The city of Soto at night was not as quiet as expected. Instead, it seemed as if it had just woken up and was even more lively than during the day.
All the shops on both sides of the street are brightly lit. Unlike the poor Shrek Academy, which can only be illuminated by candles, these are real lights, and lights of various colors. The street alone gives people the feeling of a bar in Ye Zhiqiu's previous life.
It is hard to imagine how the world has developed. Some technologies are extremely backward, while others are very advanced.
The eight of them found a teahouse that looked quite high-end, went in, and sat down around a round table. Ye Zhiqiu ordered a pot of the most expensive tea, which cost 666 gold soul coins.
"Vice President Qiu, how rich are you? Just drinking a cup of tea can cost you 6 months' subsidy from the Spirit Hall." Ma Hongjun looked hopeless. Why is there such a big gap between people?
Tang San also agreed with a wry smile: "A Qiu, did you rob the Spirit Hall? This is not the way to spend money."
"Call me Vice President." Ye Zhiqiu took a sip of tea, smiled, and looked at Tang San with pretended dissatisfaction.
"." Tang San scratched his head awkwardly.
"Look at what you are capable of. Flanders, that money-obsessed guy, almost sold the academy to you." Ning Rongrong patted Ye Zhiqiu's arm coquettishly, and her autumn-water eyes turned into crescent shapes when she smiled.
Ye Zhiqiu spread his hands helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. He insists on giving me the title of vice-president. What can I do? I'm desperate too! I have to bring a bunch of you rookies here to participate in the fighting spirit competition." Ye Zhiqiu sighed helplessly, but there was no trace of depression on his face. Instead, his mouth was grinning wider than anyone else's.
The "newbie" Oscar covered his chest with his hands, with an expression that said "you hurt me a lot", he was such a dramatic actor that everyone burst into laughter.
"Ahem." Dai Mubai coughed lightly a few times, attracting everyone's attention, and then said, "Vice President Qiu, do you need me to explain the rules of the Great Soul Fighting Arena? Although with your strength, it is unlikely that you will lose..."
"Please introduce it briefly." Ye Zhiqiu said after thinking for a while.
It wasn't that he wanted to know these things himself. After all, he was a semi-regular visitor to the Great Fighting Spirit Arena.
The main purpose is to let the four rookies Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing understand.
Dai Mubai nodded and said, "Almost every large city has a Grand Soul Fighting Arena, and they're usually named after the city. For example," Dai Mubai pointed to a magnificent circular building not far away. "This Grand Soul Fighting Arena is named after the city of Soto, so it's called the Soto Grand Soul Fighting Arena."
Dai Mubai took a sip of tea before continuing, "The Grand Soul Fighting Arena has three soul fighting modes: gambling, betting, and death fighting. The latter two basically require life-threatening situations, so we mainly participate in the first type, gambling. Gambling battles are divided into single-player, two-player, and team games. You can only participate in one game of each type per day."
"Fighting Souls, like Soul Masters, are also divided into different levels. When you first register and fill out your information, you can get a badge, which is the initial Iron Fighting Soul Badge. After that, there are bronze, silver, gold, purple gold, and so on. I won't talk about the later ones. The Dean's requirement is that we get at least a Silver Fighting Soul Badge before graduation. One point is awarded for each victory, one point is deducted for each loss, and you can get a Silver Fighting Soul Badge after 100 wins. That's it, I've said. That's about it." Dai Mubai smiled and sat down. His introduction was relatively simple and easy to understand. People could understand it at once.
"A hundred wins for the Silver Fighting Spirit, isn't that easy?" Xiao Wu tilted her head, tapped her chin with her little hand, and seemed to be thinking about something.
"How can it be that easy!" Dai Mubai smiled bitterly and looked at Ma Hongjun, then explained: "I started participating in the Soul Fighting Arena at level 29. My Soul Fighting Arena record so far is 29 wins and 27 losses, with two points. I kept winning at the beginning, but soon after I reached level 30, I met soul masters of levels 38 and 39. The difference in soul power was huge, so I kept losing." Dai Mubai shrugged helplessly.
"So that's how it is." Tang San frowned. He and Xiao Wu were both level 29, and they would probably encounter the same situation as Dai Mubai.
"Don't think too much. You are all Shrek students. Not to mention that you can't beat people who are dozens of levels higher than you, even if you are seven or eight levels higher than me, how can you be called a monster?" Ye Zhiqiu said with a relaxed smile.
The rest of the people's faces turned black. A monstrous existence like you is simply inhuman. Don't compare yourself with us. It's very tiring, okay?
"Don't look so sullen." Ye Zhiqiu smiled and continued, "As the Vice President of the Academy, I'm naturally qualified to urge you to improve. Tonight, except for the two auxiliary spirit masters, Rongrong and Oscar, everyone else will participate in the 1v1 and 2v2 spirit duels. Rongrong and Oscar will also participate in the 2v2. Tang San and Xiao Wu will be in one group, Oscar and Ma Hongjun will be in one group, Zhu Zhuqing and Rongrong will be in one group, and Lao Bai and I will be in one group. Is that okay?"
"No." Everyone responded.
However, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar were listless, Dai Mubai was in high spirits. Wouldn't he and Ye Zhiqiu be a natural winner? As for Ye Zhiqiu calling him Lao Bai, what did it matter? It's okay to call me Xiao Bai if I can win easily.
Ning Rongrong pouted in dissatisfaction beside Ye Zhiqiu. Seeing this, Ye Zhiqiu rubbed her head and said with a smile, "If you always stay under my wings and are protected, you won't grow up. You need more training."
"As for Dai Mubai, his chances of winning against any of you are very low, but his chances of winning against me are too high. So I decided to let him fight two of you one on one. I'll only take action after they've been honed enough."
"???" Dai Mubai felt himself splitting apart. Why was this situation so different from what he'd imagined? Shouldn't you just go up and quickly take care of the guy while I just watch from the sidelines?
One on two, no matter how you think about it, you'll get beaten badly.
The others were originally somewhat envious of Dai Mubai, but now they all looked at him with some pity. Wow, Ye Zhiqiu was too cruel.
Tang San looked at Dai Mubai with some envy. Although it seemed that Dai Mubai might be beaten badly, his strength would definitely improve quickly. Moreover, he had Ye Zhiqiu to protect him, so he was safe and secure. He didn't have to worry about losing, as he was basically guaranteed to get the points.
This is definitely the best way to train yourself and earn points at the same time.
If Tang San's soul power was not less than level 30, he would have wanted to team up with Ye Zhiqiu.
"Let's go to the Great Soul Fighting Arena. The goal is complete victory. If you can't do it, there will be a surprise tomorrow!" Ye Zhiqiu looked at everyone, smiled sinisterly, and his eyes were a little malicious.
The others looked at Ye Zhiqiu's expression and shuddered in unison.