Chapter 33: Arrival

The scale is one tier smaller than the Longxing Grand Soul Battle Arena, and it has only one main Soul Battle arena.

The Ao supervisor of the Bainuoia Grand Soul Battle Arena is in charge of reception; next to the Grand Soul Battle Arena there is a hall, which, aside from housing the Soul Masters of the Grand Soul Battle Arena, currently serves to accommodate the teams arriving from various cities.

Although they all belong to the Grand Soul Battle Arena, they are in different cities, and internal competition still exists.

"You have also arrived; that makes four Grand Soul Battle Arena teams now," the Ao supervisor said.

Their Bainuoia Grand Soul Battle Arena, as the organizer, does not allow any participating teams.

"How many teams are participating in total?" Kaiqi couldn't help but ask.

"It was originally twenty squads, but the WuHunZhuDian of Bainuoia City suddenly wanted to join the Soul Battle competition; there was no way around it, so I had to count them among the participating teams."

The WuHunZhuDian, belonging to the third level of the Spirit Hall, generally exists only in major cities.

The Spirit Hall recruits outstanding Soul Masters; the teams they send to compete are certainly the hardest to deal with.

This is the consensus among the teams, and it can be seen from the Continental Soul Master Elite Competition.

The Longxing Grand Soul Battle Arena's participating name is Yan Team, and the team was registered in the Grand Soul Battle Arena.

This time the participants include not only Tie Li's seven members but also Zhang Yang's six members.

When the seven-on-seven Team Soul Battle occurs, if they face a tough opponent, they will not let Yan Team's original lineup fight; they will certainly replace the Level-2 Ring Great Soul Master with a Three Ring Soul Honorable.

"Having a Spirit Hall team does make things difficult, but the Spirit Hall being willing to send a team is also a good thing."

From another angle, the Spirit Hall has recognized the Grand Soul Battle Arena's status in Bainuoia City.

"I think so too."

"It's ready; the rooms on the second floor are yours."

When the two arrived at the hall, the Ao supervisor took out the room keys and handed them to Kaiqi.

The dormitory is a four-person room; compared to the dorms in Longxing City it's a bit poorer, but still decent, much better than an outside inn.

Kaiqi shares a room with the team's three female Soul Masters; Duolangbu's four members share a room; Tie Li, Zhang Yang, and two male Soul Masters share a room; the remaining two participating Soul Masters share a room with the two Soul Masters responsible for protecting the team.

The Ao supervisor also gave Kaiqi a key to a conference room.

After the dorm assignments, everyone put their luggage back in the rooms, and the carriage was left to the Grand Soul Battle Arena staff to arrange.

Tie Li had just lain down a short while when he saw Zhang Yang sneak out, and not long after, sneak back in.

Then, without a trace, he lay back down on his own bed.

"During the competition, without my permission, you are not allowed to go out on your own," Kaiqi's voice came from outside the door.

Obviously, Zhang Yang had tried to sneak out and was caught red-handed by Kaiqi.

With seven days left before the competition starts, the reason for arriving early in Bainuoia City is partly to acclimate early and also because the team needs to gel.

To handle the seven-on-seven Team Soul Battle, three members must be drawn from Yan Team's original seven, and the three Soul Honorable must be inserted into the team, allowing a squad to gel quickly.

A team requires coordination; if seven Soul Masters are forced into a squad, coordination errors are likely, and the effect could be less than the sum of its parts.

"Today you rest in the rooms; training starts tomorrow."

After a while, once Kaiqi was confirmed gone, Zhang Yang finally lifted the quilt and sat up.

In the four-person dorm, each bed is against the wall, and beside each bed is a delicate small table.

"Don't even think about it; just stay obediently in the dorm," Tie Li, lying on the bed, said.

The other two echoed from beside, fearing Zhang Yang would run amok and drag them into trouble.

"Fine!" Zhang Yang reluctantly agreed.

Perhaps Kaiqi truly worries about Zhang Yang running around, so dinner is delivered straight to the rooms at night.

……

"Let's have a spar; your seven versus their six," Kaiqi said.

Inside the hall, the training grounds are separated; each training ground can be used by only one team.

Kaiqi let the original Yan Team's seven to battle the other six, a temporarily formed squad.

Although the numbers seem uneven, the opponent has three Soul Honorable.

Among the opponent's six, Tie Li only knows Zhang Yang, and the Soul Power Levels and martial souls of the other five are completely unknown.

"We'll do as usual: you two coordinate with Tie Li's strong attack, and we'll disrupt from one side," Duolangbu, also unaware of the opponent's martial souls and soul skills, can only adapt randomly during the fight.

Now we can only adopt the most commonly used combat method.

"Alright."

Everyone nods in agreement, but the pressure is certainly there, after all they are three Soul Honorable, each a Three Ring Soul Honorable.

Compared to Tie Li's side, the tactics of Zhang Yang's six-person side are much simpler.

Kaiqi, seeing that both sides had finished discussing, let them begin the spar.

"Hoo"

Three purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings burst with dazzling light; these three Soul Honorable each possess a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Zhang Yang's Soul Ring Configuration is the most eye-catching: a optimal two-yellow-one-purple setup; the other two each have one white, one yellow, one purple, and all are Soul Honorable with Thousand-Year Soul Techniques.

Among the remaining three, one Control-type Soul Master has two Hundred-Year Soul Rings, and the other two Defense-type Soul Masters have a one-white-one-yellow Soul Ring configuration; these two look about eighty percent alike, likely brothers.

Their Soul Power Levels have all reached Level 29.

Tie Li's side consists entirely of Level-2 Ring Great Soul Masters; Duolangbu's Soul Power Level has reached Level 30, but he has not yet obtained any Soul Rings.

After this Soul Battle competition ends, the Grand Soul Battle Arena will arrange for someone to take him to acquire the third Soul Ring.

Duolangbu also once said that the third Soul Ring arranged for him by the Grand Soul Battle Arena will be of the Thousand-Year grade.

With a martial soul possessed, Zhang Yang spreads his black, translucent wings, flies into the sky, and a pair of purple hawks stare at the supporting Soul Masters on Tie Li's side.

The other two Soul Honorable are Agile Attack-type Soul Masters: one a female with the Night Ghost Cat martial soul, the other possessing the Swift Wind Wolf martial soul.

Behind them stand a Control-type Soul Master and two Defense-type Soul Masters.

The two Agile Attack-type Soul Honorable clearly target Duolangbu, the Control-type Soul Master; with their strength, eliminating a Level-2 Ring Great Soul Master is not very difficult.

"Swoosh"

The Night Ghost Cat Soul Master's Second Soul Ring lit up, and its speed suddenly surged, as if a faint light flashed through the crowd; the Gale Wolf martial soul's First Soul Ring and Second Soul Ring lit up simultaneously, not only maintaining ultra‑high movement speed, but the reinforced wolf claws became even sharper.

Caixin could feel Zhang Yang's gaze from the sky, her heart trembled, but she did not stop releasing the soul skill; the amplification of the First Soul Ring and the Second Soul Ring fell respectively onto her teammates, and her mission was completed!

"Ignore us," Duolangbu shouted suddenly.

Tie Li instantly understood his meaning; faced with the assault of three Soul Elders, they were doomed to be eliminated, it all depended on how long they could hold out!

(End of chapter)