Chapter 8: Open Your Dog Eyes!

"How about it? Dare to wager?"

Yang Shi smirked, a look of contempt in his eyes. He had the same idea, hence the proposition of this bet.

"Why wouldn't I dare?"

Su Lang laughed heartily, "But, let's change the stakes! If you lose, not only will you have to give me 50 gold coins, but you must also run three laps around the Martial Alliance Building, stark naked, all the while yelling 'I am a genius.' What do you say?"

"Agreed, it's settled!"

Yang Shi's face glowed with confidence as he spoke, preparing to return to his team.

"Hold on."

Su Lang smiled, gesturing with his hand.

"What? Having second thoughts?"

Yang Shi scoffed coldly, "It's too late to back out now, Su Lang, you genius!"

"No, no, no!"

Su Lang's smile was thin and knowing, "I think a verbal agreement is not formal enough. A written contract is safer."

"Ha!?"

Yang Shi's laugh froze on his face, and he looked around, "A written contract? Does he really think he can win?"

"Yes, it's ludicrous! A written contract?"

"Meeting this Su Lang, I've truly seen it all!"

"He, with his worthless talent, dares to bet with an aspiring Martial Artist, and now wants a written contract. What a joke!"

"Hey, why are you laughing? He's so serious; he must win."

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Spectators gathered, faces awash with disbelief or smirks. No one thought Su Lang could win.

"Alright, since you're so earnest, I'll magnanimously agree."

Yang Shi laughed and spread his hands, moving to the window, "Beauty, may I borrow a pen and paper?"

"Of course! No problem!"

The heavily made-up woman's attitude towards Yang Shi was quite different – flattery incarnate.

She handed Yang Shi the paper and pen, pretending to brush his fingers with the back of her hand.

"Ha ha."

Yang Shi laughed heartily, writing down the details of the bet.

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

The crowd roared with laughter.

"Heh."

Su Lang smiled, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and signed his name.

"The bet is made."

Yang Shi did not even look at Su Lang's name, "I'll be waiting for you to carry out the punishment, ha ha!"

"The same words to you."

Su Lang smiled faintly, "I'm also waiting for you to carry out the punishment, and that's right now!"

"What!?"

Yang Shi and the spectators were startled, followed by scoffing.

Just then.

"System, help me break through!"

With a thought from Su Lang, a specific breakthrough vibration emitted from his body.

Because Su Lang's internal potential was still not fully absorbed, his training speed was faster than a typical genius.

From breaking into the Early-stage of Body Tempering to now, three or four hours had passed, and the little white man within him had turned gold.

If not for Yang Shi's banter, Su Lang would have broken through earlier.

"Eh? What's this feeling?"

"Is that waste breaking into the Middle-stage of Body Tempering?"

"No way, are you joking!"

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Su Lang's breakthrough was evident, and though the spectators knew, they did not want to believe it – it was inconceivable.

"What the hell!?"

Yang Shi stared at Su Lang, his face a mask of disbelief.

"Hey, a bet's a bet."

Su Lang's face lit up with a triumphant smile as he waved the agreement, "Bring the 50 gold coins and start running naked around the Martial Alliance Building, shouting 'I am a genius,' so everyone knows who you are!"

"No, this can't be, how could you break into the Middle-stage of Body Tempering so quickly?"

Yang Shi's face turned pale and then flushed, his voice trembling with fury, "You must have cheated; you've simulated the breakthrough vibration!"

"Cheated? Open your dog eyes!"

Su Lang sneered, placing his hand on a crystal stone by the window. Two white light points instantly lit up on the stone.