"The registration fee is ten gold coins. If you want to participate, you'll also need to come up with a name for your two-person team," the staff member said to Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling in a business-like manner, collecting the fee and then making the naming request.
"We need a name too?" Cheng Xiao scratched his head and turned to look at Ye Lingling beside him.
Ye Lingling also didn't know what name to choose. Generally, names were based on the characteristics of the two Soul Masters' Martial Souls, but her Nine-Petaled Glazed Chrysanthemum and Cheng Xiao's Shadow Monarch didn't seem to lend themselves to any particularly good names.
So, not knowing what to call themselves, she also turned to look at Cheng Xiao.
Just then, their eyes met in the air.
Ye Lingling said calmly, "You choose the name. I'm not good at this."
Hearing this, Cheng Xiao was slightly taken aback. After thinking for a moment, he said to Ye Lingling, "Then let's take the first two characters of our Martial Souls."
"Nine-Shadow? Shadow-Nine?" Ye Lingling's eyebrows furrowed slightly. What kind of name was this? It sounded so strange.
"Uh… how about we name it after your Nine-Petaled Glazed Chrysanthemum? The meaning doesn't matter much, anyway," Cheng Xiao said with a slight cough.
"Forget it, let's call it Shadow Glazed Chrysanthemum," Ye Lingling shook her head slightly and said, "This is a two-person soul battle, not a solo one."
"Alright, Shadow Glazed Chrysanthemum it is." The staff member handed a two-on-two iron soul badge to Cheng Xiao, saying, "Both of you, please go to the rest area or the spectator area to wait. Once you're on camera, the host will announce your team's name."
"Thank you." Cheng Xiao nodded slightly, and then he and Ye Lingling returned to the lounge, waiting for the start of the two-on-two soul battle.
At the same time, outside the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, two large carriages slowly stopped at the entrance of the arena. Then, seven burly men stepped down from the carriages. Each step they took caused the ground to tremble.
As soon as they entered the arena, the people around them turned their heads, and then exclaimed in surprise, "Look, it's the people from Elephant Armor Academy!"
"I didn't expect Elephant Armor Academy to be here again. With their strength, the team competition tonight will probably be theirs again."
"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of the students from Elephant Armor Academy, only they could train their bodies to be so strong, right?"
"Yeah, look at their arms. Thicker than my thighs. Are those even human?"
The surrounding whispers filled the air. The students from Elephant Armor Academy seemed to enjoy the attention. Leading them was a particularly burly man. Each step he took caused the ground to rumble, shaking violently.
This man was Huyan Li, the captain of the Elephant Armor Academy team. His grandfather was Huyan Zhen, known as the Heavenly Elephant. His Martial Soul was the incredibly defensive Diamond Mammoth!
"Now that we're at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, show them what you've got. Don't let these people look down on us from Elephant Armor Academy," said Huyan Li, the captain.
"Understood," the rest of the Elephant Armor Academy team responded in unison.
"Let's go, let's go get a fight," Huyan Li said, pleased with his teammates' attitude. He waved his hand, and a group of men, each over two meters tall and weighing nearly 400 kilograms, headed towards the registration area.
The two-on-two matches seemed to take a while. When the host announced the Shadow Glazed Chrysanthemum duo, the rest of the Royal Sky Dou Team had already finished their matches. Everyone, except Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling, had completed their duels for the day.
On their way to the Soul Master passage, Qin Ming specifically grabbed Cheng Xiao's arm and whispered, in a voice only they could hear, "Cheng Xiao, I just saw the list of your opponents. They're students from Elephant Armor Academy. When you get to the arena, you must protect Ye Lingling."
"I'm worried the people from Elephant Armor Academy will target her, since her ability is only simple healing."
Cheng Xiao nodded, his peripheral vision catching Ye Lingling as she headed towards the soul master's entrance. He then said "Alright" to Qin Ming and turned to follow.
When Cheng Xiao caught up to Ye Lingling, they were already on the soul arena. Cheng Xiao was surprised to see the spectator area almost completely filled. It seemed the audience preferred team battles over one-on-one duels.
The two-on-two soul arena was significantly larger than the one-on-one arena. The expansion was to allow the contestants more room to maneuver.
At this moment, the announcer began to introduce the teams for the match.
"Match twelve of the eleventh district's two-on-two soul battle! Shadow Glazed Chrysanthemum Duo versus Impenetrable Fortress Duo! Now, please welcome the contestants!"
As Qin Ming had said, the Impenetrable Fortress Duo were contestants from the Elephant Armor Academy. They were Huyan Li and Huyan Shan, the captain of the Elephant Armor team. They were both burly men, each weighing over four hundred kilograms and standing over two and a half meters tall.
Compared to them, Cheng Xiao, who was only about one meter eighty centimeters tall, looked like a small figurine. As for Ye Lingling, they ignored her. A support-type soul master with only healing abilities wasn't worth their attention.
Elephant Armor Academy wasn't far from Heaven Dou City. When they came to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena for soul battles, they'd also had the opportunity to watch the Royal Sky Dou Team's team battles. Therefore, they recognized Ye Lingling immediately. She was the Royal Sky Dou Team's only support-type soul master, and she possessed the Nine-Petaled Glazed Chrysanthemum Martial Soul, which had powerful healing abilities.
However, soul battle wasn't a fight to the death, and they didn't need to be ruthless against a support-type Soul Master. Offending the Royal Sky Dou Team would be a loss.
Therefore, Huyan Li and Huyan Shan had only one goal: defeat the seemingly delicate young man before them. Victory in this match would naturally belong to their Impenetrable Fortress Duo.
However, what Huyan Li and Huyan Shan didn't know was the astonishing power hidden within that seemingly delicate young man. Sometimes, judging someone solely by appearance and trying to assess their strength from their looks was like the blind men and the elephant; they could only touch the surface without seeing the truth.
After both teams entered the arena, the referee and host signaled for the teams to bow to each other. This was a rule of the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena; regardless of the match's outcome, both sides had to show respect to the other before the fight. This bow was a display of that respect.
But sometimes, even if you respected your opponent, they wouldn't necessarily respect you back. At that point, it came down to which side in the match was stronger.
Cheng Xiao faced Huyan Li, and Ye Lingling faced Huyan Shan. The strength of both lineups wasn't yet clear, but the audience watching had already given their answer.
"I bet the Impenetrable Fortress Duo will win! Look at those big guys, they're solid!"
"Hahaha, you're right! Impenetrable Fortress Duo! We've all bet on you. Don't let us down!"
"Impenetrable Fortress Duo, victory is assured! Victory is assured!"
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