"Yu Yan, what kind of coordination do you think we can achieve?"
Xiao Wu, having noticed some clues, asked Yu Yan how they should coordinate.
"Our Spirit Abilities aren't easy to coordinate."
Yu Yan's Spirit Abilities were Frost Scale Armor and Blazing Breath, while Xiao Wu's Spirit Ability was Comprehensive Amplification. On the surface, there was no coordination relationship between these three Spirit Abilities at all.
Fortunately, both of them had strong combat power. Even without coordination, they had at least an eighty percent chance of winning.
The only thing that made Yu Yan a bit unhappy was that the Balak Great Spirit Arena stipulated that contestants participating in Spirit Duels could not participate in betting.
This rule, meant to prevent cheating, caused Yu Yan to lose the chance to double his gold coins again... Following the guidance of the Balak Great Spirit Arena staff, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu drew lots among three other prepared teams to determine their next opponents.
"...The thirteenth match of the 2v2 Spirit Duel, the Ever Victorious Combination versus the Cat and Mouse Combination."
Following the Spirit Master passage to the Spirit Duel stage, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu saw their opponents for this 2v2 Spirit Duel: the Cat and Mouse Combination.
The Cat and Mouse Combination consisted of a man and a woman. The young man's Spirit was a Gray Cat, and the young woman's Spirit was a Brown Mouse.
While Yu Yan and Xiao Wu were sizing up the Cat and Mouse Combination, the two members of the Cat and Mouse Combination were also sizing them up.
After sizing each other up for a while, the young woman in the Cat and Mouse Combination spoke up: "Are you two students of the Balak Spirit Academy?"
"Why are you asking that?"
Yu Yan didn't answer the question; instead, he asked what the other party wanted to achieve by asking.
"Don't misunderstand, my name is Song Qingqing, and this is my companion Li Kang. We are graduates of the Balak Intermediate Spirit Master Academy. Seeing that you two aren't very old, I just asked casually. It's fine if you don't want to answer."
The young woman, Song Qingqing, explained to clear Yu Yan's doubts.
"Yes, we are indeed students of the Balak Spirit Academy."
Seeing the other party's sincerity, Yu Yan gave an answer. As for whether it was Elementary, Intermediate, or High-level, he'd let them guess.
"I knew it. In Balak City, children who can reach the rank of a Spirit Master at this age must be students of a Spirit Master Academy." After receiving the answer, Song Qingqing spoke happily to Li Kang, then smiled and said to Yu Yan and Xiao Wu, "Junior brother and sister, don't worry, Brother Li and I won't be too rough during the battle."
Prejudice in the human heart is a great mountain. Everyone they met today for the Spirit Duel had predisposed that his and Xiao Wu's strength was not high.
Although there was nothing wrong with them thinking so, a small flame of anger still rose in Yu Yan's heart. No one likes to be looked down upon.
"Brother Li, Sister Song, you'll suffer if you underestimate us."
Since the other party seemed like decent people, Yu Yan didn't mind giving them a friendly warning before the formal start.
Yu Yan's warning was not taken to heart by Li Kang and Song Qingqing at all.
"Xiao Wu, one for each of us. End the battle as quickly as possible."
After a light sigh, Yu Yan told Xiao Wu the next plan, which was very simple and direct.
Frost Scale Armor covered Yu Yan's fists as he charged toward Li Kang, who possessed the Gray Cat Spirit.
Xiao Wu stood in place and twisted her waist before activating Comprehensive Amplification to approach Song Qingqing of the Brown Mouse Spirit. From Xiao Wu's serious attitude, it was clear that the repeated contempt had also sparked some anger in her heart.
When Li Kang and Song Qingqing saw the yellow spirit rings swaying on Yu Yan and Xiao Wu, they put away some of their contempt. Simultaneously performing Martial Soul Possession, cat and mouse features appeared on their bodies along with two white spirit rings.
As Yu Yan approached Li Kang, his fist struck toward the opponent's chest.
Li Kang, unaware of the hardness of the Frost Scale Armor, shouted 'Meow Meow Punch' and met it with a fist glowing with gray light.
The collision with the Meow Meow Punch made Yu Yan take half a step back.
On the other hand, under the influence of Yu Yan's power, Li Kang staggered back five or six steps in succession before he could stabilize himself.
Feeling the terrifying force transmitted from his opponent's fist, Li Kang no longer felt any contempt. He now only hoped that Xiao Wu would be a bit weaker, so they might still have a chance of winning.
The gap in Spirit quality and the difference between a four-hundred-year spirit ring and one less than a hundred years old created this result.
Yu Yan pressed his advantage, charging forward again and throwing punch after punch, leaving Li Kang unable to parry.
On Xiao Wu's side, after getting close to Song Qingqing, she caught the fist Song Qingqing swung and grabbed her arm to use as leverage.
Then, under Song Qingqing's disbelieving eyes, Xiao Wu moved nimbly and clamped her legs around her waist.
"If you admit defeat now, you can suffer a bit less."
Xiao Wu, prepared to throw her, gave a final piece of advice in Song Qingqing's ear. This was advice given for the sake of her earlier comment about holding back.
"Mouse Tail!"
Song Qingqing glanced at the suppressed Li Kang; she was not prepared to surrender. Her first spirit ring pulsed and merged into her; she was going to use a Spirit Ability for one last stand.
As Song Qingqing activated her Spirit Ability, Xiao Wu leaned her body back, supported herself with her hands on the ground, and flipped Song Qingqing away.
Song Qingqing crashed into the structure at the edge of the Spirit Fighting Arena, unable to stand up due to her injuries.
Li Kang, who was being suppressed by Yu Yan, heard his friend Song Qingqing's scream. He was distracted, wanting to see what had happened, and Yu Yan seized the opportunity to punch him in the chest, causing him to lose his combat capability.
Li Kang and Song Qingqing's ability to achieve a three-match winning streak in 2v2 Spirit Duels was inseparable from their tacit coordination. In this battle, because they underestimated their opponents, they were defeated without showing any coordination at all.
It was certain that after today, the two of them would not underestimate opponents of any age.
The Balak Great Spirit Arena would be responsible for treating the injuries on Li Kang and Song Qingqing. This was also the reason why many Spirit Masters were willing to compete in the Great Spirit Arena.
After receiving the 20 gold coins victory reward for the double Spirit Duel, the number of gold coins Yu Yan and Xiao Wu had reached 110.
110 gold coins was quite a lot. Yu Yan and Xiao Wu did not have a storage soul tool to store so many gold coins. Fortunately, the 'considerate' Great Spirit Arena provided another service: a money storage service.
The Spirit Fighting Arena was jointly founded by seven great families, and the main business of the Qian Family among the seven was banking. Their banks were open in every major city across the Douluo Continent.
After filling out a series of information, Yu Yan received a passbook that allowed him to withdraw money at any bank.
Keeping 10 gold coins on them for daily expenses, the rest of the gold coins were all deposited in the bank.
Having no more Spirit Duel attempts left, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left the Balak Great Spirit Arena in the evening twilight and had an extremely sumptuous dinner worth 1 gold coin at a bustling restaurant in Balak City.