After waiting for quite a while, Lin Ye still hadn't received his reward.

He immediately looked towards Gongsun, only to see this guy with a sheepish smile, evidently aware of why Lin Ye was looking at him.

"Can I write you an IOU?" Gongsun asked shamelessly.

"No," Lin Ye flatly refused.

No room for negotiation!

The only way to completely crush Gongsun's attempts at bargaining was to firmly reject any of his requests for delay.

This guy is very cunning; there's no way to easily make any kind of agreement with him.

It's purely playing with one's own interests.

"Ah, you're really bent on squeezing me dry..." Gongsun said with a hint of bitterness.

Anyone who didn't know might think Lin Ye was so greedy, forcing Gongsun into such a pitiful state.

"Stop with the nonsense, or I'll assume you're breaching the contract!"

Lin Ye said very firmly.

He left Gongsun with no room for maneuver, knowing that in his current state, Gongsun couldn't afford to take damage from a breach of contract.

Even if he didn't die, he'd probably have to hide for a very long time before he could come out and cause trouble again.

For someone like Gongsun who can't sit still, it's undoubtedly a very uncomfortable thing.

At this, with a reluctant face, he reached out his hand towards Lin Ye.

In his outstretched palm was a dark green token, covered with crooked and intricate patterns, with a shimmering light flowing within them.

"This is..." Lin Ye raised an eyebrow, a bit curious.

According to the game rules, as the victor, Lin Ye could receive a treasure equivalent in value to his collateral.

And now that Gongsun was able to produce this item, it proved that this token's value was on par with Lin Ye's collateral "Rule Coin."

"This is an Origin Token..." Gongsun said with some pain, "It's a token used to store Origin Power, with thirty units of Origin Power inside..."

"This seems useless to me," Lin Ye said speechlessly.

After all, he wasn't a Demon, nor a Demon God, what's the use of giving him Power of Origin?

Could it be that Gongsun was hoping to entice him to become his follower with this?

That was simply impossible!

The last person to follow Gongsun, Gao Lanlan, was now as dead as could be; with such a lesson from the past, Lin Ye couldn't possibly follow any Demon God.

Not to mention, Lin Ye never had any intention of following anyone.

"You really are short-sighted..." Gongsun was obviously left speechless by Lin Ye's words and bluntly said, "To others, this might be useless, but to you, this is the best thing."

"If I weren't injured right now, I wouldn't be giving you the Origin!" Gongsun complained.

Gao Lanlan, that waste, really had harmed him severely.

Being that unbelievably useless, even under such extreme Level Suppression, she could still be played to death by Lin Ye.

Of course, Gongsun had his own guesses, but even though he knew the facts, he could only keep them to himself.

He finally understood why before the game started, Lin Ye asked him not to disclose any game information to anyone else.

It turned out he was guarding against this very thing.

"You mean..." Lin Ye frowned; he really didn't know how this thing could be of any use to him.

Even in his previous life, he hadn't heard of any Professional being able to utilize Origin Power.

Origin Power is the source of power for Abyss Demon Gods, effectively acting as a combination of Experience Value and Mana Value for Human Professionals, extremely important.

However, humans can't use this stuff!

"Aw! How dumb! This stuff is also very important to the Strongest. I dare bet that the Origin Power in your human Strongest's hands might not even reach a hundred units."

Gongsun rolled his eyes and said, "Now do you know the value of this thing?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ye didn't say another word and directly took the small stone token from Gongsun's palm.

Gongsun's meaning was mostly that as long as Lin Ye had the hope of becoming the Strongest, these units of Origin Power would be absolutely valuable.

As for what specific use these units of Origin Power would serve in the future, Lin Ye didn't know either.

But it was definitely not a bad bargain, since it all depended on how you used it.

As the saying goes, money can make the devil turn millstones, and having Origin Power can naturally invite Demon Gods to act.

So, this thing was indeed a double-edged sword; it all depended on how the owner wielded it.

The moment the token was in his hand, Lin Ye felt a ferocious aura originating from the Abyss surging forth from the token, striking directly at his face.

However, in the next moment, a white Holy Flame rose from Lin Ye's body, blocking this aura.

Seeing the appearance of the Holy Flame on Lin Ye, Gongsun's face turned cautious, and he instantly flashed ten meters away.

"It's that annoying flame again. It's a shame I couldn't kill you this time." Gongsun shook his head and sighed.

But there was nothing to be done since he had chosen the wrong person, Gao Lanlan, whom Lin Ye completely countered.

His failure this time was entirely reasonable. It could only be said that Lin Ye's secrets were just too many and too unexpected.

Who could have foreseen that Lin Ye might harbor a profession matching the strength of a Holy Flame Priest?

It's only fair that Gongsun's calculations didn't falter; he only lost to fate.

If it were anyone else, they would surely have died in this game round.

But you couldn't view Lin Ye's eccentricity as normal; getting the short end with him was just business as usual.

Failing to kill Lin Ye this time, Gongsun reckoned he'd likely never have the chance again.

Facing Gongsun's apprehensive demeanor towards him, Lin Ye wasn't surprised...

Holy Flame is one of the few forces that can directly harm Gongsun.

The so-called 'Holy Flame' is the purest cleansing power in the Holy Light Sequence, capable of purifying any Abyss-originated demons.

In fact, the Holy Flame affects demons' Life Value not through 'Damage' mechanics but by directly negating them from a Rule level...

Even someone as strong as Gongsun would suffer burning from such a rules-based force like the Holy Flame.

But with Lin Ye's current Holy Flame, the power was still too weak.

To most Demon Gods, the threat wasn't significant.

However, if left to grow, who knows what it could become?

Otherwise, Gongsun wouldn't have paid such a hefty price trying to kill Lin Ye...

Aside from reclaiming his Supreme Treasure, it was because Lin Ye's Holy Flame Power could directly strike him.

That's what Gongsun feared the most.

Lin Ye weighed the Origin Stone Token, suppressed under the Holy Flame Power in his hand, and looked at the distant Gongsun, saying, "Don't forget, you still owe me a Rule!"

"Got it, got it!" Gongsun replied irritably.

This time, he really lost big time.

It made it impossible for him to maintain his usual elegance, and he seemed pretty exasperatedly agitated.

Seeing Gongsun like this, Lin Ye couldn't help but laugh.

"Forget it, I'm leaving, hope we don't meet again!"

With the benefits obtained, Lin Ye chose to make his escape directly!

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