Time to Grab Some Cash!

Meanwhile, in the capital of the Gan Wu Universe Country, within a small estate.

Jin Yu stood in the spacious training hall, controlling the Yan Shen Bing as it continuously shifted forms.

Hundreds of Golden Blades interwove ceaselessly, their stirred law ripples forming a dreamlike domain spanning several hundred square meters.

Within the domain, countless energy tides surged, hazy and beautiful as an earthly paradise. Yet beneath all that beauty lurked a chilling killing intent.

"Ah, it seems illusion techniques ultimately don't suit me."

The blade domain that had been constantly slicing through space calmed down, hovering silently in midair.

"Although my talent for illusion techniques is quite strong, it's still far inferior to my pure Warrior talent."

Jin Yu casually pinched a blade from the Yan Shen Bing floating in the air, his arm naturally tracing a bizarre arc.

Whoosh!

The blade seemed to slice open space in an instant. The molecules in the air were directly broken down into atomic units by the sharp blade force, then strangely annihilated and vanished.

"With just one blade, this move of mine is enough to rival the Third Level of the Yan Shen Bing."

Originally, Jin Yu had planned to develop as a Mental Master in the early stages while cultivating the Yan Shen Bing. After all, the weapon he bought came with a matching basic cultivation method, allowing him to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

But his amplified Warrior talent was simply too outrageous. Even without a corresponding secret technique to cultivate, it still easily crushed his Mental Master talent.

To put it simply, if Mental Master talent was one, then with a complete cultivation method, one could achieve twice the result with half the effort. With the support of law talent, the effect could even reach ten!

That was a cultivation efficiency more than ten times that of an ordinary genius.

As for the Warrior path, he had no advanced manuals to cultivate, but his Warrior talent started in units of 100! With the added support of law talent, its effect exceeded 1,000 units.

With a gap between cultivation effects of 10 and 1,000, even an idiot would know which to choose.

As for his illusion technique talent, well, it could only be called better than nothing. Reaching five would already be decent.

"Since that's the case, I can't keep cultivating step by step. Creating a secret technique suited to me is the true path."

Having talent meant he could be this willful. A youth who wasn't willful would be wasting his youth—Jin Yu said so!

In the Virtual Universe, within Arena 0021.

"Betting is closed!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, this Life-and-Death Battle is about to begin."

"The two sides in this Life-and-Death Battle are the Warrior, 'Emperor,' and the Mental Master controller, 'Dicks.' Both are Stellar level nine!"

"This Life-and-Death Battle will take place on an ordinary barren planet near Imperial Capital Star, the capital planet of the Gan Wu Universe Country."

"Now, switching to the live broadcast of the decisive battle."

Following the host's voice, the Arena immediately went dark. At the same time, a gray and murky planet appeared at the center of the Arena, steadily magnifying. On the planet's surface, fierce winds howled, mixed with countless stones and clouds of dust. Endless sand and gravel swept about wildly. Faintly, two figures could be seen amid the whirling sandstorm.

"Begin!"

A deep voice descended from the starry sky and reached the ears of the two people on the ground.

"Hmph, die!" Dicks rapidly stepped onto his Psionic Disc, rising into the air and retreating. Countless blades appeared behind him, swiftly forming a long spear that stabbed toward Emperor with boundless sharpness.

"Fifth Level Domain?" Emperor drew his blade with his right hand. His steps seemed both fast and slow as he charged toward Dicks.

"A Warrior with a Third Level Domain? Let's see how I slaughter you!" Dicks's gaze was cold as he looked at Emperor rushing toward him as though he were already dead.

At the opponent's speed, his Psionic Weapon would kill him before he could get close.

A streak of golden light charged forward without hesitation, colliding with an enormous earthy-yellow spear.

Dicks curled his lips upward. With the power of his Fifth Level Domain, plus the enhancement of a Fourth Order Psionic Weapon, he would nail his opponent to the ground the instant they collided, then have the blades tear his body apart.

His right hand rose slightly. Dicks instinctively prepared to catch the psionic spear after it returned from killing his opponent. This was a conditioned reflex formed after killing countless opponents.

