In the waiting area for competing teams, Feng Xiaotian turned to glance at his teammates behind him and grinned. "Brothers, it's our turn."
Yu Tianheng rolled his wrists, his knuckles cracking loudly.
Huo Wushuang nodded in silence.
Huo Wu swept back her short red hair, a provocative curve lifting at the corner of her mouth.
Shui Bing'er was expressionless. Shui Yue'er skipped along behind her sister.
Ning Rongrong muttered softly under her breath. Only by listening carefully could one make out the words, "Smash them, smash them."
Meng Yiran gripped her snake-headed cane, her knuckles slightly pale, but her gaze was firm. Green poison light flickered at Dugu Yan's fingertips like a snake flicking its tongue. Yu Tianxin stood behind his younger brother, lightning flashing briefly in his eyes.
As the team's leading teacher, Xiao Wu stood at the very front without looking back at them.
Her voice was not loud, yet every word reached the ears of all ten people clearly. "Finish them within ten minutes."
This was the only tactical arrangement she gave the team.
Then Xiao Wu added, "Everyone, today is Su Mo Academy's first official appearance. Don't embarrass Brother."
The ten answered in unison before turning and walking toward the Soul Fighting Platform.
On the Soul Fighting Platform, Canghui Academy's seven team members had already taken their positions.
They wore uniform white team uniforms, with a pale blue-green moon embroidered on their chests—the emblem of Canghui Academy.
Their captain was a burly young man around twenty-five or twenty-six. His Martial Soul was the Blackwater Tortoise, and he was a Level 43 defensive Battle Soul Ancestor with some reputation among Heaven Dou City's Soul Masters.
The six members behind him all looked grim, their eyes fixed tightly on Su Mo Academy's side. They had learned who their