Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 272 Fifth Soul Skill, Soul Spirit Evolution

"what--!"

A clear cry emanated from Gula's body, and in an instant, a dazzling golden beam of light shot up from the top of his head, illuminating the night sky as bright as day.

Countless golden runes flowed within the pillar of light, coiling and rising as if alive. The fifth jet-black soul ring slowly took shape within the pillar of light.

Within the pillar of light, a slender figure gradually solidified. It was a humanoid creature composed of pure light energy and blazing flames, its entire body shimmering with a liquid gold-like luster.

Two pairs of wings of light unfolded behind it in succession, each feather woven from leaping flames. The moment it fully appeared, the temperature around the observatory soared, and the rock surface began to glow red and melt.

"A Sun Spirit!" Wu Siduo exclaimed in surprise, "A legendary fire-type spirit!"

The creature of light slowly descended and merged with Gula's martial spirit. Gula felt an unprecedented surge of scorching energy flow into his limbs and bones.

The sun sprite turned gracefully, and the instant their eyes met, it transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into his chest.

In an instant, golden flames erupted all over Gula's body, the complete sun god pattern appeared on his forehead, and every strand of his hair turned into flowing lava. The powerful aura caused the entire observatory to tremble.

"The fifth soul skill, Sunlight Domain!"

Gula's voice was like a resounding bell, carrying a metallic vibration. As he spread his hands, a golden domain with a diameter of thirty meters suddenly unfolded.

Within the area, countless miniature suns formed from blazing white flames and floated in the air. All teammates felt their soul power circulation speed increase, while enemies were continuously burned by the flames, and the damage they dealt was amplified by the stacking effect of the Ending Ground's properties.

This wasn't the end of it. Gula's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he switched to the Celebi Martial Soul.

A phantom of a golden ancient tree appeared behind him, and a green-gold halo began to condense. This 100,000-year soul ring was extraordinary, and the soul skill it contained was something Gula had prepared long ago—a unique soul skill that combined time, illusion, and false manifestation: Ancient Memories.

Ancient Memories: Using spiritual power as a starting point, we transcend time to find the minute possibilities within the bloodlines of living beings, nurturing and materializing them into reality amidst illusions.

Simply put, it involves exploring the bloodline within an organism and, through influencing the power of time, reverting that bloodline to its ancestral form, ultimately finding the optimal outcome among countless gene expressions.

This is not only for Groudon's own soul, but also for the future souls of the five avatars. Otherwise, even Groudon would have a hard time finding souls worthy of the five.

Correspondingly, this 100,000-year soul ring only has this one ability; it is a purely functional soul skill.

Especially when paired with Groudon's God-level Appraisal Eye, it can more efficiently help Pokémon and their spirits find their future evolution paths.

Before the starlight tide ended, Gula decisively activated the ancient memories and summoned two spirits: the Earth Demon Bear and the Sun Spirit.

"Roar."

Because the Earth Demon Bear was a laboratory spirit created through forced hybridization, even after breaking through to the 90,000-year level, its intelligence remained low.

Even the Sun Elf, with less than 20,000 years of cultivation, was more clever than the Earth Demon Bear. He bowed slightly to Gula, showing his submission.

Gula took a deep breath, and the stellar energy around the entire observatory trembled and converged towards him as his soul core circulated.

The spiritual power of the peak-level Abyss Realm cultivator surged out like a tide, beginning to be consumed rapidly. Gula's figure seemed to stand in another dimension, with illusions appearing before his eyes. The starlight around the observatory gradually distorted, forming countless mirror-like fragments around him.

Each fragment reflects a different ancient scene: dragons roaring in the clouds, titans lifting mountains, angels spreading their holy wings, and gods overlooking the world...

The Sun Elf had learned of what Gura was about to do through mental communication, and in his excitement, flames leaped all over his body—even as a spirit, he could not escape the desire for evolution in a living being.

In contrast, the憨厚地魔熊 (simple and honest Earth Demon Bear) was scratching its belly with its paws, completely unaware of what was about to happen.

"Bear with it, it will hurt a lot."

Gula gave a warning, and the stellar power accumulated over thousands of years at the observatory surged wildly into his and his soul's bodies. His pupils suddenly turned a brilliant silver-white, his gaze seemingly able to penetrate the most primal codes of his bloodline.

In an instant, the two souls seemed to be pulled into the river of time.

The sun spirit let out a painful shriek, its form constantly twisting between light and darkness—sometimes transforming into a phoenix reborn from the ashes, sometimes into a three-legged golden crow, its blazing light almost blinding everyone.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Gula's forehead as he frantically unleashed his peak Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power to maintain the stability of his "Ancient Memories".

The sun spirit's cry gradually grew higher and more sacred, and three pairs of wings of light unfurled behind it, each feather burning with pure solar fire.

Its body gradually grew taller, transforming into a three-meter-tall six-winged angel. Each of its wings was flowing with liquid flames, and the same sun god pattern as Gura appeared on its forehead. The intense heat emanating from its body even caused space to distort slightly.

At the same time, the evolution of the Earth Demon Bear is also coming to an end.

Its size increased to five meters, its brown fur disappeared, replaced by rough skin like obsidian armor, its sharp claws transformed into rough fingers, its bent back straightened slightly, its pupils turned into a deep dark gold, its limbs were muscular like mountains, and a heavy gravity field surrounded its body.

The bloodlines of the three soul beasts intertwined and mixed, completely transforming into a new creature—a half-bear man—whose every move shook the earth.

Considering the future, Gura ruled out bloodlines such as Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and Behemoth, and ultimately chose to evolve it into the "Titan Bear" bloodline, which possesses the Gravity Titan bloodline. Similar to a half-orc, it is a hybrid Titan that can shake the earth with every move.

The fact that martial spirits and spirit beasts have the potential to mutate raises the value of ancient memory spirit skills to a new level, second only to the "time travel" technique in terms of value.

One of them has a wide range of interests, while the other specializes in one particular ability.

"what is that!!!"

Wu Siduo clenched her fists. She could feel that the aura of these two great spirits was incredibly terrifying. Just a slight sense of it made her want to worship them. Her heart felt as if it were being squeezed by a giant hand, making it hard to breathe.

Gula let out a long sigh of relief, but then his soul core began to operate on its own.

The stellar power accumulated at the observatory surged into his body like a flood bursting its banks. The starlight in the sky dimmed at a visible speed, as if it had been wiped away by an invisible hand.

"Gula!" Na'er exclaimed, "Are you alright?"

Gula did not answer; his pupils had turned completely silver-white, and his body was surrounded by glittering, star-like points of light. As the last ray of starlight was absorbed by him—the eastern sky was already beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

(End of this chapter)