Chapter 74: Fall of a Genius

Divine Kingdom Arena.

Gunie's gladiatorial battles remained as hot as ever, with tickets as hard to come by as before.

Spectators had arrived early and taken their seats.

Everywhere was filled with cheerful chatter and laughter.

"Rumors outside say Gunie is severely wounded, even out of control, but in these recent fights, there's no sign of him losing control—he's as fierce as ever."

"Indeed, Gunie is still terrifyingly ferocious. After all, he's killed a divine envoy-level powerhouse. Even if he has a minor flaw in his soul, ordinary transcendents can't match him."

"Those transcendents who want to challenge Gunie and make a name for themselves are overestimating themselves."

"That may not be true. The previous fights were all very intense, and Gunie has said he'll take on all comers, fighting continuously. Who knows when he might stumble."

"But for now, the chance of a stumble is still small. After all, he's still at five stars. When he reaches six or seven stars, it might be different."

"That's true."

Listening to the noise outside,

Gunie himself waited calmly in the preparation lounge, waiting for the battle to begin.

...

The betting area of the Divine Kingdom Arena.

A mysterious figure in a black angel mech quietly opened the betting pool for Gunie and Ouluste at a betting machine.

Gunie Lawrence wins: 1:0.7.

Ouluste wins: 1:6.8.

Although there was much negative news about Gunie,

the trend of Gunie's consecutive victories and the fact of his formidable strength

had gradually lowered Gunie's odds as he kept winning, while raising the odds for his opponents.

"Odds of 6.8, truly astonishing." A hint of a smile curled at the corner of the mysterious figure's mouth.

This mysterious figure was naturally Gunie's demonic secondary soul.

Now, the demonic secondary soul was also at the peak of the ninth tier of transcendence.

He checked the time; there were still about seven or eight minutes before the pool closed.

Then, the demonic secondary soul bet all 710 million Holy Source Coins.

Betting on Ouluste to win.

The 700 million-plus Holy Source Coins didn't cause a ripple in the pool; the odds didn't budge at all, showing how massive the funds in this pool were.

After placing the bet, the demonic secondary soul headed to a hidden spot.

When Gunie was defeated and died, the demonic secondary soul would also die with him, so naturally, it needed to be in a hidden place where no one would discover the connection.

At the same time, Gunie himself used a special information transmitter to send a message to Dolans.

"2222..."

A string of the number two was sent.

At that moment, Dolans was also in the betting area.

When Dolans, stationed in the betting area, sensed the message from Gunie, his mind trembled slightly.

He naturally knew what this string of 222... meant.

"Has it finally come to this?"

Then, Dolans quickly opened the betting pool, took a deep breath, and bet the over 90 million Holy Source Coins he had earned during this period.

Dolans didn't bet everything like Gunie.

Dolans kept a few million aside, just in case something unexpected happened.

That way, he wouldn't be unable to repay the borrowed money.

Still, over 90 million was more than enough.

After placing the bet, Dolans hurriedly flew at top speed toward the arena where Gunie was fighting.

There was plenty of time.

...

Inside the preparation lounge.

"Gunie Lawrence, Ouluste, prepare to enter."

Gunie flew in first, followed closely by Ouluste.

As soon as Gunie entered, the entire arena erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

"Gunie, win one more for me! I bet everything on you this time!"

"Haha... Gunie will lose this time. I went all in on him losing."

"Start the fight already, stop dawdling."

"Gunie! Go! Gunie! Go!"

All kinds of voices mingled and spread, and countless eyes focused on Gunie and Ouluste.

"Begin!" The voice of a demigod resounded through the arena.

"Boom!"

As the demigod's voice fell, an indescribably terrifying aura erupted from Ouluste's body, making him burn like the sun.

There was even a faint pressure of a divine envoy's presence.

This aura was even denser and more profound than that of the Shepherd Goat from before.

"A strong opponent. If I truly die at his hands, no one will suspect me of cheating," Gunie thought to himself.

While pondering, Gunie's actions were not slow.

The Great Thunderflame Curse erupted repeatedly, surging violently onto Ouluste.

But Ouluste was even faster.

As he unleashed his power,

"Roar!"

A furious roar exploded, shaking the mind.

At the same time, Gunie felt a distortion and dizziness in the world around him. A strange soul attack, like a venomous snake, viciously bit into Gunie's star soul.

