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In the Great Spirit Arena of Tian Dou City,
Within the double-team arena - the River Field.
With the acknowledgment from the Martial Soul Hall for Tang San's proposal of diversified arenas, the Great Spirit Arena of the Tian Dou Empire also kept pace with the times, offering various types of arenas.
Of course, only the arenas in large cities enjoyed such treatment. In smaller cities, it was difficult to achieve arena diversification.
For instance, in the Soul Arena of Soto City, it remained a typical platform-like arena.
But let's get back on track.
The so-called River Field was a competition area of about a hundred meters in length and width, with a winding artificial river traversing it. On both sides were scattered gravel, relatively soft fine sand, and further out, some randomly scattered wild grass.
For soul masters accustomed to fighting on dry flat terrain, such a field was somewhat challenging.
After all...
The grass was rather slippery...
Near the riverbank, the sand was softer and damp...
Not to mention the flowing river water. Even if a martial soul could swim, it wouldn't be wise to jump in if it had no direct connection to water.
However, compared to extreme terrains like ice and lava, this river field was considered decent. As long as one was cautious, a soul master's strength wouldn't decrease much.
Moreover, different arenas could better showcase a soul master's talent.
"Now, let's welcome the double-team contestants!"
The referee, a female soul master with the ability to fly, announced loudly through a microphone-like amplification soul device. "From Shrek Academy, the Phoenix Duo, and from the Tian Dou Royal Academy, the Blue Cat Duo!"
"Pfft~"
Tang San, upon hearing the words "Blue Cat," almost spat out the water he was drinking. "Cough, cough!"
"Are you alright?" Xiao Wu asked with concern. "Why are you so excited?"
"It's nothing, just heard Shrek Academy and got curious... They've come to Tian Dou City too?" Tang San smoothly changed the subject, looking towards Huo Wu, Yu Tianheng, and others.
Yu Tianheng nodded and said, "Indeed, Shrek Academy has arrived in Tian Dou City. Initially, they intended to join the Tian Dou Royal Academy, and under Teacher Qin Ming's leadership, it went quite smoothly. But they got into trouble with Xue Beng... Although Xue Beng's mouth is a bit foul, being the son of the Xue Ye, after they fought him, it wasn't feasible for them to stay for long."
"Despite the efforts of the three council members to stop it, Xue Beng found Prince Xue Xing... Things took a turn for the worse."
"Originally, Prince Xue Xing wanted to invite Senior Poison Douluo to come out, but it seems Senior Poison Douluo is with you... Nevertheless, in the end, Shrek and the others left because Xue Beng often caused trouble for them. He even brought along members of the Royal Team, including His Highness the Crown Prince's bodyguard and follower, Wang Chen, who seems to harbor a particularly strong animosity towards Mu Tian..."
Mu Tian and Wang Chen, both traversers, had personalities quite similar to Long Aotian's. The situation where "compatriots meet, eyes filled with tears" would never occur.
As for Qin Ming, he didn't leave with Shrek this time.
Because this time, Shrek and the others left of their own accord, unable to endure being frequently harassed by Xue Beng and his group, not because Xue Xing drove them away.
The insults towards Shrek...
Xue Beng did say some, but he's just a playboy.
Qin Ming could discern the severity of the situation—he wouldn't escalate the mockery of a playboy's offspring... Shrek Academy left on their own accord, which is different from being driven away.
Therefore, Qin Ming didn't leave with them.
"And then?" Tang San continued to ask, "Shrek is relatively impoverished, so how did they establish themselves in Tian Dou City?"
"It's somewhat of a family scandal." Yu Tianheng scratched his head somewhat awkwardly. "Isn't Yu Xiaogang my uncle? Although he's currently looked down upon by the entire continent, and most of the family also despises him, he hasn't been expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family... And an elder from our family and a bastard daughter, my aunt, opened a Blue Tyrant Academy... Flender, my uncle, and the remaining one, you should have guessed?"
"The Golden Triangle reunited." Tang San remained composed, then asked further, "So, how did they end up separating again?"
"Perhaps due to the fusion of martial souls, my uncle and my aunt hit it off, not knowing they were cousins and nearly got married..." Yu Tianheng hesitated for a moment, but still disclosed this, feeling much relieved afterward. Then he said, "Don't spread this out."
Shi mo and Shi mo simultaneously said, "Our mouths are the tightest; we won't speak a word."
Yu feng said, "Deputy Captain, rest assured, I have a relative working in the Martial Soul Hall. I heard they hold quite a high position, and the most important thing for the Martial Soul Hall to stand firm throughout the continent is its reputation."
Tang San glanced at Yu feng, feeling that Yu feng's relative working in the Martial Soul Hall was probably Lingyuan. After all, both of their martial souls were Wind Chime Birds, and they were of the same lineage.
In a world where martial souls could be used for paternity testing, having the same martial soul was the best proof.
Afterwards, everyone else also expressed that their mouths were sealed tight and they could keep secrets, absolutely not divulging them.
