Chapter 33

Arriving at the preparation area, the host's voice sounded again: "Please have both teams enter the field."

The Flaming Battle Team's Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang walked at the front, with their five teammates behind them, all marching in with high spirits.

The Royal Battle Team had Gu Xuan walking at the front, followed by Yu Tianheng and Du Gu Yan; although Gu Xuan had only joined the Royal Battle Team a few days ago, he already faintly bore the demeanor of a captain, so even the official captain Yu Tianheng had to yield.

Both teams entered the field and came to the central Dou Hun Tai, facing each other from a distance of thirty meters.

As soon as the two teams stepped onto the stage, the audience below began to cheer, some shouting for the Royal Battle Team, others supporting the Flaming Battle Team, clearly both teams had won considerable support from the spectators.

The host then spoke again: "Hello everyone, I am today's host Ruiqi. These two teams are both genius teams of the Grand Dou Hun Arena, with an average age under twenty, destined to be a dragon-tiger battle."

"According to the old rule, let's first look at the lineup and positioning of both sides' Soul Masters."

Ruiqi said, and the huge Soul Tool panel on his back already displayed the member information of both teams.

"The Flaming Battle Team mainly uses the fire element, renowned for attack; the vice-captain Huo Wushuang, a fire-element strong-attack Soul Master, is not to be underestimated."

"The captain of the Flaming Battle Team, Huo Wu, is a control-system Soul Elder with soul power reaching rank thirty-seven, and her martial soul is the exceptionally special fire-attribute martial soul, Fire Shadow."

"The vice-captain Huo Wushuang's soul power is also as high as rank thirty-seven; he is a strong-attack Battle Soul Lord, and his martial soul is the powerful fire-attribute martial soul, the Unihorn Flame Dragon."

"Team member Huo Lie……………"

"Under the leadership of their captain and vice-captain, the Flaming Battle Team has already achieved a good record of seven consecutive wins; I don't know if they can continue their winning streak."

"And the Royal Battle Team's formation remains unchanged, still an attack-oriented formation, except that the members of the Royal Battle Team seem to have undergone some changes."

Ruiqi said while also deliberately turning to glance at the panel; although he already knew both teams' member information in advance, he wanted to liven up the atmosphere, so using these small details was perfectly natural.

"The captain of the Royal Battle Team, Yu Tianheng, and the vice-captain, Du Gu Yan, both have soul power at rank thirty-seven; the strengths of both sides are roughly balanced, so there is great suspense over which side will win this battle."

"However, it is worth mentioning that the Royal Battle Team's new member Gu Xuan is only rank thirty-three, yet his position is at the very front of the team; let us wait and see his performance."

After the host finished the introduction, he gave the audience time to react, then continued: "Team members, get ready; you have one minute to release your martial souls!"

As his voice fell, the Flaming Battle Team members directly activated their martial souls; they are all fire-attribute martial souls, and the moment they activated them, the surrounding temperature rose considerably, Gu Xuan could even feel the scorching heat.

The Flaming Battle Team side directly formed a fiery red scene, all with the optimal two-yellow-one-purple soul ring configuration, flames surging on each of them, as if they could directly roast the enemy to death.

"Brothers, release your martial souls!" Gu Xuan also shouted loudly, experiencing it, feeling what Dai Mubai felt in the original story.

As his voice fell, his body surface also rose three soul rings—two yellow and one purple; although he is only rank thirty-three, his aura could match Huo Wushuang's and even overwhelm him.

Huo Wushuang also stared at Gu Xuan in astonishment, never expecting a rank thirty-three Soul Elder to exert such pressure on him.

Originally he thought Yu Tianheng was his biggest rival, but after sensing Gu Xuan's aura, he no longer looked down on this rank thirty-three Soul Elder.

Both being academy graduates, he naturally understood why Gu Xuan could stand in the front row, even faintly possessing a leadership role that even the captain Yu Tianheng lacked; such a person must have qualities beyond ordinary people.

