God of Pets

Outside the Eight Great Royal Halls, there were also many humans dressed like crew members. Under their guidance, everyone entered the grand hall.

Chen Guan found it a bit strange. They had arrived on the Spirit King Ship but had not seen the legendary Spirit King, or perhaps the Spirit King was just one of the crew members.

As everyone entered the grand hall, they were immediately stunned by the sight before them.

The space inside the palace was unimaginably vast. Even with the current technological level of humanity, it would be difficult to achieve such a large span and create a building this enormous without columns or walls for support in the middle.

The interior of the palace was like a giant arena sunken into the ground. The position where they were now was the top tier of the stands.

Stone steps extended downward layer by layer, with an oval field at the bottom, much larger than a football field.

Opposite this sunken field was a gigantic stone chair dozens of meters high, and on the chair sat a colossal statue of a god, whose seated height probably exceeded a hundred meters.

Even from a distance, across the vast field, one could feel the oppressive presence of the majestic statue.

If the field in this palace was considered a universe, then the statue was the creator overlooking the living beings from outside the universe.

"Welcome to the Eight Great Royal Halls. I am the servant of the Eight Great Kings and the host of the betting, you can call me Teng." A woman dressed in all white, starkly different from the other crew members, approached the statue and said to Chen Guan and the others. "As you have come here, I assume you already know the rules of our great king. However, before the betting begins, I must reiterate them to prevent anyone from breaking the rules."

"The rules are simple. Our great king has set eight types of gambles. Guests who wish to win bets can choose themselves as stakes and write down the prize they desire, then choose a gamble to bet against our great king."

"If you lose, you must stay at the Eight Great Royal Halls to serve our great king. If you win, you can take away the prize you want."

Teng paused for a moment and continued: "Of course, if you find these eight gambles unfair, you can propose a gamble of your own. As long as it is fair and just, our Eight Great Kings will comply with your rules and bet with you."

At this point, Teng's voice turned cold: "However, if you attempt any tricks or unfair gambles, or cheat during the betting process, the consequences will be dire for you. I hope you all remember this."

Teng, as if able to change expressions at will, spoke again with a smile: "Alright, enough with the idle talk. Who wants to bet against our great king first?"

For a moment, no one spoke up, as they did not yet know how the eight gambles would be conducted. The betting methods might differ each time, so no one could predict what the gambles would be this time.

"I'll go first." A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt, mask, and glasses stepped forward.

"Very well, please state the prize you desire," Teng asked with a smile.

"I want a top-notch Sword Skill Unparalleled Secret Skill of the yang type, usable at First Awakening, with no cultivation restrictions," the man said directly.

"Sire, do you permit this bet to be established?" Teng then turned to the statue of the Eight Great Kings, bowing to ask for instructions.

Chen Guan thought, "So not just any prize can be requested; it needs confirmation from the Eight Great Kings to see if they can offer it."

"Yes." The statue's eyes lit up, with a golden-green flash, and a deep voice, like an underground spring, emanated from within the statue.

"The great king has agreed to the prize you seek. Now you may choose a gambling method, or if you have one prepared, you may propose it to see if everyone finds it fair," Teng said to the man.

"I want to first see the gambles prepared by the great king," the man replied.

Teng clapped her hands, and soon a crew member dressed in black brought over a large blackboard, divided by white lines into a nine-square grid. Except for the middle square, the other eight squares were numbered one to eight.

"The eight gambles prepared by the great king are within these numbers. You can choose a number to unlock the corresponding gamble," Teng explained.

"Weren't we able to see the gambling methods directly before?" the man frowned.

Teng smiled slightly: "Yes, previously, you could see the gambling methods directly. But this time, our great king wanted to make it more thrilling, so this time the gameplay is different. But rest assured, all gambles are fair and just."

"Moreover, this gameplay benefits you too. Previously, each person could only bet once and take away one prize. But with this new gameplay, after winning a bet, you can choose to continue betting and take up to eight prizes at most."

Teng gave a mysterious smile: "If someone can win all eight rounds consecutively, they can take the extra mysterious grand prize prepared by the great king. This item is now in the middle square, just waiting to see if anyone has the fortune for it."

Hearing this, everyone began to converse and discuss. The possibility of multiple bets increased the risk but also the opportunity.

"What if I win once and don't want to continue betting?" the man asked.

"As before, once all guests have finished betting, you can return on the Spirit King Ship," Teng replied indifferently.

"Alright, I choose gamble number 1," the man said, gritting his teeth.

"Gamble number 1... This is interesting..." Teng reached up to the square of number 1. The outer layer was actually a piece of cloth. When she pulled it back, it revealed a whiteboard with the words "Race" written on it.

People were puzzled, wondering what kind of gamble a race would be. Would it mean that the gambler has to race against the Eight Great Kings?

If that were the case, surely no one could outrun the Eight Great Kings.

While everyone was thinking, they saw black-clad crew members enter the field below from a side entrance, carrying various strange objects, and soon assembled a track with a circuit only about a hundred meters in length.

The track had only two lanes, with dividers on either side.

Soon, two black-clad crew members each brought in a golden-eyed toad about the size of a football and placed them in different lanes of the track.

After completing all this, all the black-clad crew members withdrew.

Teng approached the track and explained to the man: "These two Golden-eyed Toads are level-1 Secret Spirits. They do not move very fast. Once the bet starts, the mechanisms on the track will open, allowing them to proceed along the track. The first to reach the finish line wins."

"As a guest, you have the right to choose one of them to bet on. If it wins, you win; if it loses, you lose."

Upon hearing this, the man's expression darkened somewhat: "How do I know that these two Golden-eyed Toads are not influenced by external forces?"

Everyone understood what the man meant: he feared that the Golden-eyed Toads might be controlled by the people of the Eight Great Kings, and they could decide which one wins.