Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 453 The Plan in Progress, Prelude
After Bai Yuan left the Abyss, he immediately reported the attack he had suffered at the hands of the Abyss Demon Emperor.

This is not making a mountain out of a molehill, but a necessary warning to prevent other reconnaissance teams of the Blood God Legion from encountering a powerful enemy without their knowledge, resulting in unnecessary casualties.

After finishing his report, Bai Yuan returned to his dormitory, his premonition growing stronger.

The Abyss will never sit idly by while beings like him and Tang Wulin continuously "steal" its source power; a large-scale counterattack may be just around the corner.

The chaos was the opportunity he had been waiting for.

His premonition soon came true.

Late that night, the piercing sound of an alarm shattered the tranquility of the Blood God Legion's base.

A deafening roar and energy surge came from the direction of the abyss passage—the abyssal creatures had launched their all-out attack!
Countless abyssal creatures of various shapes and sizes surged out of the passage like a flood bursting its banks, launching a frenzied attack on the Blood God Legion's defenses.

Zhang Huanyun took command, mobilizing soldiers at all levels to defend and counterattack from fortifications.

Cao Dezhi led his elite Blood God Camp warriors, cutting into the enemy ranks like a sharp knife, specifically hunting down powerful high-level abyssal creatures.

On another part of the battlefield, Tang Wulin, wielding the Golden Dragon Spear, moved like a golden whirlwind, absorbing the abyssal creatures that transformed into pure life energy wherever he went.

The exceptionally fierce battle on his side had clearly attracted the attention of the Abyss's higher-ups, and the Abyss Saint King was urging more power to be poured onto him from behind the scenes.

Just as the chaos reached its peak, Bai Yuan in the dormitory closed his eyes and, through the mysterious connection between his avatar and his main body, completely synchronized the scene of the battlefield and his own judgment with the main body of Gula, who was far away on the island.

Gula received the message instantly.

"The time has come!"

A glint flashed in his eyes, and without the slightest hesitation, the power of space around him surged.

Under the cover of the violent spatial fluctuations caused by the abyss invasion, this tiny ripple of teleportation went completely unnoticed.

The next moment, his figure quietly appeared in a hidden corner near the Blood God Legion's base.

Immediately afterwards, figures appeared one after another around him—Mu Yi, Alice, Liu Niandao, Yin Wansheng, Bo Xi, Ming Baixue, and Qing Liuli.

Apart from Du'an, who needs to be stationed in Douluo Continent 1 as a final resurrection insurance, all eight of Gula's incarnations are gathered here.

"The original body." The avatars nodded slightly.

Gula's gaze swept over everyone, and he said succinctly, "My souls are full and have all evolved to their current limits, so there is no need for further improvement."

"The primary goal is to conquer a suitable abyssal plane for me, devour its core life energy, and forge a third martial soul! After success, Alice and I will work together to evolve your soul spirits and bloodlines."

The avatars naturally had no objections; this was the core of the plan and the most reasonable order of resource allocation.

"The Abyss Lords on the lower 36 levels are too weak; their dimensional life energy is probably insufficient to support your third Martial Soul."

Bo Xi analyzed, "We need at least the thirty-sixth level, a plane with a Super Douluo-level lord presiding over it, to barely have enough accumulated life energy. Which level should we attack?"

At this moment, Bai Yuan, who knew the situation in the Abyss best, spoke up: "I already have a target. There is a layer in the Abyss called the 'Layer of Illusion,' which specifically breeds a strange abyssal creature called the 'Possessed Demon.'"

"This demon is formless and intangible, and is extremely adept at possessing and manipulating. Once possessed, even the closest person will find it difficult to detect, making it impossible to defend against."

"That's why the Blood God Legion has never actually killed these abyssal creatures in its history, because they almost never participate in direct combat."

He changed the subject, a calculating glint in his eyes: "But precisely because they avoid battle and remain hidden, consuming very little energy, the life energy accumulated in this layer is probably exceptionally vast!"

"After more than six thousand years of accumulation, even if most of it has been handed over to the Abyss Saint King, its reserves are still far greater than those of ordinary middle-level planes, and may even be comparable to some of the upper thirty-six levels."

"Moreover, they are extremely weak in direct combat, and it is even less likely that they will possess our consciousness, which has been tempered and has a connection with our original body. This layer is the best target."

"Alright!" Gula immediately decided, "Let's attack this 'Illusion Layer'!"

With the plan set, Gula instantly switched to the Celebi Martial Soul, the power of spacetime enveloping himself and his seven avatars, silently merging into the phase space, and stealthily heading towards the abyss passage.

