Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 406 The Birth of a Soul, the Artificial Beast Soul

When Gula arrived at the plaza outside the Haotian Sect, he saw Huo Yuhao engaged in a fierce battle with Titan from afar.

Beside Huo Yuhao, a lifelike little girl spirit formed from extreme ice, the Snow Empress spirit, was fighting alongside him, radiating an astonishing chill. This caused the extreme fire around Gula to spontaneously rise, forming a warm halo to resist the icy cold.

Xiao Xiao was also startled by the chilling aura that enveloped the entire sect. She ran out of the room and, upon seeing Gula, immediately jogged over and affectionately hugged his arm.

Looking at the unfamiliar ice-and-snow girl in the arena, she asked curiously, "Gula, what is that little girl? She has such strong ice attributes, why is she fighting alongside Yuhao?"

Gula looked at the battlefield and casually replied, "It's probably some kind of special energy life form, similar to a spirit, but even more peculiar." He didn't reveal the Snow Empress's origins.

The battle did not last long, ending with Huo Yuhao, in conjunction with the Snow Empress's soul spirit, unleashing the power of extreme ice and successfully forcing Titan back a step, thus proving the strength he possessed.

After staying at Haotian Sect for a few more days, the group bid farewell and returned to their respective homes.

Gula and Huo Yuhao returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to continue their studies and research.

However, the days that followed were rather uneventful for Gula.

Whether in the current timeline or the timeline of Legend of the Dragon King, there are still nearly two years until the next major event.

His second spirit, Celebi, was already fully ringed, but his first spirit was still missing a spirit ring slot.

"Perfect timing, let's take this opportunity to find a suitable spirit ring for our first spirit."

Gula made his decision. After another year and a half of dedicated study at Mingde Hall, solidifying his knowledge of soul tools to near level eight, he prepared to attempt time travel once more.

The goal this time is to find a ferocious beast that possesses both powerful fire and earth attributes, preferably in a near-death state, so that it can be transformed into his soul.

He extended the space tunnel as far as possible into parallel worlds that were further back in time, took a deep breath, and stepped into that distorted vortex of time.

……

The scene suddenly changed.

Gula found himself on an incredibly desolate, scorching land, the air thick with the smell of sulfur and scorched earth.

According to Sherabi's precise perception of time and space, this place is approximately 150,000 years ago in the western part of the Douluo Continent.

This is the limit of his current ability to travel through time. Fortunately, the spacetime laws of the Douluo Universe are relatively "approachable," allowing some Soul Masters to use their first Soul Skill. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to reach such a distant era.

“According to the information provided by Gu Yue,” Gula recalled the ancient memory fragments given to him by the Silver Dragon King, “in this era, this area should be inhabited by a ‘Lava Sky Python.’ Its fire and earth attributes were both near the extreme, and its cultivation level was over 400,000 years.”

"It possesses no dragon bloodline yet has cultivated to such a level; its talent is truly extraordinary. But ultimately, it cannot survive the five-hundred-thousand-year tribulation..."

"Its original destiny was to attempt to detonate its inhabited volcano, hoping to survive by plunging into despair and searching for treasures nurtured in the Earth's core, but it was killed by Di Tian, ​​who rushed to the scene..."

"The power released by its death caused a vast desert to form in the western part of the continent, which remained for more than 100,000 years. It was only after it collided with the Sun and Moon Continent to form mountain ranges that it regained its vitality."

Without further hesitation, Gula flew swiftly towards the blazing westward.

His mental energy spread out like radar, and soon, based on the approximate location given by Gu Yue, he locked onto a huge active volcano that was constantly spewing thick smoke and heat waves.

He hovered above the crater, speaking loudly with a voice imbued with powerful spiritual energy that pierced through the roar and reached the depths of the volcano: "Flame Lord, please come out and meet me!"

"who?!"

A deep, impatient voice came from the bottom of the volcano.

