CHAPTER 110: ON THE VERGE OF BREAKING OUT!
Central Main Spirit Arena.
Just as the match between the Huangdou Team and the Blood Soul Team was on the verge of breaking out, and tens of thousands of spectators were in a state of high excitement, a middle-aged man's voice filled with anxiety came from the amplification soul device of the Main Spirit Arena:
"Due to special circumstances, the Spirit Arena match is hereby terminated immediately. Please have the Blood Soul Team and the Huangdou Team leave the Spirit Arena stage in order and return to your respective rest areas quickly."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire venue erupted in an uproar!
Especially among the spectators, who instantly became enraged!
"Refunds! Refunds!"
"I paid money to watch the match, not to be made a fool of by your Main Spirit Arena!" a burly man with a majestic voice declared.
"I, this Earl, bet ten thousand Gold Spirit Coins on the Blood Soul Team. You're saying the match won't happen just like that? How will you compensate for my losses?" an old man dressed in a black tailcoat angrily said from VIP Box 38.
As a hereditary Earl of the Tiandou Empire and a regular at the Main Spirit Arena, he had already earned seventy to eighty thousand Gold Spirit Coins by continuously betting on the Blood Soul Team's victories. The cancellation of this match undoubtedly cut off his source of income.
"It must be those vixens who are cowardly at heart and dare not face the Blood Soul Team, so they're resorting to this trick."
In the open-air spectator stands, a two-hundred-jin fat woman took out a makeup mirror, looking left and right at her pancake-like face without a shred of self-awareness, saying, "Hmph, I, your ladyship, am the most beautiful!"
The curses of countless Tiandou citizens, Spirit Masters, and nobles caused the entire Main Spirit Arena to boil with chaos.
Seeing the crowd's fury, the middle-aged voice came from the amplification soul device again: "Distinguished guests, this is the fault of our Main Spirit Arena. We will fully compensate everyone for their losses, refund tickets and betting money, and provide a 10% condolence payment as appropriate. Please remain calm."
As soon as these words were spoken, most of the tens of thousands of spectators in the Main Spirit Arena instantly quieted down.
As long as there was money to be compensated, these onlookers weren't so particular about it.
As for the few troublemakers who refused to let it go, they couldn't stir up much trouble anyway.
However, after this whole operation, the Blood Soul Team and the Huangdou Team, who had originally been the main focus, were no longer noticed by anyone.
"What's going on? Why did it suddenly stop?"
On the Main Spirit Arena stage, Yu Tianmeng and Dugu Yan behind her exchanged glances, and both saw a hint of strangeness in each other's eyes.
"Is it Zhou Chen?"
Ye Lingling whispered softly. Shrouded in a black veil, her expression couldn't be seen.
"Very likely! Besides him, I doubt anyone else present has the courage and strength to force the Tiandou Main Spirit Arena to submit."
Yu Tianmeng nodded. She knew the background of the Main Spirit Arena because the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family held a share of it.
And the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family was only one of the seven shareholders of this Main Spirit Arena that spanned the entire continent.
This showed the powerful background behind the Main Spirit Arena. To make the Main Spirit Arena have to stop the match, besides Zhou Chen, she couldn't think of anyone else who could do it.
Thinking of this, Yu Tianmeng calmly analyzed, "It must be that Zhou Chen discovered something wrong with the Blood Soul Team and was afraid you two delicate ladies would be in danger."
"How are we delicate ladies? Yu Tianmeng, are you trying to insult us in a roundabout way?"
Dugu Yan said indignantly.
"All of you shut up and get off the stage now!"
Ye Lingling coldly commanded, waved her hand, and led the way down from the Spirit Arena stage.
She believed that if this order came from Zhou Chen, there must be his reasons for it.
At this strange moment, she felt that obedience was the most appropriate course of action.
Seeing Ye Lingling walk down from the stage, the other six members of the Huangdou Team looked at each other and followed her down.
Meanwhile, the seven members of the Blood Soul Team were completely at a loss.
This was their first time encountering a match being stopped midway.
With the match stopped, they naturally couldn't activate the Blood Infant Secret Method planted in the bodies of the seven Huangdou Team members, as that would be equivalent to telling everyone that they were Blood Soul Masters.
And after the seven members of the Huangdou Team had left the stage, when the distance exceeded a hundred meters, with their cultivation levels, they still didn't have the strength to activate the Secret Method from such a distance.
"Great Holy Spirit Shi Hun, what should we do now? Should we get off the stage first?"
a Blood Soul Team member with a Centipede Martial Soul approached Captain Shi Hun respectfully and asked.
"This is very strange."
Shi Hun's heart was filled with a strong sense of unease.
Why was the match suddenly terminated? What was the reason?
The Main Spirit Arena's official in the amplifier earlier didn't explain clearly at all.
Did he forget to state the reason? Or was it unclear to explain?
Or perhaps... he couldn't say it? Didn't dare to say it?
Thinking of this, Shi Hun's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
He understood.
The reason for this match's termination was very likely that their identities as Blood Soul Masters had been discovered.
But just now, the members of the Huangdou Team were still on the stage, and the other party was holding back due to concerns about harming them, which was why they terminated the match and had the Huangdou Team withdraw first.
Thinking of this possibility, Shi Hun's cold sweat dripped profusely.
If they were really discovered, did they still have a chance of survival?
His eyes swept around, and Shi Hun saw that dozens of Spirit Masters wearing Purple Gold Spirit Arena badges had already surrounded the entire Spirit Arena stage.
Even several Spirit Masters wearing Sapphire badges were present.
According to the rules of the Main Spirit Arena, the lowest rank was Iron Spirit Arena, followed by Copper, Silver, Gold, Purple Gold, Sapphire, Ruby, and Diamond, making a total of eight levels.
A Purple Gold Spirit Arena badge was generally only worn by Spirit Kings of Level 50 or above; while a Sapphire badge could only be worn by Spirit Emperors of Level 60 or above!
Dozens of Spirit Kings and several Spirit Emperors—such a lineup. If Shi Hun still couldn't see that their identities had been exposed, then he wouldn't be worthy of being a Holy Spirit Cult disciple.
Now, a direct confrontation was definitely unwinnable. Only by making the Main Spirit Arena hesitate due to concerns about harming the hostages could they have any hope of survival.
Thinking of this, Shi Hun looked up at Ye Lingling and the other seven members of the Huangdou Team, who had already walked several hundred meters and were about to return to the backstage.
As long as they captured someone from the Huangdou Team, even just one person, they would have a chance of survival!
That auxiliary-type Spirit Master, Ye Lingling, who had no offensive capabilities, was a perfect bargaining chip!
"We've been exposed! Attack, capture that Nine-Hearted Begonia Spirit Master!"
As he shouted this, Shi Hun's entire body suddenly transformed into a blood shadow, shooting towards Ye Lingling like lightning!
The other six members of the Blood Soul Team, upon hearing that they had been exposed, also all revealed their ferocious nature, each displaying their own methods and attacking all members of the Huangdou Team!
Although their captain said to capture only Ye Lingling, if they could capture more people, they would have more bargaining chips and their lives would be longer!
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