"Keep a low profile!" Young Master Feng Zhiyu suddenly raised his voice toward the stands: "Are you interested in sparring with this friend?"
Keep a low profile? Those in the stands were stunned again. This was the number one expert on the Two-Star Top 100 Battle Record list! He had actually come to watch this duel!
People followed the direction Young Master Feng Zhiyu was pointing. The 'Keep a low profile' in the audience seats, as usual, had chosen the feature to hide his identity, so no one knew what he looked like.
"No," Keep a low profile gently shook his head. "I can't win."
As soon as these words were uttered, it was like dropping a nuclear bomb in the fighting arena; the crowd erupted once more! The number one on the Two-Star Top 100 Battle Record list had publicly announced he was no match for Thirty-Six Hours! This was astonishing! Could it be that this newcomer, with a record of four wins and zero losses, had already become an invincible existence among the Two-Stars?
Many people already regretted not recording the battle video between Thirty-Six Hours and Young Master Feng Zhiyu just now.
"I just achieved a breakthrough today and reached Three-Star strength. Can I still participate in the Two-Star Fighting Arena Maze and contend for the Battle God title?" Qin Fen suddenly remembered an important question.
"Three-Star?"
Young Master Feng Zhiyu's surprise far exceeded anyone else in the arena. Suppressing Three-Star strength to fight against Two-Stars wasn't as advantageous as outsiders imagined; quite the opposite! A Three-Star practitioner, possessing sharper eyesight than Two-Star martial artists, could more easily spot an opponent's weaknesses and attack them.
However, by suppressing their Three-Star power, a discordance would occur where their eyes and judgment could keep up, but their bodies could not. In such a scenario, suppressing strength could actually lead to defeat due to the resulting imbalance, unless the Three-Star master chose to drop the suppression at a crucial moment and unleash their Three-Star power to defeat the opponent.
For a martial artist who had just advanced to Three-Star, this imbalance was even more pronounced! That Thirty-Six Hours was completely unaffected by this was astonishing to Young Master Feng Zhiyu.
"You can. But you can only use Two-Star strength."
"Is that so," Qin Fen considered for a moment and said, "Then next time, I'll go to the place where the Two-Star Battle God title is contested to check it out."
Minutes after receiving the admission from Keep a low profile, the news spread throughout the Two-Star combat zone instantly. Following this, in just one minute, the challenge letters Qin Fen received completely flooded his free mailbox.
Seeing Qin Fen's astonished expression, Young Master Feng Zhiyu guessed most of it: "Rapid fame naturally comes with a price. I imagine many people now want to defeat you to prove they are stronger than Keep a low profile."
"Is that so," Qin Fen manipulated the system to delete all the letters, and in the blink of an eye, the mailbox was full again. The Two-Star realm represented a massive population; many middle-aged people were still at Two-Star strength. The only group comparable in number to the Two-Stars was the One-Star group.
"Is there any way to let the entire Two-Star community know the conditions for challenging me?" Qin Fan thought for a moment, then asked Young Master Feng Zhiyu. In his understanding, at least the free system didn't have this function.
"Spend a hundred US dollars and post an advertisement," Young Master Feng Zhiyu said as he and Qin Fen walked up to the stands. "This way, some people will see it, and through circulation, everyone will know very quickly. If you want it faster, spend ten thousand US dollars and buy a ten-second major advertisement from the system; everyone in the entire Two-Star zone will be able to see it."
"Ten thousand US dollars?" Qin Fen pouted. "Let's stick with one hundred US dollars."
Heart aching, he pulled out one hundred US dollars and, following the method taught by Young Master Feng Zhiyu, posted an advertisement: I am Qin Fen. Challengers, please bring a challenge fee of one hundred US dollars, otherwise, I will not accept the challenge. Note: Higher bids will be given priority.
After posting the advertisement, Qin Fen said goodbye to Young Master Feng Zhiyu and exited the Sky Martial Arts Battle Network.
The posting of this advertisement immediately provoked some verbal abuse!
"This is too arrogant! Who does he think he is? Keep a low profile, the winner of ten consecutive Battle God titles?"
"Shameless! He has no martial artist's honor whatsoever!"
"Desperate for money? Charging one hundred US dollars for sparring practice?"
Various remarks filled the crowd that saw the advertisement. However, regardless of the scolding, quite a few people, eager for quick fame, actually sent challenge letters to Qin Fen again. Earning fame for a hundred US dollars wasn't bad!
Qin Fen, who had logged off, was unaware that his mailbox had once again been stuffed with challenge letters.
Exiting the Sky Martial Arts Network, Qin Fen reviewed his previous battles and reopened his desktop computer to browse information from the military. He didn't know that numerous posts about him were appearing on the Two-Star forum of the Sky Martial Arts Battle Network.
Besides discussions about battle recordings, most posts expressed dissatisfaction regarding the paid challenge policy. Some even threatened to find Thirty-Six Hours' residence and bring people over to beat him up to vent their anger.
But regardless of the noise, Qin Fen had become famous! After being acknowledged by Keep a low profile, the number one expert on the Two-Star battle record, Qin Fen had accidentally become a hot topic.
Of course, Qin Fen's fame was limited only to the Two-Star section, and it wasn't fame born from adoration. It was because too many people wanted to challenge him.
Adoration? Why adore a Two-Star powerhouse? If one must adore, they should adore the top powerhouses, such as Song Wendong, one of Earth's premier ancient martial arts masters—that was an object worthy of worship.
In a luxurious manor, someone also logged out of the Sky Martial Arts Battle Network.
"Who is this person named Thirty-Six Hours? He defeated me in one move? Is he a descendant of the Song family, who holds the title of Earth's Martial God?" The young man frowned deeply, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the desk. "He is much stronger this time than last time. It seems I underestimated him too much by fighting him with calculated strength. Next time, I will fight him at full power."
"Young Master Yu, the Family Head requests your presence," the room door opened, and an aged butler stood quietly by the entrance.
"Oh, understood." Chen Yu, Young Master Feng Zhiyu of the Sky Martial Arts Battle Network, stood up and said as he walked past the butler, "For such a small matter, you could have just sent anyone to summon me. There was no need for you, an elder, to come personally."
"Hehe..." The deeply wrinkled butler smiled kindly. "They were afraid you would start sparring with them again, Young Master Yu. I am old; surely Young Master Yu wouldn't bully an old man like me."
"Old man?" Chen Yu smiled helplessly and shook his head as he walked into the room. It was this old man who had landed him in the hospital after sparring with him last month. Anyone who underestimated this old man was truly inviting death.
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