Douluo Continent: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

The host, holding a megaphone, stood in the center of the arena and announced the event with great enthusiasm.

Instantly, the atmosphere in the room became even more enthusiastic.

"Next, please allow me to introduce the two contestants in this battle."

The host raised his left hand and pointed to the left aisle.

"One of the contestants is just one win away from advancing to the Bronze Battle Soul level. He has won several consecutive battles and possesses two hundred-year-old Soul Rings and the Martial Soul Iron Dragon Blade - Soul Master Blade Dragon!"

Wow!

The deafening commotion resounded throughout the arena, demonstrating that the opponent was no ordinary person in this grand arena.

Amidst enthusiastic cheers, a well-proportioned middle-aged man with crisscrossing scars on his face slowly walked out of the passage, his arms outstretched, fully basking in the cheers and attention of the crowd.

"And Daolong's opponent is a newcomer."

The host paused slightly, precisely gauged the audience's emotions, and before anyone could complain, dropped another bombshell.

"He is a newcomer with the second ring of the millennium!"

The entire arena fell into a brief silence, followed by an even more surging wave of sound that swept from the stands to the arena.

Su Yuntao, wearing a wolf-head mask, walked out step by step from the passage to the right of the host.

"The contestant, Lone Wolf, possesses the second soul ring of a thousand years, making him a powerful testament to the Master's Theory! He has undoubtedly proven to us that even with mediocre talent, one can acquire a powerful soul ring through the 'Master's Theory'!"

Whether this host is the top host of the Great Soul Arena or not, his control over people's hearts and his ability to stir up the audience's emotions truly opened Tang Shan's eyes.

"I hereby declare that the Lone Wolf versus the Blade Dragon battle has officially begun!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the host jumped backward and off the stage.

When he entered the arena, Daolong was arrogant, but when he actually got into battle, he was surprisingly calm.

"The Soul Arena really knows how to arrange things. They immediately paired you with an opponent who has two hundred-year-old soul rings. It's impossible that they didn't specifically pick this for your older brother."

Su Haichao sat in the stands, feeling the enthusiastic atmosphere of the audience around him, and couldn't help but complain.

"They only encounter a Soul Master with a second ring every thousand years, so it would be strange if they didn't seize the opportunity to create hype."

Tang Shan was not surprised by this, and even suspected that if there hadn't been a rush, he might have directly arranged for Su Yuntao to participate in the main Soul Arena. After all, with such a huge amount of popularity, if he could really win it, it would be a lot of gold soul coins.

A long, iron-gray sword suddenly appeared in Daolong's hand, with a small snake coiled around its blade, and two yellow, century-old soul rings rose from beneath his feet.

Su Yuntao, who had also completed the martial soul possession, was stunned for a moment: Wasn't the martial soul supposed to be the Iron Dragon Blade? How come it's a snake coiled around the blade?

While Su Yuntao was lost in thought, Dao Long was also filled with shock—although he had received prior notification from the Great Soul Arena, he still couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the yellow and purple soul rings at the feet of the masked man opposite him.

Dao Long was the first to regain his senses. He channeled his soul power into his legs, instantly increasing his speed and rapidly closing the distance with Su Yuntao.

The first spirit ring under his feet lit up, and two white blade energies burst forth from his martial spirit, crossing in the air to form a cross.

First Soul Skill - Blade Qi: Activates the Soul Ring to release blade qi to attack enemies. The number of blade qi increases by one for each breakthrough in rank, up to a maximum of nine.

Run away!

Faced with the oncoming attack, Su Yuntao activated his soul ring without hesitation. Feeling the surge in speed and power, he dodged the blade energy in a flash, leaned slightly, and pounced towards the Blade Dragon.

What a great speed!

Dao Long felt a chill run down his spine and activated his first soul ring again, unleashing two more sword energies.

Tang Shan watched the battle below the stage, his expression gradually losing control.

No, you're just standing there chopping? Why don't you move around a bit?

Su Yuntao continued to dodge with ease, but gradually realized something was wrong: why was the opponent just standing still and attacking without ever moving?

"You forced me to do this."

Seeing that his soul skills could not hit his opponent, Dao Long snorted coldly and his second soul ring lit up.

Second Soul Skill - Blade Net: Releases a large number of fine blade energies with a certain locking effect.

Several foot-long blades of energy emerged from the iron-gray broadsword and shot towards Su Yuntao.

Seeing that the blade aura had shrunk in size but was otherwise largely the same as before, Su Yuntao dared not be careless—after all, it was an attack released by his second soul skill.

Is it ignoring defenses, or a compressed explosion? Is it a probability-based instant kill, or an absolute hit?

Recalling the terrifying nature of the rule-based or special-effect-bearing soul skills his younger brother had mentioned, Su Yuntao's expression turned solemn.

Indeed, coming to the Great Soul Arena to participate in the Soul Battle was the right decision; it truly allows one to hone their skills.

Soul power circulated rapidly within the body, providing comprehensive support to the body.

Su Yuntao ducked to dodge the blade's energy, without turning around to check the true effect of the attack.

The outcome of a battle often hinges on the blink of an eye. Regardless of the strength of the opponent's soul skills, the primary objective when facing an opponent or enemy is to defeat or even kill them.

