Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 413 Crimson Baboon King, Three-Life Soul Bone

The next day, the Star Dou Great Forest seemed to have returned to its usual tranquility, and the anomalies in the core area from the previous night did not continue.

Led by Cai Meier, the team continued to venture deeper into the area to find suitable targets for the students who needed spirit rings.

They encountered the Azure Sea Ape, the Purple Shadow Lion, and a rare, ten-thousand-year-old Ghost-faced Butterfly.

After a battle, they successfully obtained a suitable spirit ring for Mo Xuan, a support-type spirit master in the team.

The ten-thousand-year-old Ghost-Faced Butterfly was killed by Gula and preserved in a specially made soul tool that could temporarily store soul ring energy.

This was a technique he learned from Xuan Ziwen, which he intended to leave for Zhou Sichen, who was about to break through to level 50.

Just when everyone thought their trip was about to end successfully, they stumbled into the territory of a thousand-year-old blood-red baboon, or rather, the blood-red baboon actively sought them out and launched an attack.
The leading blood-red baboon king was exceptionally robust, with an age of 50,000 years. What was even more striking was the strange red light flashing in its eyes, suggesting that it possessed some characteristics of a spirit-type soul beast.

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up instantly. Spiritual attribute soul beasts are rare to begin with, let alone one that is so old and seems to have undergone a benign mutation.

He immediately decided that this was his target for his fifth spirit ring!
Gula's eyes flickered slightly as he recalled the original story.

Originally, Huo Yuhao was prevented from absorbing the soul beast by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, which had transformed into Wang Qiu'er. Instead, he obtained a purer spiritual attribute soul beast, the Silver Elite Beast, and acquired an extremely useful "replica" soul skill.

"Without Wang Qiu'er's intervention this time, I wonder what kind of soul skill he will obtain..." Gula wondered.

The outcome of the battle was almost a foregone conclusion. With everyone's tacit cooperation, especially with Gula showing a little of his strength to suppress the frenzied horde of blood-red baboons, they quickly subdued them.

Huo Yuhao swiftly and decisively dealt with the blood-red baboon king and began absorbing its black soul ring, which shimmered with a violent red light.

Huo Yuhao's physique has been strengthened many times. Although absorbing a 50,000-year soul ring puts some pressure on him, there is not much risk.

Soon after, he successfully fused with the spirit ring and opened his eyes.

However, there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes that he could not hide.

"The Soul Skill is... 'Boiled Battle Spirit'."

Huo Yuhao explained to everyone, "It's a variant of the bloodthirsty talent of the Crimson Baboon, a mental attribute."

"By releasing special mental fluctuations, I can stimulate my teammates' fighting instincts and will, and temporarily increase their fighting spirit and mental concentration. However, it doesn't significantly improve my own direct combat power."

This soul skill is undoubtedly very useful in team battles, as it can greatly enhance the team's overall combat capabilities.

However, for Huo Yuhao, who is pursuing the ultimate improvement of his personal strength, it is not the most ideal choice.

However, he quickly adjusted his mindset: "Spirit-attribute soul beasts are too rare. Finding one that is 50,000 years old is already a stroke of luck. I can't be too greedy. This soul skill will be very useful in the team."

Upon hearing this, Gula nodded to himself: "It seems that even the chosen one of destiny doesn't have everything he wants. I've changed so many plot lines, even affecting his choice of spirit rings... The ability to correct destiny has its limits; it's impossible to conjure up a perfect spirit beast out of thin air and deliver it to him."

Just as everyone had obtained the required spirit rings and was preparing to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, a sudden change occurred.

A group of uninvited guests appeared before the group, chasing after a few scattered blood-red baboons. The newcomers were three Soul Masters dressed in black robes, exuding a cold and sinister aura—Zhongli Tian, ​​Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren.

The three Evil Soul Douluo brothers of the Holy Spirit Cult possess the Netherworld Serpent as their martial soul, which allows them to torture and enslave the souls of soul beasts, refining them into "beast souls" under their control.

Vice Dean Cai Meier frowned, initially intending to feign politeness and probe the other party's intentions.

However, ever since Gula killed three Title Douluos of the Holy Spirit Cult in the Sun Moon Empire, his portrait and characteristics had already spread within the Holy Spirit Cult. The three Zhongli brothers recognized him at a glance.

"Angel Gura!"

The three exclaimed in unison, their expressions changing drastically, and without hesitation released their respective Netherworld Serpent Martial Souls.

In an instant, a chilling wind swept through the area, and countless twisted, tormented, bloodthirsty, and resentful phantoms of beast souls surrounded them, emitting silent howls that made the surroundings resemble the underworld.

Cai Meier instantly unleashed the aura of a level 94 Title Douluo, attempting to intimidate her opponent. However, Gula stepped forward and stopped her.

"Vice Dean, let me do it."

