Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 424 Natural Gate VS Heavenly Dragon Gate (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
Soon, in the second match of the quarterfinals, it was Natural Gate's turn to face off against Heavenly Dragon Gate.

At this stage, every match is full of highlights, and the strength gap between the teams is not large, making it easy to expose information and not to be missed. All participating teams stay behind to collect information.

On the Natural Gate side, as the group leader, they had already moved to a better rest area.

Gula tapped the table, his gaze sweeping over his avatars: "Who will go up this time?"

Bai Yuan leaned back lazily in his chair and shook his head: "It would be too much of a rip-off for me to go. You guys go ahead."

His Abyss Gluttonous Martial Soul fused with a portion of Tang Wulin's essence blood, thereby gaining insight into the Golden Dragon King's bloodline. After undergoing three ancestral reversions, the purity of his bloodline has approached the level of the Dragon King, and it has also incorporated the primordial power of the Abyss Plane.

Although the Tianlong Sect claims that their martial souls are all true dragons, they probably can't even unleash their dragon might in front of him. It would be quite an achievement if they could even stand firm under the suppression of their bloodline.

Mu Yi tossed his long, emerald-green hair, looking uninterested: "Not interested." He disdained bullying a group of physically "weak" Soul Masters.

Ming Baixue's clear, cold voice rang out: "I'll go. However, my physical martial soul might attract the attention of the Body Sect, so I hope they won't bother me." She volunteered and gracefully stepped onto the arena.

All eyes in the players' area and the audience seats immediately turned to it.

Seeing unfamiliar faces that hadn't appeared before, everyone perked up. Huo Yuhao also became serious; he hadn't forgotten how Ming Baixue had publicly "reprimanded" him before.

Wang Dong'er noticed Huo Yuhao's focused gaze and couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy: "Isn't she very pretty?"

Huo Yuhao explained helplessly, "Dong'er, you know I'm content with just you. I'm only paying attention to her because of the competition."

Although Wang Dong'er believed it, she couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy when she looked at Ming Baixue's outstanding appearance and temperament.

This is understandable, as Gula is a typical looks-obsessed person. When creating his avatar, martial spirit potential was the top priority, and appearance was the second most important criterion. As a result, the Natural Gate became the team with the most handsome men and beautiful women in this competition, attracting a lot of attention.

On the arena, what attracted the most attention was Ming Baixue's unusual long hair.

The roots of the hair are grayish-white, like the ashes of death, while the ends gradually turn into an icy blue, like ancient ice, with a flowing luster, as dazzling and translucent as crystal.

Her face was exquisitely perfect, yet it possessed an inhuman aloofness and mystery. But what was most captivating were her eyes, with their contrasting colors:
The left eye is in the gentle shape of an hourglass, flowing with a silvery halo, as if it contains a gentle power to reverse time and heal wounds.

His right eye was a deep, gray-blue vortex that seemed to lead to the abyss of the underworld, radiating a chilling aura that stripped away life, controlled death, and exuded extreme cold.

Her martial spirit is these eyes of the underworld.

Her opponent was Xingyan from the Tianlong Sect, whose martial soul was the powerful Crimson Dragon, a standard six-ring Soul Emperor.

Ming Baixue's soul power level is also Soul Emperor, but she is a level 70 Soul Emperor.

Because she had not found a sufficiently suitable and powerful 100,000-year-old soul beast as her soul spirit, she had not yet attached her seventh soul ring, but this did not mean that her strength was weak.

"Game start!"

Xingyan dared not be careless in the slightest. The Natural Sect's strength was unfathomable; rumors circulated that they possessed three Soul Saints. Whether true or not, he had to go all out. He instantly completed his Martial Soul Possession, his body covered in scales.

First Soul Skill, Crimson Dragon Body! A surge in power, boosting both attack and defense!
Second Soul Skill, Dragon Wings! Red dragon wings sprout from his back, increasing his speed!

Third Soul Skill, Dragon Flame Claw! Both claws are imbued with blazing dragon flames, increasing attack power!
As expected, six deep black soul rings rose from beneath Ming Baixue's feet, along with the fluctuations of her level 70 soul power.

Referee Zheng Zhan and the leader of the Tianlong Sect were secretly surprised. They hadn't expected Ming Baixue to be a level 70 Quasi-Soul Saint. They were even more puzzled as to why she hadn't attached a Soul Ring. Was it just for the sake of participating in the competition? But wouldn't it take up time to hunt for Souls in the middle?
However, the Tianlong Sect also breathed a sigh of relief. Without the seventh soul ring and the true form of the martial soul, the level 70 quasi-soul saint's strength would be diminished.

