Rascal Rabbit Combination

Upon entering the Great Spirit Arena, the first thing that caught the eye was a massive stone monument, carved with densely packed names.

Ye Chen knew what this was. The names carved upon it were the list of those who had died on the Soul Duel Arena while participating in spirit fights.

Registering for a spirit fight at the Great Spirit Arena was very simple. One only needed to fill out a form containing their name, age, birthplace, and martial soul, and then they could receive the initial Iron Spirit Arena Badge.

Of course, each person also had to pay ten Gold Soul Coins as a registration fee.

At the same time, the arena staff tested their Soul Power levels to determine their respective ranks.

Such testing was conducted before every spirit fight, in order to prevent participating soul masters from falsely reporting their own Soul Power ranks.

Although Ye Chen and Xiao Wu both had rather high Soul Power levels and had reached the realm of Four-Ring Soul Elders, their disguised appearances were those of young people, so they did not attract much attention.

Within the Great Spirit Arena, although each soul master could only participate in one match per day, they could take part in different types of spirit fights at the same time.

The most typical were one-on-one, two-on-two, and the most exciting of all, team battles.

The number of participants in a team battle could be decided through discussion between the two sides, ranging from seven to ten people. However, generally speaking, most team battles were seven versus seven.

After registration was complete, they could proceed to be assigned their spirit fights.

Since they had arrived together, they were all assigned to fight at the Fourteenth Branch Spirit Arena.

However, the four had different Soul Power ranks. Ma Hongjun's opponent was a Great Soul Master, Dai Mubai's opponent was a Three-Ring Soul Grandmaster, while Ye Chen and Xiao Wu's opponents were both merely Four-Ring Soul Elders.

"Xiao Wu, come on. Let's register for a two-on-two spirit fight."

"Mm-hm."

The points earned from victories in one-on-one and two-on-two spirit fights could be used interchangeably, allowing the two of them to obtain Silver Spirit Arena Badges faster.

Afterward, Ye Chen took Xiao Wu away from the one-on-one fighting area for the time being and headed to the two-on-two fighting area to register.

"The registration fee is ten Gold Soul Coins. For every victory, you will receive ten Gold Soul Coins."

The Great Spirit Arena staff member collected the fee from the two in a businesslike manner.

Since they had already registered before, they only needed to present their Iron Spirit Arena Badges and did not need to fill out anything else.

"Please give your combination a name."

Ye Chen knew about this. Two-on-two spirit fights and team battles both required a name for one's combination, so that the arena host could introduce them conveniently.

"Call it the Rascal Rabbit Combination."

Ye Chen spoke to the staff member. After all, a name did not carry much meaning.

The staff member gave Ye Chen a surprised look, but did not say anything and directly registered the two of them.

"Brother, why is our combination called Rascal Rabbit?"

Xiao Wu asked Ye Chen. Wasn't this combination name calling her a rascal?

"I'm the rascal, and you're the rabbit. Aren't the two of us the Rascal Rabbit?"

Xiao Wu: "..."

"Alright, the Rascal Rabbit Combination has been registered."

A line of five additional characters appeared engraved on Ye Chen and Xiao Wu's Iron Spirit Arena Badges: Rascal Rabbit Combination.

Seeing that their two-on-two spirit fight would not begin for quite some time, the two returned to the one-on-one fighting area.

Before long, it was Ye Chen's turn to take the stage.

"Brother, good luck!"

Seeing that Ye Chen was about to go up for his spirit fight, Xiao Wu immediately cheered him on.

"Don't worry. You know my strength."

With a wave of his hand, Ye Chen walked toward the Soul Duel Arena.

Although it was only a branch Spirit Fight Stage, it was still quite large, with a diameter of twenty meters and enough space for soul masters to display their abilities.

However, there were not many spectators beside the one-on-one Spirit Fight Stage at the Fourteenth Branch Spirit Arena, and more than half the seats remained empty.

"Next will be the first one-on-one spirit fight of our Fourteenth Spirit Arena. The contestants will be two Battle Soul Grandmasters.

They are Ye Chen, who possesses the Tool Soul Black Jade Divine Bamboo Staff, versus Fang Ding, a Battle Soul Grandmaster who possesses the Beast Martial Soul Black Tiger and has already won four consecutive matches.

Will Battle Soul Grandmaster Fang Ding continue his glory and achieve five consecutive victories, or will the newcomer Battle Soul Grandmaster Ye Chen claim the win? Let us wait and see!

Now, please welcome both contestants onto the stage!"

On the Spirit Fight Stage, a young host dressed in a tailcoat stood at the center, holding a microphone as he began introducing the match to the audience.

That's right, a microphone. Although Douluo Continent did not have much soul tool technology, it still had this sort of "black technology." Not only were there microphones, there were even screens!

Very soon, a tall and imposing figure stepped onto the Spirit Fight Stage. It was Fang Ding, Ye Chen's opponent in this match.

Fang Ding stood at an astonishing height of over two meters, broad-shouldered and thick-backed. At a glance, he was clearly a muscular powerhouse.

Meanwhile, the disguised Ye Chen was only around 1.8 meters tall. Compared to that two-meter-tall muscleman, his presence appeared much weaker.

But in a fight, it was not whoever had more developed muscles or looked taller and more imposing who was stronger. Otherwise, Hu Yanzhen, who stood over 2.5 meters tall, would have been able to crush Qian Daoliu.

Perhaps because Fang Ding was quite strong and popular, quite a few brainless fans in the stands cheered the moment he appeared.

"Fang Ding, Martial Soul: Black Tiger, Level 49 Power Attack System Soul Elder."

After Ye Chen stepped onto the stage, Fang Ding did not rush to attack. Instead, he greeted him first.

"Ye Chen, Martial Soul: Black Jade Divine Bamboo Staff, Level 45 Control System Soul Elder."

Since the other party was polite, Ye Chen naturally returned the greeting.

"Little brother, you'd better be careful~! Black Tiger, possess me!"

After reminding Ye Chen, Fang Ding directly activated his Martial Soul Avatar. His already tall and imposing body immediately swelled another size, while two yellow and two purple soul rings shone around him.

The optimal Soul Ring Configuration? That's rather rare!

Though Fang Ding's two-yellow, two-purple Soul Ring Configuration was far inferior to Ye Chen's four black rings, and the combined age of all four of his soul rings did not even compare to any single one of Ye Chen's, it was actually quite difficult for ordinary Spirit Masters to achieve the optimal Soul Ring Configuration.

On the continent, more than half of all Spirit Masters had a white soul ring under a hundred years as their first soul ring.

Even Snake Spear Douluo She Long, who appeared in the original work and was a Titled Douluo, still had a purple thousand-year soul ring as his fifth ring. That was rather underwhelming.

It was worth mentioning that She Long was also the only Titled Douluo who had failed to achieve even the low-tier optimal Soul Ring Configuration.

What was a low-tier optimal Soul Ring Configuration?

Since hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were rare, a Titled Douluo with two yellow, two purple, and five black soul rings could be considered to have a low-tier optimal Soul Ring Configuration.

The standard configuration, meanwhile, was two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.