The Battle Begins

After Lin Huai stopped laughing, he looked at the Shrek group.

"The rules were set by me, do you think I would agree?"

The Shrek group remained silent. In fact, this was true; Ning Rongrong had fought for this match.

But if it were one-on-one, wouldn't that be a guaranteed loss?

Flender's eyes darted around.

It seemed there was no difference in the outcome whether they won or lost, Lin Huai just wanted a fight.

After realizing this, Flender was about to speak when Lin Huai's voice rang out again.

"However, to commend you for using your brains, I agree."

Yu Gang instantly regained his imposing aura, and Tang San and the others straightened their chests again.

"But, you now have to challenge two of our people."

"As an additional reward, if you win, that ten thousand Gold Soul Coins can also be waived!"

Flender seemed to see his little treasury waving goodbye to him again.

He grabbed Yu Gang's shoulders with both hands and shook him vigorously.

"Xiao Gang!"

"My little treasury depends on you!"

Yu Gang flung Flender's hands away and looked at Lin Huai and the three women.

"It's a deal!"

Lin Huai led Qian Renxue and the two other women into the Great Soul Arena.

"I'll go in first to arrange the battleground. Shrek, you guys discuss it and come in quickly."

Ning Rongrong ignored the Shrek group and followed Lin Huai inside.

Zhu Zhuqing also followed Ning Rongrong, pausing briefly as she passed the Shrek group.

"You wronged Rongrong. I think you should apologize to her."

As everyone didn't know how to respond, Oscar started outputting again.

"Ning Rongrong herself didn't argue, so why are you playing the good Samaritan here, Zhu Zhuqing?"

Oscar paused, looked at Zhu Zhuqing's unparalleled figure, and his expression turned strange.

"Don't tell me you were involved too."

"You were sent to Shrek by Lin Huai as a spy!"

Zhu Zhuqing saw that her good intentions were being misinterpreted by Oscar and even insulted.

Too lazy to argue with them, she strode into the Soul Arena with her long legs.

Dai Mubai looked at Oscar, about to speak, when Oscar spoke first:

"Brother Dai, I know you have feelings for Zhu Zhuqing, but imagine this."

"When a beautiful woman comes to ask you for a deal, and she's accompanied by a friend with a bombshell figure and a pretty face."

Oscar stared into Dai Mubai's eyes and said word by word:

"Would you give up the duck that's already in your grasp?"

"Besides, Zhu Zhuqing didn't argue just now!"

With these few words, Oscar had led everyone astray.

Dai Mubai's eyes turned red, and he panted like an ox, enraged:

"How dare Lin Huai insult me like this!"

Tang San and Xiao Wu had wanted to argue that they wouldn't, but seeing that the atmosphere was inappropriate, they didn't say anything more.

And so, a perfect misunderstanding closed its loop.

Ma Hongjun stepped forward and put his arm around Dai Mubai's shoulder, whispering comfortingly:

"Brother Dai, don't be too sad. You still have me, and we have each other!"

Dai Mubai felt embarrassed and explained to everyone that Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée, otherwise, he would have earned the title of being cuckolded.

Yu Gang signaled Tang San to intervene promptly, thereby establishing Tang San's leadership.

Tang San was quite obedient.

"Brother Dai, the most important thing now is the upcoming challenge. Let's discuss that first."

Dai Mubai wanted to say that the most important thing for him now was that his fiancée had run off with someone else!

But he couldn't. He could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger.

After taking several deep breaths, Dai Mubai spoke.

"Grandmaster, you make the arrangements; we will follow your plan with all our might."

Dai Mubai now blamed Lin Huai for his fiancée running away.

After some thought, Yu Gang said:

"We don't know who to pick for the second slot, but they shouldn't have a third soul master with a Six-Winged Angel martial soul."

The more Yu Gang spoke, the more he felt impressed with himself, convinced that this must be the reality.

"We'll pick that black-haired girl directly; she definitely isn't as strong as the girl who looks the oldest!"

