300 Foxes and a Donkey's Jawbone
When God breathed life into Adam he became a living soul, so there's a connection between the life and the blood, which is why the Children of Israel and the early Church had prohibitions on eating blood or meat with blood in it.
The soul is our consciousness and personality which dwells in a body that is animated by the spirit. A spirit from God, literally breath, gives life to our body by energizing metabolism through the action of the hemoglobin molecule.
When the Bible refers to living creatures that have life, it's referring to a sentient being which has a spirit and a soul. It's not equivalent to the biological definition of life.
The biological definition of life and what the Bible describes as living aren't the same thing. This is important to know as we see how the process of creation unfolded. Biology is the foundation of secular humanism.
I know a lot of people find it hard to reconcile the idea of a righteous God with vials of plagues being poured out upon the earth. It's in a similar vein to the idea that a loving God wouldn't send people to hell.
The third trumpet is the third plague which involves large quantities of material falling out of the sky. The stars fall from heaven as the continents are moved into a contiguous landmass.
It's amazing, but occasionally people actually ask good questions. Occasionally. We need to have good answers. All the time.
IF the body is the dust of the earth, AND the spirit is from God, THEN the soul is us: our consciousness and personality. But where is it? Is it a thing? What is it?