Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 19 Battle Arena

"Brother Lang Lei, over there, it looks so lively." Gretchen, who was holding Lang Lei's hand while strolling through the street, suddenly pointed in a direction and asked curiously.

Following Gretchen's pointing finger, Lang Lei saw a magnificent, golden building standing there, with a significantly higher population density than other places.

Its architectural style is magnificent and spectacular, symbolizing the glory and power of the Soul Masters.

Lang Lei watched for a while and then understood. After all, he had lived in Douluo Continent for more than seven years and knew some things.

"That's the Great Soul Arena. Every major city has one. It's where Soul Masters compete, and of course, many ordinary people also like to go there to watch all sorts of matches," Lang Lei explained to Gretchen. "Various commercial activities take place inside the Great Soul Arena, including duels between Soul Masters, the trading of Soul Rings and Soul Bones, etc. It's a bustling commercial center. Well, to put it simply, it's a large shopping mall where you can watch matches."

Lang Lei was also quite curious about the Great Soul Arena.

The Great Soul Arena was jointly founded by the seven most prestigious Soul Master families on the entire continent. It belongs neither to the Heaven Dou Empire, nor to the Star Luo Empire, nor to the Spirit Hall. It is an independent force, but it is incredibly wealthy.

Although the original work does not specifically introduce the seven major soul master families that proposed to establish the Great Soul Arena in the early stages, they are obviously not ordinary people, as they are able to stand independently from the three strongest forces on the continent.

Lang Lei guessed that these seven great soul master families were probably equivalent to the powerful clans on his home planet, Blue Star.

As the saying goes: dynasties come and go, but powerful families remain. Even emperors who rule dynasties have little control over these powerful families.

Even the famous Tang Dynasty emperor Li Er (Emperor Taizong of Tang) waged a protracted war against these powerful families, not daring to directly overthrow them. Later, Huang Chao forcibly overthrew them, wiping out a portion of the powerful families. It was only with the rise of the imperial examination system that the power of these families was gradually weakened, and they were almost completely wiped out during the turmoil of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

It wasn't until the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang that the ruthless and decisive ancestor completely eradicated the so-called aristocratic families. (This is just speculation based on historical records; please take it as a joke.)

If the powerful clans are already so formidable, then these seven great soul master families must be even more terrifying.

Moreover, there are no extraordinary powers on Earth, but there are on Douluo Continent. Soul Masters need to cultivate, and the seven great Soul Master families that control resources are destined not to be weakened by the imperial examination system like the aristocratic families on Earth. On the contrary, they will continue to absorb Soul Masters from outside and become stronger.

However, his extraordinary achievements also led to his extraordinary downfall.

Even the eight great soul master families have to keep their tails between their legs in front of a Title Douluo, let alone a Limit Douluo.

However, the eight great soul master families are clearly very insightful and have a clear understanding of their own position, which is why they have been able to develop to this point.

Seeing Gretchen's curious expression, Lang Lei smiled and asked, "Little Gretchen, would you like to go in and take a look?"

"Yes!" Gretchen nodded.

Lang Lei chuckled and pulled Greta into the Soto Arena.

As soon as he entered, a cacophony of shouts rushed into Lang Lei's ears.

Seeing that Gretchen was also frowning, Lang Lei silently used his soul power to create a soundproof barrier around the two of them.

The noise level has decreased significantly.

"Thank you, Brother Lang Lei."

"It's nothing."

Soon, Lang Lei realized a problem as he watched Gretchen jumping around. Gretchen was too short, and with the crowd blocking her view, she couldn't see the Soul Arena at all.

"Pfft—"

Greta heard Lang Lei's laughter and pouted, "Brother Lang Lei, you're bad!"

"Sorry, sorry, little Greta is just too cute."

Greta's face flushed slightly, and she opened her arms, her meaning all too clear.

Lang Lei raised an eyebrow in surprise, but still followed Gretsch's wishes and squatted down to pick her up from the ground.

Greta was only shy for a moment before immersing herself in her current view.

With the help of soul power and several physical enhancements, Lang Lei, now at level twenty-nine, was already quite tall, and it was impossible to tell his true age.

In addition, Gretchen is now sitting on Langley's shoulders, so her field of vision is already quite wide.

Lang Lei still enjoyed his closeness with Gretchen, and for some reason, he was also somewhat relieved that the seats below were all full.

"Brother Lang Lei, can we always keep doing this?" Gretchen, sitting on Lang Lei's shoulders, suddenly looked down at Lang Lei, who was hugging her legs.

"Gresh can do it anytime she wants," Lang Lei said after a moment's hesitation.

A smile appeared on Greta's expressionless face, and then she looked up at the Soul Arena again.

After a while, perhaps feeling that it wasn't very interesting, Gretchen moved down and sat on Langley's arm.

"Bored?" Lang Lei asked.

"Hmm." Gretchen nodded.

Lang Lei said it was no surprise, after all, the other party's strength was undeniable. He was just curious at first, but after finding it wasn't that interesting, he lost interest.

If it were a high-level Soul Master, it would be fine to watch those Soul Skill visual effects that are like "special effects," but high-level Soul Masters wouldn't come to the Soul Arena, so it's completely unnecessary.

"How about... we go up and give it a try?"

Lang Lei suddenly became interested.

He can sign up for a doubles match with Gretchen.

As for whether having two Segresius perform would be too unfair...

Why not just prevent Greta from taking action?

He didn't activate his martial spirit, and instead held little Gretchen in his arms, letting them use their hands.

By the way, the matchmaking rule in the Soul Arena is that it's a battle between players of the same level.

As for Lang Lei's physical attributes...

Even if he stands still and lets a Grand Soul Master attack him, the opponent won't be able to break through his defense.

He didn't have a fixed income of gold soul coins, so he could make a profit by betting on himself to win.

Gretchen's eyes lit up.

"But little Gretchen can't touch anything~ I'll hold little Gretchen, the little cutie just needs to be cute~" Lang Lei pinched Gretchen's little face in his arms. "Just consider it a close-up look."

"good!"

Soon, the two arrived at the registration desk.

"Are you sure you want to bring an ordinary person to play a doubles match this morning?" The receptionist looked at Little Gretchen with doubt after testing Lang Lei's soul power level with a soul power crystal ball.

The receptionist admitted she had never seen such a cute little girl before, but the competition won't surrender just because you're cute!

"I'm sure," Lang Lei said affirmatively.

Soon, the Hui Shi group was established.

Gretchen observed the large piece of iron in her hand with curiosity, a little excited.

"Sir, it will be your turn to perform soon. Please proceed to the preparation area as quickly as possible," the receptionist reminded them.

"Okay, thanks for the reminder." Lang Lei nodded, picked up little Gretchen, and headed towards the preparation area.

Soto Grand Arena had no idea they were about to face their nightmare...

(End of this chapter)