Crushing the Competition Alone! Experiencing Life!

A month later, Spirit City, Central Arena.

This arena stood on the eastern side of Spirit City's core district. It was nearly three times larger than the preliminary venue in the Heaven Dou Division, with tiers of spectator seats stretching upward layer by layer. The highest seats were almost level with the top of the arena's outer walls, accommodating nearly ten thousand spectators at once.

The center of the circular grounds was paved with polished blue-gray stone slabs, while Soul Tool patterns were embedded along the surrounding boundary lines, allowing them to withstand intense Soul Power impacts during matches without damage.

Li Long arrived in Spirit City three days before the competition began.

Standing at the arena entrance, he looked at the enormous arched gate. Participating teams and accompanying personnel from the various divisions of the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire had already gathered outside. Uniforms of every color flowed through the crowd, creating a lively, fervent atmosphere as people in the waiting area entered in batches under the staff's direction.

As the previous champions and this tournament's seeded team, the Spirit Team had the privilege of advancing directly to the finals and did not need to take part in the preliminaries or advancement rounds.

Li Long's position within the team was clear: captain, core, and sole main attacker.

The other six members were young soul masters selected by Qian Shengyuan from Spirit Academy and the various branch halls. Most were Four-Ring Soul Ancestors. They would have counted as solid backbone members in ordinary teams, but within this team, they had only one role: support Li Long and ensure that every spectator in the arena focused their eyes on him.

This was also one of Qian Shengyuan's central purposes in arranging this team.

Li Long needed to be