Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 856 - 857: The 2 Billion Bet

Chapter 856: Chapter 857: The 2 Billion Bet

Cao Family!

Zhou Zhengfang finally arrived, bringing along four middle-aged men.

Cao Fengqing whispered to Zhou Zhengfang, "Is it enough with just these four people?"

Zhou Zhengfang smiled slightly and said, "You can invite the most skilled masters from your family."

Cao Fengqing’s eyes lit up, and he immediately invited the top master of the Cao Family.

Zhou Zhengfang waved his hand, and a Zhou family general slowly stepped forward, looking relaxed as though he didn’t regard the Cao Family’s top general seriously at all.

The top general of the Cao Family looked quite displeased now. The opponent clearly disregarded him, and his esteemed status within the Cao family made such disrespect intolerable.

For his own honor, he didn’t want to lose, and said solemnly, "Guests from afar deserve a welcome, please!"

The Zhou family general nodded, tapped the ground with his foot, and charged towards his opponent, his movements light and graceful, indescribably beautiful.

The Cao Family general roared and immediately met him in confrontation.

The Zhou family general moved elegantly, while the Cao Family general was fierce and swift. The two fought fiercely, their figures tumbling through the air, dazzling all the onlookers.

Ten minutes later, neither side had emerged victorious. Cao Fengqing said, "Both are masters. To avoid accidents, please stop."

Zhou Zhengfang also nodded, waved his hand, and the two fighting men instantly separated.

Zhou Zhengfang said, "The one who fought just now is the weakest among the experts I brought. What do you think?"

Cao Fengqing, who had been somewhat concerned, now brightened up and said, "That’s really promising."

Zhou Zhengfang said, "Comparing family generals with our Zhou Family is simply bringing a knife to a gunfight. We did not want to use so many of our generals; it’s just bullying them."

Cao Fengqing hesitated slightly, then carefully said, "However, now that the Su Family and the Sun Family have united, with Su Zhentian from the Su Family and Sun One from the Sun family, who are top-level masters, along with another, Song Xiaodong, whose strength is said to be no less than Su Zhentian’s."

Zhou Zhengfang smiled slightly and said, "Don’t worry about that. We already know their strength. Besides the one who just fought, the other three are confident in defeating Su Zhentian. Most importantly, no matter how they fight, they can’t beat us."

Cao Fengqing pondered for a moment and said, "If that’s the case, how about a direct contest, a best-of-five challenge? Apart from your four, my family will contribute one more. The Sun Family and Su Family combined can only send three top experts, and the other two definitely can’t compare with the two more we have. This way, even if there are occasional mishaps, we will still be in an invincible position."

Zhou Zhengfang said, "That’s a good idea, but clearly it’s disadvantageous for the Su Family and Sun Family. Why would they agree to it?"

Cao Fengqing stroked his chin and said, "The Su Family and Sun Family are now in a state of arrogance; perhaps they will agree. If they don’t, we’ll think of other ways."

Zhou Zhengfang said, "If they don’t agree to best-of-five, then let’s do best-of-three. We can still win."

Seeing Zhou Zhengfang so confident, Cao Fengqing hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Having made their plans, Cao Fengqing called Song Xiaodong. This time, Song Xiaodong answered quickly and said, "What’s up, you want to give our Su Family more money?"

Cao Fengqing immediately felt a surge of anger, speaking with Song Xiaodong always infuriated him, mainly because the other party’s words were extremely irritating.

"Song Xiaodong, do you dare to bet on a match with our Cao Family?" Cao Fengqing asked, suppressing his anger.

"Bet on a match, sure, how?"

Cao Fengqing said, "We send five people, you send five people, best of five. Since we can’t compete in other ways, we’ll use our family generals to compete."

"Why such trouble? Let’s do this, how about a five-on-five brawl, more direct and straightforward."

Cao Fengqing had the speakerphone on, and he immediately looked toward Zhou Zhengfang, who then looked at several family generals, and they all nodded.

Cao Fengqing got the message and said, "Patriarch Song, since you have such boldness, let’s do it your way. Let’s have a five-on-five brawl, and the team that loses its fighting capability loses."

Song Xiaodong replied without hesitation, "Done, but how big a wager does Master Cao want to place? If it’s too small, I won’t play."

Cao Fengqing said sternly, "I wager five hundred million US dollars."

Song Xiaodong replied indifferently, "Only five hundred million US dollars? That’s too little, not interesting at all. At least one billion, otherwise I can’t be bothered to play."

Cao Fengqing, with a stern face, said, "One billion US dollars... You sure have a big appetite. Aren’t you afraid of losing?"

Song Xiaodong said dismissively, "It’s just one billion US dollars. We, the Su Family, really don’t care much. But for a small family like yours, Cao Family, perhaps you really can’t afford to play."

Zhou Zhengfang kept a stern face, raised two fingers to Cao Fengqing, who paused, then Zhou Zhengfang nodded again, pointed at himself, and raised one finger. Cao Fengqing understood immediately—the Zhou Family would contribute one billion.

The Zhou Family willing to contribute money was not only a show of support for his Cao Family but also a display of confidence. This greatly increased Cao Fengqing’s confidence, and he burst into laughter, saying, "One billion... haha, can’t afford to play? I feel a billion is too little. I bet two billion with you."

"Two billion, does the Cao Family even have that much in assets?" asked Song Xiaodong, squinting his eyes.

Cao Fengqing chuckled coldly, "Is twenty billion US dollars not worth anything to my Cao Family?"

"Two billion, now that’s interesting. Let’s bet on that," said Song Xiaodong.

"Good! Then three days from now, at seven in the evening, see you at the Century Stadium."

"No problem!"

After hanging up, Cao Fengqing looked at Zhou Zhengfang, who scoffed coldly, "This kid is really arrogant, but this time, he will lose very badly. If the Su Family loses two billion US dollars, the remaining assets of their family definitely won’t exceed a third."

Cao Fengqing calmed down slightly and said, "He agreed so quickly, could he be relying on something?"

Zhou Zhengfang scoffed, "You’re being too cautious. The Su Family is too arrogant here, thinking we, the Beijing Families, can be compared to their local families?"

Seeing Zhou Zhengfang so confident, Cao Fengqing’s confidence grew. Regarding intelligence on the Su Family and their allies, how could his Cao Family not have gathered information? From the start of declaring war to now, apart from the Minghe local family, there was no news of other families that were closely connected with the Su Family and Sun Family.