Douluo Continent: Simulating Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, Dedicated to Screwing Over Tang San

Gong Yu smiled and said, "All right, all right, you go first. You always go first anyway!"

"Heehee... I'm level 41 now, and this time I've got a surprise for everyone!" Gong Xue put down the tiger leg meat in her hand. Seeing the grease on her hands, she wiped them directly on her clothes and walked out.

Seeing her little sister behave like that, Gong Lan couldn't help covering her forehead. She could hardly bear to watch. Gong Xue was already so grown up, yet she still wiped greasy hands on her clothes. She had a fire attribute, for goodness' sake; couldn't she just burn the grease away?

"Everyone, watch closely. Luan Kite Possession!"

As soon as she spoke, Gong Xue performed Martial Soul Possession. Four Soul Rings, one yellow, two purple, and one black, rose and pulsed around her. Then her fourth Soul Ring lit up, and she cried, "Fourth Soul Skill, Flame Luan Emperor Claw!"

Gong Xue curled the five fingers of her right hand into a claw, and the illusory image of a Luan Kite's claw covered it. Her right hand now looked just like a real claw.

Immediately afterward, she swiped through the air at a boulder half a person's height several meters away. An illusory claw flew from her hand and slammed into the boulder in the blink of an eye.

With a thunderous boom, the entire boulder shattered into chunks.

After her demonstration, Gong Xue turned back smugly and said, "Haha... Not bad, right? I can fight at close range now too. Hehe, my fourth Soul Skill works just as well at long range as it does up close."

At that, Gong Miaomiao, who was always at odds with Gong Xue, rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "That's it? Don't tell me that's all the power your Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill has. And you've got the nerve to show it off?"

"What? I was only demonstrating, so I used just ten percent of my Soul Power!" Gong Miaomiao's disparagement made Gong Xue so angry she nearly stamped her feet. She said indignantly, "My claw skill is definitely more powerful than that when I use it at full strength, and it also burns with Ultimate Fire."

Gong Miaomiao stuck out her tongue at Gong Xue and made a face. Before long, the two were arguing among themselves off to the side.

Gong Yu couldn't be bothered with those two and asked, "Who's next?"

Gong Xi'er put down the food in her hand and said, "I'll go. But I won't demonstrate; I'll just explain. I'm level 42 now, and my fourth Soul Skill creates an illusion.

"Anyone inside my illusion can be duplicated, producing a copy identical to the real person. I control that copy, and it will attack whoever I tell it to. It can even blend into the enemy's ranks."

Everyone clicked their tongues in amazement. The Soul Skill seemed a little heaven-defying. If she placed a copy in the enemy's ranks, she could throw their forces into internal strife.

Everyone thought it was good, but Gong Yu asked, "Does your Soul Skill have any weaknesses?"

Gong Xi'er nodded and said, "Yes. The copy can only be created within the range of my illusion, and it can't leave that range. The copy also consumes my Soul Power, about one percent of it."

Hearing Gong Xi'er say that, everyone sighed. So there were limits to the copies. It wasn't quite so heaven-defying after all.

Gong Yu asked again, "How large an area can your illusion cover now? And how many copies can you make?"

Gong Xi'er said, "My illusion covers a base area of fifteen meters in diameter, but its diameter grows by one meter every time I gain a level. It's seventeen meters now because I gained two levels.

"As for copies, I can currently make four. In the future, I'll be able to make one more for every Soul Ring I add."

Gong Yu nodded and said, "Very good. An illusion fifteen meters in diameter already covers most of the arena, so it'll be useful in the Soul Master Elite Tournament. Its range can grow with your level, and the number of copies will increase too."

As he finished speaking, a sly smile appeared at the corner of Gong Yu's mouth. He thought he'd have plenty of fun scheming against Tang San in the future.

When Gong Lan saw that smile, she immediately guessed that he was probably thinking about messing with someone again.

Gong Yu looked up at Gong Xi'er again and saw that she seemed to have something else to say but was hesitating. So he said, "Is there anything else? It's all right, go ahead!"

