196: Chapter 196 I'm Famous?!

"No, what's going on? Hasn't the next battle for 'Frenzied Warrior' started yet?"

"Yeah, why hasn't it started? I just got here and haven't even seen him!"

"Wait, Frenzied Warrior seems to have logged off, he left the Duel Arena!"

"Hiss! It really looks like it!"

"Huh? He quit and logged off? What's the situation?"

"After fighting for half a month, can he finally not take it anymore?"

"Frenzied Warrior isn't continuing the duels? It seems he's not just an emotionless fighting machine; he gets tired too!"

... Li Fan's sudden halt.

left all the audience utterly astonished.

And it wasn't just the audience.

Even the major consortiums and the high-level management of the Duel Arena were alerted.

They had dedicated personnel monitoring, so they received the news immediately.

Regarding the news that Li Fan had interrupted the duels, they were somewhat surprised.

They had thought Li Fan would continue fighting for a while longer, but they didn't expect him to stop so soon.

However, they could understand it.

After all, fighting continuously for half a month was already quite outrageous.

Li Fan probably intended to let things settle for a while.

... Meanwhile, on Li Fan's side.

After Li Fan exited the Silver Dragon Duel Arena, he prepared to log off to go train in the gravity chamber aboard the Dark Star.

During training, he could not only clear his mind effectively but also boost his physical body's stats.

Speaking of physical stats, the recent battles had actually resulted in quite a good increase in his numbers.

After all, during combat, he needed to mobilize all his muscles to participate, which counted as an indirect form of exercise.

"So many messages?"

Just as Li Fan was about to log off, he suddenly noticed the message bar on his personal interface.

There were private chats from consortium high-level executives, challenges from famous Contestants, and private chats from some zealous fans—in short, the message bar had exploded!

While he was fighting, he hadn't been completely unaware of these messages.

However, at that time, he was too focused on the battle and his comprehension, leaving him no time to pay attention, so eventually, he completely forgot about the messages.

Subsequently,

Li Fan spent some time quickly glancing over the messages.

Combined with the discussions about him on the forums,

Li Fan quickly gained a general understanding of what had happened externally during his dueling period.

To summarize, the amount of information wasn't huge; it could be summed up in three words.

That is, "He became famous"!

Li Fan truly felt a mix of laughter and tears about this.

This was completely an instance of an unintentional effort yielding unexpected results.

However, for him, this was clearly a good thing.

The most direct benefit was the issue of his income.

During this period of total immersion in combat, he not only ignored messages but also completely neglected his earnings.

Now, taking a closer look, there were still over sixty billion cosmic coins lying in his account.

It had to be said that when he first saw this number, he almost couldn't believe it.

After all, the last time he looted the entire Black Abyss Star Pirate Group, excluding the starships he hadn't sold, his total income was only a little over one hundred and seventy billion.

But it could also be explained.

Those Cosmic Star Pirates were all desperate outlaws who followed the philosophy of enjoying life while they could; finding this much on them was already considered good luck.

And thinking back, buying the entire Blue Star only cost one billion; this made him sigh with emotion.

In the vast universe, primitive civilizations like Blue Star were truly too insignificant.

Many wealthier Star-Treading Level cultivators in the universe could casually afford a primary civilization planet, as easily as a regular person buying a pet dog.

Afterward,

Li Fan's gaze returned to the messages sent by the consortium high-level executives.

It had to be said that the offers these consortiums made were far, far more generous than those from the smaller consortiums before.

Even Li Fan couldn't help but feel a little tempted.

But after some thought, Li Fan decided to decline.

It was the same principle as before.

He didn't want to be controlled by others!

No matter how generous the treatment, it couldn't become a cage restricting him.

Moreover, he had plans for how to acquire resources.

He planned to wait until he successfully practiced the Frenzied Battle Prairie Art to the third layer.

Then, he would enter deep seclusion for one or two months to train, raising his stats while simultaneously advancing his cultivation realm.

After that, he would find the Crawler Organization to buy some reliable information about opportunities. He wouldn't aim too high initially, but at least for Universe Level opportunities, once he had some personal risk-resistance capability, combined with the Annihilation Eye, he was very confident.

"Time to start training."

Closing the message bar, Li Fan took a deep breath, preparing to exercise and truly clear his mind.

But just then,

Li Daguo's message popped up.

Li Fan paused, then immediately agreed.

He had been so busy with training recently that he had neglected time spent with his family.

In the blink of an eye,

Li Daguo, Huang Lan, and Gu Ling appeared before him, and the scene instantly changed to a cozy villa courtyard.

What followed was family gathering time.

During the small gathering and conversation, Li Fan learned that Li Daguo and Huang Lan, parents, had also slowly started matching battles in the Silver Dragon Duel Arena.

However, parents were mostly doing it for entertainment, not participating frequently, and weren't taking it seriously.

"By the way, Xiaofan, you're also training in the Silver Dragon Duel Arena, do you know 'Frenzied Warrior'? This guy seems quite famous recently!"

At this moment, Li Daguo began gossiping with Li Fan.

Before Li Fan could reply, his mother, Huang Lan, chimed in, "What do you mean quite famous? He's extremely famous! I heard that in the Duel Arena, he fought nearly two thousand matches in half a month, and his win rate is incredibly high. The forums are full of posts about him."

Li Daguo nodded, his eyes full of admiration, "Indeed. There are truly hidden masters and dragons among men in the universe; there are all sorts of geniuses!"

That's right.

Although parents weren't focused on the Duel Arena, through the publicity from the major consortiums and word-of-mouth from the audience, they had unintentionally learned about some hot topics in the Duel Arena.

In response to parents, Li Fan couldn't help but touch his nose and say lightly, "Is that so? So powerful? I might have to go meet him if I get the chance."

He truly hadn't expected that he had become so popular that even parents knew about him.

And immediately after, one sentence from Li Daguo almost made him lose composure.

"I heard that this 'Frenzied Warrior' is actually the biological son of the chairman of the Duel Arena!"

"Cough, cough, Dad, where did you hear that?" Li Fan coughed lightly and couldn't help but ask.

"The forums, the forums are full of inside scoops. I think this one sounds quite reliable."

"Dad, if he were the son of the Duel Arena Chairman, would he still need to go fight in the Duel Arena?"

"Ah... that does make sense. With that kind of status, he probably wouldn't lack money to improve either."

... Li Fan was getting a headache now.

These rumors were clearly fabricated nonsense by paid posters, yet some people actually believed them!

There was even a ridiculous rumor that he was some high-level executive's kept boy toy at the Duel Arena.

In summary, whatever was most eye-catching, he seemed to be matched with an identity to fit it.

"The traffic is all directed at me!"

Li Fan muttered to himself, slightly displeased.

And very quickly, an idea flashed through his mind.

Since his popularity was so high right now,

He needed to take a big bite out of this cake himself!