Chapter 361 - - 359 Flying Dragon Riding on Face How to Lose_1

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Gao Ming’s two skills.

The first one was mostly a distraction, at best adding some credibility to the boasts he made for himself, and was pretty useless against masters;

However, the second skill was truly badass.

Often, the human brain is keen on killing itself.

For example, when standing at the edge of a building, the brain occasionally gives you the signal to jump off, and when driving, it generates the desire to crash into the car in front; but most of the time, rationality stops it…

The more active the brain, the more such thoughts it generates.

When Gao Ming’s skill could turn such thoughts into reality, it became quite terrifying, and in crowded places, it could inevitably cause collateral damage.

So.

There was a high probability that Gao Ming would end up like Xiang Li and Ge Zong, being regarded as an Evil Demon by people.

But still.

The synergy of the two skills was just too cool.

“Old Gao, how did you awaken your second skill?” Duge was still hung up on not being able to awaken a second skill himself.

“I went to Qinglan Sword Sect to apprentice under the Sword Saint, studying the art for a few days. When I saw your message, I had decided to come down the mountain to help you right away, but the Sword Saint stopped me. He insisted that I understand the Grandmaster’s way before he would let me leave the mountain.

At that time, I was anxious to comprehend the Grandmaster’s way, so I constantly boasted during my cultivation that I was an unparalleled genius, incessantly bragging, and at the moment I achieved the Grandmaster’s way, I also awakened my second skill.”

Gao Ming scratched his head, “I still don’t know whether I awakened my second skill first or comprehended the Grandmaster’s way first.”

He chuckled, “But, I’m indebted to the Sword Saint for this. If I had descended the mountain earlier, I would have been a half-baked fraud. Coming here, I might not have actually been able to help you.”

“…” Duge pondered.

“Brother Du, haven’t you awakened a second skill yet?” Gao Ming asked.

“No.” Duge glanced at him and shook his head, “I’m actually worried about that!”

Shit!

Gao Ming’s eyes widened, and he cursed in amazement, “Having awakened just one skill and you reached the top in the world, even stirring up such a big business, you’re the real genius!”

Actually, I have two keywords, but I can’t tell you, ha!

Duge muttered to himself without answering, but when he thought about how eye-catching his performance had been, and how it would be difficult to explain if Bai Long asked about it, he felt another wave of toothache.

“Brother Du, what’s your keyword?” Gao Ming asked.

“Loyalty,” Duge replied.

There was nothing much to hide from Gao Ming; after all, he had bared his soul to him, even telling him about the skill he had kept close to his chest. In front of him, he was an open book, and if a person is wary of everyone, life gets too exhausting.

“Loyalty?” Gao Ming’s eyes widened, “Luo Shuang? You climbed to the top of the world on such a garbage keyword as loyalty?”

“Yeah.” Duge nodded, “Helping a useless princess that had nothing going for her to reach a position where she’s competing for supremacy in the world, staying by her side during the most critical moments – doesn’t that count as loyalty?”

“It does,” Gao Ming looked at Duge, bewildered, and asked, “But what about the star signs? Do they have something to do with loyalty? I thought your keyword would have something to do with divination. I was practicing in Qinglan Sword Sect following the fortune of your star sign, and that’s how I broke through to the Grandmaster realm. What skill did you awaken that links star signs and loyalty together?”

“Ascending and descending effects. My actions make those below follow suit,” Duge glanced at him and came up with an explanation, “However, the star sign fortunes have nothing to do with my skills; they should be related to destiny. The State Preceptor told me that the brightest Demon Star in the sky is me, with the Demon Star guarding the Female Mansion and making the other Emperor Stars dull and lightless, so the fortunes should be related to destiny. You know, every world has its own rules… "

“That makes sense; perhaps this world really does have its own will. Princess Luo Shuang’s restoration of her country must be the main storyline of this Alien Battlefield. Brother Du, your luck is truly undeniable…” Gao Ming nodded, not delving too deeply into it.

After all.

The culture of star signs seemed to be made up; otherwise, their own star signs wouldn’t be lucky every single day, with fortunes that hardly change.

If one had to find an explanation, it could only be that the Heavenly Dao was helping Luo Shuang.

On the Alien Battlefield, there are many such Sons of Destiny with strong luck, many of whom have caused a great deal of casualties among the Alien Warriors. Their luck is truly invincible…

Gao Ming’s eyes sparkled, “Brother Du, if destiny is on our side, we’ve definitely won this time!”

