Blood Money

With the wind, the great roc rises in a single day, soaring ninety thousand miles straight up!

This line is the perfect reflection of Aier's current state of mind.

Even though Aier knows he is special, he realizes that if he were to attract the attention of the Overgods, it would likely lead to significant trouble.

Especially Ao Fu, that strongest Sovereign who devotes himself to research for the sake of increasing his power.

Aier has no desire to become one of his research subjects.

However, at this moment, Aier has no intention of holding back.

As long as he only displays his Wind Element and Earth Element divine clones, the Overgods are unlikely to pay him too much mind, allowing Aier to still enjoy the gaze of the masses.

When more and more Godheads are delivered into Aier's hands in the future, the things he can openly display will eventually become fewer and fewer, to the point where he will even have to downplay his own presence.

"Haa—"

Taking a deep breath, Aier focused his attention on his opponent.

This was a Wind Element High-God.

"Begin!"

After the arena referee announced the start of the battle, the opponent showed no intention of exchanging pleasantries. A long sword instantly appeared in his hand, and he slashed down toward Aier!

One has to admit, a Prefecture City is a Prefecture City.

Any random High-God who steps out is no weakling.

Under the sword of this Wind Element High-God, the space of the arena faintly rippled with black lines.

Seeing this, Aier was slightly surprised.

Logically speaking, to shake the space of Hell, one needs at least the strength of a Five-Star Fiend.

To tear open spatial rifts within the space of Hell, one needs at least the attack power of a Six-Star Fiend.

The black lines under the sword of this Wind Element High-God were spatial rifts created directly through his profound mastery of the Wind Element's "Dimensional Profound Mystery."

Therefore, even though this move was not an attack involving the fusion of profound mysteries, the threat posed by the spatial rifts was not something a Four-Star Fiend could withstand.

Even among Five-Star Fiends, there are not many who could block it.

This was the first time Aier had seen someone utilize a single law's profound mystery to such an extent.

"Interesting!"

"As expected, the geniuses of this world always manage to bring surprises."

The corners of Aier's mouth curled up slightly.

In the Coiling Dragon Universe, the Wind Element possesses the strongest attack power among all laws and rules.

Among individual profound mysteries, the Dimensional Profound Mystery has the highest ceiling.

But this was the first time Aier had seen someone develop the application of a single profound mystery to this degree.

Someone with this level of attainment in a single profound mystery is destined to become a powerhouse capable of fusing two or three profound mysteries in the future.

It is not even impossible to aspire to the level of an Asura or a Prefect.

However...

Having absorbed so many Wind Element Godheads, Aier might not have reached the peak of the Wind Element laws in terms of fusing profound mysteries.

But when it comes to the depth of the profound mysteries themselves, Aier is confident that no one in the Coiling Dragon Universe can compare to him.

Regarding this move where the Wind Element High-God created spatial rifts, although Aier could not do it before, having seen it, his own mastery of the Dimensional Profound Mystery allowed him to deduce exactly how it was achieved.

Facing the attack of this Wind Element High-God, Aier flicked his finger, and a strand of finger-wind tore through space, directly swallowing the spatial rift the High-God had unleashed.

"What?"

The arrogant youth's expression changed drastically upon seeing this.

Relying on this move, he had few rivals in Hell and had even ambushed and killed a Five-Star Fiend during a Fiend Mission.

Even after arriving at Liang'an Prefecture, he had achieved an eight-win streak in the Arena Battle.

One must realize, this is the Prefecture City!

Who among those daring enough to participate in the Arena Battle here doesn't have a trick or two up their sleeve?

The fact that the arrogant youth could secure eight consecutive wins was proof enough of his formidable strength.

Yet, Aier's move made the arrogant youth feel an uncanny sense of familiarity.

It was as if the opponent had performed his very own technique.

But this move was one the arrogant youth had created during a moment of sudden enlightenment; he should be the only person in the world capable of using it.

Furthermore, the feeling Aier's move gave him was as if he were a Saint Realm practitioner watching a master effortlessly replicate a move he had only just mastered after becoming a god.

This was a pure, fundamental gap in the mastery of the profound mysteries.

After shattering the arrogant youth's attack, Aier spread his five fingers and pressed his palm onto the top of the youth's head, asking with a smile:

"Your Excellency, you wouldn't want to die by my hands just like that, would you?"

"Give me ten million Inkstones, and I'll spare your life!"

"If you don't have them, then I'll just have to take your Godhead."

The arrogant youth's face was filled with shock.

He did not fear death.

But if he could avoid dying, who wouldn't want to live?

"I have them, I have them, I have them!"

The arrogant youth no longer had a shred of arrogance on his face; he was drenched in cold sweat, speaking repeatedly for fear that if he were a second too late, Aier would blow his head apart.

Ten million Inkstones was an astronomical figure for an ordinary person.

But for a High-God of the arrogant youth's strength, it was merely the income one could earn from killing a random High-God.

In fact, the arrogant youth was so afraid of underpaying that he immediately removed the soul-bond from his Space Ring and handed it to Aier.

"That's decent of you!"

When Aier saw the items inside this Space Ring, the smile on his face grew even wider.

Aier was not a person who killed wantonly.

If there was no conflict of interest or enmity, Aier couldn't be bothered to kill.

Making this High-God cough up ten million Inkstones was just Aier acting on the principle of killing two birds with one stone.

However, the arrogant youth's actions made Aier realize that he had forgotten something: this was the prefecture capital!

Among the experts who could come to the prefecture capital to participate in the Arena Battle, which one of them would have a small net worth?

In the Arena Battle, one is responsible for their own life and death.

But as for the people fighting him, he had the confidence not to kill them.

So, it wouldn't be a problem for them to give him some wealth to compensate for his losses, right?

A High-God Godhead was worth ten million Inkstones, after all!

"Very good, next!"

After flicking his finger and sending the arrogant High-God flying out of the arena, Aier said to the referee on the side.

Without any surprises, all nine of Aier's opponents were defeated in an instant, using their own Space Rings as ransom for their lives.

Due to the rules of the challenge, one person could participate in a maximum of ten challenges per day.

Therefore, after Aier achieved ten consecutive victories, he signed up for tomorrow's challenges and left the arena.

However, Aier's behavior today still caused quite a stir.

On one hand, the strength Aier displayed in easily securing ten consecutive victories let the spectators know that another powerhouse had arrived in Liang'an Prefecture.

Judging by his appearance, he was at least a Six-Star Fiend capable of achieving forty or fifty consecutive wins.

On the other hand, those High-Gods who had been defeated by Aier, whether feeling fortunate or dissatisfied, all spread the news of being "robbed."

For a time, even though Aier had only just arrived in Liang'an Prefecture, he had already gained a modest reputation.

"A challenger who robs people of their Space Rings?"

Some of the people participating in the Arena Battle heard these rumors, their thoughts racing as they prepared a few extra Space Rings.