The atmosphere at the Soto Grand Arena was more frenzied than ever tonight.
The enormous oval arena blazed with light, and tens of thousands of seats were packed to capacity.
The air was thick with cheap ale, sweat, and wildly excited howls.
All the popular betting pools had closed, because a special team had appeared out of nowhere tonight, hailing from the highest institution of learning in the Heaven Dou Empire.
The elite of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Imperial Fighting Team, reputedly invincible among their peers.
In the private lounge reserved for VIPs, the surroundings were worlds apart from the din outside.
Leather sofas, specially supplied champagne, and the soft glow of Soul Guidance Lamps.
The Imperial Fighting Team's members sat in various poses. Their leader, Qin Ming, stood by the window with his hands behind his back, gazing down at the Soul Fighting platform with a deep expression.
Meanwhile, the team's soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's genius, Yu Tianheng, sat with his eyes closed, resting. Faint arcs of lightning flickered around him, and his proud air warned others to keep their distance.
"Tian Heng, is it really necessary for all of us to show up for a Soul Fighting match in a little place like this?"
The speaker was a young woman with an outrageously voluptuous figure.
She wore a tight-fitting, deep-purple leather outfit that perfectly outlined her exaggerated S-shaped curves. Her short, jade-green hair gave her a wild look, and a faint green glow shone in her eyes, like a venomous snake lurking in the dark. She was the vice-captain, Dugu Yan, a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Soul Master.
Yu Tianheng opened his eyes and replied calmly:
"Teacher Qin said that a lion uses its full strength even to hunt a rabbit. Besides, I hear a