Speaking of which, back in the Nine Provinces, Lu Ye had also signed Heaven's Augury Pacts with others. Although it wasn't frequent, such things never happened.

After a brief contemplation, he roughly understood.

The manifestation of the Heaven's Augury Pact is different from the Asura Pact. Once the Heaven's Augury Pact is signed, Number Nine will secretly monitor both parties to the pact. If anyone violates it, Number Nine will mete out punishment.

However, the power of the Asura Pact directly enters the cultivator's body, naturally triggering a reaction from the Talent Tree.

"Fellow Daoist?" Seeing Lu Ye a bit lost in thought, Walnut couldn't help but call out, comforting him, "You don't need to worry, Fellow Daoist. Once you leave the Asura Field, the power of the Asura Pact will naturally dissipate."

Lu Ye nodded. He was indeed not worried. Now, he was merely curious about how long the power of the Asura Pact would last within him.

"When does Fellow Daoist plan to continue competing in the combat field?" Walnut asked again.

"Now!" Lu Ye replied.

Walnut cheerfully said, "Then I await good news from you, Fellow Daoist!"

Both of them returned to their cave residences, and Lu Ye immediately began his challenge, entering the combat field. Looking up, he indeed saw a number within the enclosed space of the combat field. He took out the Asura Authority Token and sent a message to Walnut, only putting away the token after receiving Walnut's response.

A moment later, he turned his head and immediately saw Walnut's figure in that direction. When their eyes met, Walnut even waved at him.

However, what left Lu Ye astonished was the presence of a very dignified-looking woman sitting by Walnut's side...

Blinking, Lu Ye chuckled, realizing why Walnut had readily agreed to a fifty-fifty split; it turned out she wasn't betting on him alone. The fifty-fifty split was just between him and Walnut, but it didn't include that woman.

Thirty breaths passed quickly, the battle started, and then finished swiftly!

As his figure dispersed, Lu Ye saw the woman beside Walnut stand up, seemingly very pleased...

For several days thereafter, Lu Ye shuttled back and forth within the combat field. With every challenge, his ranking rose by roughly a hundred places, and his interaction with Walnut became more frequent.

Every victory in combat brought benefits to Walnut and her master; initially, since their capital wasn't much, their winnings weren't significant either.

But as their capital gradually accumulated, their earnings grew larger. They always bet all their Asura Seals on Lu Ye, unlike others who didn't have the same courage.

As a result, their share of the bets far exceeded other cultivators. After Lu Ye's victories, the benefits they gained were even greater.

Like a snowball effect, in just a few days, their Asura Seals multiplied several dozen times over!

During this period, Lu Ye also contemplated whether to find more people to sign Asura Pacts in this manner, but after much thought, he decided against it.

Mainly because he didn't know anyone here, and the others didn't trust him. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

During this time, he even contacted Gui Yi, hoping she could profit a bit. Unfortunately, Gui Yi was always averse to gambling fortunes; not only did she refrain from betting, but she also advised Lu Ye to disengage from such matters.

Days later, Lu Ye's rank within the combat field had already entered the top five hundred.

The column of recorded achievements, boasting a 152 wins-0 losses record, was exceptionally striking, often exerting immense psychological pressure on his opponents. Any cultivator with a bit of sense knew what such a terrifying record implied.

After another match concluded, Lu Ye returned to his cave residence for a brief rest. There was no denying that as his ranking increased, the opponents he faced indeed grew increasingly formidable, especially those within the top thousand of cultivators, who were almost without exceptions.

Lu Ye also changed his initial goal. His original purpose for participating in the combat field competition was to climb to the top of the rankings and strive for the Asura Seal rewards during the settlement.

But after so many battles, his goal had evolved beyond that.

He found this place was a rare opportunity to broaden his horizons. In the All Phenomena Ocean, although he had clashed with Moon Jade, his opportunities were not many.

Here, however, it was different; every opponent he encountered now was at the Moon Jade Late Stage, without exception, and their backgrounds varied, with diverse heritages and races.

Engaging with different opponents often brought about many wonderful insights while also allowing him to examine his deficiencies.

He greatly enjoyed these fierce competitions, where every opponent spared no effort, fighting desperately to defeat him!

In Walnut's cave residence, Walnut looked at the woman, "Master, he has already reached the top five hundred. Can he continue onward?"

The reason for such a question was naturally tied to the woman's initial judgment that the top five hundred had a place for Lu Ye.

In just a few short days, that judgment had already materialized, so before the top five hundred, Walnut had full confidence in Lu Ye, wagering on him without hesitation before each battle. But now, she was uncertain.

The woman appeared pensive, "That kid probably hasn't used his full strength!"

