My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 147 - 146 Provocation, High Stakes (Seeking Subscriptions)

042 team’s resting room.

As Jiang Beifeng’s final axe chop was executed, the atmosphere in the resting room solidified.

Even Little Skeleton, who had been fiddling with his new phone, sensed Lu Wu’s displeasure at this moment.

Right there and then, he took out his Bone Staff, and his Pupil Fires fiercely stared at Lu Wu, flashing like signal lights.

The message was clear.

Is this person bad? Is he bullying Lu Wu? Should Little Skeleton help Lu Wu beat him up?

At this moment, Lu Wu had no time to pay attention to Little Skeleton.

His gaze was fixed on Jiang Beifeng.

Lu Wu initially thought that the final axe chop was a mistake; however, when he saw that as he expressed his displeasure on his side, Jiang Beifeng’s face still bore a gentle breeze-like smile, Lu Wu knew this axe chop was intentional.

In fact, Jiang Beifeng had indeed chopped intentionally.

Before he came to meet Lu Wu, he had prepared two plans.

The first was a sugar-coated cannonball appeasement plan, for Jiang Beifeng.

If this plan worked out, it would obviously be best, easily winning over Lu Wu.

But he knew this plan wouldn’t be easy.

Before coming, he had meticulously analyzed Lu Wu, gaining a deep understanding of Lu Wu’s background and personality.

Lu Wu wasn’t one to be trifled with—those who offended him hardly ended well.

His first teammate lost the qualification for the high school league competition, his future bleak, and a coach who dismissed him at first glance was directly expelled from Quan City, his over half a year’s efforts turning into nothing.

From these two cases alone, one could see the nature of Lu Wu.

Although he was not particularly narrow-minded, he was indeed very sentimental and remembered favors.

Jiang Beifeng thought that Lin Jianying was a representative figure proving this about Lu Wu. This young man had betrayed Lu Wu once, but Lu Wu still took him into his team and even went to war with Ye Qingxue for him.

And he helped him cultivate his Summoned Beast to Elite Level.

From Lin Jianying, he could see Lu Wu’s sentimentality, and from Li Kai, he saw Lu Wu’s gratitude.

Therefore, Jiang Beifeng believed that appeasement might very likely be ineffective on Lu Wu.

Because during the conflict between Lu Wu and Ye Qingxue, Zhao Kai Ming had helped him—a huge favor, plus the various accommodations Jiangnan University had given him during this period.

With Lu Wu’s personality, it was highly unlikely he would easily betray Jiangnan University.

Moreover, the advantages he could offer now could also be matched by Jiangnan University, gritting their teeth.

Lastly, and most importantly.

Although he had only met Lu Wu for about ten to fifteen minutes, he could already feel Lu Wu’s aversion to him.

This aversion hadn’t diminished much despite his generous terms, and obviously, the chance of successful appeasement was nearly zero. Thus, Jiang Beifeng had to give up on the appeasement plan and start the second plan.

"Student Lu Wu should be very clear about your current situation.

018 team has already defeated the 001 team, and the other two teams—001 has also gone to talk to them.

Without accidents, at least one of those teams will surrender without a fight, and then team 018 will be able to surpass you with 40 points, pushing you out of the top four.

This is something student Lu Wu certainly doesn’t want to see, right?

After all, student Lu Wu made a substantial amount during the preliminaries from sponsorships.

Not counting the channels through Jiangnan, you must have made around three thousand points. If you make it to the top eight, this amount could at least double, and if you reach the finals, it could double again. If lucky enough to win the championship, you would earn at minimum tens of thousands in revenue.

And now, this income is about to disappear."

As soon as the second plan was initiated, Jiang Beifeng pushed his glasses up and, raising his head again, his facial microexpression changed slightly, wearing a faint, almost imperceptible confident smile, which was particularly infuriating as if everything were under his control.

Lu Wu narrowed his eyes, showing neither pleasure nor anger, "Are you threatening me?"

"Not really; I’m just stating a fact."

"How can you be so sure that either team 002 or 003 will definitely give way to 018?

What if they don’t?" Lu Wu said coldly.

Jiang Beifeng clearly was prepared for this point: "If they don’t give way, at most, 018 will tie with you at 39 points. Then you’ll be tied for fourth place, and to advance, teams 042 and 018 would have to battle it out.

Of course, if it really comes to that, they certainly won’t be a match for you, but I won’t let that scenario happen.

If that happens, 001 would also lose two matches, and based on the current points of the teams, your three teams would be tied for third place. Then, the third and fourth places would have to be decided among you."

Pausing here, Jiang Beifeng slightly lifted his lips, "Speaking of this, you might feel this situation hasn’t changed much from before…"

"No, there is a change!"

Jiang Beifeng hadn’t finished, but Lu Wu took over, "When the time comes, on the surface, three teams are vying for third and fourth places, but in reality, those two teams are working together to squeeze us out.

If we first take on 001, they will do their utmost to wear us down to create conditions for 018 to defeat us.

