The Twelve Talismans and the Clones
The outer campus of Shrek Academy.
Chu Ye sat leisurely beside Sea God Lake.
The many students passing by all took a look at Chu Ye.
The girls looked because Chu Ye was handsome.
The boys looked because they admired him. Shrek Academy had always upheld the saying, "Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre," and Chu Ye was the biggest troublemaker in the outer campus.
At that moment, Chu Ye seemed to be staring into space, but a brainstorming session had already begun in his Sea of Consciousness.
A man wearing a rat mask laughed and said, "I've already gotten Huo Yuhao's mom out of there! When does the Shrek Collapse Plan start?"
A person with a rooster mask on also spoke up. "When do we start fighting? I can't wait to make Shrek feel pain."
The man wearing a horse mask said, "Stop going on about fighting and killing. Don't forget our objective this time. You're the main force, so make sure you protect me, the medic."
Si Snake, shrouded in shadowy mist, let out a cold laugh:
"Tch, Wu Horse, what are you worried about?"
"With my invisibility, intangibility, and causality erasure, never mind Shrek Academy-even if Tang San descended to the mortal world, what could he do to you?"
Mao Rabbit, dressed in yellow, said lazily, "You all love fighting so much, so you can do all the fighting. I'll slack off."
"..."
Listening to the voices of the lot who feared the world wasn't chaotic enough, Chu Ye couldn't help the corners of his mouth curling up.
It had been a full fifteen years since he came to the world of Peerless Tang Sect.
The moment he transmigrated, Chu Ye had been utterly bewildered.
Of all the eras he could have transmigrated to, he knew it just had to be the Douluo II era.
In this era, even Huo Yuhao, the son of destiny, had to be God King Tang's dog.
Ordinary geniuses didn't even qualify to become gods. The only one who could ascend to godhood was God King Tang's daughter, Tang Wutong.
He had originally only wanted to live out his life in peace and quiet, but he ended up activating a system called the Fate System.
As the name suggested, whenever Chu Ye interfered with and influenced the destinies and paths of characters from the original story, he could earn Fate Points.
Fate Points could be exchanged for many wondrous goods in the system shop, and could even strengthen his various abilities.
From the standard beginner's gift pack that came with every system, Chu Ye received the ability to create clones right from the start, as well as the Twelve Talismans from Jackie Chan Adventures.
With the help of his clones and the Fate Points he accumulated, he had created twelve distinct clones over the years and founded a secret organization, the Zodiac Temple.
The Zodiac Temple's purpose was to stir up winds and clouds across the continent so that the original body could obtain Fate Points.
Chu Ye, the original body, stayed at Shrek Academy, the heart of Douluo Continent's story.
Now, at fifteen, his Soul Power was utterly ordinary, having reached only the Soul Emperor level.
He possessed utterly ordinary Triple Martial Souls: his First Martial Soul was the Ultimate Fire element, his Second Martial Soul was a Body Martial Soul, and his Third Martial Soul was the Twelve Zodiac Diagram, which carried the origins of the Twelve Talismans.
His Third Martial Soul could not have Soul Rings attached. Its main use was to let the original body draw on some of the Talismans' abilities even when they had been used to create clones, while also allowing him to instantly recall the Talismans from those clones.
Thus, even though he was at Shrek, with God King Tang watching from above and Mu En acting as the dorm supervisor, Chu Ye had still managed to make quite a splash at Shrek Academy.
After all, Shrek's motto put it well: those who dared not cause trouble were mediocre.
Chu Ye couldn't have agreed more.
So he planned to do something big to Shrek.
Petty scuffles don't count for much. As a loyal servant of Shrek, I must truly carry Shrek's spirit forward.
Thereupon, within the Zodiac Temple in his Sea of Consciousness, he formally announced:
"The Shrek Academy Collapse Plan officially begins."
In his Sea of Consciousness, the many zodiac clones participating in this operation answered in unison.
The outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Huo Yuhao was leaning against a large tree, coughing violently as his consciousness grew increasingly hazy.
Not far from him lay a very heavily built Wind Baboon.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help smiling bitterly. He had never imagined that he would struggle so much against a Ten-Year Soul Beast. How could he even speak of revenge?
Is this where my revenge ends?
The Grand Madam's vicious face at the Duke's Mansion surfaced in his mind, along with Dai Huabin's overbearing, profligate ways and his mother Huo Yun'er's pale face before she passed away.
Huo Yuhao thought in distress:
I'm sorry, Mom. Yuhao couldn't get justice for you.
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared before him.
The person stood tall, dressed in a black robe, with a strange mask covering his face.
A mysterious horse's head was sculpted on the mask.
Huo Yuhao's heart gave a leap:
Could he have been sent by the Duke's Mansion to hunt me down?
They're haunting me like restless ghosts!
But Huo Yuhao had no strength left to resist. Even if this person wanted to attack him, there was nothing he could do.
Then a warm voice rang out. "Poor child, let me heal you."
The horse-masked man merely raised a hand, and a glowing light instantly fell upon Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao felt his whole body tremble, and his injuries began to heal before his eyes.
In just a few breaths, not even a scar remained.
Even more astonishingly, the hidden injuries left by years of oppression at the Duke's Mansion were also completely healed.
Huo Yuhao even felt that his meridians had grown stronger and his whole body was brimming with vitality.
Hardly believing it, he pushed himself to his feet and thought:
This person hadn't come to kill him.
Had he met a powerful senior?
He immediately thanked him respectfully. "Thank you for helping me, Senior."
The horse-masked man said no more about it. Instead, he casually waved a hand, and an envelope landed in Huo Yuhao's hand. He said:
"I had another purpose in saving you."
"If you want to thank me, then enroll at Shrek Academy."
Before Huo Yuhao could react, the horse-masked man's figure faded and vanished into the forest without leaving the slightest trace.
Huo Yuhao called out anxiously:
"Senior, please wait."
Although this horse-masked senior had said he had another purpose, Huo Yuhao had nearly died just now. So what if he had to risk his life for this senior?
But before he could take a step, the ground began to tremble without warning.
A triumphant laugh rang out:
"Hahaha, I'm finally free! Such sweet Soul Power. Heaven hasn't forsaken me—I've finally found a Soul Master with the Mental Attribute."
A giant Ice Silkworm, white as jade, suddenly appeared. It was the Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had escaped from the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.
He looked at Huo Yuhao, his face lighting up with joy, and said:
"Hahaha, don't be afraid, little fellow. Come, I'll become your first Wisdom Soul Ring."
Huo Yuhao's thoughts were still on the senior, and the sudden appearance of a giant worm gave him a great fright.
But before Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he had no power to resist.
Yet Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had to put in a tremendous effort before he could enter Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
What kind of power is this? It nearly kept me out.
Only when his spiritual power poured into Huo Yuhao's body did he suddenly discover that a powerful force lingered within Huo Yuhao—a force that touched upon the rules.
At that moment, an imposing gray point of light also appeared in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness:
"With the sun and moon in my grasp, I pluck the stars; no one in this world is my equal."
"Hmm? This world actually possesses such a pure essence of life. This isn't divine power, yet where rules are concerned, it surpasses divine power."