Berserker Team, Bai Ge Takes on Seven Alone (Part 1)

Grandmaster led everyone to the Soto Great Spirit Arena.

Flender had actually brought everyone here before, but Bai Ge had not participated.

Even before he fused with Tian Ce's memories, he had regarded this as nothing more than children playing house.

Let alone after fusing with Tian Ce's memories.

Here, spirit battles were divided into three categories. One was sparring, where opponents tested each other and were forbidden from striking ruthlessly or killing.

Another was a Life and Death Battle, used to settle irreconcilable disputes.

The last was a wager battle. The Great Spirit Arena acted as the referee, and both sides sent out equal numbers of Soul Masters to compete. The final winner would receive everything included in the wager.

Wager battles were first and foremost Life and Death Battles.

When many nobles and clans developed severe conflicts with one another, they often used this method.

There were also three match formats: one-on-one, two-on-two, and team battles.

For team battles, the number of participants on each side was negotiated beforehand. According to the Great Spirit Arena's rules, it was generally seven to ten people.

Bai Ge's role this time was to serve as the team's stabilizing force in the team battle!

The team's name had already been registered—

Shrek Eight Devils.

And ten thousand years later, the Shrek Eight Devils became the Shrek Seven Devils, with an additional legend—

"The Shrek Seven Devils actually had eight members.

Seven Devils and one King. If anyone could defeat the first seven monsters, then congratulations—the final Great Demon King would appear and cast you into the abyss in the most despair-inducing manner possible!

The only ones capable of opposing him were the successive senior disciples of the Martial God Hall, which had evolved from the Spirit Hall of old!"

Back to the matter at hand, the Great Spirit Arena's spirit battles were all held at night. After arriving in Suotuo City, the group chose the most luxurious hotel near the Great Spirit Arena and checked in.

Grandmaster had originally planned to find an ordinary hotel and make do, but Bai Ge unexpectedly paid for everyone and covered all their expenses.

This was the extravagance and confidence of a man whose daily system check-in guaranteed at least ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, on top of points and all kinds of treasures!

With money in hand, there was no cause for worry.

To Bai Ge now, Gold Soul Coins were merely a string of numbers on a card.

Bai Ge even had the leisure to tease Dai Mubai. "Big White, have you handed your card over to Zhuqing yet? I'm telling you, Eighth Sister, you really need to keep an eye on your man. Giving him ten or eight coins a month for pocket money is enough."

That was right. Bai Ge had been lucky. When they had compared their ages, he had given the date when Qian Renxue picked him up and counted back six years.

It just happened to put him one day older than Zhu Zhuqing.

Dai Mubai's face turned green.

But he had no choice but to obediently hand it over.

In retaliation, he turned his sights on Bai Ge as well.

But who would have thought that Ning Rongrong had no interest in money and said she did not care.

As for Tang San and Xiao Wu, if all the money were handed to Xiao Wu, then heh, Tang San would probably turn from the Tang Sect into the Beggars' Sect in less than three days.

Xiao Wu knew this herself, so she declared that it was only natural for a younger sister to listen to her older brother.

The fatty and Oscar were still single dogs, so no one managed them.

After everyone had messed around for a while, Grandmaster took out eight masks.

Without another word, Bai Ge donned his Gold Saint Armor. With both helmet and mask, he was wrapped up tightly from head to toe.

He then told Grandmaster that his martial soul came with all the equipment, so there was no need to trouble himself.

(The Virgo Gold Saint Armor had a mask. Shaka and Asmita simply did not wear it.)

Bai Ge chose to save himself rather than his fellow sufferers and escaped on his own, leaving the other seven with no such good fortune.

Then came their respective code names.

Proud Blood Tian Ce Bai Ge, Evil Eye White Tiger Dai Mubai, Sausage Vendor Oscar, Piercing Feather Heavenly Net Tang San, Evil Fire Phoenix Ma Hongjun, Tender Bone Charming Rabbit Xiao Wu, Seven-Colored Divine Light Ning Rongrong, Hell Spirit Cat Zhu Zhuqing.

Bai Ge's name came from Eastern Capital Tian Ce and Proud Blood Battle Spirit.

Tang San's suggestion, Proud Blood Heavenly Wolf, was rejected by Bai Ge for being far too cringe.

Tang San was proficient in mechanism-type Hidden Weapons and should have been called Shocking Feather. But limited by circumstances, his current fighting style relied more on poison and throwing weapons such as flying daggers and Bone Penetrating Needles. This was the fighting style of Tang Sect disciples who specialized in the "Heavenly Net of Deceitful Paths."

Thus, Shocking Feather represented his previous life, while Heavenly Net represented this life.

As for Dai Mubai's Thousand Hands Shura, it was gloriously ignored.

A name like Shura had been used to death in novels from his previous life. It was far too tacky.

As for why Ning Rongrong's name had been changed?

Seven Treasures Glazed Glass—how was that any different from telling everyone outright?

However, to Bai Ge's surprise, changing a few names had actually earned him thirty thousand points.

According to the system, though, these names carried extraordinary significance and were practically equivalent to true names.

Once these names had been changed, it also meant that their fates would, from this moment onward, gradually diverge completely from the direction of the original story.

Night fell.

Soto Great Spirit Arena repeated its nightly bustle.

Crowds began converging here from every direction.

As the most traditional form of entertainment, and also the most beloved by the public, it welcomed countless spectators every day.

The wealthy could enjoy themselves to the fullest here, while even commoners with little money could still watch Spirit Masters compete.

Because the Great Spirit Arena offered special ticket packages for commoners at extremely low prices, anyone who could afford food and clothing was willing to come here and watch Spirit Masters battle.

After all, simply being able to see Spirit Masters was enough to satisfy the vanity of most commoners.

Of course, since they held cheap tickets, all they could watch were ordinary spirit battles.

The truly exciting spirit battles were certainly not cheap.

And Suotuo City never lacked wealthy tycoons willing to spend lavishly.

Combined with the betting operations run by the Great Spirit Arena, these spirit battles were also places where the wealthy and nobles secretly competed against one another.

At this moment, it was nearly time for the Great Spirit Arena's routine battles to begin.

Before long, the one-on-one and two-on-two preliminary spirit battles would begin.

Once those two events ended, the most exciting team battle would take the stage.

Just then, a group of eleven people caught the attention of the crowd preparing to enter the Great Spirit Arena.

Among them, seven wore identical masks.

The green masks looked rather comical, though their clothes were all different.

Some were lavish, while others were plain.

But the most eye-catching figure was the last to enter behind the seven.

Clad in Golden Armor and draped in a snow-white cape, he was dazzling and resplendent.

This group was none other than the eight students from Shrek Academy, along with the two deans and Grandmaster.

Without any suspense, whether it was one-on-one or two-on-two, they won every match along the way. Bai Ge in particular did not even reveal his Soul Ring; with one punch per opponent, he instantly defeated them all.

Then came the final match of the day: the team battle.