Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 312 Green Skull

Despite their shock, the Shrek Academy students remained calm. "Quick! Get out of here!" Tang Wulin roared, a flash of golden light emanating from his body. His golden dragon claws instantly tore through the deformed train door, and his blue silver grass bound several Star Luo Academy students who were near him, carrying them out of the train.

A gravitational field appeared around Gula, blocking the collapsing metal sheets. The entire carriage deformed under the force of gravity, making way for the exit. He calmly walked out of the carriage and rescued the students who were nearby.

The others used their own methods to leave the carriage, demonstrating excellent emergency response skills.

Just then, the attackers appeared.

In the distance, two menacing black mechs, radiating terrifying energy pressure, hovered in the sky!

These were not the humanoid mechs commonly seen in Douluo Continent, but rather ferocious beast-like creatures. One was a giant bear shaped like a human standing upright, covered in thick dark gold armor, with huge chainsaw-like weapons slung over its shoulders, exuding a sense of violent power.

The other one resembled a nimble giant ape, its entire body covered in streamlined black armor, with four spider-like auxiliary mechanical arms extending from its back. It wielded two vibrating short blades that shimmered with high-frequency energy fluctuations, making it appear exceptionally agile.

Surrounding the two black mechs were dozens of standard purple (Soul Emperor level) and yellow (Soul King level) mechs, swarming out like bees, raining down various soul-guided rays and missiles on the chaotic train wreckage and the crowd trying to organize resistance.

"It's the resistance! 'Mandrill' Maple Forest Evening!"

Sima Lanxiao's expression changed drastically as he recognized the ape-shaped mecha. He was a minor celebrity in the Star Luo Empire, though he became famous by being wanted by the authorities.

They belong to a resistance army called the Green Skull. Don't think that the resistance army is weak. They are the natives of this continent. After the Star Luo Empire moved the entire country here, they were suppressed and invaded. They were forced to fight back, but in the end, they were outnumbered and occupied two strategically important provinces. Because there are many strong people left, they have never been eliminated by the Star Luo Empire.

In recent years, with the development of the Star Luo Empire, the resistance forces have faced increasing pressure. The recent disappearance of the evil soul master organization that cooperated with them has further exacerbated the situation, putting them under tremendous pressure.

Therefore, upon learning of the arrival of the Sun and Moon Federation envoys, Green Skull immediately decided to assassinate the Federation delegation. In any case, he wanted to provoke conflict between the Federation and the Empire to alleviate their own pressure.

"Huh, clown!"

Wu Changkong's icy voice rang out. Instantly, a magnificent two-word battle armor, engraved with ice-blue patterns, covered his body, and a terrifying chill spread out, freezing the surrounding flames.

His figure flashed, transforming into a streak of icy blue light, and he fiercely confronted the giant bear mech that exuded a violent aura. His icy sword energy crisscrossed, colliding fiercely with the giant bear mech's chainsaw weapon, producing a deafening clang of metal against metal.

Gula's gaze, however, was fixed on the agile and bizarre ape-like mech—the "Mandrill".

He developed a strong interest in the unique beast-type mecha design concept and technology of the Star Luo Continent. This style was quite different from that of the Douluo Continent, seemingly placing more emphasis on the compatibility with the pilot's martial soul and the explosive power of the soul rings.

It seems to be a choice made out of necessity due to a lack of blacksmiths, but correspondingly, some of its ideas do have merit, otherwise they would not have been adopted by the resistance.

“Perfect, I’ll use you as a test subject, and while I’m at it… I can borrow your mecha for some research.” A hint of excitement flashed in Gula’s eyes. He didn’t hold back!

Celebi's martial spirit possessed her, and a powerful life force erupted.

"First Soul Skill: Boundless Forest Domain!"

hum!
The emerald green halo expanded instantly!

This time, the domain did not summon endless forest phantoms; instead, the light became highly concentrated. A phantom of a "World Tree," hundreds of meters tall and seemingly compressed and condensed from countless ancient giant trees and resilient vines, suddenly descended!
This "World Tree" is not an illusion; it was formed by Gula condensing energy from the entire battle space of the Spirit Pagoda when he first obtained the Boundless Forest Domain. It has always been nurtured within the Forest Domain, and this is its first appearance in battle.

Its wooden structure was compressed to the extreme under the power of the domain, radiating a substantial pressure as heavy as a mountain.

The tree trunk is gnarled and twisted like a dragon, and the thick branches are like the arms of a giant, with dark green vines that shimmer with a metallic sheen wrapped around them.

"Go!" With a thought, Gula controlled the "World Tree" to fight.

The hundred-meter-tall phantom of the World Tree swung several enormous branches, like battering rams, and smashed them down on the ape mech in the air with an aura of crushing everything.

At the same time, the vines wrapped around the branches shot out like a giant python, wrapping around the mech's limbs and the mechanical arm on its back.

"What the hell?!"

A surprised and uncertain voice came through the communication channel. He was piloting the ape-like mech "Mandrill," displaying astonishing mobility.

The mechs tumbled and leaped through the air like real apes, narrowly avoiding the heavy branches that bombarded them, and brandished their vibrating short blades in an attempt to cut off the vines that were wrapping around them.

However, empowered by the Boundless Forest Domain, the vines were incredibly resilient. Even when the vibrating short blade struck them, sparks flew, leaving only shallow marks. The vines, like a persistent, insidious infection, clung tightly to the "Mountain Demon," severely restricting its agility.

"Annoying vines!"