"After Shrek and the others left, they joined the Blue Tyrant Academy, which was later renamed Shrek Academy. During the six months you were away, Shrek Academy also nurtured eight relatively talented students," Yu Tianheng continued, discussing the situation at Shrek. "Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Mu Tian, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Tai Long, and a healer named Jiang Zhu as a substitute."
"These individuals have all reached the rank of Soul Elder, with Dai Mubai's soul power already at level thirty-nine... This guy is indeed quite reckless, often fooling around in Tian Dou City, progressing rather slowly in cultivation. However, once the tournament starts, he should be able to reach the Soul Ancestor realm."
"Among the others, apart from Mu Tian who might become a Soul Ancestor, the rest are likely to hover around the level of Soul Elder."
Dugu Yan interjected, "Although their individual strengths aren't strong, their cooperation is quite tacit. Coupled with the restraint between soul masters and the reasonable use of the terrain, Shrek's team has a decent winning rate in the Tian Dou Great Soul Arena, second only to the Elemental Academy."
"Moreover, if the main force of the Elemental Academy doesn't intervene, they can even overwhelm the other students of the Elemental Academy... as long as they don't have the advantage of terrain."
Yu Feng added, "The cooperation among Shrek's students is still in a state similar to what you theorized before, Captain. Their tactics aren't sophisticated, but they have a fierce spirit, much like street thugs in a fight, with one particularly ferocious individual who's a bit intimidating."
Tang San nodded. This was once Shrek's way of survival.
In Soto City, the academy was only so big. If students didn't want to be bullied, they had to show their strength and ferocity to make others think twice about provoking them.
Even Dai Mubai, born into the royal family of the Star Luo Empire, had acquired a bit of a thuggish demeanor in the environment of Shrek... A person who could accept Shrek's philosophy and say things like "the students of the academy are not to be trifled with" was nothing more than a little thug, right?
On the river arena, the battle between Lan Yinzi and Zhu Zhuqing against Mu Tian and Ma Hongjun began.
Ma Hongjun was the first to use Phoenix Firewire, a long flame shooting across the river towards Lan Yinzi.
However, due to the distance, Lan Yinzi easily dodged it.
When the flames hit the ground, they exploded, scorching a lot of grass but failing to ignite a fire. After all, although Ma Hongjun's flames were hot, the grass on the ground was not the dry, yellow kind. To ignite it, the moisture in it needed to be dried first.
Unfortunately, this was a river arena, and what the ground lacked least was water. How could Ma Hongjun's meager soul power dry out the moisture in the entire river arena?
After dodging the attack, Lan Yinzi deployed Blue Silver Seed and Blue Silver Net. In an environment with abundant water like the river arena, the Blue Silver Emperor could exert greater effectiveness.
In the blink of an eye, the entire arena was covered by the Blue Silver Net, even the river surface was covered with a layer of net woven from blue silver grass.
After changing the environment, Zhu Zhuqing and Lan Yinzi quickly flickered their figures. With their extremely fast speed and strength, they quickly approached Ma Hongjun, who was as plump as a ball, and instantly eliminated him, then focused on dealing with Mu Tian's Triple-Headed Earth Fire Lizard.
Although this martial soul was hosted by Austin Griffin, even though Austin Griffin had left now, under his influence, its defense, strength, and speed were not bad.
Unfortunately, it was still not as powerful as Zhu Zhuqing, who possessed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger soul ring and the externally attached soul bone. Zhu Zhuqing depleted all its soul power and knocked it off the stage.
However, Zhu Zhuqing also exhausted nearly seventy percent of her own soul power and was panting slightly afterward.
"It's still too weak. Dealing with a Triple-Headed Earth Fire Lizard requires consuming seventy percent of my soul power. I need to strengthen my training and control the accuracy of using soul power," Zhu Zhuqing reminded herself inwardly, then nodded to Lan Yin and walked off the river arena.
"The winners are the Blue Cat Combination!" the host announced the result of the match, and then more than ten staff members came on to clean the battlefield, clearing footprints and burnt grass, and replanting.
After the river arena was cleaned up, the ground nearby cracked, and the entire river arena descended, with thick walls blocking the two sides of the river, moving to one side, and another area emerged on the other side—a desert.
Obviously, various terrains were arranged underground in the Tian Dou Great Soul Arena. With the operation of mechanisms and some soul tools, they could be switched...
After the match, many people took out soul guide cameras to take pictures of Lan Yinzi, Zhu Zhuqing, and others.
The two women didn't mind and simply retrieved the proof of participation at the lobby: the team medal for the Blue Cat Combination, preparing to leave the Great Soul Arena.
However—
"Two beautiful ladies, the match was very exciting," Tang San and the others approached, congratulating them.
"Captain!" Zhu Zhuqing called out in surprise, trotted over, then kept her aloofness, "Are you also participating in the Great Soul Arena?"
"Just stretching our muscles," Huo Wu rubbed her wrists, smiling.
"You guys go register. I'll take them back to the academy. If you need to hunt soul beasts, just find me in the dormitory," Tang San reminded everyone before taking Lan Yinzi and Zhu Zhuqing away.
"Xiao Wu, aren't you going with them? Aren't you afraid that black cat will steal your boyfriend?" Huo Wu teased.