When Yang Chang'an and Niu Wenchuan stepped onto the square, the siblings Hu Liena and Xie Yue stood opposite them.
The four of them locked eyes across half the arena.
Not one of them looked away first.
Yang Chang'an stared at Hu Liena opposite him, but his mind was not on the match itself.
He knew that for him and Niu Wenchuan, this battle was not simply about winning. It was about whether they could secure their footing.
The Worship Hall looked glorious, but in reality, it was more pragmatic than anywhere else. Without ability, even with Qianjun Douluo backing you, the people beneath you would never accept you.
But if you beat up the Papal Hall's Saintess candidate in front of so many people, that was a different story.
From then on, who could see you without calling you "Young Master Yang"?
More importantly, Yang Chang'an needed this battle to prove himself. Only by proving his worth would he have the confidence to tell Qianjun Douluo that he wanted to leave Spirit City and gain experience out in the world.
He had far too many things to do, far too many things to claim.
The greatest opportunity on the Douluo Continent awaited him in that place.
Once he obtained it, he would no longer be the Yang Chang'an he was now, and neither the Yang Family nor the Niu Family would remain as they were.
From then on, the Yang Family would truly have the capital to take a seat at the table.
So he had to win this battle.
Hu Liena, standing opposite him, could not afford to lose either.
As the only Control System Soul Master in this match, she had arranged the tactics for this two-on-two battle herself. If they won, it would prove her capable