Remembering his father's teachings, Su Yuntao suddenly burst forth, increasing his speed once again. His sharp claws shot out, viciously grabbing towards Daolong's chest.

Snapped!

With a roar, immense power struck Daolong, who instinctively raised his sword in defense, causing him to stagger backward.

Just as Su Yuntao was about to press his advantage, he suddenly felt a chill rise from behind and instinctively bent down to dodge.

Whoosh!

A series of sword energies swept across his head, then changed direction and attacked Su Yuntao again.

That's it? Su Yuntao felt he had been too cautious. He gave his opponent no more chances and, relying on the Ming Jin he had mastered after his breakthrough, slapped Daolong off the stage with several consecutive claw attacks. As for the homing sword energy, Brother Tao said that it was easy to dodge with a little effort.

……

Splash! Splash!

A gray cloth bag was tossed up and down by one hand, and the crisp sound of gold soul coins clattering came from it.

"Hey, you guys think this money is too easy to make."

Su Yuntao felt the weight of the gold soul coins in his hand and was very satisfied.

Originally, the reward for Iron Soul's victory was only ten gold soul coins, but the Great Soul Arena was unexpectedly generous, perhaps to capitalize on Su Yuntao's popularity, and ultimately gave a reward of one hundred gold soul coins.

"That only means they earn more."

Tang Shan put his hands behind his head and responded casually.

"Today is a special case. Look at the usual Iron Soul Fighting event. If you lose, you lose everything and even lose the registration fee. If you win, you only get ten gold soul coins. It's just that the registration fee of the loser is transferred to the winner. The remaining ticket fees and food sales revenue are all pure profit."

"Ten gold soul coins is not a small amount; it's equivalent to my current monthly soul master allowance."

Su Yuntao didn't think much about how much money they made in the Great Soul Arena—that was their skill.

"By the way, little brother, why do my opponents seem unusually weak today?"

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Chapter 32: The drawbacks of amplifying soul skills, the difficulty and level classification of self-created soul skills.

That's because they haven't received systematic training.

Tangshan pointed to himself.

"Big brother, I've been training you for almost four or five years. If you can't even achieve a crushing victory against a Grand Soul Master after all these years of training, then all the hard work you've put in has been for nothing."

Su Yuntao pondered it and it seemed to make sense, but he couldn't help but think of that Great Soul Master's "stationary output" and was still full of confusion.

"But why doesn't that person know how to move? He just keeps using his soul skills."

Upon hearing Su Yuntao's question, Tang Shan's lips twitched slightly.

"Brother, the one you encountered should be an exception. Don't be fooled by his winning streak. I suspect that he achieved such a record entirely by relying on the overall coordination of his soul skills."

In other words, a winning streak doesn't provide an opportunity to identify one's own problems; only defeats at the same level can pinpoint weaknesses and allow for correction.

"No wonder."

Su Yuntao finally understood Tang Shan's meaning, but doubts arose again in an instant.

"So, do you think I also have these shortcomings?"

Tangshan snapped his fingers.

"There should be some, but not many. Brother, both of your soul skills are amplification-type, so defeating opponents relies heavily on skill, and you are far superior to them in this aspect."

"That's right, Yun Tao, your overall performance in this battle was fine, but you lacked combat experience and your attacks weren't decisive enough."

Su Haichao strongly agreed with Tang Shan's statement, while also pointing out Su Yuntao's fatal weakness.

“Yun Tao, you have a very obvious weakness that you haven’t realized yet, which is that you lack burst-type soul skills. You will be at a great disadvantage when you encounter a control-type soul master, and you will basically have no ability to fight back.”

"Then how should we solve this?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yuntao immediately realized his own problem. His two amplification skills could indeed improve his normal strength, but if he encountered a control-type Soul Master, he would likely have little room to fight back.

"There are two methods."

Tangshan held up two fingers.

"Brother, you originally planned to travel the continent. Whether you can ultimately resolve this depends on what you gain on your journey."

Su Yuntao asked curiously, "What do you mean by that?"

"One simple method is to choose an offensive soul skill for the third soul ring, which will naturally solve the problem of insufficient burst damage."

The second method is to continue stacking amplification skills on the third spirit ring, maximizing the potential of spirit ring stat stacking. As for the weakness in burst damage, aren't you going to travel the continent and participate in spirit battles? Use this time to develop a self-created spirit skill.

"Should I create my own soul skill?"

Su Yuntao looked on in disbelief, pointing to his own face.

"Is it unrealistic for a Soul Master with innate Soul Power Level 3 like me to try to create my own Soul Skills?"

Tang Shan curled his lip: "Creating your own soul skill and innate soul power are not absolutely related, so why is it impossible?"

As he spoke, Tangshan gave him a suggestion.

"Look at our old man's second soul skill, isn't it a great template? You've been idle these past few days after the battles, you can go and ask him for advice, maybe you can learn something from it."

Su Haichao listened to the two discussing their cultivation plans, never expecting that he could be of help.

Meeting Su Yuntao's longing gaze, he helplessly shrugged.

"Alright, I'll demonstrate the second soul skill to you when I have some free time."