Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 182 The Glory of Shrek Academy
The Realm of Sword Soul perfectly fuses one's own martial soul with sword techniques, imbuing each move with the power of the martial soul, making it even more powerful.

Groudon's spirit at this moment is itself, and it can perfectly utilize the power of its spirit. It seems that it can finally unleash the vast power of a divine beast.

Groudon's feet shattered beneath him, and flame totems emerged from his body. A rumbling tremor emanated from the depths of the city, as the city's leyline energy erupted from the earth as a crimson torrent, solidifying a massive basalt sword a thousand meters in the sky. Lava patterns flowed along the blade, each crack spewing forth the fires of the earth's core.

Rayquaza's emerald-green dragon body surged in the clouds, and the delta currents formed twelve hurricane vortexes.

However, when Groudon wielded the giant sword with both hands and brought it down, time and space seemed to freeze for a moment—wherever the sword passed, black gravity ripples dispersed the hurricane.

Rayquaza lost its balance and was slammed into the distant mountains by the overwhelming force. Thirty-seven peaks and high-rises collapsed one after another, and dust clouds rose like nuclear mushrooms.

The golden ring that freed Hoopa rose up, ready to teleport away, but Groudon used gravity to compress space, blocking the possibility of teleportation.

Groudon ascended the long lava staircase, and the gravity field layered around him, instantly turning buildings within a hundred meters into ruins.

When the giant sword, bearing the weight of the earth's veins, cleaved down, even the light was distorted, and the blade collided with the liberated Hoopa, creating a blazing white flash like a solar storm.

The giant sword's outer layer of rock peeled away inch by inch, revealing its boiling molten core. Hoopa's six-armed defensive shield shattered like a spiderweb, its energy depleted, and he briefly fell unconscious.

"ended."

Gula sighed, and with a sense of enlightenment about the sword spirit, his consciousness returned to his body.

Only the giant sword embedded in the earth began to slowly crystallize, and crimson energy surged along the earth's vein network.

Perhaps a hundred years from now, when explorers find this place, they will discover a hundred-mile-long vein of top-quality firestone and be able to feel the power of the divine beast.

……

"Brother Gu, Brother Gu?"

Xu Xiaoyan was chattering away, talking about funny things from her childhood and her journey to Donghai Academy, but she didn't get a response. Then she realized that Gula had closed her eyes and seemed to be asleep.

"Um, what?"

Gula opened his eyes, a dark golden light flashing in his pupils, and turned to Xu Xiaoyan. At this moment, his boiling blood and qi had returned to normal and were no longer flowing down haphazardly.

Xu Xiaoyan puffed out her cheeks like a pufferfish, her cute face rosy and fair: "Were you not listening to me just now?"

Gula recalled that her sharp mind instinctively remembered about 70-80% of what Xu Xiaoyan had said.

So he stubbornly insisted, "No way, I've been listening all along. For example, when you were little, you were afraid of the dark and wouldn't dare sleep with the lights off, and you still needed to listen to stories..."

"Oh!"

Xu Xiaoyan quickly stopped Gula from continuing, "You can't tell anyone!"

She already regretted it; why couldn't she control her mouth? But looking at Gula's quiet appearance when he was "asleep," Xu Xiaoyan thought of the handsome scene when he instantly killed her brother, yet he would protect her and ensure her safe departure from the Spirit Ascension Platform. He made her feel very safe and couldn't help but want to get closer to him.

"no problem."

Gula agreed readily. To be honest, seeing Xu Xiaoyan's lively appearance made him miss Xiaowu a little, and he wondered when he could go back.

"Where are Tang Wulin and the others?" Gula looked around but didn't see anyone.

Xu Xiaoyan: "They thought you were asleep. The captain was starving after the battle, so he went to find something to eat first." Gula nodded, which matched his impression of Tang Wulin.

He stood up. "Let's go have lunch. What would you like to eat?"

Xu Xiaoyan stood up and, as if possessed, hugged Gula's arm. When she realized what she had done, her face turned red. She was too embarrassed to pull away directly, so she could only lower her head and pretend to be nonchalant, saying, "The captain is going to eat seafood buffet, let's go too."

Gula had no objections; nothing tasted as good as his cooking anyway. "Okay."

Upon arriving at the restaurant where Tang Wulin was, they witnessed Tang Wulin clashing with someone.

"Ryuji, don't talk to just anyone. There are many people out there with ulterior motives. Don't be fooled."

The girl had short, golden hair, beautiful large blue eyes, and long eyelashes. Her skin was fair and delicate, and in the sunlight, her long legs and rounded hips had a jelly-like texture. Only her green school uniform was a slight drawback, but it still gave her a dashing and spirited appearance.

But her expression and even her attitude revealed unparalleled pride, making her even more unapproachable than usual, and even causing discomfort.

"Who are you calling malicious!"

Xie Xie never wanted to see Tang Wulin suffer a loss, so he immediately stood up for his good brother.

Tang Wulin's expression was not good. Anyone would feel angry if their sincere feelings were accused of having ulterior motives.

Maintaining the manners instilled in him by his adoptive parents, he said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Young man, you have misunderstood."

Tang Wulin took a half step forward, his eyes clear and his voice like morning mist, "Xu Lizhi and I became fast friends because we clicked. Don't assume everyone is a bad person. You have nothing that I would covet."

Ye Xinglan crossed her arms and said dismissively, "Hmph! You're full of lies. I don't believe you don't recognize this school uniform and don't know we're students from the inner court of Shrek Academy."

Perhaps it was because he saw Gula that Xie Xie blurted out, "Shrek Academy uniform? It's so ugly, really?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xinglan's face turned frosty. She lowered her arm, her eyes piercing Xie Xie like sharp swords: "Apologize for your words."

The girl's attitude was utterly unforgiving, and Xie Xie's face flushed red. "Why should I! I'm telling the truth, your outfit is already awful!"

"Shrek's honor is inviolable. Apologize!"

Ye Xinglan's insistent voice rang out, and the restaurant's noise suddenly quieted down for a moment. Amidst the crisp sound of metal cutlery clattering, everyone's attention was drawn to that sharp edge.

When Ye Xinglan stood with her arms crossed, she was like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath. Sunlight streamed through the French windows, gilding her shoulders, but it couldn't melt the frost between her brows.

Xu Lizhi acted as peacemaker: "Sister Xinglan, Wu Lin and the others are my friends. They even gave me food. Let's go."

Ye Xinglan turned her head and glared at him. Xu Lizhi took half a step back while holding the steamed bun. The chubby boy looked bitter. Sister Xinglan always protected him like this, treating everyone who got close as a potential threat.

The atmosphere froze for a moment, as if the air itself had solidified.

The sword energy emanating from Ye Xinglan lifted her long, golden hair, causing the wind chimes hanging by the window to tremble wildly.

Xu Lizhi hurriedly tried to grab her clothes, but was bounced away by an invisible force.

Tang Wulin's pupils shrank sharply, and his right hand was instantly covered with golden scales. His concession was for Xu Lizhi's sake, not because he was afraid of trouble.

(End of this chapter)