Douluo: I am a blacksmith

Entering the depths of the Star Forest means death is always with you.

The junction of ice and fire in Tianshui Forest was indeed the most dangerous area Qiu Ruolin had ever walked through.

However, deep in the Star Dou Forest, there seems to be an aura that is even weirder and more terrifying than the one at the junction of ice and fire.

Almost all the soul beasts living here are over ten thousand years old and have very tyrannical strength.

According to the original records, there are some soul beasts that are far older than 10 years old in the Star Dou Forest. Without a strong team of soul masters following them, absolutely no one would dare to break in.

Qiu Ruolin passed by on a certain thorny path, using his magic pupils and mirror eye bones at the same time.

Lock, perspective, both skills are used together.

While cutting off the thorns blocking the way, he moved forward.

At this moment, he is not his true body, but his shadow clone.

The main body is still hidden outside the Star Dou Forest.

If one of the four shadow clones heading deep into the Star Forest finds traces of the Phantom Mantis, he will first analyze whether he has the ability to fight, and then switch places with that shadow clone.

If you are defeated, you can escape intact.

"The detection range of the mental power and insight of the locking skills is a thousand meters. The vision range of the perspective is 500 meters.".

"The four shadow clones use the locking and perspective abilities at the same time, which allows me to better find the traces of the Phantom Mantis." Qiu Ruolin, who was hiding in the grass outside the forest, analyzed secretly. He was not idle now.

Because the permission to use soul power and soul skills must be allocated to four shadow clones at the same time, this requires tremendous mental power and soul power support.

Qiu Ruolin secretly thought that if he could learn the Qibao Glazed Sect's unique secret technique of 'distracted control', he would be able to reduce the consumption of soul power when controlling four shadow clones in the future.

"Yes." The shadow clone that had just passed through the thorn forest discovered the dangerous aura hidden in a dark place through the locking skill.

Target locked.

Qiu Ruolin was certain that the ghostly figure hiding in the dark like a shadow was the soul beast he was looking for, the Phantom Mantis.

"It has been cultivated for more than 4 years." Qiu Ruolin was secretly happy. The Phantom Mantis, which had been cultivated for 4 years, was very much in line with his expectations and was capable of fighting it.

Thinking of this, Qiu Ruolin moved his mind, changed his shadow method, and silently exchanged places with the shadow clone in the thorn forest.

"Third Soul Skill, Shadow Binding" he muttered silently, and the black energy wrapped around his body turned into spider silk, and penetrated into the ground without anyone noticing.

With the tracking ability given by the locking skill, countless tiny black spider silks quietly swam towards the place where the Phantom Mantis lurked.

It lurks in the dark like a shadow, and when the time is right, it will kill its prey at extremely fast speeds.

This is the phantom mantis' usual hunting method, and it is also a stunt that it is proud of.

But it never expected that Qiu Ruolin standing in its field of vision would be the same.

The battle between two lurkers is not about gorgeous and cool soul skills, but about who has the upper hand.

Whoever has the opportunity to take the lead will win this life-and-death match.

Qiu Ruolin's mental perception could detect every move of the Phantom Mantis. He deliberately let down his guard and let the Phantom Mantis in the dark seize the opportunity.

Sure enough, a soul beast with ten thousand years of cultivation has human thinking ability.

Phantom Mantis immediately noticed that Qiu Ruolin breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his guard. There were flaws all over his body.

A group of black shadows in the darkness slowly left the surface and moved towards Qiu Ruolin's back.

The black shadow revealed a pair of big eyes of the mantis, then a gray-black neck, two scythes on its arms, and then its abdomen, until the entire body broke away from the ground and returned to the shape of a mantis.

The Phantom Mantis is less than ten meters away from Qiu Ruolin. This is the effective range within which it can carry out instant hunting. The sharp scythe is already ready to attack.

Just waiting for Qiu Ruolin's next opportunity to exhale, the Phantom Mantis will pounce on Qiu Ruolin at lightning speed and kill him with a scythe.

At this time, countless black spider silks that had been ambush for a long time were also waiting for opportunities behind Mantis. The two entered a state of hunting each other, waiting for the moment when each other revealed their fatal flaws.

For a long time, the two sides still did not launch a surprise attack.

