level notaries in the city are not worth mentioning, but the dozens of well-equipped fierce warriors and a large number of warriors patrolling the guard cannot be ignored.

But the real trouble is the nobles in the castle!

"According to the information I have learned during this period, knights are usually of the ferocious rank, knights are at the peak of the ferocious rank, and barons are of the general rank!"

"As high-level gamblers, they will have stronger blessings from the God of Gamblers, and have exclusive notaries. These notaries are usually stronger than the gamblers themselves! In addition to maintaining the fairness of the gambling game, they will also Responsible for protecting their personal safety.”

This is the biggest difference between knight-level gamblers and ordinary vicious-level gamblers.

After some calculations in his mind, Chu Xiu came to the conclusion: "There are too many variables in a head-on confrontation!"

Mainly because he couldn't figure out how strong the Baron general was.

The strength of an ordinary general-level monster, that is, a royal elite ghoul with a constitution of 700, even if it is a high-level general, can at most reach the level of the Corpse King.

Chu Xiu was not shy in a one-on-one fight. Even if the baron was particularly strong, relying on the mythical blood vine and the blood of immortality would be more than enough to save his life.

"But if we cooperate with those younger brothers to swarm us, the outcome of the battle will be unpredictable."

"To be on the safe side, I should still find a way to defeat them one by one and try to disperse and eliminate the enemy's power as much as possible."

And this hidden mission may be a tool that can be used.

After some thinking, Chu Xiu had a plan in mind.

He turned around and walked towards the gathering place agreed with the other three trialists.

Soon, he joined the other three.

Everyone exchanged information with each other, and all three of them found a gambling game that suited them and had a probability of passing the level.

"Then, let's follow the plan we discussed before."

"Brother Chen, will you join us?"

Song Linchuan once again extended an invitation to Chu Xiu.

The three of them all felt that Chu Xiu had no reason to refuse. No matter from which point of view, cooperation was a better choice.

but.

"Sorry, I still want to act alone first." Chu Xiu said calmly.

After that, he bowed his hands and left.

This made a flash of anger flash across Lin Ji's eyebrows.

"This guy is so wary and doesn't even think about our identities. How can we harm him with nothing to do?"

"He is so sneaky and has his face covered. I want to see if he can pass the knight-level gambling game by himself!"

Lin Ji looked at Chu Xiu's leaving figure with more contempt and disgust.

In his opinion, the three of them were of noble status, and their repeated invitations had given Chu Xiu enough face. He didn't expect him to be so ignorant!

This is no longer cautious, but stupid!

"Forget it, he has his own ideas, let's just take care of ourselves." Song Linchuan waved his hand indifferently.

Seeing him speak, Lin Ji stopped talking. Next, the three of them began to participate in the gambling games that they had investigated before and were sure to win.

Although they are not as able to pass the level violently as Chu Xiu, they all have their own unique skills, and they have carefully inspected them in advance, so the probability of winning the bet is not low.

For example, there is a gambling game involving throwing darts. There is a rotating Frisbee about the size of a basin fifty meters away. Different parts of the Frisbee represent different points. The banker and the gambler take turns throwing darts. Whoever hits the higher point wins. .

Although fifty meters is already a long distance, given the attributes of everyone, it is still easy to throw it to the designated part. The key to this bet is that the Frisbee will be covered with a black cloth made of special materials that is difficult to see through. No one can see the state of the Frisbee, nor the speed of rotation, so it's useless no matter how accurate the throw is.

At first glance, this seems to be a gamble that depends entirely on luck. However, in fact, no matter how sophisticated the mechanism of rotating the flying disc is, the rotating shaft cannot be perfectly fitted. There will always be subtle differences in sound when it rotates to different parts. However, this difference is extremely subtle, and it is 50 meters away, so ordinary people can't hear it at all.

And this boss happened to be a ghost bird with extremely strong hearing. In addition, he has been practicing continuously since he was a child, and he has already memorized the sound of the rotating wheel, so the black cloth is equivalent to nothing to him.

Song Linchuan stepped forward and lost two games in a row. When the boss was smiling, he suddenly increased the chips in the third game. The boss who was very confident in himself naturally followed suit. At this time, Song Linchuan suddenly pinched a magic formula, and the third eye on his forehead opened strangely!

With the help of the heavenly eye, he seemed to be able to see the rotating disc behind him directly through the black cloth. In the end, he relied on his accuracy that was better than the boss to win him and bankrupt him.

