The referee announced, "Both sides, state your names."
"Shrek Academy, Zheng Li (He Caitou)."
"Justsky Academy, Tang Xiaolei (Blood Wolf)."
Tang Xiaolei was a tall, thin man with particularly lively eyes. Blood Wolf was shorter, but much stronger and more powerfully built, with exceptionally thick arms.
Tang Xiaolei's gaze flickered as he sized up Zheng Li.
An unfamiliar face. He looked very young, after all—Zheng Li was only a little over one and a half meters tall.
He had only appeared the day before yesterday. There had been no information on him before that.
He needed to be careful.
On the high platform, the ministers, the emperor, and the empress were all watching Zheng Li with curiosity. Some of the ministers even regarded him with hostility, solely because of the scene where Wang Xin'er had thrown herself at Zheng Li.
Many of them had hoped for Wang Xin'er to become their daughter-in-law—even the emperor was no exception!
After all, Medical Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er stood behind her. Who wouldn't want to cling to such a powerful patron?
Sensing some of those gazes, disgust surfaced in Wang Xian'er's eyes, though she said nothing.
Those ministers could only fantasize. With her here, would they dare make a move?
After the referee signaled for both teams to retreat to the edges of the arena, he announced, "Match begin!"
The instant his voice fell, golden light flashed. Zheng Li entered combat mode at once, his clothes burning away. With a kick off the ground, he left behind a golden afterimage as he charged toward the two of them! One yellow and one purple soul ring slowly pulsed around him.
The audience below erupted in uproar. Before they even had time to marvel at his unconventional soul ring configuration, they were astonished that a mere