My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 148 - 147 Lu Wu’s Calculations

Lu Wu wasn’t making excuses to get rid of them.

He indeed needed to visit the resting rooms of team 002 and 003.

Since he had already staked on this bet, Lu Wu naturally wouldn’t leave his victory in the hands of others.

If team 001 could go to talk to them, Lu could certainly do the same.

With Lu Wu’s personality, if he wasn’t confident in persuading those two teams, how could he have easily agreed to Jiang Beifeng’s bet?

"Suit yourself!"

Jiang Beifeng naturally knew Lu Wu was about to take action, but he wasn’t the least bit flustered.

Utterly calm, utterly gentlemanly.

"Good luck to you!"

After saying that, Jiang Beifeng tactfully made his exit.

Lu Wu watched him leave, then immediately sprang into action, heading straight for team 003’s resting room.

Meanwhile, after leaving team 042’s resting room, Jiang Beifeng headed to team 001’s resting room.

Upon seeing Jiang Beifeng come in, the members of team 001 stood up, and their captain, Zhuang Yan, immediately poured Jiang Beifeng a glass of water.

"Director Jiang, how did it go? Was it successful?"

"Consider it half a success."

Jiang Beifeng took the water and after a sip, continued, "He agreed to bet, but the stake has changed, both sides win or lose 50,000 points."

Hearing this, team 001 sharply inhaled.

"He sure has a big appetite, but these 50,000 points? Can he even come up with that much?"

Jiang Beifeng smiled faintly, "I’m actually afraid he can come up with it. If he does, then I would be in a bit of a difficult situation."

Zhuang Yan noticed a blind spot. "But what if Jiangnan University steps in to cover the bet for him? After all, Jiangnan University seems to hold him in high regard.

They would probably cover it, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Beifeng couldn’t help but laugh.

"That would be for the best!

If so, then I would have much more room to maneuver. After all, 50,000 points isn’t a small sum, and Jiangnan University isn’t Zhang Wentao’s Jiangnan University.

For an Lu Wu who hasn’t even enrolled, many in Jiangnan University would definitely have objections!"

While speaking, Jiang Beifeng’s fingertips gently tapped on the glass, and in a moment, it seemed thousands of schemes were at the tips of his fingers, which soon returned to Jiang Beifeng’s faint smile.

"Let’s not talk about those distant issues for now. Lu Wu has already gone off to find teams 002 and 003. He must be confident he can win over those two teams if he had the audacity to accept this bet.

Let’s see what impressive performance he can put on.

It’s not often that I find someone interesting enough to bet with, and I certainly don’t want victory to come too easily."

During his talk, Jiang Beifeng pushed up his glasses.

The raise of his head revealed the loneliness of a master who controls everything, earning the genuine admiration of team 001.

...

On the other side, in the resting room of team 003.

Almost at the same time Jiang Beifeng reached team 001’s resting room, Lu Wu arrived at the Dark Horse Team’s room, knocking on their door.

"Captain Lu? What’s up?"

Sun Qing, team 003’s captain, asked knowingly.

But Lu Wu was straightforward. "I’d like you to ensure a victory in your match against team 018."

"Oh?"

Sun Qing’s mouth cornered up teasingly, "Am I to take it that you are pleading with me? If so, your attitude seems off..."

Sun Qing didn’t finish his sentence when Lu Wu bluntly threw out three words.

"Blood Burning Explosion!"

At those words, Sun Qing was stunned.

"What did you say?"

Lu Wu expressionlessly uttered a series of attributes: "Iron Blade Mantis, Elite 2 Star, attributes Metal, Grass, weakness Fire, excels in close combat, primary offensive skill on the surface is Blade Strike, surface trump card being Iron Man Cutting, but in reality, the Iron Blade Mantis has another true trump card, it..."

The more Lu Wu spoke, the darker Sun Qing’s face became, until he couldn’t stand it anymore and hastily interrupted.

"Alright, no need to say more!

I know what needs to be done!"

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Lu Wu’s expressionless face finally relaxed into a friendly smile. "Thank you, I should be going now, and one more thing, there’s an issue with your Summoned Beast in cultivation. If you trust me, come find me after the match, and I’ll help you tune it for free."

After that, Lu Wu shook hands with Sun Qing, then turned and left straight for team 002’s resting room.

Watching the striding Lu Wu leave, the entire resting room of team 003 fell into a silence as still as death.

After a long while, as the captain, Sun Qing was the first to speak in admiration, "I always thought Lu Wu’s cultivation level was exaggerated, but I never realized it was truly so terrifying.

We’ve only seen our Summoned Beast a few times, without even a chance to closely observe, and yet surprisingly, in just those few encounters, he has precisely grasped the intricacies of our Summoned Beast, such insight is nothing short of terrifying!"

His teammate, though, was far from pleased.

"So what do we do next? Just be manipulated like this?"