A flash of light appeared in Gula's hand, condensing into a blazing Sun Sword, and a look of pleasure, as if he had spotted his prey, appeared on his face.

"I never expected such a pleasant surprise before I left. Evil Soul Masters, are you ready to face the judgment of the light?"

Zhong Litian, as the eldest brother, forced himself to remain calm and angrily rebuked, "Gula! Don't think you can take us brothers by the nose just because you have an angelic martial soul! We are not those ordinary evil soul masters!"

Indeed, the Netherworld Serpent Martial Soul itself is merely of the dark attribute, not extreme evil. However, their cultivation method—to torture soul beasts to create and devour their souls to increase their strength—is undoubtedly a thoroughly evil path.

Knowing how terrifying Gula was, the three brothers dared not hold back in the slightest and simultaneously activated their Martial Soul True Forms.

Three enormous phantoms of Netherworld serpents, formed from chilling soul power, coiled up, while the surrounding beast souls became even more solid, creating a strange aura resembling a domain, constantly radiating death ripples that weakened the enemy's spirit and vitality.

However, before the purest and most holy light of Gura, all darkness and evil melted away like ice and snow.

"Holy Sun Angel, possess me!"

A dazzling, sacred light soared into the sky, and seven astonishing soul rings—four black and three red—spiraled upwards from beneath Gula's feet.

The terrifying pressure emanating from the three blood-red, 100,000-year soul rings made the three Zhongli brothers gasp for breath, their hearts instantly filled with fear.

"The intelligence is wrong! How could he be a Soul Saint?! And he has three 100,000-year Soul Rings?!" The three of them almost simultaneously had the idea of ​​retreating.

They tried to unleash their strongest eighth soul skill, hoping to force Cooler back and escape. But Cooler didn't give them a chance at all.

His sixth spirit ring, a blood-red, 100,000-year spirit ring, suddenly lit up.

"To die under a 100,000-year-old soul skill is an honor for you." Gula's voice was cold and majestic.

"Sixth Soul Skill: Solar Core Fusion!"

boom--! ! !
Within a radius of several kilometers, the elements of light and fire, as if summoned by a king, frantically converged on the holy sword in Gura's hand.

Even without deliberately gathering his strength, the power of this attack was enough to destroy the heavens and the earth.

Swing out a sword!
It wasn't a giant blade of light, but rather an infinite amount of ultimate light and fire compressed into a 30-meter radius in front of him, and then—detonated!
An indescribable blinding light instantly engulfed everything, followed by a cataclysmic explosion.

The light and fire, compressed to their extreme, released the purest destructive energy, instantly vaporizing and annihilating trees, rocks, soil, and even air within range.

All that remained was a bottomless, charred crater, and a terrifying shockwave spread outwards in a ring, snapping trees further away in half.

When the light fades and the dust settles.

Where the three Zhongli brothers originally stood, only three identical soul bones, exuding a dense dark aura, lay quietly at the bottom of the pit.

Gula slowly descended, casually collecting the three soul bones. The Holy Sun Angel's soul returned to his body, beginning to digest and purify the immense holy power brought by the three evil soul douluos.

Since Gula didn't need to increase his soul power level for the time being, he let his soul spirit focus on increasing its own lifespan.

The entire battlefield was in deathly silence.

Cao Jinxuan's mouth dropped open, and after a long while, he murmured, "Captain... Captain... is so strong..."

Zhou Sichen swallowed hard, her voice dry: "Do we... really need to go on stage? The captain alone... can sweep the competition, right?"

Ning Tian's beautiful eyes were filled with shock. This was the first time she had ever felt the terrifying power of dual ultimate martial souls so directly.

The thought of bringing Gula into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had barely formed in his mind when it was quickly dispelled – how could such a prodigy be subservient to others?

Huo Yuhao was equally excited. After two years apart, Gula's strength had reached a level that Huo Yuhao could hardly match.

His ultimate ice can also create large-scale freezing, but in terms of instantaneous pure destructive power, it is significantly inferior to Gura's attack.

Vice Dean Cai Meier barely suppressed her shock and maintained the composure of an elder, speaking loudly:
"Alright, the commotion just now was too great and could have attracted powerful soul beasts or even ferocious beasts. We shouldn't stay here any longer; let's leave the Star Dou Great Forest immediately."

Everyone snapped out of their shock, nodded in agreement, and without daring to delay any longer, followed Cai Meier and retreated towards the edge of the forest as quickly as possible.

On the way out of the Star Dou Great Forest, Gula studied the three strange soul bones he had obtained from the Zhongli brothers as he flew.

A faint golden light flashed almost imperceptibly in his eyes, and he immediately understood the information about the soul bone.

"It really is the left leg bone of the Three-Life Wolf Ape... and all three pieces share the same origin, possessing the same soul skill—teleportation. After the three fuse, they can exchange positions within a certain distance, or teleport directly to each other's side..."