This surprised Chu Xiu, who was hiding in the dark and observing secretly. He thought that this person was indeed the son of the king. He really had some skills, but he didn't know what his profession and talent were.

The other two also had their own skills. Of course, it was obvious that they were a step behind Song Linchuan. The gambling game chosen by Song Linchuan could almost achieve an 80% winning rate. Bian Guanyue could only barely achieve two wins in three games. Lin Ji was even more upset. After a round, he didn't have many chips in his hand, but he had two less chips. This made him look unhappy all the time.

This person's strength was not bad, but his meticulousness was far behind Song Linchuan.

Song Linchuan kept his promise. Whenever he was about to reach the critical point of 40 chips, he would distribute the extra chips to everyone.

An hour later, the three of them successfully held more than 30 chips each.

"It's time to participate in the knight gambling game."

"Let's still follow the previous plan, concentrate the chips, and select the most confident one among us to participate." Song Linchuan said.

"Brother Song, do we need to choose?" Lin Ji smiled and spread his hands. "You have the highest winning rate in the bet, and you also earn the most from our chips. Who else can it be except you, Brother Song?"

Bian Guanyue also nodded and said, "I have no objection to handing the chips to classmate Song."

However, just as everyone was about to hand over the chips to Song Linchuan, a voice suddenly sounded beside the three people.

"Three of you, are you interested in exchanging chips with me?"

The three looked back and found that the speaker was a strange young man wearing a pig head mask and a white robe.

"Exchange chips?" Lin Ji was stunned when he heard it.

"That's right," the young man nodded, "Twenty chips for a soldier-level [perfect] quality equipment, the item value is halved, and the fierce level is doubled, or one chip for one hundred cause and effect points."

"I have more than a hundred chips here, do you want to exchange?"

As the young man's voice fell, the three looked at each other, and they all saw the color of excitement in each other's eyes.

"Brother Song, it seems to be a good deal, but I don't know if there is any pitfall." Lin Ji whispered.

This price is indeed not high. What they lack most now is chips, which can greatly increase the probability of the three people passing the trial, and it will also be of great help for the subsequent exploration.

Although the three people have never mentioned it, they are all arrogant young geniuses. How could they not have ideas about the extra task?

On the contrary, the three people don't care about exchanging some unnecessary soldier-level items. Anyway, these equipments are of no use after they are promoted to the fierce level.

But. Is there really such a good thing in the world?

Seeing that the three people are still hesitating, the young man suddenly stepped forward and stretched out his hands.

On his wrist, there is no gambling chain that symbolizes the believers of the God of Gamblers.

This scene also completely eliminated the vigilance of the three people.

It turned out that the young man was not a gambler. He just got a lot of chips from somewhere and wanted to exchange them for other valuable items.

After a discussion, the three people quickly reached an agreement.

They took out three pieces of soldier-level [perfect] equipment and five thousand causal points, and exchanged all the chips in the young man's hand.

After collecting the harvest, the young man couldn't help but smile under the mask.

This young man was naturally Chu Xiu.

And his purpose was also very simple, that is, to directly push the total number of chips in Song Linchuan's hand to two hundred by sending out more than one hundred chips!

Originally, according to the normal process, Song Linchuan would challenge the knight's gambling first. First of all, there would be a question mark about winning or losing. Even if he won, Song Linchuan might not take the risk to challenge the Golden Hall. Even if he chose to challenge, the time point could not be determined. This was too much of a variable for Chu Xiu, and he couldn't just wait.

But now, Song Linchuan will directly trigger the task of the Golden Hall and be invited by the baron to enter the Golden Hall!

As long as the gambling begins, both parties will be bound to the place by the chain of the gambling agreement, and the notary cannot leave. Without these two strongest combat forces, Chu Xiu can do whatever he wants.

Compared with the harvest later, the exchanged chips are nothing at all!

"Then there is only one last step left."

"That is to make sure Song Linchuan accepts the Baron's bet!"

Chu Xiu was not worried about this.

From the way the Baron treated other gamblers in the city, it can be seen that he is an extremely greedy and selfish person. The other party would not watch two hundred chips slip away under his nose.

Even if he really failed, it would not be a loss to exchange for so many good things.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu hid himself again and observed the whereabouts of the three people from a distance.

And the subsequent development was just as he expected. After Song Linchuan concentrated all the chips on himself, he directly triggered the hidden task of the Baron's gambling.

"Hidden task? Golden Hall?"

He showed a look of surprise and immediately synchronized the information of the task to his two companions.

After hearing his words, Lin Ji and Bian Guanyue also flashed with surprise in their eyes.

