Douro Continent

Chapter 177 The Second Stage of Master Teaching (Part 2)

As for Oscar and Ning Rongrong, we can only wait until everyone has finished the one-on-one Soul Battle before we can team up with them for a two-on-two Soul Battle.

Night falls. The Soto Arena returns to its usual bustling atmosphere. Crowds begin to gather from all directions. As the most traditional and beloved form of entertainment, it welcomes numerous spectators every day.

The wealthy can enjoy the ultimate experience here, while even ordinary people with little money can still watch Soul Master matches. Because the Grand Soul Arena offers special package tickets for ordinary people at very low prices, anyone who can afford basic necessities is willing to come and watch Soul Master battles. After all, simply seeing Soul Masters is enough to satisfy the vanity of most ordinary people. Of course, because they have low-priced tickets, they only see ordinary Soul Master matches. Truly exciting Soul Master matches are extremely expensive. And Soto City has never lacked wealthy people who can spend lavishly. Furthermore, with the betting area hosted by the Grand Soul Arena, these matches are also a place where the rich and nobles secretly compete against each other.

At this moment, the time for the regular Soul Arena battles to begin was fast approaching. Soon, the one-on-one and two-on-two peripheral Soul Battles would begin. After these two Soul Battles concluded, the most exciting team battles would unfold.

Just then, a group of ten people caught the attention of the crowd preparing to enter the Great Soul Arena. Seven of these ten people were wearing the same mask.

The green masks looked somewhat comical, but the clothes they wore varied greatly. Some were ornate, while others were simple.

This group consisted of seven students from Shrek Academy, along with two deans and a master.

This time, they arrived at the Thirteenth Soul Arena. As planned, everyone registered using their Iron Soul Badges. Under the master's guidance, the five who wanted to participate in both one-on-one and two-on-two battles explained their intention to participate in both matches during registration in both areas. 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. Changing their names alone cost each of them ten Gold Soul Coins. However, since they didn't need to register again this time, the cost was only that much. Winning just one battle would recoup the expense.

Tang San and Xiao Wu chose to participate in the two-on-two Soul Battle first, and then the one-on-one battle, naturally separating them from the other five. Oscar and Ning Rongrong had to wait until Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing finished their one-on-one Soul Battles, so they also went to Zone 1 first.

Flander and Zhao Wuji followed the side with more people into the one-on-one battle arena, while Grandmaster followed Tang San and Xiao Wu to the two-on-two battle arena.

Since there were still Soul Battles to come, the two-on-two Soul Battle between the Sanwu duo was scheduled for the second match in the two-on-two zone of the Thirteenth Soul Battle Area. Soon, it was the two of them's turn to take the stage.

The master sat on the viewing platform, among a large spectator. It was the weekend for most people, so the main arena was unusually crowded. The smaller arenas were mostly populated by ordinary civilians, who were already excited by the first match, their shouts echoing throughout.

Tang San and Xiao Wu were naturally not very famous, and when they walked onto the stage as announced by the host, they did not receive much applause.

"Next, let's welcome the opponents of the 'Three-Five' duo, the Cat and Mouse team, who have already achieved four consecutive victories in the two-on-two Soul Arena. With their formidable strength, they have achieved unprecedented success in the Soul Master level competition. If they can defeat today's opponents, the 'Three-Five' duo, then they will complete a five-game winning streak. Perhaps, the next time they appear in the Soto Grand Soul Arena, they will enter the Central Soul Arena Zone. That is a great honor for a Soul Fighter."

"Cat and Mouse Duo?" Upon hearing these words, Tang San and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance. Although they couldn't see each other's expressions through the masks, they could still detect a hint of amusement in each other's eyes. Judging from the name of their opponents, they knew their opponents today would be a pair of agility-based Soul Masters. Both cats and mice excelled in speed. And Tang San, as a control-type Soul Master, was the nemesis of agility-based Soul Masters. With their opponents' levels no more than ten levels higher than their own, the two already felt quite confident.

Soon, amidst enthusiastic cheers and applause, the opponents of the Three-Five combination stepped onto the Soul Fighting Stage.

The two Soul Masters who approached were a man and a woman. The woman was tall and slender, appearing to be in her early twenties, with striking short, fiery red hair and sharp eyes. Her fingers were constantly and subtly moving. Seeing this, Tang San immediately deduced that this woman must be the cat in the cat-and-mouse duo. Dai Mubai had once told him that for all feline-type Martial Souls, finger-movement was a common action for Soul Masters.

