Yu Yan Wins, Two-Person Team

Seeing that Wu Xu was merely circling around him without attacking, Yu Yan, unable to keep up with his speed, covered his entire body with Frost Scale Armor and unleashed its full power.

A fierce chill drifted from the Frost Scale Armor, shrouding the not-so-large Soul Fighting Arena.

Since you weren't planning to attack, then be affected by my cold.

Wu Xu kept rushing through the chill in search of an opportunity for a sneak attack. After remaining in the cold for a short while, he suddenly felt threads of icy numbness.

Accordingly, his speed was also affected to a certain extent.

Wu Xu did not choose to attack. He wanted to wait until Yu Yan's Soul Power was exhausted, then strike a fatal blow the moment Yu Yan revealed an opening.

"What cool ice armor!"

"That Martial Soul looks so refreshing. If I had a boyfriend like that in the summer, how cool would that be?"

"Wu Xu, put some strength into it! Don't disgrace yourself! Get up there and smash his turtle shell! I bet everything on you winning!!!"

As Wu Xu and Yu Yan faced off, shouts rang out from the stands. The spectators were even more excited than the two Soul Masters fighting in the arena.

The most agitated was the short, fat man who had wagered his entire fortune on Wu Xu. He rose from his chair, waving his fists and shouting louder than anyone else, hoping Wu Xu could defeat Yu Yan.

"Tch, that guy wants to beat Yu Yan? Keep dreaming."

Knowing that Yu Yan had yet to use his Fire Fish Skill, Xiao Wu curled her lips disdainfully and replied to the short, fat middle-aged man in a voice only she could hear.

Time slowly passed, and the chill of the Frost Scale Armor grew dense to its peak. Frost formed over parts of the arena.

With such relentless full-power output, Yu Yan had only three-tenths of his Soul Power remaining.

"This kid really is only Level 12? Why do I feel like he has even more Soul Power than I do? I'm almost out of Soul Power, yet he's still releasing cold air."

Wu Xu had not stopped running. He exhaled a breath that turned to white mist, the confusion in his eyes growing deeper and deeper. He could not understand it. He truly could not understand it.

The Soul Power Yu Yan cultivated by absorbing Purple Qi and Moon Essence was of far higher quality than the Soul Power cultivated by ordinary Soul Masters. That was the true reason Yu Yan could endure for so long.

In the somewhat terrifying chill, Wu Xu's legs had already become stiff. He mobilized his scant remaining Soul Power and prepared for one final gamble.

The black shadow Wu Xu had transformed into began to surge with faint black energy. Like a vicious wolf, he pounced at Yu Yan as though he intended to tear him apart.

Unfortunately, while the move looked fierce, it had no real effect at all.

Even Yu Qingfeng had needed to exert himself to break through the Frost Scale Armor. How could Wu Xu, a Level 15 One-Ring Soul Master, possibly break it?

Wu Xu's Wolf Strike landed on the back of the Frost Scale Armor, leaving only a white mark on the Ice Armor.

Yu Yan had not been doing nothing while Wu Xu attacked. When Wu Xu tried to retreat, Yu Yan reached out and seized him.

"Do you surrender?"

Seeing that Wu Xu had already lost the will to fight, Yu Yan asked what he intended to do.

"I surrender."

With his wrist gripped by his opponent, no matter how unwilling Wu Xu was, he could only acknowledge the fact that he had lost.

"I declare that the winner of this battle is contestant Yu Yan, wielder of the Ice and Fire Twin Fish! Thank him for giving us such a wonderful battle and allowing us to witness such a rare Martial Soul."

As the old man stepped forward to announce the result, staff members quickly went onto the stage to clean up the mess on the Soul Fighting Platform.

Yu Yan registered the result of this battle with the staff at No. 28 Soul Fighting Sub-Arena of the Balak Great Soul Arena and collected the winner's reward of ten Gold Soul Coins.

After leaving the competition area, Yu Yan saw Xiao Wu outside No. 28 Soul Fighting Sub-Arena, a smile on her face.

"Yu Yan, guess how many Gold Soul Coins we made betting on you?"

Seeing Yu Yan emerge from the contestants' passageway, Xiao Wu happily ran over to him and had him guess how much they had earned.

"Ten Gold Soul Coins?"

After carefully studying Xiao Wu's expression, Yu Yan felt that they must have earned quite a lot, so he made his guess as high as possible.

"Nope."

Unable to hold it in any longer, Xiao Wu excitedly shared the news before Yu Yan could keep guessing.

"They saw that you were young and that your Soul Power Level was lower than Wu Xu's, so almost no one bet on you to win. That thing called odds was a full one to five. I bet four Gold Soul Coins, and in the end I got back twenty Gold Soul Coins."

As she spoke, Xiao Wu placed a small pouch in front of Yu Yan, showing him the twenty Gold Soul Coins inside.

"Wow, that earned more than winning my battle."

Yu Yan had expected the odds to be high, but he had not expected them to be this high. One-to-five odds—just how much did those people look down on me?

Wait!

Realizing something, Yu Yan smiled and asked, "Xiao Wu, do you think they'll also believe you can't win?"

"I think they will. Hehehe."

At the thought of those twenty Gold Soul Coins doubling again, the smile on Xiao Wu's face became even brighter.

With mischievous smiles on their faces, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu returned to the registration desk, and Xiao Wu stepped forward to register.

A Soul Master could only participate in one Soul Fighting match per day at the Soul Fighting Arena.

Yu Yan deeply hated this hateful rule. If a Soul Master could compete repeatedly, he would definitely have pushed his Gold Soul Coins into triple digits at the Soul Fighting Arena today.

From another perspective, the Soul Fighting Arena had established this rule precisely to prevent powerful Soul Masters like Yu Yan, who treated the arena like an ATM, from appearing. They operated the Soul Fighting Arena to make a profit, not to become someone else's ATM.

If you were strong enough, you could make a little money at the Soul Fighting Arena, but you could not treat it like a piece of fat to be devoured.

After a round of uncomplicated level certification, Xiao Wu also obtained a Bronze Badge from the Soul Fighting Arena.

After Xiao Wu finished registering, Yu Yan stepped forward and informed the staff that they wished to register for a 2V2 Soul Fighting match.

Winning a team match came with a reward of twenty Gold Soul Coins. Yu Yan would not pass up an opportunity to hone himself and earn money.

"Certainly. May I ask what your two-person team's name will be?"

The staff member took Yu Yan and Xiao Wu's Bronze Badges, linked them as a team, and asked what they wanted to name their team.

"Ever-Victorious Duo."

Yu Yan gave their team name. The meaning of Ever-Victorious Duo was that he hoped they would win every battle in their matches. In Yu Yan's view, it was quite a good name.

As for the team name, Xiao Wu had wanted to call them the Yan-Wu Duo, taking one character from each of their names to represent the two of them.

Yu Yan decisively rejected that name, saying it was too cliché and lacked originality.

After hearing the imposing name Ever-Victorious Duo and its arrogant meaning, Xiao Wu no longer fussed over the Yan-Wu Duo. She wanted to win every battle too.

After calmly recording the information, the staff member handed the two of them the starting times for Xiao Wu's individual Soul Fighting match and their team match. "The team name has been recorded, and the matches have been scheduled. Just go compete when the time comes."