Gunie was not surprised that his opponent launched a fierce soul attack right away.

Ever since Gunie had shown a soul weakness, his opponents would unleash a soul 'ultimate move' to deal him a major 'blow.'

If they knew how strong Gunie was at resisting soul attacks,

they would probably all spit blood.

The thing Gunie feared least was soul attacks.

This soul attack was very peculiar; Gunie couldn't even sense how it formed or its trajectory before it had already pierced through the Forbidden Curse Dragon Scale Shield and penetrated deep into Gunie's soul.

Not only that, but when the snake-like soul attack bit into Gunie's star soul, a cold, ink-black corrosive energy also seeped into Gunie's star soul.

Although it didn't harm Gunie much, he couldn't annihilate the opponent's soul attack.

Instead, Gunie released his defenses, letting it pollute his soul.

At the same time, Gunie's Origin Source Doll inside his blood sea was quietly and maximally activated by him.

"Ah!"

A piercing scream of agony wailed from Gunie's mouth.

At the same time, blood tentacles the size of earthworms burst wildly from Gunie's body, as if a floodgate had opened.

Gunie's entire body exuded a strange aura.

Out of control!

Many powerhouses saw this and their expressions changed.

"So Gunie's soul really is his weakness."

"It was exposed before. In these few fights, he was continuously targeted with soul attacks. It was only a matter of time before a breakthrough was found. I just didn't expect it to come so soon."

"Indeed. As a top powerhouse, one cannot have a flaw in any aspect."

"This time, Gunie is probably in danger."

Gunie, his face twisted in agony, roared lowly.

"You're asking for death!"

In his rage, Gunie's Demon Annihilation Erosion Blade, under the manipulation of spells and source power, erupted to its fullest.

But under Gunie's deliberate activation of the Origin Source Doll to affect himself, causing loss of control, his command over source power was greatly distorted.

The flight path and accuracy of the Demon Annihilation Erosion Blade were severely compromised.

Ouluste, moving at terrifying speed, quickly dodged these spell attacks. Even when two spells landed on him, he withstood them.

Seeing hope of victory, Ouluste no longer held back.

Strike while the iron is hot!

"Death God's Soul Scythe."

Ouluste's ultimate soul-reaping soul attack divine ability erupted directly.

"Danger!"

Gunie sensed the danger; this level of attack could indeed deal him considerable damage.

Gunie leaped to evade the strange soul attack.

Gunie was fast enough, but unfortunately, the bizarre soul attack completely ignored his speed.

As the eerie Death Scythe fell,

"Crack!"

The star soul in Gunie's mind shattered.

In essence, the shattering of this one star soul had no effect on Gunie.

But to others, it signified his death.

As the star soul shattered, Gunie immediately and actively annihilated that star soul completely.

Instantly, Gunie's soul power stagnated.

Many powerhouses sensed this subtle change.

"Gunie is about to die."

"Indeed, his soul has gone silent."

"The soul is his greatest weakness. Although he is a spellcaster, his soul defense seems somewhat lacking."

"A pity, a genius is about to fall."

"What a shame."

The audience was filled with sighs.

At the same time, Gunie directly shattered his soul source core hidden deep in his blood sea.

The complete shattering of the soul source core was Gunie's true death.

As Gunie shattered his soul source core and committed suicide,

Gunie entered the death interface for reincarnation.

Then Gunie felt the location of one of his star souls and reincarnated there.

What remained in the arena was this scene:

The genius transcendent Gunie Lawrence, having suffered a series of soul strikes, lost control of his transcendent power, and ultimately his soul went silent.

His body fell from the air, then turned to ashes and scattered, leaving behind his clothes, transcendent bracelet, and transcendent ring.

This sudden fall of a genius stirred up a huge uproar throughout the arena.

For a time, voices of discussion rose and fell.

The entire arena buzzed with talk.

News of Gunie's death spread rapidly in all directions.

When the crowd came to their senses and thought it over,

Gunie's death in this battle, though seemingly abrupt, was actually quite reasonable.

The soul weakness and loss of control Gunie had shown in his battle with the Shepherd Goat seemed to foreshadow his ultimate end.

Now, he had finally fallen to a peculiar soul attack.

The fall of a genius, though lamentable, was still a death. Such is the iron rule of the Divine Kingdom Arena of Saint Haijar.

Two combatants vie for life and death.

The victor lives, the loser dies.

No one can defy this, not even a genius.