Douluo Continent: Simulating Douluo Dalu III, Exclusively Screwing Over Tang San
"Possessed by Luan Kite."
Gong Xue let out a soft shout, and as soon as she finished speaking, a giant, five-colored bird that resembled a phoenix but was different from one took off from her body after a cry. After circling twice in the sky, it flew back to her body and possessed her.
After possessing her, the five-colored bird disappeared, leaving only a pair of five-colored wings on Gong Xue's back.
"Is that a phoenix?" In the VIP seats, Xue Ye was somewhat shocked after seeing such a sight on Gong Xue. This was the first time that a formal member of the Team of the Gods had activated their Martial Soul since the start of the Soul Master Elite Tournament.
Although a man had previously activated the Sausage Martial Soul, Xue Ye knew that the man was merely a substitute.
"It's not a phoenix." Ning Fengzhi shook his head and said, "The little girl said she was possessed by a ' Luan Kite,' so her Martial Soul should be Luan Kite. But what Luan Kite is, I don't know. I only know that a 'Yuan' is a kind of eagle, but judging from the little girl's Martial Soul, it is at least a top-level Martial Soul that is no weaker than a phoenix."
Just as Ning Fengzhi's voice faded, five Soul Ring, one yellow, one purple, and one black, pulsed and emerged from beneath Gong Xue's feet.
Black is the least conspicuous color, but anyone who knows a little about Soul Master or has been brainwashed by Yu Xiaogang's theories understands what it means.
Not only the audience stands, but also the VIP stands were filled with gasps of surprise.
Who would have thought that the first time the official members of the Team of the Gods activated their Martial Soul, they would see Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring appear on the competition stage, and they were two black Soul Ring. Most importantly, the Fourth Soul Ring was also black.
Huyan Zhen, unable to control his emotions, shouted, "No, impossible! How old is that little girl? She's already a Soul King, and she even has two black Soul Ring!"
Xue Ye closed his eyes in pain, his heart filled with shock and a thought to himself, "It seems I need to rebuild our relationship with the Academy of the Gods. The fact that they can produce such students clearly indicates the presence of capable individuals within the academy. If pushed too far, they might simply defect to the Star Luo Empire or the Spirit Hall, which would be disastrous."
Xue Ye was now feeling a little regretful. A few days ago, for the sake of his so-called face, he had issued many decrees to restrict the Academy of the Gods, which had strained the relationship between the Academy of the Gods and the Heaven Dou Empire. The harmony between the two sides now was just an act.
The light in Platinum Bishop Salas's narrowed eyes suddenly brightened as he stared at Gong Xue. Although he didn't care about Huyan Zhen's loss of composure, his hands on his knees unconsciously clenched.
However, to be fair, this match between the Elephant Armor Academy and the Academy of the Gods was actually orchestrated by Salas in secret. He brought the Elephant Armor Academy's team up to test the strength of the Academy of the Gods, and sure enough, he found out some things.
"A ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring?" In the audience, Yu Xiaogang seemed even more out of sorts than Huyan Zhen. "How could Fourth Soul Ring absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring? Absolutely impossible! My theory can't be wrong! I, Yu Xiaogang, am the world's number one plagiarism Grandmaster! I plagiarized from the Spirit Hall, how could I possibly plagiarize wrongly!"
In his utter disarray, Yu Xiaogang completely forgot that he was in the audience. There was no match for the Shitrek Academy today, so he came to spy on the situation, and thus he set his sights on the Academy of the Gods.
At this moment, after Yu Xiaogang shouted, she was met with disdainful looks from the people around her.
"Huh... so this greasy old man is Yu Xiaogang. He's so ugly, no wonder he chose to plagiarize. After all, ugly people can't live off women."
"Did you hear that just now? He said his theory was plagiarized."
"That's right, that's right. He admitted it himself; his theory was plagiarized from the Spirit Hall."
The surrounding audience began to murmur amongst themselves, and upon hearing so much talk, Yu Xiaogang immediately raised her hand, covered her face with her sleeve, and ran away.
Even if he runs away, it won't help. He's already infamous, and soon the news will spread like wildfire, probably throughout the entire continent. He'll become a rat that everyone wants to kill.
The commotion in the audience did not affect the actual progress of the match on the stage.
After a moment of astonishment, the team members from the Elephant Armor Academy resumed their parallel advance and continued towards Gong Xue's location.
The seven planned to use this sweeping approach to force Gong Xue out of the ring.
But Gong Xue smiled dismissively, then lightly touched the arena with her toes, and her whole body rose into the air.
Gong Xue flapped her wings and paused in mid-air. The seven people from the Elephant Armor Academy were all stunned when they saw this.
