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After a brief silence, cheers erupted.
An instant kill, a clean instant kill!
On top of that, Xiao Wu was an adorable bunny-eared beauty, making her universally appealing to men, women, young, and old alike. She immediately captured the attention of all the spectators.
For a moment, cheers and applause filled the twelfth sub-arena, echoing in waves.
Meanwhile, Dai Mubai, who had been kicked off the stage by Xiao Wu, finally broke free from the effects of her Charm soul skill.
However, at this moment, Dai Mubai was utterly confused.
He only remembered preparing to fight Xiao Wu on the platform—how had he ended up off the stage in the blink of an eye?
Moreover, for some reason, his entire body ached, especially his chest, as if it had been brutally kicked.
Could it be that I fell into an illusion?
While Dai Mubai was still bewildered, the referee, having quickly realized what happened, rushed back onto the fighting platform and loudly announced: "The winner of this Spirit Fight is Battle Soul Elder Xiao Wu, with a record of one win and zero losses. The Evil-Eyed White Tiger's record is now fifteen wins and fifteen losses.
Soul Elder Xiao Wu, please proceed to register your points after leaving the platform."
"What? I lost?"
Upon hearing the referee's announcement, Dai Mubai's mind suddenly cleared.
At this moment, Dai Mubai felt as though he had been struck by lightning.
Losing to Xiao Wu was one thing, but being instantly defeated? And without even knowing how it happened?!
For a moment, Dai Mubai struggled to accept this reality.
He couldn't understand why, as fellow three-ring Soul Elders, the gap between them could be so vast.
After all, he wasn't one of those bottom-tier Soul Elders with weak martial souls and basic white-yellow-yellow soul ring configurations. He was a 35th-level Soul Elder with a top-tier White Tiger martial soul and the optimal yellow-yellow-purple soul ring setup!
The matches proceeded quickly, and the next battle began shortly after.
This time, another student from Shrek Academy took the stage—it was Ma Hongjun.
Good news: Ma Hongjun's opponent wasn't Chu Chengzhou, so there wouldn't be another internal clash.
Bad news: His luck wasn't great. His opponent was a 29th-level agility-type Soul Grandmaster with a Black Panther martial soul and a two-yellow soul ring configuration, giving him little chance of victory.
Sure enough, within less than a minute, the match was decided. Ma Hongjun was utterly dominated.
A true Phoenix martial soul would have been both a top-tier offensive and flying martial soul. At lower soul power levels, the ability to fly gave soul masters a significant advantage.
But Ma Hongjun's Phoenix martial soul wasn't a genuine Phoenix—it was more like an old hen with some Phoenix-like characteristics.
Without any flight-related soul skills, the overweight Ma Hongjun couldn't fly, and his speed was far inferior to that of agility-type soul masters of the same level, let alone an opponent whose soul power level surpassed his own.
His soul rings didn't provide a significant advantage either. With his soul power five levels lower and his speed disadvantage glaringly obvious, Ma Hongjun naturally stood no chance of winning.
That said, one had to admire the resilience of the overweight—while thoroughly dominated on the platform, Ma Hongjun didn't seem to mind. On the other hand, Dai Mubai, who had been instantly defeated by Xiao Wu, still wore a gloomy expression, as if everyone in the world owed him two hundred thousand gold soul coins.
Perhaps Ma Hongjun was self-aware, knowing that there were countless peers who could dominate him, so he didn't care about being defeated. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai, who held himself in high regard, found it difficult to accept being dominated—especially being instantly defeated by Xiao Wu, whose soul power level wasn't much higher than his own.
After Ma Hongjun's match, another Spirit Fight took place on the platform, and then it was Chu Chengzhou's turn.
"Brother, do your best!"
Xiao Wu gave Chu Chengzhou a thumbs-up gesture.
"Don't worry—there isn't a two-ring Soul Grandmaster alive who can defeat me right now!"
With a confident nod, Chu Chengzhou left the spectator stand and headed toward the fighting platform.
On the fighting platform.
Standing on one side was Chu Chengzhou, who was one meter seventy tall. Across the platform, more than ten meters away, stood a towering man over two meters tall, bare-chested, with a thick mat of black hair covering his chest.
Though the muscular build of this burly man was intimidating, his soul power level, martial soul, and soul ring configuration revealed his true lack of strength.
A 22nd-level Soul Grandmaster with a top-quality Gorilla martial soul and a white-yellow soul ring configuration—every detail pointed to the fact that he was all show and no substance.
Perhaps the true battlefield for this opponent wasn't the fighting platform but rather beneath some desperate rich widow?
As soon as the referee gave the signal, the Spirit Fight began.
With a flick of his toes and his movement skill activated, Chu Chengzhou shot forward like an arrow released from a bow.
The distance of more than ten meters was crossed in an instant. Before the burly man could activate his soul skill, Chu Chengzhou raised his fist and struck directly at his chest.
Though the opponent was also a soul master and reacted instinctively, raising his massive right arm—thicker than Chu Chengzhou's thigh—to block, Chu Chengzhou swiftly shifted his fist into a claw, firmly gripping the man's right wrist. Then, with a twist of his waist and a burst of strength, he lifted the burly man off the ground.
Immediately, Chu Chengzhou spun halfway around and released his grip, sending the burly man spiraling through the air in a parabolic arc before crashing off the fighting platform.
BOOM—!
The burly man landed with a thud, causing the floor tiles of the sub-arena to resonate with a loud crash.
The arena fell silent for three seconds before cheers erupted from the audience.
Another instant kill! And Chu Chengzhou hadn't even used a soul skill—he simply tossed an imposing-looking opponent off the platform.
Of course, compared to Xiao Wu's earlier instant defeat of Dai Mubai, this match held less weight in the eyes of experienced soul masters. However, most of the spectators weren't soul masters—they were ordinary people without soul power.
The sight of Chu Chengzhou, standing at one meter seventy, lifting and throwing a two-meter-tall burly man off the platform created a far greater visual impact than Xiao Wu kicking Dai Mubai off the stage.
After exiting the soul master passageway and registering his results, Chu Chengzhou's Iron Spirit Fighter badge gained a point, and he received a bonus of ten gold soul coins.
With Chu Chengzhou's strength, the two-on-two Spirit Fight was effortless.
Without even letting Ma Hongjun lift a finger, Chu Chengzhou waved his True Spirit Flag martial soul, activating the second soul ring to summon the Light Lion Spirit.
In just one minute, Little Bai, equivalent to a thousand-year soul beast, subdued two opponents—two-ring Soul Grandmasters who barely qualified as extras, let alone actual threats.
When Chu Chengzhou and Ma Hongjun finished their two-on-two Spirit Fight and exited the Suotuo Grand Spirit Arena with Xiao Wu, Flender and Dai Mubai were already waiting at the entrance.
"Principal Flender, you look a bit unhappy?"
Noticing Flender's gloomy expression, Chu Chengzhou approached and asked.
Flender shot Chu Chengzhou a glare but remained silent.
Could I tell you that earlier, I bet heavily in the main arena and lost eight thousand gold soul coins in a row? Do you think I, Flender, don't care about my dignity?
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