Extreme Almightiest Young Master

Chapter 816: It Seems I’ve Won This Round

"Sure, no problem," Lin Feng glanced at Catherine, fully aware of what she was thinking, and decisively agreed. If it weren’t for the matter of gambling on the game, Lin Feng wouldn’t have dragged this out so long. It was about the right time now, and Lin Feng had intended to end the game after this round anyway. He hadn’t expected Catherine’s thinking to align with his own, so how could he possibly refuse?

If he had refused, Catherine would have continued playing, wasting time. With this thought, Lin Feng readily agreed. Now was the moment to win all of Catherine’s money - what better opportunity could there be?

One could not deny that while Catherine was scheming against Lin Feng, he was also calculating against her. The slow boiling frog approach had been for the sake of this final showdown. This was precisely Lin Feng’s strategy; only by doing so could he avoid attracting too much attention, which was the outcome Lin Feng desired.

What!

A gamble of over a billion US dollars!

That’s just... too exaggerated!

I must have heard wrong!

...

To the casual listener, Lin Feng had just casually mentioned it, but as soon as he did, everyone in the main hall was stunned, unable to believe the showdown was about to begin and that the stakes were so frighteningly high. We’re talking about over a billion US dollars, which is over sixty billion Huaxia Coins - enough to buy several listed companies. And to think that much was being gambled away... such audacity!

They simply couldn’t believe their ears. Who could believe something like this actually happens? A card game with a billion US dollars at stake seemed too absurd; even the gambling world probably hadn’t seen such a thing. It was truly beyond belief...

Huang Shi’s friends were now even more tense, not having expected Lin Feng and Catherine to suddenly face off in a decisive battle. They had already set their sights on Lin Feng because of the strength he had demonstrated earlier. But now Lin Feng had actually agreed to Catherine’s request, which was beyond their expectations. In their view, with things going so well, refusing Catherine’s request would have been the proper move, as it would have allowed Lin Feng to steadily win money, and they could have won tenfold.

Yet Lin Feng didn’t refuse as they thought he should have; instead, he agreed, leaving them utterly baffled. They were at a loss, staring at Lin Feng and wondering what was going on. Under such circumstances, Lin Feng had no need to agree to Catherine – so what did his agreement mean? Could it be that Lin Feng also wanted to stop playing? They couldn’t fathom any reason that would make Lin Feng agree to Catherine...

"Stop dawdling, deal the cards," said Huang Shi, though he didn’t understand why the Boss had agreed to Catherine’s request in such a situation. However, Huang Shi trusted that the Boss had his reasons. Disinclined to speculate further and noticing the Croupier hesitating, he urged from the side.

Huang Shi felt, perhaps, that the Boss truly wanted to end this bet. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have done so. This thought stabilized Huang Shi’s mind. He had seen the Boss’s abilities before; the Boss dared to accept Catherine’s challenge, which meant he must be confident of victory. This was nothing for Huang Shi to worry about. At this moment, he gave Catherine a mocking look, finding her situation rather unfortunate. She could have gone anywhere, and yet she ended up in Tianhai. Now, it seemed Catherine was likely to lose all her possessions.

"Oh," muttered the Croupier, who hadn’t expected such a turn of events and stood there dumbfounded. This was a nearly 20 billion US dollar gambling game about to take place in his hands, so how could he not be excited? He couldn’t believe it was real until Huang Shi’s words snapped him out of it, reminding him of his role.

Prompted by Huang Shi, the Croupier immediately began dealing cards. Since he had already received confirmation from both parties, he dealt without pause and quickly finished. Lin Feng and Catherine each had four face-up cards clearly laid out on the table.

On Catherine’s side were the ten, jack, queen, and king of spades. Lin Feng’s hand showed the ten, jack, queen, and king of hearts. Such a card setup was truly amazing!

Seeing this, everyone in the VIP room, including Huang Shi, became tense. Everything hinged on this moment; these were the ultimate nemesis hands. And it seemed Catherine might have the upper hand, causing their hearts to race. Catherine’s assistant and the Croupier were both nervous about whether her down card was the nine of spades or the ace of spades, while Huang Shi worried about whether Lin Feng’s was the nine of hearts or the ace of hearts.

