Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 97 The Third Soul Ring
Gula was completely oblivious to the hidden game between the four Soul Saints. Knowing the illusion would only last a short time, he concentrated on fusing his soul rings. System notifications continued to ring in his ears:

[Unknown style move learning machine detected, parsing.]

【Analysis completed! 】

Earth element control (metal):.
Crystallization Ray (Purple~Gold): A weakened version of the petrification ray. Although its corrosiveness is reduced, its erosion speed is significantly increased.

It can be linked with other earth-attribute soul skills to cause mixed damage and control to the enemy through the crystallization effect.

Rock Vein Riot (Gold): Manipulate underground rock formations to cause violent vibrations, like a dragon turning over, forming a continuous rock spike attack in the designated area.

Lava Crystal Explosion (Gold): Generates high temperatures through the friction of crystal atoms, detonating the designated crystal target. The power depends on the total amount of soul power contained in the crystal.

Lord of the Earth (Gold): A bloodline innate soul skill, formed by the fusion and mutation of the Behemoth and Crystal Bear bloodlines.

Standing on the ground grants increased defense and elemental resistance, continuous soul recovery, and the ability to create and manipulate various types of rocks.

Earth Ripples (Purple): A special perception soul skill that detects rare crystal ores through the feedback of mineral veins on earth ripples.

The list of inherited soul skills continued to expand, totaling over a hundred. Even the original owner of these soul skills, the Earth Demon Bear, probably didn't master even half of them.

However, Gula can accurately capture the most core soul skill inheritance deep in his blood through the resonance of the soul ring.

“It’s a shame you can only choose one.”

After a little thought, Gula decisively chose "Lord of the Earth".

This was not only because this soul skill was ranked at the top of its quality, but also because of the creative properties it contained that fascinated him - in theory, this ability could even be used to try to synthesize special minerals.

Although the possibility of producing uranium ore is extremely small, the creative potential contained therein can make up for the shortcomings of his existing combat system.

The moment the soul rings merged, Gula continued to maintain the illusion. He stood up, cut open the Earth Demon Bear's right arm, and took out the soul bone. The Eye of Identification then activated:
[31,000-year-old Earth Demon Bear Right Arm Bone]

Contains soul skills: Lava Crystal Explosion.

When the soul bone was placed against the chest, the Flame Heart Armor immediately seeped out of the skin like liquid blood, greedily devouring the earth-attributed soul bone.

This is the characteristic of the Earth Orb. It can resonate with any earth-based treasure. When it is fused with the external soul bone, it gains the new characteristic of absorbing soul bones of the same type.

"Using the Lord of the Earth to create crystals, and then using Lava Crystal Explosion to detonate at a specific point, this is a perfect tactical combination."

Although it is not difficult to develop soul skills on his own with the information in Gula's mind, the fusion of ready-made soul bones is obviously more efficient.

Three hours later, when Gula had absorbed everything, the illusion shifted subtly. Flanders, the first to notice something was amiss, blinked, "He's awake."

At this moment, Shui Qianqiu and others had already finished distributing the spoils and had disappeared.

On the shattered battlefield, only the whistling sound of the wind sweeping away the remaining clouds echoed endlessly, and the cold wind was biting.

"The chill here hasn't subsided yet, and the smell of blood hasn't spread far, but it's best not to stay here for long. Leave the Star Dou Great Forest first."

After a series of unexpected encounters, Flanders became much more cautious.

As he lowered his voice, his dark green cloak rustled in the night wind. "Everyone, speed up! Protect yourselves with your soul power!"

So, under the cover of night, everyone quickly rushed to the outside of the Star Dou Forest in the darkness.

On the way, Gula introduced the soul skills. Flanders was surprised. "The Earth Lord soul skill! This is the soul skill of the Behemoth beast in the Earth Demon Bear's bloodline. You are so lucky." Flanders looked envious. "The most difficult thing about the Earth Demon Bear is that its soul power will never run out. With the Earth Lord here, your future safety will be greatly increased."

Gula said politely, "I have to thank the dean for helping me with soul hunting, otherwise I wouldn't be able to find a soul beast as suitable as the Earth Demon Bear."

"Why are you being so formal? As the dean of Shrek Academy, of course I have to help the students choose the most suitable soul beast."

Flanders airway.

The corners of Gula's mouth twitched. If you were not reluctant to return the super evolution device to him, he would really be willing to give it a try.

However, he was not a stingy person. After obtaining a satisfactory soul skill, he was in a good mood and waved his hand: "I will borrow the super evolution device of the White-bellied Sword Falcon... for the dean to use for a few years. If the dean wants it, he can buy it with money."

"real!?"

Flanders couldn't believe that gold coins could buy a super evolution device. He was really getting a great bargain.

"Well, but if you exchange it for different types of rocks and metal ores, I'll give the dean a 20% discount."

Gulatu reveals his true intentions.

Flanders had already known that the Earth Lord's soul skill was to create rocks, so he couldn't help but shake his head and chuckled, "You kid, you're always finding ways to find work for me!"

He nodded heavily. "Okay, who's taking advantage of me? It's just some ores. I'll mobilize my connections and find you all the common ores on the mainland within a year."

Gula smiled brightly and said, "Then I have to thank you, Dean. I'll make you a feast when I get home."

Flanders smiled but said nothing. He was willing to help, not only because of the super evolution device, but also because he really thought highly of Gula. He was mature in his work, steady in character, and also had an extremely gifted martial soul with ultimate attributes. His future was limitless.

The two reached a friendly cooperation, the atmosphere between teacher and student was harmonious, and the dark forest seemed not so scary anymore.

Seven days later.

Notting College.

Zhu Zhuqing was concentrating on training in the training ground, walking between the swaying tumblers. Suddenly, her cat ears moved slightly, and she looked outside the training ground.

The morning light penetrated the mist, the metal equipment on the training ground shone with a cold light, and a familiar voice penetrated the mist.

"Zhuqing, I haven't seen you for half a month." Gula raised his hand and chuckled, playing with the dark gold ore he bought on the road with his fingertips: "Do you miss me?"

The sudden blow made Zhu Zhuqing blush slightly, and she didn't know how to respond.

Dai Mubai pursed his lips tightly. The trip to the Star Dou Great Forest made him realize that he could not compete with Gula. He could not even beat Zhu Zhuqing, let alone Gula who had the ultimate martial spirit.

But only he himself knows the pain in his heart.

"Cough cough!"

Flanders clenched his fist and coughed twice, interrupting Gula's flirting. Under Gula's unfriendly gaze, he straightened his expression and said:
"There's still more than a month until this year's Youth Spirit Master Competition. I have friends in Tiandou City. Would you like to come with me to Tiandou City to meet my friends and watch the Spirit Master Competition?"

Flanders narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, "Xiaogang, don't blame me, big brother. The talents of the three Gulas are too strong. Big brother feels that he can't protect them. With Erlong, our golden iron triangle will be complete."

He thought about it and felt that he had to seek external help. Who could be more suitable than his third sister Liu Erlong?
Especially since Xiaogang's martial soul has the opportunity to evolve and the gap between the two has narrowed, he thinks Yu Xiaogang should be able to let go of his grudge.

(End of this chapter)