“Definitely!” Duge laughed and nodded, “But don’t leak my keywords and skills, otherwise if someone targets Luo Shuang specifically, my attributes might drop significantly.”

“Got it, I’ll be careful.” Gao Ming nodded vigorously, “If anyone really harms Luo Shuang, I’ll protect her with my life.”

“Let’s go, with you on board, our chances of victory are even greater.”

Duge smiled, silently sighing in his heart, he wasn’t worried about Luo Shuang’s death causing his attributes to fall.

What he was truly worried about was if Luo Shuang died and his attributes didn’t fall, that would be really hard to explain. The synergy between the two skills this time was a bit far-fetched, with the second keyword playing the dominant role.

Just as Duge finished speaking, he suddenly felt his spiritual power begin to surge again. Startled, he saw his spiritual power soaring once more.

The numerical value of his spiritual power increased by hundreds and hundreds, and in a short while, it had shot up to over four hundred and twenty thousand.

He was startled, what’s happening?

Was it Bai Long placing a substantial bet on him, afraid he wouldn’t come in first, and secretly helping him out?

Is blatant cheating really okay?

“Brother Du, what are you looking at, the rankings?” Gao Ming also opened his own personal panel, smiling from ear to ear when he saw he had risen to seventh place.

“Yeah, checking who advanced after Miao Buqi died.” As Duge spoke, he glanced at the tenth position, where a new name had appeared—Fei Zhu—a Guerilla General of Great Chu.

Given his title, he should be a general from the Chu Country’s forces invading Chongming Country, having accomplished some significant feat these past few days.

Gao Ming also noticed the new tenth rank and asked, puzzled, “Xiang Li and Ge Zong haven’t made it into the top ten?”

“Soon.” Duge said, “They’ve only fought a few battles, their influence on the world isn’t big enough yet. After defeating Lin Qing and doing some publicity, breaking into the top ten should be no problem.”

He took a good look at Gao Ming, “Old Gao, how come you’ve been able to hold onto a top-ten spot for so many days?”

Gao Ming smiled proudly, “Qinglan Sword Sect has many princes and princesses from various countries learning there. Now they’re all my underlings. This time, coming down the mountain with me, I had them return home to promote constellation culture. Once our influence grows, these guys will definitely openly support us. That should count as my influence, right?”

“It counts.” Duge gave Gao Ming a curious glance and muttered to himself, thinking, not bad, triggering a chain reaction with constellation culture was really effective, now truly pushing him onto the path of the Son of Destiny!

At this moment, he even felt that having a second skill was irrelevant.

Riding a dragon high in the sky, he didn’t know how he could possibly lose!

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Meanwhile.

The executives at Pan-Universe Entertainment Company were also constantly monitoring Duge, noticing the spiritual power gifted by gamblers turning his numbers resoundingly green.

The executives were expressionless.

One of them asked, “Has the tech department found any problems?”

“Everything’s normal.” The head of the tech department said, “Duge’s keywords and the trend of his attribute growth don’t have any problems. Miao Buqi being exposed halfway and Yun Yao’s timely support all match their character arcs, there’s nothing unusual.”

“Could it really be destiny?” the executive frowned slightly and asked, “Who chose the world this time?”

“Me.” A senior technical staff member raised a hand.

“Does that planet have a world will?” the executive asked.

“We were rushed this time. After locking onto that planet, we chose to deploy immediately without time to investigate,” the technician said sheepishly, “But since the planet is highly martial, the possibility of it having a planetary will is slim.”

“Remember to investigate thoroughly next time, don’t make such a basic mistake again.” The executive glanced at him and turned to another person, saying, “How about the betting facilities?”

“It’s all complaints. After the theory of destiny came out, betting on other contestants stopped entirely, everyone is betting blindly on Duge. If this continues, the company will lose a lot of money,” the technician responsible for managing the betting said. “Should we stop accepting bets on Duge?”

“No need.”

The executive shook their head decisively.

They chuckled softly, satisfactorily watching Duge on the display screen, saying, “Let’s open a new betting pool, excluding those from Qiyuan Star, set the stakes on people from other planets, betting on who will last the longest under Duge’s domination, who will retain top ten ranks?

If you dare to run a betting pool, you can’t be afraid of losses. The money lost on Duge will eventually be recouped from him. He is indeed a treasure…”

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