Chapter 97: Are you Shrek Academy people only here to recruit losers?

Qin Ming is just over twenty years old this year, and after graduating from Shrek, he prepared to gain experience on the continent.

Fighting at the Great Soul Arena is an important way for him to earn income, and he never expected to run into the person who killed his junior schoolmate here.

It is a pity that this is a Spirit Fighting match where one cannot kill the opponent; if he could kill the opponent, he certainly would not show mercy.

But since he cannot commit murder, he will beat him half to death.

Relying on his own level 43 soul power, Qin Ming is very confident; after all, the data shows that his opponent's current soul power is only level 41.

Lingxu has not noticed at all that he is being watched; he has been focusing on Qian Renxue's battle.

The battle ended, and Lingxu also went to the passageway to meet Qian Renxue.

"Brother Lingxu, fighting here still has some utility; after all, the opponent will not hold back against you, and the opponent's abilities are also unknown," Qian Renxue said.

A single match let her know the usefulness of this; after all, there are too few people in the Shengdi who fight and train with her.

Those who can fight are also very familiar, which can increase combat experience, but it is not very good as time goes on.

Fighting with different people is another kind of improvement.

"Brother Lingxu, there are two more matches until yours."

"I don't know who your opponent is, but they will definitely be beaten down by you," Qian Renxue laughed.

Lingxu said: "I don't know either, but they should be stronger than your opponent. Just now, the staff said this guy is only one match away from getting the Gold Fighting Spirit Badge, so his abilities shouldn't be weak."

To obtain a Silver Fighting Spirit Badge, one needs to experience many battles in this Great Soul Arena, and one must maintain a very high win rate, or even have continuous winning streaks.

There are not many such Spirit Masters; basically, Spirit Masters who reach this stage will become elites in most of the forces on the continent in the future.

"Then I will take a good look at this opponent of yours, Brother Lingxu; you must fight well," Qian Renxue said.

Lingxu said: "Then you must watch closely, Xue'er."

After speaking, the two came to the highest spectator platform. The next two rounds of battles proceeded very quickly; basically, the winner and loser could be decided in five to ten minutes after the start.

When it was the fourth match, under the announcer's declaration, Lingxu entered the center of the ring.

At this time, Lingxu also learned his opponent's name: Cang Lang!

Generally speaking, a person with this name usually has a wolf martial soul.

It was just that after the person appeared, Lingxu discovered that he seemed to have seen this person before, but he couldn't remember for a moment.

But what made Lingxu strange was that this person's eyes were sharp, and looking at him seemed to be full of hatred.

Although he tried his best to hide it, it could not escape Lingxu's eyes.

"Who are you? Have we met?" Lingxu asked directly.

Qin Ming said coldly: "I don't know!"

When they appeared, the announcer kept introducing the two. When it was learned that Lingxu was participating in Spirit Fighting for the first time, while the opponent was a holder of a Silver Fighting Spirit Badge and was about to win the Gold Fighting Spirit Badge.

"Level 41 against level 43, is this to give him the Gold Fighting Spirit Badge?"

"Damn, how is this supposed to be fought?"

"The odds for this match seem to be one to ten; if I had known, I would have bet my entire net worth on this."

Although the winnings are a bit less, it is just that this match is a sure win for this Cang Lang.

It's a pity to have missed this opportunity.

I don't know how this Great Soul Arena arranges things, actually letting someone who is about to have a Gold Fighting Spirit Badge fight a level 41 Spirit Master.

Amidst the discussions, the announcer shouted: "Release your martial soul!"

The two released their martial souls at the same time; Lingxu and Qin Ming released their martial souls together.

Under Lingxu's concealment, his Spirit Rings appeared as very ordinary yellow, yellow, purple, purple; the opponent also had the same configuration as Lingxu.

Just looking at this martial soul, a wolf full of flames, Cang Lang, Blazing Cang Lang, could it be Qin Ming?

"Which student from Shrek are you?" Lingxu asked directly.

Qin Ming said coldly: "That's right, it's me. Back then you killed my junior schoolmate; this time I will definitely make you pay."

Hearing the conversation between the two, the announcer also said loudly: "No wonder there is this match; it turns out these two once had a great grudge."

Qian Renxue also understood; Lingxu hasn't killed many people now, and the first time he killed someone was when he was absorbing his third Spirit Ring.

Lingxu also told her the process, and now he actually met an enemy.

Qin Ming's martial soul is level 43, and Lingxu has hidden a lot of his soul power and physical strength. Will Brother Lingxu win in this state?

Seeing that the atmosphere was sufficiently built up, the announcer shouted: "The battle begins!"

As soon as the words fell, the battle between Lingxu and Qin Ming began.

Qin Ming struck first; the moment he threw a punch, Lingxu felt a fireball coming at him.

