Chapter 147: A Team Returns

"Right, Big Brother, I have to head to the Soul Fighting Arena first." Ning Feiliu suddenly remembered his agreement to meet Ye Lingling at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and spoke hurriedly.

Upon hearing what Ning Feiliu said, Ning Mingrui gave a dumbfounded smile and said, "You always loved hanging around the Soul Fighting Arena in the past. I still remember the first time I took you to the Soul Fighting Arena to watch a Spirit Fighting battle; you looked so excited... No wonder you could become a Battle Soul Master today... You really do love fighting, going to the Great Spirit Arena every single day to participate in Spirit Fighting battles."

He had also heard rumors that Ning Feiliu was disguising himself under the alias "Yafei" and appearing at the Great Spirit Arena every day.

Even for ordinary Spirit Masters, participating in Spirit Fighting battles wouldn't be that frequent; it was more normal to participate after several days of intense fighting and then take a break for two or three days.

After all, encountering a powerful enemy in battle not only results in physical injuries but also causes some degree of psychological damage.

Even if a Healing System Spirit Master restores their injuries, one still needs to ease their state of mind before participating again.

Yet "Yafei" appeared at the Great Spirit Arena basically every day; even if he missed a day, he would still appear at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena the next day to participate in a Spirit Fighting battle.

To be so tireless in such high-intensity Spirit Fighting battles was indeed a manifestation of a very combative personality.

Ning Mingrui had also misunderstood, thinking that Ning Feiliu was naturally combative, which was why he participated in Spirit Fighting battles every day after his transformation.

In reality, if Ning Feiliu were to describe his own personality, it would be... he was not a combative person by nature!

It was just that he didn't dislike Spirit Fighting either.

If it weren't for the series of Spirit Fighting battle tasks involving the Calm Rune, Ning Feiliu would rather be cultivating, researching, and completing tasks to gradually improve his strength.

Or rather, he didn't like fighting; he only liked strength.

Only strength was everything in this world; he only respected strength and was single-mindedly pursuing the path of strength.

Regarding Ning Mingrui's misunderstanding, Ning Feiliu didn't intend to explain, smiling as he said, "I just don't want to be weaker than others. Alright, Big Brother, do you want to come to the Soul Fighting Arena with me? Watch one of my Spirit Fighting battles?"

He had no more reservations now, or rather, he had actually long been tired of having to hide his identity at all times.

Although he would continue to disguise and hide his identity, he no longer cared much about whether his identity was exposed or not.

Ning Mingrui immediately smiled and nodded, saying, "Alright then... I have actually watched one or two of your Spirit Fighting battles; I just didn't know that my younger brother was the famous Yafei."

Ning Feiliu immediately took out his "Yafei" disguise kit, disguised himself as "Yafei," and then walked toward the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena with Ning Mingrui.

And on the other side.

Outside the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, several sturdy youths wearing Heaven Dou Imperial Academy uniforms were walking toward this side in a group.

"It's really been a long time since I've been to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena," one of the slightly leaner youths said with emotion.

"The Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena is still the best; only the opponents here are decent enough to be worth me ravaging!" another youth, as sturdy as a small mountain, said with a ferocious smile.

"Still talking about ravaging... Da Kai, you were ravaged enough yesterday, weren't you?" the youth with the gray-white crew cut said teasingly.

Kailasi, known as the Big Black Ox, immediately lost his composure, saying with dissatisfaction, "Ling Yue, aren't you the same? You were also ravaged fiercely by that Poison Douluo's precious daughter yesterday."

"At least I wasn't as brave as you, underestimating her just because she was young, only to end up getting beaten up," Ling Yue said with a chuckle.

"How was I supposed to know... that Miss Dugu was already a Soul Ancestor at such a young age," Kailasi said dejectedly.

"Stop talking about it; anyway, that Miss Dugu's joining won't have any impact on you," the lean youth Lian Ling, who had spoken earlier, said gloomily. "I'm the one who will likely be demoted to the second team."

As mentioned before, this Magic Chain Lian Ling was the original Control System Battle Soul Master of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team, and his positioning happened to overlap with Dugu Yan's.

With Dugu Yan here, he naturally had to step down and yield his position.

And according to past rules, the first team of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team had no substitutes, or rather, the substitute members were the entire second team of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team.

This meant he was on the verge of being demoted to the second team.

However, Lian Ling had no objections; after all, Dugu Yan was now a level 44 Soul Ancestor, which was two levels higher in soul power than their current team captain, Carlisle.

How could he dare to be dissatisfied with that?

Especially since Dugu Yan had come over yesterday and sparred with all of them once.

That was truly... completely without any temper.

The Dugu family's Jade Phosphor Snake Poison was already a master at bullying the weak, and Dugu Yan was also crushing them with her level; there was nothing left to say.

It wasn't as if everyone was a toxicology expert like San Ge, who could break Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Snake Poison with a casual move.

Moreover, Dugu Yan possessed a ten-thousand-year Nether Demon Wolf right leg bone; not to mention the soul bone skill, even the attribute enhancements were quite powerful.

With her cultivation, strength, family status, and background completely crushing them, let alone replacing Lian Ling to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team, there would be no problem even if she replaced Captain Carlisle's position.

The lead teacher of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team actually had that thought.

However, Dugu Yan refused. For one, in the current Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team, Carlisle, as the captain, was the most familiar with the other members, while she was completely unfamiliar with their abilities and personalities.

Therefore, it was better for Carlisle to serve as the captain, acting as the commander and backbone.

Secondly, she also found it troublesome; managing the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team was too much of a hassle, and she preferred to stay with Ning Feiliu.

Just like that, after Dugu Yan familiarized herself with the other members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team yesterday and gained their conviction, there was nothing else to do.

"Everything is determined by strength... but Lian Ling, you might not necessarily be demoted to the second team." At this moment, the captain of this year's Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team, Battle Lion Carlisle, comforted him, saying, "Although Miss Dugu is strong, she is somewhat unlike a conventional Control System Battle Soul Master. Perhaps the teachers will choose to keep you just in case?"

"Captain, don't try to comfort me. But I'm not that sad either. Actually, if Miss Dugu joining can help the team and everyone win the championship of this year's Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, that would be a good thing," Lian Ling said with a smile.

"... I'm afraid that's a bit difficult," Carlisle said with a bitter smile. "Those guys from the Spirit Hall are not easy to deal with, even if Miss Dugu's strength is extraordinary."

The Spirit Hall Team had won the championship of the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament for two consecutive terms. Especially since Carlisle had been a substitute on the second team of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team in the previous term, he had seen with his own eyes how powerful the Spirit Hall Team was.

The main force consisted of powerful Spirit Masters who were all level 45 or above and possessed top-tier martial souls. For an ordinary team, having one member with a cultivation above Soul Ancestor was considered a strong team.

The Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team generally had at least five Soul Ancestor members every tournament, or even all members being Soul Ancestors.

But the Spirit Hall Team was far more powerful than them; not only were all main members at the cultivation level of Soul Ancestor or above, but they could all reach level 45 or higher.

Such strength truly made Carlisle unable to even harbor the thought of contending with them and defeating them.

(End of chapter)