"What exactly is her martial spirit?" Many people wondered, unable to discern it.

Only the Snow Demon Sect members had sharp eyes. They could tell at a glance that Ming Baixue was a true martial soul, and those peculiar heterochromatic pupils were the external manifestation of the martial soul!
The first black spirit ring on Ming Baixue's body lit up.

First Soul Skill: Netherworld Domain!
In an instant, a dark, deathly phantom emanated from her, enveloping half of the arena, as if her presence had summoned a piece of the underworld.

The laws of the realm were forcibly altered, and living people within it could clearly feel their life force slowly draining away, while the biting chill of death constantly eroded them.

If the Soul Master were here, life and death would be in Ming Baixue's hands.

As the Netherworld realm descended, Xingyan's breath instantly turned into white mist, and the crimson dragon flames burning on his body were suppressed and weakened by nearly half.

He was shocked and launched a powerful attack without hesitation: Fourth Soul Skill, Dragon Meteor!
His entire body was enveloped in scorching meteor flames, his defensive power increased threefold, and he crashed down towards Ming Baixue like a real meteorite!

Upon landing, it will trigger a violent fire-attribute explosion and shockwave, covering a very wide area. With the enhancement of the Crimson Dragon's Body, this attack is even more powerful.

However, Ming Baixue merely glanced at him indifferently, her second black soul ring flashing.

Second Soul Skill: Time's Lament!

Rare time-related soul skills can seize time to affect oneself, and can also seize the moment when a soul skill is activated in the near future, rendering the soul skill ineffective, but the consumption is real.

An invisible force of time acted upon Xingyan. He was horrified to find that his speed had visibly slowed down, as if he were sinking into quagmire.

Even more terrifying was that the brilliance of his "Dragon Meteor" soul skill, which had just ignited on his body, was quickly extinguished and dissipated as if wiped away by an invisible hand, as if he had never released the soul skill at all!

Because Xingyan used multiple soul skills in succession, which had extremely short durations, Ming Baixue only needed to consume very little soul power to precisely "steal" the moment he activated the key soul skill, rendering it ineffective.

Xingyan awkwardly "fell" from the low sky, staggering to the ground. Looking at his body, now back to normal, and the extinguished dragon flames, he was momentarily at a loss.

But he was experienced in combat and didn't hesitate for long.

Now that he knew Ming Baixue had the strange ability to dispel soul skills, he immediately changed his strategy and took out a huge level-six soul-guided cannon—the Bursting Giant Cannon!
This is one of the most powerful portable soul-guided cannons in terms of single-shot destructive power.

The third black spirit ring on Ming Baixue's body lit up.

Third Soul Skill, Divine Might!
The effect is similar to Obito Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan ability, allowing him to achieve intangibility, spatial transfer, and teleportation.

The space in front of her slightly distorted, forming an invisible entrance to the underworld.

The scorching soul energy projectile fired by the Exploding Giant Cannon was swallowed up by the spatial power before it hit her, and the next second, it appeared out of thin air from behind Xingyan.

"boom!"

The cannonball struck the unsuspecting Xingyan squarely in the back, the explosion sending him flying. Ming Baixue won easily.

Ming Baixue's role is actually that of a healing-type Soul Master, so she doesn't have any powerful direct attack Soul Skills. Instead, she possesses mostly survival, control, and support skills.

Of course, if others knew the effects of her soul skills, they would probably find it hard to believe that she was just a "simple" healer.

On the Tang Sect's side, Xu Sanshi clicked his tongue and said, "Yuhao, her martial soul is the same as yours, an eye-type physical martial soul, but her abilities... are far inferior, aren't they?"

Huo Yuhao said solemnly, "Her original spirit must have undergone an extremely special mutation. At least, I can't think of any spirit ring that could allow her original spirit to directly acquire such a powerful space-type spirit skill."

He paused, then asked, "But why did she use her ten-thousand-year soul skill three times in a row? Wouldn't that consume too much energy?"

"Who knows? We'll find out as we watch." Xu Sanshi was also baffled.

The second member of the Tianlong Sect to enter the arena was a young man who was over two meters tall and possessed an unparalleled domineering aura. His eyes were as fierce as a dragon's, and he was none other than the captain, Yu Tianlong.

