Heaven Dou Team

Over the next few days, Shi An and Zhu Zhuqing continued competing at the Great Spirit Arena.

As their number of victories grew, their names spread throughout the Great Spirit Arena.

The name Night Hunt Twin Stars also reached everyone's ears.

Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

Within an enormous training ground, seven or eight figures sat chatting in a pavilion.

A purple-haired girl with short hair rested her long, fair legs atop a stone table. Her bonelessly supple waist leaned against the chair, making her appear both languid and seductive.

"Vice-captain, why do you seem even prettier lately?"

The young man with short green hair spoke with a smile, his gaze sweeping over her pale, slender legs.

"What, want to touch them?" The girl narrowed her eyes slightly, the corners of her purple lips curling upward with irresistible allure.

The young man's expression turned slightly bitter as he said helplessly, "Vice-captain, please stop teasing me."

Throughout Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, everyone knew that Dugu Yan was a rose with thorns.

Not only because of her strength and status, but also because Yu Tianheng, a direct-line disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, was pursuing her.

"Tch, boring." Dugu Yan rolled her eyes, twisting her waist slightly as she shifted into a more comfortable position.

"Alright, Yan'er, stop teasing him." At that moment, Yu Tianheng, seated not far from Dugu Yan, spoke up, looking somewhat helpless despite his heroic features.

He was about to say something else when a figure approaching from nearby drew their attention.

Everyone immediately stood and respectfully greeted the newcomer. "Teacher Qin Ming."

"No need for formalities." Qin Ming waved a hand, his gaze sweeping across the group as he said, "I recently received some news. Two Soul Elders have arrived at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena. They're very young, perhaps even younger than you."

"But they are extremely strong. One of them defeated a level thirty-nine Battle Soul Elder without even using his soul rings or soul skills."

"The other is also very strong, an agility-attack soul master. I don't know what her soul skills do, but anyone struck by her usually collapses limply within a few breaths, unable to move."

No one present was foolish. Upon hearing Qin Ming's words, they immediately understood his meaning.

"Teacher Qin Ming, you mean you want us to..."

"That's right. Put your training on hold for the next few days. I'll take you to the Great Spirit Arena to spar with them." Qin Ming nodded and looked at everyone. "At Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, or even throughout Heaven Dou City, you may be among the most talented individuals."

"But you must always remember that there are always greater people beyond people, and higher heavens beyond heaven."

"Like the academy I once attended. It was an academy that only accepted monsters, and every student there was an outstanding genius among their peers."

Hearing Qin Ming's words, everyone was somewhat unconvinced.

They were all geniuses themselves, and being proud by nature, they naturally did not believe they would be inferior to other geniuses.

"In that case, let's go to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and see just how capable these two geniuses Teacher Qin Ming mentioned really are."

Yu Tianheng spoke, and the others all agreed. Only a silver-haired girl standing in the corner remained silent.

At the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, Shi An and Zhu Zhuqing had just registered when the arena's supervisor spoke cautiously to Qin Ming in a special private room.

"Mentor Qin Ming, those two have registered. They signed up for one-on-one and two-on-two spirit fights respectively. How should we arrange things?"

Qin Ming looked at the students seated on the sofa behind him. "Who wants to go up and have a match?"

Yu Tianheng was the first to rise. "Teacher Qin Ming, I want to fight Tuofu."

"Alright. I'll arrange for Young Master Yu to fight him shortly."

The supervisor nodded. As the supervisor of the Great Spirit Arena, he naturally knew Yu Tianheng's identity. This young master was an important figure, and he did not dare slight him.

"Who else wants to compete?" Qin Ming asked, looking at the others.

"Teacher Qin Ming, let me go. I want to see how that agility-attack girl compares to me."

The young man with short black hair spoke. His name was Ao Siluo, and his martial soul was the Ghost Leopard. Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing possessed the Netherworld Spirit Cat, he naturally wanted to compare himself with an agility-attack soul master of the same realm and type.

"Ao Siluo, that works. You can go."

Qin Ming nodded, then said, "For the two-on-two spirit fight, Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng will team up."

"No problem, Teacher Qin Ming." Dugu Yan nodded. As a control-type soul master, she paired very well with Yu Tianheng, a power-attack soul master.

Shi An's senses covered the entire Great Spirit Arena, so he naturally detected several Soul Elder-level auras within that private room.

Sensing that the Great Spirit Arena's supervisor was also inside, he knew that the people there were definitely not ordinary.

But he did not care. He had come to the Great Spirit Arena to make money... pfft, to hone his combat skills. Training against anyone was still training.

Before long, an announcement rang out.

It called for Shi An to enter the arena at once, and stated that his opponent was someone called Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

Shi An narrowed his eyes slightly. Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon—someone who used that name and was in Heaven Dou's imperial capital could only be Yu Tianheng.

His opponent was Yu Tianheng?

Thinking of the people in that private room, Shi An already had a rough guess.

There were so many people registering at the Great Spirit Arena every day. The odds of two people being matched together were probably only a few in several hundred.

Yet he had happened to run into Yu Tianheng. Shi An certainly did not believe there was nothing suspicious behind it.

Still, it did not matter. If he defeated Yu Tianheng, he would become even more famous.

Perhaps it would attract Dugu Yan's attention.

The corners of Shi An's lips slowly rose as he strode onto the spirit fighting stage.

On the other side of the stage, a young man in a fitted blue outfit stepped forward, his features heroic.

Shi An sized up Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianheng was doing the same to him.

By now, the surrounding stands were packed with people.

There was no need to mention Tuofu's name. Over the past few days, it had spread throughout the entire Great Spirit Arena.

Countless people wanted to watch him fight.

The announcement had also mentioned another name: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. This drew even more spectators eager for excitement.

Noisy chatter rose from the surrounding audience sections, and some people had already started placing bets.

Fine beads of cold sweat formed on the host's forehead. He did not know Yu Tianheng, but he knew Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

If anything happened to Yu Tianheng onstage, not only would his career be over, but he might not even keep his head.

"The spirit fight between both sides shall end at the proper point. Please release your martial souls."

His voice trembled slightly, but it still reached everyone's ears clearly.