Chapter 3044

The unusual remarks sparked a new round of discussion.

However, for Zhang Tian and Gu Cheng in the arena, it made no difference.

Zhang Tian grinned and said, "My little Yin said that eating your Great Strength Rhinos will help it accumulate a lot of power. Let’s begin."

This was clearly an unfair match. The opponent’s Great Strength Rhino was rare, but it was only a Tier-2 magical beast. Meanwhile, both the Seven-Colored Peacock and the One-Horned Snake were Tier-1 magical beasts. In terms of hierarchy, this was already incomparable.

Quantity does not always equal quality. In the world of magical beasts, there are nine tiers. Tier-9 is the lowest, while Tier-1 is high-level. Above Tier-1 lie Holy Beasts, and above them, Immortal Beasts and Divine Beasts.

Not to mention Immortal or Divine Beasts, Holy Beasts had never been seen in the Nine Domains. It was said that when a Holy Beast appears, all beasts bow to it. The Holy Beast represented the King of Beasts in this world.

Although there were no Holy Beasts present, the Tier-1 magical pets before them completely crushed the Tier-2 ones.

The people from the Heavenly Dao Sect seemed to realize this, but likely because they were controlling puppets, they did not call off the match. Instead, they continued. The result was predictable.

The Heavenly Dao Sect lost. They should have left, but they didn’t. Instead, they stood there, looking at Zhang Tian and Gu Cheng, and said, "We continue tomorrow."

"What do you mean 'continue tomorrow'? Didn’t you say last time that this was a one-time match? If you lose, you leave Honghe Town. Why are you talking about tomorrow now? What is this nonsense?" Zhang Tian complained.

"Yes, exactly," the people from the Zhang and Gu families added.

A person from the Heavenly Dao Sect snorted, "I am giving you a chance for your own good."

"No, thank you for your kindness, but we don’t need it," Zhang Tian replied unexpectedly.

The puppet on the other side seemed surprised by Zhang Tian’s response and didn’t know what to say for a moment. After a while, it said, "Then we will issue a challenge letter tomorrow."

"You can issue a challenge letter, but you haven’t paid today’s wager yet," Zhang Tian continued. "You’re not trying to renege on your debt, are you?"

"We’ll pay everything tomorrow," the puppet said.

"No, one thing at a time. Besides, I haven’t agreed to tomorrow yet. If you don’t pay today’s wager, who would be crazy enough to fight you tomorrow?" Zhang Tian stated directly.

Gu Cheng agreed, "Exactly. Today’s match was initiated by you. If the Zhang and Gu families had lost, would the Heavenly Dao Sect have let us go? No. So, do you really expect us to delay the payment? Is that possible?"

Putting themselves in others’ shoes, everyone present understood Zhang Tian and Gu Cheng’s point.

Indeed, since the Heavenly Dao Sect had started this fight, they had to pay the price for their loss.

While Zhang Tian and Gu Cheng were confronting the puppet, Yan Xiwan pointed to the side and said, "Husband, look."

Ouyang Tianyun also saw it. Some strands of fortune seemed to be moving in one direction. Ouyang Tianyun pondered for a moment and said, "You stay here to guard. If anything goes wrong, destroy them immediately. I’ll go check it out."

The Heavenly Dao Sect’s puppet was no match for Yan Xiwan, so Ouyang Tianyun was not worried.

"Okay, go carefully," Yan Xiwan said. Even though they were confident in dealing with the fortune thieves, caution was still necessary.

"I know. Don’t worry. Once I’m done, you go directly to Qin Hua Courtyard. I’ll return as soon as I’m finished," Ouyang Tianyun said.

Yan Xiwan nodded in understanding.

Ouyang Tianyun left unnoticed by anyone.

Back in the arena, the puppet looked at Zhang Tian and Gu Cheng and said again, "Tomorrow, we will continue to issue challenge letters."

"Tomorrow’s business for tomorrow. Today’s wager is settled today," Zhang Tian said directly.

The puppet couldn’t believe Zhang Tian was so troublesome, refusing to settle everything tomorrow.

The wager was simple: the loser had to give up their territory. If the Zhang and Gu families lost, they would have to vacate all their lands, including their residences. If the Heavenly Dao Sect lost, they had to give up their territory and the location of their sect.

However, if they gave up their territory now, their plan would fail.

Yes, the mastermind behind the Heavenly Dao Sect was after that fortune. They knew the Zhang and Gu families had excellent fortune, so they wanted to use it to boost their own. This required making the families fail first, then stripping them of their fortune. They had previously investigated and found that the Zhang and Gu families had no high-level magical pets. They never expected to lose like this today.

That’s why they wanted to restart tomorrow. If it were an ordinary sect, they might have accepted this. But the Zhang family had produced someone like Zhang Tian.

Zhang Tian never cared about provocation tactics. Moreover, Yan Xiwan had secretly transmitted a message to him, telling him to insist on settling the wager today. So, he would not yield. This put the Heavenly Dao Sect in an awkward position.

The spectators had their own thoughts.

"Actually, delaying by one day doesn’t matter. Won’t the result be the same after tomorrow’s match?"

"You can’t say that. The Heavenly Dao Sect proposed the wager themselves. Now that they lost, they want to restart tomorrow. That makes no sense. I think Zhang Tian’s approach today is quite good."

"I agree. A man of honor keeps his word. The terms were set when the challenge was issued. How can they change them now?"

"I think so too."

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Of course, these comments were whispered quietly around the arena and did not affect the events inside.

The Heavenly Dao Sect also couldn’t believe Zhang Tian was such a tough nut to crack, refusing to delay until tomorrow. It seemed they had no choice but to settle today.

They thought about it but couldn’t come up with a good solution.

They were in a difficult position because they couldn’t figure out how to make Zhang Tian agree to continue tomorrow.

If they paid the wager today, they wouldn’t be able to use it as leverage for tomorrow’s match. But if they didn’t pay, people would think they were untrustworthy and could refuse to fight.

This was indeed a dilemma for the Heavenly Dao Sect.

The puppet had no mind of its own and didn’t know what to do, but the person controlling it did. After some thought, the person behind the scenes made a decision.

"Fine, we’ll settle the wager today," the Heavenly Dao Sect said. They would give up their territory here, treating it as a few days of dreaming time for the Zhang and Gu families.

Once they had new wagers, they could challenge again and demand repayment with interest.

The person behind the scenes had thought of this, so they ordered the puppet to settle the wager with them.