Nighttime, Heaven Dou City.
The nightscape of Heaven Dou City had always been beautiful, largely due to its highly prosperous culture and commerce. As the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, only Star Luo City could barely compare on the entire Douluo Continent.
However, the Star Luo Empire, which advocated a philosophy of hegemony, had a capital—Star Luo City—that was filled with grandiose magnificence, while Heaven Dou City's beauty was more delicate and refined.
At this moment, the Royal Beauty Team led by Qin Ming, along with Zhou Chen and old Shi Feng, was walking on the broad commercial pedestrian street in Heaven Dou City, preparing to head to the Grand Spirit Arena for spirit battles.
Of course, with three girls—Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Yu Tianmeng—present, eating and shopping were inevitable.
Soon, under Qin Ming's guidance, Zhou Chen and the others arrived before a cluster of tall buildings.
This complex of buildings stood over a hundred meters high, massive beyond compare—even more magnificent than the so-called Roman Colosseum.
At this moment, lights constantly flickered from within that enormous structure, with searchlight-like luminous spirit tools sweeping back and forth.
Such a massive spirit arena could only be found in an imperial capital like Heaven Dou City.
"Come, let's first register a spirit battle badge for Tianmeng, then have the staff arrange the matches."
Saying this, Qin Ming led everyone into the Grand Spirit Arena, arriving at the front desk hall to register for spirit battles.
Here, the service staff responsible for registering badges were all beautiful women with outstanding temperaments—though unfortunately, they were all ordinary people.
"Hello, ladies and gentlemen, would you like to register for spirit battle badges?"
The female service staff wore a friendly smile and asked.
"Not us, just her."
Qin Ming smiled and gestured for Yu Tianmeng, who was currently stuffing her face with dozens of skewers, oil dripping from her mouth.
The other members of the Royal Beauty Team, such as Yufeng and Dugu Yan, were all veterans of the spirit arena.
Only Yu Tianmeng, who had been cautiously hiding in True Dragon Mountain since transmigrating and had never left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's grounds, didn't have a spirit battle badge yet.
As for Zhou Chen, Qin Ming had asked him if he wanted to register a badge, but Zhou Chen declined.
To be honest, Zhou Chen really wasn't interested in this kind of monkey-show spirit battle.
If his opponent wasn't a Title Douluo, Zhou Chen couldn't even muster interest in fighting.
What interested him more was betting on the side.
This kind of side betting—placing heavy bets during the Royal Beauty Team's spirit battles—would naturally earn Zhou Chen a tidy sum.
Like right now, Zhou Chen had taken thirty thousand gold spirit coins from Ye Lingling, planning to bet it all on the Royal Beauty Team.
As long as the Royal Beauty Team could win, he'd gain several times his investment.
What Zhou Chen regretted was not discovering this business opportunity sooner. If he'd participated in spirit battles earlier, the gold spirit coins he'd won might have already been enough to upgrade the system to level four.
Sigh, even a wise man has a moment of forgetfulness...
As a traditional event continuing for several thousand years, registering for spirit battles at the arena was quite simple—just pay ten gold spirit coins, then fill out a form including name, age, origin, and martial soul, and one could receive the lowest-level iron spirit battle badge.
Of course, one also had to go to a designated location for spirit power testing, to determine the opponent's level. Otherwise, having a level 50 Spirit King fight a level 30 Spirit Elder wouldn't be a spirit battle—it would be murder.
"How is this possible?"
Upon seeing the spirit power levels of Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianmeng, the staff responsible for testing were completely stunned!
Service staff like them, who had received professional training, could generally remain serious no matter how shocked or amused they were.
Unless they couldn't help it.
Now, they truly couldn't help it.
Three girls under twenty years old, all with spirit power exceeding level 50—simply unheard of!
And the other four young people also all had strength in the thirties—equally geniuses.
Some quick-thinking ones had already begun guessing which powerful super spirit master family these young men and women came from.
Just then, a beautiful female staff member stepped forward, frowning as she looked at Qin Ming, who was clearly the team leader, and offered a kind reminder: "Sir, according to the Grand Spirit Arena's rules, the battle level is calculated based on the highest-level spirit master in the team."
"In other words, although four of your seven team members are Spirit Elders in the thirties, because three are Spirit Kings above level fifty, they must compete against Spirit King-level teams. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand, thank you for the reminder."
Qin Ming nodded. The female staff member's meaning was clear—she was telling him that the Royal Beauty Team might have to face off against seven Spirit Kings!
After all, in normal spirit battle teams, all members' levels were basically within the same major rank.
For example, in a Spirit King-level seven-person team, basically all seven would be Spirit Kings.
Teams like the Royal Beauty Team with such large level gaps between members did exist, but they were generally crushed badly, with even the possibility of casualties.
After all, Yufeng, Osro, and the Shi family brothers were only in the thirties—having them fight against Spirit Kings in their fifties wasn't just making things difficult for them, it was practically sending them to their deaths.
However, upon hearing this, most of the Royal Beauty Team wasn't nervous at all. Instead, they all looked at Yu Tianmeng with expectant eyes.
Yufeng, Osro, and others had personally witnessed Yu Tianmeng beating level 62 Teacher Qin Ming to the ground on her first day at the academy.
And Dugu Yan, the Shi family brothers, and others had even seen Yu Tianmeng fighting evenly with Zhou Chen.
With this violent dragon girl leading them, let alone a team of seven Spirit Kings—even a Spirit Emperor-level team, they'd dare to challenge.
Feeling everyone's expectant gazes, Yu Tianmeng wiped her greasy hands and mouth with a tissue after finishing her skewers, then patted her chest righteously and declared: "Don't worry, with me leading, I'll absolutely guarantee your safety. The opponents have seven Spirit Kings? I'll take on four, you six handle the other three—consider it training. How's that?"
"Great, I knew Sister Yu was the strongest!"
Before anyone else could speak, Yufeng had already flattered shamelessly.
This left no opportunity for others to kiss up.
Seeing that these people weren't taking her warning seriously at all, the beautiful staff member sighed and said: "Very well then, we'll randomly arrange a Spirit King team as your opponents. Please wait in the rest area."
After speaking, she immediately turned and left.
It wasn't that she was angry—she was busy going to promote this.
A team with the attributes of young geniuses plus cross-level challenges would absolutely ignite the audience's enthusiasm.
Moreover, the spirit arena could open betting, with odds of ten to one—making a killing.
Yes, making Zhou Chen a killing...
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