"It turns out that the hidden task requires 200 chips to trigger! Fortunately, we exchanged with the pig-headed man, otherwise we might miss this task." Lin Ji said in surprise.

Hidden tasks usually mean great opportunities!

"Don't be too happy too early. Don't forget that this is a world dominated by gambling. Even if it is an opportunity, it may make you lose everything." Song Linchuan warned.

While the three were talking, two figures suddenly flew towards the distance.

They were two knight gamblers who came to invite Song Linchuan to the Golden Hall.

The other two were also invited.

Song Linchuan wanted to play the knight bet first to be safe, but the two of them refused with a smile, saying that they would see the baron first. He was not stupid. After all, if he lost, his rank would be deprived, and his life would be in danger. It was one thing to bully a civilian gambler with only 40 chips, but it was another thing to face a ruthless man with 200 chips.

Song Linchuan was also helpless. He did not expect such a variable to appear, but at this moment, he could only take one step at a time.

Soon, everyone followed the two knight gamblers and came to the legendary golden hall.

The hall is located in the center of the Baron's castle. Just like its name, it is full of golden decorations. As soon as you enter the door, you will feel the magnificent luxury.

The most eye-catching thing is that on both sides of the hall, there are rows of display racks, on which various weapons and equipment are placed in an orderly manner, including those of the soldier and the fierce level. A rough glance shows that they are all of [collection] quality or above! There are many [perfect] ones! There are hundreds of pieces in total!

On the wall in the center at the end of the hall, there was a huge round shield. There were golden stripes extending outward around the shield, emitting extremely amazing energy fluctuations, just like a real sun. Even from a distance, Song Linchuan and others could confirm that it was definitely a [Legend] equipment! And the real level was definitely very high!

Even though Song Linchuan and the other two had abundant resources, they couldn't help but flash a fiery color in their eyes at this moment.

[Legend] equipment is extremely precious to everyone.

"Are you three interested in this [Sun Shield]?"

At this time, a gentle voice sounded.

The three turned their heads and saw a stone man wearing a wide robe and a kind face swaying down, followed by a slender, smooth-surfaced silver robot.

At the moment the stone man appeared, the two knights who led the way saluted together: "Lord Baron."

The stone man waved his hand and continued to say to Song Linchuan and the other two: "I got this shield by chance, and then I kept it in this golden hall. During this period, many people wanted to get it, but no one succeeded. Are you three willing to give it a try?"

Lin Ji and Bian Guanyue looked at Song Linchuan together, and the latter said vigilantly: "Lord Baron, we don't have enough chips in our hands, and may not be able to satisfy your gambling."

Hearing his words, the baron waved his hand nonchalantly and smiled kindly: "You don't have to be so nervous. My golden hall is different from the gambling outside. There will be no traps. I don't care about winning or losing. I just enjoy the fun of gambling."

"You You can gamble whenever and whatever you want. If you don't want to play anymore, you can quit at any time, and no one will stop you. "

A knight on the side also said: "Lord Baron is a nobleman appointed by the king. He has high respect for gambling skills and will not play tricks like those untouchables outside. "

"On the contrary, everyone who is qualified to enter the Golden Hall will receive a reward from the Lord."

"You don't have to worry too much."

The words of the two made Lin Ji's expression obviously eased a lot, but Song Linchuan was not moved at all, just said: "Please introduce the rules to Lord Baron."

The baron nodded, looked at the robot behind him and said: "Let's play Texas Hold'em today."

The latter immediately stepped forward to introduce the rules to everyone.

The rules here are no different from the Texas Hold'em that Song Linchuan and others are familiar with. Of course, it has another name in this world, but the translation ability of the abyss accurately translates it into Texas Hold'em.

Specifically, each person is dealt two hand cards, and five public cards will be placed on the table. Each person needs to combine his two hole cards with five public cards to select five final cards. The one with the larger cards wins.

There are four rounds in total. The first round deals hand cards, the second round deals three public cards, and the next two rounds deal one public card each. In each round, you can raise, call or fold.

This is a very fair and competitive gambling game. There are even special events on Blue Star.

In order to eliminate everyone's doubts, the baron also explained three additional points.

First, he will never use any cheating methods. This is written in the rules and he cannot violate it. On the contrary, contestants can cheat as long as they are not caught by the notary.

Second, contestants can exchange any items for destiny chips, and the specific value will be given by the notary with a completely fair assessment.

