I Want to Take on Ten

They didn't want to end up like those ten unlucky souls today, robbed of everything they owned. Those with family or friends could manage, but loners had no choice but to leave the Prefecture City and earn Inkstones outside the city.

There was no helping it. Every city in Hell was like this.

If you didn't have a place to live, you weren't allowed to stay in the city.

Aier didn't care what would happen to the people whose Space Rings he had taken.

At that moment, looking at the fifty-odd High-God Sparks of the Earth Element now in his hands, Aier's smile widened.

The ten Space Rings held at least thirty million Inkstones each.

The richest one had over two billion Inkstones.

Altogether, they contained close to six billion Inkstones, which Aier exchanged for Inkstones at the Amethyst Castle.

As for the other items in the Space Rings, Aier handed them all to his butler, Eric, to deal with.

Since he had decided to make Eric his butler, Aier left everything unrelated to cultivation in Eric's hands.

He was even considering having Eric handle the purchases of Godheads and various Heaven and Earth Wonders once he reached the Paragon level in the Earth Element.

Aier glanced at the Equipment Slot. It would take another five months or so to refine the Wind Element Godhead inside, so he paid it no further attention.

Refining all fifty-odd High-God Sparks of the Earth Element would be enough for Aier to find the points of compatibility among the six Earth Element Laws and Profound Mysteries, and make some progress along the path of fusion.

The farther one progressed in fusing Laws and Profound Mysteries, the harder it became to improve.

Since the Four Overgods opened up the four Supreme Planes, fewer than twenty people had truly cultivated the Laws and Profound Mysteries of a single element to the Paragon level.

That number was even smaller than the number of Overgods.

Countless beings were stuck at the bottlenecks of finding a point of compatibility or achieving mastery, unable to advance another step.

But those bottlenecks were nothing to Aier.

The Equipment Slot's ability let him brute-force success.

If one attempt at comprehending Laws and Profound Mysteries didn't work, he could simply try again.

Ten, a hundred, or even a thousand times was no problem.

With Aier's current strength and the Boy Family's investment, the snowball was already rolling.

From here on, Aier's strength would grow faster and faster.

Achieving Paragon status in Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire was only a matter of time.

In the Coiling Dragon Universe, the Willpower granted by the universe depended on the probability of an event occurring. It was a kind of "authority" bestowed by the universe.

There were fewer than thirty Overgods, despite nearly two thousand evolutions having passed since the Laws and Rules reached perfection, and despite their endless Power of Faith and two opportunities to create a Divine Plane.

Thus, when one's Laws and Rules reached perfection, one received Willpower bestowed by the world.

Only Linley had ever achieved a Four-Element Soul Mutation. That was why the Willpower he received was twenty percent stronger than the Willpower granted to a Paragon. Combined with Linley's physical strength, this meant that even before he became a Paragon, he was already a cut above ordinary Paragons.

Achieving Paragon status in two elements was another feat that no one in the Coiling Dragon Universe had managed in over a thousand evolutions.

However, Aier wasn't sure whether achieving Paragon status in two elements would grant additional Willpower.

After all, only two people had ever undergone a Three-element Soul Mutation, and neither had received Willpower.

But achieving Paragon status in all four elements would certainly earn an additional Willpower reward.

For Aier, becoming the strongest beneath the Overgods was as easy as reaching into a bag to grab something.

Right now, all Aier lacked was a little time!

"I surrender!"

"Here's my Space Ring. Please spare me!"

The next day, when Aier grabbed his opponent by the neck in the arena, the High God immediately offered up his Space Ring.

"Oh?"

Aier raised an eyebrow. It seemed this fellow had watched his fight yesterday.

After all, this was Aier's first fight of the day. Why else would the man be so eager to surrender before Aier had even said a word?

"Smart."

Aier took the Space Ring and let go, allowing the man to fall to the ground and claim the ring as its owner.

But when Aier probed the Space Ring with his divine sense, his face darkened.

The ring was full of junk, with barely a hundred Inkstones inside.

Seeing Aier's expression change, the man panicked and hurriedly flew toward the edge of the arena.

"I surrender! I surrender!"

But before the referee could say a word, Aier reached out toward the man—

"Shrinking Earth—"

Shrinking Earth was a technique Aier had developed from the concept of Shrinking Inches into Feet. It primarily combined the Earth-Walking Profound Mystery and the Gravity Space Profound Mystery, along with the Earth Element Profound Mystery, Vitality, and Earth Pulse.

Aier and the fleeing High God looked to be at least twenty meters apart.

But as soon as Aier reached out, it was as if the distance between them didn't exist. He grabbed the High God by the back of the neck.

"It seems my actions yesterday made some people think I'm easy to deal with..."

"In the arena, everyone is responsible for their own life or death. Out of kindness, I've given you losers a chance to pay for your lives."

"Since you went to the trouble of preparing a second Space Ring, you must have heard what I said during yesterday's first fight."

"If you don't have enough money, then pay with your Godhead!"

With that, Aier's thoughts stirred. The suction in his palm surged, forming a rapidly spinning Gravity Space in his hand. It tore the man's body to pieces, leaving only a Godhead, which Aier caught in his palm.

After yesterday's fight, Aier's match today had already drawn quite a crowd.

No one had expected that Aier would let his opponent go after receiving a Space Ring yesterday.

Why had he killed his opponent today after accepting the Space Ring, just as the man was leaving the arena?

After hearing Aier's explanation, everyone understood.

Indeed, few people in the Arena Battle would let their opponents live just for handing over their Space Rings.

The man had tried to be clever, but he'd angered Aier—and lost his life in the process.

"Hmph!"

Even after killing the man, Aier still wasn't satisfied.

If he'd really let the fellow leave the arena alive, he would've been fuming for the rest of the day.

Aier looked up at the referee. "I still have nine fights today. Send all nine opponents up."

"I'll take on nine at once!"

"Lord Aier, are you sure?"

The referee at the Liang'an Prefecture arena was startled by Aier's words. "The Arena Battle is a place for everyone to spar. The fights are all one-on-one."

"You'd be the first to face nine opponents at once."

"Then I'll be the first!"

Aier waved his hand.

"I came to Liang'an Prefecture because I wanted to reach a hundred consecutive victories and then challenge the Prefect directly."

"Today, I'll take on nine opponents at once. Tomorrow and every day after that, as long as I have enough opponents, I'll take on ten in a single fight!"