Heading to the Great Soul Arena, Encountering the Shrek Seven Devils
After traveling for two or three days, the outline of Suotuo City came into view.
Suotuo City is a main city with very complete facilities. Although it is far inferior to Heaven Dou City, it is still very high in terms of scale.
This city is smaller than Heaven Dou City, but because it is close to the Star Dou Great Forest, there are still quite a few Soul Masters coming and going.
Qin Ming led the Imperial Fighting Team to find accommodation. After Lin Chen told Qin Ming, he took Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo to another inn.
After settling in, Qin Ming came to inform them about the registration arrangements for the Great Soul Arena. The gist was simple: register this afternoon, and the official competition will begin tomorrow.
That afternoon, Qin Ming led his group to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena.
The Soul Fighting Arena is a giant, circular building with gray stone bricks on the outside. Above the main entrance hangs a huge plaque that reads "Soto Great Soul Arena".
People were coming and going at the entrance, mostly Soul Master teams registering for the competition.
Qin Ming led them into the registration area with practiced ease and greeted the staff behind the counter.
The staff member looked up, recognized Qin Ming, and nodded with a smile, "Teacher Qin is here again. How many people did you bring this time?"
"Bring the students to participate in the competition. The team name is the same as before, Imperial Fighting Team." After handing over the Imperial Fighting Team's information, Qin Ming turned to look at Dugu Yan, "Yan Yan, Xiao Wu, you two should register for the individual competition as well."
"Okay, Teacher Qin Ming!" Xiao Wu nodded with a smile, and together with Dugu Yan, stepped forward to report her Soul Master information.
After registering them, the staff handed them a bronze Soul Fighting badge. "The individual matches are tomorrow morning, and the team battles are tomorrow afternoon. Just show your badge to enter."
"Thank you." Dugu Yan smiled and nodded, then took the badge and put it away.
Lin Chen stood to the side, not choosing to sign up. As a Soul Emperor of level 64, his participation in the Great Soul Arena was purely for bullying weaker opponents and had no real significance.
Qin Ming was aware of this, which is why he didn't ask him if he wanted to participate.
After registering, Qin Ming led the members of the Imperial Fighting Team to familiarize themselves with the venue, and Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu went along as well.
Ye Lingling wanted to follow, but Dugu Yan stopped her. "Lingling, you should go back and rest first. You must be tired from traveling these past few days. Come watch the match tomorrow."
"Alright then, Yan Yan, thank you for your kindness." Ye Lingling nodded and turned to head back to the inn.
Lin Chen didn't go with them. He told Qin Ming that he wanted to wander around the Soul Fighting Arena.
Qin Ming didn't ask any further questions. He waved his hand and left with Dugu Yan and the others.
After Lin Chen and Qin Ming arrived, he wandered around the Great Soul Arena by himself. The first floor of the Soul Fighting Arena was the registration area and rest area, the second floor was the stands, and the third floor was the contestant preparation room.
He walked slowly down the corridor, spreading his spiritual energy to sense the surrounding atmosphere.
Most of the players in the Soul Fighting Arena are Soul Masters at level 20 or 30, with a few at level 40 or above, but none of them have particularly strong auras.
Lin Chen had just finished walking around and was about to go back when his mental energy suddenly detected an aura that was significantly stronger.
The Soul Power Level of this aura had reached level seventy-eight, making it a Soul Saint- level expert.
Lin Chen raised his head and looked towards the main entrance.
A middle-aged man wearing square-framed glasses walked in through the door. He was dressed in an old gray robe, his hair was messy, and he had a shrewd smile on his face.
Behind him followed seven young people, each wearing a mask that covered most of their faces.
Lin Chen's lips twitched, and he couldn't help but think to himself, "Isn't that Flender, and the Shrek Seven Devils? And couldn't those masks be any more conspicuous?!"
The purpose of wearing masks in the original story was to conceal their identities, but the problem is that when all seven people wear masks, they are more conspicuous on the street than when they are not wearing masks at all.
Many people around them were already looking in their direction, but Flender didn't seem to care at all, and continued chatting and laughing with the young man next to him.
Lin Chen leaned against a pillar in the corridor, his mental energy quietly sweeping over the seven people.
Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong... and Tang San.
Xiao Wu not among them; instead, a pretty girl with an aura level of just over 30 stood in the middle of the group, looking somewhat reserved.
Lin Chen recalled the original story; he didn't know this girl, she was probably a new passerby recruited by Flender.
It seems that after Xiao Wu left Heaven Dou City with him, the lineup of the Shrek Seven Devils also changed, with a girl appearing out of nowhere and taking Xiao Wu's place.
Lin Chen had no intention of going over to say hello. He stood silently behind the pillar, watching Flender lead seven people to the registration desk and exchange a few words with the staff.
A staff member handed them a badge, which Flender took, glanced at, and waved to the seven people behind him with a smile.
"Let's go, we'll play tomorrow."
The seven people followed Flender toward the athletes' preparation room.
Lin Chen watched their figures disappear around the corner of the corridor and shook his head.
The Shrek Seven Devils' talent is indeed outstanding among their peers. Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing are all top-notch among ordinary Soul Masters.
But to him, these people don't even have the right to make him take things seriously.
The Shrek Seven Devils' team name quickly appeared on the battle screen: Tomorrow afternoon, the Shrek Seven Devils will face a local Soul Master team from Suotuo City.
Lin Chen withdrew his gaze and walked towards the stands; Dugu Yan's solo match was about to begin.
Her opponent was a level 29 Soul Grandmaster Martial Soul was Iron Fist. He immediately unleashed his full power, smashing his fists towards Dugu Yan with a whooshing sound.
Dugu Yan didn't even release her Martial Soul. After dodging the attack, she kicked her opponent in the side, sending him flying off the Soul Fighting platform.
A gasp of surprise erupted from the stands.
In the second match, the opponent was a level 30 agility-type Soul Elder with decent speed. However, after Dugu Yan's Jade Mountain Poison Dragon Martial Soul Possession, the opponent only managed to withstand one slap from Dugu Yan before collapsing to the ground.
"Jade Phosphorus Dragon Emperor, Dugu Yan wins!"
Amidst the cheers of the audience, Dugu Yan dusted off her hands and stepped off the Soul Fighting stage.
Xiao Wu jumped up from the stands and clapped, shouting, "Sister Yan is so cool!"
Lin Chen sat in the stands, watching Dugu Yan's match, and nodded. A level 48 player versus a level 30 player, there was indeed no suspense.
Then he turned his head and looked at another Soul Fighting.
The Shrek Seven Devils are currently engaged in a team battle. Tang San uses his Blue Silver Grass for crowd control, Dai Mubai his White Tiger for a White Tiger attack.
Zhu Zhuqing, as an agility-type Soul Master, made her move in, while Oscar frantically threw sausages from behind. Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda provided amplification, Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix was responsible for area-of-effect damage, and the random woman on the sidelines looked for an opportunity to attack.
Their teamwork was indeed quite good, considered outstanding among Soul Masters of the same level, but after watching for a while, Lin Chen just yawned out of boredom.
After all, in his view, the Shrek Seven Devils' competition was just a child's game. If he were to go on stage, the seven of them wouldn't even have time to release their Martial Soul before he slapped them off the stage.
"It seems we can leave Shrek Academy alone." Lin Chen glanced at Tang San and the others, who had already won, and walked towards Dugu Yan and the others.