The people of the Elephant Armor Academy possess extraordinary strength and defense, but this comes at the cost of sacrificing agility.
If it were just an agility-type Soul Master, it would be easier to deal with, at least there wouldn't be much of a way for either side to do anything. However, flying-type Soul Master are undoubtedly the most effective counter to this kind of ability.
If everyone is on the ground, then the disciples of the Elephant Armor Sect will naturally be able to utilize their strong defensive capabilities.
However, if their opponent is in the air, their bulky bodies will be unable to provide any defensive advantage. More importantly, when facing an opponent high above them in the sky, their weaknesses will be fully exposed.
At that moment, Gong Xue, who was flying in mid-air, saw her Second Soul Ring flash, and she softly shouted, "Second Soul Skill, Heavenly Fire Dances in Sorrow Across the Sky."
As soon as she finished speaking, Gong Xue clenched her fists in mid-air and opened her hands, instantly unleashing her aura. A fiery red aura enveloped a twenty-meter radius around her body, and this aura expanded as her strength increased.
The surrounding air became scorching hot in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen large fireballs materialized in the scorching air. These fireballs, like a dozen small, dazzling suns, blinded everyone. Even with their eyes closed, those around them could still feel the fiery aura emanating from the air.
Then, Gong Xue pushed her outstretched hands towards the arena, sending more than a dozen large fireballs hurtling towards the entire arena.
As Gong Xue slammed the dozen or so large fireballs directly onto the arena, the entire arena was instantly as if it had been bombarded by artillery fire. The resulting bursts of light filled the entire arena, as dazzling as fireworks.
About three or four minutes later, the smoke from the arena finally stopped, the dozen or so small suns in the sky disappeared, and all the spectators opened their eyes.
Only then did everyone realize that the seven members of the Elephant Armor Academy Team had already fallen to the ground on the arena, and the arena was riddled with cracks and craters.
The seven members of the Elephant Armor Academy Team lay in the crater, their bodies covered in black soot, whether from smoke or charred from the explosion.
Chapter 169 Life Tide
"My God, how is this possible?"
After a blinding flash of light, someone broke the silence, and the room erupted in cheers.
"Wow, that's incredible! Absolutely incredible!"
"Are all the Team of the Gods this strong? How are we supposed to compete from here on out?"
"The Team of the Gods always sends up a whole squad, but only one person actually fights. Although no one used their Martial Soul in the first few times, now that I think about it, they're probably at least Soul King level."
The audience was abuzz with discussion, each side having their own version of events, making the entire Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena resemble a noisy marketplace.
On the arena, the referee observed the seven members of the Elephant Armor Academy Team and found that they were not in any life-threatening danger; they had only been stunned by the explosion.
The referee then announced, "In this match, the Academy of the Gods versus the Elephant Armor Academy, the Academy of the Gods wins."
Thud...
A loud bang echoed from the VIP section as Elephant Armor Sect, the sect leader of the Heavenly Elephant Huyan Zhen, crushed the armrest of his chair, his large, bell-like eyes seeming to spit fire.
He wasn't unwilling to accept it; given the strength Gong Xue had displayed, he, Heavenly Elephant Huyan Zhen, had nothing to be unwilling about. But he was angry, angry that his eldest grandson, Huyan Li, had led a team that couldn't even last a single round before being wiped out. As one of the Lower Four Sects, he felt it was incredibly shameful.
Ning Fengzhi watched Huyan Zhen's actions with a hint of schadenfreude, but in his heart, he felt more regret that neither side had suffered heavy losses.
However, recalling Gong Xue's previous performance, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but ponder, "That little girl's fire power is very strong, could it also be Ultimate Attribute? Also, the Academy of the Gods must have mastered a method for absorbing Soul Ring beyond the time limit?"
After muttering a sentence to himself, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but recall a group of Soul Master with Soul Ring beyond their age limit who had appeared at the Gengxin City Great Soul Arena a few years ago; they seemed to be a group of girls as well.
"Could it be that these were the girls from that group back then?"
After thinking about it carefully, Ning Fengzhi felt that it was indeed possible. However, back then, all the girls wore masks when they went on stage, and they couldn't be found afterward. So, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect couldn't win them over back then. Later, the girls gradually stopped participating in the Soul Fighting, and the matter of winning them over was abandoned.
"Let's see if there's any way to recruit one or two people to our sect. They're all talented individuals; it would be a waste if they didn't join our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
Ning Fengzhi muttered a few more words to himself, his face still bearing an extremely arrogant expression, as if only his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was capable. However, he had no idea how capable the Seven Treasure Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect really was. In reality, apart from having a lot of money, his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was utterly useless.