"What do you mean ’what to do’? What else can we do?

Since he has detailed information on our Summoned Beast, naturally, we’ll have to do whatever he says.

If we don’t comply, and he ends up being eliminated and doesn’t make it to the top eight, and leaks detailed information on our Summoned Beast, we will be in a very passive position."

Sun Qing shrugged his shoulders.

"But if he makes it into the top eight, won’t we be very passive if we come across him in the finals?"

"It doesn’t matter."

Sun Qing expressed complete fearlessness regarding his teammate’s concern.

"Have you forgotten his choice when he faced us before?

If he had even the slightest confidence in defeating us, he wouldn’t have surrendered and admitted defeat back then. So there’s no need to take them too seriously, at least in this competition they pose no threat to us."

Having heard Sun Qing’s reasoning, his teammates contemplated the situation and seemed to be reassured.

Although it was a sign of being looked down upon, regardless, 003 had been handled by Lu Wu.

Now all that was left was to take care of 002, and then Lu Wu’s first round would be considered over.

Holding detailed information about the opponent’s Summoned Beasts, Lu Wu felt confident that taking down 002 wouldn’t be difficult.

However, the reality was not as Lu Wu had anticipated.

When Lu Wu found the 002 resting room and tried to replicate what had happened with 003, Captain Fang Bai of team 002 raised an eyebrow, "That’s it?"

"What?"

Seeing the other person’s expression and attitude, Lu Wu had a bad premonition.

It seemed like what should have been a sure thing was about to derail with team 002.

And indeed, that was the case.

"How should I put it, compared to team 001, you are indeed a bit more clever.

That guy only threatened me with what I saw as an utterly laughable bargaining chip, but you are different. The chip you brought out is substantial, very impressive, really impressive!"

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Fang Bai clapped his hands, but his expression grew colder, "But as impressive as you are, you’ve also made me very angry.

The thing I hate the most is being threatened.

I could dismiss team 001’s act as a monkey show with a laugh, but I can’t look at yours the same way.

So, congratulations, you have successfully angered me.

I was planning on toying with team 018, but now I’m telling you, I’m letting go of this point with team 018!"

Lu Wu’s face darkened, "Do you know what you’re saying, what you’re doing? Do you understand the consequences of your actions?"

"I know exactly what I’m doing, and you can now take your bargaining chip and scram.

I, Fang Bai, will not be threatened by anyone!"

With this resounding statement, the negotiations between Lu Wu and team 002 officially broke down.

Lu Wu walked out of the 002 resting room and was confused for a long time, unable to figure out what had just happened. Why had his trump card been ineffective?

Could the people from team 002 really be that rash?

They didn’t care about their own information being leaked just because of pride?

Besides, there was nothing excessive about his attitude.

Lu Wu knew beforehand that team 002 was arrogant, so he did not adopt a superior posture when dealing with them, but communicated in a negotiating tone.

Yet, they still became angry.

Their negotiation still collapsed, which was something that Lu Wu could not comprehend.

"No, no, no, something’s off with team 002!"

Lu Wu carefully compared the micro-expressions on the faces of the team captains of teams 003 and 002 when he had laid his cards on the table.

Captain Sun Qing of team 003 was shocked, and so was Captain Fang Bai of team 002, but his shock seemed to be hiding something.

"Hiding three parts of smugness, seven parts of confidence, and ninety parts of scheming.

His shock is real; he is genuinely astonished by my ability to analyze Summoned Beasts, even deeply wary of this ability of mine.

But he still chose to burst out immediately.

This means that what I saw might not be the whole picture."

As he reached this conclusion, Lu Wu remembered that team 007’s Su Lan had a second Summoned Beast, instantly clarifying the situation with team 002 for him.

"It’s clear that he must have an even more powerful Summoned Beast.

That’s why he isn’t afraid of me exposing his secrets, he even wants to use me to reveal the attributes of his current Summoned Beast team.

That way, he can catch others by surprise!"

Realizing this, Lu Wu couldn’t help but curse, "Damn, we Cultivation Masters are said to be cunning, but these bastards aren’t any cleaner!"

Lu Wu was now in a tough spot.

Even though he had figured out team 002’s situation, this did not change his current predicament.

Unless he could find the Summoned Beast team 002 was hiding, they would not be under his control.

And they were clearly on guard now, making it virtually impossible for Lu Wu to obtain their other Summoned Beast.

When it rains, it pours.

Lu Wu hadn’t yet come up with a solution when the opponent for team 018’s third match was announced to be team 002.

Team 002 was true to their word and chose to admit defeat before the match even started.

This gave team 018 a direct streak of 36 victories, placing them at the top of the score chart for Group A.

Seeing this outcome, Jiang Beifeng shook his head, "It seems I’m going to lock in victory ahead of time, how boring!"

Meanwhile, over with Lu Wu, he was at that moment initiating his backup plan.