Within the Great Desolate, there were many forms of gambling, but three were the most prevalent.
One was Gambling Heaven and Earth, also known as the Tai Chi Variation.
Another was Gambling Profound and Yellow, also known as the Primordial Variation.
The last was Gambling Fate, also known as the Chaos Variation, which involved betting on dice, wagering on big or small, odd or even.
Whether it was Gambling Heaven and Earth or Gambling Profound and Yellow, these two forms were relatively high-end, relying on three parts luck, three parts destiny, and three parts fortune. Therefore, the stakes were often enormous, beyond the means of ordinary people—they couldn't afford to play, didn't dare to play, and didn't know how to play.
As for playing dice and betting on big or small, there was no real skill involved; it all came down to luck based on one's face. Thus, it had the most participants.
Precisely because it required no skill and anyone could join, the stakes in such games were generally not very high.
A single bet of tens of millions might be common in high-stakes games like Gambling Heaven and Earth or Gambling Profound and Yellow, but it was rare—exceedingly rare—in dice games betting on big or small.
No one had expected that Li Fengyan and this Tough Guy Nobleman, playing a simple dice game and betting on big or small, would dare to stake tens of millions in a single round.
Were they insane?
Absolutely insane.
At the very least, everyone present felt these two must have lost their minds.
In his determination to crush the Tough Guy Nobleman, Li Fengyan had recklessly staked over seventy million in chips.
However.
Thankfully.
He had bet on odd numbers, giving him a fifty-fifty chance of winning or losing.
But what about that Tough Guy Nobleman?
He had actually thrown a staggering sixty million chips to challenge a Leopard!
Could he possibly win with that?
What made it even harder for the crowd to accept was that this Leopard bet had been suggested by Li Fengyan himself.
Anyone with a normal brain probably wouldn't do such a thing, right?
Even if he wanted to defy Li Fengyan, betting on big, small, odd, or even would at least give him a fifty percent chance. But challenging a Leopard single-handedly... this...
It wasn't normal!
Absolutely not normal.
This Tough Guy Nobleman either had a screw loose or was mentally unstable.
Otherwise, how could he do something so foolish?
Beside him.
Horse King stood there, simply watching, staring at the mountain-like pile of sixty million chips on the Leopard. He could hardly believe his eyes. He never imagined Gu Qingfeng would ask Li Fengyan what to bet on, nor that Li Fengyan would suggest a Leopard, and that this guy would actually bet on it. Even more unimaginable was that he'd staked sixty million in one go.
Horse King didn't speak; he didn't know what to say. When Gu Qingfeng directly pushed sixty million chips onto the Leopard, he had basically lost the ability to think freely. His mind went blank, and his whole body felt dizzy and muddled.
And it wasn't just him.
Even Old Master Li, the chief administrator of this gambling house who had presided over countless games, found his mind in complete disarray. While it was rare—though not unheard of—for someone to bet tens of millions on a dice game, those bets were almost always on big, small, odd, or even. For this Tough Guy Nobleman to use sixty million chips to challenge a Leopard alone was such an absurd occurrence that Old Master Li was experiencing it for the first time in his life. Not only had he never seen it before, he'd never even heard of it.
A screw loose?
Mentally unstable?
Horse King had been observing the Tough Guy Nobleman closely. No matter how he looked at him, the nobleman didn't seem to have a screw loose, nor did he appear mentally unstable.
Could he be drunk?
That didn't seem right either!
This fellow had been lounging in his chair from start to finish, legs crossed on the gambling table, leisurely sipping his wine with utter ease and comfort.
How could he possibly have a screw loose or be mentally unstable?
Drunk?
Old Master Li felt he was almost getting drunk just from smelling the wine fumes, yet this guy showed not the slightest hint of intoxication.
"Playing against this Young Lord?
Hmph!
Overestimating yourself!"
Li Fengyan picked up his wine cup, drained it in one gulp, then sat back in his chair, declaring with arrogant bravado, "If I don't play you to death today, I won't bear the surname Li!"
Gu Qingfeng shook his head with a helpless smile. "Even if you play me to death, you might not necessarily win."
"Win?
Hahaha!
Don't challenge this Young Lord's pocket money with your entire fortune. Let me tell you, it's just over seventy million. This Young Lord can afford to lose it. Consider it buying some entertainment, nothing more."
Gu Qingfeng asked, puzzled, "Then what are you after?"
"After what?
Nothing. This Young Lord just wants to play you to death!
Play until you break down, play until you're bankrupt, play until you kneel before this Young Lord!"
Li Fengyan's meaning was clear. As he said, he didn't care about winning or losing; he just wanted to crush Gu Qingfeng. Even if it ended in mutual destruction with both sides losing, he didn't mind, because he could afford the loss!
"These days, the poor die poor and the rich die rich. Today, I've truly broadened my horizons!"
Gu Qingfeng stood up, stretched his back vigorously, cracked his neck, and said to Old Master Li, "Let's begin."
"All bets are final!"
Old Master Li nodded, took a deep breath, and tried to calm his trembling heart.
Yes.
It was trembling.
This trembling was a mix of excitement and worry.
Excitement because he hadn't seen such high stakes in centuries.
And precisely because the stakes were so high, he was deeply worried.
If the dice showed an odd number this round, the gambling house would have to pay Li Fengyan one hundred and forty million Immortal Stones. That was a huge sum, but still within acceptable limits.
But if the dice really showed a Leopard this round... The payout for a Leopard was thirty to one. This Tough Guy Nobleman had staked sixty million. In other words, the gambling house would have to pay him a whopping one billion eight hundred million Immortal Stones!
One hundred and forty million Immortal Stones might still be within the gambling house's tolerance, but one billion eight hundred million? That was absolutely beyond what the establishment could bear.
After all, it wasn't one billion eight hundred million spirit stones, but one billion eight hundred million Immortal Stones!
That was truly terrifying.
Just thinking about it was enough to suffocate a person.
Although the probability of rolling a Leopard was low, it was only low—not impossible.
The Little Thousand Fate Chaos Array Technique followed no rules, no order, and no logic. Everything was unknown.
Hadn't the previous two rounds produced Leopards?
Who could guarantee this round wouldn't produce one?
In Gambling City, it wasn't unheard of for three consecutive Leopards to appear.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened Old Master Li became, and the more frightened he was, the more his hands trembled.
Several deep breaths did nothing to help.
He could only activate the Little Thousand Fate Chaos Array Technique with a heart full of trepidation.
As the Dice Cup began to glow with radiant light, Old Master Li held his breath.
He wasn't the only one. Everyone in the hall—whether gamblers or attendants—held their breath, staring intently.
Even Li Fengyan was no exception.
Although he claimed not to care about winning or losing and said he could afford to lose seventy million, those were just words.
Seventy million was no small amount to anyone, and to Li Fengyan, it was especially significant. Not only was it not a small amount, it was his entire fortune. Moreover, many of the treasures he had produced earlier didn't belong to him alone but to his family. If he lost this round, he had no idea how he would explain it to his clan.
So, he was already beginning to regret his impulsiveness.
But regret was useless now, because all bets were final and Old Master Li had already activated the array.
All Li Fengyan could do now was pray—pray that he would win this round!
He had to win!