Gong Xi'er nodded. "There's one more weakness. People whose spiritual power is stronger than mine can tell the real person from the copy."

Gong Yu understood and said, "That's perfectly normal, but I think it's a good thing. It's precisely because people with stronger spiritual power than yours can identify the copies that your illusion is even more useful!"

Hearing Gong Yu say that left everyone even more confused. What was he talking about? Was having a weakness supposed to be a good thing?

"How so?" Gong Xi'er asked.

Gong Lan, as though their minds were in perfect sync, had already understood what Gong Yu meant.

So she said, "The young master means that your illusion is meant to confuse the enemy. If someone can identify the copies, it will make the enemy even more fearful. Once their ranks are in chaos, they'll be too busy guarding against the people beside them suddenly attacking from the shadows to focus on fighting.

"But if your copies had no flaws and couldn't be recognized, you could only use them to kill a few enemies at most. The effect would actually be smaller."

Hearing Gong Lan's explanation, Gong Yu nodded approvingly. Gong Lan really is the supportive wife type.

Everyone else came to a sudden realization as well!

"I understand. Thank you, big sister! And thank you, young master!" A joyful smile appeared on Gong Xi'er's face, and she sighed inwardly. Big sister really is big sister. The moment the young master spoke, she guessed what he meant. I'm a little jealous!

After Gong Xi'er finished explaining her situation, Gong Yu looked at Gong Lan, who was sitting to his right, and smiled. "Lan'er, you go this time. You absorbed a Soul Ring at the twenty-thousand-year level, and I really want to know what kind of Soul Skill you gained!"

Gong Lan smiled calmly and stood up. "My Soul Power is level 43 now. Aside from the increase of more than one level that absorbing the Soul Ring gave me, the effects of the Immortal Herb continued to appear after I absorbed it. In total, the Immortal Herb raised my Soul Power by six levels."

Gong Lan had taken an Immortal Herb. Although it was good for raising potential, her Martial Soul had already advanced into the Blue Silver King, and her potential was already very high. Thus, the Immortal Herb's effects had mostly shown in raising her Soul Power and all her attributes.

Chapter 89: Gong Xiao: My Cabbage Became Cooked Food

Gong Yu nodded silently. Everyone was actually much the same. After they obtained Soul Rings, the medicinal effects of their Immortal Herbs would continue to take effect, though for some the effects would not be as obvious.

Gong Lan continued, "The fourth Soul Skill I gained is called Death Bloodsucking Thorn. It makes my Blue Silver Grass tough and lets it thrust at enemies, and the thrusts have a bloodsucking effect.

"This skill can attack an individual, attack a group, or surround and attack. It can even be combined with other skills, such as my First Soul Skill. When I entangle an enemy, bloodsucking thorns can also grow on my Blue Silver Grass vines to attack."

After listening to Gong Lan, Gong Yu nodded and said, "That makes up for the Blue Silver Grass's lack of offensive power until you obtain your fifth Soul Ring."

Gong Lan was surprised and asked, "Does that mean the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul can make up for its lack of offensive power after obtaining a fifth Soul Ring?"

Gong Yu smiled faintly and said, "Not every Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, of course. I mean yours. Once you reach level 50, I'll take you to undergo a Second Awakening of your Martial Soul and evolve it into the Blue Silver Emperor.

"Then you'll obtain a natal Soul Ring, and that Soul Ring will give you something with offensive power."

"I understand, young master." A faint smile appeared on Gong Lan's lips, and there seemed to be anticipation in her eyes.

Gong Yu picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing slowly for a while, he swallowed it, then looked around before settling his gaze on Gong Yue. "Yue'er, it's your turn. Tell us about your situation!"

Gong Yue put down the food in her hand and stood up. "My Soul Power has reached level 42, but as for my Soul Skill, you'll have to try it yourselves."

