Purple Gold Badge, Ten Million Endorsement Fee

"Personal matter?"

Jin Feng raised an eyebrow. "What favor does Manager Yang need from me?"

Facing the puzzled Jin Feng and the others,

Manager Yang produced another Gold Soul Coin Card and placed it before Jin Feng. "There are fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins on this card. I'd like to ask young friend 'Blade Demon' to compete at the Great Soul Arena in Xingfeng City, three hundred kilometers away, as his next stop."

"Oh?"

Looking at the Gold Soul Coin Card Manager Yang had offered,

Jin Feng raised his brows and could not help teasing, "The Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena? Looks like Manager Yang has a grudge against their manager?"

At those words,

Manager Yang did not deny it.

He said frankly, "We used to mind our own business, but a year ago, over some trivial matter, he secretly arranged for people to throw several matches at my place and placed huge bets, causing me considerable losses."

"Although I killed those Soul Masters who fixed the matches after investigating the matter, I've always had this resentment in my heart. That's why I invited young friend 'Blade Demon' to make a move today—to repay him in kind."

As Manager Yang finished speaking,

Jin Feng stroked his chin, pretending to ponder for a moment before slowly saying, "It's possible, but... this trip is dangerous..."

"After all, once Manager Yang found out the truth, he could kill those Soul Masters who fixed matches to vent his anger. If the Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena manager learns of this, he'll probably come after me too!"

"So..."

"The price you're offering isn't enough!"

"You'll have to pay more!"

After the time it took to drink a cup of tea,

Manager Yang watched Jin Feng's group leave after taking a total of two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from him. Then he suddenly said, "Shadow, are you sure that old man beside 'Blade Demon' is a Soul Sage?"

"Sure!"

After a hoarse voice rang out,

a man in black abruptly emerged from the shadows of the room and said in a deep voice, "That old man kept his aura restrained, but he gave me an incomparably terrifying sense of pressure."

"He is at least a high-level Soul Sage. The moment he entered, his aura locked onto me... With such sharp perception, it wouldn't be impossible for him to be an eight-ring Soul Douluo."

Hearing this,

Manager Yang said gloomily, "That old man is actually so powerful. I wonder which force's young master has come out to gain experience... Forget it, no need to dwell on it."

"Shadow, take the Gold Soul Coin Card and leave for Xingfeng City immediately. Once 'Blade Demon' arrives and enters the matches, just bet on him to win without thinking. Bet as much as you can, recover as much of our capital as possible, and make up for our losses during this period."

"Yes!"

The man in black answered and vanished in an instant.

Meanwhile,

Jin Feng, having collected his Gold Soul Fighting Badge and left the Great Soul Arena, wore a broad smile. "These two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins were practically free."

"Exactly!"

Niu Gao nodded in agreement. "We were going to leave Compass City anyway, and Xingfeng City was already part of our plans. Who would've thought someone would pay us to go there?"

"Brother Feng, you're really too naughty~"

Gu Yuena chuckled. "It was clearly on the way, yet you still demanded more money and took an extra fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins from him."

At that,

Jin Feng immediately corrected her, "Na'er, that isn't being naughty. It's called reasonably fighting for compensation. This matter really does offend people, after all. Not just anyone would dare accept it."

That afternoon,

the trustworthy Jin Feng and his group boarded a carriage, left Compass City, and set out for the Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena three hundred kilometers away.

Over the next two and a half months,

Jin Feng easily achieved fifty Soul Fighting victories at the Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena, reaching a streak of 110 consecutive wins. His badge was upgraded to a Purple Gold Soul Fighting Badge, and his reputation grew even greater.

During that time,

he also bet on his own victories.

He won several hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from the Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena and used them to buy a large amount of metal ore for the Golden Horned Behemoth.

The reason he won less at the Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena than he had at the Compass City Great Soul Arena

was very simple.

On one hand, he had arrived as the holder of a Gold Soul Fighting Badge with a sixty-win streak, so the Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena did not dare underestimate him.

On the other hand,

Manager Yang from Compass City had also sent people to place heavy bets, lowering the odds.

With these two factors combined,

the Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena's payout ratio for his victories had been low from the start.

He only managed to earn several hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins because, when he first arrived, he challenged three-ring Soul Elders as a two-ring Soul Grandmaster. Many people did not believe he could win and bet on his defeat, making the odds relatively higher.

