Chapter 24: The Way of Accumulating Wealth

  "Keep beating him hard!" Guo Feng saw Hu Gao lying motionless on the ground, and directed his brothers to continue thrashing the fallen man.

  Hu Gao quickly flipped over and stood up, suddenly charging forward, directly knocking the person in front of him flying out, smashing into the wall, and only sliding down after a while, with no idea how many ribs were broken.

  His movements didn't stop, his fists kept flying out, and every time he threw a punch, someone would fall to the ground. In the blink of an eye, seven or eight people couldn't block him, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. The outcome was decided in an instant, and the several people surrounding him all fell to the ground, wailing incessantly.

  "Alright, this move is called the 【North Dipper Divine Fist】, in five seconds, it will be the moment to witness a miracle!” Hu Gao proudly said with his arms crossed in the style of Sword Four Lang.

  Everyone was attracted by Hu Gao's words, and even the few fellow disciples who were knocked to the ground by Hu Gao were intimidated by the cool name "North Dipper God Fist", and they held back their wails, quietly reading the seconds in their hearts, fearing that something terrifying would happen to themselves after five seconds.

  Five, four, three, two, one. The five seconds passed in an instant, yet nothing happened on the scene. Everyone looked at each other with a puzzled expression, unsure of what was going on.

  Hu Gao smiled, the Big Dipper God Fist was just a bit of evil humor he had thought of on the spot earlier. The secret technique that would cause the human body to explode and shatter after a few seconds, he naturally didn't master it. However, the actual combat earlier still made him feel extremely excited. His own body, whether in speed or explosive power, had a qualitative improvement. Whatever he thought of in his mind, he could make the corresponding movements, this was what they called "the heart and hand working together".

  Guo Feng and two other Condensed Shadow Realm fifth-stage warriors standing slightly outside were directly stunned, what kind of combat strength is this? It's too overbearing, instantly killing a Condensed Shadow Realm early-stage warrior, and it was under the circumstances of being surrounded by eight people, even if they themselves would find it difficult to achieve.

  Those more peripheral warriors were thoroughly boiling over.

  "Did you guys just see that? Hu Gao's Yuan energy is red, the lowest level of a First-Grade Totem, how can he have such strong power?"

  "Is he kidding me? He instantly killed eight Shadow Realm third-stage warriors. Is he trying to pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger?"

  "We were all deceived by him, he's not a waste at all, but a strong one. Among our ten classes, he can be considered a master."

  "Awesome guy! If he doesn't make a move, then so be it. But once he does, it's earth-shattering. No wonder the Hu family would marry their goddess to him."

  The onlookers gawked, their mouths agape, and no longer dared to look down on Hu Gao with disdain. However, a few individuals still curled up the corners of their mouths, thinking that Guo Feng could handle him easily.

  "What's this? You're not going to fight anymore? Isn't that a bit too boring?" Hu Gao said, opening his mouth to provoke him as he saw Guo Feng stop moving.

  Kuo Feng's eyes sparkled as thoughts swirled in his mind, constantly thinking that he could instantly kill eight Shadow Realm third-stage warriors. In terms of strength, he might already be evenly matched with the three of them. However, now that things had come to this point, they also had no way to retreat. Over a dozen people bullying a newly arrived warrior, if he still fled in defeat, he would have no standing within his family either.

  "You two follow me up, today he must leave the classroom lying down."

  Kuang Feng's entire body surged with yuan energy, bursting forth with the orange glow characteristic of a second-stage Totem, and with one swing of his hand he was about to charge at Hu Gao.

  "Halt!" But he had only taken two steps when Hu Gao raised his hand and stopped him.

  "What, are you afraid of my orange origin?" Guo Feng saw Hu Gao call for a halt and subconsciously thought he was afraid, then raised his chin, with his nostrils pointing towards the sky, saying it as if he was bestowing favor.

  Hu Gao endured the urge to interrupt Guo's words, and after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but roll his eyes and say: "I just want to say that since you're so confident in beating me, why not let everyone present here make a bet on who can stand out between us?"

  "Are you talking about the bet? What qualifications does this trash have to discuss terms with us?" Guo Feng took a deep breath, suppressing his inner anger.

  "You all say I'm a useless person, yet you don't even dare to add a single stroke of color, are you not even better than a useless person?" Hu Gao said with a faint smile.

  "You..." Seeing Hu Gao like this, Guo Feng was also furious and gritted his teeth. He couldn't directly take action, or else Hu Gao would say he was ambushed by him, which would be very detrimental to his reputation.

  Isn't it just adding a fancy touch? Since you want to go the extra mile, I'll indulge you, but the outcome won't change anyway.

  "Alright, what else do you want to add?" Guo Feng compromised and asked.

  Hu Gao chuckled and said, "Young one, you're new to the Battle Academy and don't know the rules. Can any of my fellow disciples tell me, how much is a suitable amount for a wager in a duel?"

  Hu Gao knew that as a martial artist, fame, wealth and land were all indispensable. Now he didn't even have a single hair on his head, so when the opportunity arose to make money through training in the Battle Academy, he naturally wouldn't be soft-handed either. He wasn't fond of doing things that harmed others without benefiting himself.

  Seeing Hu Gao so confident, a fellow disciple who was optimistic about him immediately shouted, "Five hundred gold coins!" As soon as his words fell, there was a commotion, because someone had already started to take bets on the battle between Hu Gao and Guo Feng's three people. Unexpectedly, in this different realm, there were also many people who were proficient in making money.

