Shrek Grand Soul Fighting Arena (Please Keep Reading)

Perhaps Lin Yan had come at an inconvenient time, for Bei Bei happened to be out.

Led by a servant, Lin Yan took a seat in the hall. A servant promptly brought over tea and pastries.

He casually took a bite of a pastry. Its mellow sweetness and pleasant fragrance instantly spread across his tongue and filled his mouth, leaving a lingering aroma on his lips and teeth.

"Not bad!"

Lin Yan gave his assessment.

Even the cooks at Lin Estate did not possess such skill.

There was another reason: the ingredients used to make these pastries were clearly extraordinary. They even contained a considerable amount of energy, almost comparable to the meat of a hundred-year soul beast.

Before long, a figure suddenly entered through the hall doors.

Lin Yan looked up and immediately saw a stunningly beautiful woman walking toward him with a smile.

It was none other than Zhang Lexuan.

Thinking back, Lin Yan had first met Zhang Lexuan when he was six. Four years had passed, and compared to back then, Zhang Lexuan had lost some of her youthful innocence and gained a touch of gentle maturity and intellect.

Lin Yan felt as though someone had seized his heart.

The feeling Zhang Lexuan gave him was utterly incomparable to those two little brats, Wu Feng and Ning Tian.

"Big Sister Lexuan!"

Lin Yan forced himself to remain calm and stood up with a smile.

Zhang Lexuan blinked her crystal-clear, jewel-like eyes and teased with a smile, "Little Brother Lin Yan, it really is you. You've become even more handsome after a year apart."

Lin Yan immediately replied, "Big Sister Lexuan, you've become even prettier too."

The two sat down.

Zhang Lexuan examined Lin Yan and asked, "Little Brother Lin Yan, have you come to Shrek City this time to enroll in Shrek Academy?"

"Mm." Lin Yan nodded. "Grandma told me to come to Shrek Academy, learn more, make more friends, and stop burying my head in cultivation all day."

Zhang Lexuan smiled and teased, "That's true. Don't cultivate yourself into a gloomy old stick-in-the-mud."

At the mention of cultivation, Zhang Lexuan instinctively sensed Lin Yan's level. She immediately detected an unusual fluctuation coming from within him and asked in surprise, "Little Brother Lin Yan, your cultivation?"

Lin Yan smiled. "Big Sister Lexuan, I became a Soul Elder not long ago. Before coming to Shrek Academy, Grandma took me to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain my third soul ring."

"A Soul Elder?"

Zhang Lexuan gasped sharply. "Little Brother Lin Yan, your talent truly is outstanding. Your cousin Bei Bei only has twenty-five ranks of soul power even now."

Bei Bei was three months older than Lin Yan.

Lin Yan had become a Soul Elder at the age of ten.

Bei Bei having twenty-five ranks of soul power at ten years and three months old was not slow either. At this pace, he would certainly become a Soul Elder before turning twelve.

That speed was absolutely not slow compared to others his age, but when placed beside Lin Yan, this monstrous genius who had reached rank thirty at ten, it seemed somewhat lacking.

"Big Sister Lexuan, why don't I see Cousin Bei Bei?"

"Him? He should be at Shrek City's Grand Soul Fighting Arena."

"The Grand Soul Fighting Arena?"

"Mm."

Zhang Lexuan nodded slightly. "A Soul Master cannot be judged solely by cultivation. For top-tier Soul Masters, combat experience and skill are both indispensable. Bei Bei goes to the Soul Fighting Arena at this time every day to train and develop his combat experience and techniques."

Lin Yan suggested, "Big Sister Lexuan, do you have time? Why don't we go take a look? I've never seen Shrek City's Grand Soul Fighting Arena."

"Sure!" Zhang Lexuan nodded in agreement.

Lin Yan then followed Zhang Lexuan out of Mu Residence. After walking for around ten minutes, they arrived before a square gray building.