Her insight was ultimately beyond Walnut's. Although in recent matches, Lu Ye each time had to battle his opponents fiercely for victory, appearing to narrowly win several times, the woman always felt Lu Ye's strength was more than that. Those fierce battles and narrow victories seemed more like deliberate grinding and honing.

Walnut was astonished: "Already in the top five hundred, and yet not using full strength?"

This ranking was something she could only dream of achieving in her lifetime. Her best accomplishment had been breaking into the top five thousand; the gap to the top five hundred was like a chasm.

"Did he message you anything?" the woman asked again.

Walnut shook her head.

"Then that's right," the woman nodded, "He'll definitely have a place in the top one hundred!"

Walnut hesitated, "What about the next combat..."

"It doesn't change, bet everything on him!" the woman said decisively.

Walnut was secretly speechless. Neither she nor her master had ever experienced such wealth, having amassed a huge fortune in just a few days. But if they bet wrong later, all their accumulation would go down the drain.

Walnut dared not believe her master's judgment, because her master's luck in gambling was really poor.

To be safe, she couldn't help but message Lu Ye, "Can you still win?"

"No problem!" Lu Ye quickly replied, simultaneously sending a combat field number.

Walnut was shocked, "Aren't you going to rest a bit more?" She had never seen anyone like him. The last competition had clearly exhausted him severely, and now, so soon, he was starting again.

She hurriedly informed her master of the number, and together they entered the combat field. Looking up, Lu Ye was already standing in the arena, showing not a trace of weariness, instead looking energetic and vigorous.

For other cultivators, perhaps after a fierce battle, a period of recovery would be necessary, but Lu Ye had his Talent Tree, allowing the depleted mana to be quickly replenished. As long as his physical strength kept pace, no lengthy recovery was needed.

Another fierce battle ensued. At this level of combat, there were more cultivators in the stands, unlike when Lu Ye had just broken into the top ten thousand and the stands were sparsely populated, now they were almost packed to capacity.

With more spectators, naturally, more cultivators would wager, which in turn allowed Walnut and her master to gain even greater benefits.

The only thing that dissatisfied the woman was that now it wasn't just the two of them watching Lu Ye; many had already noticed this rising star.

Although those people couldn't contact Lu Ye and follow him into specific Asura Fields, some of them were lucky enough to enter the place where Lu Ye was and naturally would bet on him without hesitation.

As a result, this indirectly reduced the earnings for Walnut and her master.

Victory after victory.

Walnut felt she was winning big. She never imagined that obtaining Asura Seals in the Asura Field could be so easy and effortless, somewhat experiencing the joy her master found in this endeavor.

After several more victories, Lu Ye's ranking had already broken into the top one hundred!

The rise of a new star, word spread, and many in the Asura Field knew that an extraordinary newcomer had arrived, undefeated through one to two hundred battles.

Unfortunately, no one knew where this new star came from or their name, because on the combat field rankings, this newcomer's information was hidden. Currently, it was only known that he was a human race sword-wielding combat cultivator.

Ranking in the top hundred, the rules changed again; he could no longer challenge opponents ranked in the top hundred. Lu Ye could only challenge cultivators ranked within ten places above him.

In other words, he would need to win at least nine more battles to reach the top ten, although considering some cultivators were not currently in the Sky Asura World, the actual number of battles would be more than nine.

For Lu Ye, this was not an issue.

The strength of cultivators within the top hundred compared to those within five hundred showed marked changes. Even someone like Lu Ye had to respond carefully, as some cultivators often employed peculiar techniques, and carelessness could lead to unexpected defeat.

Walnut was utterly stunned because she hadn't anticipated that within the top hundred, Lu Ye could still march triumphantly.

Initially, her master had judged that Lu Ye had a place within the top five hundred, then within the top hundred, yet presently this wasn't the limit.

After more than ten battles, Lu Ye succeeded in reaching the top ten.

The cultivators in the Asura Field all knew that in this combat field, the top ten were in a different league compared to those below them.

Though entering the top ten didn't guarantee advancement to Sun Blaze, the strength of top ten cultivators always dominated an entire realm.

In every combat, Walnut watched from beginning to end, holding her breath the whole time since Lu Ye's wins and losses were crucial to her entire fortune.

Gradually, she noticed a strange phenomenon; whether it was within the top five hundred, the top hundred, or the current top ten, Lu Ye's performance had remained unchanged. It seemed as though he exerted all his strength yet struggled to secure victory.

If it were just one or two occasions, it would be understandable, but consistently as such made one suspect something else—perhaps even in the top ten battles, Lu Ye wasn't actually using all his strength, because his capabilities allowed him to control the dynamics of the combat.