"Both sides, step back, release your martial souls, and reveal your soul rings!"
The referee barked the order and floated backward.
Tang Wulin and Long Chen exchanged a glance. Both shot ten steps back, and two entirely different, terrifying auras erupted at the same instant.
Boom!
The ground beneath Long Chen's feet cracked instantly. Violent blue lightning surged into the sky, and deafening thunder exploded throughout the Soul Fighting Arena. A majestic Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul roared into view, its draconic body coiling amid purple lightning. Its aura of absolute supremacy sent chills through everyone's hearts.
Then six soul rings rose from beneath his feet.
Purple, black, black, black, black, black!
One purple thousand-year ring and five black ten-thousand-year rings! Though he had only six soul rings, their intense black radiance combined with his domineering lightning power to exert pressure as heavy as a mountain. Among his peers, such a configuration was as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns, enough to stand proudly above all rivals.
In the stands, the supporters of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy erupted.
"Did you see that? Those are ten thousand year soul rings! Five whole ten thousand year soul rings!"
"You little brats from Shrek Academy, do you understand how powerful our Sun Moon Academy is now? This is a mountain you'll never be able to climb!"
"They must be scared stupid! Hahaha! They've never even seen a configuration like this!"
Mockery and abuse surged toward the platform like a tide.
On Shrek's side, Xie Xie stamped his feet in fury, planted his hands on his hips, and unleashed a barrage of "mental attacks" at the stands. "You call that impressive? You ignorant lot! They're just a few ten thousand year soul rings! Is all this really necessary? That's