Teaming Up

Zhao Wuji stepped forward, his rough voice making the air hum. "Boys, girls, you've been at Shrek for a while now. No matter how much theory you learn or how high you raise your soul power level, without stepping onto a real battlefield, it's all just fighting wars on paper!"

He paused, sweeping his gaze over them and lingering a moment longer on Tang San and Cinderella. "So, starting today, your training ground is changing."

"Changing to where?" Cinderella asked curiously.

Zhao Wuji grinned, exposing his gleaming white teeth. "The Suotuo Great Soul Arena."

At those words, everyone except Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, who already knew, froze.

The Great Soul Arena?

That was where Soul Masters held public matches and wagered fights, a place where fish and dragons mingled, bloody and brutal.

Though deliberate killing was forbidden, injuries and permanent disabilities were common.

Regular Soul Master Academies rarely sent their students to train in such places. The risks were too great, and it was easy to pick up bad habits.

"Teacher Zhao," Tang San said calmly.

"What exactly will our training at the Great Soul Arena involve?"

"Good question."

Flender took over, pushing up his glasses as a sharp gleam flashed behind the lenses.

"The Great Soul Arena is the most authentic, most brutal proving ground in the Soul Master world. There's no stopping once you've made your point, only victory and defeat, life and death. Your opponents might be desperate outlaws, sect elites, or mercenaries hardened by a hundred battles."

He paused, sweeping his gaze across the six young faces.

"Before you graduate, I want every one of you to earn a Silver Soul Battle Badge. This is one of the mandatory requirements for graduation."

"A Silver Soul Battle Badge?" Oscar sucked in a breath.

"Dean, how