A Woman Who Refuses to Be Outdone!

"Hello, Ms. Dou Dou!"

Neuvillette put the cane in his right hand back into his Storage Soul Tool. His hand touched Dou Dou's only briefly before they parted.

"What do you mean, Ms. Dou Dou? Call me Sister Dou Dou! Little Neuvillette, that way of addressing me is a little too distant!"

Dou Dou frowned, sounding somewhat displeased.

The Eight Great Families were closely connected, and the younger members generally addressed one another as brothers and sisters. Dou Dou had met Neuvillette before.

Neuvillette: "..."

Seeing Neuvillette's "indifferent" expression, Dou Dou did not mind. He had looked the same as a child. Back then, she had even teased him. Thinking carefully, this guy seemed "indifferent" toward everyone.

"I'll show you around the Soul Arena so you can get familiar with it, and I'll take you to where you'll be staying while we're at it."

As a gold-medal commentator, Dou Dou naturally had her own way of dealing with awkward silences. After smiling at Neuvillette, she naturally took his right hand in her left and led him into the Soul Arena.

Neuvillette: "..."

Could this Ms. Dou Dou be using the excuse of being his older sister to make a move on him?

Neuvillette felt that was quite possible!

After all, she had done it before.

He had only been seven at the time, yet this "little witch" had already teased him. It had truly been more than Neuvillette could handle.

As time passed, Dou Dou finished introducing the Soul Arena to Neuvillette before bringing him to the dormitory.

Neuvillette's dormitory was a little over two hundred square meters. It was almost identical to where he had lived before. This must have been Lakesius's arrangement as well.

The old man really was thoughtful.

"So, what do you think? Isn't the atmosphere in the Soul Arena much livelier than at home?"

"Then again, that's not right. You seem to have never liked lively places."

"Wherever there are lots of people, you go where there are fewer."

Dou Dou gave Neuvillette a somewhat speechless look. He was so handsome, yet he was socially anxious. What a waste.

Still, that was fine too. At the very least, he treated everyone else the same way.

At those words, Neuvillette's eye twitched.

People had different dispositions. Many times, he did not find a crowd lively at all, only noisy.

"I'll be heading back first. I still have a match to host later. As for you..."

Dou Dou paused before continuing, "If you're only serving as a referee, you won't need to say much. The host will keep the atmosphere lively."

"It's easy to learn. Practice for two days in one of the side arenas first. Once you're familiar with the process, come to the Home Field and work with me."

"Of course, it's also fine if you merely hold the position without serving as a referee."

Dou Dou knew more or less about the inside story behind Neuvillette's appointment, so she did not directly put him to work as a referee.

"Alright. I'll learn."

Neuvillette nodded. He had no objections to Ms. Dou Dou's arrangements.

Those transmigrators all liked defeating opponents in the arena and showing off.

As for a transmigrator becoming a referee, he, Neuvillette, was the first!

Dou Dou did not linger. There would be plenty of time in the future. Now that Neuvillette had come to Soto City's Great Soul Arena, could she possibly let him get away?

For Neuvillette, being a referee was practically the perfect job. There might not be absolute fairness and justice in the outside world, but there could be on the arena stage!

In the blink of an eye, Neuvillette had been at the Soul Arena for three days. During those three days, he had not gone straight to a side arena to serve as a referee. Instead, he watched matches and learned the Soul Arena's rules, as well as how a referee determined victory and defeat, rule violations, and the like.

Contestants and spectators who frequented the Soul Arena gradually learned that there was such a referee here. Some female spectators and contestants especially wished they could watch a match officiated by Neuvillette.

Unfortunately, this seemingly aloof referee had yet to oversee a single match.

"Ms. Dou... cough, Sister Dou Dou, I've learned more or less enough these past few days. Tonight, I'll host a match in one of the side arenas."

Before he could finish saying "Ms. Dou Dou," Dou Dou, who stood opposite Neuvillette, rolled her eyes.

Fortunately, Neuvillette corrected himself quickly. This Ms. Dou Dou immediately went from angry to pleased, a smile appearing on her face.

"Alright, I'll have someone arrange it for you right away!"

Dou Dou smiled, patted Neuvillette's shoulder, and then left.

She was around ten centimeters shorter than Neuvillette. To pat his shoulder, she had to stand on tiptoe. The sight left Neuvillette both amused and exasperated.

A woman who refused to be outdone all her life!

Over these three days, something interesting had happened somewhere Neuvillette did not know about.

Just yesterday, Shrek Academy had begun its admissions.

Without the Tabular Crystal, Tang San naturally did not have the Dragon Whisker Needle. Yet the plot still proceeded as it had.

After Xiao Wu used her Charm soul skill on Zhao Wuji, she was still knocked unconscious by the backlash. Tang San erupted, but without the Dragon Whisker Needle, he could not break through Zhao Wuji's defenses.

In the end, Tang San was severely beaten by Zhao Wuji as a lesson.

Of course, Tang Hao, who had watched from the shadows, showed Zhao Wuji no mercy last night. He had nearly beaten Zhao Wuji to death!

Fortunately, he felt Zhao Wuji still had some use, so he spared him!

Under Flender's arrangements, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others arrived at the Soul Arena.

Flender had worn a grim expression all day. When he looked at Tang San, his gaze contained a killing intent absent from the original story!

Because this child did not know any better, Old Zhao had nearly been beaten to death!

It would not be excessive to call him the chief culprit.

Of course, Tang San was Tang Hao's son, so Flender did not dare reveal his killing intent toward Tang San. What if Tang Hao noticed? That would be disastrous.

Flender could only keep the matter in his heart.

Unfortunately, Tang San knew nothing about this. He even believed that he had earned Zhao Wuji's approval and thus successfully joined Shrek Academy.

Old Zhao really did not know any better, picking a fight with a twelve-year-old child. See what happened? He ran into someone with backing, and the person behind that child taught Zhao Wuji a lesson in minutes.

At this moment, Tang San, standing beside Xiao Wu, hardly looked human anymore. After Xiao Wu woke up, she had almost failed to recognize him.

"Soul duels are divided into one-on-one, two-on-two, and team soul duels with five or more participants. Of course, the most common team soul duel is the standard seven-on-seven."

"Within the Soul Arena, there are Gambling Soul Duels, Gamble Fights, and Life and Death Battles."

"I don't recommend that you participate in Gamble Fights or Life and Death Battles. These two kinds of soul duels generally result in casualties. Gambling Soul Duels are different. You might be injured, but deaths are extremely rare..."

After all, soul skills had no eyes...