Seven Treasure Flash Combination [Please Collect]

During the week of rest Master had given them, Zhang Yang went to the Great Soul Arena six times and brought his record to ten wins and zero losses.

However, to Zhang Yang's regret, his initial four-win streak had been achieved three months ago, so those four victories could not be counted together with his later six-win streak.

Even more irritatingly, the bonus points from consecutive wins would only be calculated at the end of the month, while Zhang Yang's tenth match—the first Soul Arena match after his five-win streak—had happened to fall on the first day of the month.

Thus, Zhang Yang's current record was ten wins and zero losses, with one match beyond a five-win streak and a total of ten accumulated points. The remaining nine points would be calculated at the end of the month.

For the rest of the time, Zhang Yang devoted most of it to cultivation, setting aside only a small portion to spend with Ning Rongrong.

Although the school rules stated that male students could not casually harass female students, an open relationship entered into willingly by both parties was beyond the rules' jurisdiction.

Of course, Zhang Yang was not someone who did nothing but accompany his girlfriend. During that week, he also went to Master several times to seek guidance, which pleased Master greatly.

To be fair, Master had to admit that compared to Zhang Yang, he had spent more effort and poured more of his heart into Tang San. But there was a reason for that.

After all, Zhang Yang and Tang San were not walking the same path of cultivation.

Zhang Yang's cultivation followed a broad road that had already been tested and proven by countless predecessors. Although Zhang Yang had a mutated Martial Soul, although his Martial Soul had granted him a set of Navy Six Styles, and although his Soul Ring skills were so unusual, none of that required Master to worry.

Master merely needed to plan suitable Soul Beasts for Zhang Yang according to his fighting style, in case they were needed later.

Tang San, on the other hand, was different.

Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls and could have eighteen Soul Rings. Yet because conflicts between his Martial Souls might arise in the future, he had embarked upon an unknown path fraught with danger. The only person he could rely on was Master, who specialized in theory.

One followed a steady cultivation routine and only needed occasional care to grow smoothly along a trellis, blossom, and bear fruit.

The other was weak and sickly, frail beyond measure, and required meticulous care—watering and fertilizing, unable to take even a single step without someone watching over him.

Seen that way, Master's investment in Tang San could not really be called favoritism.

When Master learned that Zhang Yang had been spending every day at the Great Soul Arena lately and had already achieved six consecutive victories at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, bringing his actual points to nineteen, he nodded in satisfaction.

Zhang Yang's thoughts perfectly coincided with Master's plans.

Even if Zhang Yang had not gone to the Great Soul Arena, Master would have taken them there tomorrow. Their physical training had come to an end. What Zhang Yang and the others needed most now was to battle Soul Masters of all types and accumulate extensive practical combat experience.

On the Soul Arena stage, Zhang Yang and the others could encounter all kinds of Martial Souls and Soul Masters with vastly different fighting styles. Battling such opponents was the best way to increase their strength.

The Great Soul Arena truly was a wonderful place.

Of course, the most important point was that Shrek Academy's finances were already extremely tight.

Three months of Medicinal Baths, along with Master constantly changing up the food to satisfy everyone's appetites, had drained the academy's education budget dry. Looking over the accounts, they probably did not even have ten Gold Soul Coins left.

Yet Master's second-stage training perfectly avoided this problem.

The school had no money? Then they simply would not spend any. During the second stage, the students would handle their own food and lodging. The teachers leading them could stay in Flender's Soul Tool shop in Suotuo City, cook their own meals, and one Gold Soul Coin would be more than enough to last until the second stage of training ended.

And if they wanted to make money, they could simply place bets on a few matches at the Great Soul Arena. With Zhang Yang's combat ability, it was not impossible for Flender to earn a small fortune in a single day.

The next day, upon hearing the familiar bell, the students arrived at the Training Ground on time.

Master stood with his arms crossed, looking with satisfaction at the students' upright postures. "After three months of training, your Physical Fitness has improved significantly. But you still have a long way to go before becoming outstanding Soul Masters."

"I heard from Flender that you have already been to the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, so I will not say much more. The second stage of training will begin there. There is no time limit for this training. It ends whenever you obtain Silver Soul Arena Badges."

"During this period, I will arrange for you to stay at the inn closest to the Great Soul Arena. You will be responsible for all food and lodging expenses yourselves. As long as you have the ability, those expenses will not be a problem."

Hearing that it would not be another round of devilish training, everyone relaxed.

"Of course, besides the one-on-one Silver Soul Arena Badge I require, all of you must also obtain a team Silver Soul Arena Badge. I have already chosen a team name for you: the Shrek Team."

"Furthermore, while competing at the Great Soul Arena, everyone must wear the masks the academy has prepared for you. No one may use their real name, no one may reveal their appearance, and no one may use Xiao San's Hidden Weapons."

"In addition, regardless of victory or defeat, each person must fight two matches every day. Aside from the mandatory team battle, there are no restrictions on the type of the other match."

Seeing that Master had said nearly enough, Oscar asked, "Master, do Support System Soul Masters also have to obtain Silver Soul Arena Badges?"

Master glanced at Oscar and said flatly, "Or you may choose to continue the previous training until everyone else completes the second stage."

Oscar shuddered. "Uh... pretend I never said that."

Ning Rongrong, who had also been about to speak, could not help secretly laughing at Oscar's comical appearance. Then she looked at the tall Zhang Yang beside her and said, "Zhang Yang, let's team up for two-on-two."

