Watching Nan Qiuqiu, the "big sis" on the other side, rally morale and point out the lay of the land, Lin Yun smacked his lips and waved for Yang Mei and Guo Yunqu to go up first and play with Earth Dragon Gate's unlucky kids.
The Ranking Tournament's format was 1v1, team battles, and 2v2v3.
The first team to win two matches claimed victory. Unlike the previous elimination and Round Robin Tournaments, there were no randomly drawn, single-match life-or-death battles.
By the Ranking Tournament, there naturally needed to be more room for error. They couldn't keep deciding everything with a single match.
With Tang Sect absent, Earth Dragon Gate naturally hadn't been eliminated in one go. But amusing as they were, they always seemed to run into enemies they had absolutely no way of fighting—such as Soul Hall before them.
After the previous elimination and Round Robin Tournaments, Soul Hall's strength had become obvious to all. Every team knew that Soul Hall had a Soul Saint contestant with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, whose seven Soul Rings were all at least purple thousand-year Soul Rings. She was hailed as the strongest contestant in this tournament.
Thus, the entire Soul Fighting Arena was practically packed to the brim for today's match. Everyone had come to watch Soul Hall compete and see Di Qiu'er's invincible figure once more.
Before the match had even begun, wave after wave of cheers erupted from the stands, each louder than the last.
"Golden Dragon Lady!"
"Golden Dragon Lady!"
"Di Qiu'er!!!"
"The strongest of the tournament!"
The cheers from the stands did not alter Di Qiu'er's expression in the slightest. In front of other humans, she seemed to have reverted to the Emperor Auspicious Beast from the Original Work—cold, proud, and unapproachable.
For a time, Lin