Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 130: Soul Fall
royal palace.

The observatory in the night was like a mountain built within the imperial palace. On the platform at the top of the mountain, the leader of the Star Crown Sect was wearing a purple robe that rustled in the night wind.

Three hundred eternal lamps made from thousand-year-old star spirit grass are hung in the air by iron wires, surrounding the entire observatory.

A lavender halo swirled across the surface of the lamps. When Xu Xingquan released his martial spirit, the lamps suddenly vibrated like buzzing insects. From each cluster of flames, a three-inch-high golden flame leaped out, showering countless stars. The entire platform was instantly enveloped in star projections, as if the stars had fallen into the human world.

Astrological martial souls have a characteristic: when in an environment with rich starlight, the martial soul's ability will be greatly enhanced.

With the help of the burning of the Millennium Star Spirit Grass, the rich starlight reached a certain limit in an instant. Medicinal materials such as Bingpo Suanxuanshen created a low-temperature environment to slow down the loss of energy.

Xu Xiaoyan and two other Xingguan Sect disciples stood quietly in the distance. This was a rare opportunity for them.

For example, under the starlight, Xu Xiaoyan suddenly covered her chest and took two steps back, and the Starlight Ice Wand appeared uncontrollably in front of her.

The six-sided ice crystal at the end of the staff devoured the scattered starlight frantically, and a strange golden vortex appeared within the crystal. She felt her soul power boiling in her meridians, as if it was about to break free from some shackles.

Her eyes were as bright as starlight, and she thought to herself: If she could maintain the surrounding starlight, her martial soul would definitely be able to evolve.

However, the Star Spirit Grass being ignited was already the stock of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Crown Sect for many years. If they wanted to maintain it for a long time, the manpower and material resources consumed would be immeasurable. It was impossible to consume all of it for her alone.

"The Big Dipper's cardinal, the Purple Palace is moving!"

Xu Xingquan formed the inherited soul skill Star Seal with his hands, and the nine soul rings lit up at the same time. The starlight energy gathered towards the Star Chessboard Martial Soul, transformed into black and white chess pieces, and fell onto the chessboard.

Above the chessboard, starlight formed a shape resembling an armillary sphere. The previously silent chess pieces, like real stars, began to spin counterclockwise in a simulated reality. Countless stars, trailing tails of light, plummeted towards the chessboard, condensing into liquid starlight on the dark jade surface.

bump!bump!bump!
The crisp sound of chess pieces dropping echoed in the dark night. If you looked down from a high altitude, you would find that the chess pieces gradually formed a map.

"Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji!"

Every time Xu Xingquan pronounced a star name, a chess piece transformed into the shadow of a city. When the ninth star, "Yuheng," fell into the northwest corner of the chessboard, the entire chessboard suddenly took on a map of the Tiandou Empire's territory, with a corresponding destiny star hovering above each major city.

Inside Shrek Academy, Gula was awakened by a premonition. He used telekinesis to control his body and flew out of the room, reaching the roof barefoot.

The bricks and stones beneath his feet were crystallizing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and dark red lines were spreading across the surface of the building like veins of magma.

Gula looked into the future and got the answer: "Using the stupid method of exhaustive enumeration, no wonder they have to cooperate with the Tiandou Empire."

"But I don't want to be exposed yet."

Gula was powerless against the characteristics of other people's martial spirits. Pure probability calculations and his identity as the son of destiny could not help him either.

"But who gave you the courage to rashly infer the spirit of a god..."

Gula activated Groudon's power, connecting himself to the earth, and the mortal's status was infinitely close to that of Groudon's clone.

And to predict the fate of the gods - a scarlet crack suddenly appeared in the sky above the observatory, dyeing all the starlight red.

The materialized pressure descended like the might of heaven. The chessboard in front of Xu Xingquan made a crisp sound like porcelain breaking. The chess pieces condensed from starlight exploded one after another, and the flying stardust ignited a strange black flame in the air.

