Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends.

The ability to devour and seize energy, though it sounds evil, actively absorbs contained energy.

This is simply a super recovery and repair accelerator.

As for passive nourishment, those are enemies. Shouldn't we give them some extra benefits?

His hands can also transform into fox claws, enhancing his ability to penetrate defenses and compensating for his current lack of powerful physical attack methods.

Putting aside the somewhat ambiguous aspects, the actual effect of this soul skill is simply outrageously powerful.

Lin Wan had to admit the fact that he was actually quite satisfied with this soul skill.

As expected of a product from the system, the quality is excellent.

"Xiaowei, it's not your fault, this shortcut is really tempting!"

Lin Wan stood up and stretched her limbs.

After absorbing the soul ring, his soul power became more condensed and substantial, and even his physique was strengthened once again.

"I need to be more careful when using Heart Devouring Essence in the future," Lin Wan decided. "I will never reveal the Heart Devouring Essence ability in front of others unless absolutely necessary. After all, the effect is too overpowered, and I'm afraid others will be jealous of me. The control effect of my first soul skill, Mind Capture, is enough for me."

"As for recovery and cultivation."

A glint of light flashed in Lin Wan's eyes. "Find an opportunity to go to the Soul Hunting Forest, test the blade on a soul beast, and see just how delicious the Heart Devouring Essence is."

He waved his hand to put away his martial spirit and spirit ring, and the pinkish-white light and bright yellow halo in the room disappeared instantly.

Then the three-headed hellhound guarding the door let out a low growl, turned into three wisps of black smoke, and disappeared back into the tinderbox.

……

After obtaining her first soul ring, Lin Wan's overall strength improved significantly.

However, most of the freshmen in his class now only have a few levels of soul power.

The highest level is only a girl with innate soul power level 5. It's only been a little over a month since school started, and she has only cultivated to level 6.

Therefore, when Lin Wan sparred with them during combat classes at school, he felt like he was bullying the kids.

He didn't even need to summon the Nine-Tailed Fox; his body, enhanced by the soul ring, was enough to easily crush it.

This resulted in Lin Wan being unable to consolidate the skills he learned in the first-year combat course.

"No, we need to find someone who can fight."

Lin Wan sat by the window, her sea-blue eyes gazing at the students outside practicing basic combat skills on the playground, sweating profusely, but her thoughts had already wandered far away.

He thought of the Soul Arena, a place that exists in almost every major city on the Douluo Continent.

It is a place specifically for Soul Masters to spar, resolve grudges, and gamble.

In the Soul Arena, Lin Wan can not only train herself through fighting, but she might also be able to secretly learn a few physical techniques.

Just do it.

On a day off, Lin Wan changed into an inconspicuous gray casual outfit, used a disguise card to turn her hair black, and put on an ordinary silver mask that only covered the upper half of her face.

After completing his basic disguise, he left the academy and headed straight for the Soul Arena.

The Arena of Skyfrost City is located in the western part of the city. It is a huge, circular stone building, much like the Colosseum in ancient Rome.

The place was bustling with noise, filled with fluctuations of soul power and frenzied shouts.

After paying the registration fee, it was time to register the information. Lin Wan gave a pseudonym and used the code name White Fox.

As for his martial spirit, he disguised it as a white fox using a disguise card.

With a slight thought, Lin Wan summoned her martial spirit.

What appeared in his palm was no longer the divine and alluring Nine-Tailed Fox with its nine tails swaying and silver-white fur tipped with ice blue.

Instead, it was a slightly smaller, snow-white fox that looked like an ordinary fox martial spirit.

Above the martial spirit, there is a slightly yellow soul ring.

The information auditor glanced at it and then looked away, after all, in the Soul Arena, the starting level is a first-ring Soul Master.

He had even met Soul Masters, so he could easily take a look at an ordinary first-ring Soul Master.

"Okay, your information has been registered and we will match you with a suitable opponent as soon as possible."

In the Soul Arena, the starting Soul Master is at the first Ring, so Lin Wan didn't have to wait long. A moment later, the Soul Arena matched him with a suitable opponent.

Lin Wan took a deep breath and followed the staff's guidance to the Soul Fighting Platform.

This is a circular stone platform with a diameter of about thirty meters, surrounded by tiered seating for spectators. At this moment, there are about a hundred people scattered around, mostly ordinary people or low-level soul masters watching the spectacle.

His opponent, codenamed "Cold Fang," was now standing on the other side of the Soul Arena.

He was a tall, thin young man with a somewhat sinister look in his eyes. Like Lin Wan, he was also wearing a mask.

When Han Ya saw Lin Wan on stage, a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes. After all, Lin Wan was only six years old and only 1.3 meters tall.

Chapter 17 First Soul Battle

"Little one, the Soul Arena isn't child's play. Don't get beaten up and cry later, okay?"

A hoarse, grating voice came through the mask, carrying undisguised mockery of Lin Wan.

Lin Wan ignored the provocation and simply stood there calmly, observing her opponent.

Han Ya, a level 13 Ice Wolf Martial Soul, is the same level as him.

Ice Wolf Martial Souls typically possess good melee combat abilities and ice-attribute attacks, and their speed is also quite fast.

"Battle Spirit, begin!" the referee commanded.

"Ice Wolf, possess me."

With a low growl, Han Ya instantly possessed his martial spirit. His body swelled slightly, his muscle lines became more defined, and a thin layer of ice crystals covered his exposed skin. His fingernails became sharp like wolf claws, radiating a chilling aura.

"Martial spirit, possess."

Lin Wan's voice was calm and even, as she was also possessed by a martial spirit.

