Chapter 43: Ning Rongrong: I Also Want to Hug Your Thigh

Flandre in the tea house glanced at the outside sky, stood up, looked around, and spoke in a low voice.

"It's about time; we can go in."

Saying that, he led everyone to the Suotuo Grand Soul Duel Arena, and along the way he introduced Luo Ye and the others to the situation inside.

Battles in the Soul Duel Arena are generally divided into three types: one is sparring, meaning mutual practice, with strict prohibition against heavy-handed killing.

Another is a life-and-death duel, used to settle irreconcilable disputes; when both parties have signed a life-and-death contract, any means may be used, and it ends only when one side dies.

The last type is a wager duel, where both sides send equal numbers of soul masters to fight a life-and-death duel, and the winner takes everything in the wager.

At the same time, the competition format is also divided into three kinds: one-on-one, two-on-two, and group battles; the number of participants in a group battle is also decided by mutual agreement, but according to the Soul Duel Arena's rules, it is normally seven to ten people.

It's worth mentioning that registering at the Soul Duel Arena is very simple: just fill out a form and pay ten gold soul coins.

Flandre, being habitually stingy, would certainly not pay for them; this money would still have to come from them themselves.

However, before Luo Ye could produce the money, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong rushed to take it out for him.

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ning Rongrong and said.

"Don't worry about Luo Ye; I'll just take it out for him."

Ning Rongrong locked eyes with her, a hint of pleading in her gaze, and spoke sincerely.

"Let me handle it; this amount of money is nothing to me, as long as Luo Ye treats me to a big meal later."

Zhu Zhuqing originally wanted to refuse, after all, as the legitimate daughter of the Star Luo Zhu family, ten gold soul coins were just pocket change for her.

But after realizing that Ning Rongrong's true intention was to use this to get closer to Luo Ye, Zhu Zhuqing hesitated for a moment, then ultimately chose to compromise and agreed to let Ning Rongrong pay the money for Luo Ye.

To conceal her true purpose and not let Luo Ye notice anything odd, Ning Rongrong simply covered the registration fees for all five people.

However, anyone could see that her true target was Luo Ye; Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu could still understand, but Tang San was really just along for the ride.

Seeing this, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun exchanged glances, simultaneously curled their lips, and felt quite resentful inside.

"Just being handsome makes you amazing?"

"Why are two rich ladies fighting over who gets to pay for Luo Ye?"

Especially since one of them is Dai Mubai's fiancée, it fills this evil-eyed white tiger with rage, and he just wants to jump into the Soul Duel to vent his anger this way.

Not to mention those three, even Flandre is quite envious of this.

How come no one sees through his fragile heart and uses gold soul coins to soothe him?

Flandre's mind conjured the image of Liu Erlong, he let out a quiet sigh, then looked at everyone and said.

"Besides needing to gain combat experience through one-on-one Soul Duels, you also need to participate in team battles to develop sufficient coordination, so that when you take part in the Soul Master Tournament you can achieve better rankings."

"My demand of you is to reach the semifinals of the Soul Master Tournament; if you disappoint me, you might as well forget about graduating!"

"If it were before, not to mention making the semifinals, they wouldn't even have qualified for the Soul Master Tournament because they didn't have enough participants."

"But this year, with the addition of Luo Ye and his five little monsters, Flandre's ambition surged instantly, and he wants to make Shilaike Academy's name known in one fell swoop at the Soul Master Tournament."

"Feeling Flandre's grand ambition, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun all echoed him, shouting that their goal is to win the championship, and other academies are just chickens and dogs before them."

"Even Tang San was infected, firmly declaring that he would give his all and not bring shame to the academy."

Luo Ye did not join in; instead, he began writing in his diary.

【It's laughable; these Shilaike guys are talking like they're dreaming, actually still thinking about winning the Soul Master Tournament championship.】

【Although in my past life they managed to reach the finals by various means, when they met the Spirit Hall's team in the final, under my and my senior sister's leadership, their ambitions were directly crushed.】

【Strictly speaking, if I were to join this time, Shilaike might actually have a chance to win the championship.】

【It's a pity that I cannot possibly stay at Shilaike until the Soul Master Tournament begins, and I will also directly take away Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong.】

【By then, if they still want to participate in the Soul Master Tournament, they'll have to find someone else.】

【Such a Shilaike Academy team, whether they can still advance to the finals is up for debate.】

After seeing this new diary entry, most of the copy owners couldn't help laughing out loud, and at the same time made up their minds that if they encountered Shilaike in the Soul Master Tournament, they would surely give it their all and teach them a harsh lesson.

They might not be able to kill Tang San, and they very likely would lose to that extraterritorial demon, but even so, they want Tang San to know their strength, to vent their anger and avenge their past selves.

Flandre didn't know Luo Ye was complaining in his diary; he glanced at Luo Ye and was somewhat dissatisfied with his indifferent behavior.

However, Flandre didn't show it; anyway, there will be plenty of time later to suppress and tame the opposition, and with his methods, Lin Yu will eventually regard Shilaike's glory as more important than his own life.

According to the rules of the Grand Soul Duel Arena, each person can only participate in one sparring match per day, but they can take part in different types of Soul Duels.

So besides the fixed daily one-on-one Soul Duel, you can also form two-person teams to engage in two-on-two battles, which can improve combat ability more quickly.

Right, forming a two-person team has a prerequisite: both must be of the same rank; as for who pairs with whom, that's up to you.

Among these eight Shilaike students, only Luo Ye and Dai Mubai are three-ring Soul Elders; the rest are two-ring Great Soul Masters.

Faced with Flandre's suggestion, Dai Mubai didn't originally intend to team up with him, but he subconsciously glanced at Luo Ye, only to see something that made him even angrier.

All that could be seen was Luo Ye looking at Zhu Zhuqing and smiling as he spoke.

"Come on, Zhuqing; quickly cultivate your soul power to thirtieth rank, and then we can team up and I'll be able to hug your thigh."

Zhu Zhuqing gave him a charmingly contemptuous look and scolded.

"What hugging the thigh? Your strength is far greater than mine; if anyone's going to hug a thigh, it should be me hugging yours."

Ning Rongrong didn't want to miss any opportunity to get on good terms with Luo Ye, so she seized the chance to interject.

"Luo Ye, could you let me hug your thigh too?"

(End of chapter)