Before Jin Feng's group left,

the Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena manager had already discovered that the three of them had been invited by Manager Yang from Compass City, yet he did not dare make the slightest move.

This was because

when he awarded Jin Feng the 'Purple Gold' Soul Fighting Badge, Niu Gao had deliberately leaked a trace of his aura, nearly frightening the Soul Emperor secretly protecting him into fainting.

After learning that Niu Gao was not someone to provoke,

the Xingfeng City Great Soul Arena manager could only put this debt on Manager Yang's head and wait for an opportunity to retaliate.

As for this,

Jin Feng did not care.

He had already done what he promised.

As for what would happen afterward, it was no longer within his consideration.

At the same time,

after the upper ranks of the Great Soul Arena learned that 'Blade Demon' had achieved 110 consecutive Soul Fighting victories and become the youngest holder of a 'Purple Gold Soul Fighting Badge',

they conducted a thorough investigation.

After an intense discussion,

they finally devised a crazy event plan that, once announced, instantly ignited the long-quiet Douluo Continent.

One day,

every Great Soul Arena across the continent announced simultaneously that, after deliberation by upper management, they had decided to establish a [1v1 Soul Fighting Win Streak Award].

Any Soul Master who followed the rules, did not cheat, and achieved more than twenty-five consecutive victories in 1v1 Soul Fighting at a Great Soul Arena would receive generous Gold Soul Coin rewards. The event would remain permanently effective, and prizes would be paid out when the win streak ended or when one thousand consecutive victories were achieved.

25 consecutive wins: 10,000 Gold Soul Coins.

50 consecutive wins: 100,000 Gold Soul Coins.

100 consecutive wins: 1,000,000 Gold Soul Coins.

500 consecutive wins: 5,000,000 Gold Soul Coins.

1000 consecutive wins: 10,000,000 Gold Soul Coins.

Besides announcing this event, they specifically reminded everyone that a genius Soul Master named 'Blade Demon' had already achieved 200 consecutive individual Soul Fighting victories within the Star Luo Empire.

Moreover,

any qualified Soul Master who defeated Blade Demon

and stopped his win streak could receive a reward of 1,000,000 Gold Soul Coins from the Great Soul Arena.

The moment this announcement was released,

the Soul Master world of Douluo Continent erupted.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!"

"Have the Great Soul Arena higher-ups gone crazy?"

"They're actually playing this big? No, maybe I can't manage fifty consecutive wins, but I have to try for twenty-five. Ten thousand Gold Soul Coins would last me a long time."

"A big fat chance. I've never seen anyone achieve twenty-five consecutive 1v1 Soul Fighting victories at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena."

"Exactly. Once you get past ten straight wins, the opponents you're matched with are already several levels above you, let alone after twenty-five wins."

"I've never even heard of a hundred consecutive wins, much less a thousand... These rewards are complete bullshit... Wait! A two-ring Soul Grandmaster named 'Blade Demon' has already achieved 200 consecutive wins in the Star Luo Empire? How is that possible?"

"Stopping Blade Demon's win streak earns one million Gold Soul Coins? Th-then doesn't that mean even a level-twenty-nine Soul Master like me has a chance?"

"Where did this Blade Demon come from?"

"Find out where he is!"

"..."

After the win streak challenge event was announced,

the Great Soul Arenas in every major city across Douluo Continent instantly filled to capacity. Countless Soul Masters signed up for 1v1 Soul Fighting, hoping to win the streak bonuses.

Some self-proclaimed geniuses

went everywhere asking about Blade Demon's whereabouts, wanting to knock him from his pedestal and claim the one-million-Gold-Soul-Coin prize.

After Jin Feng learned of this news,

he was stunned for a moment.

Then he could not help muttering, "These Great Soul Arena higher-ups are quite interesting. They actually came up with an event like this and even used me for advertising..."

"Ordinary Soul Masters might not be able to achieve twenty-five consecutive wins, but some geniuses from major forces can still do it..."

"At the cost of handing out less than five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins a year, they can drive up the revenue of Soul Arenas everywhere. It's a guaranteed profit."

"Considering you've given me a ten-million-Gold-Soul-Coin endorsement fee, I won't argue with you this time."

"I just hope..."

"that, encouraged by the one-million-Gold-Soul-Coin reward for defeating me, the Soul Masters who come to challenge me later will be a little stronger."

At the same time,

as the name 'Blade Demon' resounded throughout Douluo Continent,

reports concerning Blade Demon

appeared one after another before the upper echelons of forces such as Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.