191: Chapter 191 Their respective development paths, a crazy decision!

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Li Fan ushered in a hearty ten-game winning streak.

In the duel arena, a ten-game winning streak for a newcomer was considered decent, but not overly stunning.

However, by virtue of his domineering and sharp fighting style—resolving every match with a single punch—Li Fan quickly accumulated a bit of minor fame.

The amount in the prize pool had grown from the initial two hundred million to around twenty billion, and even his appearance fee had reached five hundred thousand.

"That's enough for today."

After completing his eleventh consecutive victory, Li Fan did not continue dueling and chose to temporarily log off.

Although practicing cultivation methods through combat was important, he couldn't neglect his cultivation itself, and of course, his family.

After exiting the duel arena.

Li Fan started a family gathering with Li Daguo, Huang Lan, and Gu Ling through the virtual network.

During the conversation, he learned that...

After this period of closed-door cultivation, aided by the explosive growth of their cultivation bases, Li Daguo and Huang Lan's strength had also experienced a massive surge.

Especially Li Daguo; his realm had directly reached the fourth level of the Star-Treading Level!

But it made sense when he thought about it.

Li Daguo's talent was actually very powerful; it wouldn't even be an exaggeration to call him the strongest genius on Blue Star.

As for his mother, Huang Lan, she had now reached the second stage of the Star-Treading Level.

Although she couldn't compare to Li Daguo, it was still very impressive.

During the chat, upon learning that Li Fan was currently practicing at the Silver Dragon Duel Arena, they couldn't help but become interested in the arena as well.

Consequently, parents also chose to sign up for the competition.

However, their purpose was different from Li Fan's; they were mainly curious and simply wanted to fight against experts in the starry sky, while earning some extra cash on the side.

Li Fan was not at all opposed to this.

After all, the duel arena wouldn't expose one's true identity, and since the battles were in the virtual network, there was basically no risk involved.

Subsequently, Li Fan also told them about the Inheritance Competition.

parents were also very curious and highly enthusiastic about it, preparing to participate when the time came.

However, parents were only participating with an attitude of entertainment.

In their view, the universe was vast and full of talented people; it was basically impossible for them to make it to the end.

All in all, parents were still the same as before, leaning towards 'lying flat'.

Then there was Gu Ling.

Gu Ling's current strength had already broken through to the Saint Grade.

However, her main focus right now was not on cultivation.

Ever since Li Fan gave her one billion cosmic coins last time, in just less than a month, she had already successfully made a profit of five hundred million cosmic coins.

This undoubtedly left Li Fan very surprised.

He never expected that Gu Ling would actually have such a good head for business.

And according to his mother, Huang Lan, Gu Ling had been working very hard lately to learn about cosmic economics, often studying for several days at a time.

Gu Ling's thoughts were also very simple.

It was impossible for her to catch up to Li Fan in cultivation, but since she happened to have a bit of a business mind, she would develop it well. In the future, even if she couldn't help with major matters, she could still help Li Fan look after the home front.

In addition to Gu Ling and parents...

Li Fan also gathered with Lu Qilai, Ma Xiu, Ning Zhenzhen, Di Yun, Bo Jun, and others.

With their entry into the universe, these old friends now had their own directions they were working toward.

People like Bo Jun and Di Yun had already left Blue Star to travel to other regions of the Silver Dragon System, wanting to see the broader world within the universe.

Meanwhile, Lu Qilai, Ning Zhenzhen, and the others planned to find a prosperous planet to open a small shop and live a peaceful life.

...

In the blink of an eye.

A month had already passed.

During that month...

Li Fan basically went to the duel arena for seven or eight matches every day, spending the rest of his time on cultivation, training, and accompanying his family.

By now, his record in the Silver Dragon Duel Arena had reached 271 wins and 10 losses, a very high win rate.

Among the newcomers at the Star-Treading Level, he could be said to have made a small name for himself.

Currently, for every duel, the number of people in the Beast Fighting Arena could reach hundreds of thousands.

His appearance fee had already reached three million cosmic coins. The amount in his recent prize pools was at least at the hundred-billion level; if his opponent was also somewhat famous, it could even reach several hundred billion.

He had now entered the ranks of popular newcomers, with a faint trend toward becoming a super newcomer.

In the duel arena channel, many factions had already extended olive branches to him.

Li Fan had also looked into this.

Generally speaking, the terms offered were indeed very tempting, but there were simply too many restrictions.

He didn't like signing such predatory contracts, so he didn't agree and remained as a free agent.

As for his strength...

After a month of hard work.

His realm had successfully broken through to the fourth stage of the Star-Treading Level, and his physical body stats were comparable to the eighth stage of the Star-Treading Level.

He had also successfully cultivated the "Frenzied Battle Prairie Art" to the second level. However, touching upon the third level was still a distant prospect with no hope in sight; he needed more battles, more battles against well-matched opponents.

But even without reaching the third level...

Just the two levels he had now caused his combat power to soar.

Although his realm was only at the fourth stage of the Star-Treading Level, his combat power was already fully capable of rivaling some cultivators at the ninth stage of the Star-Treading Level!

"I still can't comprehend this third level. Seven or eight times a day is far from enough; I must have more intensive combat."

Li Fan walked out of the cultivation room, a spark of drive flashing in his eyes.

The deeper he studied the "Frenzied Battle Prairie Art," the more obsessed he became with this cultivation method, and consequently, the more curious he became about the higher-level content.

He had no doubt.

If he could successfully master the content of the third level...

Even with his current physical strength, he could rival an existence at the Star Shattering Rank!

It was just that domineering!

However, to break through, seven or eight duels a day was simply too much like a "retirement lifestyle"!

Therefore...

Li Fan had a crazy decision in his heart at this moment.

He decided to challenge his limits.

Twenty-four hours a day, fighting without stopping—regardless of victory or defeat, he would fight as many matches as he could!

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

Enough combat would surely allow his comprehension of the third level to advance by leaps and bounds!

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Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Silver Dragon Duel Arena.

In a private meeting room.

"To what do we owe the honor of the City Lord's visit to our Silver Dragon Duel Arena? Are there any instructions?"

"I'm just here on behalf of someone else. Do you have any good seedlings in your arena, preferably at the Star-Treading Level?"

"Ah? There are some, but they've basically all been signed by financial groups. It's not easy for our arena to make decisions. I wonder what the City Lord wants these people for?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask! Don't worry about the financial groups; you just need to give me the list. I'll find a way for the rest."

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