After taking the stage, he didn't immediately make a move. Instead, he asked the question that had been on many people's minds: "Why did you use your ten-thousand-year soul skill so many times? Aren't you afraid of overusing your soul power?" Ming Baixue glanced at him indifferently, and perhaps seeing that his attitude was acceptable, she made an exception and answered:

"I am a support, control, and healing type Soul Master, and I do not have any Soul Skills that directly attack."

"what?!"

The entire audience was shocked! Everyone stared at Ming Baixue in disbelief.

A Soul Master who can unleash a domain, manipulate time, and teleport space actually calls himself a support type?
The disciples of the Body Sect felt that she was wasting her talents. With such a powerful eye-shaped martial soul, it was a complete misguided path for her not to pursue a control or offensive route!
Yu Tianlong was taken aback at first, then felt a surge of anger at being tricked: "Support type? Do you think I'm a three-year-old?!" He didn't believe it at all.

Knowing that Ming Baixue could dispel soul skills, Yu Tianlong released his top-tier beast martial soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex. However, he was cautious and only released his third soul skill, Thunder Fury!
This is a wide-area lightning field that can both attack and allow the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex to withstand damage without seriously injuring itself.

At the same time, this soul skill can also implicitly enhance attack power and lightning attribute power. Its external characteristics are not obvious, so Yu Tianlong and Du Mingbaixue could not see it and could not accurately "dispel" it.

However, this time Ming Baixue did not use her second soul skill, "The Tragedy of Time." Her fourth and fifth black soul rings lit up simultaneously!
Fourth Soul Skill: Underworld Paradise!
A realm completely different from the "Netherworld" unfolds, filled with a gentle life force and tranquility.

Within this realm, Ming Baixue's soul power began to recover steadily and slowly, and she and her allies became immune to negative emotional states such as fear.

Fifth Soul Skill: Space-Time Guidance!
The space in front of her rippled, and six ancient gates to the underworld, shrouded in the aura of death, suddenly opened.

From the door emerged two undead knights clad in heavy armor and wielding undead spears, two black warriors wielding greatswords and exuding a black aura of death, and two blurry, indistinct ghost assassins.

Summoning undead creatures or beings that have a pact with Ming Baixue is her only and primary means of attack.

Ming Baixue's cold voice was like the judgment of the underworld: "Defeat him."

Six powerful Netherworld creatures let out a silent roar and immediately launched a fierce attack on Yu Tianlong.

The Black Knight parried the lightning with his greatsword, the Undead Knight launched a death charge, and the Ghost Assassin silently vanished, waiting for his chance to strike.

Yu Tianlong was completely dumbfounded: "This is what you called... a support-type Soul Master?!"

Huo Yuhao in the audience was even more astonished. He recognized these undead creatures, which made him even more aware of Ming Baixue's terror.

These are not low-level undead, but high-level undead with considerable intelligence and combat power!

Moreover, they seem to be connected to Ming Baixue's martial soul origin, and are not subject to the natural suppression of undead creatures by the rules of Douluo Continent. They are much stronger and more stable than the undead he summoned through the undead demiplane.

Yu Tianlong sensed a fatal crisis and could no longer hold back.

The first soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!
The second soul skill, thunder!
Fifth Soul Skill: Thunder Dragon Armor!
Sixth Soul Skill: Overbearing Thunder!
A powerful surge of lightning gathered around him, and he roared, "Mere undead, turn to ashes under my lightning!"

Thunder is indeed effective against undead creatures. The enhanced sixth soul skill, "Overbearing Thunder," can be charged up and unleashed, blasting a charging undead knight, comparable to a level 70 soul saint, to pieces in one strike!

He wanted to break through the encirclement of the undead army in one fell swoop and take Ming Baixue directly.

Unfortunately, Ming Baixue remained calm and composed. The deep sixth spirit ring on her body finally emitted a dim light.

Sixth Soul Skill: Underworld Snow!
Grayish-white snowflakes, imbued with the aura of decay and death, fell silently into the "Netherworld."

Wherever the snowflakes touched, life quickly faded, and everything seemed to be heading towards its end. This soul skill would continuously assess the life strength of enemies within the area; those with insufficient life force would be directly stripped of their life force, and their souls would return to the underworld.

Even more terrifying is that when "Netherworld Snow" merges with "Netherworld Domain", it forms an even stronger Netherworld Reincarnation Domain!
In this realm, the boundary between life and death is blurred, and the laws are reversed to some extent.

