Douluo Continent: The True Body and Blood Soul, Starting from Blacksmithing

The child in front of him had remained calm so far. Leng Ren sneered, then his figure flashed as he rushed towards the child.

The distance between the two closed rapidly, and when they were less than a meter apart, Leng Ren drew his blade swiftly.

The ice blade was aimed directly at the opponent's neck, but his body slid to the side the moment he struck.

This is a test: if the opponent blocks, I can make a simple assessment of the force of the opponent's attack, and judge whether to slide behind him to kill him in one blow or slide to the side to dodge.

Leng Ren had a good plan, but his opponent didn't play by the rules. The moment Leng Ren turned to the side, Leng Ren adjusted his body in the direction of Leng Ren's side slide without hesitation.

What was originally a tentative attack between the two sides that was about to come to blows turned into close-quarters combat in an instant because of Lin Yu's lunge forward.

At the same time, Lin Yu's first spirit ring lit up, and a layer of fine golden scales quickly covered his right hand.

At the same time, Lin Yu concealed a layer of golden flames, invisible to his opponents, in the palm of his right hand.

Although Leng Ren was unsure of his opponent's soul skill effects, judging from his scaled right hand, it was easy to determine that it was a powerful offensive skill similar to an enchantment.

Can my ice blade block the opponent's attack?

It should be possible, but there's no need.

An inch longer means an inch stronger; an inch shorter means an inch more dangerous.

In close combat, the side with the weapon naturally has a clear advantage. As long as his attacks are sharp enough, he doesn't believe the opponent won't defend.

The ice blade that was about to fall on the opponent's neck will inevitably miss due to the opponent's actions.

But with a nimble wrist flip, Leng Ren reversed his grip on the ice blade, which shortened the attack distance, but the target was still the opponent's neck.

The enemy's skillful use of ice blades was within Lin Yu's expectations, but being able to handle it is another matter entirely.

Helpless, he had to temporarily abandon his right-hand attack and instead, just as the opponent's ice blade was about to hit him, he withdrew his right hand and grabbed the ice blade.

The golden flame that Lin Yu had hidden in his hand, which he had originally planned to use to ambush his opponent, was applied to the ice blade the moment he grabbed it with his right hand.

Sizzle~~

A sizzling sound of ice hitting a hot iron rang out instantly. At the same time, Cold Blade, who had been secretly pleased by his opponent's foolish act of pulling back his hand to grab the ice blade, let out a gasp.

"hiss!!!!"

As he pulled the ice blade from his opponent's hand, Cold Blade quickly retreated.

As he retreated, Leng Ren looked at his ice blade, which showed signs of melting, with some shock.

Damn, this guy is not only a melee attacker, but he also has fire element control!

If he had known earlier that the other party had fire abilities, he wouldn't have been so arrogant!

There's a reason why Beast Martial Souls are stronger than Weapon Martial Souls in the early stages. Beast Martial Souls have a stronger effect on enhancing physical constitution in the early stages. When other people's Soul Skills cannot be used indiscriminately, the stronger the physical constitution, the stronger the combat power.

In addition to this, there is another reason why beast spirits are more powerful than weapon spirits: beast spirits provide more direct feedback to the body, while weapon spirits are only detected by the spirit master when they are damaged.

Most Beast Soul Masters can judge their limits based on their intuitive physical sensations.

In the early stages, Soul Masters with Weapon Souls can only use Weapon Souls in combat. Once their low-quality Weapon Souls encounter high-quality Souls or are countered by other Souls, it will directly lead to damage to the Soul Soul, which is extremely detrimental to the Soul Master.

However, this fatal flaw also gives weapon spirits an advantage that beast spirits do not have: long attack range.

Under normal circumstances, as long as a weapon spirit master can ensure that their spirit does not malfunction, they can wear down a beast spirit master.

Coincidentally, after realizing how difficult Lin Yu was to deal with, Leng Ren opted for a war of attrition.

My soul power is two levels higher than the kid in front of me, so I definitely have the advantage if it comes down to a long fight.

If Lin Yu's former classmates knew that someone wanted to outlast Lin Yu, they would definitely think that person was overestimating themselves.

Because Lin Yu's soul power is known for its endurance.

Unfortunately, Leng Ren only realized this after dodging and weaving and deceiving the enemy more than a dozen times.

"Kid, your reaction speed is not bad. You'll be a good prospect in the future. If you can block my first soul skill, you win this soul battle."

After making those harsh words, Leng Ren activated his first soul skill.

His spirit rings lit up, and then he charged towards Lin Yu once again.

Just as Lin Yu was preparing, Leng Ren suddenly stopped, and at the same time, three cold lights flew out from his hand.

The attack was bizarre; only three beams of light refracted at the moment of release, and then disappeared without a trace.

Lin Yu wasn't afraid as long as the enemy's soul skill was a flying type, because he could keenly sense the scenery within a certain range around him.

As Lin Yu retreated and dodged, she skillfully avoided three invisible ice blades, then reached out her right hand and grabbed the most easily overlooked one.

The enemy's soul skill instantly unleashed three ice blades that could deceive the eye through refraction.

Perhaps it was because of his familiarity with and development of this soul skill that he figured out a technique that could both throw out ice blades and deceive the eye.

When the opponent chose to use a kiting strategy to wear them down, Lin Yu dispersed the flames hidden in his palm, since using the golden flames would consume soul power and mental energy.

Lin Yu tossed the undamaged ice blade back with a fist salute.

"You're too kind."

The opponent has extensive combat experience and his own understanding of soul skills.

If his ice blade's attributes hadn't been countered, Lin Yu estimated he would have been in great danger in this battle, since the more intense the attacks his golden scales suffered, the more soul power they consumed.

If the knife in his hand had been made of iron, Lin Yu would have drawn blood today.

The other party was so young and so humble, so Leng Ren naturally didn't mind leaving a good impression and offered a few words of guidance.

"Although your flames are effective against my ice blades, the hardness of the scales on your right hand should be quite high, and you seem very confident in them."

"Confidence is a good thing, but I suggest that when you fight others, if you don't know the strength of their martial soul, you shouldn't try to disarm them with your bare hands like you did just now."

"Besides that, there's your performance. Your reaction speed is fast, but your body can't keep up. Just now, I could tell from your micro-expressions that you had already detected my attack, but your body was a beat slow. It's probably because you don't train much. If you encounter some fast, agile attackers, you'll easily be at a disadvantage. But that's not a big problem. You can learn to anticipate..."

Although he lost, Leng Ren left gracefully, and the audience did not become agitated even though he gave some pointers.

Instead, they kept praising Lin Yu for his youthful talent.

After one match ended, Lin Yu did not leave immediately; he signed up for another match.

With Lin Yu's soul power recovery speed, he wasn't afraid of anything unless it was a short, drawn-out battle. On his first day at the Soul Arena, he wanted to test the intensity of the matches.

In the two subsequent matches, whether it was because the Soul Arena was deliberately targeting Lin Yu or because Soul Masters with Weapon Souls preferred the Soul Arena, Lin Yu encountered only Soul Masters with Weapon Souls.

Furthermore, the quality of the opponent's martial soul was quite good in both matches, and Lin Yu was no longer able to restrain him.

This resulted in Lin Yu losing two matches. Not only that, in the third match, his opponent wielded a large sword and launched a fierce attack on Lin Yu's right hand, which was covered in scales.

Ultimately, this led to his soul power being exhausted prematurely, resulting in him losing the match and sustaining injuries.