Darkwater Shadow Leopard
Douluo: My Martial Soul Is Greninja, and Tang San Is Stunned
- Original Name:
- 幽水影豹 (yōu shuǐ yǐng bào)
- Gender:
- Neutral
- Kind:
- Character
- Scope:
- Novel-specific
- Status:
- Active
- Source:
- AI
- Occurrences:
- 28
- Chapters:
- 4
- Context Up To:
- Ch. 85
- Wiki Model:
- GPT-6.1 Sol
- Updated:
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Darkwater Shadow Leopard (幽水影豹) 14 |
| Species/Race | Leopard-like Soul Beast 14 |
| Age | Approximately 13,000 years at death 14 16 |
| Habitat | Mist Marsh, southeastern Sunset Forest 14 |
| Status | Deceased; killed by Ling Yun for his fourth Soul Ring 14 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 14 |
Power Progression
| Stage | Power and development | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Approximately 13,000-year Soul Beast | Possessed exceptional speed, water-vapor concealment, and mist decoys 14. | Defeated by Ling Yun, restrained during its final struggle by Dugu Bo, and killed to obtain its black ten-thousand-year Soul Ring 14. |
| Postmortem lingering will | Manifested through Soul Shock during ring absorption, attacking Ling Yun directly in a mental space 15. | Destroyed by Ling Yun and Greninja; its Soul Ring stabilized as Ling Yun’s fourth ring and granted Mist Veil 15. |
History
Darkwater Shadow Leopards live in the Mist Marsh of the southeastern Sunset Forest. Dugu Bo recommended one to Ling Yun, who wanted a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring suited to speed or stealth. The beast they encountered was approximately 13,000 years old 14.
It ambushed Ling Yun in the marsh. He wounded it, located its true body amid its mist-born decoys, and knocked it into the shallows. Dugu Bo suppressed its final struggle, allowing Ling Yun to deliver the killing blow 14.
During Soul Ring absorption, the leopard’s lingering will attacked Ling Yun through a Soul Shock. Ling Yun and his Greninja Martial Soul defeated it in the resulting mental confrontation, completing the absorption 15.
After returning to Blue Tyrant Academy, Ling Yun revealed his black fourth Soul Ring. Tang San personally confirmed its origin from a roughly thirteen-thousand-year Darkwater Shadow Leopard and testified that Ling Yun had survived its Soul Shock. The successful absorption prompted Yu Xiaogang to acknowledge that his earlier judgment of Ling Yun had been too narrow 16.
Ling Yun subsequently tested the leopard-derived Mist Veil against Tang San, using its concealment alongside Water Shadow Clones and Wave Treading to win the spar 17.
Appearance
A nearly four-meter-long leopard-like beast with a dark-blue body 14.
- Black markings resembling ripples on water 14
- Long, slender limbs and paws that barely splash in shallow water 14
- Its postmortem manifestation appeared larger than its living body, without its previous wounds, and had blue-black eyes 15.
Abilities & Skills
Speed and concealment
- Moves at exceptional speed and favors sudden, explosive attacks 14.
- Uses water vapor to refract light and conceal its body; Tang San could detect only indistinct Soul Power fluctuations while it hid in the mist 14.
- Its familiarity with the Mist Marsh makes the shallow water and persistent mist favorable terrain for its hunting style 14.
Mist decoys
- Compresses surrounding mist into dozens of hazy leopard shapes, obscuring the location of its true body 14.
- Ling Yun bypassed the deception by sensing disturbances in the water and vapor rather than relying on sight 14.
- Despite its own deceptive abilities, it could not immediately distinguish Ling Yun’s real body from his Water Shadow Clones, allowing him to wound and unbalance it 14.
Soul Shock
- Its lingering will attacked Ling Yun’s mind as he absorbed its Soul Ring. In that mental space, Ling Yun could not use his Soul Skills 15.
- Its attacks inflicted pain on Ling Yun’s spiritual form and progressively exhausted him mentally, despite causing no corresponding physical wounds 15.
- The lingering will was defeated by Ling Yun and Greninja acting together 15.
- Greninja remained able to manifest because it was part of Ling Yun’s soul. Their spiritual power and movements synchronized, allowing them to overcome the leopard’s attacks and shatter its lingering spirit with a combined strike to the head 15.
Soul Ring
The leopard produced a black ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, which Ling Yun absorbed as his fourth ring 14 15.
- Granted Soul Skill — Mist Veil: Creates a wide field of fog that conceals Ling Yun’s body and Soul Power fluctuations while greatly increasing his burst speed 15.
- Combat synergy: Mist Veil combines with Water Shadow Clone and Wave Treading to make Ling Yun difficult to locate 15 17.
- Sensory interference: The mist contains misleading Soul Power fluctuations from the skill itself as well as Ling Yun and his clones. Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye could see through the fog to a degree but could not reliably identify the real Ling Yun 17.
- Soul Power cost: Maintaining a large mist field normally requires considerable ongoing expenditure. Existing moisture sharply reduces that cost; suitable conditions include marshes, riverbanks, rain, and the water provided by Wave Treading 17.
- Later application: Against Tang San’s combined Blue Silver Grass restraints and Hidden Weapons, Mist Veil disrupted his targeting. Even ground-contact sensing through Blue Silver Grass could not readily distinguish Ling Yun from clones moving across the water 24.
- Team combat: Ling Yun later used Mist Veil with his other skills to conceal his movements and dismantle the Shrek Seven Devils’ formation during a one-against-seven training battle 29 30.