Bai Yuan reappeared on the battlefield, wielding his replica of the Sky-Piercing Spear. His Devouring Domain appeared and disappeared intermittently as he killed abyssal creatures, seemingly fighting alongside the army while subtly approaching the entrance to the abyssal passage. Soon, seizing an opportunity when the battle was chaotic and most people were preoccupied, he flashed and disappeared into the surging torrent of abyssal creatures, vanishing into the depths of the passage.

Although Bai Yuan's actions were secretive, they did not completely escape the perception of Zhang Huanyun and Cao Dezhi.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the seriousness and a hint of understanding in each other's eyes.

They suspected that Bai Yuan might have some ulterior motive, and considering his unique ability to devour, they ultimately chose to remain silent, only secretly instructing their trusted confidants to keep an eye on any unusual activity in the "Illusionary Layer" passage.

At this moment, their attention was drawn to Tang Wulin—the terrifying destructive power of the Golden Dragon Spear against abyssal creatures, and the pressure of the attacks he endured that far exceeded that of ordinary people, were all too conspicuous.

……

The Abyss, the "Layer of Illusion".

The environment here is bizarre and surreal, filled with a colorful mist that twists the mind. Countless translucent, ghost-like possessing demons drift and weave through the air, emitting rustling mental whispers.

They have almost no physical form, making physical attacks nearly ineffective. The suppression of martial spirits by the abyss environment leaves the warriors of the Blood God Legion almost helpless in this place.

However, this suppression is much less effective against beings whose essence has reached the level of gods or who possess special powers.

Bai Yuan was the first to step into this level. The possessed demons around him swarmed in like sharks smelling blood, trying to penetrate his sea of ​​consciousness.

But what awaited them was a suddenly opened, even deeper and more terrifying devouring domain!

"Om-!"

An invisible force field spread out, and those illusory possessing demons, like fallen leaves thrown into a vortex, emitted silent shrieks as their bodies twisted and were forcibly torn apart and devoured, transforming into pure spiritual and life energy that surged into Bai Yuan's body.

Just then, the space rippled slightly, and Gura stepped out of the phase space with his seven avatars.

Looking around at the appalling environment filled with mental pollution and distorted rules, Gula's eyes were calm as he said in a deep voice, "Let's begin."

Qing Liuli was the first to step forward.

In the past six months, she finally broke through to the Soul Saint level. Although her seventh soul ring was only a thousand-year purple one—due to the special nature of her second soul spirit, Bodhi Wood, her ascension required unique spiritual power—her martial soul true form had already been activated, and she had not let down the extinct plant seed that Gula had specially searched for.

"Seventh Soul Skill - Pure Glazed True Body: Glazed Pure Land!"

She gave a soft shout, and her body radiated a warm yet firm crystal light, transforming into a huge, radiant, pure crystal lamp!
A gentle yet inviolable radiance illuminated an area of ​​a hundred meters, forming a peculiar realm.

Wherever the light reached, the distorted, colorful mist vanished as if it had encountered its nemesis, and the possessed demons within the range let out shrill screams, as if they were evil spirits thrown into the purifying fire, instantly burned and purified!
This Pure Land of Crystal not only dispels inner demons and purifies impurities, but also contains a trace of the power of mental rules. Within its coverage area, it can temporarily isolate the suppression of the external abyss environment.

The avatars immediately felt a lightness all over their bodies, and the sluggish feeling of their soul power circulation disappeared. They all summoned their martial souls.

Seeing this, Gula and Alice withdrew their powers to maintain the phase space and assist in resisting the suppression. Qing Liuli then fully supported this temporary "safe zone".

Gula took a deep breath, his eyes becoming extremely solemn.

He raised his hand and waved, and a silvery-white light flew out from his storage soul tool, hovering in mid-air.

That's a mecha!
Its entire body has a cold, silvery-white metallic luster, with smooth and powerful lines, and a structure so precise that it seems to belong to another era.

Gura didn't add any unnecessary paint; in his eyes, this purest metallic color was the most beautiful embodiment of order and power.

This is the result of the thirteen years he has spent traveling through the timeline of Legend of the Dragon King, including the accumulation of timelines in the world of Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect.

A god-level mech, forged with countless efforts and using a massive amount of rare metals, and ultimately crafted from all-day forged metal!
It uses the pulse engine, a high-level artifact obtained from the system, as its near-infinite power source.

More importantly, Groudon invested a huge amount of resources—enough to evolve Groudon and Celebi's two martial souls twice—to exchange for a special Pokémon and its complete set of equipment and skill modules from the system.

Now, this combination of top-notch forging techniques, an advanced engine, and the power of otherworldly creatures is about to undergo its final fusion in this abyss, under the will of Gura!

From the moment it was born, this silver-white mecha was destined to become Gula's most powerful trump card and the foundation for him to reach a higher level—the vessel of his third martial soul!

(End of this chapter)