Over the next few days, the dueling arena was filled with dazzling lights of all colors.
The battles lasted all afternoon.
The two sides fought match after match, constantly switching team members. At one point, Ma Xiaotao, Su Wen, and Ling Luochen were even placed on the same team.
Whenever Su Wen was present, victories far outnumbered losses.
Although his direct combat strength wasn't overwhelmingly high, his battlefield influence was terrifying.
The Ice Emperor's Eternal Frozen Domain was simply a god-tier control skill—greatly strengthening allies while severely weakening enemies.
Beast Fighting Area
Located in the southern section of the Soul Battle Zone, it was separated by a tall, fortress-like gray wall, said to be made from a special material that even ten-thousand-year soul beasts would struggle to break through.
Every year, the second-semester assessment for new students was held here.
Students were required to face real soul beasts—something many Shrek Academy students lacked experience with.
Soul beasts obeyed the most primal laws of combat and were undoubtedly the best possible whetstones.
That said, most of the soul beasts here were common species.
Even the ten-thousand-year ones were considered below average compared to their kind.
Rare soul beasts—let alone auspicious ones—were unheard of.
After all, the purpose of this place was training, not large-scale soul beast breeding.
Raising even a single ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beast—ignoring time costs—would already be prohibitively expensive.
Calling it a gold-burning pit wouldn't be an exaggeration.
This was why Su Wen always went to the Far North or the Star Dou Great Forest instead.
He never spared this place a glance.
"Elder Gong."
Su Wen nodded.
"Yo, kid. What brings you here?"
An old man with white hair lay lazily on a bench, basking in the sun. He opened one eye and spoke smugly.
"Didn't you look down on my precious soul beasts?"
"The quality of your soul beasts really isn't very good."
Su Wen smiled.
"You—!"
Elder Gong's eyes widened as he glared furiously at Su Wen.
"Don't believe me?"
Su Wen grinned and waved his hand.
"How about letting my Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear test them?"
A dark brown giant bear appeared beside him, its gaze instantly locking onto Elder Gong.
It could sense the danger emanating from the old man.
"Hm?!"
Elder Gong suddenly stood up, pupils shrinking sharply.
"What a magnificent Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear!"
His gaze burned with excitement, as if he were appraising a peerless beauty.
Su Wen crossed his arms, smiling faintly.
He knew this old man would definitely take the bait.
After all, with the inner courtyard's special training finished—
Su Wen suddenly found himself with nothing to do.
Aside from their daily cultivation, these wild soul beasts were all terrifyingly gluttonous—especially Little Gold. In a single meal, its meat consumption was dozens of times greater than Su Wen's.
If they continued eating at Aunt Lu's place every meal, the inner courtyard cafeteria would probably be wiped out in a matter of days.
Although Su Wen currently had five million gold soul coins in his pocket, judging by the way these three cubs ate, the money would be completely gone in no more than half a year.
He didn't go to Elder Mu for help.
Instead, he went directly to the person in charge of the Beast Fighting Area.
It was essentially a form of foster care.
"I'll leave the soul beasts with you. Hygiene, food, and accommodation will all be your responsibility.
"This Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is real?!". It covers a large area and even provides specialized care for high-level soul beasts. Their original habitats are simulated—for example, the arena environments specially prepared for Ice Jade Scorpions from the far north."
"And these soul beasts can also help deal with students who come to challenge you, boosting your reputation."
There was still a year before the main storyline officially began.
While undergoing 'training,' the soul beasts could also accumulate real combat experience. As wild soul beasts, they possessed hunting instincts, but they lacked experience fighting human Soul Masters.
It was a win-win situation.
Naturally, once they left the academy—or if a real battle broke out—Su Wen would retrieve them.
(Because his martial soul worked this way, once a soul beast was captured, the Poké Ball would be bound to it. Since the Poké Balls existed in Su Wen's spiritual sea, he could summon the soul beasts at any time with a single thought.)
Seeing Elder Gong agree so happily,
Su Wen yawned.
…
"Sister Xiao Tao, if you want my life, you could've just said so. Why go through all this trouble…"
Su Wen swallowed hard.
Staring at the stewed rhinoceros horn with green beans on the table, his lips twitched uncontrollably.
The dark rhinoceros horn had been boiled until tender. It was a common "highly nutritious" ingredient, but the soup itself was thick, black, and murky, and heaven knew what had been added to it.
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