He patted Oscar on the shoulder.

His tone was filled with expectation:

"Then Oscar will be the most critical link to our victory. They don't know that Oscar's third soul skill allows for flight."

"You all can quickly surround and attack that Tian Yue from the air. Once she is eliminated, you can deal with the other one."

Yu Gang noticed that everyone was looking at him with admiring eyes.

His vanity was instantly satisfied.

He cleared his throat with a pretentious air.

"Alright, that's the plan. Let's head in!"

Inside the Soul Arena, Lin Huai presented his Martial Soul Hall credentials and requested that the arena clear a stage.

The person in charge of the arena quickly arranged the stage.

At this moment, the Shrek group also appeared in the arena.

As the team captain, Dai Mubai pointed at Tian Yue and Hu Liena.

"We choose these two as our opponents!"

After speaking, he glared fiercely at Zhu Zhuqing, who was standing to the side.

Zhu Zhuqing was somewhat confused, but Ning Rongrong glared back on her behalf.

Lin Huai hadn't expected them to avoid choosing him, but it didn't matter.

"Fine, the stage is ready. Get up there."

Hu Liena took the furious Tian Yue by the hand and walked toward the stage.

The five members of Shrek also stepped onto the stage.

In the private box, Ning Rongrong asked Lin Huai:

"Now can you tell me Nana's actual strength?"

Zhu Zhuqing also leaned in to listen.

She was quite curious about the information regarding Lin Huai and his companions.

Lin Huai looked at Hu Liena in the arena; she had made rapid progress over the past few years.

"Her martial soul is a benignly mutated Spirit Fox; she is currently level 57."

"As for her age, I won't say, but she is definitely eligible to participate in this year's Soul Master Tournament."

The two girls widened their eyes, their mouths slightly agape.

They truly hadn't expected Hu Liena's talent to be so formidable.

They had assumed Hu Liena was at most approaching the Soul King realm, never imagining she would have surpassed it by so much.

The battle on the stage was about to begin.

Dai Mubai let out a roar:

"Brothers, activate your martial souls! Follow the plan!"

Except for Ma Hongjun, a uniform set of yellow, yellow, and purple soul rings appeared.

A scene that shocked the Shrek group and the audience on the stage unfolded.

They saw Tian Yue activate Martial Soul Possession with the Golden Crocodile King, which immediately caused the martial souls of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to tremble.

Following that, yellow, purple, purple, and black soul rings appeared.

Except for Lin Huai and Qian Renxue, everyone gasped in disbelief.

Hu Liena took advantage of the five Shrek members being stunned and instantly completed her Martial Soul Possession, revealing an equally unreasonable soul ring configuration.

Yellow, yellow, purple, black, and black soul rings swirled around her.

Both women had absorbed ten-thousand-year head soul bones, and with the support of Immortal Herbs and Whale Rubber, they had successfully absorbed ten-thousand-year fourth soul rings.

As the soul rings lit up, Hu Liena immediately unleashed a hallucination attack.

Tang San hadn't even had the chance to wrap his Blue Silver Grass around the others' waists.

They saw Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun acting like dogs in heat, each sporting a tent, as they charged straight out of the arena's boundaries.

However, what surprised Lin Huai was that Oscar actually managed to recover halfway through his run.

Lin Huai naturally had no idea.

Ever since Oscar had taken flight with the three of them, he had been in a state of post-exertion lethargy these past few days.

Just as he was about to pitch his tent, that piercing pain instantly brought him back to his senses.

Oscar had failed to notice that Tian Yue's martial soul was a crocodile, not a Six-Winged Angel.

He quickly produced three Flying Mushroom Sausages and handed them to Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Tang San and Xiao Wu's attention had also been entirely captured by that bizarre spirit ring configuration and the fact that Hu Liena was actually a Spirit King.

It was only after they took the mushroom sausages, consumed them, and flew into the sky that they noticed, Tian Yue's martial soul was not a Six-Winged Angel!