Chapter 106 This Damn Familiarity
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Amon's answer shocked Vargas because Walter had once commented that he was very similar to himself.
Vargas knew Walter's character: humble, polite, never boasting, and acting cautiously.
Since Amon was similar to Walter and not a proud or complacent person, did he really have the confidence to deal with a Soul Sage?
But how old was he? And there was a clear gap in Soul Power level...
Vargas thought for a while and felt that Amon might have some very powerful trump card-like Soul Skill that could give even a Soul Sage a big loss if they were unprepared, or even directly defeat them.
This was the most reasonable explanation he could think of.
He did not continue this topic and focused his attention on the central arena.
The seven-person team from the Spirit Hall that Walter sent had already entered the arena.
Standing opposite them, Yan Jin keenly felt the difference in her opponents.
The auras of the seven opponents were faintly connected, forming a whole, which was completely different from the scattered state on his side.
Moreover, they exuded a faint bloody smell and a cold, dead silence.
Yan Jin, who had dealt with Glenn a lot in Frost Leaf City, knew that this was unique to people who often roamed in the shadows and performed some unspeakable tasks.
"Are you the 'Soul Hunting Squad'? Does the 'Soul' refer to the soul of a Soul Master?" Yan Jin asked with some curiosity.
"You can also understand it as the soul of a Soul Beast."
The leader of the Soul Hunting Squad was a one-eyed dragon. His right eye was blinded by something unknown, leaving a hideous scar from his forehead to his nose.
"I understand, it's the soul of a Soul Master," Yan Jin nodded, looking like she understood everything.
Yan Jin was unexpectedly stubborn in some aspects. Once she was convinced of something, even nine dragons couldn't pull her back.
The one-eyed leader fell silent. He didn't want to communicate with someone who didn't seem too smart, as it was easy to get confused.
Yan Jin's change in attitude surprised Lei Yin. She had looked disgusted at the previous two teams, but now she showed unusual interest, and he could even feel a bit of caution.
"Be careful, this team is probably very strong," Lei Yin reminded the other members.
"Okay, okay, I know," Romier became slightly more serious.
The others, Ilya, Bing Lan, Bi Da'er, and Bradyi, didn't take it too seriously. The easy victories in the previous two rounds had made them somewhat complacent.
But once they fought, they noticed a clear difference.
The opponents were unusually ruthless, attacking vital areas with every move, sometimes even ignoring their own attacks and trading injuries for lives.
Ilya, Bi Da'er, and Brady had almost no power to fight back. After losing the initiative from the beginning, they fell into a complete disadvantage.
If Yan Jin hadn't taken the time to use a "Big Fireball" that spanned the entire arena to divide the battlefield and temporarily isolate the enemy and ourselves, interrupting the opponent's offensive, they might have already been defeated.
Her actions angered her opponent. The one-eyed leader quickly approached and stabbed at Yan Jin's heart with his short sword Spirit in a very tricky angle.
But before he could get close, he was forced back by an astonishing heat wave.
Yan Jin crossed her fists in front of her body, then suddenly stretched them out to both sides, and two torrents of magma spurted out, forming a circular lava wall under her control.
She trapped the one-eyed leader and the Soul King, who was desperately held back by Lei Yin's speed, inside.
"Leave these two to me, Lei Yin, go help them," Yan Jin ordered.
"Okay," Lei Yin nodded and turned into a flash of lightning, disappearing into the circle of fire.
Under the pressure of the "Soul Hunting Squad", the usually independent individuals had to start cooperating.
Otherwise, if they continued to fight as before, they would likely lose.
Lei Yin's original opponent wanted to break through the lava wall, but was knocked back by the volcanic bombs that suddenly emerged from the wall.
Yan Jin's first and fourth Soul Rings were always in a lit state, but the light was slightly dimmer than when normal Soul Skills were used.
In the one-eyed leader's vigilant gaze, Yan Jin's third Soul Ring shone brightly, and the surrounding lava walls seemed to come alive, constantly flowing and becoming more vivid in color.
She used her third Soul Skill to increase the temperature of the magma!
The one-eyed leader and his companion, surrounded by the lava wall, stood back to back, wary of the seemingly living wall.
The one-eyed leader's companion, a short, thin Soul King, was a little surprised. He didn't feel the heat of the magma.
"Be careful, this guy's Spirit is very strange. Look at this magma, it doesn't melt the arena, but that doesn't mean the temperature isn't high. Its high temperature only seems to be revealed when it attacks us," the one-eyed leader reminded.
"I understand... Flame King Dragon!"
The short, thin Soul King uttered the name of a Soul Beast. He felt that the nature of Yan Jin's magma Spirit was somewhat similar to the flames of the Flame King Dragon, giving him a strange sense of familiarity.
"Not bad, you're quite knowledgeable... That's right, my fourth Soul Ring comes from a Flame King Dragon," Yan Jin generously admitted.
The short, thin Soul King looked at the black ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, his heart complicated.
"What's wrong?" Sensing his companion's strangeness, the one-eyed leader asked.
"Nothing..." The short, thin Soul King's tone was erratic.
He remembered that more than half a year ago, he had received a mission from above: to find a ten-thousand-year-level Flame King Dragon.
That mission seemed to have been sent from the North as well!
Thinking about the news he reported about the existence of the Flame King Dragon in the Sunset Forest, and then thinking about coming to participate in this Soul Fighting Competition, which was also an order from above, he seriously suspected that the girl opposite him was a secret target cultivated by some big shot in the Spirit Hall.
He suddenly didn't dare to attack!
Yan Jin launched an attack. Although she was fighting two against one, she didn't fall behind at all.
"Not bad..." Seeing the opponent dodge her barrage-like "Volcanic Barrage" again, Yan Jin praised.
The one-eyed leader seized several opportunities to counterattack, but found that his teammate seemed much slower than usual, and repeatedly failed to keep up with the rhythm.
"Hey, what are you doing?" He couldn't help but roar.
"Captain, the mission to find the Soul Beast half a year ago..." The short, thin Soul King whispered a reminder.
"Ah? Half a year ago? I went to the Star Luo Empire at that time," the one-eyed leader replied.
The short, thin Soul King didn't continue speaking, just continued as before, attacking noticeably less sharply than at the beginning of the match.
He thought to himself that the higher-ups hadn't said they had to win anyway, so losing didn't matter, but it would be a real problem if he accidentally hit her vital points while fighting.
With the short, thin Soul King slacking off, the two of them couldn't quickly defeat Yan Jin, and even occasionally fell into a disadvantage.
Of course, even if he fought seriously, he still wouldn't have been confident in defeating Yan Jin.
On the other side, with the help of Lei Yin, the battle situation reversed, and Bi Daer and others successively defeated their opponents.
In the end, only the one-eyed leader on the "Soul Hunting Squad" side was still fighting seriously, and could only helplessly jump off the arena.
He coldly glanced at the short, thin Soul King who was slacking off: "You better give me an explanation,"
The latter shrugged, "Okay, you will definitely be satisfied with my explanation."
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