His body shape hadn't changed much, except that he now had a fluffy fox tail on his back.

Han Ya clearly didn't take Lin Wan seriously and launched an attack directly at her.

In his view, he and Lin Wan were of the same level, and the wolf was definitely more powerful than the fox.

He slammed his legs off the ground, his body shooting towards Lin Wan like an arrow released from a bow. His icy wolf claws tore through the air, carrying a chilling aura and a sharp whistling sound, aiming straight for Lin Wan's face.

Extremely fast!

Several gasps rang out from the audience, as if they had already foreseen the horrific scene of Lin Wan being swatted away by a claw.

Lin Wan's eyes narrowed, and the rapidly enlarging wolf claws were reflected in her sea-blue pupils.

He didn't take the hit head-on, but dodged to the side.

The icy wolf claws grazed Lin Wan's clothes with a piercing whistling sound, tearing only a few pieces of cloth fluttering in the cold wind.

"what!"

Han Ya's attack missed, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. His opponent was incredibly fast.

Although Lin Wan disguised her martial soul, her physical attributes, enhanced by the 675-year soul ring, and the top-level agility bestowed by the Nine-Tailed Fox were not compromised.

Han Ya missed his attack and prepared to continue.

But Lin Wan clearly wouldn't give him that chance.

He swiftly closed in, his movements as fast as lightning.

With his right hand, fingers joined like a knife, he thrust with a sharp, forceful wind, aiming straight for the gap in Han Ya's ribs exposed by the attack.

"Humph!"

Han Ya had fought in many matches in the Soul Arena, and his combat experience was much richer than that of the newbies in the academy.

He twisted his body forcefully, placing his left arm, covered in ice crystals, across his ribs.

boom!

Lin Wan's hand chopped hard into Han Ya's icy arm, producing a muffled sound.

Han Ya felt an unexpectedly strong force, and several pieces of ice crystals on his arm shattered with a crack. He was shaken and staggered back two steps, his arm feeling sore and numb.

"Such powerful strength!" Han Ya was shocked. The contempt for Lin Wan in his eyes disappeared completely, replaced by solemnity and disbelief.

The white fox boy's strength and speed far exceeded his expectations.

How is this possible? How could the power of an ordinary fox spirit be more powerful than his ice wolf?

In Douluo Continent, the stronger the Martial Soul, the greater the boost it provides to the Soul Master.

Among the same level, the boost to a Soul Master from a Beast Martial Soul is generally higher than that from a Weapon Martial Soul.

Among beast spirits, the more powerful the spirit, the stronger the boost it provides to the spirit master.

In addition to the boost from the Martial Soul itself, the Soul Ring also provides a boost to the Soul Master. The more powerful the Soul Ring, the stronger the boost to the Soul Master.

Han Ya was shocked at that moment, but then he realized he had guessed the outcome.

This white fox's first soul ring must be related to power.

A murmur of surprise rippled through the audience.

This guy, codenamed White Fox, seems to have some skills.

"Kid, I underestimated you!"

Han Ya's eyes turned fierce. "But that's enough. Try my soul skill, Frozen Path!"

The yellow soul ring on Han Ya's body lit up, and he suddenly bent down and slammed his palms hard on the ground of the Soul Arena.

Click!Click!

A bone-chilling cold erupted instantly. Centered on Han Ya's palms, a thick layer of ice, radiating a chilling aura, spread rapidly like a living thing, instantly covering half of the Soul Fighting Arena, and continuing to spread towards Lin Wan's feet without slowing down.

Wherever the ice layer passes, the air condenses into tiny ice crystals.

This is an area control skill. Once the path is covered by ice, movement will be greatly restricted, and you may even be frozen.

This first soul skill is what Han Ya is most proud of. No one would expect that he, a melee-focused offensive soul master, would have a range control skill.

It was precisely because of this wide-range soul skill that he won several matches in the Soul Arena.

Lin Wan's eyes narrowed; Han Ya's move was indeed troublesome.

He pushed off with his feet, his body rapidly retreating! However, the ice spread extremely quickly, and it was about to catch up with his steps.

"Right now."

Seeing Han Ya's focused expression, Lin Wan's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

This was the opportunity he had been waiting for. When the opponent unleashed a ranged soul skill, he would inevitably need to concentrate and be in a relatively fixed position.

Lin Wan stopped dodging the spreading ice and instead stomped his foot, his body rushing towards the icy path like a phantom.

Due to limitations in his soul power, Han Ya was unable to completely cover the entire ground with the ice path he created.

Lin Wan lightly touched the ground with her toes and leaped towards Han Ya.

At the same time, his right hand spread its five fingers slightly, and a faint silver light seemed to flash from the fingertips, aiming directly at Han Ya, whose movements had slowed down due to the release of his soul skill.

Han Ya saw Lin Wan rushing towards the frozen path and a sinister smile appeared on his face, but the next second, he saw Lin Wan flying straight towards him from the air.

"what?"

Han Ya hurriedly reached out to block, but Lin Wan's hand had already touched Han Ya's arm.

At that moment, the yellow soul ring on Lin Wan's body lit up.

Om-!

An indescribable mental fluctuation, carrying both extreme allure and forced descent, crashed into Han Ya's brain like an invisible giant hammer.

The grotesque smile on Han Ya's face froze instantly, and his pupils became lifeless.

He stood frozen in place, like a puppet whose soul had been ripped out, his eyes vacant and his expression blank. Even the frozen path beneath his feet stopped spreading instantly due to the interruption of his soul power.

Forced charm, effective.

In a battle between Soul Masters, a single second can be enough to decide life or death.