Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 252 Stone Tablet and Divine Artifact, Time Lock
Please select your stone slab reward.

The system's cold voice rang in Gula's mind, and a dazzling light screen burst forth before his eyes. Eighteen illusory stone slabs of different colors slowly rotated in the void, each radiating a heart-palpitating energy fluctuation.

Gula's pupils contracted slightly; he could feel his martial spirit trembling within him. His gaze was immediately drawn to the earthen-yellow stone slab.

It is much thicker than the other stone slabs, with ancient and mysterious patterns engraved on its surface, and golden light like lava flowing in those grooves.

Just by looking at it, you can almost hear the roar of the colliding continental plates and feel the pulse coming from the depths of the Earth's core.

"As expected." Groudon's fingers tightened unconsciously. He could imagine the earth-shattering changes that would occur when the stone slab resonated with his Groudon spirit.

"I choose the earth stone slab."

Groudon answered without hesitation, his voice filled with suppressed excitement. He glanced at the other shimmering stone slabs, especially the vibrant green grass slab, but he knew what his choice meant—Groudon's clones could enhance both the main body and the clones simultaneously with a single slab, doubling the effect.

[Select Confirm]

The Earth Slab has been stored in the system space.

As the notification sound rang out, Gula felt a tremor deep within his soul.

In the system space, the earthen-yellow stone slab floated quietly in its designated area, its surface patterns appearing and disappearing, as if it were breathing.

He resisted the urge to take it out immediately; being at Shrek Academy was clearly not the right place to summon the Creation Tablet.

“Next is…” Gula adjusted her breathing and turned her attention to the next reward.

[Randomly drawing god-tier items...]

The light screen suddenly exploded into countless stardust particles, which condensed in the void to form a turntable shape.

As the pointer spun rapidly, Groudon saw countless phantom images of legendary Pokémon flash by—Ho-Oh's holy feathers, Lugia's silver wings, Rayquaza's emerald scales… Finally, the pointer stopped on a blue phantom.

Congratulations on obtaining: Pulse Engine (Exclusive to Super Latios)

A deep blue energy engine appeared in the system space. Its outer shell was carved like the purest sapphire, and its interior was filled with liquid energy, sometimes appearing as dark currents like the deep sea, and sometimes transforming into nebula-like vortices.

When Gula touched it with his mind, the engine suddenly emitted a roar like a whale's bellow, startling him so much that he quickly stopped his mental activity and retrieved the identification information:

【Pulse Engine (God-tier)】

effect:

1. Dragon and Psychic type moves are increased by 30% (an additional 5% increase in Water-type environments).

2. When Latios is equipped with Dragon's Might, the power of Psychic-type moves is increased by 20% while under the Dragon's Might effect.
3. When equipped with Latios, flight speed exceeds the sub-light speed limit (limited to 5 minutes per day).
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……

"This..." Gula gasped, the equipment's stats were ridiculously strong. But then the system notification calmed him down:

[Warning: A Pokémon can only equip one item.]

He tried to equip the pulse engine on himself, but the system popped up a red warning box: [The host has been detected to be equipped with "Earth Orb" and "Flower of Time". Please deactivate before proceeding].

Gula shook his head with a wry smile. He didn't have the Latios Martial Soul, so he couldn't enjoy many of the bonuses. He could only enjoy the basic Dragon and Psychic type bonuses, but he didn't have many Dragon type moves.

Turning to look at the still excited Na'er, the silver-haired girl seemed to sense something, tilting her head and casting a questioning glance. Gula's heart skipped a beat; Na'er possessed both the Silver Dragon King's bloodline and elemental control, so she should be able to enjoy some of the bonuses.

However, he didn't believe that Naru was really like a Pokémon, obediently following orders once captured.

Therefore, even if the pulse engine is useless to him, he will not give away the artifact.

Moreover, he had another thought in his mind... After this artifact materialized, it looked exactly like an engine. Could it be installed on his future mecha?

At that time, the only weakness of the mechs, energy, will no longer be an issue. The relatively small size of the pulse engine will also allow for more flexibility in the mech design.

With the inspiration in mind, Groudon clicked on the final reward, and scenes of mythical beast phantoms performing their moves appeared.

[Congratulations on acquiring the skill: Time Lock (Locks onto enemies across time dimensions; attacks will always hit during the duration. If the enemy is within a time gap, they will be afflicted with the "Pressure" status, taking 20% ​​more damage and receiving half healing, lasting until the end of the battle.]

Suddenly, a flood of knowledge about time and space, as well as techniques for using the power of time, rushed into Gura's mind. Countless fragments of images flashed before his eyes—Dialga roared in the river of time, his immortal body reflecting the light and shadow of countless time and space.

He closed his eyes, frowned, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead, but an excited smile appeared on his lips.

"I actually learned it!"

He sensed the newly formed laws of time within his body; this was clearly the signature skill of Dialga, the god of time.

It might not be outstanding in games, but in real life, its time management ability, especially the "always hits" attribute, is simply incredible.

Gula suddenly had a bold idea, and the image of Tang Shenwang flashed into his mind. That guy who always seemed to be in complete control, was he probably still scheming against the other god-kings in the great god circle right now?

"If we were to give him the Sword of the Precipice right now..."

Gula grinned mischievously as he imagined the scene: Tang San, who was negotiating with other God Kings, was suddenly blasted away by a giant lava sword falling from the sky, or rather, he was suddenly attacked in the middle of a battle, causing him to lose control of the future God Circle. What a spectacular scene that would be!

But reason quickly prevailed over impulse—Grodo's clone was only at the peak of a Tier 1 god, and the power he could borrow was far less than that of the clone. Even if he temporarily broke through with the help of the Earth Tablets, he might not be able to cause any real damage to God-King.

but.

Gula's eyes gleamed. He gently touched the earth slab in the system space, feeling the surging power of the earth rushing in through his soul link.

"Once the fossilized plate is fully refined, it might come in handy at a crucial moment." A brilliant disruption plan gradually took shape in his mind.

The first thing to do now is to test this ability to lock across time and space.

Gula looked around, his gaze finally settling on the outside of Shrek Academy.

His target is people on the other side of the planet. "If you can't even cross a planet, don't talk about crossing galaxies to lock onto the enemy."

"Start by trying a target you've never seen before."

He took a deep breath, and gear-like time-tracking patterns appeared in his pupils. An invisible fluctuation in spacetime quietly spread from him, and all the clocks nearby suddenly stopped turning.

"Time...locked!"

Images unfolded before his eyes. He could only see future scenes happening around him, but with time locked, his field of vision became the most useless thing. It was as if he was looking down at the picture book from a higher dimension and saw his target at a glance.

(End of this chapter)