Restless Urges
Golden Eagle Gorge, the 42nd camp of the border army of the Heaven Dou Empire.
On the wide, flat playground, two Soul Ring, one white and one yellow, swirled around Xiao Yan's feet. As the white Soul Ring lit up, his muscular, thick arms transformed into two dark, rocky arms.
Stone clenched his fist tightly, and Xiao Yan stared at the tall, thin youth more than ten meters away. His originally honest expression was gone, and his eyes were filled with fighting spirit. His fleshy face now gave people a ferocious feeling.
"Come on, Old Li—!"
With a loud roar, Xiao Yan charged towards the young man opposite him like a fully loaded truck.
The oppressive atmosphere was palpable, and the air currents it created along the way caused the hems of the crowd's clothes and their long hair to dance wildly.
"Drink it—!"
When he was still about ten feet away from the youth, Xiao Yan suddenly leaped up, clasped his hands together with his fingers interlaced, and smashed them toward the youth's head like a meteorite falling from the sky.
Faced with such overwhelming force, the young man surnamed Li's eyes narrowed, and his long, narrow face covered with fine scales became solemn. Just before Xiao Yan's hammer fell on his head, he twisted his body like a snake, diagonally avoiding the hammer that was larger than his head.
That wasn't all. In the instant he dodged, the first Yellow Soul Ring beneath the young man's feet shone brightly, and a short, black sword about a foot long suddenly appeared in his right hand.
It was clearly an awkward movement of twisting the body to dodge, a posture that should have been extremely difficult to exert force in, but the young man surnamed Li defied common sense. His upper and lower body seemed to be two independent entities, and he controlled his sword to thrust it straight at Xiao Yan's back.
In mid-air, Xiao Yan plummeted rapidly. Facing the young man surnamed Li's dodge and thrust, he only had time to exert force from his waist and abdomen, arching his upper body so that the thrusting sword could be moved from his back to his shoulder blade.
However, the young man surnamed Li's thrust was actually a feint. As Xiao Yan changed his posture, the sword that was originally aimed at his back had silently changed its target to Xiao Yan's kidney!
The attack was too sudden, and the time given to Xiao Yan was too short. He had no time to react before the dull, lifeless sword pierced his lower back.
"Clang—!"
A metallic clang suddenly rang out, drawing the attention of many who turned to look at Xiao Yan, who had thick eyebrows and large eyes.
At this moment, Xiao Yan and the young man surnamed Li, who had just exchanged a few blows, each took two steps back and stood facing each other.
The young man surnamed Li looked down at the short sword in his hand, formed from the "First Soul Skill - Jiao Snake's Horn," then looked up at Xiao Yan, who was still on high alert. His gaze lingered on Xiao Yan's waist and ribs, where a dark golden luster was very conspicuous under the tattered clothes. At this moment, he had a "MMP" in his mind.
Li Lili, with the Martial Soul "Single-Horned Flood Dragon Serpent", is 22 years old, a level 28 Agility Attack System Grand Soul Master, and the captain of a thousand men in the 42nd camp of the Heaven Dou Border Army.
The standoff lasted only a few breaths before Xiao Yan and Li Lili resumed their battle.
This time, Xiao Yan seemed to know that he had failed to wipe out his opponent in one fell swoop with a surprise attack. So, as Defense System, his best response to Li Lili, who was Agility Attack System, was to Immovable as a Mountain and launch a counterattack.
Next, no matter how Li Lili probed and lured the enemy in, Xiao Yan remained unmoved, focusing solely on defense. No matter how tricky or unpredictable Li Lili's attacks came from, he blocked them all. Occasionally, he would find an opening to launch a counterattack, but he never greedily advanced and knew when to stop. He was not disappointed even if he did not achieve any results.
After a good ten minutes, Li Lili finally leaped backward, landing five or six meters away from Xiao Yan. She glared fiercely at Xiao Yan and gritted her teeth, saying, "I'm not fighting anymore—!"
If the fight continued, although the two Soul Power of level 29 and 28 respectively, they should have exhausted their strength one after the other. However, Xiao Yan was standing still to defend and counterattack, while Li Lili was moving and attacking quickly. In terms of stamina consumption alone, Xiao Yan was at a clear disadvantage.
in addition...
His gaze once again fell on Xiao Yan's chest, abdomen, waist, and ribs. Beneath the stabs, cuts, and rips in his clothes, a dark gold metal inner armor was revealed.
This big, goofy guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes actually wore inner armor during the sparring match, and it was even able to withstand multiple attacks from him, a level 28 Grand Soul Master, wielding an inner armor comparable to an eight or nine hundred-fold forged weapon!
