Dominating Evolution of the Cosmos

Steve had actually defeated Alex and crushed him with absolute strength. This result was beyond everyone's expectations. Now, people had a clearer understanding of Steve's real strength.

The 20,000 contribution points went directly into his account. However, this time, Steve did not leave directly.

Hayden, who was in the spectators' stands, looked at Steve angrily and asked him coldly, "You are clearly stronger than the eighth level of the Original Gravity Tower. Why don't you continue to challenge it?"

Others were equally curious about this, as Steve's current strength could already surpass the 10th level, but he had stayed on the eight levels of the Original Gravity Tower for so long already.

"What does it matter to you if I want to challenge the higher levels or not?" Steve sneered.

His answer caused Hayden to feel even more furious, yet helpless at the same time. The others all looked helpless, too. But, they had to admit that, whether or not Steve continued to challenge the higher levels indeed had nothing to do with them.

But, as Alex had lost this challenge so unjustly, if Steve had shown his real strength and kept challenging the higher levels, surpassing more than ten levels in the Original Gravity Tower, Alex might not have been so reckless as to challenge Steve!

"Good! You're good!" Hayden's voice was full of anger. "We never settled this matter!"

"If you want revenge, why wait? I'll give you a chance now." Steve looked at Hayden arrogantly. "If you dare to accept my challenge, I'm willing to put the 20,000 contributions points that you've lost on the table as the wager."

Hayden said angrily, "We can't take out 20,000 contribution points for the time being."

This was because the liquid contribution points of the Death Combat Unit were limited. It hadn't been easy for them to raise to 20,000 contribution points this time in the first place. If they were to add an additional 20,000 contribution points, that would be 40,000 contribution points, which was just not possible for them.

Last time, the Black Tiger Combat Unit had been able to raise 100,000 contribution points, but they had amassed huge debts because of it. As such, their actual liquidity was no more than that of the Death Combat Unit. Even if the Death Combat Unit borrowed contribution points from other combat units, they would still incur similarly huge debts.

"I don't need you to take out any more contribution points as the wager. I just need you to return all of the contribution points to the recruits that you blackmailed in the past. At the same time, I want you to record a video on the official website of the military base and apologize to everyone you scammed. Moreover, the video must stay posted on the front page for a month," Steve said calmly.

With these terms, it seemed as if the Death Combat Unit would not lose many contribution points. They'd, at most, have to repay the contribution points that they had taken from the recruits.

However, recording an apology video and posting it on the official website for a month would make the Death Combat Unit the biggest joke in the military base. They would surely lose face then! In this way, it seemed that there was no real harm, except to their pride!

However, as the missions entrusted to the military base from outside would take into account the reputation, fame, and other factors of the team that was receiving the mission in the military base, if they were to leave a bad impression on those customers, it was likely that many customers would not consider issuing missions to the Death Combat Unit in the future.

As team operations required a lot of funds and resources, if the mission volume was reduced, they would lose a lot of revenue. At the same time, the loss of reputation would also bring about other negative impacts.

But, considering the 20,000 contribution points and the dilemma that the Death Combat Unit would face after the loss of 20,000 contribution points, Hayden thought for a long time.

After comparing the strength gaps between the two, if it were him, Hayden knew that he could easily defeat Alex, too. In his view, the gap in strengths between Steve and him was not big.

The others present were shocked to hear that Steve wanted to continue to challenge Hayden...

"Is he mad? He just challenged Alex, and he dares to challenge Hayden now?"

"Hayden is much stronger than Alex!"

"Hayden's basic cell value has already exceeded 430 points. In the ranking of personal strength, he is also among the top 30 geniuses of the whole army. That is to say, there are not more than 30 geniuses who could defeat Hayden in the entire military base."

"Steve's getting arrogant!"

"He's just a mere recruit, yet he thinks he has the strength to be ranked in the top 30 after defeating Lawrence and Alex?"

"This kid is crazy! Does he really think that he is invincible?"

"Hayden's basic cell value has exceeded 430 points, and he has also practiced the Blood-Burning Manic Change. His strength must be more than 450 points in actual combat. Other than the top 10 geniuses, no one could be 100% sure that they could defeat Hayden."

Bubbling discussions rose from everyone one the scene. Steve's strength was powerful indeed, as he'd only been at the military base for about a month, yet he had already achieved such amazing results! No one in the entire history of the military base could do what he had done!

Still, Steve was so arrogant that he wanted to continue to challenge Hayden. This was really overconfidence on his part!

After all, Alex's personal strength did not exceed 430 points of basic cell value, even if he used the Blood-Burning Manic Change. Hayden, on the other hand, had a basic cell value that had already exceeded 430 points. Hence, if he was to use the Blood-Burning Manic Change, his strength would be even more incalculable!

However, since Steve could beat Alex in just one move, his real strength was still not clear to everyone as of yet. But, within the scope of everyone's knowledge, even if Steve was a genius, he would not be able to surpass 450 points within a month of entering the military base.

Although Steve had used his spiritual power to enhance the strength of his basic cell value, on the surface, it was still quite different from the Blood-Burning Manic Change. The Blood-Burning Manic Change could make one's body bigger, and the steam reaction would occur on the body's surface, making the whole body seem to boil.

But, there was no change when using spiritual powers to amplitude the strength of the basic cell value, and the person would look exactly the same as he normally did on the surface. This was one of the greatest characteristics of spiritual power.

After a while, Hayden finally made a decision. "I agree to your challenge!" Hayden said coldly.

"So straightforward!" Steve laughed. "Let's set the time for an hour from now."

It was unexpected that Steve would just take a short break before continuing to fight. But, as Steve had only suffered a few superficial injuries in the battle just now, he figured that he would be able to recover quickly after just an hour's rest.

Just like that, they had set the time for the fight. They then went to the lounge to rest.

The entire audience was surprised by this turn of events. The first battle had ended not long ago, and there was already a second battle in the works! This time, it was a very controversial subject of debate as to whether or not Steve would win against Hayden.