Qiu Ruolin secretly sighed, Phantom Mantis was indeed known as the Shadow Killer, and had such patience and vigilance. It was probably because he was afraid of falling into the trap of a human soul master that he delayed launching a surprise attack.

Just after sighing, Phantom Mantis seemed to have found the opportunity. The blade-like wings behind it vibrated rapidly, trying to give Qiu Ruolin a fatal blow with an instantaneous burst of speed.

The black spider silk hidden behind it also immediately noticed the strange movement of the Phantom Mantis.

Before the Phantom Mantis could launch an attack, the black spider silk hidden everywhere wrapped around the Phantom Mantis at an almost instantaneous speed, and then all the spider threads were shaped like black snakes and tightly bound the Phantom Mantis' whole body.

The scythes on both arms were controlled separately by spider silk, so it couldn't use its strength at all.

It wasn't until the toxins attached to the black spider silk invaded his body that Phantom Mantis realized that he had fallen into the trap of a human soul master.

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A harsh insect chirp echoed in the forest, and the sound spread outward like ripples in all directions.

According to records in the book, the Phantom Mantis is a solitary traveler, so this insect chirp should not be a cry for help from its companions.

But the knowledge in the book is dead. The ten-thousand-year cultivation soul beast has the thinking ability of a human being, so it will definitely leave itself with backup. This can be seen from the fact that the Phantom Mantis has not launched an attack just now. It has certain There is definitely something wrong with his wisdom and his neighing just now.

It is not suitable to stay here for a long time.

Qiu Ruolin wrapped all the spider silk that bound the Phantom Mantis around its body, making it unable to make any sound and the neurotoxins continued to enter the body.

In the giant black cocoon, the Phantom Mantis's struggle gradually weakened, and then it became calm as it lost consciousness.

Qiu Ruolin exchanged places with it and another shadow clone at the same time. He came from the thorn forest to the shore of a lake and escaped in time.

Just as he expected, the shadow clone that appeared in the thorn forest on his behalf saw several ghostly shadows flashing, and the ghostly shadows jumped out of the ground and turned into several phantom mantises.

The scythe of one of the mantises instantly penetrated the shadow clone's heart, causing the shadow clone to turn into black air and float away.

The information obtained by the shadow clone reached Qiu Ruolin's mind, and he was so startled that he broke into a sweat.

Fortunately, he escaped in time, otherwise he would never be able to win against so many phantom mantises.

Because they have the same ability as Qiu Ruolin to turn into shadows and lurk on the surface, bullets cannot hit them.

Moreover, they are incredibly fast and will be killed by numerous mantises before they even shoot.

"Huh..." With a long sigh, Qiu Ruolin sat down on the edge of the lake, with a giant black cocoon placed next to him.

Trapped within the giant cocoon is the phantom mantis whose nerves have been paralyzed by toxins and have lost consciousness.

A pair of sharp red eyes in the lake stared at Qiu Ruolin for a long time, just in time until Qiu Ruolin sighed and relaxed his vigilance.

The monster hiding in the lake suddenly rushed out.

Bang.

A huge creature emerged from the lake quickly, opening its jaws wide and pounced towards Qiu Ruolin.

The first soul skill, Shadow Transformation, was activated. He turned into a shadow and escaped to the surface, leaving the place in time to avoid the monster's sneak attack.

The behemoth that attacked him was an amphibious spirit beast, the Iron Wall Fish Frog.

The Iron Wall Fish Frog has an iron wall that looks like a turtle shell. Its defensive power is no less than that of a scaled beast, and it has extremely impressive speed in the water.

When in danger, it can retract its head into the iron wall of the turtle shell. When it needs to hunt for food, it can open its jaws wide and bite the prey to death with terrifying bite force.

Qiu Ruolin is no stranger to soul beasts such as the Iron Wall Fish Frog, because the Han family's Blue Lotus Smoked Bass Martial Spirit often hunts the Iron Wall Fish Frog to use as a spirit ring.

Fortunately, leaving the water source, the Iron Wall Fish Frog would slow down, otherwise Qiu Ruolin would be torn apart by the amazing bite force.

The depths of the Star Dou Forest are indeed full of dangers.I can't help but feel inspired...

At this time, Qiu Ruolin was amazed in his heart, and after a few seconds of buffering, he thought of a way to protect himself.

