The Soul Master Box on the Arena

Exiting the manager's office, Zhang Yang bypassed a series of ordinary rooms and arrived before a VIP box, swiping his card to Space Gate.

Inside the room, there were three containers in total: one large safe, one high-tier storage locker, and one piece of clothing.

Additionally, there were several open-air reorganization points on the room's sofa and coffee table.

Zhang Yang searched all the containers in the room one by one, obtaining 2 Small Gold, 1 Small Purple, and 2 Small Blue.

As for the open-air reorganization points, he cleared them out directly.

With the room search complete, Zhang Yang ran to the massive floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall and stood still before leaving the room.

This was a high-transparency, one-way privacy glass specially prepared for viewing matches; sitting on the sofa, one could take in the entire battle on the arena floor.

And if one stood by the glass, even the thousands of spectator seats below could be seen at a glance.

Zhang Yang's gaze did not linger on the soul arena, but instead looked directly at the thousands of spectator seats beneath his feet.

Among these thousands of seats, a dozen or so collectibles were scattered and reorganized.

Of course, the quality varied; the lowest was a 4-slot Large White, and the highest was a 4-slot Large Blue.

Yue!

Doesn't taste good.

Heading out, Zhang Yang went straight to the second VIP box.

Room card, open!

In the second VIP box, there were 4 containers in total: one high-tier storage box, two small safes, and one storage locker.

Likewise, there were open-air reorganization points on the sofa and coffee table.

After searching all the containers, Zhang Yang once again obtained 1 Small Gold and 2 Small Purple.

A loss.

With a cost of 110,000 per card swipe, 1 Small Gold and 2 Small Purple could not cover the costs at all.

But Zhang Yang didn't care; swiping the room card was just to touch more high-tier containers and gamble on the chance of a red item—costs were just floating clouds.

Anyway, Zhang Yang already had more cash than he could ever spend.

Opening room after room, Zhang Yang soon arrived at the final card room.

"Last one, open!" Zhang Yang shouted, swiping open the final VIP box of the Great Soul Arena.

[Great Soul Arena VIP Card] key card, all available points have been consumed.

The room card was spent, and Zhang Yang stepped into the VIP box.

In this VIP box, there were 3 containers in total: 1 large safe, 1 high-tier storage locker, and 1 ordinary storage locker.

Zhang Yang first swept his eyes over the open-air reorganization points in the box, then searched them one by one from nearest to farthest.

Small Blue, Small Green, Small Blue, 4 Large Blue.

Finally, the large safe.

"√" "√" "√" "√" "√"

The large safe unlocked, and the search interface popped up.

1x1, 1x1, 1x2—three items to be searched; the first two searched very quickly.

"Ding!"

"Gold, Pearl Necklace, value 58,067."

"Ding!"

"Purple, Totem Arrow, value 15,093."

After pocketing the Small Gold Bull Horn, Zhang Yang watched with burning eyes as the 1x2 shadow area slowly finished searching.

Brother, it's all up to you. This is a high-drop session; the room card is already spent, you've got to give me something good.

Give me a red.

Come on, red!

"Ding!"

"Purple, Bull Horn Ornament, value 18,894."

"Damn it." Zhang Yang slapped his forehead, his face full of speechlessness.

Putting the bull horn into his backpack, Zhang Yang went to the viewing glass with his emotions in tow.

Zhang Yang's gaze swept across the soul arena, and just as he was about to look at the spectator seats, his eyes suddenly refocused on the arena.

"Hiss, wait, is that... a box?"

In the very center of the No. 8 Sub-Soul Arena's ring, there was actually a box?

No, it should be said, items actually spawned on the soul arena's ring?

This really opened Zhang Yang's eyes.

Zhang Yang had been immersed in the Haagen-Dazs City map since he reached level 11.

He had entered the Normal Field 10,000 times, the Secret Field 7,000 times, and the Great Soul Arena at least 2,800 times, yet he had never once seen the items on a Sub-Soul Arena Stage undergo a reset.

How truly strange.

Zhang Yang raised his hand and fired a shot, shattering the massive one-way glass window in front of him.

As the glass shards rained down like a downpour, Zhang Yang leaped through the opening, landing squarely on the Sub-Soul Arena Stage.

Moving closer, Zhang Yang noticed more details.

The Soul Master Box was positioned exactly in the center of the stage, its front facing the Card Room Box with pinpoint, unerring accuracy.

In this extreme precision, Zhang Yang could not detect a single trace of human intervention.

