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“The Sage must have anticipated this and made the relevant arrangements. His remarkable foresight and capabilities are incredibly impressive! Ashton is just too young and naive.”
“I’ve heard that Ashton has only mastered the powers of the peak of the transcendent realm. How is he even going to last during the battle against The Sage? Mr. Vance didn’t even have to do anything. Any of those nine people could easily kill Ashton if he dared step onto the deathmatch stage.”
“Ashton is definitely going to lose! We’re going to win the bet! So what if it’s a cheap move? What matters is that we win! So what if Mr. Vance is impotent? It doesn’t affect him doing a good job as the ruler of Javonbury’s criminal underworld. No one is allowed to challenge Mr. Vance’s authority!”
The people saying that dissolved into fits of laughter. It was as though they could already see money filling their pockets.
Damian, who used to be the most distinguished scion in Javonbury, was among them. His eyes bulged. He was so thrilled that he was shivering a bit, and he couldn’t wait to see the moment Ashton was killed on stage.
All of the humiliation he had suffered because of Ashton would slowly be forgotten with the latter’s death.
Ashton’s supporters grimaced as they listened to the scornful laughter. They never thought someone like Flint could be so shameless and despicable.
Unfortunately, what Flint did wasn’t against the rules of the match.
Regardless of how dissatisfied Ashton’s supporters were, there was nothing they could do but voice their frustration.
“I’ll leave the Legion and fight alongside Ashton!”
Neil strode forward and unleashed the aura of his semi–divine realm powers. He had a steely look in his eyes.
Some felt slightly more hopeful when they saw Neil. Perhaps Ashton still had a chance to win.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Bloomberg. You’re Mr. Clarkson Senior’s secretary and a member of the Legion. According to the rules, you would have to leave the Legion at least one day prior and join the faction Ashton belonged to to be able to join this match.
“Please stand back for now, Mr. Bloomberg,” Logan explained as he shook his head.
His words shut down the last hope Ashton had.
“How could that be…”
“It’s over… It’s all over now. That means Ashton doesn’t even have any semi–divine realm experts on his team. Even if Ashton’s powerful enough to fight against a semi–divine realm expert, he can only fight one at a time.
“Now that he has to face ten opponents, how could Ashton possibly secure the position as the next ruler of Javonbury’s criminal underworld?”
“This happened because of the Sage’s plot! Ashton lost because he’s too young and inexperienced.”
Ashton’s supporters felt a sense of dejection and powerlessness.
Compared to Flint’s team of ten formidable contenders, Ashton stood all by himself opposite them. Some of the men who had considered joining Ashton and fighting alongside him shrank back a little.
With their current level of powers, they were well aware that they would be instantly killed when going up against semi–divine realm experts.
It wouldn’t be a fair match for them. Instead, what awaited them was a horrible death.
Those who were initially set on supporting Ashton wavered. They even considered persuading him to give up participating in the
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match.
It was all because the current situation didn’t seem optimistic to them at all. They couldn’t see any possibility of winning.
“Ashton, you may choose the team members who’ll be going up against Mr. Vance’s team.” Logan seemed a little dejected as he looked at Ashton.
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