Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 400 Jingyang Mountains, Evil Soul Masters Attack
Gula left the glamorous atmosphere of the Ordinary Alliance and returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

As soon as he stepped into the academy grounds, his keen senses caught several subtle gazes, like a persistent affliction, occasionally sweeping over him from different directions.

These gazes were not constant, close surveillance, but rather a kind of marking and warning—his whereabouts would be reported immediately as soon as he left the academy.

Gula sneered inwardly, but remained outwardly calm, as if he were completely unaware.

He continued to live at his own pace, going to the laboratory to look up information, going to the library to study the basic theories of soul tools, and even occasionally auditing some advanced soul tool courses, behaving like a genuine exchange student who came to study.

Crown Prince Xu Tianran had clearly given strict orders to the royal guards, so despite constant watchful eyes from the shadows, no one actually came forward to cause him trouble, and a delicate balance was maintained between the two sides.

However, Huo Yuhao, who also came from Shrek Academy, was in a much less easy situation.

Wang Shaojie's death, even though he was just an unimportant member of a collateral branch of the royal family, touched a nerve with some of the royal family members.

They viewed this as a provocation against the dignity of the royal family, an offense that must be retaliated against.

They dared not provoke Gula, this mobile natural disaster, so all their resentment and harassment naturally turned to Huo Yuhao, who was also from Shrek Academy and seemed like an "easy target".

Some members of the royal family began to intentionally or unintentionally trip up Huo Yuhao in the Third Laboratory, either by deliberately finding fault with the soul tool parts he made, or by deliberately delaying resource applications, and even by using more sarcastic remarks.

Xuan Ziwen saw all of this. Although he held a high position, he could not completely suppress the family power behind these spoiled brats, and he was unwilling to completely antagonize some members of the royal family because of an exchange student.

All he could do was find a reasonable excuse as soon as possible to get Huo Yuhao to leave this place of trouble temporarily.

Soon, an opportunity arose.

The Mingde Hall's latest all-terrain detection soul tool needs to undergo testing in complex outdoor environments. The testing location has been set at the main peak of the Jingyang Mountains in the north-central part of the Sun Moon Empire, Jingyang Mountain.

Xuan Ziwen immediately assigned this task to Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi, and Ke Ke, ostensibly to train their practical skills, but in reality, he wanted Huo Yuhao to go out and avoid the limelight.

This official business trip originally had nothing to do with Gula.

But just before the team was about to set off, Gula took the initiative to approach Xuan Ziwen, expressing his interest in the plants unique to the Sun Moon Empire, especially in areas like the Jingyang Mountains where the original ecology is well preserved. He hoped to go with the team to collect some samples.

This reason was reasonable. Although Xuan Ziwen was somewhat surprised, he thought that with this troublesome star by his side, Huo Yuhao might be safer. As long as the trouble wasn't caused by Gula himself, he nodded in agreement.

Gula's purpose, of course, was not limited to this.

Enriching the gene pool of the ancient tree of life was just a side effect; his real intention was to use his "fire" to ignite the powder keg that was Mingdu.

Even a fool could tell that after threatening Jing Hongchen and the Crown Prince like that, the other party would never tolerate it.

A direct confrontation is too risky, so using someone else to do the dirty work is the best option. And what weapon could be more suitable than an evil soul master who is irreconcilably opposed to angelic martial spirits?
The evil spirit master would be more than happy to eliminate a potential angel martial spirit possessor.

Gula surmised that those secretly monitoring him, and those behind them, must be getting impatient.

His decision to leave the heavily fortified Mingdu and head to the sparsely populated Jingyang Mountains, where soul beasts roam, undoubtedly gave the other side an excellent opportunity to make a move.

Sure enough, shortly after he left Sun Moon Academy with Huo Yuhao's team, Crown Prince Xu Tianran received the news.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and without hesitation, he immediately sent out the message through special channels.

Even if he were the crown prince, he would never want to see the catastrophic consequences of hundreds of "evil nemesis" exploding in Mingdu.

The remote Jingyang Mountains, sparsely populated, were the perfect burial place to eliminate this major threat!