Gula muttered to himself, "Unfortunately, this ability is useless to me." His superpower, "teleportation," is much more convenient and faster than this soul bone skill, and it also covers a greater distance.

He quickly made a decision and found Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, who were flying side by side.

"Yuhao, Wang Dong'er."

Gula called out to them, and two more identical soul bones appeared in his hand. "These two soul bones are the ones that the three brothers dropped earlier. They are a set from the same origin."

“I left a piece for Xiao Xiao. Its single soul skill is teleportation. If you two fuse together, you can teleport to each other within a certain distance or exchange positions.”

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's eyes lit up immediately.

As a couple who frequently need to fight side-by-side, they understand all too well the value of this ability in real combat. Mutual rescue and tactical coordination in critical moments will be elevated to a new level.

"Gula, this..." Huo Yuhao's breathing became rapid, but then his face showed difficulty, "But... we probably don't have anything that can be exchanged for a soul bone..."

The value of soul bones is immeasurable, especially those that appear in pairs and have combined skills; they are priceless and unavailable.

Wang Dong'er also bit her lip. Although she longed for it, she knew that what Huo Yuhao said was true.

Gula looked at them and said calmly, "No rush. You can think about what I might need. Or, if you have any unique secret techniques or knowledge, you can exchange them for that."

Huo Yuhao fell into deep thought. His treasures, such as Ice Emperor and Brother Tianmeng, were naturally not something he would trade.

Nothing else seemed to compare to the value of a soul bone. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he remembered the secret technique left behind by his teacher, Electrolux, which he had further refined.

He hesitated for a moment, looked at Gula, then at Wang Dong'er, and finally seemed to have made up his mind.

He raised his head and looked at Gula with honest eyes: "Brother Gula, I do have a unique secret technique. It is... a method that can form an equal contract with a soul beast, turning it into a soul spirit to assist the soul master in cultivation and provide soul rings."

Wang Dong'er looked at Huo Yuhao in surprise, knowing what this secret technique meant to him.

Huo Yuhao continued, "I originally planned to make this secret technique public when the time was right, hoping to establish an organization to promote this contract and reduce the killing between soul masters and soul beasts."

"Now, I can give it to you to study ahead of time. Although it may not be perfect yet, it contains entirely new possibilities."

A hint of surprise flashed in Gula's eyes; he hadn't expected Huo Yuhao to bring this out.

This was the original version of the Soul Contract that he had been somewhat curious about.

Although this version of the contract is not as stable as the one improved by the Spirit Pagoda ten thousand years later, its "originality" may have preserved more unregulated and potentially complex elements, such as the ability of Jiang Nannan's Rouge Soft Tendon Python spirit to learn the host's soul skills.

When Wang Dong'er heard Huo Yuhao say that this was meant to be spread, she nodded in support of his decision.

Gula nodded almost without hesitation:

"Alright. Let's exchange them using this secret technique. I'll study it." He tossed the two soul bones to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao quickly caught them, his heart filled with excitement. He carefully handed one piece to Wang Dong'er, then held the other tightly to himself, and solemnly said to Gula:

"Thank you! I will compile the detailed cultivation method and precautions for the contract for you when I get back."

The deal was done and both parties were satisfied.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er exchanged a glance, both seeing the joy and anticipation in each other's eyes.

Suppressing their excitement, they planned to find a quiet corner upon returning to Shrek Academy to fuse the teleportation soul bones that could provide them with powerful assistance.

Back at Shrek Academy, everyone dispersed. Gula came to Xiao Xiao's side and handed her a dark blue left leg bone.

"Xiao Xiao, this soul bone is for you."

Xiao Xiao was chatting with Jiang Nannan when she heard this and turned around in surprise. Looking at the soul bone in Gula's hand that was emitting strange energy fluctuations, she quickly waved her hand and said, "Ah? This is too precious, I can't accept it!"

Gula explained calmly, "This is a left leg bone with the teleportation soul skill. Your Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron is more focused on control and defense, with slightly weaker mobility. The Azure Phoenix Martial Soul is more focused on healing, control, and support, with weaker combat power."

"With this, we'll be much more flexible in attacking, retreating, or avoiding danger. Take it; it won't be of much use to me."

Looking at Gula's unquestionable gaze and then at the soul bone, Xiao Xiao was moved, knowing that Gula was thinking of her.

She no longer refused, carefully took the soul bone, and smiled sweetly: "Thank you, Gula, I will definitely use it well."

"Yes, find a safe place to absorb it as soon as possible." Gula nodded.

Jiang Nannan looked at Gula with a heavy heart. She didn't envy Gula for giving Xiao Xiao the soul bone, but rather for the temperament that Gula possessed, something that the carefree Xu Sanshi could never learn.

In reality, after what happened, she had no choice but to choose Xu Sanshi or live a lonely life. Her final fate seemed predictable.

(End of this chapter)