Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 290 The truth of the past
Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

The academy's higher-ups quickly issued a decision regarding the punishment of Tang Wulin and the others.

First, Wu Changkong, the teacher in charge of the team, caused a reputation crisis for the college due to his personal decision-making errors. He was stripped of all honorary titles and was not allowed to take professional title assessments for five years. During this period, he was responsible for external missions for other colleges.

Tang Wulin and his six companions, considering that they had already done their best, were only punished by becoming work-study students, having all free benefits revoked, and being required to pay tuition every semester.

Everything seemed to be back on track, and Tang Wulin became a work-study student again.

However, none of this concerned Gula. He restored Shrek Academy's long-standing honor and was officially given a vacation, enjoying a period of freedom.

……

Mingdou Mountain Range, entrance to Burial Valley.

It was midnight, and all was quiet.

At the entrance to the valley, jagged rocks resemble the menacing fangs of a giant beast. A dense aura of death and chilling earth energy accumulate here year-round, forming a natural miasma that obscures the stars and moon, silencing even the chirping of insects and birds. Only the eerie wind whistles through the crevices of the rocks, producing a mournful, ghostly wail.

A dark purple figure, like a ghost blending into the night, appeared silently on a huge black rock at the entrance of the valley.

Leng Yulai's purple hair fell down, and her dark purple eyes gleamed with an eerie light in the darkness, like two bottomless pools of icy springs.

Her powerful mental energy had long since spread like an invisible spiderweb, covering an area of ​​several miles, and no movement could escape her perception. She was waiting, waiting for the "old friend" who had invited her.

Time ticked by, and just as Leng Yulai's patience was about to run out and a chilling killing intent gathered between her brows, the dense miasma in front of her seemed to be parted by an invisible hand, and a figure slowly emerged from it.

The newcomer was tall and imposing, dressed in an unassuming black outfit, with a dark gold mask covering only the upper half of his face, revealing a face with sharp, cold features. It was Gula.

"It's you?"

Leng Yulai's voice was like shattering ice, carrying undisguised doubt and a hint of anger at being fooled.

Her powerful mental energy instantly locked onto Gula, attempting to penetrate the mask and see his true face, but it was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, blocked by a deep and vast power.

"Playing tricks! You created that Phoenix True Fire too? Who are you? What's your relationship with that person?!"

Before she could finish speaking, a burst of purple light flashed in Leng Yulai's eyes!

"Dark Phoenix Feather!"

She didn't give Gula a chance to answer at all. Someone like her would naturally be the most confident in herself, and her figure disappeared from the spot like a ghost.

The next instant, five terrifying phoenix feathers, tearing through space and wreathed in viscous purplish-black flames, appeared out of thin air around Gula's vital points, accompanied by piercing shrieks and an all-consuming dark aura!

The furious strike of a level 97 Super Douluo was incredibly fast and powerful enough to instantly tear apart an ordinary Title Douluo!
Faced with this sudden and deadly attack, Gula's eyes beneath the mask remained calm and composed. He was prepared; someone as stubborn and obstinate as Leng Yulai wouldn't easily calm down and listen to his explanation of the truth.

Hold on! A seemingly thin, yet strangely swirling, transparent shield instantly enveloped Gula's entire body!
boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
Five terrifying dark phoenix feathers slammed into the protective barrier, unleashing a power powerful enough to tear apart mountains, while purplish-black flames scorched and devoured them!
However, the seemingly fragile transparent shield only rippled violently, like a resilient film of water against a boulder, absorbing and dissolving all the destructive attack and corrosive dark flames. Not even a single crack appeared.

An absolute defense below the god level is absolutely trustworthy!

"Instant teleportation!" Gula thought to himself.

Just as the power of the Dark Phoenix Domain was completely absorbed by "Guard", Gula's figure blurred like ripples on water and instantly disappeared from the spot.

Leng Yulai's pupils contracted. Her mental energy was clearly locked onto her opponent, but the moment her attack missed, the target's aura vanished completely. Not speed, but... spatial jump?!

The next moment, Gula's figure appeared like a ghost on another boulder a hundred meters behind Leng Yulai, his breathing steady, and not even the hem of his clothes was torn.

"Are you angry out of embarrassment? Leng Yulai."

Gula's voice came through the mask, carrying a chilling, all-knowing quality: "Because of decades of resentment, are you afraid that in the end you'll find it might just be a ridiculous misunderstanding?"

"shut up!"

Leng Yulai suddenly turned around, her purple hair dancing wildly, and her dark purple soul power surged like boiling magma, forcing back the surrounding miasma.

Her eyes burned with a deep-seated resentment. "What do you know?! That bitch Leng Yaozhu! She stole everything that should have been mine! Yun Ming's love! All the light! She's just a hypocritical liar!"

"Take it away?"

Gula's voice carried a hint of sarcasm, "In the heart of Sky Douluo, there has always only been the belief and responsibility to protect Shrek Academy. He has only ever loved Holy Spirit Douluo. When has he ever said he loved you? He has never had any feelings for your sister Leng Yaozhu, or for you, that go beyond brotherhood."

He stared into Leng Yulai's beautiful eyes, twisted with hatred, and spoke each word as if struck by a heavy hammer:

"Back then, Leng Yaozhu did muster up the courage to express her feelings to Pavilion Master Yunming, but she was politely rejected by Pavilion Master Yunming because he was devoted to Yali alone."

"The Lord of Yunming Pavilion was moved by her affection, but unable to reciprocate. In her sorrow, he entrusted her with the following words: 'If anything happens to me, please take care of Yu Lai for me, and do not let her go astray because of me.'"

"Leng Yaozhu and you were close sisters since childhood, but you drifted apart due to the rivalry within the Leng family, and ultimately broke off relations because of Yun Ming. She has always felt guilty and worried about you, her younger sister. She hopes you can let go of your obsessions and return to the right path!"

"Everything she did wasn't about showing off or putting you down; it was about protecting you. But what did you do? You only saw the betrayal and the theft of your love in your imagination, blinded by resentment, and plunged headlong into the quagmire of the Holy Spirit Church! Who do you think you're taking revenge on? You're only punishing yourself and those who truly care about you!"

"Nonsense! What a load of nonsense!"

Leng Yulai screamed like a wild beast whose tail had been stepped on!
Gula's words were like red-hot knives, piercing the corners of her heart that she least wanted to face and that she most feared being exposed!
Her decades-long pillar of faith, the source of her hatred that sustained her life, was now being ruthlessly torn apart and questioned by the other party!
"Yun Ming must have loved me! It's all her fault for stealing Yun Ming's attention! She entrusted Yun Ming to take care of me? Hahaha! Ridiculous! Absurd!"

Leng Yulai appeared to be insane, with purplish-black flames shooting into the sky, making half of the sky look eerily bright!

"Where's the evidence?! Produce the evidence! Otherwise, I will tear your soul apart and refine your spirit today, making you regret ever being born!"

(End of this chapter)