Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 449 Creating a Continent, Confronting the Ocean
Chen Xinjie's hair and beard bristled with rage, his voice booming like a tsunami: "Nonsense! The history of Douluo Continent is long and rich; when has there ever been a record of a 'God of the Earth'?!"

"These two wretched beasts dared to attack and kill a Federation lieutenant general and destroy my fleet. Their crimes are unforgivable!"

Although the other powerful figures from the Temple of War remained silent, their eyes were solemn, their soul power surged, and their magnificent four-word battle armors were attached to their bodies. The dazzling light illuminated this chaotic sea area as if it were daytime.

They knew all too well that the Super Douluo who had just perished was not only the captain, but also a powerful lieutenant general in the Federation, and his death had pushed the situation to an irreversible extreme.

However, they are not the main fighting force. The Federation's true trump card has always been the strategic soul-guided weapons that it has accumulated over countless years for the purpose of unifying the continent.

"Launch!" Chen Xinjie gave the order without hesitation.

The soul-guided array, which had been poised for action, suddenly erupted with blinding light. Eight level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs, radiating destructive energy, tore through the sky, like invitations from the Grim Reaper, and bombarded the two immovable giant beasts from different angles!
At the same time, Chen Xinjie used his highest authority to urgently activate a treasured level 10 soul tool in the North Sea Army base, specifically developed to counter top-tier fire-attribute enemies—[Ice Age]!
Gula sneered inwardly as he faced the incoming level 9 shells.

He can use spatial power to teleport away cannonballs, and it is certainly easy to transfer using spatial means, but how can that demonstrate the absolute power and majesty of the earth and lava ruler?
Thus, under the gaze of countless horrified eyes, the two Groudons did not dodge or evade, allowing the eight terrifying cannonballs, powerful enough to severely injure or even kill a Limit Douluo without wearing a four-word battle armor, to strike their bodies covered in scorching rocks!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!!!"

The continuous explosions were deafening, and endless light and heat instantly engulfed the giant beast's figure. The violent shockwaves violently pushed aside the surrounding seawater, forming a huge depression, and the seabed trembled violently.

However, as the devastating light and smoke slowly dissipated, the scene that was revealed chilled the hearts of all who witnessed it.

The two giant beasts remained standing. The parts of their bodies that had been bombarded showed no cracks, except for a slight reddening of the rock surface, as if it had been branded with a hot iron.

How could a level nine soul tool in the mortal realm possibly shake such god-level defensive power?
"Roar--!!!"

Gula roared with earth-shattering fury, his voice filled with rage and disdain at being provoked by ants: "Humble humans! Utterly foolish! You brought this upon yourselves!"

He no longer held back, truly unleashing the power over the land that belonged to Groudon!
"earthquake!"

As divine power surged, this fragile sea area, which was already located at the junction of continental plates, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented and terrifying earthquake.

The seafloor rock layers fractured and compressed amidst mournful cries, triggering a chain reaction that not only caused noticeable tremors in cities along distant continental coasts, but also directly led to a collective eruption of the underwater volcanoes.

"Boom!!!"

More underwater volcanoes were detonated, and the scorching magma, empowered by Groudon's power, broke through the barrier of the thousand-meter-deep seawater with even greater ferocity, rushing straight to the surface like countless angry fire dragons.

The natural disaster struck, the seas boiled, steam filled the air, and the newly formed land expanded and piled up at a visible speed.

Just then, the long-accumulated chill finally erupted!

The level 10 soul tool [Ice Age] did not fire a physical cannonball, but rather an absolute zero ray condensed to the extreme.

It silently sank into the sea, and the next moment, extreme cold spread wildly from the point of impact. The sea surface froze at an incredible speed, and the thick ice layer spread like a plague, instantly suppressing a large area of ​​boiling sea. Even the rising water vapor turned into ice crystals and fell.

This attack, containing the ultimate ice power of a 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion and the essence of ten thousand years of profound ice, has an freezing effect comparable to an eleventh-level soul tool, making it a true nemesis of fire attributes.

The ice layer spread rapidly until it approached within a hundred meters of Groudon, where it was blocked by the invisible, scorching force field and could not advance any further.

A hint of mockery flashed in Gula's cold, golden eyes: "Mere ice... dares to block the wrath of the earth?"

He mobilized his Martial Soul True Body and divine power with all his might, and the lava energy at the core was condensed like never before!
"Lava Fury!"

As if resonating with the blazing sun hanging high in the sky, both Groudons raised their heads simultaneously, opened their massive mouths, and spewed out two dark red lava beams with a diameter of over ten meters.

This beam of light was not a simple flame, but a highly concentrated liquid energy containing the wrath and destructive laws of the earth.