Yu Tianheng stepped forward to stand side by side with Gu Xuan, his body surface crackling with lightning, two yellow and one purple soul rings rising; with his martial soul embodied, he also bore an energetic appearance. Behind the two were Shi Mo and Shi Shi—this was Gu Xuan's arrangement, placing the two defense-system Soul Masters in the second line rather than having them bear the brunt up front, naturally also due to their soul skills.

Next came Du Gu Yan and Ye Lingling, with Du Gu Yan standing before Ye Lingling; her straight, slender jade legs transformed into a long, emerald-green snake tail swaying, adding a unique charm to her entire being.

Yu Feng directly rose into the air, facing off at a distance with the opponent's two agile-attack Soul Masters; even though it was one person against two, he showed no trace of stage fright, because in Gu Xuan's plan he only needed to restrain those two.

Both sides had already released their martial souls, and the host Ruiqi's voice sounded: "Match……begin!"

As the host's voice fell, the first two soul rings on Gu Xuan's body surface lit up, and Yu Tianheng also released his first soul skill.

At the same time, the first two soul rings on Du Gu Yan's body surface also lit up, and a red-blue mist instantly burst forth, granting the entire Royal Battle Team an enhancement from her two soul skills.

"Battle!"

Gu Xuan shouted loudly, his whole body shooting forward like an arrow released from a bow toward the Flaming Academy's formation, closely followed by Yu Tianheng.

The Flaming Academy members, naturally having studied their data as well, at the moment Du Gu Yan released the poisonous mist, they erupted with scorching flames, completely burning away the mist drifting toward them; although the air still carried the taste of the burned mist, its effect was reduced to almost nothing.

Gu Xuan was not at all worried about this point for the team, because they had already received the enhancement, which was sufficient.

Huo Wushuang and Huo Chui each used their own enhancement soul skills, facing the charging Gu Xuan and Yu Tianheng.

Huo Wushuang's martial soul is the Unihorn Flame Dragon, rank thirty-seven; Huo Chui's martial soul is the Flame Leopard, rank thirty-five.

Therefore Huo Wushuang naturally chose Yu Tianheng, while Huo Chui also went up against Gu Xuan.

Huo Lie and Huo Jun's martial souls are both Flame Cranes, with soul power at rank thirty-five; after using blazing flames to burn away the poisonous mist Du Gu Yan had invaded them with, the two flew directly toward Yu Feng in the sky.

The Royal Battle Team's lower formation still had poisonous mist, but there was none in the air, so they planned to first deal with Yu Feng, gain the initial advantage, then support their teammates, laying the foundation for final victory.

Meanwhile, the two fire-attribute support Soul Masters, Huo Yun and Huo Yu, each released various support soul skills, enhancing Huo Wushuang, Huo Chui, Huo Lie, and Huo Jun respectively.

As a control-system Soul Master, Huo Wu remained still, her gaze fixed tightly on the battlefield, so she could promptly provide support or control.

Gu Xuan and Yu Tianheng made contact with the opposition immediately; Yu Tianheng and Huo Wushuang are both rank thirty-seven, and their strengths are comparable, so from the moment of contact they have been evenly matched.

However, Huo Chui, who faced Gu Xuan, was different; although his soul power reached rank thirty-five, two ranks higher than Gu Xuan, after contacting Gu Xuan his inner self was greatly shaken.

Even with the assistance of his own side's support Soul Masters, he was suppressed by Gu Xuan from the very start in both strength and attack, leaving him feeling stifled and his face flushed with heat.

Compared to his opponent, who is merely a rank thirty-three Soul Elder, he, a rank thirty-five, fighting a rank thirty-three, is actually being suppressed?

Moreover, most importantly, he had no room to counterattack; Gu Xuan's initial onslaught forced him into a purely defensive stance, making any counterattack impossible.

He felt that he was not facing a rank thirty-three Soul Elder, but an expert on the same level as his captain.

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)