Arena Overlord

After winning the first match, Lin Zhen didn't pause for a moment and immediately threw himself into the second challenge.

The second round's champion was a newly established player, Rock Juran, with a bet of 100,000 Cosmic Crystal.

Upon seeing Lin Zhen's challenge, the rock actually grinned.

"Another newbie just entering the arena. The bets are in whole numbers and in small amounts. This is clearly all his wealth. He doesn't even leave himself a way out. He's just pursuing maximum profit."

"But I like this kind of guy because all his wealth will belong to me. I guess the arena will soon have another person driven to desperation by loan sharks."

The Rock Giant accepted Lin Zhen's challenge, and in a flash, Lin Zhen appeared.

"Newbie! Let you be the start of my 100-win streak!"

The Rock Giant swung its enormous fist and slammed it down at Lin Zhen.

As Rock Giant, they possess unique combat talents. Their brains are not very developed, they are not afraid of Mental Impact, and their physical defenses are strong. They are not afraid of elemental attacks such as fire and lightning. Their only weakness is that they are a bit slow.

But he never expected to be this slow. He watched as his fist moved out like a snail, while the challenger named Lin Zhen appeared in front of him in an instant, wielding Long Spear. His proud defense was shattered as easily as tofu.

With his heart pierced, the Rock Giant died instantly!

Lin Zhen's 20,000 Cosmic Crystal immediately turned into 40,000. Without even glancing at the fallen Rock Giant, he immediately threw himself into the third battle.

The battle order was to challenge one opponent after another according to the list provided by Chris. In the Black Hole Stage stage arena, Lin Zhen did not need to choose his opponents and would bet all of his Cosmic Crystal each time.

In the third match, the opponent was a woman, a witch of the Medusa clan, with long, snake-like hair and a Petrification Light. She had already won more than thirty matches.

However, these underhanded methods were utterly insignificant in the face of Lin Zhen's five thousand Star Power. The Petrification Light was easily pierced by Lin Zhen, who then killed him with a single shot.

Forty thousand Cosmic Crystal became eighty thousand.

In the fourth round, the 80,000 Cosmic Crystal became 160,000!

In the fifth round, 160,000 Cosmic Crystal became 320,000!

In the sixth round, the 320,000 Cosmic Crystal became 640,000!

The seventh match had a slight mishap; the champion's prize money was only a little over 20,000, which Lin Zhen won entirely, ending the battle in one move. After deducting the portion deducted by the arena, his total money was still only a little over 640,000.

"Chris, from now on, use whole numbers for every battle. Don't accept battles with too small amounts; they're a waste of my time. Only accept battles with sufficient amounts."

"Yes, Master, I'll select one for you right away."

Chris did some calculations. After each round of the competition, those whose amounts were lower than Lin Zhen's initial investment were filtered out, and only those with Xuan Ze.

Furthermore, the challenges are arranged from low to high, with the larger amounts reserved for later challenges, thus maximizing Lin Zhen's profits.

Some of the amounts, such as millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, were left for later challenges, to be taken down when Lin Zhen had more money.

And so the battles continued, one after another.

After twenty consecutive battles, with varying amounts involved each time, Lin Zhen's wealth skyrocketed, quickly accumulating to fifty million!

"Master, Chamos has already reached his ninety-eighth match in the ring, and his prize money has reached fifty million eight hundred thousand. At this point, many experts will Xuan Ze make their move. You should challenge him immediately."

"Alright! Let's take on the challenge and bet fifty million!"

Chris immediately issued a challenge, very quickly. Just as Lin Zhen finished issuing his challenge, seven or eight more Challenge Letter arrived. These were all experts, and they were going to see who had accumulated the most prize money before making their move. However, Lin Zhen beat him to it.

"Sigh! I was a step too late, what a pity. Hmm, it's okay. This challenger is only at the early stage of Black Hole, yet he bet 50 million. That's great. As long as Chamos wins this round, his prize money for the next round will be over 100 million. All that money will be mine then. I need to act quickly then, or someone else will beat me to it."

Many martial artists waiting to find bargains thought the same way. They were all at the peak of the Black Hole Stage, and some could have already advanced to the Star System level, but they refused to advance because they wanted to find bargains in the arena, since the money here was too easy to make.

Chamos was also feeling uneasy. Winning the first few rounds in the ring was easy, but it was often the last few that were hard to win because there were too many opportunists waiting for that moment.

At this point, they were all praying that someone weaker and faster would grab the challenge qualification, which would make them much safer.

"This is the ninety-ninth match. Let's have two more weak opponents. I don't care about the money. I'll be satisfied as long as I can get these fifty million Cosmic Crystal."