"Sure." Zhang Yang nodded and agreed without hesitation.

"Hey... Dai Laoda, let's enter the two-on-two together. What do you think? I've only just reached level thirty, but my support abilities should still be able to help you. Otherwise, I don't know when I'll ever save up enough to reach the Silver Soul Arena Badge rank."

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Seeing Oscar's pitiful expression, Dai Mubai, who had originally wanted to team up with Zhu Zhuqing, could only nod and agree.

In the blink of an eye, the eight-person group had formed two additional pairs. Tang San and Xiao Wu had long since registered for two-on-two, leaving Zhu Zhuqing with no choice but to form a team with Ma Hongjun.

Of course, even after forming teams, it was not certain that they would participate in two-on-two matches. After all, one-on-one was still an option.

Seeing everyone quickly divide into teams, Master nodded in satisfaction. These combinations were exactly as he had anticipated.

"Since we will be staying at an inn in Suotuo City for some time, you have two hours to pack your belongings. All right, dismissed."

The students hurried back to the Dormitory to pack their things, then headed for Suotuo City under the lead of Flender, Master, and Zhao Wuji.

After entering Suotuo City, the group chose an ordinary hotel near the Great Soul Arena and settled in. Because it was adjacent to the Great Soul Arena, the hotel was ordinary, but its prices were twice as high as elsewhere.

Still, the cost of a few Silver Soul Coins was nothing to Soul Masters.

Then Master took out a stack of green masks from his Soul Tool and distributed them to everyone. "Keep them safe. Remember to put them on after entering the Great Soul Arena."

"Also, everyone needs to come up with a nickname to hide your real name during 1v1 battles."

Following the pace of the original story, everyone quickly came up with their nicknames, and Tang San's Thousand-Hand Asura remained unchanged.

According to Master, being bound by Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was like being tightly gripped by thousands of arms, leaving one completely unable to move. That was why he had chosen [Thousand Hands Silver Grass].

However, everyone felt that the words [Silver Grass] did not sound imposing enough, so Dai Mubai changed it to Asura.

When it came to Zhang Yang, everyone found themselves at a loss. Zhang Yang's martial spirit was a wry-mouthed man with a lecherous expression; there was simply no way to give it an impressive nickname.

So, everyone began asking Zhang Yang for his opinion.

"Uh..." Zhang Yang scratched his head.

A nickname for Borsalino? Wasn't "Borsalino" itself already a nickname? His real name was Polusalino.

As for a four-character nickname, how about [Golden Flash]? Or perhaps [Wry-Mouthed Flash]?

Zhang Yang's mind worked quickly. After ruling out the obviously unreliable ideas, there were not many choices left.

"I think [Yellow Flash] works," Zhang Yang said. "The yellow flash produced when my Second and Third Soul Ring skills activate looks pretty cool."

Master nodded. "Not bad. Then it'll be [Yellow Flash]."

After explaining everything, Master left first. The Soul Fighting matches would take place at night, so Zhang Yang and the others still had an afternoon to cultivate their Soul Power and adjust their condition.

That evening, after dinner, everyone arrived at the Great Soul Arena. They first changed their aliases, registered their two-person combinations and eight-person team, then went to the waiting room to prepare.

Since all six people besides Ning Rongrong and Oscar had registered for 1v1, 2v2, and team battles, after speaking with the staff, Zhang Yang and the others had deliberately been given fairly long gaps between their Soul Fighting matches to recover their Soul Power.

Of course, the Great Soul Arena's arrangements could not possibly be perfect. If the intervals ended up being too short, they could only consider themselves unlucky. As Master put it, enemies would not care whether they were in good condition or not.

For example, Zhang Yang's 1v1 and 2v2 matches today were scheduled very close together, leaving him almost no time to recover.

Because his battles were so tightly packed, Zhang Yang adjusted his fighting style. He tried to conserve Soul Power and use the Navy Six Styles to end his fights.

Spirit Infusion consumed very little Soul Power, so Zhang Yang relied on the Physical Fitness enhanced by Spirit Infusion, combined it with the stamina-consuming Navy Six Styles, and used Finger Gun and Rokugan as finishing moves to swiftly end this 1v1 match.

After stepping down from the Soul Fighting Platform, Zhang Yang immediately pulled out one of Oscar's Recovery Sausages from his pocket and swallowed it, seizing every moment to restore his stamina.

At that moment, Ning Rongrong had already walked over to Zhang Yang. "Let's go. The 2v2 is about to begin at the 13th Soul Fighting Platform."

"Mm." Zhang Yang nodded.

"First to take the stage are the newly registered 2v2 rookie combination, the Seven Treasure Flash Combination."

Under the host's introduction, Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong stepped onto the Soul Fighting Platform together.

The spotlight fell on Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong. The pairing of a tall man and a curvaceous woman immediately drew plenty of attention, especially the green Shrek masks on their faces, which provoked laughter from the audience.

"Hahaha, look at those masks they're wearing. They're hideous."

"Wearing a mask like that, that woman probably isn't much to look at either."

Hearing the audience's mockery, Ning Rongrong stomped her feet in anger.

"Next to enter are the Seven Treasure Flash Combination's opponents for this match—the Moon Shadow Combination, who have already achieved seven consecutive victories in 2v2 Soul Fighting."

"Please welcome the Moon Shadow Combination to the stage!"