ng Hushan's brother ever been treated this way"Pfftt..."Chen Ying stood behind the crowd; as soon as Jia Youcai spoke, Chen Ying couldn't help but laugh out loud. What was Chen Ying’s occupation He wa...Chapter 420: The Malevolent Aura of the Bet (Part 2)

Xiao Yu came to the table for pai gow poker. His acute senses picked up on someone who had been talking earlier now staring at him. Xiao Yu took a stack of cash and placed it without counting in front of the banker.

Next to the banker was a person dedicated to counting money, handling collections and payouts after each round concluded.

Xiao Yu’s luck was good this time; he won from the banker, earning 3,400 yuan. But Xiao Yu wasn't focused here; his mind was elsewhere as he covertly searched for the source of the malevolent aura without success.

Although searching for the cause of the malevolent aura was on his mind, to avoid arousing suspicion from the casino, Xiao Yu kept placing bets.

Luck seemed to be favoring him; he lost less and won more. By around eleven at night, he had won over 20,000 yuan while the banker had lost close to 160,000 yuan. Yet, there was no sign of worry or tension on his face.

Xiao Yu’s sharp senses never left the banker; every so often, the banker and the person counting money exchanged glances, even after losing. They would look at each other with a mocking expression towards those placing bets.

Unable to find the source of the malevolent aura, Xiao Yu could only wait patiently. His luck seemed particularly good, as by midnight he had won around 80,000 yuan.

Around one in the morning, the two bankers looked at each other and nodded. The person counting money said to everyone: "Please hold on a moment while I go to the restroom!" He then turned and left through a small door.

After a short while, he returned, and betting resumed. Soon after, two more people emerged from that small door, walking around the room close to the walls before returning to it.

The moment these two entered back into that small door, a malevolent aura began gathering from all directions inside the room; the concentration of malevolence inside the room rapidly increased until it felt saturated and no more could be added.

Xiao Yu’s acute senses were searching within the room when he suddenly paused. He focused his senses on the wall as he sensed a faint flow of essence energy emanating from it, so weak that it would have gone unnoticed without close observation.

Shifting his focus away from this spot, Xiao Yu continued searching along the walls and eventually found five spots emitting a slight fluctuation in natural essence energy. The fifth location was exactly where those two individuals had entered earlier through the small door.

The Five Talisman Gathering Malevolence Array - Xiao Yu sensed the five locations emanating fluctuations of primordial energy and, after a moment's thought, his expression suddenly changed to one of surprise. He had just thought of a way to gather malevolent energy.

'The Five Talisman Gathering Malevolence Array' is essentially a small formation array that can concentrate the malevolent energy in the air. This array consists of five talismans for gathering malevolence, arranged according to specific positions to form a small malevolence-gathering formation.

The strength of this formation depends on the power and quality of the materials used by the person who made the talismans.

Xiao Yu sensed the concentration of malevolent energy in the room. He noticed that it seemed to have reached a saturation point, with no further increase possible; he knew then that they had reached the limit of this formation's capacity.

And even then, this was only after five talismans were combined into one array; if any single talisman alone were used, its effect would be negligible.

In such a thick malevolent atmosphere, these gamblers shouted and called out without being aware of the malevolence. Gradually, they all seemed to lose their senses and became more impulsive, throwing money into the game regardless of whether they had good or bad cards.

The dealers watching this situation each wore a trace of self-satisfaction.

Xiao Yu stood by the table, where these two dealers always won big and lost small. If everyone bet heavily, he would take it all. During reshuffling, Xiao Yu's five senses carefully observed the cards and memorized their sequence.

After Xiao Yu remembered the card patterns, he realized that these two seemed to know in advance which cards they could get; if people placed large bets, the best cards were always in their hands.

In normal circumstances, given how much they dared to gamble, they should be very familiar with this game and sense something amiss. But now, such a situation had continued almost every round, arousing suspicion among others, yet those placing bets still did not notice; each of them stared at the cards with bloodshot eyes.

The money these people won in the early hours was slowly being lost back, and some even started using their own capital. Xiao Yu carefully observed the two dealers and gradually noticed that they had tampered with the dice because every time the numbers were exactly what they wanted.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Yu found a seat to sit quietly. He did not bet heavily; when they needed to lose small amounts, he made them lose instead. And when the dealers attempted to take everything, he would subtly nudge the dice with his hidden strength, turning their best cards into worst.