Swish...

Using his movement technique, Lingxu easily dodged; Qin Ming only hit one of Lingxu's afterimages.

Although he hid his strength, his skills were not hidden; the Phantom Shadow Steps had already reached the Great Completion stage.

However, Qin Ming's speed was also very fast; when Lingxu dodged, the next attack came.

Seeing Qin Ming directly use a soul skill, two Blazing Cang Langs actually appeared out of thin air beside him.

Then he controlled the two Blazing Cang Langs to attack Lingxu.

For a time, Lingxu was completely in the midst of dodging the opponent's attacks; suddenly, the two Blazing Cang Langs rose into the air and pounced on him.

Seeing this, Lingxu knew he could not keep dodging.

Then, while the Blazing Cang Langs were attacking, Lingxu stopped.

His Spirit Rings circulated, and he used his First Spirit Skill, Holy Light Defense.

This is a pure defensive skill; centered on Lingxu, a defensive light shield is deployed.

Two "bang" sounds rang out as the two Blazing Cang Langs slammed into Lingxu's defense.

Lingxu's Restraining Breath Art can hide soul power and strength, and can also change the color of Spirit Rings; likewise, it can also limit the power of Lingxu's soul skills.

Therefore, this defensive capability was merely the defense of a century-level soul skill, and since Qin Ming was using his second soul skill, the power was not much higher.

However, these two attacks nearly shattered Lingxu's defense. Qin Ming was also a veteran of the Spirit Fighting Arena, so at this moment, his soul ring flashed, and he used his third soul ring.

Blazing flames ignited outside Lingxu's Holy Light Defense, and the combat power of the two Blazing Pale Wolves inside seemed to increase significantly.

That his second soul skill and third soul skill could actually be used in combination was something Lingxu had not expected.

However, Lingxu was not panicked in the slightest; although this Holy Light Defense was broken, Qin Ming's flames alone could not hurt him.

A body impervious to water and fire made Lingxu unafraid of the flames here.

And Lingxu being trapped in Qin Ming's flames made Qin Ming's confidence soar, believing that victory was already within his grasp.

Just as Qin Ming was full of confidence, there were two thudding sounds, accompanied by two screams.

His two Blazing Pale Wolves were actually knocked flying by Lingxu inside, and then they vanished.

"How is this possible? You are completely fine inside my flames?" Qin Ming looked at Lingxu in the flames in astonishment.

Ever since he obtained his second and third soul skills, in any battle, Spirit Masters of the same level were simply unable to break this move.

Once caught in this combination skill of his, the power of the Blazing Pale Wolves would double, and at the same time, these flames also possessed extremely strong damage and suppression capabilities against Spirit Masters.

A level 41 Spirit Master simply could not remain unaffected.

Seeing this, Qian Renxue could not help but whisper: "You wouldn't know, my Brother Lingxu's body is already impervious to water and fire; with just this little bit of flame of yours, you are still far from enough."

Withdrawing the flames, Qin Ming discovered that Lingxu looked like a person who was completely fine.

Lingxu walked forward a few steps, arriving at a position about two meters from Qin Ming, and said: "Canglang, to speak a word of conscience, were you not clear about what your junior brother intended to do back then?"

"Under those circumstances, he wanted to deal with me, so I naturally had to fight with all my might; who knew that such a big person would be so pathetic," Lingxu said indifferently.

"Moreover, that Spirit Beast was not what you truly wanted, either."

Qin Ming said: "Even so, you could not kill him."

"Haha, and so what? His skills were inferior, that's all. It seems you are also a brainless fan of Shrek; can you not see what kind of people Flender and Zhao Wuji are?"

"Flender is a treacherous villain who only knows how to swindle, and Zhao Wuji is just the way you see him now; it's just that you didn't see him when he was committing evil."

"And you, you are simply as stupid as a pig. With your potential, if you had entered a good academy, your soul power should not be like this now. Sigh... what a pity."

Lingxu was doing this deliberately to provoke Qin Ming, because he felt that if Qin Ming could only exert this much power, it was truly too poor.

But to be honest, Shrek really did delay him.

If it were the Shrek Seven Devils, were it not for Tang San and the Immortal Grade Herbs they found, whether their talent was actually delayed is still open to debate.

After all, with their talent, they could have received decent cultivation anywhere; at the very least, it would be better than here at Shrek.

It was truly entirely dependent on their talent to improve.

Later on, they were completely Yu Xiaogang's test subjects. Of course, in the novel, the experiment succeeded and they became winners; the final result is also written by the winners, but what if it had failed?

So, using the students with full talent from the entire academy to conduct experiments—you say, how good is this Shrek?

Of course, if it succeeds, it counts as good!

