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

Lin Yu had planned his third soul ring's soul beast long ago: a metal-type dragon soul beast clan within the Golden Iron Mountains, dating back over two thousand years.

In fact, in Lin Yu's plan, his ideal age for his third soul ring was more than three thousand years.

During the absorption of the second soul ring, Lin Yu discovered a cheat code that could extend his lifespan: an external soul bone!

When absorbing his second spirit ring, he tried it out. As long as he transferred the energy of the spirit ring to himself through the golden scales, the amount of energy he needed to absorb would be reduced by about 40%.

However, Liu Erlong repeatedly emphasized that the absorption within the thousand-year soul ring was no child's play, and the special energy contained within could not be explained by simple addition and subtraction.

Ultimately, Lin Yu chose to compromise and set the year at around 2,300 years ago.

After finalizing the year of the soul beast they needed to absorb, Lin Yu and Liu Erlong quickly gathered some supplies and left.

The Jin Tie Mountains are a relatively remote mountain range located in the southwest of the Tian Dou Empire.

The name of this mountain range contains the words "Jin Tie" (金铁) because it was historically rich in iron ore.

Subsequently, with geological changes, the roads here became increasingly difficult to travel. Gradually, the transportation costs here could not keep up with the profits brought by the iron ore, so it was abandoned.

At the same time, because this place once had a large amount of iron ore, it attracted many metal-type soul beasts to live here.

There's another important reason for going here to obtain the third spirit ring, besides the presence of metal-attribute dragon-type spirit beasts.

This place is relatively close to Nottingham, and she wanted to visit an old friend on the way.

It was precisely because Liu Erlong went to visit his old friend that the Spirit Hall issued Lin Yu this mission...

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After searching for more than ten days in the Jin Tie Mountains, the two finally locked onto their target: an armored black dragon that was over 2,200 years old.

Although the color of the Ironclad Black Dragon didn't quite match Lin Yu's golden scales, its attributes and race met Lin Yu's requirements for the third soul ring.

"Since you're determined to absorb this spirit ring that's 2,200 years old, I won't stop you. But before I help you, I suggest you test the strength of this behemoth first."

Liu Erlong, who had already cleared the area, looked at Lin Yu with great interest.

After forging the thousand-refined metal, this kid never lacked money, so he stopped paying attention to the Soul Arena.

This is why Liu Erlong is not very clear about Lin Yu's current strength.

Lin Yu wasn't really sure of his current strength, so he could use this soul beast with a cultivation level of two thousand years to practice on.

With a press of his right hand on the storage soul tool at his waist, a black, thousand-forged eyebrow-level staff weighing about forty pounds appeared in Lin Yu's hand.

After mastering the Thousand Forging technique, Lin Yu's first task was to forge a suitable weapon for himself.

He tried all sorts of weapons, including knives, guns, and swords, but he wasn't comfortable using them.

It wasn't until he came across the eyebrow-level staff that Lin Yu discovered that this weapon not only had excellent balance, but also considerable power when wielded given its sufficient weight.

The closer Lin Yu got to this thousand-year-old soul beast, the more intense a sense of danger he could feel.

Lin Yu's spiritual range can now extend to a radius of ten meters, but in front of this thousand-year-old soul beast poised to pounce, Lin Yu felt that if he were to walk within ten meters of it, he might be in danger!

The first soul skill was activated silently, and the blood in Lin Yu's body began to flow more slowly.

A layer of golden scales began to spread around Lin Yu's body as the first soul skill was activated.

With his soul power reaching level 29, Lin Yu's external soul bone could generate enough golden scales to cover half of his body.

Because it participated in the absorption of the second soul skill, this layer of golden scales has developed two more abilities.

The first ability: vibration, which can be used for both offense and defense.

The attack method utilizes the reciprocating tremors of some of the golden scales to cut hard objects, similar to the principle of a razor.

Defense involves using the vibrations from the golden scales to cushion the impact of blunt weapons.

The second ability is to generate an earth element energy, which, like the fire element, has two effects.

Attaching earth element energy to the surface of the scales can enhance their defensive capabilities.

Ingesting earth elements into the body can temporarily enhance physical strength.

As for Lin Yu's second soul skill, it is also very interesting. The ability related to blood has been transformed into an ability related to internal organs: heartbeat control.

The passive skill controls the heartbeat amplitude, while the active skill influences creatures within a certain range through the heartbeat.

If other creatures' heartbeats match his, he will receive a positive buff; if their heartbeats do not match his, he will experience negative effects such as palpitations.

The ability related to the mind is still elemental control, which allows one to master the unique earth element that generates golden scales.

Lin Yu now possesses quite a few skills, which is why he no longer wants to participate in the Soul Arena.

Revealing too many skills is not a good thing.

However, Lin Yu doesn't need to worry so much when fighting in private.

Lin Yu had already shown enough fighting spirit, but the armored black dragon in front of him remained prostrate on the ground, without making any move.

This spirit beast is really afraid of death!

Helpless, Lin Yu stepped forward, wanting to see what this soul beast's killing move was.

Before Lin Yu could even stand still, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from beneath her feet, and two iron spikes shot out from the ground.

At the same time, the armored black dragon, which had been waiting for an opportunity, charged towards Lin Yu with a burst of power.

However, the expected scene of the instep being pierced did not occur.

After Lin Yu reached the second ring, his consciousness was able to split into three parts. Since then, Lin Yu has always covered his feet with a layer of golden scales, no matter when or where.

What we're guarding against are those underhanded tricks that might come right under our noses.

Thanks to the protection of the scales, Lin Yu's foot was not pierced; the sudden attack only caused Lin Yu to stagger.

By the time the armored black dragon reached Lin Yu, Lin Yu had already steadied himself. Then, gripping the end of the iron rod with his right hand, he swung it around and smashed it heavily against the soul beast charging from the right.

Ironclad Black Dragon seemed not to have expected its opponent to be so "slippery" and to deal with its spikes so easily.

Caught off guard, it was too late to dodge the opponent's blow.

However, a dark light quickly covered the area that Lin Yu's iron rod was about to strike.

Boom! ! !

A dull thud rang out, and Lin Yu felt as if his swinging stick had struck a hard, stubborn rock.

The enormous reaction force caused him to lose his grip on the iron rod, which then slipped from his hand.

However, Lin Yu is a blacksmith who has mastered the art of thousand-fold forging. He may not have much else, but he has a lot of thousand-fold forged weapons!

As soon as the previous iron rod slipped from his hand, Lin Yu picked up another one.

At the same time, a rich earth element was generated under the influence of the golden scales, and quickly entered the right hand that was trembling because the iron rod had slipped from his grasp.

The right hand, which was about to be out of control, was instantly stabilized after the earth element entered. At the same time, the left hand, which was holding the end of the stick, had already transferred the stick to the right hand.

So what if I blocked one blow? I still have one more to strike!