Immediately afterwards, the entire crater shook violently, lava surged, and an enormous head suddenly emerged from it!

It was a giant python, and even the part that was protruding was extremely terrifying. Its entire body was covered with thick, dark red scales, and hot magma flowed between the gaps. Its huge snake eyes were like two lava lamps, coldly staring at Gula in the air.

"Humans?" Flame Lord, the Lava Sky Python, asked, his voice booming through the air.

“Not bad, Gura.”

Gula responded calmly, simultaneously summoning the two spirits, Gravity Titan and Holy Sun Angel, to display his power.

"Lord Yan, I know your time is running out, and you will face a tribulation that you cannot overcome in 500,000 years. Why not transform your form and become my soul? I am confident that I will inherit the divine position in the future, and at that time you will all be able to enjoy eternal life with me." He even put it conservatively, afraid of scaring the other party.

"And you, even if you are lucky enough to survive this tribulation, how will you survive the tribulations that follow, which will be more terrifying each time, every 550,000 or 600,000 years?"

Groudon explained the advantages of the Soul Spirit system in detail, and subtly revealed a hint of legendary Pokémon aura from the Pokémon world to increase its persuasiveness.

"A soul? To be your servant?" Yan Jun's huge snake eyes revealed a fierce light. It was born from the earth and nurtured by nature. It was an elemental creature born from the magma underground. It was unruly. If it was willing to be subordinate to anyone, it would have accepted Di Tian's recruitment and joined the core circle of the Star Dou Great Forest long ago. It even gave up the opportunity to transform into a dragon in its early years.

Even though it sensed the strange aura of the divine beast Gula, Yan Jun was not afraid at all. It could tell that Gula's soul power was of extremely high quality, but the total amount was still too "small" compared to its more than 400,000 years of cultivation. It guessed that Gula had encountered some kind of extraordinary event.

Without further ado, it suddenly opened its enormous maw, and its thick serpent tail, carrying immense force and boiling magma, lashed out fiercely at Gula!

At the same time, it manipulated the volcano beneath its feet to erupt violently, and countless lava fireballs shot towards Gula like a meteor shower. Thick volcanic ash instantly obscured the sky, containing poisonous smoke that could block vision and paralyze nerves. Its killing intent was pure and intense!
"As expected, we still have to fight..." Gula sighed. He was not familiar with this ancient time and space, and was unsure whether there were any gods watching, so he had to finish the battle quickly.

He instantly switched to the Celebi spirit: "Second spirit skill, Myriad Manifestations!"

After advancing, Senro Mansha possesses terrifying illusionary abilities.

Although Yan Jun's cultivation level is equivalent to a level 97 Super Douluo, his mental strength is not his forte. At most, he is not a burden, but he is far from reaching the Spirit Domain Realm.

Gula's labyrinth of all things requires ten times more mental strength to break free from.

In an instant, Yan Jun felt the surrounding scenery change drastically, as if he had fallen into an endless cycle of time and space, lost his perception of the real world, and his attacks became chaotic.

"It seems we still have to use the backup plan." Gula had anticipated this; most fire-attribute soul beasts have violent tempers, and the success rate of persuading them is not high to begin with.

With a thought, he began to communicate with Groudon's clone, which was sleeping in the Pokémon world.

As an avatar, Groudon had ample time to slumber and accumulate power, and had already completed its second evolution, becoming a god-king-level being that surpasses even the first-level gods—Origin Groudon Lava Mode!
"Borrow power!"

With a low shout, Gula unleashed a vast and boundless power of god-king level, which surged forth across endless space and time.

His body was instantly covered with dark red, scorching rock armor, his size expanded, and he exuded a terrifying pressure like the ruler of the earth and volcano, transforming into a smaller version of "Origin Groudon".

Of course, given his current physical capacity, this state cannot last; a single, decisive blow is necessary.

"Primordial Power - Titan Mode!"

