"An Instant-Kill Battle, Like a Fixed Match"

"Alright, your match has been arranged!" the woman continued. "Since this is your first time participating in a duel, to avoid leaving any trouble behind, please each choose an alias!"

In the end, Ye Qin's alias was "Hermit of the Wandering God"!

Hu Liena chose "Bewitching Celestial Fox"!

Their team name was the "Immortal Fox Combination"!

First, Ye Qin and Hu Liena would be participating in a two-person match.

Led by Great Soul Arena security personnel, the two stepped onto their own duel stage.

At this moment, every seat in the stands above the stage was occupied.

The Great Soul Arena had sixteen stages for each round of duels, yet Ye Qin and Hu Liena noticed that most of the spectators' attention was directed toward their stage!

Seeing this, Ye Qin could not help but feel surprised. Neither he nor Hu Liena had ever participated in the Great Soul Arena before, so there was no way they could have such a following!

There was only one explanation: their opponents were popular figures!

Looking ahead, Ye Qin saw a man and a woman, two tall, slender figures walking toward them.

Both were around 1.8 meters tall. The woman wore her sky-blue hair in a bun and was dressed in black leather. Though her face was concealed behind a mask, her long, graceful legs and proud figure made countless spectators salivate as she walked with elegant steps.

The man beside her was similarly well-proportioned, with powerful muscles!

"Coming up on Stage Three are the Immortal Fox Combination, Hermit of the Wandering God and Bewitching Celestial Fox, against their opponents, the Ling Feng Combination, Ling Han Zhiruo and Feng Xing Wanli!" the host shouted through a sound-amplifying Soul Tool.

"It's them!"

Hearing the host's introduction, Hu Liena turned to Ye Qin in surprise.

"What is it? You know them?" Ye Qin asked Hu Liena.

"Their real names are Ling Zhiruo and Feng Qiling. They are the number two and number three seed candidates of the Elder Hall. Not only are they exceptionally capable, they had already reached Rank 44 at the age of twenty-one!" Hu Liena explained softly. "Hong Rui is even Ling Zhiruo's best friend!"

"Interesting!" Ye Qin said with a curl of his lips. "But Lena, how do you know their identities?"

"My teacher taught me that knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in every battle. Over the past three years, I've had people keeping watch on them. They came to the Great Soul Arena a month ago!" Hu Liena said frankly.

"But what I'm curious about is, how did we run into them in our very first match?"

"How about I kill them for you?" Ye Qin said with a cold smile.

"No!" Hu Liena shook her head. "There may be Elder Hall elders secretly protecting them. Qin, don't act rashly!"

"Just kidding," Ye Qin replied.

"Hu Liena, long time no see. I didn't expect to run into you here!" When the two sides reached the center of the stage, Ling Zhiruo smiled faintly at Hu Liena.

"Ling Zhiruo, how did you recognize me?" Hu Liena frowned.

"Because you reek of fox stink. It's far too recognizable!" Feng Qiling said coldly from the side, his arms folded across his chest.

Hearing this, Ye Qin gave Feng Qiling a frosty smile. "Your eyes look decent enough. What a pity you went blind so young!"

"Oh? And who are you?" Feng Qiling asked Ye Qin with disdain and a trace of coldness.

"You don't need to know who I am, because you aren't worthy of knowing my name!" Ye Qin replied coldly.

"What a sharp-tongued brat!" Ling Zhiruo sneered. "I hope you can still laugh later!"

"Give it a try," Ye Qin said with a shrug, looking utterly unconcerned.

"Contestants on all stages, prepare yourselves! You have one minute to reveal your martial spirits and soul rings!" The host's shout rang out once more!

"Weapon Spirit Summon!"

Ling Zhiruo and Feng Qiling smiled confidently as they took the lead in revealing their soul rings and martial spirits.

Their soul rings were both optimally configured: two yellow and two purple!

Their martial spirits were two swords. One was crystal-clear, like blue crystal!

The other was bronze-colored and covered in intricate patterns, somewhat resembling the Xuanyuan Sword of legend!

Their martial spirits were known respectively as the Ice Jade Sword and the Fire God Sword!

"Heh, just as expected. Two sword bitches!" Ye Qin sneered faintly.

"Hmph!" Feng Qiling curled his lips, his eyes brimming with killing intent. "Swords have no eyes. If I kill you later, that would only be natural!"

Ye Qin remained as calm as still water at Feng Qiling's words. Hu Liena, however, revealed her martial spirit and soul rings as she said coldly, "Feng Qiling, if you dare kill him, I guarantee you won't live past tonight!"

"It seems you care a lot about this brat!" Ling Zhiruo smiled sinisterly. "Fine, then we won't kill him. We'll just break both his arms and teach him a lesson!"

Ye Qin did not waste any more words!

"Match begin!" the host shouted.

The instant his words fell, Feng Qiling swung the Fire God Sword and charged before Ye Qin like a gale, slashing down at the latter's arm!

An unbelievable scene unfolded!

Ye Qin's gaze sharpened. Not only did he not dodge, he raised his right arm to meet the blade!

Yet with a clang, Ye Qin's arm was not cut off. Instead, Feng Qiling was knocked back several steps!

This scene stunned Ling Zhiruo, Feng Qiling, and the spectators alike!

Even more unbelievable was that Ye Qin had not even revealed his soul rings!

Before Feng Qiling could react, blazing lightning erupted from Ye Qin's right arm as he launched a fierce attack at Feng Qiling's abdomen!

Caught off guard and unable to steady himself, while also being intimidated by Ye Qin, Feng Qiling was utterly unable to fight back!

Seeing this, Ling Zhiruo immediately swung the Ice Jade Sword and thrust it toward Ye Qin!

However, Hu Liena had long been prepared. The instant Ling Zhiruo drew her sword, Hu Liena swung her fox claws to intercept her!

"Kirin Thunder Heavenly Wrath!"

Ye Qin showed no mercy whatsoever, unleashing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone skill with his Rank 40 Soul Power at full force!

"Bang!"

With just one punch, Feng Qiling was sent flying, spraying a long stream of blood from his mouth!

Several more punches followed in quick succession. No one knew how many of Feng Qiling's bones had shattered before he was finally slammed heavily onto the ground, completely motionless!

"Feng Xing Wanli has lost his ability to fight!" Seeing that Ye Qin still seemed unwilling to stop, the host cried out urgently. A Spirit Saint-level guard immediately flew onto the stage and carried Feng Qiling away!

At this moment, the host was drenched in sweat, because killing was forbidden in Spirit City!

The sudden turn of events briefly plunged the entire venue into silence before thunderous applause erupted!

"You?" Ling Zhiruo stared at Ye Qin in utter disbelief.

She knew Feng Qiling had been careless, but Ye Qin's terrifying strength left her dumbfounded!

"You're next!" Ye Qin said with a cold smile.

"I concede!" Ling Zhiruo said with some fear.

In a two-on-one fight, Ling Zhiruo had almost no chance of winning!

"Heh, it seems you two are not only bitches, but also a pair of big talkers!" Ye Qin mocked Ling Zhiruo.

"Just wait! In the match seven days from now, I won't let you off!" Ling Zhiruo spat coldly before leaving the stage in disgrace!

The battle had ended so quickly that not only the spectators, but even Hu Liena stood frozen in place. "Th-this is over already?"

"Fixed match!"