Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 200 Sky-Piercing Douluo Yun Ming
The phantom of the golden ancient tree swayed gracefully behind Gula, its trunk flowing with golden patterns like liquid sunlight. Each leaf seemed to be covered with starlight fragments, and thousands of golden threads flowed like a star river, winding around his slender fingers.

Yali's silver-white dress was ruffled by the ripples of soul power, and she subconsciously took a half step back, unwilling to ruin the beautiful scene before her. Her crystal earrings refracted a mesmerizing rainbow in the halo.

The soul-guiding lamp array on the dome of the assessment hall suddenly flickered, and Tang Wulin felt the Blue Silver Grass throbbing uncontrollably.

"Incredible!"

Even when surprised, Yali maintained her elegant and gentle demeanor, her clear voice carrying a rare tremor.

"Legend has it that the Golden Tree is a treasure left by the Sea God at Shrek Academy, which keeps Shrek Academy with a high concentration of spiritual energy, comparable to any simulated cultivation environment. I never thought that the Spirit Pagoda could replicate its soul."

"In particular, you can gain the approval of the Golden Tree spirit."

Yali largely believed in Gula's identity as a reincarnated god, and no one understood the power of the Golden Tree better than the people of Shrek Academy.

"Without a doubt, Gura, fourth level, ten points."

Gula blinked: "Aren't you going to invite me to the Inner Court? I heard that Inner Court students have the perk of meditating at the Golden Ancient Tree. I'd like to try it out beforehand, or do I need to complete some kind of assessment?"

Upon hearing this, Yali suddenly realized that she had just noticed that Gula's spirit ring seemed to be of a very high age, but she was not able to sense it clearly because it was shrouded in spiritual power.

She lowered her head in thought, actually contacting Yunming nearby. The Golden Ancient Tree was Shrek Academy's trump card, and they needed to carefully consider the consequences of rashly allowing a reincarnated god to enter.

No assessment is required.

Yun Ming appeared in the room, the silver trim on his black robe rippling. This towering Douluo reached out and put his arm around Ya Li's waist.

The old man in red bowed his head and addressed her as "Pavilion Master." Cai Yue'er's eyes lit up as she looked at her beloved, but when she saw Yun Ming embracing Ya Li, her face turned pale, though thankfully it wasn't noticeable on her bark-like skin.

"With your talent, you have passed the assessment and met the requirements to enter the inner academy. I can make an exception and allow you to enter the Golden Ancient Tree for cultivation ahead of schedule."

The old man in red was startled, but considering the talent that Gula had shown, making an exception for once wouldn't be unreasonable.

Cai Yue'er opened her mouth to stop him, but seeing Yun Ming not even glancing at her, she felt a pang of sorrow and turned her head away, secretly grieving.

It's purely self-torture.

"follow me."

Yunming's voice carried a peculiar rhythm, like starlight rising from the bottom of an abyss, piercing through an ancient, icy pool, and rippling in Gula's ears.

He lightly touched the ground with his toes, and his entire body transformed into a flowing cloud, soaring out of the window. The soul power of a level 99 peak Douluo drew a pale golden trail in the air.

Gula raised an eyebrow with interest, his dark boots creating ripples in the air as they stepped across the window. Their figures swept across Shrek Square in a flash, startling twelve birds perched in the sycamore trees.

Tang Wulin and the others watched as Gula followed Yun Ming away until they could no longer see their backs before continuing to participate in the assessment.

Yun Ming left the assessment hall, but instead of returning to Seagod Island, he flew directly away from Shrek Academy.

He finally hovered over a cracked wasteland. Seven broken totem poles stood on the scorched earth, and flamboyant reliefs were still faintly visible on the weathered stone surfaces.

He raised his hand to form a seal, and his Divine Origin Realm spiritual power transformed into a silver light curtain that poured down, causing the space within a ten-mile radius to suddenly distort, and even the howling north wind solidified into translucent amber.

The moment the barrier was completed, twelve golden chains emerged from behind Yun Ming. Each chain was engraved with different divine patterns, and the top resembled a spearhead, releasing endless sharpness.

Yun Ming turned around and stared at Gula. He did not sense any divine power in Gula.

But he believed his longtime friend wouldn't lie to him.

"How should I address you? Gula, or God?" Gula surveyed the barrier shimmering with silver light, his fingertips brushing against the half-broken totem pole beside him. The touched relief glowed with a ghostly blue soul power, then fell silent again within the broken magic circle.

Even with his astonishing growth rate, he doesn't know when his spiritual power will reach the realm of gods.

"It doesn't matter, it's just a title, do as you please."

Yun Ming nodded. As the number one person in the world, he had his own pride and confidence, and did not become humble because of Gula's identity.

"Alright, Gura."

He slowly opened his mouth: "Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi came to me and told me everything. According to my intuition, the spirit of the plane is indeed preventing me from breaking through to godhood."

Gula crossed his arms. "So what are you going to do?"

Yun Ming's expression remained unchanged, his deep eyes seemingly able to see through everything.

"There's nothing we can do. The rules of heaven and earth in this small world are incomplete, so we can't break through to become gods. Even demigods still can't break through the limitations of the plane and go to the starry universe."

"So you want me to break this deadlock?"

Gula's long golden hair danced in the wind as he shook his head: "You should know that the situation that the God-King painstakingly set up is not something I alone can break."

"Neither can you."

"Is that so?" Yun Ming suddenly clenched his fist, and his soul power burst out with a supernova-like brilliance between his fingers.

"Then why did you spread this news? Just to let us see that our efforts were nothing more than a whim of the gods, a scheme to elevate the very essence of this plane?"

He walked toward Gula, the ripples spreading beneath his feet containing an astonishing will: "I will take control of my own destiny!"

Gula suddenly chuckled, the shimmering emerald light in her hair illuminating the cracked earth beneath her feet. Countless crystal clusters burst forth from the ground, and in the blink of an eye, the wasteland transformed into an amethyst forest.

Even if Shrek Academy is destroyed and despised by millions?

Yun Ming's astonishing fighting spirit faltered, and then he slowly slumped.

Shrek Academy nurtured him, and that's his bottom line. He doesn't care about other people's opinions, but that doesn't mean he doesn't care about Shrek Academy.

Yun Ming remained silent for a long time.

As for whether Gula has a way to help Yunming break through to godhood, of course he does.

The simplest way is to find any parallel world where there is no suppression, travel through time and space to bring Yun Ming there, let him break through, and then bring him back.

However, rushing around isn't a good deal. This involves the chance to become a god and the possibility of saving Shrek Academy, so Cooler naturally wants to earn more.

He turned and waved, his figure disappearing into the distance with each teleportation: "You can continue to consider it, but here's a reminder."

"If you do not become a god, within ten years at most, nearly ten thousand teachers and students of Shrek Academy will be wiped out in a crisis, leaving only a dozen or so people."

"And you will also die in the future, and Yali's final fate is to perish together with the demon of the abyss."

"Oh, so you didn't die in the battle to protect the Abyss, so you won't be resurrected. You'd better watch yourself, Sky-Supporting Douluo."

(End of this chapter)