The news quickly reached Zhongli Wu, the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Upon receiving the intelligence, a terrifying killing intent and a hint of excitement erupted in his crimson eyes.

"Finally out! You little brat, let's see where you can run this time!"

Without any hesitation, he immediately gathered his three trusted evil titled Douluo—Nightmare, Netherworld, and Myriad Souls. The four of them decisively set off, transforming into four blurry ghostly figures and speeding towards the Jingyang Mountains.

To ensure everything went perfectly, Zhongli Wu decided to take action personally this time, determined not to give that slippery kid any chance to escape using elemental transformation.

Jingyang Mountain Range, as the largest habitat for soul beasts in the north-central part of the Sun Moon Empire, covers an area of ​​about one-third of the Star Dou Great Forest. Gula even knows that in ten thousand years, this place will be completely developed and a prosperous city will be built.

But at present, this place is still a wild land covered with primeval forests, rich in rare minerals and powerful soul beasts.

The mountain range is vast and the terrain is complex, which is why Zhongliwu needed to bring three subordinates with him—if the four of them searched separately, they could find the hiding rat more quickly.

In his opinion, using four Title Douluos to deal with a kid who was at most a Soul King was already overkill and not worth wasting any more time on.

On the way to Jingyang Mountain, Huo Yuhao successfully narrowed the distance between himself and Ju Zi and Ke Ke with his superb grilled fish skills.

The enticing aroma and delicious taste temporarily made the two girls forget their fear of Gura, and the atmosphere gradually became more harmonious.

However, whenever their gazes inadvertently swept over Gula, who sat alone not far away, as quiet as a rock, Orange and Coco would subconsciously suppress their smiles, their eyes filled with an indelible sense of awe and distance, and they dared not take the initiative to approach and speak to him.

Gu Le enjoyed the quiet moment, slowly eating his grilled fish while refining his plans in his mind.

The firelight danced in his unfathomable eyes, revealing not a trace of emotion.

Under the cover of night, Gula ignored the harmonious conversation between Huo Yuhao and the other two on the other side.

Orange is indeed beautiful, but her overly complicated thoughts and tendency to project her feelings for her deceased father onto men who are "good at cooking" make Gula keep her at a distance.

His mind was already preoccupied with anticipating the future.

After advancing to Soul Emperor, his future vision ability was greatly enhanced. He could not only clearly see fragments a month later, but the level of detail was also far greater than before.

Soon, he gleaned key information from the chaotic vision of the future: the next night, the Silver Moon Wolf King led a pack of golden wolves, and... right behind them, four evil soul masters titled Douluo who suddenly attacked while he was dealing with the wolves.

Leading the group was Zhongli Wu. One of the Super Douluo, who possessed a strange puppet martial soul, would attack him directly, while another Title Douluo would take the opportunity to attack Huo Yuhao and his companions.

"Ha, you think highly of me," Gula sneered inwardly.

He believed that the "tenants" inside Huo Yuhao's body were capable of dealing with a Title Douluo, but wouldn't that be a waste?

The souls of evil soul masters, especially those at the Title Douluo level, are a great tonic for his angelic soul spirit.

He suddenly stood up and walked towards Huo Yuhao and the other two. Under the somewhat fearful gaze of Ju Zi Ke Ke, he tossed a dark red "Evil Buster No. 6" to Huo Yuhao.

“A demonic spirit master is coming at me. Be careful. If there’s danger, detonate it,” Gula said succinctly.

Orange exclaimed in surprise, "An evil spirit master? How did you know? Aren't we going to help?"

Huo Yuhao took the heavy metal ball that exuded a dangerous aura, his feelings complicated.

He recalled how he had harbored resentment towards Gula for refusing to join the Tang Clan, yet the other party seemed to have never taken it to heart, and now was directly giving him such a powerful life-saving item. A sense of shame welled up in his heart.

This was exactly the effect Gula wanted—just a tiny, insignificant investment of personal connections.

Huo Yuhao suppressed his emotions and explained to Ju Zi, "Gula has an angelic martial soul, and his perception of evil aura far surpasses that of ordinary people. Since he dared to go alone, he must be confident. He'll let us know if he needs our help. Besides..."