Thunder counters Undead?

No! Ming Baixue decided that within the Netherworld Reincarnation Domain, it is the undead that restrain lightning!
Yu Tianlong was horrified to discover that the damage he dealt to the undead creatures had been reduced to a quarter of what it used to be, while the undead's attacks on him had become even more ferocious, doubling the damage!
Although he didn't understand that it involved a distortion of the laws, he only thought that Ming Baixue's sixth soul skill provided a powerful boost to the summoned creature, but the situation had already been reversed.

Yu Tianlong desperately unleashed his soul skills, with lightning flashing, but under the reversal of attributes and the siege of six against one, he eventually exhausted himself and was knocked to the ground by the undead, losing.

The strongest captain of Tianlongmen was defeated so easily, and the subsequent members were powerless to turn the tide.

At the leader's signal, Tianlongmen had no choice but to concede defeat.

The match ended, but a storm suddenly arose. Many people believed that Ming Baixue's method of summoning the dead belonged to evil spirit masters, and they were all terrified. Some people also wanted to take the opportunity to weaken the Natural Gate.

There is also internal discussion within the Tang Sect about whether Ming Baixue is an evil soul master.

Huo Yuhao analyzed, "She doesn't have a trace of the resentment and bloody evil power unique to evil soul masters. Those undead were not created by her through torture and killing, but rather were contracted creatures summoned from a specific 'plane'."

Wang Dong'er retorted, "What if someone else made it for her?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "These people from the Natural Sect have very little resentment on them. Even Liu Niandao, who has killed the most people, only has a strong smell of blood, not resentment. They do not show any signs of deliberately torturing living beings or using human lives to cultivate, so by the standards they cannot be considered evil soul masters."

However, Huo Yuhao found it difficult to convince even his own people, let alone ordinary people and some sects who were filled with fear of evil soul masters.

Many spectators and participating teams lodged a strong protest with the competition organizing committee on the spot, demanding that Natural Gate hand over "Evil Soul Master" Ming Baixue, otherwise their participation should be disqualified!

The organizing committee was somewhat tempted. If they could use this opportunity to weaken the mysterious and powerful Natural Gate, they would naturally welcome it, especially since the true Holy Spirit Cult had not yet been fully exposed. They could confidently use this to exert pressure, and later, when they no longer needed the Holy Spirit Cult, they could use the same reasoning to disqualify them.

Just as the situation was about to spiral out of control, Gura knew it was his turn to step in.

After his Groudon Martial Soul evolved to the God King level and fused with and absorbed the energy of the underground magma, evolving into a million-year-old Groudon Soul Spirit, combined with his Three-Word Battle Armor, his strength was already comparable to or even surpassed that of an ordinary Limit Douluo.

"Shut up!"

A calm yet supremely authoritative cold shout rang out, not a roar, but like a thunderclap that exploded deep into everyone's soul.

Immediately afterwards, a vast and heavy pressure of Limit Douluo-level soul power enveloped the entire arena as if it were a tangible entity.

The once noisy scene instantly fell silent!

With a thought, Gula didn't even fully release his martial soul; he merely activated the martial soul's control over the earth element.

To everyone's astonishment, a massive, 300-meter-high rock wall suddenly rose up around the perimeter of the competition area, seemingly isolating the entire arena from the outside world.

The rock wall emanated a suffocating earth elemental aura, as if it could collapse at any moment and bury everyone there!

This is blatant intimidation!

The terror of a Limit Douluo with ultimate earth attribute is incomparable to that of an ordinary Limit Douluo.
"If you have any questions, come to me!" Gula's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears, carrying an undeniable domineering tone.

A dark shadow flashed, and Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao appeared in the sky, looking at Gula with an extremely solemn and vigilant expression.

He could clearly feel the power contained within the masked man in front of him, a power that made his heart tremble!

He had a strong premonition that he was likely... no match for them!
Even Long Xiaoyao reacted this way, and Xu Tianran on the high platform turned pale, gripping the handrail tightly, not daring to say another word.

Even the regent of the empire had to temporarily bow his head and learn to keep quiet in the face of a supreme being with the power to change the world.

Only Ju Zi, this seemingly fragile yet strong girl, had a hint of stubbornness and ambition in her eyes. Even if her talent for cultivation was insufficient, she would one day reach the power that she could wield with a single glance.

(End of this chapter)