Confidence! Absolute confidence in his own strength!

Clang!

A crisp sound of collision rang out.

Thud!

At the same time, something struck the ground.

The Universe level referee in the air had contracted pupils, his face filled with disbelief.

The tens of millions watching in the Virtual Universe were equally silent.

Silence!

Everyone had read the introductions to both fighters.

Emperor, Third Level Domain! Warrior!

Dicks, Fifth Level Domain! And a Mental Master who countered Warriors!

Yet what they saw was that the far weaker Warrior, Emperor, instantly knocked aside Dicks's Psionic Weapon. Before the sound of their collision could even ring out, he had cut off the head of Dicks, who had just begun to raise his hand.

That streak of golden light sent chills through everyone who saw it.

In a private room of the Virtual Universe Arena.

Sweat beaded across the foreheads of Luo Feng and the other three.

Hong murmured in amazement, "It's unbelievable. Even I couldn't block that strike for a single second. There was no trace to follow at all. At the instant he knocked away the Psionic Weapon, he seemed to borrow the rebounding force to close in on Dicks instantly. It's simply absurd. That blade technique has reached an unimaginable level."

"It's incredible." Thor held his breath as well. He was a master of the blade himself, and with Babata's secret technique instruction, his horizons were extremely high. Yet he could not understand that strike at all.

"Impressive." Luo Feng also used a blade, and he was also a Mental Master, so he could put himself in Dicks's position even more easily. "That Emperor is terrifying. Dicks's Psionic Weapon is even stronger than my Sky-Escaping Shuttle, yet it couldn't hold him back for even an instant."

"And he even fused the Psionic Weapon with the Earth Domain, forming an incomparably powerful spear. Its force was immense, yet it couldn't even make Emperor pause."

"Since you know he's strong, then cultivate properly. We made another fifty Hun Yuan units this round." Jia Yi grinned as he looked at the computer before him.

He had specifically asked the Virtual Universe to make it for him so he could operate it conveniently. At that moment, the computer display showed the deposit notification.

Ever since Jin Yu had left behind the words, "As long as Emperor participates in an Arena match, just go all-in. He won't lose. If he does, I'll cover it."

They had become completely addicted to betting on battles. With a project that made money 100 percent of the time, anyone who didn't go all-in had to have something wrong with their head!

In just these two days, they had already earned more than a thousand Hun Yuan units.

"Damn, you make it sound like you're the only one who earned anything. I made fifty Hun Yuan units too." Thor immediately dropped his solemn expression and greedily opened his smart watch.

Luo Feng and Hong exchanged smiles. All of them had made a fortune.

They went all-in on every battle. If the Giant Axe Arena hadn't shamelessly limited the maximum bet to 500 Hun Yuan units, they would definitely have wagered both their principal and profits.

Moreover, the Giant Axe Arena was extremely cunning.

They had arranged over a hundred matches so far, with two special battles inserted among them.

One involved a Battle King with more than eight hundred victories. The other was the Fifth Level Domain expert, Dicks.

Countless people had followed the bets and won enormous sums, only to lose everything because of those two matches.

Only a small number continued to believe in Emperor and made a fortune.

"It's just that this Giant Axe Arena is too shameless. Emperor's odds are 1:1.1 in every betting match. People with little money could win more than a hundred times and multiply their assets by nearly ten thousand times."

"We can only bet 500 Hun Yuan units each time. Winning fifty Hun Yuan units per match means that even after a hundred matches, we'd only earn 5,000 Hun Yuan units."

Thor grumbled unhappily.

There had been no restrictions on the first bet, but starting from the second, they had directly imposed limits. It was ridiculous.

Jin Yu cared even less about this small amount and stopped betting altogether. The reason was simple: only those who had participated before the betting limits were imposed could continue placing bets. Newcomers were categorically ineligible.

That prevented anyone from exploiting it through slaves, subordinates, or the like.

Send in some recommendation votes, brothers. By the way, is my plot not padded enough? It feels like every single development could obviously be stretched out for three or five chapters.

I don't know whether I should slow down and pad it out. It would be much easier to write that way. Haha, what do you think?