Tang San Meets Lin Dongyao

Time rushed by, swift as a white colt flashing past a crack in the wall.

In the blink of an eye, the Grand Finals of the Soul Master Tournament opened, and the competing teams arrived in Spirit City.

Spirit City, the holy city of Spirit Hall—the greatest power on Douluo Continent—stood at the border between the Two Great Empires, beside Star Dou Forest.

Compared with Heaven Dou City and Xingluo City, the capitals of the Two Great Empires, Spirit City was much smaller. Its area was not even a tenth of Heaven Dou City's.

Even after Spirit Hall had wrung the wallets of every major power dry, it had never expanded Spirit City.

But while Spirit City was not large, its number of powerful experts was arguably the highest on Douluo Continent.

And under the policies Spirit Hall had followed throughout its development, its Commoner Academies across the continent had given it an enormous army of terrifying strength!

It could be summed up in one line—Soul Sages as soldiers, Soul Douluo as generals, Titled Douluo as commanders, and the Pope and elders as the leaders behind the scenes!

Now, with so many outsiders arriving, Spirit Hall had put part of its strength on display. At the very least, all the elders currently in Spirit City had come out to direct the patrolling soldiers, maintain order, and prevent the visitors from suddenly causing havoc.

Every major power that arrived in Spirit City was stunned.

Every patrolling soldier here was a Soul Master. The captains were no weaker than Soul Sages, and red-robed bishops were as plentiful as hairs on an ox.

Soul Masters, scarce and revered in the Two Great Empires, were nothing more than patrolling soldiers in Spirit Hall.

The gap in strength was plain to see.

The sheer number