However, Huang Shi was visibly more relaxed than Catherine’s assistant and the Croupier; with the current situation, even if the Boss lost, it wouldn’t mean much, just a waste of efforts. But if Catherine lost, she would be cleaned out, especially since the Boss’s skill in gambling was on full display. The Boss wouldn’t take such a risk without absolute confidence. With this thought, Huang Shi’s tension was fleeting, and he looked towards Catherine with a smile, curious about what her expression would be once she lost everything...

Heavens...

This... This can’t be possible!

The cards... are too unbelievable!

How could such cards come out!

When the gamblers in the hallway outside the private room saw the cards on the table through the big screen, everyone froze in place, unable to believe that what they saw was real. It was too incredible; how could such a hand appear? Such nemesis cards were the kind unlikely to be seen once in a millennium, and yet they had appeared in such a high-stakes game today; this... this...

Their hearts also began to race, and sweat broke out on their faces and bodies at this moment. In their eyes, the appearance of such a hand was something nobody could have foreseen. But that wasn’t important. What mattered was who would win?

If Catherine won, their bets would double, wouldn’t they? But if Catherine lost, they would lose, too, and that certainly wasn’t what they wanted to see. Thinking this made them suddenly remember another problem, which was that Catherine had looked at the hole cards before, while Lin Feng hadn’t. They all turned their gaze to Catherine’s face, wanting to know what she was feeling inside.

Catherine was smiling!

She was actually smiling!

Does this mean Catherine won this round?

Seeing Catherine still smiling at this moment, everyone suddenly became overjoyed. The previous tension was swept away. Catherine’s ability to smile at this time meant something; didn’t it mean she knew she had this round in the bag? Otherwise, how could Catherine possibly be so relaxed at this moment?

Seeing this, they all had knowing smiles on their faces, all convinced that the outcome of today’s game would undoubtedly be Catherine turning defeat into victory. It seemed that this Lin Feng was just too young; otherwise, how could he have let Catherine pull off such a comeback at the last moment? The Gambling King was the Gambling King for good reason, not only skilled in gambling but even better at grasping people’s psychology!

At this moment, they were all convinced that Lin Feng could not possibly win today’s game; they just waited to see Lin Feng’s losing face and to count their money...

Huang Shi’s friends, however, appeared extremely anxious at this time. After all, Catherine’s name as the Gambling King was well-known. Although Lin Feng had won against Catherine earlier, everyone knew that you couldn’t know the real outcome of a gambling game until the very end, and this hand was that proverbial final Chapter.

They looked at Catherine and saw how casually she presented herself, which made their hearts hang in suspense. They all saw Catherine peek at her hole card, and her continued calm now implied something significant—that Catherine had absolute confidence in this hand; otherwise, how could she remain so composed?

As for Lin Feng, they couldn’t make heads or tails of his demeanor, which they found truly puzzling. Why had Lin Feng been so indifferent from the start? This was a billion-dollar bet of the century! If such a thing didn’t concern him, what would? Lin Feng’s heart was just too big!

But what concerned them more was who would win this hand because this one hand would determine whether they would win money or not. If Lin Feng indeed lost, they would lose money, too, and each of them had placed hefty bets on Lin Feng. They might not care much about money, but they didn’t want to lose it for no reason...

Catherine looked at the cards but didn’t speak; she simply smiled. Indeed, as she had expected, Lin Feng had a straight flush, and the only difference was the last hole card. How could she not be happy about that? The thought alone excited Catherine; she would finally recover the money she had lost. After winning this hand, she swore she would never gamble with Lin Feng again; the frustration of being unable to unleash her abilities against him was unbearable.

Catherine had already convinced herself that Lin Feng was sure to lose this round. She held the highest-ranking spade royal flush, while Lin Feng had a hearts royal flush, which could not beat hers. Now she could recover the billion she had lost earlier, which made her incredibly happy, and her face could no longer hide her joy...

"Not bad, a hearts royal flush," said Lin Feng, not giving Catherine time to ponder any further, and he flipped over his card. It was, indeed, the nine of hearts, fitting perfectly with the earlier cards to form a hearts royal flush.

Lin Feng gave a faint smile and then shook his head at Catherine. This hand was something he had anticipated early on; he already knew the outcome and there was nothing particularly exciting about it—it was just a bunch of numbers. Although Lin Feng didn’t regard this money as particularly important, winning money was always good; no one ever complained about having too much money.