A sly smile passed over Gong Yue's lips as she finished. Although no one would say it aloud, she knew that none of them liked eating the cabbage from her Soul Skills raw, because it tasted terrible.

Everyone present frowned. They really didn't want to eat raw cabbage, so they all shrank back.

Dugu Bo was eating nearby and found it very puzzling. Wasn't it just eating some food produced by a Soul Skill? Why did they all look as though they'd seen a ghost? Still, he didn't interrupt and simply watched quietly.

All the girls shrank back, making Gong Yue rather angry. Fortunately, Gong Yu was still sitting firmly in place. She looked at him, narrowed her eyes, and smiled mischievously. "How about you try it, young master? Have some cabbage produced by my fourth Soul Skill."

Gong Yu was taken aback. He looked at the girls and found that even Gong Lan, who was always so considerate of him, had retreated to one side. He couldn't help smiling wryly, then nodded very reluctantly. "All right, I'll give it a try."

"Mm-hmm... You do it, young master!" Gong Yue smiled happily. With a thought, she recited an incantation: "You're all a bunch of vegetables!"

As her voice fell, Gong Yue opened her right hand, and a cabbage that looked as though it had been carved from jade appeared in it. Four Soul Rings, one yellow, one purple, and two black, rose and pulsed around her.

Her fourth Soul Ring lit up immediately afterward, and Gong Yue recited, "Fourth Soul Skill, Cabbage-Wrapped Tiger Meat!"

When Gong Yue's voice fell again, a vegetable roll resembling a spring roll appeared in her hand, wrapped in the leaves of the Emerald Cabbage. She held it out to Gong Yu.

Gong Yu carefully accepted the emerald-green roll and asked, "The tiger meat inside this Cabbage-Wrapped Tiger Meat isn't raw too, is it?"

"You'll know once you eat it, young master!" Gong Yue didn't answer directly, instead giving him an inscrutable smile.

"All right!" Gong Yu sighed, gritted his teeth, and bit off a large piece of the roll. After chewing it, his eyes lit up. "It's cooked, and it tastes pretty good too! It's not like before. Your cabbage leaves really tasted awful back then!"

With that, he stuffed the remaining half of the roll into his mouth and chewed.

Gong Yue raised the corners of her mouth proudly and looked at her sisters. "After my Martial Soul evolved into the Emerald Cabbage, my Soul Skills changed. You don't need to eat cabbage leaves anymore; you eat vegetable rolls instead. My First Soul Skill, for example, is Cabbage-Wrapped Rabbit Meat now, and it's cooked."

The girls were both surprised and delighted. Now they wouldn't have to eat Gong Yue's awful cabbage leaves anymore. But when they thought about how they had behaved earlier, they couldn't help looking embarrassed.

Just then, after Gong Yu ate the roll, Gong Yue's Soul Skill finally took effect.

Gong Yu's figure instantly blurred, with several figures seeming to overlap behind him. Then he moved and ran straight over, his figure multiplying as he did.

Of the several figures, only one was Gong Yu's true body; the others were clones. But the naked eye couldn't tell the true body from the clones, and the clones possessed offensive power as well.

The clones would disappear only after making one attack.

"Wow, wow... That's amazing! Does it create clones?" Gong Xue grew excited at once when she saw Gong Yu turn into several people. But after glancing at Gong Xi'er, she said, "The effect seems to overlap a little with Fifth Sister's Soul Skill, though."

At this point, Gong Yu's clones disappeared after making their attacks. Gong Yu returned to his seat and said, "Although the effect overlaps somewhat with Xi'er's Soul Skill, there's still a difference. The clones created this way can use Soul Skills.

"For example, each of my four clones just now possessed one of my Soul Skills."

Gong Yu then looked at Gong Xi'er and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, the effect of your Soul Skill is that we can create as many clones as we have Soul Skills. Each clone possesses the Soul Skill of one Soul Ring, and it doesn't affect the true body's use of its Soul Skills. Is that right?"