"Big Sister Lexuan, is this Shrek City's Soul Fighting Arena?" Lin Yan asked as he studied the building before him.

"Mm."

Zhang Lexuan nodded. "There are not only Soul Masters from outside here. Many Shrek Academy students also come here to spar when they have time, tempering themselves through battle."

The two entered through the main entrance.

In any city with a Grand Soul Fighting Arena, it was always the city's busiest and most prosperous place, no matter the time.

As a cultivation world built around Soul Masters, Douluo Continent did not have many forms of entertainment.

Thus, watching Soul Masters fight at the Grand Soul Fighting Arena had become the best form of entertainment in this world.

Entertainment drove the economy. No Soul Fighting Arena could possibly offer free admission. A ticket alone cost one silver soul coin. While that was not expensive, with so many people, it still amounted to a substantial income.

After the two paid for their tickets and entered the main hall, Zhang Lexuan's gaze swept familiarly over several soul tool screens on the wall to the right. Before long, she found Bei Bei's name.

"Come on, let's go to the Number Seven Earth-Class Combat Hall. Bei Bei is there," Zhang Lexuan said.

Lin Yan glanced at the soul tool screen as well and indeed found Bei Bei's name.

The Number Seven Combat Hall was currently holding its eleventh match of the day.

Bei Bei's name was listed among the contestants waiting for the fifteenth match.

Fifteenth Match: Thunderclap Dragon Bei Bei VS Flame Tiger King Zhao Yongnian.

The two arrived at the Number Seven Earth-Class Soul Fighting Hall.

The interior of the Number Seven Soul Fighting Hall was fifteen meters high and covered nearly a thousand square meters.

At its center stood the Soul Fighting Platform used for sparring and combat.

The spectator seats surrounded the Soul Fighting Platform, rising row by row, with nearly a thousand seats in total.

At that moment, more than seventy percent of the seats in the Number Seven Soul Fighting Hall were occupied.

After Zhang Lexuan and Lin Yan found seats and sat down, they immediately heard a nearby girl complaining.

"This is so boring. When will my idol Bei Bei finally come on? I want to see his imposing Blue Lightning Transformation!"

"Xiaolan, don't rush. This is only the eleventh match. Bei Bei will be up after three more."

"How can I not rush... I saved up seven days' worth of allowance just for the chance to see my idol today. Sigh, these smelly men are so boring when they fight. They aren't even handsome. Who knows what they're showing off onstage for... If only we could fast-forward straight to my idol Bei Bei."

"Being anxious won't help. Just wait patiently."

"..."

Hearing the voices beside him, Lin Yan smiled. "Big Sister Lexuan, Cousin seems very popular here. He even has so many fangirls."

Zhang Lexuan chuckled and looked at Lin Yan. "Little Brother Lin Yan, you're more handsome than your cousin, and you're already a Soul Elder. If you fought a few more matches here, you would definitely have even more fans than your cousin."

Lin Yan blinked. "Big Sister Lexuan, am I really more handsome than Cousin Bei Bei?"

"Mm, according to my standards of beauty, you are." Zhang Lexuan looked Lin Yan over and nodded with a smile.

Lin Yan could not stop a surge of secret delight from rising in his heart.

About forty minutes later, it was finally Bei Bei's turn.

"Let us welcome the contestants for the fifteenth match: Thunderclap Dragon Bei Bei and Flame Tiger King Zhao Yongnian."

When the host's voice, amplified by a sound-amplifying soul tool, echoed throughout the entire Soul Fighting Hall, fervent cheers suddenly erupted inside.

A figure emerged from each of the passageway entrances on either side.

Zhao Yongnian was a man in his twenties wearing a crimson training outfit. His features could be considered fairly refined, but compared to the handsome Bei Bei, he was clearly far inferior.

As a beast martial soul Soul Master of the assault type, Bei Bei was nearly as tall as Lin Yan. He had a slender build and short dark-blue hair, while his refined features came together to form a strikingly handsome face.

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