A Meeting of Kings! (Thanks to reader 2025...3343 for the recommendation vote~)

As Zhuge Ming flew through the air with Taishi Ci, he had no idea who Taishi Ci had just glared at, so he asked,

"What is it?"

Taishi Ci shook his head.

"Nothing. Just some very weak brat noticed us."

"Oh?"

Zhuge Ming could not help but feel surprised.

As a Super Douluo, Taishi Ci moved incredibly fast.

Unless someone possessed exceptionally sharp spiritual power or extraordinarily powerful soul power, ordinary people would find it difficult to notice them.

Yet even so, someone had spotted them—and it was a very weak person...

Could it have been Tang San?!

Zhuge Ming could not help turning back to glance at Notting City, now far behind them. After some thought, he ultimately gave up on going back.

Kings did not meet kings.

He would definitely encounter that person someday. There was no need to rush.

Zhuge Ming withdrew his gaze and headed straight east with Taishi Ci toward Soto City in the Balak Kingdom.

Soto City not only had a Great Spirit Arena, but also the renowned Shrek Academy!

However, Shrek Academy at this time should only have three of the Seven Monsters: Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.

Ma Hongjun and Oscar had both been brought back to the academy by Dean Flender when they were young.

Dai Mubai should have only recently joined Shrek Academy.

Should he take advantage of the fact that Dai Mubai did not yet have much attachment to Shrek and persuade him to join the Shu-Han Empire?

But after all, he was the third prince of the Star Luo Empire, immensely proud at heart. He likely would not be willing to become an affiliate of another nation.

So Zhuge Ming dismissed the idea.

What a pity that Zhu Zhuqing, rated online by Grandmaster as "the most seductive," and the beautiful Ning Rongrong had not arrived yet.

Otherwise, he definitely would have gone to Shrek Academy to see just how pretty they were.

Still, it was not necessarily a bad thing that they had not come yet.

They would not be like Xiao Wu and Tang San, who had already formed a deep bond.

That gave him a chance to snatch these two beauties away midway!

However, Zhu Zhuqing should still be in the Star Luo Empire, while Ning Rongrong, that spoiled young lady, was still in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

He would look for them when he had the chance later.

As Zhuge Ming pondered these thoughts, he and Taishi Ci finally arrived near Soto City.

The sky was already nearing dusk.

Although Taishi Ci was fast, being carried through the sky all this time was exhausting even for a little soul master like him.

Thus, he decided to rest in Soto City for the night and continue their journey early the next morning.

The two flashed directly into the city and appeared in an unoccupied corner.

Soto City was a main-city-level metropolis, second only to the royal capital within the Balak Kingdom.

As such, it covered a considerably larger area than Langya City.

Having gone a whole day without food, Zhuge Ming and Taishi Ci headed straight to an upscale restaurant for a meal.

After changing clothes, Zhuge Ming looked just like the young master of a wealthy family.

Taishi Ci, meanwhile, looked like his personal bodyguard.

The waiter was exceedingly attentive when he saw them.

Zhuge Ming ordered a whole table of fine dishes, and he and Taishi Ci dug in with gusto.

Although Taishi Ci did not need to eat,

he was very curious about these strange delicacies he had never tasted in his previous life, and he ate with great enjoyment.

While they were eating, voices suddenly came from the neighboring table.

"Eat faster! There's a special spirit battle at the Great Spirit Arena later. If we get there late, we won't be able to register!"

"What's the hurry? Doesn't the Soto Great Spirit Arena have spirit battles every night?"

"Hey, this time's different! I heard someone set up an arena and said she has a storage soul tool.

"As long as you defeat her, you can take the soul tool directly!"

"A soul tool? Some legendary antique? What's so valuable about that thing?"

"Whether it's valuable isn't important. What matters is that a storage soul tool lets you store items on you!

"Do you want to carry a huge bundle on your back every time you travel far from home?"

"That's true... Eat up, eat up! I'm registering too! If I get there late, someone might win it first!"

"..."

After hearing this, Zhuge Ming, who had not been particularly interested in spirit battles, was immediately intrigued!

When he had gone shopping with his mother and sister the day before yesterday, they had lacked a storage soul tool and had all carried so many things home that their fingers had been painfully strangled by the bags.

If he had a storage soul tool, he could keep items on him and prevent important things from getting lost.

And after he picked the immortal herbs, he could temporarily store them inside as well.

Though it probably could not compare to Poison Douluo's Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch, which could store living creatures.

If he was lucky enough to encounter Poison Douluo, he would definitely snatch the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch from him!

Without further thought, Zhuge Ming swept through the food before him like a whirlwind and rushed with Taishi Ci toward the Soto Great Spirit Arena!

Soon, a magnificent structure with walls over thirty meters high appeared before them.

The Great Spirit Arena had an oval-shaped exterior and was divided inside into one main spirit arena and twenty-four sub-arenas.

Spirit battles generally came in three types.

One was sparring, where participants stopped before causing serious harm; another was a life-and-death battle; and the third was a wager battle.

The information he had heard at the restaurant concerned a wager battle.

To win that soul tool, one would most likely have to put up an item or soul coins of equivalent value in order to fight its owner.

But with Taishi Ci fighting for him, the outcome would be beyond doubt.

Before long, Zhuge Ming and Taishi Ci entered the Great Spirit Arena and found that the interior was even more spacious than he had imagined.

He first had Taishi Ci register at the spirit battle registration desk, where he received an iron spirit battle badge.

Then came the soul power test.

Taishi Ci restrained his soul power to the level of a Soul Elder, and the result came out as level 40.

However, since they intended to participate in a wager battle, there was no need for an opponent to be assigned to them.

After asking the staff, they learned that the wager battle involving the storage soul tool was in Sub-Arena Fourteen, and it had already begun.

The two hurried to Sub-Arena Fourteen and found that people were already fighting on the stage.

One man who appeared to be a young adult stood over 1.8 meters tall, with muscles bulging as exaggeratedly as a tiger vanguard's.

He had long black-and-white hair, and three dazzling soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple—beneath his feet!

He was engaged in an intense battle with a woman whose features were as beautiful as a painting and whose long hair was dark green.

The woman looked to be in her twenties, with a smile at the corners of her lips.

Four soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple—beneath her feet revealed that she was anything but ordinary!

Compared to the young man's frenzied attacks, the woman seemed entirely at ease, her expression relaxed.

The young man was bare-chested, tiger stripes faintly visible between his muscles, while a pair of sinister double pupils stared fixedly at the woman.

Zhuge Ming recognized him at once. This was the third prince who had fled from the Star Luo Empire to Heaven Dou!

The Evil-Eyed White Tiger—Dai Mubai!

As the White Tiger Protective Barrier erupted with golden light, Dai Mubai turned into an afterimage and pounced!

His right claw, wrapped in blazing light, shot straight for the woman's face!

That strike was powerful enough to tear through an iron plate, yet the female Soul Ancestor merely shifted half a step to the side.

Her pale fingers lightly flicked Dai Mubai's wrist.

Dai Mubai felt a dense, soft, and sinister force coil around him like a venomous snake.

The soul power throughout his entire arm instantly became sluggish, and he stumbled forward uncontrollably!

Gritting his teeth, he twisted his waist and swept out with his left claw, while a White Tiger Fierce Light Wave immediately burst from his mouth!

The female Soul Ancestor's eyes sharpened slightly. Her toes tapped the ground, and her entire body leaned backward with featherlight grace.

The scorching light wave passed almost against the tip of her nose, burning through several strands of her dark green hair.

At last, a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes. She raised her right hand, and a transparent Ice Crystal Begonia slowly bloomed in her palm!