Soul Dueling Arena Number Eight.
Ma Hongjun stood on the competition stage with his arms crossed over his chest.
Seeing that his opponent had not yet arrived,
he looked at the referee and urged, "Where is the opponent? Are they coming or not? They probably gave up the match out of fear."
"Just declare me the winner already."
Naturally, the referee could not simply declare Ma Hongjun the winner.
The Soul Dueling Arena had its rules.
Unless a contestant failed to arrive at the arena within the specified time, they would not be considered to have forfeited automatically.
Otherwise, even if there were only ten seconds left,
they had to wait.
Just as only one minute remained,
Golden Crown walked into the competition area unhurriedly.
Because he had changed his clothes, was intentionally hiding his presence, and wore a mask on his face,
Ma Hongjun did not recognize Golden Crown.
He only thought the opponent was a coward who was afraid to step onto the stage.
Thus, he spoke mockingly, "Kid, if you're scared, just give up early and crawl back into your mother's arms to drink milk."
"You've wasted so much of Lord Fatty's time."
"..."
Golden Crown did not say a word in response.
He just stood there quietly.
Seeing that the opponent was actually ignoring him, Ma Hongjun continued, "Are you a mute? How dare you ignore me. In a moment, I'll let you know the power of my Evil Fire Phoenix."
The surrounding audience members were all focused on this battle.
There were also many betting pools set up,
wagering on the win or loss of the two individuals.
The vast majority of people bet on the Evil Fire Phoenix to win.
For no other reason than
Ma Hongjun was somewhat famous in this Soul Dueling Arena.
Coupled with the fact that he had won more than he had lost over the past two days,
these people naturally bet on him to win.
As for Golden Crown, because he was a newcomer
and this was his first soul duel,
naturally, no one paid him any attention.
Seeing that no one was betting on Golden Crown to win, Ye Lingling didn't say a word.
She pulled out ten thousand gold coins and bet them on Golden Crown to win.
This left the surrounding bettors dumbfounded.
Where did this brainless rich woman come from? Even if you have money, you shouldn't throw it away like this, right?
Ignoring the one with high winning odds and specifically choosing the one likely to lose.
But they weren't going to say it out loud.
After all, they didn't often encounter someone so foolish and wealthy.
As the referee announced the start of the soul duel,
Ma Hongjun summoned his Martial Soul, the Brothel Fire Phoenix.
He arrogantly extended a finger: "One round! Lord Fatty can end this battle in one round!"
But just as his words fell,
Golden Crown flashed rapidly in front of him and struck a punch into Ma Hongjun's stomach.
"Ah!" Ma Hongjun's face instantly contorted in pain.
The massive force sent him flying backward directly.
He smashed heavily against the wall,
foaming at the mouth as he fainted away.
Just like that, Ma Hongjun, who had been clamoring to finish his opponent in one round, was KO'd by his opponent with a single punch!
The referee reacted quickly and hurried forward to check the situation.
Seeing that Ma Hongjun had merely fainted, he immediately announced the result of the match.
"Evil Fire Phoenix has fainted and completely lost the ability to fight."
"I announce the winner of this soul duel is—General Pan Feng!"
In an instant,
the surrounding spectator stands fell into a dead silence.
Those who had been cheering for the Evil Fire Phoenix were all speechless.
The Shrek group was also stunned in place.
Especially Tang San and Dai Mubai; for some reason, this scene felt incredibly familiar to them.
Defeating an opponent with a single punch without even opening one's Martial Soul...
It was as if they had seen it somewhere before.
After a long time,
a voice broke the silence.
"Evil Fire Phoenix, I f*ck your m*****! This is a fixed match! The opponent didn't even open his Martial Soul, and you were defeated with one punch!"
"Are you worthy of our support?"
"Give me my money back! Refund!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves.
All those who had bet on the Evil Fire Phoenix to win now entered 'troll mode.'
All sorts of verbal abuse rang out incessantly.
The spearhead was naturally aimed at Ma Hongjun.
The unconscious Ma Hongjun was now more wronged than Dou E herself.
Wait, big brothers.
Being KO'd in one punch isn't my fault.
It's really that the opponent was too strong.
The battle ended.
Golden Crown did not remain on the stage but returned to the rest area to wait for the next match.
Ye Lingling, holding the thirty-five thousand gold coins she had earned including the principal and profit, walked back gleefully.
She handed all the money to Golden Crown.
Considering that Ye Lingling was a Support-type Soul Master,
participating in one-on-one soul duels would be very disadvantageous, so Golden Crown had not signed her up for individual duels.
Instead, he signed them up for two-on-two duels and team duels.
Inside the arena,
Ma Hongjun was carried back to the private box by the Shrek Seven Devils.
Oscar immediately used his Spirit Ability to produce two Big Recovery Sausages.
He wanted to help Ma Hongjun recover.
But Ma Hongjun was currently in a comatose state and couldn't swallow them at all.
So the few of them could only force them in.
Dai Mubai then looked at Tang San and asked, "Little San, don't you think that guy called General Pan Feng just now is very similar to that Wen Tailai from before?"
"Not really."
"If this person were Wen Tailai, his strikes wouldn't be this light."
"I've fought him many times. That guy always beats his opponent half to death before he's willing to stop. Furthermore, Wen Tailai is usually extremely arrogant after winning."
"But this person is taciturn and strikes with restraint; he's not like that guy at all."
Tang San gave a whole analysis,
successfully deviating from the correct answer.
Hearing Tang San say this, Dai Mubai didn't think further into it.
Instead, he looked at Ma Hongjun and said, "Fatty must have been careless. If I encounter that Pan Feng, I must avenge Fatty."
Tang San patted Dai Mubai: "Boss Dai, don't worry. Even if we can't avenge Fatty on the stage, we can secretly follow that guy after the match ends."
"When the time comes, we'll put a bag over his head."
"Then the six of us will beat him up together."
"We'll run after hitting him. By then, he won't even know who to look for for revenge."
Dai Mubai praised repeatedly: "It has to be you, Little San. Only you could think of such a good idea."
After Oscar forcefully stuffed the two Big Sausages into Ma Hongjun,
it didn't take long
before Ma Hongjun woke up.
Upon learning of his direct defeat,
he looked at Dai Mubai very angrily: "Boss Dai, you have to avenge your brother."
"Don't worry, Little San has already thought of a good method..."
Dai Mubai put his arm around Ma Hongjun and explained the plan from just now.
Ma Hongjun was immediately overjoyed after hearing it.
He clapped his hands in approval repeatedly.
Immediately afterward, the voice of the Soul Dueling Arena's broadcast rang out once again.
[The 93rd two-on-two soul duel match: Ling-E Combination versus San-Wu Combination. Please have both sides' contestants proceed to Soul Dueling Arena Number Twelve immediately for the match!]
"Eh? Isn't this that General Pan Feng? Great! Third Brother, you must help me get revenge!" Ma Hongjun said while looking at the information on the large screen.
Dai Mubai then pointed at the information on the screen and said, "Look, this Pan Feng's teammate's name is quite interesting: 'I Love Eating Rabbit Meat'."
The others were stunned for a moment, then their eyes instinctively turned toward Xiao Wu.
Then, they all burst out laughing...
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