"Mm-hmm-hmm, just as you said, young master." Gong Yue nodded like a pecking chicken. "But each clone's Soul Skill attack is only half as effective as the true body's, and the rolls my Soul Skill creates also consume a lot of my Soul Power. They used up a full twenty percent."

Gong Yu smiled, unconcerned. "The stronger a Soul Skill is, the more Soul Power it naturally consumes to use. That's perfectly normal. Once your level is higher and your strength is greater, consuming twenty percent of your Soul Power won't amount to much. How many rolls can you make at once now?"

Gong Yue said, "I can make ten at once. There's no limit to how many times I can do it until my Soul Power runs out. The rolls keep for a month, and as my level increases, I can make more at once."

Gong Yu nodded in satisfaction. She could make ten at once. If ten Titled Douluo ate them, they could produce ninety clones. Together with their true bodies, that would make a hundred people. That was incredible.

After Gong Yue finished explaining her situation, Gong Yu looked at Gong Xiao. "Xiaoxiao, tell us about yours!"

Chapter 90: The Whole City Wears Golden Armor

Gong Xiao's face reddened slightly. She stood up, somewhat embarrassed, and said slowly, "My Soul Power has reached level 42, but there's nothing exceptional about my Soul Skill.

"The Qian Jun Ant King gave me a Soul Skill called Force Breaks a Thousand Jun. It's just a Soul Skill that boosts strength. Under its effect, my strength increases by about thirty-five percent."

Not far away, Dugu Bo finally breathed a sigh of relief. There's finally one normal child among them. It's only a thirty-five percent strength boost.

But the conversation between Gong Yu and Gong Xiao that followed made Dugu Bo choke on his food.

Gong Yu asked Gong Xiao, "Thirty-five percent is very good. Besides, you have the Unyielding Staff Technique I taught you. As long as you cultivate it to the fifth form, those Soul Skills won't matter to you anymore. Many Soul Skills aren't even as good as the Unyielding Staff Technique, and the stronger you are, the more powerful the staff technique becomes."

Gong Xiao nodded. She had grown accustomed to using the Unyielding Staff Technique and used her Soul Skills less often instead. She had already finished cultivating the second form and begun cultivating the third. She believed she could master the third form in no more than a year.

Then Gong Xiao said, "My strength is already close to thirty thousand jin. If I use my fourth Soul Skill to increase it by thirty-five percent, I'm afraid my strength will reach forty thousand jin. I really don't know what Soul Ring I should choose next!"

When Dugu Bo heard this from nearby, he began hiccuping incessantly. He had clearly choked on his food.

What did forty thousand jin of immense strength mean for a child of thirteen or fourteen? And a girl at that. Yet no matter how he looked at her, she wasn't a heavily muscled type, and she was quite delicate-looking too. Dugu Bo found it hard to imagine that such a girl was actually a monster of strength.

Then Dugu Bo seemed to think of something and muttered, "No, I'll have to tell Yanyan later. If she ever meets this girl with the golden bamboo staff Martial Soul, she must never, ever trade punches with her, or someone will die."

Gong Xiao didn't think she had meant anything else by it; she had only mentioned it casually!

But after hearing her, everyone thought she was clearly showing off.

"Monster, you monster of strength!" Gong Xue couldn't help commenting from the side. The other girls nodded subconsciously in agreement.

Gong Yu smiled calmly and said, "You don't need to worry about choosing Soul Rings in the future. The Star Dou Great Forest has no shortage of strength-type Soul Beasts. Elephants, apes, rhinoceroses, oxen, bears-even sub-dragon or true dragon species aren't impossible to obtain.

"I can even promise you that if you can withstand a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring when you break through to level seventy, I can help you hunt and kill that hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest."

Hearing Gong Yu say this, Bi Ji's expression stiffened. There weren't many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and she felt a little uncomfortable about Gong Yu wanting to hunt one like this. After all, a Soul Beast's hundred thousand years of cultivation were hard-won.

