Reincarnation of the Strongest Healer

Chapter 463: A Bet

Xu Feng canʼt possibly control and instruct a person to stop feeling nervous around him.

It was an instinctive and passive emotion.

Only through the passage of time could one become comfortable and relaxed with another individual.

The same applied to Carmen, who was somewhat cautious of him during their first encounter, but gradually her guards had lowered over time.

Thus, Xu Feng could only hope that Veronica would quickly get over this intangible aura of his and stop being overly tense or nervous.

Just when Xu Feng was about to signal for Veronica to begin, Carmen lightly elbowed him with her arm, seemingly indicating for him to stay quiet.

He raised his hands in response, an indirect way of saying he wonʼt talk.

Satisfied, Carmen flashed a warm smile before standing in front of him and told Veronica, ”You can begin whenever you want, Vortex Viper.”

By covering his presence with her body, Veronica could no longer see Xu Feng, promptly alleviating a bit of her nervousness.

Meanwhile, Xu Feng felt the situation to be extremely unfair and riddled with bias.

Why was he being obscured in such a treatment?

Not once had he done anything to Veronica!

ʼDamn it, no wonder all those conglomerate presidents have no friends aside from their fellow competitors. Aside from them, they canʼt even interact with anyone else.ʼ Xu Feng silently thought to himself.

Truly, being at the top was something everyone strived to be at, but how many of them knew that kind of position was extremely lonely.

Once you achieved that spot, friends became a luxurious word for them, given they would never know whether one was genuine or not.

”Okay, Iʼm going to begin now.” Veronica took a deep breath and announced. Read the latest on My Virtual Library Empire

Soon, she closed her eyes and injected mana on the lines.

The complicated part was that their mana would constantly be drained. They couldnʼt stop at all unless they succeeded in completing the engraving puzzle or their mana ran out.

As Veronica began rotating the engraving, some people began to become skeptical as to why her eyes were closed.

ʼCan she even see the engraving being rotated?ʼ SilentWhisper furrowed her brows, seemingly confused by the action.

ʼSheʼs not trying to mess around, right?ʼ Steelshot thought to himself but made sure his expression revealed nothing.

Iceheart, Ardent Lance, and DeathLingers also did the same, merely watching the process without any comments.

And surprisingly, Zhao Kai was rather relaxed as he crossed his arms, even taking this opportunity to walk toward Xu Feng and whispered, ”Do you want to make a bet?”

”A bet?” Confused, Xu Feng didnʼt know what he was up to again. Though it was definitely not something good considering his records.

Sure enough, Zhao Kai rubbed his hands deviously and said, ”Letʼs have a bet whether Vortex Viper could succeed in one try or not.”

”Okay, I bet sheʼll succeed. Lunch and dinner are your treat once the raid is over.” Xu Feng readily placed his bet and mentioned the winnerʼs rewards.

Instantly, Zhao Kai frowned and gnashed his teeth. ”No, I bet first and then you.”

”Too bad, so sad.” Xu Feng shrugged and smirked. ”Ever heard of first come first serve? I was first in betting, so prepare for your wallet to burst open.”

Infuriated, Zhao Kai raised his hands with his palms open, almost as if he wanted to strangle Xu Feng alive.

”Thereʼs no way you know the secret when you werenʼt even here during our conversation.” Zhao Kai muttered, keeping his voice to a bare minimum so as to not disturb Veronica.

Of course, if he did disturb her, then he would have won the bet almost instantaneously, but that goes against his principles.

Not to mention, he became rather friendly with Veronica during their conversation, so only a real villain would commit such an act.

”I might not know the secret, but knowing you cheapskate…” Xu Feng trailed off and glanced at him. ”Thereʼs no way you would suddenly come up to me and make a bet unless you are confident. Hence, I bet right away and earn myself a free double meal.”

”Y-You,” Zhao Kaiʼs blood pressure seemed to have risen tremendously after getting played by him again.

”If the two of you keep chattering from behind, then donʼt blame me for blasting you away with my Elementalists.” Carmen suddenly turned around and hissed coldly.

However, her gaze was more fixated on Zhao Kai rather than Xu Feng.

Stupefied, Zhao Kai remained speechless, unable to muster any response.

Contrary to Zhao Kai, Xu Feng was rather quick in pushing the blame as he pointed at Zhao Kai. ”He started it.”

”No, it was yo—”

Before Zhao Kai could finish his words, he felt a dreadful pressure imposed on him. With a bitter smile, he tilted his head slightly, and lo and behold, Carmenʼs eyes seemed to be sending daggers straight at him.

He shuddered before keeping his mouth shut and lowered his head in disbelief. ʼThis biased treatment is some bullshit!ʼ

While Zhao Kai sulkingly cursed Xu Feng from the back of his head, Veronica began panting.

Despite her panting, one could hear her muttering.

”Just a few more rotations…” Veronica murmured and retrieved a Mana Recovery Potion.

After swiftly consuming it, she increased her mana load and soon, a click could be heard.

Following after was a small rumbling sound that gradually increased.

”Everyone move away from the area now!” Xu Feng declared and rushed toward the exhausted Veronica, dragging her to safety.

Once everyone was out of the way, they quickly turned their attention to the engraving.

The engraving was now etched deep into the circular ground and began to glow with a brightening light.

Soon, the glowing lines expanded in brightness and reached the circumference linings. The engraving picture started to split apart and retracted as an unseen layer began to reveal itself— a gaping void that seemed to be filled with nothing but darkness.

Amidst the development, Xu Feng only had one statement. ”Whoever designs this kind of mechanism needs to get a life and some help!”