Arrival

The scale was a size smaller than the Dragon Prosperity Great Soul Arena, and it contained only a single main soul fighting arena.

Director Ao of the Benoa Grand Soul Arena was in charge of welcoming them. Right beside the Great Soul Arena stood a venue whose current purpose, apart from housing Soul Masters from the Great Soul Arena, was to accommodate the Great Soul Arena teams arriving from various cities.

Although they all belonged to the Great Soul Arena, they came from different cities, and internal competition still existed.

"You've arrived as well. That makes four Great Soul Arena teams," Director Ao said.

As the host, their Benoa Grand Soul Arena was not allowed to have any participating teams.

"How many teams are participating in total?" Kaiqi could not help asking.

"There were supposed to be twenty teams, but the Main Martial Soul Hall of Benoa City suddenly wants to participate in the soul fighting competition. With no other choice, I can only count them among the participating teams."

A Main Martial Soul Hall belonged to the third rank of the Spirit Hall, and generally only large cities possessed one.

The Spirit Hall recruited outstanding Soul Masters, and the participating team they sent out would definitely be the trickiest.

This was a consensus among all the teams, which was reflected right from the All-Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament.

The registered name of the Dragon Prosperity Great Soul Arena was the Rock Team, and the team had been registered at the Great Soul Arena.

This participation included not only Tie Li's seven members, but also Zhang Yang's six members.

When the seven-on-seven team soul fights took place, if they encountered tricky opponents, they certainly would not let the original Rock Team line-up fight; they would inevitably swap out the Two-Ring Soul Grandmasters and bring in the Three-Ring Soul Elders.

"Having a Spirit Hall team makes things rather difficult indeed, but it's also a good thing that the Spirit Hall is willing to send a participating team."

From another perspective, the Spirit Hall was acknowledging the status of the Great Soul Arena in Benoa City.

"That's what I was thinking too."

"We're here. These rooms on the second floor are for you."

Having arrived at the venue with the two of them, Director Ao took out the room keys and handed them to Kaiqi.

The dormitories were four-person rooms. Compared to the dormitories in Dragon Prosperity City, they were slightly inferior, but still quite decent, and much better than outside inns.

Kaiqi shared a room with the three female Soul Masters of the team; Dolangbu and three others shared a room; Tie Li, Zhang Yang, and two other male Soul Masters shared a room; and the remaining two participating Soul Masters shared a room with the two Soul Masters responsible for protecting the team.

Director Ao also gave Kaiqi the key to a conference room.

After assigning the dormitories, everyone brought their luggage back to their rooms. As for the carriages, they were left to the staff of the Great Soul Arena to arrange.

No sooner had Tie Li lain down than he saw Zhang Yang sneakily slip out, returning stealthily not long afterward.

Then he lay unconcernedly back down on his own bed.

"During the competition, unauthorized going out is forbidden without my permission," Kaiqi's voice came from outside the door.

Clearly, Zhang Yang had just tried to sneak out and had been caught red-handed by Kaiqi.

There were still seven days until the start of the competition. The reason for arriving early in Benoa City was, on one hand, to acclimatize in advance, and on the other hand, for the team to build chemistry.

To cope with the seven-on-seven team soul fights, three people needed to be pulled from the original seven members of the Rock Team and the three Soul Elders placed into the team, allowing them to rapidly forge a cohesive fighting force.

Teams required coordination. If seven Soul Masters were forcefully grouped into a team, mistakes would easily occur during coordination, and the resulting effect might just be one plus one being less than two.

"Rest in your rooms today, and training starts tomorrow."

After quite a while, confirming that Kaiqi had left, Zhang Yang pulled back the quilt and sat up.

In the four-person dormitory, each bed was pressed against the wall, with an exquisite small table next to each bed.

"Forget about it, just obediently stay in the dormitory," Tie Li, who was lying in bed, said.

The other two chimed in from the side, afraid that Zhang Yang would run around and drag them into trouble as a result.

"Fine!" Zhang Yang agreed reluctantly.

Perhaps because Kaiqi truly worried that Zhang Yang would run amok, the evening meals were delivered directly to the rooms.

"Hold a sparring match, the seven of you against the six of them," Kaiqi said.

The training grounds inside the venue were all partitioned off, and a single training ground could only be used by one team.

Kaiqi had the original seven members of the Rock Team fight against the temporarily formed team of the other six.

There seemed to be a gap in numbers, but the opposing side possessed three Soul Elders.

Among the opposing six, Tie Li only knew Zhang Yang, while the soul power levels and Martial Souls of the other five were completely unknown.

"We'll do as usual. The two of you coordinate with Tie Li for Power Attack, and the rest of us will provide interference from the side." Dolangbu did not know the opponents' Martial Souls and soul skills either, so he could only adapt to circumstances during the battle.

For now, they could only adopt their usual, most frequently used combat style.

"Alright."

Everyone nodded in agreement, but pressure certainly existed, considering they were facing three Three-Ring Soul Elders.

Compared to Tie Li's side, the tactics of Zhang Yang's six-person side were much simpler.

Seeing that both sides had finished discussing, Kaiqi told them to begin the sparring match.

"Whoosh."

Three purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings radiated dazzling light; all three of these Soul Elders possessed Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Zhang Yang's soul ring configuration was the most eye-catching, the optimal setup of two yellows and one purple, while the other two both had one white, one yellow, and one purple, yet all were Soul Elders possessing a millennium soul skill.

Among the remaining three, one control soul master had two hundred-year soul rings, while the other two defense soul masters had a configuration of one white and one yellow soul ring; these two looked eight parts alike and should be brothers.

Their soul power levels had all reached rank twenty-nine.

Tie Li's side consisted entirely of Two-Ring Soul Grandmasters, and Dolangbu's soul power level had reached rank thirty, though he had yet to acquire a soul ring.

Once this soul duel match concluded, the Great Soul Arena would arrange for someone to take him to acquire his third soul ring.

Dolangbu had even mentioned that the third soul ring the Great Soul Arena arranged for him would be at the millennium level.

Under Martial Soul Possession, Zhang Yang spread his pitch-black, translucent wings and flew into the air, a pair of purple hawk eyes locked onto the support soul master of Tie Li's side.

The other two Soul Elders were agility attack soul masters, specifically a female soul master with the Night Ghost Cat martial soul and a soul master possessing the Gale Wolf martial soul.

Behind them were a control soul master and two defense soul masters.

The two agility attack Soul Elders' target was obviously Dolangbu, the control soul master. With their strength, wanting to eliminate a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster was not very difficult.

Swish.

The Night Ghost Cat soul master's second soul ring lit up, her speed suddenly increasing as if a faint ghost flash streaked through the crowd; the Gale Wolf martial soul's first and second soul rings lit up simultaneously, not only maintaining an ultra-high movement speed while the reinforced wolf claws became even sharper.

Cai Xin could feel Zhang Yang's gaze from the air and trembled inside, but she did not stop casting her soul skill, her first and second soul ring's amplifications landing on her teammates respectively—her task was complete!

"Never mind us," Dolangbu suddenly shouted.

Tie Li understood his meaning instantly; facing the assault of three Soul Elders, they were destined to be eliminated, and it mainly depended on how long they could hold out!