Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 271 Star Soul Core
Just as everyone was shocked by Gula's actions, Xu Xiaoyan's side also reached the most crucial moment. Her star wheel had completely transformed into a crystal scepter about 1.2 meters long. The scepter was as transparent as ice, but inside it seemed to contain a miniature galaxy, with starlight flowing endlessly within it.

"Martial Soul... evolved?" Na'er's eyes widened.

Xu Xiaoyan slowly opened her eyes. Her originally light blue eyes now shone like two stars, gleaming with a mysterious light.

She lightly touched the star-marked gem at the top of the staff, and three spirit rings appeared one after another—with the help of the starlight tide, she broke through three levels in succession, reaching level thirty-seven!
"Star Staff Martial Soul." Xu Xiaoyan's voice was ethereal, her eyes filled with joy, and a relieved smile finally appeared on her face. Just as everyone was rejoicing over Gula's breakthrough, Xu Xiaoyan had also reached the most crucial moment. Her Star Wheel had completely transformed into a crystal scepter about 1.2 meters long. The scepter was as transparent as ice, but inside it seemed to contain a miniature galaxy, with starlight flowing endlessly within it.

"Star Wheel... It's evolved?" Na'er's eyes widened.

Xu Xiaoyan slowly opened her eyes. Her originally pale purple pupils now shone like two stars, gleaming with a mysterious light. She lightly touched the gem at the top of her staff, and five spirit rings appeared one after another—with the help of the Starlight Tide, she also broke through to level fifty and obtained the fifth spirit ring of the ten-thousand-year era!

"Star Staff Martial Soul." Xu Xiaoyan's voice was ethereal, almost inhuman. "Skill: Star Guidance."

"He wants to condense a soul core," Bai Yuan revealed in a hoarse voice. "It's not an ordinary soul core, but a unique soul core containing starlight."

Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaoyan's evolved Star Staff unconsciously pointed towards Gula's location. The stellar power within the staff began to flow autonomously, pouring starlight in that direction as if paying homage to a king.

"This...this isn't under my control..." She was terrified, her voice trembling.

In the center of the observatory, Gula was already suspended three feet off the ground. His short golden hair stood on end, the tips tinged with the silvery-blue of starlight.

The most astonishing change occurred on the chest—a faint point of light could be seen forming under the skin, as if a miniature star was being conceived within the body.

His skin was cracked, and his physical condition, comparable to that of a Title Douluo, could not withstand the pressure caused by the rotation of such a high-quality soul core. Under the powerful life force bestowed by the Gold of Life, he was repairing the backlash from the soul core quickly and with difficulty.

"Slate of earth, lend me a hand!"

Gula activated the earth slabs within his body, the brownish-yellow energy seemingly a symbol of "stability," its timeless charm flowing through him. He slowly brought his hands together in front of his chest, and the soul power cultivated from his twin martial souls began its most dangerous fusion with the starlight he absorbed.

"Boom-boom-"

A heartbeat-like pulse emanated from the point of light, growing stronger with each beat. Each pulsation caused the observatory floor to tremble, and the starlight stored in the dome flowed uncontrollably towards Gula. Golden and silver energies formed spiral patterns on his body, like the orbits of celestial bodies.

"Xiao Yan, help me stabilize the formation!" Gu Yue shouted to Xu Xiao Yan, "Release your martial spirit to act as the central hub of the formation and guide the excess energy!"

Xu Xiaoyan immediately understood and jumped to Gula's vicinity. With a wave of her star staff, she drew starlight to act as a defense line for Gula's soul core condensation, transferring the raging star power. This was no challenge for her, who possessed a star-sign martial soul.

The overflowing energy was cleverly directed into the sky, forming streaks of silver light that swirled around Gula.

Gula's consciousness was currently immersed in a wondrous state. He "saw" his dantian, above the sea of ​​soul power.

