With intelligence support from the Origin Consortium, the fleet led by Bai Fu soon arrived at the part of the starry sky where the Catastrophe Legion was often active.

By now, Bai Fu had become quite a celebrity, and her flagship, Night of Serenity, immediately attracted the attention of countless people upon its appearance.

"Some news said the Catastrophe Legion ambushed Bai Fu earlier; looking at this situation, is Bai Fu planning to retaliate?"

"Definitely, other than dealing with the Catastrophe Legion, I can't think of any other reason why Bai Fu would suddenly come here."

"Who do you think will win, Dark Moon Tide or the Catastrophe Legion?"

"The Catastrophe Legion, after all, is a long-established mercenary group."

"Let Bai Fu win, not to mention her character, just in terms of appearance, it would be a pity if Bai Fu died compared to Bloodthorn."

"Fuck, are there also lookism fans here?"

At that moment, people across the Edge World discussed the outcome of this battle.

Many news media even launched special programs, inviting famous commentators or superpower users to appraise the strengths of Dark Moon Tide and the Catastrophe Legion to deduce who might win.

The programs also included voting portals, turning a serious battle of life and death into a popularity contest.

Actually, such occurrences were quite common in the Star Sea.

Superpower users always had energy to spare, and brawling was routine; and people, by nature, loved to spectate.

Savior Saintess Bai Fu vs insane mercenary Bloodthorn; amidst super supreme, which rarely involved physical fights, and super civilizations, which seldom waged wars, this was a rare delectable feast.

Seeing how hot this issue was, how could the major gambling companies in the Edge World miss this profitable opportunity?

"It's really unfair, why does no one have faith in Fufu? Fufu is the Ghost Night Dominator, a player guide, the only mentor of the Spiritual Ability Profession, and the hidden main character. If Fufu loses to Bloodthorn, I'll eat Fufu on the spot!"

While making the analysis video for the battle between Bai Fu and Bloodthorn, Digging Girl angrily flipped through online data, with her hair standing on end.

The devoted followers of Bai Fu shrugged, "Can't help it, Fufu is considered a newbie in the Star Sea. Look, they say Fufu managed to drive off the Catastrophe Legion before due to the Origin Consortium's covert assistance, no one believes Fufu beat Bloodthorn by herself."

Digging Girl pouted: "Why doesn't Fufu release the actual scene video?"

"Fufu isn't the kind of person who cares about fame; come on, stop fretting about this, wait until Fufu personally crushes Bloodthorn, all these naysayers will immediately jump ship and start praising Fufu."

Digging Girl nodded; she understood the logic but was still annoyed.

So, something had to be done.

Like, betting on Fufu to win!

"Party on, you bunch of fools. You'll suffer losses big time!"

Not just Digging Girl, many other players also placed their bets on Bai Fu's victory after analyzing the market.

Their thought was simple: with so many official titles recognized on Bai Fu's profile, she couldn't possibly lose to someone like Bloodthorn, an NPC likely irrelevant to the main storyline.

Bet on Dark Moon Tide to make a fortune, Holy Fu Emperor, let you win hand over fist!

"That's more like it."

Bai Fu did not rush to explain publicly that she herself had obliterated the Catastrophe Legion, precisely for this scenario.

A couple of days ago, when related news first emerged, someone went online, leaking that the Origin Consortium had actually not exerted much effort in that ambush, and Bai Fu won by her power.

She was furious the moment she saw it; was it the right time to reveal this now?

Don't hinder me from making money!

Bai Fu immediately took action personally, opened a new account, and had Black Fu run far away to strongly criticize the whistleblower—

["Did you take Bai Fu's money? Praising her so much! Absolutely shameless!"]

Joking!

How would players make big money if the public did not undermine her? If players did not make big money, how would she?

In dealing with players, Bai Fu always followed the principle of "sustainable fishing," first letting players have their fun, and then players willingly sacrificing themselves to please her.

Now that was real win-win!

While Bai Fu was searching for traces of the Catastrophe Legion, far away at the Star Contract Headquarters, Oath Lord also received the intelligence.

"Lord Si Yue, I think I should tell you about this, Fei Ye has followed Bai Fu to fight the Catastrophe Legion."

Silver Zhu spoke respectfully to the Oath Lord, who was pondering on his combat technique.

These words utterly bewildered the Oath Lord.

"The Catastrophe Legion? Has Fei Ye gone mad? The legion commander of the Catastrophe Legion is an Upper Catastrophe!"

She hurriedly contacted the Origin Consortium for more details.

When questioned by the Oath Lord, Andras did not dare conceal, and he recounted Bai Fu's real power and plans in detail.

After listening, the Oath Lord was even more dumbfounded.

"Just half a year and she's capable of defeating an Upper Catastrophe?"

Good Lord.

Her previous interest in Bai Fu was only because she found the players fascinating, but this time, it was the first time she found Bai Fu genuinely intriguing.

"According to Andras, Bai Fu has made ample preparations for this, but in case any mishap occurs, leading to her and Fei Ye both falling there..."

The Oath Lord looked towards Silver Zhu, "Silver Zhu, make a trip personally. If they encounter any accidents, discreetly lend a helping hand."

Silver Zhu bowed and departed.

At the same time, the high-profile watchers of this battle were not limited to the Oath Lord alone.

The other two super supreme, manager Yuan Yi of the Arcane Library and Lupus of the Wanling Sect, were also closely watching Bai Fu, who officially belonged to Star Contract.