Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Chapter 3 Skills: Primal Power + Dragon Dance!

Lin Xia, who had already left Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, was naturally unaware that she had escaped a reprisal.

At this moment, Lin Xia still felt a little regretful, after all, she was quite envious of Xiao Wu's soul rings and soul bones.

However, after thinking about Tang Hao secretly protecting her, she immediately abandoned that idea.

Who told Tang San to have such an awesome father!

After gathering his thoughts, Lin Xia embarked on the long journey to the northern part of the Star Luo Empire.

However, Lin Xia was well aware that his current strength was weak and the journey was dangerous. He thought that it had been almost half a month since his martial soul awakening, so he could try to start training.

They immediately found a relatively open rocky area to sit down.

He weighed the newly dug stone rich in metallic minerals in his hand, looked at Young Gilas with anticipation in his eyes.

"Youngkiras, how are you feeling today?"

Young Gilas let out a "Yo-ji~" sound, bounced happily, and patted its round belly, clearly in excellent condition.

"very good!"

Lin Xia smiled, broke the ore in half, ate one half herself, and tossed the other half to Young Giras.

The crisp "crunch" sound produced by the teeth of the human and their pet as they chewed on hard, brittle rocks became a unique rhythm in this desolate mountain wilderness.

"After eating so much good food for so long, your body should have accumulated a lot of strength, right? Now that you've passed through the initial infancy stage, although your strength is still low, it's always good to have more ways to protect yourself."

"Come on, tell me, or rather... release yourself, have you awakened any special abilities?"

Young Gilas tilted its little head with its blunt angle, blinked its red eyes, seemingly trying to understand Lin Xia's words, and silently feeling the energy flowing through its body.

A few seconds later, as if it had thought of something, it suddenly adopted a posture with its short arms outstretched and its center of gravity lowered.

"Yo!"

Lin Xia immediately sat up straight and stared intently.

A faint light emanated from Young Gilas, and he suddenly slammed forward, his target a rock about knee-high.

With a muffled thud, the rock shook slightly, but Young Gilas remained firmly in place, seemingly without exerting his full strength.

Lin Xia nodded silently in her heart. Just as she thought, Pokémon moves and skills are not restricted by the slots for Soul Skills. These can all be learned by themselves!
But that wasn't all. Then, Young Gilas raised its head, its ruby-like eyes widening suddenly, a fierce and intimidating gaze locking onto the rustling sounds coming from a nearby bush.

Stare! The commotion stopped instantly; clearly, the small animals inside had been startled away.

This is standard procedure... Lin Xia nodded slightly, not surprised.

Falling rocks, bite down, an eye for an eye! As each move was used, Lin Xia became increasingly satisfied. After all, Young Gilas was still young, and it was quite impressive that he could use so many moves. Just as Lin Xia was about to praise him a few times!
However, the next action of Young Gilas made Lin Xia's smile freeze instantly, and his eyes widened suddenly, as if he had seen something incredible!
hum!
Young Gilas let out a low growl, and a layer of ancient and deep dark red light suddenly shone on the surface of its gray-green body!
This light carried a profound aura, as if it came from the deepest part of the earth, from the primordial ages.

The pebbles and sand within a few feet of it seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, first floating in mid-air, and then spinning wildly around it!
Immediately afterwards, the light instantly contracted and condensed, converging on Young Gilas's short forearms and the obtuse angle on its head!
As if it had gathered boundless power, it suddenly swung its small forearm covered with a rocky shell at a huge rock half the height of a person in front of it!

"Roar!!!"

With a roar much louder than usual, a torrent of pure dark red energy enveloped sharp pebbles burst forth!

Boom! ! !

The power of the primal!!!

The moment that huge rock, half a person tall, came into contact with the red light, it was as if it had been struck by an ancient giant hammer. Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on its surface, and the center was shattered into countless small stones!

Smoke and dust, along with dark red energy fragments, scattered and flew everywhere, and the ground even trembled slightly!
Lin Xia gasped, her heart pounding.

"Hiss...! Primal power?!"

Before Lin Xia could fully recover from the shock brought by the primal power, an even more shocking scene unfolded!

Even after shattering the rocks, before the red light had completely dissipated, Young Gilas did not stop.

Young Gilas seemed to be drawn by the rhythm of the battle, and his originally somewhat clumsy steps suddenly became full of a peculiar rhythm!
Its gaze became focused and sharp.

It slightly bent its short legs, and its body began to twist and rotate in an indescribable way, its little paws tracing a mysterious path through the air!

It's not the fixed dance moves from the Pokémon games, but a unique dance that's more suited to its own form and full of wild power!
As it moved, the dark red energy fragments of primal power remaining in the air, as if summoned by an invisible force, gathered together and spun rapidly around Larkiras's body, forming a dark red energy vortex!
With each spin and dance, the vortex contracts and condenses inward a little. When Young Gilas completes a full spin, it suddenly stands firm, head held high and chest out—whoosh!

The concentrated dark red energy vortex seemed to be completely absorbed into its body!
In that instant, Young Gilas' entire body erupted with a dazzling red light from the inside out!

Its obtuse angle on its head and the red scales on its belly are as dazzling as rubies!
A powerful and wild aura suddenly spread out!
"Roar--!!"

A louder, more powerful roar erupted, its momentum more than doubling compared to before.
Lin Xia was completely dumbfounded. Her mouth was slightly open, and she didn't even notice the half piece of ore in her hand falling to the ground with a "thud." Only one name was frantically swirling in her mind.

"Dragon Dance?!"

That dark red energy vortex, the way it draws power as it dances, the feeling of finally illuminating the whole body and amplifying all aspects of one's condition... this is definitely the Dance of the Dragon!

Although the form was different from the gorgeous dance moves of Pokémon in his memory, and had a more savage and rugged feel of Rock-type martial spirits, the core effect of "dance to gather energy and fully strengthen oneself" was almost exactly the same!
As the light faded, Lin Xia's heart was still pounding. Although he was slightly out of breath, his eyes were sharper and his aura was clearly on another level. It was as if a part of the power hidden within him had been ignited.

Young Gilas looked at Lin Xia's interesting expression and tilted his head, seemingly puzzled.

"Yo-ji?" (What's wrong? Was the dance not good enough? Was it not powerful enough?)
Looking at Young Gilas's bewildered expression, and recalling the primal power that had just destroyed rocks and the Dragon Dance that had erupted across the entire arena, Lin Xia couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! That's awesome, really impressive, Larvitar!"

(End of this chapter)