Feng Linwan cursed angrily, trying to grab the vines and dodge with his agility, but he was tightly entangled by the activated vines. The four mechanical arms on the back of the mecha lit up simultaneously, spewing out high-temperature flames and strong acid, attempting to burn and corrode the vines. The soul-guided cannons on his shoulders fired rays, and the vines finally broke, but new vines quickly filled in the gaps, and even thick branches bent on their own, turning into shackles to bind the ape mecha.

Just as Maple Forest was struggling to deal with the entanglement between the World Tree and the vines.

A cold glint flashed in Gula's eyes. He deliberately suppressed his spiritual power at the Spirit Domain Realm level and disguised it as the strength of the peak Spirit Abyss Realm. Like an invisible sharp cone, it instantly crossed space and stabbed fiercely into the cockpit of the ape mech.

Mental puncture!

"Ugh!" Feng Linwan was caught off guard and felt a cold and sharp mental force pierce into his mind, as if he were being stabbed by countless steel needles. The intense pain made him lose his senses for a moment, and his control of the mecha was fatally delayed.

"Chance."

This is the moment that Gula has been waiting for.

His figure vanished like a ghost, and when he reappeared, he was already pressed against the cockpit of the ape mech "Mandrill".

"Second Soul Skill - Myriad Manifestations, Mind Labyrinth!"

A powerful mental force, mixed with illusion magic, surged into Feng Linwan's chaotic consciousness like a tidal wave. Within his already agonizing mental world, countless distorted and cyclical terrifying illusions were instantly constructed.

The guillotine, the endless abyss, the gigantic maw that devours everything... Feng Linwan's mind was instantly dragged into endless fear and chaos, unable to distinguish up from down, left from right, and "fainted" in the endless chaos.

Without the effective control of a pilot, the ape-like mech "Mandrill" instantly became stiff and sluggish, like a puppet with its strings cut.

Gula scanned the mecha's structure with his mental power, easily pried open the emergency escape valve in the cockpit, and lifted Feng Linwan, who was already trapped in a deep illusion and foaming at the mouth, out like a chick, casually tossing him to the Star Luo Royal Academy guards who rushed up below.

He then climbed into the still relatively intact cockpit of the ape mech with great interest.

The complex Starry Sky operating system and unique neural interface inside the cabin made his eyes light up. He quickly scanned the machine's structure, energy circuits, weapon systems... like a child who had discovered a new toy.

The battle quickly subsided.

After Wu Changkong suppressed the Giant Bear Mech and the other Shrek Academy students and Star Luo Guards cleared out most of the purple and yellow mechs, the sudden attack finally came to an end.

The scene was a mess, with the train wreckage burning and the dead and wounded groaning in pain.

Sima Lanxiao was pale and still in shock.

But when he saw Gula summon a giant ancient tree and use his spiritual skills to defeat the black-level mech, especially when he saw Gula emerge from the cockpit of the ape mech with an expression of great interest as if he were examining a new toy, his pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpoints, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

He knew Bai Yuan, Mu Yi, and those Shrek monsters who shone brightly at Sun Moon Academy.

But who is this young man who so easily took down a Black-level Beast-type mech and is now casually examining his spoils?! There's no such person in the intelligence reports. Just how many monsters is Shrek Academy hiding?!
“Zhuo… Senior Zhuoshi,” Sima Lanxiao’s voice was hoarse as she tried to remain calm. She walked to Zhuoshi’s side, but her gaze was fixed on Gula, who had just emerged from the mecha. “That… that young friend is also a top student of your academy? His strength… is truly breathtaking! May I ask…”

Zhuoshi and Cai Yue'er also looked at Gula speechlessly. What is this guy up to now? Stealing a mecha... and doing it so ostentatiously.

"Ahem," Zhuoshi coughed twice, waving his hand vaguely, "Oh, him? Gula. He's also a student at our academy, um... a first-year student. He's usually quite low-key, so please excuse his appearance."

He couldn't very well say that this was the precious disciple of the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo of the Spirit Pagoda, a monster leader with countless secrets, could he?
Cai Yue'er added coldly, "Lord Sima, the most urgent task is to treat the wounded, clean up the scene, and ensure the safety of the subsequent journey. As for the students' origins, there's no need to delve into that."

Sima Lanxiao looked at Zhuoshi and Cai Yue'er's obviously perfunctory attitude, and then at Gula, who was studying the remains of the ape mecha as if no one else was around, as if he had just casually swatted a fly. A storm raged in his heart.

Intelligence is severely outdated! Shrek Academy's strength far exceeds expectations!
The emperor ordered them to participate in the Youth Soul Master Competition... This move seems to have been a mistake?

Sima Lanxiao looked at the wreckage of the black-level mech that Gula had easily taken down, and then thought about the ten-thousand-year-old soul bone of the individual competition champion... He suddenly felt a toothache.

This monster named Gula… if he participates in the competition, who among the younger generation of the Star Luo Empire could stop him?! Wouldn't that soul bone just be given away for nothing?!

"No, no, there's also Dragon King Long Yue. He's the real monster. And Gula's actions exposed his own information, so the Empire still has a chance."

Sima Lanxiao comforted herself, then went to oversee the treatment of the wounded and to notify the Empire to send a new soul-guided train. In the midst of her busy work, she quickly put Gula out of her mind.

Among the accompanying personnel were agents responsible for observing the Federation delegation and Shrek Academy, ensuring that no information about them was missed and delivered to the Emperor.

(End of this chapter)