The skin of the Iron Wall Fish Frog is as steely as iron, and ordinary soul skills and attacks are simply not enough to break through its shell and iron wall defense.

"This bastard's turtle shell is as thick as the iron skin of a tank on Blue Star. It can be used to test the power of the newly completed Barrett!" With a thought, Qiu Ruolin, who was lurking on the surface, went into hiding.

He jumped out of the ground and returned to his human form, summoning the soul bone from his head. His speed surged for two minutes, and he flew high into the sky with large colorful wings behind him.

Best Barrett: God-killing Twilight.

With super long range and the power to destroy everything, it can truly block and kill gods.

The talent skill Magic Eye is turned on, loaded, loaded, and the magnifying glass is turned on.

Qiu Ruolin put the black and gold Barrett on his shoulder and focused the sight on the head of the iron wall fish frog.

As if feeling an invisible force torturing his head, the Iron Wall Fish Frog, who was still looking for Qiu Ruolin's location, immediately retracted his head into the iron wall shaped like a turtle shell.

The iron wall seemed to have been strengthened by some kind of soul skill, shining like a diamond, and its hardness seemed to have been greatly improved.

"It's no use hiding your head! As long as I can break through your iron wall, I can shoot you in the head!" Qiu Ruolin, who was still in the air, continued to aim at the head of the iron wall fish frog.

The top-quality Barrett's sight has a perspective effect and can see through the vision obstruction of the turtle shell and iron wall, and directly see the fish frog head hidden in the iron wall.

The target is the head position of the iron wall fish frog.

The transmitter was clicked, and there was almost no sound. A reinforced bullet made of steel and gold came out of the gun, spinning at high speed and flying towards the iron wall of the Iron Wall Fish Frog.

Whoosh.Keng.

The enhanced bullet hit the hard iron wall and did not bounce off. Instead, it tore the iron wall apart like a meat grinder, opened a hole, and continued to shoot towards its head.

Soon, a large amount of blood poured out of the iron wall, and the energetic iron wall fish frog was killed by an armor-piercing bullet in the head.

When its head protruded from the iron wall, there was a bloody hole in its brain and its eyes turned white.

Withdrawing the God-killing Twilight, the soul bone of the head is also taken back, and the hiding state and the possession of the martial spirit are released at the same time.

After landing, Qiu Ruolin came to the dead Iron Wall Fish Frog. Although he didn't want its soul ring, the newly hatched little black snake was a foodie, so he could leave the Iron Wall Fish Frog to it as food.

Deep in the Star Forest, next to the lake.

A black light flashed out from the ring and turned into a small black snake only ten centimeters suspended in the air.

Qiu Ruolin pointed to the dead Iron Wall Fish Frog and said, "The soul ring produced by this soul beast will be used as food for you!".

The little black snake seemed to understand what Qiu Ruolin meant, its crystal eyes blinked and it neighed softly.

Then he swung his tiny snake tail and swam over the iron-walled fish frog whose head was still bleeding.

It closed its red and blue eyes, as if taking a deep breath, and the black soul ring produced by the Iron Wall Fish Frog was sucked in with one breath, and the soul ring turned into a large number of black particles and entered its mouth.

After about a minute of absorption, the little black snake finally absorbed all the energy of this ten thousand year soul ring into its body.

Qiu Ruolin came to the little black snake's position and raised his index finger towards the little black snake.

The little black snake immediately swung its tiny tail and swam to Qiu Ruolin's shoulder.

It gently rubbed Qiu Ruolin's cheek with its little head and neighed softly, as if thanking its owner for the meal in a coquettish tone.

"After absorbing the energy of the ten thousand year soul ring, although the little black snake has not changed at all, it can be felt that the energy contained in its body is even greater...".

The innate skill Demon Eye was activated, and through the Demon Eye's ability to capture the soul power, he could clearly see that the soul power in the little black snake's body had skyrocketed.

"The little black snake's current cultivation level should have reached a hundred years...but his body has not changed at all. Could it be that it will not grow until it reaches a thousand years of cultivation level?"

Qiu Ruolin's index finger gently teased the little black snake's lower jaw. Its crystal clear eyes narrowed and it calmly enjoyed the owner's touch.

"After you've absorbed it, it's my turn!" Qiu Ruolin took the little black snake back into the small purple grid of the ring.

"I hope Phantom Mantis can give me a domineering fifth soul skill..."