Yue Shen chuckled, then rose, took his armor out of his Storage Ring, and put it on before heading down into the arena as well.
"Take it easy." Once the referee saw that both were ready, he still could not help reminding them, "Don't exhaust yourselves now and hurt your performance in the Finals."
"Understood," Yue Shen and Duan Yi answered in unison.
"Then let the match begin." With a broad sweep of his hand, the referee announced the start of the match and retreated to the edge of the arena.
"Brother Yue, will you be using your mount?" Rather than rushing to attack, Duan Yi asked Yue Shen first.
"Of course." Yue Shen nodded. "My Mount Companion hasn't had a chance to enter the arena yet, after all. And you must be curious too, right?"
"That's true." Duan Yi smiled, then immediately cast his summoning spell to call forth his Mount Companion, the Golden Horn Mammoth.
"Let's begin."
As Yue Shen spoke, he extended both hands and summoned two streams of golden light. They burst from his hands and transformed into two knightly longswords of similar design but different attributes.
With Holy Fire and Blazing Sun, the Twin Swords, in hand, Yue Shen's previously calm gaze instantly sharpened.
At the same time, a rift suddenly opened in the space to his right, and a brilliant blue figure flew out to circle beside him.
Having gone a long time without fighting alongside Yue Shen, Sol entered the arena with an excited expression and let out a ringing dragon roar. Blue light blazed around him, and the aura of his unique starry sky attribute spread across the arena.
Across from them, Duan Yi had also completed his summoning spell, and an ancient-looking stone gate slowly appeared behind him.
The stone gate