If we first encounter 018, they will immediately surrender, then switch to 001 to let them defeat us, followed by 001 conceding to 018, resetting the competition."

Jiang Beifeng clapped his hands in admiration: "As expected of a Cultivation Master, right, exactly so!

Then, when this match ends, it’s up to us to say. As long as we don’t push you out of the top eight, the match among your three teams won’t end!

So in a sense, this match has already been controlled.

Whether you make it to the top eight is up to us."

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Obviously, in terms of momentum, the opponent had overwhelmed Lu Wu by a significant margin.

But Lu Wu was not so easily overwhelmed.

"But there is a prerequisite for you all to achieve this effect, and that is, 001 must be able to defeat us. Are you so confident that he can definitely beat us?"

When Lu Wu said this, his expression did not change and his voice remained steady, but Jiang Beifeng knew he was angry, extremely so; it was time to throw out the second plan.

"I have the same confidence in 001 and our capabilities as you have in yourself.

And since we are both confident, how about a bet!

If, and I say if, you can make it into the top eight under our controlled play, then consider it your win.

If you can’t make it into the top eight under our controlled play, then consider it your loss."

At this point, Jiang Beifeng’s second plan was formally revealed.

Since the appeasement approach didn’t work, it was better to go straight to provocation.

Of course, such a simplistic method of provocation wouldn’t work by itself, so Jiang Beifeng added a layer of incentive to it.

"Since it’s a bet, there definitely has to be a prize.

If you win, I will offer up 10,000 internal network points and also information about Little Skeleton’s second evolution."

When Jiang Beifeng mentioned 10,000 points, Lu Wu wasn’t very tempted.

It couldn’t be helped, he was a bit inflated now.

Although he couldn’t even take out 100 points from his account now, he thought that 10,000 points was small change, and given some time, even 100,000 points wasn’t a big sum to him.

But when he spoke about the second evolution information regarding Little Skeleton, Lu Wu really was attracted.

Noticing that instant of temptation in Lu Wu, Jiang Beifeng continued, "And if you lose, you don’t have to give anything, you just have to join Jiangbei University.

And the conditions I just mentioned still stand, even now I can give you the 10,000 points and the information on the second evolution of Little Skeleton.

How about it? From your position, this bet is completely advantageous, whether you win or lose, you won’t incur any loss. You wouldn’t dare not to take this bet with us, would you?"

"If even such a bet scares you, then it just proves that your confidence is all an act, and deep down you’re just a coward afraid of failure!"

Interests, provocation.

Jiang Beifeng went all out.

Now, all that was left was to wait for Lu Wu’s response.

And regarding Lu Wu’s response, Jiang Beifeng was very confident.

He knew Lu Wu very well, this guy wasn’t too crafty, and provocation was very effective on him.

Not to mention, he had added a lure to the provocation.

10,000 points, plus information on a second evolution for Little Skeleton, for a kid like Lu Wu with an ordinary background, such an enticement was irresistible.

Combined, Jiang Beifeng was confident he could draw Lu Wu into this sure-lose trap.

Look, he could even see Lu Wu struggling now.

Seeing Lu Wu’s struggle, Jiang Beifeng’s lips curled up.

’Struggling, eh? Then I’ll just give you a push!’

"Of course, this is just a suggestion, if you are really scared, you can actually choose not to bet, or you can even wait until the last day of the preliminaries to agree if you like."

With this push, Lu Wu exploded.

"Bet? Why wouldn’t I bet when you’re offering money—I have no reason not to agree!"

Jiang Beifeng’s lips curled up, thinking he had walked right into it.

However, his smile had barely formed when Lu Wu’s next sentence came.

"But the stakes need to change!

This kind of bet where the outcome is the same for me whether I win or lose isn’t fun, not exciting!

If we’re betting, the stakes should be the same on both sides.

If you lose, you give me 50,000 internal network points and information on the second evolution of Little Skeleton, if I lose, I give you 55,000 points, the extra 5,000 considered the price for the information.

So, with these stakes, do you dare to bet?"

"This…"

Jiang Beifeng hadn’t expected Lu Wu to leap out of the trap at this moment, which was somewhat unexpected.

"Wasn’t Director Jiang incredibly aggressive just now? With the stakes changed, you can’t possibly be afraid to bet, right?"

Well, provocation was now being used against him.

At this point, Jiang Beifeng only had two choices, either agree to a bet with these stakes or refuse—if he refused, Lu Wu could completely escape and call off the bet entirely.

The latter scenario was something Jiang Beifeng absolutely did not want to see.

So, at this moment, all he could do was nod.

"Alright, if you want to change the bet to that, then let’s bet on it!"

Regardless, establishing the bet was first and foremost.

Anyway, Lu Wu couldn’t possibly win, and when he couldn’t pay the 55,000 points after losing, they would discuss other options.

Thus, both parties signed a betting agreement in rest room 042.

As soon as the agreement was signed, Lu Wu stood up to see the guest out.

"Director Jiang, I need to stop by rest rooms 002 and 003, so I won’t keep you any longer!"