On the observatory, Xu Xingquan's pupils shook violently and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Star-Shaping Chessboard shattered instantly, and the Origin continued to fall. The Black Jade Chessboard… the Black Stone Chessboard… the Broken Wood Chessboard…

Falling to his limit, the rule of heaven and earth that a soul master must have a martial soul saved him. The three hundred eternal lamps bore part of the cost and finally saved his life. "Sect Master!"

Seven protective stars lit up around Xu Xingkong. He stepped onto the observatory, but was engulfed in black flames the moment he touched the broken pieces of the chessboard.

The flames actually flowed upstream along the trajectory of the starlight, burning black holes in the star map unfolded behind him.

The backlash lingering between heaven and earth instantly severely damaged him, sending him flying backwards, hitting the ground and breaking several eternal lanterns. His life or death was unknown.

This made Emperor Xue Ye, who wanted to save Xu Xingquan, stop in his tracks and just release his healing soul skills from a distance towards the observatory.

As soon as Emperor Xue Ye's Swan Spirit unleashed its spirit ability, he noticed a severe depletion of spirit power. He was horrified to discover that upon contacting the wounded, his healing spirit power transformed into a fierce backlash energy, intent on devouring him.

He stopped immediately, and the last eternal lamp went out just as it was burning. All that was left on the observatory was a rotten wooden chessboard covered in cracks.

Xu Xingquan knelt in the stardust ashes with disheveled white hair, his hands, which were once as crystal clear as jade, were covered with wrinkles like bark - this level 95 Super Douluo, at this moment, had a soul power fluctuation of less than level 30.

"Sect Master, Elder!"

Xu Xiaoyan and the other two finally reacted and rushed to check on Xu Xingkong's condition.

A few kilometers away, Gula saw the result and the crystallized building under his feet returned to its original state.

He looked at the gradually whitening sky in the east, his eyes flickering with a dark golden light like lava: "The price of the next deduction will be more than just the loss of your martial soul."

Last time, it was the Silver Dragon King who suppressed him with his status, this time it was his turn to suppress others. Gula was quite satisfied with the result. His expression was as indifferent as the world, and he returned to the dormitory to continue sleeping.

In the observatory, Emperor Xue Ye looked surprised, he had lost the bet.

"Even the Xingguan Sect, who are good at calculations, can't locate Da Mu. What is his strength?"

Thinking of the many precious materials consumed for this calculation, Emperor Xue Ye felt heartbroken. He had already used up many royal collections for his breakthrough, and this time's consumption completely made the Tiandou royal family penniless.

Xu Xingquan took a long time to adapt, and stood up with difficulty under the backlash of the divine power. Feeling the tingling sensation in his meridians, he smiled bitterly and shook his head. This time he lost both the wife and the army.

His martial soul still existed, but it had degenerated to a poor quality level, and his soul power could not be used. Even if his soul power could still be used, his martial soul could not withstand several activations.

With only a Titled Douluo-level body left, his combat power is estimated to be only superior to that of a Soul Sage who does not use his spirit body.

He slowly walked down the observatory. Emperor Xue Ye maintained the tolerance of an emperor. Although his heart was bleeding, he still smiled for the sake of the Xingguan Sect.

"Sect Master Xu..."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to say more. It was Xu who was arrogant and underestimated the big wood. Xingguan Sect will compensate for some of the precious materials."

"Also, according to my calculations, there's a 70% chance that the tree is hidden in Tiandou City. The exact location can only be determined by Your Majesty."

Xu Xingquan was well versed in the ways of the charlatans, so he did not say anything final, giving Emperor Xue Ye some hope while leaving him a way out.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xue Ye's smile suddenly became much more sincere. "Master Xu, you are too kind. The failure of the deduction is not your fault. As for compensation, there is no need to elaborate. I hope to cooperate with your sect and continue to search for the big tree. What do you think, Master?"

Having invested so much, Emperor Xue Ye was unwilling to fail.

(End of this chapter)