The man was short, but to Tang San and Xiao Wu's surprise, he was extremely fat, even more so than Ma Hongjun. He looked like a large sphere, with both his head and body perfectly round. Only his squinting eyes gave him a slightly rat-like appearance.

A skinny cat and a fat mouse create a somewhat comical image.

The cat-and-mouse duo stepped onto the Soul Arena, naturally observing Tang San and Xiao Wu opposite them. When they saw the masks on Tang San and Xiao Wu's faces, they couldn't help but be stunned. Although some Soul Masters participating in the Soul Arena would conceal their identities, it was still rare to see them wearing masks like this.

The skinny cat girl scoffed, "Hiding your head and tail, pretending to be mysterious."

As the battle was about to begin, the emotions of the audience around the arena were fully stirred. In such a heated atmosphere, the host did not dare to waste any time and immediately announced the start of the second match of the two-on-two battle in the thirteenth arena.

As soon as the host announced the start, the cat and mouse duo simultaneously activated their soul power, causing their bodies to transform rapidly. After reaching level 30, the physical changes experienced by beast soul masters during martial soul possession are even greater than before.

Just as Tang San had predicted, the girl's martial soul was a cat. Sharp blades instantly sprang from her fingertips, several streaks of bright silver appeared among her red hair, her pupils narrowed, her upper body crouched, her ears perked up slightly, and a layer of fine silver fur appeared on her arms. Three spirit rings—one white, one yellow, and one purple—flashed simultaneously. The fact that her third spirit ring was at the thousand-year level clearly indicated that the spirit skills attached to this girl's spirit rings were quite remarkable.

The changes to the fat rat were rather comical. Its mouth protruded, becoming pointed, and it grew several whiskers. Two huge incisors protruded below its upper lip, and its small eyes, which had been slits, became round. Its chubby body also crouched down, its forearms thinned, and black claws sprang from its fingertips. Its three spirit rings were also one white, one yellow, and one purple.

Seeing their opponent reveal their martial souls, Tang San and Xiao Wu didn't stand idly by. Xiao Wu skillfully leaped into the air, landing firmly on Tang San's shoulder with one foot, and the two of them simultaneously activated their martial souls.

Long rabbit ears, white fur, longer legs, and red eyes are all Xiao Wu's distinctive features. Compared to before, she also has more fur on her arms, but it is finer than that of the other cat's thin body.

The sudden appearance of six spirit rings—two yellow and one purple—on the Sanwu duo immediately caused an uproar among the spectators.

These viewers, who frequently watched Soul Battle matches, were naturally very familiar with the Soul Ring levels of Soul Masters. Two hundred-year levels and one thousand-year level—in terms of Soul Rings, the Three-Five combination clearly had the upper hand over their opponents, the Cat-Mouse combination. The viewers who had previously been extremely optimistic about the Cat-Mouse combination suddenly changed their minds, but the atmosphere became even more intense. The more evenly matched the match, the more exciting it was.

The audience could see the power of the Three-Five combination's spirit rings, so how could the opposing Cat-and-Mouse duo not see it? But the spirit battle had already begun, and they were ready to fight at any moment.

The slender cat-like girl unleashed her power, her legs moving with incredible speed, her entire being like a whirlwind skimming the ground, sweeping towards Tang San and Xiao Wu. Her first two spirit rings lit up simultaneously. Her claws flashed out in a crisscross pattern, ten bright silver claw shadows tearing through the air, attacking the Tang San and Xiao Wu duo at the same time.

At the same time, her speed reached an extremely terrifying level, and the pressure brought by her soul power instantly rose to its extreme.

One of the two soul skills was an acceleration ability, and the other was a claw attack. Although he didn't know their names, Tang San had already made the correct judgment. He shrugged his shoulders, and Xiao Wu on his shoulder used the momentum to leap into the air, pouncing directly on the fat rat behind him. Tang San, meanwhile, circled his hands in front of him, used the Ghost Shadow Step, and immediately unleashed the Crane Control Dragon Capture technique. He wanted to test just how strong the opponent's soul power really was.

A flash of light and shadow staggered Tang San, who was immediately horrified. No wonder the cat-and-mouse duo had won four consecutive matches; the skinny cat-girl's soul power was probably no weaker than Dai Mubai's. Fortunately, Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Technique and Crane Control Dragon Capture simultaneously, not only dodging the direct attack but also using his Mysterious Heaven Skill internal energy to deflect the opponent's attack.

(End of this chapter)