The Wind of Suotuo City!

That day.

Suotuo City, Great Soul Arena.

The soul tool lamps hanging above the arena illuminated the entire battlefield as bright as day. Cheers rose and fell from the stands, and the atmosphere was at its peak.

But the situation at the center of the arena could not have been clearer.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team had lost.

Their opponents were the Shrek Academy Team, an obscure up-and-coming team.

The match ended far sooner than anyone had expected. The Heaven Dou Team was completely suppressed by the other side's tactical coordination before it could organize any decent counterattack. After holding out through three waves of attacks alone, Yu Tianheng finally collapsed from exhaustion, and the referee announced the result without hesitation.

Deafening cheers erupted from the stands, while the people on Shrek's side were already celebrating.

Yet inside the Heaven Dou Team's lounge, the atmosphere was as cold as an ice cellar.

Yu Tianheng sat on a bench, sweat and mud mingling as they dripped from his chin. Several tears ran across the front of his clothes, exposing the bruises beneath.

He lowered his head and clenched his hands over his knees until his knuckles turned white.

"Damn it..."

The other team members were equally dejected. One kicked a nearby bench, and the loud clatter was especially piercing in the silent lounge.

"If Dugu Yan had been here..." said a team member with a short ponytail through gritted teeth. "Once she released that Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, those bastards wouldn't even dare get close. No matter how strong that Tang San was, he couldn't possibly beat snake venom. We never would have lost this badly."

She was their substitute, and she blamed herself as well.

Another teammate chimed in, "Sister Yan's poison is area suppression. If she were still