Chapter 8: Open Your Dog Eyes Wide

"How about it? Do you dare to bet?"

Yang Shi gave a contemptuous smile. He had the same idea, which was why he proposed this bet.

"Why wouldn't I dare?"

Su Lang laughed out loud. "However, the stakes need to be changed!

If you lose, not only do you have to give me 50 gold coins, but you also have to strip naked and run around the Martial Artist Alliance Tower three times, shouting 'I am a Genius' as you run. How about it?"

"Fine, it's a deal!"

Yang Shi was full of confidence. After speaking, he prepared to return to the queue.

"Wait."

Su Lang smiled and waved his hand.

"What? Regretting it?"

Yang Shi sneered, "It's too late to regret it now, Genius Su Lang!"

"No, no, no!"

Su Lang smiled faintly. "I feel that a verbal agreement isn't formal enough. It's safer to have it in black and white with signatures and thumbprints."

"Ha!?"

Yang Shi was stunned by laughter, then looked around. "Signatures and thumbprints? Does he really think he's going to win?"

"Yeah, this is too ridiculous. Signatures and thumbprints?"

"Meeting this Su Lang has really opened my eyes!"

"He has a Trash-tier Aptitude, yet he dares to bet with a Quasi-Martial Artist. Now he even wants signatures and thumbprints; it's simply the biggest joke in the world!"

"Oh, what are you all laughing at? He's being so serious, he'll definitely win."

"…"

More and more people gathered to watch.

Everyone's face was either filled with disbelief or mockery…

No one believed Su Lang could win.

"Fine, since you're so serious, I'll be merciful and agree to your request."

Yang Shi smiled and shrugged his shoulders. He walked to the window and said to the woman with heavy makeup, "Beautiful, lend me a pen and paper."

"Sure, no problem!"

The woman's attitude toward Yang Shi was quite different; it was pure sycophancy.

She took out a pen and paper and handed them to Yang Shi, even pretending to accidentally brush the back of her hand against his fingers.

"Haha."

Yang Shi laughed and took the pen and paper to write down the bet.

After signing his name, he handed it to Su Lang: "Your turn, our Genius!"

The people around burst into laughter again upon hearing this.

"Heh."

Su Lang gave a noncommittal smile, took the pen and paper, and signed his name.

"The bet is now official."

Yang Shi didn't even look at Su Lang's name. "I'll be waiting for you to fulfill the punishment, haha!"

"I'll return those same words to you."

Su Lang smiled faintly. "I'm also waiting for you to fulfill the punishment. And it's happening right now!"

"What!?"

Yang Shi and the onlookers were stunned, then broke into sneers.

Just then.

"System, give me a Breakthrough!"

With a thought, a wave of energy unique to a Breakthrough instantly emanated from Su Lang's body.

Because the medicinal properties settled in Su Lang's body had not yet been fully absorbed, his Cultivation speed was still faster than a Genius with Flawless Aptitude!

It had been three or four hours since his Breakthrough to Primary Body Tempering, and the little white figure had long since turned gold.

If not for wasting time talking to Yang Shi, Su Lang would have achieved the Breakthrough earlier.

"Eh? What is this feeling?"

"It seems that trash has achieved a Breakthrough to Intermediate Body Tempering?"

"No way, you must be joking!"

"…"

Su Lang's Breakthrough phenomenon was very obvious. The onlookers were actually aware of it but were unwilling to believe it because it was too incredible.

"What the hell!?"

Yang Shi also stared blankly at Su Lang, his face full of disbelief.

"Hey, a bet is a bet."

Su Lang waved the agreement in his hand with a smile. "Please hand over the 50 gold coins stake, then strip naked and run around the Martial Artist Alliance Tower three times, shouting 'I am a Genius' as you run, so everyone can get to know you!"

"No, it's impossible. How could you achieve a Breakthrough to Intermediate Body Tempering so quickly?"

Yang Shi's face turned pale. He said with false bravado, "You must have cheated! You used some method to simulate the fluctuations of a Breakthrough!"

"Cheating? Open your dog eyes wide!"

Su Lang sneered and placed his hand on a Crystal Stone by the window. Two white spots of light immediately lit up on the crystal.