195: Chapter 195: Fame Arrives! A Thousand Consecutive Wins!

In the blink of an eye.

Half a month had quietly passed.

Nowadays, on the streets of nearly half of Silver Dragon Central City, people passing by were all talking about the same thing.

"Have you heard? There's a madman who's been fighting continuously in the duel arena for half a month, doing over a hundred matches every single day!"

"I've known for a long time, it's 'Frenzied Warrior'! There's publicity about him everywhere lately. I heard he still maintained a 100% win rate even when he hit a thousand matches. It's truly exaggerated enough; I'm planning to find some time to watch a match today!"

"Exactly! And now he's fought over one thousand nine hundred matches, and his losses seem to be only a dozen or so. It's truly ridiculous!"

"To achieve such a record at a mere Star-Treading Level Rank 4 is simply exaggerated, even more so than the previous Lan Feng!"

"I heard this 'Frenzied Warrior' has an unusual identity; he seems to be the young master of some major power!"

"Ah? Where did that news come from? Isn't he a freelancer?"

"Pfft! Whether this 'Frenzied Warrior' is a young master of some major power, I don't know, but there is definitely a power supporting him from behind. If there isn't, I'll eat my words!"

"I think so too! If he really were a freelancer who rose up on his own, that would be truly too exaggerated!"

...

That's right.

The discussions were all about 'Frenzied Warrior', which was Li Fan.

During this half-month, Li Fan could be described as completely frenzied, fighting at an extremely high intensity every day.

Combat seemed to have already become Li Fan's instinct.

And a continuous thousand-match, 100% win rate also became an important gimmick for Li Fan to thoroughly make a name for himself.

Of course.

The reason Li Fan could make a name for himself so quickly, besides his own ridiculous record, was naturally inseparable from the hype generated by the major financial groups.

Looking across the various forums of Silver Dragon Central City, one could now see a large number of posts discussing Li Fan.

Even many posts had started making up nonsense about Li Fan having some special identity, as well as some bizarre private life and the like.

One thing led to another, and even people who didn't watch the duel arena at all would more or less hear about Li Fan's exploits, and then, driven by curiosity, go to the duel arena to find out for themselves.

Now, for each of Li Fan's battles, the simultaneous online audience was around eighty million, and the prize pool was also maintained at an exaggerated level of about one hundred and thirty trillion.

In other words, for a single battle now, the appearance fee and the cut Li Fan could get would be around fourteen billion.

This data had long since broken the Star-Treading Level record of the Silver Dragon Duel Arena.

It could be said that Li Fan was now the most sought-after star player in the Star-Treading Level Arena.

And targeting this huge popularity of Li Fan's,

the major financial groups were also slowly carving up the cake.

Many Star-Treading Level Contestants who went to snipe Li Fan, regardless of the outcome, had obtained the most substantial income of their careers from an earnings perspective.

And when the Contestants were making money, the financial groups naturally went without saying.

However, in the eyes of the high-level executives of these financial group powers, this bit of cake was not enough, and one by one they began to discuss their respective plans.

For example, whether they could get Li Fan to agree to a separate, scheduled match with a star player under their banner.

A battle sniped by matching through luck, compared to a battle scheduled in advance, would have a very large difference in terms of popularity.

If Li Fan could agree to a scheduled match with a star player under their banner, and with a little bit of hype, then having the number of viewers break one hundred million would simply be too easy.

But the problem now was,

Li Fan was now completely like a combat machine; whether it was pop-up messages within the matches or private chat messages outside of them, Li Fan ignored them all without exception.

They had also approached the duel arena management.

But the reply from the duel arena was always the same four words: "Unable to decide!"

So the plan to have their star players schedule a match with Li Fan was currently stuck at this stage.

And it would have been fine if the attempt to challenge Li Fan had just failed.

But Li Fan's dismissive attitude was now causing many star players to feel somewhat dissatisfied.

"What exactly is the background of this 'Frenzied Warrior'? To think the group would actually have me take the initiative to challenge him?"

"This guy called 'Frenzied Warrior' has been getting quite a lot of screen time lately. It's bad enough they want me to take the initiative to challenge a newcomer, but this kid actually didn't even agree?! He's truly too arrogant!"

"Is this another so-called super newcomer? Every once in a while, a super newcomer appears; this is already the ninth super newcomer I've seen. I wonder how many moves he can last against me!"

"I've seen 'Frenzied Warrior's' battles; he indeed has some skill, but that's about it. He's completely pushed up by hype. What exactly is he pretending to be? If I'm matched with this kid, I'll definitely make him pay the price!"

"A 100% win rate over a thousand matches is indeed a remarkable record, but isn't it a bit impolite not to respond?"

...

These star players had also had their moments of glory and were not weak in strength, so they all had some pride.

To have them take the initiative to challenge a newcomer was already a big concession, but in the end, Li Fan simply ignored them. This truly made them feel somewhat embarrassed, as if they had been offended.

...

Silver Dragon Duel Arena.

Inside a private conference room.

Director Jiang was watching Li Fan's recent battle videos together with the butler beside him.

"In half a month, his combat techniques have achieved a leap-forward improvement, and even his combat power is increasing step-by-step at a speed visible to the naked eye. He is indeed a very good seedling!" the butler couldn't help but praise at this moment.

Director Jiang on the side also nodded in agreement. "Indeed not bad, but his current fighting is too dense, to the point that in some matches he's relying purely on instinct to fight. If he could pause for a while to properly summarize and consolidate, he might be able to have an even greater improvement."

The strength of both was far beyond Li Fan's, so they could see Li Fan's changes during this period at a glance.

"Then Director, regarding 'Frenzied Warrior's' current situation, should we notify the City Lord?" the butler looked at Director Jiang and asked with a frown.

"Compared to the several Star-Treading Level existences the City Lord chose from the Tianying Duel Arena, the current 'Frenzied Warrior' should still be far from reaching the City Lord's requirements."

"But no rush, the City Lord's deadline is one month. Let's observe for another half month; perhaps he can give us a surprise."

Director Jiang said slowly.

A few days ago, the Silver Dragon City Lord had already selected several Star-Treading Level Contestants. He knew the strength of those few; it was completely beyond what the star players of their duel arena could compare to, let alone Li Fan.

But it was also normal.

After all, the level of the Tianying Duel Arena was a level higher than his Silver Dragon Duel Arena, and the Contestants were basically top-tier figures carefully selected.

...

Back to Li Fan.

Inside the duel arena preparation area, Li Fan, who had just finished a battle, had a dazed look in his eyes, his thoughts entirely on the third layer of the Frenzied Battle Prairie Art.

After nearly two thousand high-intensity battles, his understanding of the third layer had become increasingly clear.

However, he was still just one step away from truly entering the third layer.

He took a deep breath.

Looking at the option of whether to continue matching in front of him, Li Fan slowly chose to decline.

That's right.

He planned to consolidate and clear his mind for a bit.

Blindly engaging in high-intensity combat, while effective, had also caused him to quickly encounter a bottleneck.

Perhaps clearing his mind appropriately would have unexpected effects.

And with Li Fan's refusal,

many viewers who were following Li Fan truly exploded with excitement.