Soul Arena

Charm, Heart-Eating, Essence Theft, Fox Claw!!

Lin Wan looked at his palm, now faintly gleaming silver from the surging soul power, and felt strangely unsettled.

His sea-blue eyes widened round, and his expression was a spectacle to behold.

After a brief daze, he could no longer suppress the complaints in his heart.

"Holy shit!!!"

"Soul Seizure, Heart-Eating!!"

"Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox!!"

"Xiao Wei!!! Was that you!!!!"

Lin Wan let out a soundless roar. In an instant, he remembered a movie he had watched in his previous life.

That Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox, Xiao Wei, who had gone mad for love and dug out people's hearts to preserve the beauty of her skin.

"My martial soul, my abilities..."

Lin Wan looked at his palm, which had already returned to normal, then at the holy and beautiful Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox phantom behind him, its nine tails swaying.

"No wonder the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox's charm always felt a little wicked. So this was where it came from."

Lin Wan pressed a hand to his forehead, his face full of helplessness and utter despair.

"Couldn't the Nine-Tailed Fox, such an auspicious beast, just cultivate its immortal path properly? Why did it have to eat human hearts? What was so great about love? What was so great about a pretty face!"

He furiously complained about that legendary predecessor in his heart.

"Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei, you really ruined the reputation of our Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox lineage! Now that this Heart-Eating Essence Theft skill has appeared, how am I supposed to become the heartthrob of Douluo Continent and charm countless girls? The moment they see this ability, they'll probably report me as an evil soul master on the spot."

Just imagine it: he would walk over with perfect grace, intending to charm his target with Soul Seizure. The moment his hand touched them, they would freeze for three seconds, and then he would reach in with a claw and rip out their heart?

The image was too beautiful. Lin Wan simply did not dare think about it.

"Once this martial soul awakening ability is used, I'll definitely be treated as an evil soul master." Lin Wan felt like crying without tears.

However, after the shock, complaints, and helplessness had passed, a sharp and calm light appeared deep in Lin Wan's eyes.

He carefully sensed every detail of this newly awakened ability once more.

A forced three-second charm—this was practically a god-tier skill!

As long as Lin Wan got close, the opponent would definitely be forcibly controlled.

Although Heart-Eating Essence Theft sounded evil, it could actively devour energy.

It was practically a supercharged recovery tool and cultivation accelerator.

As for the passive nourishment, they were enemies anyway. Was it not only right to give himself a little extra benefit?

His hand could also transform into a fox claw, improving his armor-piercing ability and making up for his current lack of powerful physical attacks.

Setting aside those somewhat questionable aspects, the actual effects of this soul skill were ridiculously overpowered.

Lin Wan had to admit it. He was actually very satisfied with this soul skill.

As expected of something produced by the system. The quality was excellent.

"Xiao Wei, this isn't your fault either. This shortcut really is amazing!"

Lin Wan stood up and stretched his body.

After absorbing the soul ring, his soul power had become more condensed and substantial, while his physique had also received another boost.

"I'll have to be careful when using Heart-Eating Essence Theft in the future." Lin Wan made up his mind. "Unless absolutely necessary, I must never reveal Heart-Eating Essence Theft in front of others. Its effect is simply too absurd—I'm afraid people will get jealous. The control effect of my first soul skill, Soul Seizure, is already enough for me."

"As for recovery and cultivation..."

A sharp gleam flashed through Lin Wan's eyes. "I'll find a chance to visit the Spirit Hunting Forest and test it on some soul beasts. Let's see just how amazing Heart-Eating Essence Theft really is."

With a wave of his hand, he withdrew his martial soul and soul ring. The pinkish-white light and bright yellow halo in the room instantly vanished.

Then the Three-Headed Hellhound guarding the door gave a low growl, turning into three streams of black smoke that sank back into The Tinderbox.

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

However, the new students at his level generally only had a few ranks of soul power.

The strongest was merely a girl with Innate Soul Power at rank five. School had only been in session for a little over a month, and she had only cultivated to rank six.

As a result, whenever Lin Wan sparred with them in the school's combat classes, he felt as though he were bullying children.

He did not even need to summon the Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox. His body, strengthened by the soul ring alone, was enough to crush them with ease.

This meant that after learning the techniques in first-year combat class, Lin Wan had no way to properly reinforce them.

"No, I need to find someone who can actually fight."

Lin Wan sat by the window, his sea-blue eyes watching his classmates sweat profusely as they practiced basic hand-to-hand combat on the field outside, but his mind had already drifted far away.

He thought of the Soul Arena, a place found in nearly every major city on Douluo Continent.

It was a place specifically for soul masters to spar, settle grudges, and gamble in duels.

At the Soul Arena, Lin Wan could not only hone himself through combat, but perhaps even pick up a few martial arts techniques.

No sooner said than done.

On a day off, Lin Wan changed into an inconspicuous set of gray casual clothes, used a Disguise Card to turn his hair black, and put on an ordinary silver mask that covered only the upper half of his face.

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

Frost City's Soul Arena stood in the western district of the city. It was a massive circular stone structure, like an ancient Roman coliseum.

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

After paying the registration fee, he filled in his information. Lin Wan gave a false name and directly chose White Fox as his codename.

As for his martial soul, he used the Disguise Card to make it appear as a White Fox.

With a thought, Lin Wan summoned his martial soul.

What appeared in his palm was no longer the sacred and alluring Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox, with its swaying nine tails and silver-white fur tipped in crimson.

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

Above the martial soul floated a faintly yellow soul ring.

After taking one look, the information clerk withdrew his gaze. After all, the minimum requirement for entering the Soul Arena was a one-ring soul master.

He had even seen Soul Ancestors before. A normal one-ring soul master only needed a glance.

"Very well, your information has been registered. We will match you with a suitable opponent as soon as possible."

Since the minimum requirement at the Soul Arena was a one-ring soul master, Lin Wan did not have to wait long. A moment later, the Soul Arena had found him a suitable opponent.

Lin Wan took a deep breath and followed the staff member's guidance onto the soul fighting platform.

It was a circular stone platform roughly thirty meters in diameter, surrounded by tiered seating. A sparse crowd of around a hundred people sat there at the moment, mostly civilians or low-ranking soul masters who had come to watch the excitement.

His opponent, codenamed "Han Ya," was already standing on the other side of the soul fighting platform.

He was a tall, thin young man with somewhat gloomy eyes. Like Lin Wan, he wore a mask.

When he saw Lin Wan step onto the platform, Han Ya's eyes flashed with disdain. After all, Lin Wan was only six years old and barely one meter thirty tall.