But she said nothing, because she thought highly of these children. As long as they could all become gods in the future, becoming their Soul Rings would bring even greater benefits to the Soul Beasts.

"Really? A hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape?" Gong Xiao's eyes narrowed into slits, and she felt a faint thrill of excitement!

"Really, I'm not lying to you!" Gong Yu smiled. "But I think that if you want to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as your seventh ring, you'll probably have to cultivate Dragon Elephant Prajna to the completion of the eighth layer, or even the ninth."

Gong Yu made an estimate. He had now cultivated Dragon Elephant Prajna to the sixth layer, and the seal on his fourth Soul Ring had been released to around forty-eight thousand years. At the fifth layer, he had only been able to withstand the Soul pressure of twenty-three thousand years, while reaching the sixth layer had raised that by a full twenty-five thousand years.

In other words, after cultivating to the fifth layer, each additional layer increased the base age of the Soul Ring he could absorb by at least twenty-five thousand years.

Theoretically, continuing that way, the seventh layer would be seventy-three thousand years, and the eighth would be ninety-eight thousand.

But that was only an estimate based on the increase in base age. After all, Gong Yu had never actually reached that level, and he also had the support of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline. So a calculation based on his own circumstances couldn't be taken as definitive.

Hearing this, Gong Xiao immediately wilted. "Ah... Dragon Elephant Prajna is too difficult to cultivate. I've only reached the fourth layer. If I have to cultivate it to the eighth or ninth layer, how many years and months will that take?

"And you also said, young master, that the higher the layer of Dragon Elephant Prajna we reach, the greater the demands on our spiritual power. So we have to cultivate our spiritual power at the same time. We also have to cultivate Soul Power, and I have the Unyielding Staff Technique to cultivate as well. There just isn't enough time."

"Which is why you need to work twice as hard. You should know that you also have another..." Gong Yu stopped halfway through. He had wanted to say that Gong Xiao also had the Summer God's inheritance to attend to, but clearly this wasn't an appropriate thing to discuss in front of so many people.

Those who had received divine inheritances understood why Gong Yu had stopped halfway, but everyone else was confused.

The most active of them, Gong Xue, was about to ask Gong Yu why he had stopped, but Gong Lan covered her mouth. Gong Lan understood that if Gong Yu wasn't speaking, it surely meant that now wasn't the time!

After Gong Lan covered her mouth, Gong Xue seemed to realize something as well and didn't press the question.

Gong Xiao nodded. "I understand. I'll work twice as hard."

"Mm, just be mindful of it yourself. It would naturally be best if you could balance work and rest." A smile appeared on Gong Yu's face, and he looked at Gong Miaomiao. Of the six girls who had absorbed Soul Rings, only she remained. "Miaomiao, it's your turn. Tell us what you gained!"

Gong Miaomiao nodded, stepped forward, and said, "My Soul Power has reached level 42. The Holy Light Healing ability that accompanies my Martial Soul has grown stronger again. As for my Soul Skill, you should see it for yourselves!"

She walked forward, and after a very impressive Martial Soul summoning that made Gong Xue green with envy, a large, crown-shaped golden chrysanthemum appeared in Gong Miaomiao's right hand. Four Soul Rings, one yellow, two purple, and one black, rose and pulsed around her.

Immediately afterward, Gong Miaomiao's fourth Soul Ring lit up, and she recited her show-off incantation: "Fourth Soul Skill, The Whole City Wears Golden Armor!"

"The Whole City Wears Golden Armor" was both the incantation for Gong Miaomiao's fourth Soul Skill and the skill's name. Two months ago, when she had been racking her brains for a show-off incantation, Gong Yu had given her two lines of poetry, and now she had put them to use.

As Gong Miaomiao's voice fell, many petals dropped from the large chrysanthemum in her hand and turned into several streaks of golden light. They entered Gong Yu and the others, whose bodies then burst with dazzling golden radiance.

Chapter 91: Group Defense Skill

The golden light vanished in an instant, revealing Gong Yu and the others.