Against powerful teams, some chose to surrender directly, such as Golden Academy and Divine Wind Academy's first-round opponents.
However, while there were wise individuals in this world, there were also those who were stubborn.
Take Sky Water Academy's first-round opponent, Saske Academy, for example—their team leader and captain were both stubborn individuals.
Of course, it might not have been entirely due to their stubbornness.Sky Water Academy's team consisted entirely of girls, and their opponents might have been influenced by male chauvinism, feeling that surrendering without a fight would be somewhat humiliating.
Additionally, the girls of Sky Water Academy were well-known for their kind nature and wouldn't go too hard on their opponents. This likely gave Saske Academy the confidence to give it a shot.
After all, when facing female opponents, men tended to have more reservations—they wouldn't want to be labeled as violent brutes.
Sky Water Academy's match was scheduled for the third group. As expected, background-filler teams remained just that. Even though Saske Academy's strength was not the weakest among these teams—their captain was a four-ring agility-type Soul Ancestor—they still stood no chance.
Or rather, to be precise, they didn't even get the chance to fight before being defeated by Sky Water Academy.
As soon as the match began, Shui Bing'er, in her Ice Phoenix martial soul possession state, unleashed her first soul ring ability four times in succession. Four freezing soul skills shot out instantly, freezing four members of Saske Academy, including their captain, leaving only one defense-type Soul Elder, one support-type Soul Elder, and one healing-type Soul Elder unfrozen.
Looking at their frozen captain and teammates, the remaining three members of Saske Academy glanced at each other, then immediately raised their hands in surrender.
There was no way to fight—absolutely no way to fight! The gap in strength was something that bravery alone could never bridge.
Seeing Sky Water Academy utterly dominate their opponents, Mu Yang shifted his focus to another arena.
This arena featured a match between the filler team Kratt Academy and one of the Five Elemental Academies—Elephant Armored Academy.
"Xiao Yang, did you see that? That big oaf from Elephant Armored Academy has a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring too."
Pointing to the towering figure of Huyan Li on the arena, Huo Wu said to Mu Yang.
Mu Yang nodded. "If we can have ten-thousand-year fourth soul rings, it's only natural that others can too. It's just a matter of consuming more high-quality whale glue and obtaining a head soul bone."
Seeing the ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring glowing on Huyan Li, Mu Yang suddenly recalled—this big oaf actually had a head soul bone as well.
A head soul bone could enhance spiritual power, and since Huyan Li was a defense-type soul master, his soul beast targets would naturally be strength-type or defense-type soul beasts.
For these kinds of soul beasts, unless they were of pure dragon lineage, their spiritual power would generally be a weak point in exchange for their physical strength or defense.
As long as the head soul bone came from a soul beast thousands of years old, it should have allowed Huyan Li, who was only at level 40 back then, to withstand the spiritual shock from the ten-thousand-year soul ring's beast soul remnant.
In past Soul Master Tournaments, having a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring would have made Huyan Li the center of attention.
Unfortunately, in this year's tournament, while Huyan Li's ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring was noteworthy, it failed to cause much of a stir.
After all, as early as yesterday, Shrek Academy's Tang San had already displayed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
And today, besides Huyan Li, on the adjacent arena, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had also shown their ten-thousand-year fourth soul rings.
Moreover, compared to the two sisters, who were already five-ring Soul Kings, Huyan Li, a mere level 44 Soul Ancestor, was clearly far behind.
Not to mention that with the audience being mostly male, a muscular giant was nowhere near as popular as young, beautiful girls.
'I wonder… does Tang Buddha still have the Eight Spider Lances?'
Glancing at Tang San, who was seated far away in the Shrek Academy section, Mu Yang couldn't help but wonder.
Hmm… probably not.
After all, Tang San's third soul ring appeared to be of a much higher age than in the original work. Although his third soul skill was still Spider Web Restraint, he had definitely hunted a different Human-Faced Demon Spider than in the original.
Since the soul beast was not the same, the Eight Spider Lances—an external soul bone—was most likely absent.
Unless Tang Buddha's luck was absolutely heaven-defying, managing to defy the one-in-ten-thousand drop rate of an external soul bone.
Of course, even if Tang San did have the Eight Spider Lances, it wouldn't matter.
The reason why his Eight Spider Lances evolved into the Sea God's Wings in the original work wasn't because the Eight Spider Lances were strong—it was because Tang san himself was strong.
If Tang san had been a nobody, then even with multiple external soul bones, they wouldn't have made a difference.
Three days later.
Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, Preliminary Round 4, First Group, Central Battle Stage.
"I declare that in the fourth round of the preliminaries, Blazing Fire Academy vs. Auckland Academy—Blazing Fire Academy wins!"
As the Blazing Fire Battle Team swiftly eliminated the Auckland Battle Team, the referee stepped onto the stage and loudly announced the result.
'Tsk~ Not even a bit of excitement!'
Having done nothing but spectate throughout the match—without even using a single soul skill—Mu Yang couldn't help but complain internally.
Four rounds into the preliminaries, Blazing Fire Academy's first- and third-round opponents had surrendered without a fight. The second-round and current fourth-round opponents, though not surrendering, were still far too weak. Not only Mu Yang, as the team captain, hadn't needed to act, but even Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu hadn't moved. Just Huo Yun and the other three had swiftly ended the battle.
After all, teams like Auckland Battle Team at best had only one four-ring Soul Ancestor in their lineup.
Stepping off the battle stage and returning to the spectator stands, Mu Yang spotted Huo Lie and Shui Yanyu, who had returned from soul hunting.
Seeing this, Mu Yang was overjoyed.
Approaching Huo Lie, he greeted him before turning to Shui Yanyu, congratulating her: "Congratulations, Aunt!"
Shui Yanyu's return from soul hunting meant that the soul master world had gained another Title Douluo, and Mu Yang himself had gained a powerful backer.
With the Extreme Ice Meditation Method, perfect soul ring allocation, and the presence of her first soul core, even though Shui Yanyu had just stepped into the nine-ring stage, her actual combat strength would certainly not be among the weaker Title Douluos.
At the very least, She Long and Ci Xue combined wouldn't be able to defeat Shui Yanyu.
"Haha~ It is indeed worth celebrating! Xiao Yang, your Uncle, Aunt, and I have discussed it. Once you young ones grow stronger, we will prepare a grand gift for you."
Shui Yanyu said with a smile.
'A grand gift?'
Hearing this, Mu Yang raised an eyebrow.
From Shui Yanyu's wording, "you" likely referred to himself, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang—five people in total.
For a soul master, something that could be considered a grand gift, and suitable for them, could it be top-tier soul bones?
If it were top-tier soul bones, then that would indeed be a massive gift.
No—not just soul bones—it must be a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone!
Given the current strength of Huo Lie and the others, it seemed entirely possible for them to take down a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
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