Just as he was praying, a challenger appeared, betting fifty million, which immediately chilled his heart. He knew he had run into one of those extremely powerful opportunists.

He entered the arena with a sullen face, still blaming himself for not following a powerful older brother.

In the arena, only those who are exceptionally strong among their peers are called "gods." If a powerful god is protecting you, ordinary professional players wouldn't dare to challenge them rashly. Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.

But when he saw that it was Lin Zhen in front of him, Chamos's eyes lit up immediately!

"Hahaha! It's you, kid. You actually dare to challenge me. Hmm? You've got fifty million so quickly?"

"It's fifty million now, it'll be one hundred million soon!"

Lin Zhen threw down a cold sentence. "Spirit Evil Spirit Cone!"

Chamos didn't react at all. His Mental Power was only at the Peak-Diamond-level. He usually relied on a mental defense artifact to resist the strong Mind Power Master.

But how can Low-Grade Divine Artifact withstand Lin Zhen's Mental Power at the Emerald Radiance Grade?

He suffered direct brain death, and before he died, he fully experienced what it meant to be surrounded by demons and monsters, the feeling of having his brain devoured by countless demons and monsters—a feeling he never wanted to experience again in his life.

Lin Zhen won, and the 50 million Cosmic Crystal he had acquired turned into 100 million!

Finally, it's reached 100 million!

"To advance my Flame Power to Bright White, I need a billion Cosmic Crystal. Before, that number seemed unattainable, but now, it's very close!"

Lin Zhen was secretly excited. He instructed Chris, "From now on, only accept challenges of 50 million or more. Do not accept challenges below that amount."

Chris changed the settings again, and the next challenge was a 100 million dollar challenge.

In this battle, Lin Zhen's money turned into 200 million!

In the next round, Lin Zhen's money turned into 400 million!

In the third round, Lin Zhen's money turned into 800 million!

During this third challenge, the opponent had already won ninety-nine matches. One more win would have ended the tournament, but Lin Zhen wiped them all out. Lin Zhen was even glad that he had managed to snag a big prize.

After the champion lost, he even approached Lin Zhen, saying that he had an older brother and hoped that Lin Zhen could return the money to him.

Without saying a word, Lin Zhen blocked the person. Seriously, why would someone give away money they've already got?

"If I win just one more match, I'll meet the requirement of one billion. I'll immediately buy one billion Fire Crystal Stone, and then I'll still have six billion left to continue the challenge."

As Lin Zhen silently pondered and prepared to find his next challenge, someone in the Dimensional Universe called out to him.

"Master, someone has added you as a friend. Their name is Xuan Jiang."

"Who is it?"

Lin Zhen didn't know this person, and had never even heard of them, but she still added them as a contact.

On the virtual screen, a sinister-looking martial artist appeared. This person was a Star System Level Nine. Even through the virtual screen, Lin Zhen could feel the powerful aura emanating from this person. He was definitely a strong individual.

During the Star System Stage, the strongest people Lin Zhen had ever met were Little Phoenix and Ye Hua, but this person's strength was in no way inferior to theirs, and might even be greater.

"Let's get acquainted, Lin Zhen. I am Xuan Jiang."

Lin Zhen nodded, waiting for the other party to continue.

Xuan Jiang became somewhat annoyed when he saw that Lin Zhen did not answer, "You don't recognize me?"

"Do I really have to get to know you?" Lin Zhen was a little confused.

Xuan Jiang stared intently at Lin Zhen for a while, seemingly verifying the truth of his words, before finally saying, "It doesn't matter if we don't know each other now. Let me tell you, the low-level Martial Artist District of 68399 Small War Zone is under my protection. You can challenge here, but you should also abide by some rules."

"Oh! What are the rules here? I don't know. I don't think there's a rule in the arena's rules that forbids challenges."

"Don't play dumb with me, Lin Zhen. I'm talking about the unspoken rules among martial artists. Countless people in every small war zone are trying to make a living here. I know you are very strong, belonging to the top tier of those in the Black Hole Stage, but you can't just challenge everyone indiscriminately. You've cut off many people's livelihoods. Some of my brothers have already raised this issue with me, so I hope you can restrain yourself a bit. If everyone can make money, we can all thrive together."

"Can I take your words as a threat?" Lin Zhen smiled.

"Take it your way, I'm just reminding you that Dark Horse sweeping individual arenas have happened billions of times in the arena, but you can't make much money that way. If you don't believe me, you can try it. Soon there won't be any more arenas with big stakes here, and you won't have anywhere to make money. Besides, you can't stay in the arenas of the Black Hole Stage forever. When you get to the territory of the Star System Stage stage, everyone will meet eventually. You should understand what I mean."