197: Chapter 197 Challenge to the Giant Rock Group, Lan Feng

Soon.

The brief family gathering ended.

However, Li Fan did not go to train immediately. Instead, he opened the message board in the Silver Dragon Duel Arena to browse the information of the Contestants who had actively challenged him.

That's right.

His idea was simple: he planned to find the most popular star Contestant for a challenge match!

Given his current situation and the enthusiasm of the major financial groups,

As long as he agreed to the challenge, the hype would definitely reach its peak!

At that time, this duel would not only bring his fund pool to an astonishing level, but he could also take the opportunity to place a bet.

Of course, as a Contestant, he could not participate in betting; the Duel Arena had regulations regarding this.

But while he couldn't, Gu Ling could.

Gu Ling was currently studying Cosmic Economics and had shown considerable talent in management as well.

If she could accumulate a substantial startup fund through this bet, perhaps Gu Ling could give him a surprise after some time!

What he needed to do now was choose the most suitable opponent.

Afterward,

Following Li Fan's screening,

One name finally settled before him.

Lan Feng!

This Lan Feng was a star Contestant under the Giant Rock Group, currently boasting the highest win rate in the Star-Treading Level Arena. His cultivation was at the peak of Star-Treading Level Nine. While his record was illustrious, his fame was also the greatest.

However, after Li Fan checked information about him, it seemed Lan Feng was already preparing to enter seclusion to break through to the Star Shattering Rank. The last time he appeared in the Duel Arena was over a year ago.

After clicking on Lan Feng's combat videos, Li Fan only watched for a while before making his decision.

"It's him!"

Li Fan narrowed his eyes.

Lan Feng was a master of swordsmanship. Even just watching his combat videos, one could feel the terror of this person!

He had both strength and popularity.

Lan Feng was simply the perfect choice for a challenge!

Thus,

Li Fan immediately replied to Lan Feng with a message.

"See you at the Duel Arena in seven days!"

As for why it was seven days later,

That was naturally because he intended to give himself some time to relax.

...

Giant Rock Group.

In a high-level training room.

A handsome youth with a scar on his face exhaled heavily, slowly opening his eyes as he finished his training for the day.

"The Star Shattering Rank can be broken through at any time now."

The youth murmured softly.

However, there was no hint of joy on his face.

The reason was very simple.

Because he could have attempted to break through to the Star Shattering Rank long ago.

It was just that the company asked him to suppress his realm slightly, go issue a challenge to someone, and set up a massive market to earn a huge profit.

He felt disdain for this.

But unfortunately, the contract was in place, so he had to obey the company's arrangements.

Of course,

If it was just the company arranging for him to suppress his realm to issue a challenge, he wouldn't necessarily be displeased.

The problem was that when he went to issue the challenge, the other party completely ignored him.

This made his current situation very difficult. If the other party kept not responding, he would have to wait for a while until the company felt it was time to break through, and only then could he advance.

For someone with a strong sense of time like him, this was undoubtedly torment.

Subsequently,

After leaving the training room,

Out of habit, he logged into the virtual network again, wanting to see if the Frenzied Warrior had responded.

Unlike the blankness of the previous few days,

This time, the other party had actually responded!

"See you at the Duel Arena in seven days?"

The youth narrowed his eyes, and a hint of impatient killing intent flashed across his face.

"Then let me see just how much strength you, this red-hot super newcomer, truly possess!"

And yes,

This youth was none other than Lan Feng!

...

Not long after,

Once Lan Feng reported the news of Li Fan agreeing to the challenge,

The senior management of the Giant Rock Group erupted into excitement.

"Good news! 'Frenzied Warrior' agreed to Lan Feng's challenge!"

"What? 'Frenzied Warrior' agreed to the challenge?"

"Good! Good! Good! Wealth is coming straight to us at Giant Rock!"

"The board has issued an order, gather for a meeting immediately!"

...

That's right.

Currently, all the major financial groups were waiting for a response from the hot commodity that was Li Fan.

The Giant Rock Group was no exception.

Now that Li Fan had responded to them first, this undoubtedly made them treat it with extreme importance.

They had to seize this wealth delivered to their doorstep!

Thus,

A meeting targeting the challenge between Li Fan and Lan Feng began to unfold rapidly.

...

Time quickly arrived at the next day.

A piece of news exploded on the Silver Dragon Duel Arena forum, spreading at an extremely exaggerated speed.

"What? 'Frenzied Warrior' is challenging Lan Feng?!"

"Lan Feng? Did I hear that right? Lan Feng? Hasn't he been off the stage for over a year? He's actually challenging the Frenzied Warrior?!"

"Hiss! Is this real or fake? Frenzied Warrior challenging Lan Feng?!"

"Of course it's real! The official account posted it—a duel in seven days!"

"Good heavens! This is definitely going to be a battle of dragons and tigers! Hurry up and book your seats!"

...

That's right.

It was the news of the challenge between Li Fan and Lan Feng.

Li Fan's recent popularity was already very high, and Lan Feng was also a long-established star Contestant whose popularity was not small either.

Under this premise, the Giant Rock Group launched a wave of massive publicity and hype.

The news of the challenge was immediately pushed to the apex.

In less than a day, the number of people who booked to watch surpassed one hundred million.

And soon,

This news not only attracted the attention of a massive number of ordinary citizens,

But it also caused a sensation among the major financial groups.

They had been waiting for so long, only to find they missed out, as the Giant Rock Group had intercepted the opportunity!

However, even if they couldn't get the biggest slice of the cake,

They still had ways to get a smaller piece.

Thus, high-level meetings began to take place one after another in the major financial groups.

...

Meanwhile, on Li Fan's side.

Li Fan was already immersed in frantic training.

Lan Feng was a very strong opponent.

If he faced Lan Feng with his current strength, his chances of winning were actually not high.

The main reason he still chose Lan Feng was precisely to put pressure on himself.

At the same time, he also wanted to test whether he could break through that third layer in one go under Lan Feng's high pressure!

Therefore, he absolutely had to raise his condition to its peak within these seven days!