Third, every lost chip will be converted into a token, and the token can be used to exchange for items in the Baron's treasury, that is, even if you lose everything at the beginning, you can still exchange for good things!

Of course, the winning chips are more valuable, one can be exchanged for three tokens.

The three looked at it and found that the value of the tokens was extremely high. A [perfect] fierce-level equipment only cost thirty tokens, which was cheaper than exchanging it from the pig-headed man!

In other words, even if they didn't win a single chip, they could earn back what they lost!

And as long as they won a thousand chips, the [legendary] equipment would be yours!

Thinking of this, Lin Ji could no longer hide his excitement and whispered: "Brother Song, let's try it? Just keep 120 chips to ensure that you can pass the level. Even if we lose all the remaining nearly 100 chips, we can still earn some!"

Song Linchuan didn't reply, but frowned, as if thinking about what was wrong with the Baron's proposal.

But after thinking for a long time, he didn't find any problems. More importantly, the baron made it clear that if he felt something was wrong, he could quit at any time after any game!

Is it really because they gathered enough chips, the reward given to them by the trial?

Just when Song Linchuan was struggling, the baron laughed faintly: "I have studied Texas Hold'em for more than three hundred years, and I am quite confident about it. If you can beat me, what does a little equipment mean?"

"I have my own pursuit of my favorite gambling game. You can rest assured that this gambling is absolutely fair and just."

"Brother Song!" Lin Ji called him urgently again, and even Bian Guanyue was a little moved.

Song Linchuan looked at the baron after thinking for a long time: "Let me confirm again, as long as we don't want to continue, we can end the gambling at any time, right?"

"Just finish that game," the baron said with a smile, "You can't quit halfway when you see that you are going to lose, right?"

After getting the baron's guarantee, Song Linchuan finally nodded, looked at the two and said: "Okay, then we will play, but it is agreed in advance that there are 120 chips that must not be moved, that is our life-saving capital."

"No problem!" Lin Ji agreed repeatedly.

Seeing this, the baron showed a faint smile on his face.

Next, as the gambling chains of everyone locked their wrists one after another, the gambling officially began.

After playing for a while, everyone found that this game was not only not tricky, but things were even simpler than they imagined!

Because in fact, this is a three-to-one card game. As long as any one of the three people gets a big card, he can make the other two fold through eye contact, which is almost equivalent to tripling the probability of winning!

And the fact is indeed so, the three of them won the first three games smoothly.

Unfortunately, because the three of them were cautious in the beginning of the game, they didn't invest many chips, and they only won 20 chips in total.

But the successive victories have made Lin Ji's self-confidence soar. He seemed to see the [Legend] equipment waving at him.

At this time, he thought of Chen Ce again.

"I wonder what kind of expression that guy would have if he knew that we had such a great opportunity."

"He will definitely regret it."

Lin Ji's smile became even bigger. He covered the cards on the table, pushed out the chips in front of him, and shouted with full energy:

"Raise!"

At the same time, Chu Xiu, who Lin Ji thought would regret it, was silently observing them not far away.

And after seeing the gambling game officially started, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

"I knew that the baron had plenty of ways to keep them."

"Then it's my turn to perform next."

A smile appeared on Chu Xiu's lips. The next moment, his wings suddenly spread out, and he soared into the sky like a soaring wild goose!

Almost in the blink of an eye, he crossed a distance of more than a thousand meters and came to the center of the town. Under him, the Western-style attic where the bliss grass was stored stood tall.

"Let me purify this filthy city."

With a whisper, Chu Xiu's figure suddenly dived down! The next moment, the crazy demon hand like a heavy fist of a god appeared behind him, and with the impact of the high-speed fall, a punch was thrown!

"Boom!"

Like a thousand-pound bomb detonated in the air, the top floor of the attic was directly shattered with a huge explosion! Countless bricks and stones were scattered!

And Chu Xiu did not stop at all. He fell down like a falling meteor. With a muffled sound, the whole attic collapsed like broken building blocks!

Smoke and dust rose up, and the gamblers and prostitutes nearby looked at this scene with horror, not knowing what was going on.

Just as they were at a loss, a vague figure emerged from the smoke and dust.

The huge wings looked like a demon descending on the earth.

The next moment, countless hideous and terrifying evil spirits rushed out of the collapsed attic! Like a colony of ants pouring out of their nests, they instantly engulfed the gamblers around!

The massacre began.

Sorry for being even later. This chapter is a prelude chapter. I originally wanted to finish it all in one go before posting it, but I didn't expect to write more and more, and finally wrote 8,000 words.