Into the Final Four

What happened in the stands had no effect on the contestants on the arena floor.

The morning match proved just as difficult for Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao as expected.

Xie Huanyue was a Soul Elder with formidable defenses. Ordinary attacks could hardly break through.

Because Xiao Xiao had sensibly chosen not to add a Soul Ring to her Second Martial Soul, she lacked a way to slow the nimble Agility Attack Soul Masters Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba.

During the match, the referee rescued Huo Yuhao from Xie Huanyue's attack, eliminating him in the process.

Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong then fought with everything they had and eliminated the Luo brothers at the same time.

In the end, Xiao Xiao exhausted her Soul Power holding Xie Huanyue back, buying Wang Dong enough time to charge her ultimate move.

The referee saved Xie Huanyue from that terrifying attack, and Xiao Xiao promptly fainted.

Lu Yi's trio encountered no particularly tough opponents that morning, though their opponents put up more of a fight than the ones they had faced the day before.

But in the afternoon's quarterfinal, they drew a team from neighboring Class Ten led by Long Xiangyue.

Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan had attended the same Junior Soul Master Academy and had known each other for years.

That was why Cao Jinxuan had agreed to team up with Zhou Sichen almost without hesitation, yet had insisted on testing Lu Yi first.

Long Xiangyue was close to both of them as well. Clearly, their friendship went back a long way.

But—

The better people knew each other, the better they knew how to counter each other. And when the fighting began, each struck harder than the last.

Cao Jinxuan let out a "Heh, heh, heh" laugh as he