He weighed the "Evil Buster" in his hand. "Don't forget this thing... its lethality against evil soul masters is probably close to that of a level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon."

The two girls were finally relieved.

Gula said no more. A dazzling golden light shone from behind him, his holy wings unfolded, and his figure transformed into a streak of light, instantly soaring into the night sky and flying swiftly away from the camp.

"A bunch of rats in the gutter don't deserve to be buried with a forest." Gula looked down at the lush Jingyang Mountains and quickly spotted a secluded cliff with relatively sparse vegetation and steep terrain.

"That's it." He landed on the top of the cliff, looked around, and saw jagged rocks and a wide-open view.

He originally intended to set up several "evil-slaying" traps, but quickly abandoned the idea.

Title Douluo have an extremely keen sense of danger. The energy fluctuations of an inanimate object like a soul-guided bomb are difficult to completely conceal and may even alert the enemy.

He stood quietly, like a reef, waiting for the storm to come.

Meanwhile, deep within the Jingyang Mountains.

The Soul Douluo floated in the air, with the huge Soul Banner behind him fluttering in the wind, and countless twisted and painful phantoms groaning and writhing on the banner.

His spiritual power attached itself to each of the released souls, like casting out a huge search net.

"Hmm?" He suddenly had a thought; a ghost had relayed the message that the target had been discovered.

It was a figure radiating pure light, standing alone on a cliff.

Wan Hun Douluo was overjoyed, but immediately remembered Zhong Liwu's warning—the target carried a powerful light-attribute explosive.

He suppressed his urge to immediately harvest this exquisite soul and quickly notified Zhongli Wu and the other two through the spirits of the dead.

"Master, target spotted. On the highest, bald mountain to the southeast."

In a short while, four figures carrying a sinister aura rushed in from different directions, landing around the cliff and subtly surrounding Gula.

The terrifying pressure was almost tangible, making the air thick and cold, and an evil aura soared into the sky, making the night sky even darker.

Zhongli Wu looked at Gula, who stood with his hands behind his back in the center of the cliff, seemingly having been waiting for a long time. A hint of surprise flashed in his scarlet eyes: "You know we're looking for you?"

Gula slowly turned around, her expression calm and unwavering: "Of course. Otherwise, why would I be standing here in the cold wind? Do you think the night view is so beautiful?"

"Fine! Very well!" Zhongli Wu laughed in anger. He couldn't remember the last time anyone had dared to speak to him like that. "I was originally going to give you a quick death, but since you're so reckless, I'll let you taste the ultimate pain in the world!"

Behind him, Nightmare Douluo let out a strange, cackling laugh, Netherworld Douluo's Netherworld Sword hummed, and Ten Thousand Souls Douluo's Ten Thousand Souls Banner fluttered loudly.

The spirits of the four titled Douluo intertwined with the evil aura, like surging black clouds, threatening to completely engulf the cliff.

“Arrogant and boastful,” Gula commented indifferently.

Before he finished speaking, a golden radiance, even more intense and dazzling than the sun, suddenly erupted from his body.

"Wow—!"

A clear, melodious cry, seemingly from a sacred heaven, resounded through the night sky. Suddenly, a colossal, majestic phantom of a six-winged angel, its entire body radiating boundless light and divine aura, appeared behind Gula.

Holy Sun Angel Spirit, descend!

Compared to the power emanating from Gura himself, the divine pressure emanating from this spirit is purer, more powerful, and has a stronger restraining effect on evil.

The Holy Radiance Domain unfolded automatically, and golden flames swept outwards from the soul, instantly enveloping the entire cliff.

"Ugh!"

"What kind of light is that?!"

"My soul power is being burned! Purify!"

The four evil spirit masters' expressions changed drastically at the same time, and the evil aura protecting their bodies melted away rapidly like ice and snow meeting the sun.

The holy flames scorched their skin, and seemed to directly roast their souls and the source of their evil, bringing excruciating pain and even making the flow of their soul power sluggish.