Gula's body swelled, the lava on its surface seemed to never go out, its attack power increased significantly, and it continuously regenerated its vitality.

"The Shattered Sword!"

"Wrath of Lava!" Gula unleashed his full power! A massive, dark red lava sword, imbued with the ultimate laws of earth and fire and seemingly capable of cleaving a continental shelf, appeared out of thin air, shattering and slashing with unparalleled precision at the Flame Lord trapped in the illusion.

boom--! ! !
Amidst a deafening roar, Yan Jun's incredibly tough scales were torn apart as if made of paper, his massive body was almost severed in half, and magma-like blood sprayed out. His aura instantly weakened to the extreme, and he fell into a state of near death.

Without hesitation, Gula followed up with his second move.

Lava Fury is a move that becomes more powerful the better the user is in the game. He used the same divine power to forcibly extract the remaining essence of Entei, intending to use its soul rings in combination with the divine power essence of his own Groudon clone to begin a frenzied reshaping and transformation.

He wanted to create a special "artificial spirit," one based on the soul and essence of Entei, but with Groudon's essence at its core, and completely dominated by his consciousness.

This technology is even more domineering and dangerous than the forced transformation of the Spirit Pagoda. It was a crazy idea that Gula came up with after observing Ilex creating the Snow Emperor's soul spirit. The success rate is unknown, but if it succeeds, the rewards will be enormous.

At the very least, with the same origin in both martial soul and spirit, he will be able to more freely utilize the divine power of Groudon's clones, and his martial soul true form will be perfectly suited to him.

Divine power surged, and Groudon forcefully drew upon the power of the Fire Slate, Earth Slate, and Psychic Slate to aid in this incredible soul surgery. Entei's soul was shattered, then reconstructed and fused with Groudon's essence…

This process took three hours. Finally, a smaller version of Groudon, more closely resembling the original Groudon, and composed entirely of dark red rock and lava, gradually stabilized.

"Success...halfway there!"

Gula was overjoyed. Although he had wasted nearly half of Yan Jun's essence in the process, causing his cultivation to drop to the level of more than 200,000 years, the rudimentary form of his soul spirit had been formed.

However, at this moment, the Groudon spirit bud suddenly trembled violently, its internal energy became extremely unstable, and it showed signs similar to the Snow Empress's attempt to self-destruct!

"Damn it!"

Gula cursed under his breath and used all his divine power to suppress it, but he was not a soul master like Electrolux after all, and his methods were still too crude.

There is absolutely no way he would give up on this soul that was born after so much hardship and incredible luck.

He quickly scanned his surroundings, his gaze settling on the massive active volcano beneath his feet.

"Since your original destiny was to detonate this volcano... let's get everything back on track!"

A resolute glint flashed in Gula's eyes.

He immediately communicated with the system and used the "Divine Beast Exchange Coupon" he had previously obtained to exchange for special materials needed for the further evolution of Groudon's spirit—although he was borrowing power, his main body also needed to be upgraded in order to better support the spirit.

A stream of light entered his body.

The next moment, holding the extremely unstable Groudon spirit prototype, he leaped into the air and plunged into the churning crater like a meteor, continuously drilling deeper into the Earth's core.

Groudon's clones have evolved and know that the deepest part of the underground magma is the best place.

The elemental resonance that is unintentionally caused during evolution will trigger large-scale earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. He can use this miraculous power to completely stabilize this newborn soul.

At the same time, it can also bring the "cause and effect" that may have been disordered due to the change of this time and space point back on track—allowing the volcano to erupt as scheduled and form the western desert!
Enveloped by scorching magma, Gula's consciousness, embracing the nascent soul form, slowly sank into the deepest silence amidst endless light, heat, and earth energy, entering a profound state of evolution and fusion...

Outside the crater, magma began to boil violently, the earth rumbled with a deep roar, and huge cracks spread across the surface. Destructive energy was accumulating wildly underground, and a supervolcanic eruption that could alter the landscape was imminent.