Gradually, these two dealers also sensed something amiss and no longer remained calm as before; beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads, but they could do nothing about it.

"Everyone, just a moment, I need to go to the restroom!" The person who had been running the table the whole time wiped the sweat off his forehead and told everyone who was betting this. After saying that, he ran out.

At this point, there was no other way for him but to run. He had already lost over fifty thousand on this table alone, with Xiao Yu winning twenty thousand by himself.

Now, the people in the casino felt something was wrong; their usual tactics didn't seem to work today. In the past, they never lost money after midnight, yet tonight, not only did they fail to make back the losses from the first half of the night, but also incurred further losses.

These betting tables all stopped abruptly. The dealers at these tables went into a small door for a brief meeting. Shortly afterward, they came out again; during their quick assembly, it was discovered that only the Mahjong table had lost money while others were profitable. They not only recouped what they lost in the early hours but also made additional profits.

The two dealers at this Mahjong table suddenly thought of Xiao Yu—since twelve o'clock, over an hour ago, he hadn't placed a single losing bet; regardless of whether it was small or large pots, he won almost every round.

Was there cheating involved As soon as they thought about how Xiao Yu had not lost a single game, this suspicion immediately popped into their minds. These people exchanged glances and then looked menacingly at each other.

These people walked out of the room and entered the main hall where they shouted to everyone: "Sorry folks, tonight we have a police inspection. Please come back tomorrow!"

Saying that, these people started to usher everyone out. Most of the gamblers had lost money, so they were very unwilling to leave, but since the place was closing down, there was no choice.

Even though Xiao Yu felt puzzled, he still stood up and followed the crowd out.

"Brother, wait a moment. We have something for Erzhu that you could take back!" Right when Xiao Yu reached the entrance of the main hall, someone walked over to him and spoke to him like this.

“Oh!” Xiao Yu replied and stopped in his tracks, standing by the side.

"How is it Is the door locked" Soon after, another person came from outside and was asked a question by others.

“Yeah!” This person nodded and answered.

"What about the things for Second Column Hurry up! I need to go home!" Xiao Yu put on an impatient expression and said.

"Heh heh, brother, don't be in a hurry. Do you have anything else to tell us" At this moment, from among the crowd at the casino, the dealer from their table walked out and looked at Xiao Yu, revealing a cold smile as he spoke.

"Tell Tell what Didn't you guys ask me to wait here and deliver something for Second Column" Xiao Yu said in a bewildered tone.

"Stop pretending. Why did you win every single round" This person glared at Xiao Yu and sternly asked.

"Winning every round Well, maybe it's just my good luck from birth!" Xiao Yu smiled nervously as he said.

Xiao Yu was currently waiting for someone to appear who had fluctuations of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy on their body. Without such a person appearing, he didn't know where this talisman came from, so he was waiting for that individual's appearance.

When they saw Xiao Yu acting like this, an icy sneer involuntarily rose in everyone’s hearts. Luck This place had no concept of luck; even the most fortunate individuals could be made to lose everything here.

"Heh heh, it seems you won't cry until you see a coffin!" This person sent Xiao Yu a cold laugh and glanced at the others around him.

The people saw this signal and gradually surrounded Xiao Yu in the center of the room.

"Heh heh, what's going on You're not letting me leave after I won money; are you planning to use force" When Xiao Yu saw them surrounding him, his nervousness instantly vanished, replaced by a cold expression as he looked at these people and said with a sneer.

Xiao Yu had now realized that the person didn't appear. Furthermore, just now when he amplified his senses to their utmost limit, he found no one in this basement who possessed Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy. Therefore, Xiao Yu knew the individual wasn’t here, so he decided not to continue pretending.

Xiao Yu looked at these people with a cold expression. Although gamblers were responsible for their own fate, Xiao Yu had no intention of letting off those running this casino; they relied on deceitful means to ruin others' lives.

Especially infuriating was that they even employed the methods of Qimen divination and magic to amass wealth, causing these people to fall heavily into debt, some even resorting to theft or murder to pay off their debts. If gamblers were responsible for their own downfall, then those running casinos deserved death entirely! (To be continued)ion would be extremely strict.Hearing Xiao Yü's words, both of them nodded thoughtfully. Zhang Dahuai didn't know much about these things either; he made hot pot dishes according to a set procedure. H...