Douluo Continent: The Phoenix God Returns

Chapter 31 The Great Soul Arena

The Soul Battles at the Soto City Grand Arena are all held at night. After arriving in Soto City, the group first chose an ordinary hotel near the Grand Arena to stay at.

After arranging accommodations for the students, the master called the eight of them to Tang San's room.

"Now you can freely form groups to decide which kind of Soul Arena to participate in. The Grand Soul Arena usually starts with one-on-one and two-on-two matches. Although team battles are separate from the former two, they start later and are considered the most attractive battles for spectators in the Grand Soul Arena. By staggering the times, we can earn more ticket fees from viewers. You must participate in one team battle each day, and you can choose the other one freely. I don't object if you want to participate in three battles, provided that you have a good grasp of your own Soul Power."

As soon as the master finished speaking, Oscar looked at Dai Mubai with a pitiful expression. "Brother Dai, how about we participate in a two-on-two match together? What do you think? Although I've only just reached level 30, my support abilities should still be able to help you. Otherwise, I don't know when I'll ever accumulate enough points to reach the Silver Battle Soul Badge level."

Dai Mubai hesitated for a moment. His original intention was to participate in a two-on-two Soul Battle with Zhu Zhuqing, or to participate in a one-on-one Soul Battle by himself. Looking at Oscar's pleading eyes, he thought for a moment and then nodded, "Alright."

Among the eight, Li Ye and Dai Mubai were clearly the strongest in terms of combat power. Oscar immediately chose Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong's gaze immediately turned to Li Ye. She said in a sweet voice, "Fourth Brother, are you willing to help me?"

"Brother Dai, how about this? Xiao Ao and Rongrong will team up with me, and even if I lead them, they won't lose," Ye Li suddenly said.

Dai Mubai looked at Ye Li and gave him a thumbs up in his heart: "Good brother."

With Ye Li's help, Dai Mubai finally teamed up with Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San teamed up with Xiao Wu, and our little chubby guy was on a solo team. There was no way around it, his level was too low, Oscar couldn't team up with him, and Ning Rongrong also disliked him.

"You can decide for yourselves how you participate in the Soul Battle. Here, take this with you; if you're not traveling together, keep it safe during the battle. Also, try to speak as little as possible on stage. And try not to let your opponents know your age."

As he spoke, the master took out eight masks that he had prepared beforehand from his soul tool bracelet.

"When participating in team battles, you will compete as members of the Shrek Academy team. For individual battles, you can choose your own titles for the two-on-two matches. For one-on-one matches, I've come up with a nickname for each of you. Use those nicknames for the matches. As long as you mention it when you register, your real names will not appear in the arena."

Everyone could understand the master's meaning, especially since they had already reached the level 30 Soul Master realm at the age of twelve. Any one of them would be astonishing in the Soul Master world. Especially if they became famous in the Great Soul Arena, the Spirit Hall would probably be the first to come knocking on their door. But how could they know that an undercover agent was right beside them?

"Master, I won't participate in the team competition," Ye Li said.

"Hmm? Why?" Yu Xiaogang asked, puzzled.

"Because I'm already a Soul Master, participating in the team competition won't be of any use to me at the moment." Ye Li said as she released four Soul Rings: yellow, yellow, purple, and purple-black.

"Holy crap, almost at the fourth level of the ten-thousand-year cycle! Xiao Ye, you're only twelve years old! You're cheating without me?" Oscar exclaimed.

"Alright, Xiao Ye doesn't need to participate in the team competition." Yu Xiaogang said, "With Li Ye's current strength, participating in the team competition would only cause the Shrek team to lose its initiative."

Oscar asked curiously, "So what will we call our titles?"

The master said, "Mu Bai will continue with his original Evil-Eyed White Tiger, and you can continue with your sausage shop. As for Xiao San, let's call her Thousand-Handed Asura. Ma Hongjun, I've also come up with a title for you: Evil Fire Phoenix, how about that?"

The fat man chuckled, "Thank you, Master. This is good. After all, I'm a phoenix too."

Xiao Wu had already approached the master, putting on a pitiful look, "Master, what should I call you? You must give me a nice name."

The master smiled and said, "You use a soft technique, your whole body is as soft as if it has no bones, plus your rabbit martial spirit and charm skills. How about we call you the Soft Bone Charming Rabbit?"

"That sounds pretty good." Xiao Wu smiled happily.

"As for Xiao Ye, he is skilled with a sword, so let's call him the Flame Phoenix Sword Immortal. Rong Rong's martial soul is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and there's nothing better to describe you than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. As for Zhu Qing, it's most appropriate to name her after her martial soul. Netherworld Spirit Cat is a good name in itself."

Now, the Shrek team finally has its own title. In order to maintain their best condition, everyone stays in the hotel to cultivate their soul power and wait for the night to come.

All seven are currently at the Iron Soul level. Dai Mubai has three points, Oscar has zero, Tang San has two points because he and Xiao Wu both participated in one-on-one and one two-on-two matches. Ma Hongjun also won his last match, making him the player with the most points, reaching ten, and he has won three consecutive matches. Xiao Wu, like Tang San, also has two points. Ning Rongrong has zero points. Zhu Zhuqing lost her last match against Xiao San in the Soul Arena, so she currently has zero points. Ye Li did not participate in the match last time because she comforted Ning Rongrong, so she also currently has zero points.

It takes 100 points to go from Iron Fighting Soul to Bronze Fighting Soul, and 1,000 points to go to Silver Fighting Soul. They still have a long way to go to reach the goal of this second stage of special training.

As night falls, the Soto Grand Arena returns to its usual bustling atmosphere. Crowds begin to gather from all directions, the time for the regular arena battles to begin is fast approaching. Soon, the one-on-one and two-on-two peripheral battles will commence. Only after these two battles conclude will the most exciting team battles take place.

Just then, a group of ten people caught the attention of the crowd preparing to enter the Great Soul Arena. Seven of them wore identical green masks, which looked somewhat comical, but their clothing varied greatly – some were ornate, others simple.

This time, they arrived at the Thirteenth Soul Arena. As originally planned, everyone registered one by one using their Iron Soul Badges. The five who were participating in both one-on-one and two-on-two Soul Arena explained their intention to participate in both matches when registering in the two zones.

The staff scheduled their battles to avoid overlap. At the same time, everyone changed the names on their Iron Soul badges, concealing their real names and using the titles they had chosen during the day.

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(End of this chapter)