Deep within the Earth's core, endless magma and earth energy envelop Gura like a warm bed, and a miraculous light representing evolution shines forth, illuminating the underground magma world.

The eruption of the supervolcano had already begun, its destructive power tearing the earth apart. Hot lava and volcanic ash covered a vast area, altering the terrain and ecology, but none of this could affect Gura, which was undergoing its most crucial transformation deep within.

The core fusion of the evolutionary process actually lasted only a minute, but in order to adapt to the surging terrifying power from the God-King level Martial Soul, Gula's body and soul fell into a deeper slumber and harmonization, which lasted for a month.

When he opened his eyes again, what greeted him was still that eternally burning sea of ​​red and yellow lava.

But at this moment, these scorching fluids, hot enough to melt fine gold, brought him only a sense of warmth and intimacy.

With a slight thought, a brand new martial spirit was quietly released.

Om-!
An indescribable aura of profound and intense dominance emanated from his body.

Behind him, a more majestic, ancient, and seemingly formed phantom of a colossal beast—the evolved Origin Groudon Lava Spirit—slowly emerged.

What's even more awe-inspiring are the seven spirit rings that slowly rise up.

The four dazzling orange-gold spirit rings were provided by the Gravity Titan, which underwent multiple evolutions through spirit rings, hybrid spirits, and spirit hybridization.

Two bright red soul rings, as vivid as blood, came from the Holy Sun Angel Soul Spirit, and... the last one, a golden soul ring that radiated light beyond 100,000 years, seemingly containing the birth and death of stars and the pulse of the earth.

This is the first martial soul's seventh soul ring, formed by the original essence of the Lava Sky Python Flame Lord, which has cultivated for over 400,000 years, combined with Groudon's divine power and the miracle of volcanic evolution. Its quality has surpassed that of ordinary million-year soul rings and reached the threshold of godhood!

For the Earth's core, which contains endless heat, the energy consumed is negligible.

“My power… has more than doubled…” Gula clenched his fist lightly, feeling the terrifying power surging within him, a power that seemed capable of shattering mountains with a single punch.

"With just this physical strength, an ordinary Super Douluo would probably be seriously injured and on the verge of death if hit head-on."

During his month-long slumber, his soul power level broke through to level 74, and his soul power was about to undergo a qualitative change. The condensation of his second soul core was also on the agenda, and he had initially met the relevant conditions.

The flames he controlled soared to an immeasurably terrifying temperature, burning everything in their path with a single thought.

More importantly, he felt as if he had become the master of the earth and the endless flames beneath his feet, able to activate the earth's veins and control the volcano with a single thought!

The authority brought by the God-King level martial soul far exceeded his previous imagination.

"So... the difference in this one step is really that huge."

Gula murmured to himself, feeling an unprecedented surge of power.

He was certain that even without his battle armor, he would dare to face any Limit Douluo without it head-on.

Even compared to Lan Xuanyu, who inherited the bloodline of the Dragon God... even if there is still a gap, it won't be much.

Satisfied, he withdrew his martial spirit, and the suffocating aura of dominance slowly receded.

Gula looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through layers of rock to see the dim sky outside, now covered in volcanic ash.

It's time to go back.

He raised his hand and made a sweeping motion forward, the emerald green light intertwining with the dark red primordial power, easily tearing open a stable spacetime tunnel. At the other end of the tunnel, a familiar aura emanated—the Douluo Continent II: The Legend of Tang Sect.

Gula took a step forward, his feet treading on the churning lava as if on solid ground, and calmly walked into the time tunnel. His figure disappeared, and the tunnel slowly closed.

This ancient land, which had just experienced a catastrophe, has once again fallen silent. Only the slowly flowing lava and the volcanic ash covering the land record everything that happened and the changes brought about by that quietly departed figure.

(End of this chapter)