  "Then it's 500 gold coins, we can't break the rules, right?" Hu Gao didn't have a temporary concept of money, but since he could use the term "gold coin", he thought the value wouldn't be too low.

  Guo Feng furrowed his brow, although he had a considerable amount of gold coins on hand, five hundred gold coins were indeed a huge sum for him. However, thinking that he couldn't possibly lose, he nodded directly: "Alright, I agree with you, five hundred gold coins it is. What if you lose?"

  "If I lose, then it's up to you to deal with me, what else can I do?" Hu shrugged, looking nonchalant.

  Kuo Feng thought to himself that he was right, and since he wasn't short of money, he just wanted to give Hu Gao a good beating.

  "Alright, let's start."

  Guo Feng let out a light drink, his body's aura suddenly surged, and he charged towards Hu Gao. On either side of him, two five-stage Condensed Shadow Realm warriors also followed up, with crimson elemental energy circulating around them. The three formed a triangular formation and immediately launched a pincer attack on Hu Gao.

  Hu Gao didn't show any fear and instead went forward head-on.

  "Get out of here and die!" Guo Feng saw Hu Gao facing him head-on, let out a loud roar, clenched his fists, and charged forward to kill.

  Pong!

  "Crack..."

  The two fists collided without any suspense, and Guo Feng's face suddenly changed. He only felt that what his fist had collided with was not a fist, but a mountain range that had come crashing down, with the power of ten thousand kilograms. His heart cried out in alarm, but it was already too late. A sharp pain shot up from his fist, accompanied by the sound of shattering bones.

  "Ah..."

  Kuang Feng let out a miserable howl, and his entire body flew backward, his right arm hanging limply down, his face deathly pale, with bloodstains at the corners of his mouth, clearly having suffered severe injuries.

  "What?" The two men who were attacking from the side also changed their expressions, and they immediately knew something was wrong. They wanted to retreat, but it was already too late, as Hu Gao's attack had already arrived in front of them.

  "Boom... Boom..."

  "Crack!"

  The two of them gritted their teeth and resisted, and indeed felt a surge of tremendous power coming at them. The whole person was like a kite with a broken string, flying backwards, the injury although lighter than Guo Feng's who had borne the brunt of it, also lost fighting strength for the time being.

  The whole venue was silent, and you could hear a pin drop.

  Everyone's gaze at Hu Gao underwent a tremendous change.

  Is Hu Gao trash?

  No one would have thought that there was such a notion, and looking at Guo Feng lying on the ground like a dead dog, everyone took a cold breath. This man who dared to rob them of their goddess was not an ordinary person. From now on, even if they wanted to stop him, it would absolutely not be someone of their kind who would come forward.

  They had just seen clearly that when Hu Gao fought, he didn't even use his Yuan power, and with just his physical strength, he easily defeated these people, which shows that his combat strength is absolutely not low.

  "My goodness, what's going on? Our Hu family doesn't have any secret fist techniques." Even Yule couldn't help but secretly cheer for Hu Gao.

  "Five hundred gold coins should be enough for me to spend for a while, right?" Hu Gao walked up to Guo Feng's front and stretched out his hand to ask for the prize that belonged to him.

  At this moment, a tall and majestic figure walked in from outside the door. It was a young man with a strong aura and a fierce glint in his eyes. "Hu Gao, you have earned the right to make me take action. I give you two choices: first, get out of the martial arts arena; second, defeat me."

  His appearance directly caused a burst of exclamation from the many students outside the classroom.

  "It was actually Wu Yun, he wanted to take action against Hu Gao?"

  "It's said that he has already broken through to the sixth peak of the Congying Realm, Hu Gao is in danger now."

  "Yes, and Wu Yun is exceptionally powerful, many martial artists of the same realm are no match for him."

  "Haha, looks like there's more good stuff coming up."

  Ji Yue's eyebrows furrowed, clearly dissatisfied with Wu Yun's appearance. He glanced at Hu Gao, who was silent and expressionless, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't make a move, believing that the latter could handle it.

  Hu Gao naturally heard the discussions of the crowd, but he didn't put it in his heart. He directly measured Wu Yun, who was tall and had a strong physique, and asked: "Do you have anything on your body?"

  "I only have two hundred gold coins on me, as for a weapon, my body is my weapon, what about it?" Wu Yun said truthfully.

  Hu Gao shook his head, immediately losing interest, and then walked towards the classroom door. As he passed by Wu Yun's side, he said: "Next time you want to fight with me, prepare your bet, your cultivation is one stage higher than theirs, so the bet should be at least twice as high, right?"

  After finishing speaking, Hu Gao stuffed the gold votes he had won into his bosom, patted his palm, and without saying another word, walked out of the hall with Ji Le who had been waiting outside for a long time.

  "This guy actually dared to reject Wu Yun's challenge and wants Wu Yun to put up double the stakes before he'll accept, what is he trying to do?"

  Everyone watched Hu Gao's receding back, each one puzzled and couldn't understand.

  But anyway, Hu Ge's powerful image has been deeply established in their hearts.

  "Think you can gain an advantage over me? Hehe, Wu Yun's advantages aren't that easily obtained." Wu Yun didn't get angry because Hu Gao refused his challenge, instead he became even more interested in him.