Lingxu's words could be considered to have truly angered Qin Ming; after all, in his heart, having stayed at Shrek for eight or nine years, there was definitely affection.

He could not allow others to insult his teachers.

"You can talk about me, but you absolutely cannot talk about my teachers. Go to hell!" Qin Ming shouted, his body covered in blazing fire.

At this moment, Qin Ming was like a man of fire.

It was as if he had lost his reason, rushing toward Lingxu regardless of everything.

And Lingxu was already prepared. At the very instant Qin Ming was about to arrive, two pairs of wings unfolded behind Lingxu, and he used his second soul skill to fly into the air.

Seeing this, Qin Ming also rushed into the air, and Lingxu's third soul skill had already been prepared.

Golden Holy Light, this was his third soul skill, coming from that two-thousand-year-old Golden Saber-Toothed Tiger; he rarely used this soul skill in normal times.

Striking down from the air, Qin Ming saw this and could only choose to meet it head-on, because in the air he could no longer adjust his posture; after all, he was not a Spirit Master who could fly.

Boom—

The Golden Holy Light and Qin Ming, that man of fire, slammed into each other.

Thud—

This Golden Holy Light directly blasted Qin Ming onto the ground.

The thick granite of the arena below also developed huge cracks.

Qin Ming endured the intense pain, then stood up with his four soul rings lighting up.

Endless flames accumulated, and then condensed into fireballs that struck toward Lingxu.

This was an area-of-effect skill, and all the fireballs came toward Lingxu.

In fact, this kind of area-of-effect skill is really quite average; the more area the attack covers, the more it means the attack power will be insufficient, and it is not suitable for one-on-one; of course, its greatest advantage is still group battles, in situations of one against many.

In the air, the wings behind Lingxu flapped, then coordinated with the Maze Phantom Step.

It can be said that Qin Ming's fourth soul skill had no effect on Lingxu; every attack was dodged by Lingxu.

And he did not forget to mock: "Does your Shrek Academy only specialize in taking in trash?"

"We only take in monsters, not trash!" Qin Ming said loudly.

Lingxu said "Oh," and continued: "Is there any difference? Very trashy monsters."

After Qin Ming's attack ended, Lingxu also landed from the air and said: "Admit defeat, you are not my opponent."

Qin Ming's means of attack had almost all been used, but he still could not defeat the other party.

This was the first time in his life he had been defeated so miserably, and in the Great Soul Arena, he had only lost two matches at the very beginning; after gaining experience, he had never failed again.

Qin Ming said: "I... I admit defeat!"

These two words, "admit defeat," were truly difficult for Qin Ming to say, especially in front of an enemy.

Lingxu said: "With your talent, it really was delayed. Sigh..."

"I advise you to go to a better place and undergo systematic training."

Qin Ming said, "Rest assured, I will find you to take my revenge."

At this moment, he thought of the recently popular Lingxue Sacred Land; he was heading to Heaven Dou City this time, and he had heard that the elimination rate of this Lingxue Sacred Land was very high, but he still wanted to try and see if he could join.

"Congratulations to Lingxu for obtaining victory!"

Qin Ming conceded, and the host immediately announced the result.

Lingxu looked at Qin Ming and shook his head helplessly.

When Lingxu exited the Spirit Fighting Platform, Qian Renxue said, "Brother Lingxu, this match was very brilliant; by saying that at the end, were you trying to get him to join Lingxue Sacred Land?"

Lingxu had not thought of this, but after thinking it over carefully, Lingxu said, "It would be best if he did not go to our Lingxue Sacred Land."

The grudge was a minor matter; the main thing was that in the original work, this Qin Ming was also an ungrateful wretch who could not be tamed.

In the original work, he was doing just fine at Tiandou Royal Academy, receiving the best treatment, and the three committee members were also cultivating him with all their might.

Yet, despite being cultivated for such a long time, when Shrek arrived, he left just like that.

It is very difficult to obtain his loyalty.

"That is true, with a grudge, he likely wouldn't be able to pass our Sacred Land's assessment," Qian Renxue said.

Next, Lingxu and Qian Renxue began preparing for the two-on-two match.

Half an hour later, the battle began, but this time their opponents were very mediocre.

In less than a minute, the battle was already resolved.

That night, the two left the Great Soul Arena, ate a late-night snack, and returned to the hotel very late, and then they tallied the gains from today's spirit fighting.

Qian Renxue had taken out a total of 200,000 Gold Soul Coins, and upon returning, it had turned into over 1.5 million Gold Soul Coins!

The key was Lingxu's match, which had won too much.

After all, it was a one-to-ten payout ratio, which caused this Sylves Great Soul Arena to suffer a miserable loss, and since it was a Title Douluo who had placed the bet, they wouldn't dare to welsh on the debt even if they wanted to.