Only a system reset could give Zhang Yang such a feeling.

Walking up to the box, Zhang Yang bent down and hoisted it onto his shoulder, then unleashed his soul power beneath his feet, vaulting himself back into the box.

There was a gap over a meter wide between the sofa back and the wall; Zhang Yang placed the box in this passage and crouched down, hiding behind the sofa.

With a "click," the box opened, and an interface Zhang Yang had never seen before popped up.

Usually, when searching a Soul Master Box, the search interface was divided into three columns.

On the left was Zhang Yang's 3D avatar.

In the middle was Zhang Yang's backpack, where all his gains for the current match were displayed.

On the right side of the screen, the backpack of the deceased Soul Master was shown.

But the search interface for this box had expanded from three columns to four.

Between the two backpacks, a 3D avatar of a middle-aged man had unexpectedly appeared.

This level of treatment, this share of screen space—it was on par with Zhang Yang's own.

Something was fishy; this box was highly suspicious.

Realizing this, Zhang Yang immediately closed the search interface and pricked up his ears, listening for any movement nearby.

The entire Great Soul Arena was deathly silent, without a single extraneous sound.

Confirming the area was safe, Zhang Yang reopened the suspicious Soul Master Box.

Now, Zhang Yang could properly study this Soul Master Box.

First, there was this inexplicably appearing 3D avatar of a Soul Master.

Zhang Yang had a premonition that the crux of everything lay within this 3D avatar.

The middle-aged man appeared to be around 40 years old, his physique robust from the Vajra Bear martial soul possession, his massive bear paws thick and broad, ten sharp claws glinting with a keen light.

However, there was a diagonal wound on his neck.

This wound started from the left side of his Adam's apple and slanted downward below it.

Judging by the length and depth of the wound, it was almost certain that this was his fatal injury.

Just as Zhang Yang was studying the 3D avatar of the Soul Master, the collectibles in the backpack space were also reorganized.

Above was his martial soul—Vajra Bear, a bear-type soul beast with a massive frame and gray fur all over its body.

Clicking on the martial soul revealed five soul rings.

Soul Ring Configuration: [Yellow][Yellow][Purple][Purple][Black][Empty][Empty][Empty][Empty][Empty]

He hadn't expected this Soul Master to actually be a Soul King.

Below the martial soul were the equipment slots; the helmet slot was empty, and the armor slot contained a green level 2 armor.

Excellent Warrior Outfit, Green
Value: 3456
Durability: 19/25
Protection Level: Level 2
Armor Effect: Provides a certain degree of defense against white soul power impacts.
Protected Area: Upper body (excluding head)
Durability Loss: Medium
In-match Repair Efficiency: Medium
Equipment Weight: 1.08KG
A relatively excellent combat outfit on the market; light, thin, and comfortable, it does not hinder movement. The fabric has good elasticity, sufficient to adapt to the transformation needs of beast martial soul battle soul masters of a certain size.

There were 5 pocket slots, 1 dog tag slot, and no chest rig or backpack.

Among the 5 pocket slots, the first item to be reorganized was a pocket watch.

However, when Zhang Yang selected it, he discovered that this pocket watch was not a red collectible, but a gold one.

"Oh? A limited-edition item?" Seeing this, Zhang Yang's interest was immediately piqued, and he began to examine the detailed information of the pocket watch.

"Gold, Connor's Pocket Watch"

"Value: 52113"

"Crafted Collectible"

"0.33KG, 1*1 slot"

"The personal pocket watch of Spirit Master Connor from Haagen-Dazs City, containing a photo of him with his wife and daughter."

"A photo?" Zhang Yang's brow twitched.

He had been in Douluo Continent for over eight years, yet he had never known that Douluo Continent possessed cameras.

However, this was inside a map after all; Zhang Yang had just pulled out a Graphics Card, so a photograph didn't seem out of place.

Zhang Yang took the pocket watch in his hand and opened it, discovering the photo hidden on the inside of the protective cover.

It was very reasonable, as reasonable as a prop in a television drama.

Zhang Yang studied the photo carefully and discovered that behind the family, there was actually a bear head over a meter tall.

"Is this... the head of the Rock Mountain Lord?"

Regarding this discovery, Zhang Yang felt somewhat puzzled.

It was true that many Spirit Masters collected materials like spirit beast fur or teeth as trophies to display in their homes or craft into ornaments.

But this was the first time Zhang Yang had seen someone collect a material of such massive size.