Your heart is so dirty!
Li Lili was indignant. After releasing her Martial Soul, her face, which had become normal in shape but slightly longer than that of an ordinary person, revealed an undisguised expression of contempt.
Ignoring Li Lili's disdain, Xiao Yan withdrew his Martial Soul, turned his head with a silly grin, and looked at Ling Yi in the crowd outside the arena.
As Ling Yi stepped closer, Xiao Yan scratched the back of his head and laughed:
"Brother Yi, this 'Black Gold Inner Armor' is really useful! Hehe—"
"Old Li's First Soul Skill conjured a small dagger, and my First Soul Skill covered my arms with rocks. They really couldn't stop it..."
"That's a short sword!" Li Lili, who had walked up to Xiao Yan, heard his words and her already sour face darkened even more. She gritted her teeth and reminded him.
Startled by the "kind" reminder, Xiao Yan looked at Li Lili, whose face was dark, and asked in confusion, "Huh? Really? I see that dagger of yours... well, short sword, is only a little bit longer than my palm—"
As he spoke, he raised his arm and stretched out his palm, which was as big as a palm leaf fan, and waved it from side to side in front of Li Lili's eyes.
Fortunately, just as Li Lili was thinking about whether to draw her sword and fight this big oaf again, Ling Yi pulled Xiao Yan in time and advised, "Alright, A Yan, stop fooling around—" As he spoke, Ling Yi pulled Xiao Yan to his side, and the burly and tall body came to stand next to Ling Yi with the force of the pull, and he patted his head with his palm.
"Captain Li~" Ling Yi looked at Li Lili with a warm smile and said gently, "Excuse my Ling Yi, but judging from Captain Li's fighting style just now, it seems to be an assassin-style Agility Attack System- based Soul Master?"
In the current period of the Douluo Continent, the understanding and classification of Martial Soul is very rudimentary.
Well, it's unclear whether top-tier forces such as the Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the two great empires, or other long-established forces, possess more profound theoretical knowledge. But at least the information that is currently widely known is, in Ling Yi's view, extremely crude and rudimentary.
For example, the classification of Martial Soul themselves can be broadly divided into only two categories: Beast Martial Soul and Tool Martial Soul.
Even plant-based Martial Soul are classified as Tool Martial Soul.
The basis for the classification is the way the Martial Soul manifests itself when it is used.
Beast Martial Soul is a form of possession that grants Soul Master the power of Beast Martial Soul. By combining the human body with the Beast Martial Soul, one can enhance their strength and achieve the effect of unity between human and soul.
Generally speaking, Tool Martial Soul are used outside the body. The relationship between Soul Master and Martial Soul is one of use and being used. Therefore, most Tool Martial Soul are classified as auxiliary.
Of course, whether it's swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, or other types of Tool Martial Soul, their inherent characteristics as weapons mean that Soul Master who uses them as their Martial Soul will naturally follow the path of Battle Soul Master.
Whether it's Tool Martial Soul or Beast Martial Soul, some can be geared towards support or others towards combat.
Further subdivided, there are Food System, Healing System, Combat System, Control System, Reconnaissance System, and so on.
In the original work, the representatives of the Food System are Oscar and Shao Xin; the Healing System includes Ye Lingling and Jiang Zhu; the Control System, not to mention the protagonist Tang San, includes people such as Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, Hu Liena, etc.; the Reconnaissance System is extremely rare, but the people of the Speed Clan can all be included.
Getting back to the main point, Li Lili's Martial Soul is the "Single-Horned Flood Dragon Serpent," a type of snake-like Soul Beast that contains an extremely faint dragon bloodline. Its single horn is indestructible, and its scales are tough. Although it is not poisonous, it is very powerful and moves like the wind.
Taking the Combat System route is clearly the right choice.
Given the characteristics of the "Single-Horned Flood Dragon Serpent," whether it follows Power Attack System or Agility Attack System, it is actually a promising path.
Within the Agility Attack System, there are actually different style paths: there's the swift and powerful style, the rapid and powerful style, the quick and powerful style, and the agile style, which is quick to attack and quick to retreat, and quick and unpredictable...
However, based on Li Lili's previous performance, it seems that he brought the concealment habits of ordinary snakes into the "Single-Horned Flood Dragon Serpent" and then chose the assassin style of waiting for the right moment to strike and then leaving on the path of Agility Attack System.
This made Ling Yi to suppress his burgeoning desire to conduct research.
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