The "sun" and the "stars" are merging. Extreme heat and domineering stellar power permeate each other, and these two forces, which should repel each other, achieve balance under the pressure of the earth's stone slabs.

"Congeal!"

With a shout, the light spot on Gula's chest suddenly shrank to an infinitesimal size, and then exploded in the next instant—a perfect gold and silver dual-colored soul core formed in the center of his chest cavity!
The surface of the Soul Core is adorned with alternating sun and moon patterns, while the interior is a miniature nebula composed of pure light energy.

"boom--!"

The heavens and earth changed color. A beam of light, interwoven with gold and silver, shot into the sky from the top of Gula's head, piercing directly through the clouds.

Even more astonishingly, the phantoms of the sun and moon appeared simultaneously in the night sky, a spectacle that caused all the residents of Tianding City to stop and gaze upwards. "Then I'll call you... the Radiant Star Soul Core..."

Gula opened his eyes, which seemed to shimmer with starlight. He landed gently, each step leaving a glowing footprint on the stone slab. Golden stardust, materialized from his spiritual energy, surrounded him, each grain containing a miniature starlight.

Gu Yue couldn't help but step forward: "How are you feeling?"

Gula did not answer immediately, but instead raised his hand and gently touched a floating grain of sand. The grain of sand immediately expanded into a ball of light the size of a fist, with clear star projections inside.

“Wonderful.” He finally spoke, his voice carrying a strange echo, “The stars seem to have a life of their own, communicating with the earth beneath my feet through me.”

Gula decisively severed this connection, as the current ruler of this plane is Tang Hao, who is not trustworthy.

Moreover, his breakthrough is not over yet.

Xu Xiaoyan put away her Star Staff. She felt the trembling Martial Soul and sensed a sense of affinity from Gula. It was similar to the connection of a Martial Soul Fusion Technique, but something was missing.

Just then, Bai Yuan suddenly groaned and took several steps back. His Devouring Martial Soul had activated on its own, forming a black light film on his body surface, resisting the starlight emitted by the Gula Soul Core.

"Are you alright?" Na'er asked worriedly as she helped him up.

Bai Yuan shook his head, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes: "His power... is repelling me."

But how could that be? They are bound by a shared destiny!
Gula noticed the anomaly and deliberately withdrew his soul core aura. The extraordinary phenomenon of the sun and moon shining together dissipated, but the deep connection with the stars was permanently imprinted in his soul power.

“The Star Soul Core grants me two characteristics,” Gula explained to his teammates. “The first is ‘Star Track Guidance,’ which allows all offensive soul skills to automatically track the target until their kinetic energy is depleted. The second is ‘Starlight Charging,’ which allows me to absorb starlight to restore my soul power during nighttime battles.”

For him, it was merely an added bonus, not as effective as the Soul Core itself.

Wu Siduo whistled playfully: "Soul cores can accelerate recovery, and it usually takes a Title Douluo to condense them. They are a major support for their combat power. You already have a lot of soul power, so now you've really become a perpetual motion machine."

She wasn't familiar with Gula and assumed that Gula's soul power was restored by the power of the earth, and that he was born with a high purity of soul power, although the difference wasn't that great.

Gu Yue looked at Bai Yuan thoughtfully: "The repulsion between the two primordial forces... this may contain some kind of factional relationship in the universe."

Xu Xiaoyan suddenly exclaimed, "Wait, Brother Gu, you haven't absorbed your fifth spirit ring yet!"

Only then did everyone remember their original purpose.

Gula gave a mysterious smile: "It's all ready."

He pointed to the sky—the spirit of the sun had already appeared when he broke through level fifty, hovering high in the sky waiting.

"Now, it's time to make the final breakthrough."

As Gula sat cross-legged, the spirit of the sun transformed into a streak of light and swooped down, once again engulfing the entire observatory in dazzling light.

This time, the newly formed Yaoxing Soul Core will become the perfect medium to help him achieve a perfect fusion.

(End of this chapter)