Especially for the weaker Wanhun Douluo, the souls within his banner let out extremely shrill screams, and many of the weaker ones simply vanished in the golden light.

"The stage has been set up for you. How much you gain is up to you," Gula whispered to the angel spirit.

The angel spirit nodded solemnly.

It extended a palm composed of light and flame, and a huge "Sun Holy Sword" formed entirely of ultimate light and ultimate fire appeared out of thin air.

It now possesses 80,000 years of cultivation and dual extreme attributes. With Gula generously providing massive amounts of soul power, its combat power, which it can unleash in a short period of time, is comparable to that of a 200,000-year-old ferocious beast, or a human's Super Douluo!

They have an absolute advantage in dealing with this group of evil spirit masters who are severely countered.

However, Gula knew through his future vision that killing Zhongliwu now would inevitably attract the attention of those two old monsters, Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, and now was not the time to confront them head-on.

"However, you may be spared the death penalty, but you cannot escape punishment... By the way, witness the power of my work."

With a thought, Gula's surroundings flashed with light, and instantly dozens of dark red "Evil Buster VI" projectiles appeared!

Instead of burying them, he directly had the angelic spirits use their flame tentacles to absorb them all onto his flame-formed body.

Compared to Gura himself, it is made purely of light and fire that is truly immune to damage from these two attributes.

The next moment, to the astonishment of Zhong Liwu and the others, the angel spirit, fearless of death, charged directly toward the most densely packed area of ​​the four of them, carrying dozens of unstable explosives emitting terrifying fluctuations.

Its light instantly became incredibly dazzling, and its internal energy was compressed and collapsed in a cataclysmic manner—

"Solar nuclear fusion explosion!"

The angel's soul's strongest attack is equivalent to detonating itself, and it's a simultaneous detonation of dozens of "evil nemesis" weapons.

"Not good! Retreat quickly!" Zhongli Wu's scalp tingled, and he shouted sharply, instantly transforming into a wisp of black smoke and retreating rapidly.

The other three were also terrified and desperately tried to dodge using various methods.

However, the sacred domain exerts a great suppression on them, and the soul power burns their meridians to purify the evil energy of their soul power, inevitably slowing them down a bit!
Boom boom boom——!!!!

The next moment, an indescribable, terrifying explosion erupted atop the cliff!
The intense light and fire expanded wildly, instantly engulfing everything. A gigantic fireball soared into the sky, like a miniature sun suddenly descending upon the earth!

A deafening roar echoed across the surrounding area, and even Huo Yuhao and the others in the distance felt the ground beneath their feet tremble violently.

The terrifying energy shockwave spread outwards in a ring, easily crushing the rocks at the top of the cliff into dust.

As the blinding light subsided slightly, it became clear that nearly a third of the once towering cliff had been blasted away.

The broken edge was crimson red, the rock had melted and then solidified, forming a hideous, glass-like scar.

Zhongli Wu appeared in the distance, his black robe mostly burned away, revealing his charred skin underneath. His hair was curly, making him look quite disheveled, and his eyes were filled with shock, anger, and lingering fear.

The three, Sleeping Douluo, Netherworld Douluo, and Ten Thousand Souls Douluo, were in even worse condition. They were all injured, with blood spilling from their mouths and their breathing was disordered. Ten Thousand Souls Douluo was the most severely injured, especially since his Ten Thousand Souls Banner was damaged in the explosion and he suffered the most severe injuries due to the backlash of his martial soul. Not a single soul of his was left.

In just one exchange, all four evil titled Douluo were injured by Gula's soul spirit!

The ultimate attribute angelic martial soul's ability to counter evil soul masters, and its completely unconventional "soul tool bomb tactic," demonstrate its formidable power.

"You bastard!" Zhongli Wu trembled with rage, the killing intent in his eyes almost tangible. "I will extract your soul and refine it, so that you will never be free!"

Gula still stood on the edge of the remaining cliff, the wind whipping at his clothes, a mocking smile on his face:

"Is that all the skill you have? It seems that even if an evil soul master becomes a titled Douluo, he's nothing special."

(End of this chapter)