Heaven Dou Grand Spirit Arena.
Today, it was exceptionally lively. Although the news had only recently spread, this spirit battle featuring beautiful young geniuses plus cross-level challenges still attracted countless spectators.
Especially since the cross-level challenge opponents were the notoriously brutal Blood Soul Team.
The special betting area in the Grand Spirit Arena had already opened odds. Both sides' spirit power levels were clear at a glance, so the odds were naturally extremely lopsided.
The Blood Soul Team had odds of only 1:1.2, while the Royal Beauty Team had odds as high as 1:10.
Because so many people had come to watch, the organizers arranged the two teams' spirit battle on the central main spirit arena.
As the showpiece of the Heaven Dou Grand Spirit Arena, the central main spirit arena was exceptionally massive, with a diameter exceeding a hundred meters.
It was now nighttime, yet over fifty thousand spectators had gathered around the spirit arena—the atmosphere was deafening.
Above the open-air seating were rows of enclosed private boxes.
At this moment, Zhou Chen was standing before the crystal window of the top-tier Box 6, looking down.
Suddenly, numerous luminous spirit tools converged from all directions. Under the illumination of dazzling colorful light pillars, the entire main spirit arena was lit up as bright as day.
Immediately after, in the center of the spirit arena, a two-meter diameter metal cylinder suddenly rose from the ground. On top of the cylinder stood a young woman.
The woman wore a dignified and elegant white dress. Her brown wavy hair and graceful figure all demonstrated stunning beauty. In her hand, she held a cone-shaped amplifying spirit tool, and her lovely face wore a professional smile.
"It's an honor to meet you all, distinguished guests. I am your host, Kou Kou. What's about to begin is a Spirit King-level match. Now, let me introduce the situation of both sides."
"Royal Beauty Team, Captain: Yu Tianmeng, Silver Dragon Spear martial soul..."
"Blood Soul Team, Captain: Shi Hun, Two-Headed Bat martial soul..."
Kou Kou quickly introduced both sides, then without wasting words, said directly:
"Alright, now, all spirit masters, please take the stage."
As she spoke, two doors on either side of the spirit arena silently opened simultaneously.
Both teams entered together, walking toward the center of the spirit arena.
On the left was the Royal Beauty Team.
Yu Tianmeng walked at the front with imposing presence. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling walked in the middle, while the others followed silently to the side.
On the right, all seven members of the Blood Soul Team wore skull masks. Through the hollow eye sockets of the masks, bloodthirsty light gleamed.
All seven members of the Blood Soul Team were quite thin and remained silent, but the bloody aura emanating from them made one's blood run cold.
In Box 6, looking at these seven cold and thin figures, Zhou Chen felt a vague sense of familiarity.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Chen suddenly remembered—this aura was exactly like Xiao Chenyu's!
But Xiao Chenyu had cultivated the Blood Sha Art. What had these Blood Soul Team members cultivated?
In this moment, a trace of unease rose in Zhou Chen's heart.
However, trusting in Yu Tianmeng's combat strength—which was stronger than a level 70 Spirit Sage—Zhou Chen didn't act immediately.
He simply activated his second spirit skill, the Heaven-Eyes Earth-Ears Technique, to closely monitor the Blood Soul Team.
Seeing Zhou Chen suddenly reveal his second spirit ring, Qin Ming and Shi Feng, who had stayed in the private box, both tensed up.
Had Zhou Chen discovered something wrong?
"All spirit masters, please note—you now have one minute to summon your martial souls and spirit rings. Battle will then begin!"
Host Kou Kou stood at the edge of the arena, announcing in her soft, moving voice.
Before her words had faded, all fourteen members of both teams had released their martial souls. Intense fighting spirit soared into the sky.
The martial souls of the seven Blood Soul Team members were almost all beast martial souls—and all extremely bizarre beast martial souls.
Things like bats, red snakes, centipedes, spiders, and so on—a complete collection of the five poisons.
When the Royal Beauty Team's seven members released their martial souls and spirit rings, it triggered cheers throughout the arena.
The cheers were mainly for Yu Tianmeng, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan.
After all, three beautiful girls under eighteen years old, each possessing five spirit rings—how could this combination of beauty and talent not excite the audience?
"Not even twenty years old, yet with level 50 spirit power—such talent, even the heirs of the Upper Three Clans don't have this!"
In Box 3, a top-tier VIP box, an old man dressed in Spirit Hall bishop attire exclaimed.
"Even stronger than our Golden Generation!"
Another middle-aged man in Spirit Hall attire confirmed.
"That's not certain. Her Highness the Saintess returned from Sylvis City this time and seems to have obtained quite an opportunity—she's now a level 58 Battle Spirit King!"
"They say the heir of the Xuanyuan family gave her some benefits..."
"Watch your words!"
Meanwhile, in the open-air spectator stands, countless spectators—especially male spectators—were boiling with excitement!
"So beautiful! Why are they fighting against the Blood Soul Team? What if they're cruel to such delicate flowers..." one male spectator said with heartache.
"If they encounter any danger, I'd rather break the arena's rules today and go up there to save them!" a burly man declared boldly.
"With your three-ring Spirit Elder level? I'm the one with that kind of strength! If those Blood Soul Team bastards dare hurt them, I'll go up there and crush them!"
A green-haired man beside the burly man showed no mercy, releasing his six spirit rings!
"Hiss—a Spirit Emperor!"
People nearby gasped in amazement, making the green-haired man very pleased.
"Hmph, what's so beautiful about those girls? I'm the most beautiful!"
A woman weighing at least two hundred pounds said narcissistically.
"Wow, that girl holding the begonia flower is so beautiful! When I grow up, I want to marry a wife like that!"
"Dream on—in your dreams, you can have anything..."
Amidst the heated atmosphere, the audience didn't notice that wisps of barely visible blood mist were spreading from the seven Blood Soul Team members and diffusing toward the seven members of the Royal Beauty Team.
And the seven Royal Beauty Team members had inhaled this blood mist—invisible and odorless—in an instant, without any awareness.
Even Yu Tianmeng hadn't reacted!
"Not good!"
In Box 6, Zhou Chen, who had been using the Heaven-Eyes Earth-Ears Technique, suddenly shouted!
He had discovered the blood mist!
Moreover, this almost colorless and odorless blood mist—he had seen it before!
In Sylvis City, when besieging the Holy Spirit Cult's evil soul masters!
To be precise, he had seen this blood mist on the Blood Infant Douluo!
Once inhaled, this blood mist would allow the user to control all the blood in one's body within moments!
Back then, hundreds of Spirit Hall spirit masters had been caught off guard and had their blood controlled by the Blood Infant Douluo, who activated his spirit skill and made them explode from within!
This Blood Soul Team—they were evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Cult!
The match must be stopped immediately—they must be eliminated!
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