Light-Skillful Combination

Speaking of which, Dai Mubai had never known Shouzaki's true identity.

Although Dai Mubai had spent several years with Shouzaki, he did not actually know much about him. He only knew Shouzaki's general personality, and Dai Mubai was well aware that Shouzaki loved helping tinker with those little doll toys.

Other than that, although Shouzaki was a support-type Soul Master, he was actually exceptionally strong.

Beyond that, despite having known Shouzaki for many years, Dai Mubai understood less about him than Oscar and the others did.

Moreover, Dai Mubai was not even very clear on what Shouzaki's Martial Soul was. He only roughly knew that Shouzaki's Soul Power was around Soul Elder level.

So, when facing Shouzaki, whose identity, background, strength, soul skills, and Martial Soul he knew nothing about, Dai Mubai was still rather intimidated.

That was why, when forming teams, Dai Mubai would consider even the powerful Ryotaro, but he would never choose Shouzaki.

Thus, Dai Mubai pulled Ma Hongjun toward the team registration platform.

Of course, since their team was destined to be mere cannon fodder, their name and record were unimportant.

Although Oscar had Ning Rongrong on his mind, since both of them were support-type Soul Masters, he remained standing where he was, unsure whom to choose.

Only Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Ryotaro, and Shouzaki remained.

If they split into pairs, then the two support-type Soul Masters would naturally each follow Ryotaro and Shouzaki.

As for Shouzaki himself being a support-type Soul Master, Oscar had long forgotten that detail.

Just as Oscar was struggling to decide between Ryotaro and Shouzaki, Shouzaki stepped forward.

"Since there are already so many two-person teams in the academy, why don't the four of us form one team together?"

Shouzaki smoothly draped an arm over Oscar's shoulder.

He even mischievously winked at Oscar, filling Oscar's heart with even greater joy.

"No problem, Principal Flender!"

Shouzaki looked at Flender. Flender pondered for a moment—only a moment—before agreeing.

"A four-person team is acceptable as well. Of course, victory is the only option. Defeat is not allowed!"

Knowing Shouzaki's strength and having noticed the little exchange between Shouzaki and Oscar, Flender naturally agreed.

Flender also wanted to give Oscar a hand. After all, he had watched Oscar grow up, not to mention Shouzaki was there to help.

So Flender approved the arrangement.

Thus, Shrek Academy's members were assigned their teams.

The two-person teams were Tang San and Xiao Wu, Qian Qiao and Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

The four-person team consisted of Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ryotaro, and Shouzaki.

With that, each team set out with their respective partners for a new round of Soul Arena battles.

Since Tang San and Xiao Wu's group, as well as Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai's group, had already appeared in the original story, there was no need to pad things out.

So, let us turn our attention directly to Qian Qiao and Zhu Zhuqing's team.

"The next contestants are Hell Spirit Cat and the Armored Man who defeated the Desert Living Buddha's nine-match winning streak! Together, they form the Light-Skillful Combination! Let us welcome the Light-Skillful Combination!"

The host whipped up the atmosphere, and the audience began cheering as well.

Some people might not have seen Qian Qiao's battle against the Desert Living Buddha, but anyone who could defeat the Desert Living Buddha after nine consecutive victories definitely had some skill.

After all, achieving nine straight wins in the Soul Arena was no easy feat.

Thus, Qian Qiao and Zhu Zhuqing entered amid the crowd's cheers.

Compared to the tall and burly Qian Qiao, the audience was clearly more interested in Zhu Zhuqing.

There was no other reason: the outfit Zhu Zhuqing had prepared for tonight's battle was a skintight suit that fit perfectly—or rather, had become slightly too small due to her recent growth.

Zhu Zhuqing's skintight suit was entirely black, perfectly hugging her devilish figure. Saying she was curvy in all the right places was simply not enough to describe it.

What was more, the outfit perfectly displayed Zhu Zhuqing's golden proportions, and her pair of long, slender legs sent countless spectators into wild cries.

"Big sis, step on me!"

The pitch-black skintight suit was made from a material unfamiliar to Zhu Zhuqing, but beneath the lights, it reflected a silky, smooth sheen.

Nothing else needed to be said. Zhu Zhuqing's entrance alone made most of the audience feel their ticket price had been worth it.

Although Zhu Zhuqing wore an eye mask that concealed her face, veteran drivers declared that, judging by her every movement and smile, she could not possibly be ugly.

Besides, once the lights were off, who cared about that?

Back to the Soul Arena.

"Next to enter the stage against the Light-Skillful Combination are the Soul Arena's elite, the WuXi DiXi Combination, holders of a six-match winning streak in two-person Soul Battles!"

The host shouted into the microphone.

"Let us welcome the WuXi DiXi Combination!"

The audience erupted into cheers again. Another winning-streak team had arrived.

The WuXi DiXi Combination that stepped onto the stage consisted of the older brother WuXi, whose face was broad and round, perfectly demonstrating what an oval face would look like after being rotated one hundred and eighty degrees.

His younger brother DiXi had a stretched-out oval face—or rather, a complete horse face.

Even though the two brothers wore masks, the audience could still tell from their appearance that they looked somewhat solemn and dignified.

"I wonder whether the Armored Man can once again end a winning streak team's run. Let us look forward to the coming match!"

"Both sides, activate your Martial Soul Avatars!"

The host, who was also acting as referee, gave the command.

There was naturally no need to say much about Qian Qiao. His hands were empty, but with a casual reach behind him, a belt appeared in his hands.

Qian Qiao put on the belt, took out his phone, and pressed 555.

"Stand by!"

Photon Blood spread across Qian Qiao's entire body. After a burst of red light, Faiz appeared.

Qian Qiao's handsome transformation immediately drew everyone's attention, and they began shouting the Armored Man's title one after another.

Beside Qian Qiao, Zhu Zhuqing's Nether Civet Martial Soul Avatar was not nearly as flashy. She merely gained two cat ears atop her head, a long black tail behind her, and longer fingernails.

With her cat ears and cat tail, Zhu Zhuqing possessed an even more unique charm.

The innate coldness surrounding Zhu Zhuqing gained a few hints of cuteness under the addition of those cat ears.

All Ah Wei could say was, I'm dead.

The WuXi DiXi Combination was likewise not flashy—or perhaps it would be more accurate to call them simple.

WuXi and DiXi shouted "Martial Soul Avatar," and after a flash of white light, two classic large Western-style dolls appeared on the stage.

According to the uncanny valley theory supposedly mentioned by Lu Xun, the more something that was not human resembled a human, the more terrifying it became.

Thus, the dolls that should have been described as cute now carried a distinctly horrifying atmosphere in everyone's eyes.

"The WuXi DiXi Combination consists of the brothers WuXi and DiXi. They are known in the Soul Arena as the Evil Dolls! So, can the Light-Skillful Combination defeat the Evil Dolls?"

"Then let us—"

"Let the battle begin!"

The host shouted, then immediately jumped down to take cover.