The beam of light, like a whip of divine punishment, swept across the frozen sea!

"laugh--!!!!!"

A piercing sound of energy erosion rang out, and the seemingly indestructible "Ice Age" ice layer vaporized and disappeared instantly in the face of the lava beam, just like snow encountering the scorching sun!

The beam of light continued its relentless advance, precisely sweeping across the seven soul-guided warships hovering in the distance.

There was no explosion, only melting. The warship's soul-guided shield collapsed like a soap bubble at the slightest touch. The sturdy alloy armor melted directly into molten iron under the high temperature of the lava beam, and everything inside, including the crew and weapons, was instantly vaporized and annihilated.

Just before the beam of light reached his body, Chen Xinjie unleashed his quasi-god-level soul power and the power of the Sea God Martial Soul in an attempt to block it.

But his ocean power, which he claimed could encompass all things and resolve all forces, appeared so pale in the face of this ultimate destructive energy of the earth.

Merely grazed by the residual energy from the edge of the beam, the four-character battle armor on his arms instantly turned bright red, softened, and melted! The terrifying burns were almost deep enough to expose the bone!

"Ugh!" Chen Xinjie screamed, his body staggering backward, his face filled with horror and disbelief.

He had no doubt that if he had retreated even a fraction of a second slower, he would have vanished like those warships.

His face turned ashen as he looked at his charred and twisted arms, then at the two seemingly unharmed giant beasts that continued to push the land forward, and a chill ran through him.

Even if... even if we retrieve the Sea God's Helmet, the divine artifact left behind by the Sea God's ancestor, I'm afraid...

"Is this really a soul beast?" A desperate thought began to grow in his mind.

The few surviving titled Douluo from the Temple of War looked down at the empty sea below, where the elite fleets of the Northern Navy Legion and the Sea God Legion had once been anchored, including many of their familiar comrades and carefully trained Battle Armor Masters, but now not a single piece of wreckage remained.

Everyone's face was extremely grim.

Although no one dared to speak out in condemnation, a silent resentment and fear permeated the air—all because Chen Xinjie's insistence on launching "Ice Age" had angered that invincible entity.

Chen Xinjie clearly sensed the subtle and chilling atmosphere. A bitter smile appeared on his lips. Knowing that things were beyond saving, he could only grit his teeth and say, "Withdraw! Return immediately and convene a federal emergency meeting!"

Gula did not stop the defeated soldiers from leaving; his objective had been achieved.

He continued to control the two Groudon avatars, like tireless creator gods, propelling the newly formed land forward steadfastly.

His perception and understanding of the laws of the land of Douluo Star deepened as the land expanded. At the same time, he could vaguely sense that his actions were eroding and squeezing the inherent domain authority of another god—the Sea God—in this realm.

Tang Hao, hidden in the shadows, was extremely anxious. He watched as the ocean area was forcibly encroached upon and the authority of the Sea God was shaken. As the master of the plane, he could clearly feel the disorder and lamentation caused by this to the laws of the plane.

However, he was hesitant to use the power of the plane's origin to intervene directly, fearing that he might alert the Abyss Plane and cause his grand plan to fail. In that case, the Douluo Plane would decline, and he and Ah Yin would also perish.

This feeling of being restricted was driving him almost crazy.

Inside the Federal Supreme Council room, a complete uproar had broken out.

The members of the various factions attacked each other and shirked responsibility, with no one willing to send their forces to face those two behemoths that were comparable to gods.

Even the quasi-god Chen Xinjie and the level 10 soul tool returned defeated; whoever goes there will only be sending themselves to their death!

"Why did the Northern Navy Legion provoke us?! Since that behemoth says it wants to create land, let it do it! Once it's finished, our Federation can simply send troops to take over, wouldn't that be gaining an extra territory and resources out of thin air?"

"It's none of my business," a member of parliament from an inland province said loudly, with an air of nonchalance.

"Bullshit! Is your brain filled with shit?!"

A legislator from a major coastal city in the east slammed his fist on the table, his eyes blazing with fury. "The seawater won't just disappear into thin air! If a new continent were to appear out of nowhere, the sea level would inevitably rise!"

"All the prosperous cities, ports, and fertile fields along my eastern coast will be submerged! This loss is something you couldn't compensate for even if you sold your whole family ten thousand times!"

The arguments went on and on, and finally, under the strong pressure of the hawkish faction, a reluctant resolution was barely reached:

Using long-range strategic soul guides deployed at bases across the continent, the Federation will continuously harass and obstruct the behemoths' advance, not to harm them, but to slow their progress and buy precious time for the Federation to "think" out a real solution.

However, everyone understood that this was merely a short-sighted solution; the ever-expanding land was like a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all coastal creatures on Douluo Star.

(End of this chapter)