The scene shifts back to the arena. After the referee announced the victory of the Academy of the Gods, a group of girls immediately left the arena and rushed back to their lodgings. Although they were competing on the field, they were constantly worried about Gong Yu Gong Yu and didn't know how his Soul Core condensation was going.
A dozen minutes later, the group of girls finally returned to their residence and then rushed to Gong Yu's courtyard to check on the situation. Even Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing came along.
When Gong Lan and her sisters arrived at Gong Yu's courtyard, they found that Na'er was still there.
Gong Lan stepped forward and asked, "Ninth Sister, how is the young master inside?"
Na'er said calmly, "I'm not sure either. I've been keeping watch outside, so it wasn't convenient for me to go in and disturb him. But Brother Yu's breathing has been very steady, so there shouldn't be any problem."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, if anyone could look down from tens of thousands of meters above, they would see a vortex appearing above Heaven Dou City, a vortex that absorbs the energy of heaven and earth in the surrounding air.
The vortex, like Douluo I, poured its tail into Gong Yu's entire courtyard, or more precisely, into the room where Gong Yu was.
This situation started last night and has continued until now without ending.
However, at this moment, Gong Yu's absorption rate of the energy of heaven and earth has clearly begun to decrease significantly, which also indicates that his Soul Core is about to be completely condensed.
Inside the room, Gong Yu's skin had developed a radiant glow, appearing delicate and flawless, with a subtle halo flowing beneath it.
He was already quite handsome, but now he exuded even more dashing charm, and could be described as "beautiful." However, since he was a boy, the word "handsome" would be more appropriate.
Within Gong Yu's dantian, all the light bands had disappeared, replaced by a perfectly oval Soul Core that shimmered with a bluish light.
The Soul Core was about the size of a longan, extremely solid. Inside the Soul Core, there seemed to be a small, crystal-clear golden Golden Dragon. Most strangely, something seemed to be circling around the small Golden Dragon, like a shooting star.
The Soul Core is finally complete, and because of the energy transfer during the condensation of the Soul Core, Gong Yu's Soul Power naturally breaks through to level seventy.
However, this energy, which is equivalent to being empowered, could be transformed into something else, even someone like Tang San, who would probably be overjoyed to receive such an energy empowerment.
However, Gong Yu was dismissive of this idea. He believed that relying too much on what came from the empowerment could damage one's foundation. Therefore, he needed to suppress his Soul Power and try to lower his Soul Power Level by a few levels, otherwise he would appear very weak.
At this moment, Di Tian was also guarding Gong Yu in the room. He thought that Gong Yu was about to complete the condensation of the Soul Core, and judging from the current situation, it was indeed nearing its end.
But at that moment, Di Tian's expression suddenly changed slightly, because he suddenly sensed a change in Gong Yu.
The absorption of the primordial energy of heaven and earth temporarily ceased, but in the next instant, an indescribable surge of immense vitality suddenly erupted from Gong Yu's body.
The feeling was like a spring of life emerging from beneath the earth, its waters gushing forth and instantly bursting through the surface, spreading in all directions.
It turned out that the Seed of Life within Gong Yu's body, along with the Seed of Nature obtained through previous Simulation, had completely merged during this opportunity to condense the Soul Core, causing an anomaly and triggering a small-scale Life Tide.
In an instant, the entire courtyard was enveloped by the vibrant life force emanating from Gong Yu's body.
Vitality is extremely important for both humans and Soul Beast. Being nourished by pure and rich vitality not only has unimaginable benefits for the body, but also greatly helps in cultivation.
In an instant, in the small courtyard, Zi JI revealed herself, followed by Bi Ji, and then Ice Empress and Snow Empress.
"Dean!" Oscar was startled to see Bi Ji appear, which showed that Oscar still had the mentality of a student. Students usually have a respectful attitude when they see the dean of their college.
Bi Ji nodded, then said to everyone, "Sit down and cultivate; it will benefit you."
Chapter 170 Di Tian's Unyielding Scale
Life energy is of great benefit to everyone. With the infusion of this rich life force, everyone's physical body, cultivation level, and even life force will be greatly improved. The effect is most obvious for those with hidden injuries.
At that moment, everyone sat down cross-legged, including Bi Ji, Zi JI, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and even Di Tian, who had been guarding the side inside the room, also sat down cross-legged.
After looking around, Na'er slowly sat down cross-legged, because the life energy was also effective in healing her internal injuries.
The vitality grew stronger, but after the vitality had been blooming for about a minute, suddenly, another burst of energy erupted from Gong Yu's body.
The energy was purple. As the purple energy spread out, some of the flowers, plants, and trees in the courtyard began to perish. Wherever the purple energy passed, everything that was touched turned a deathly gray.
Sensing something amiss, Na'er immediately snapped back to reality and shouted, "Everyone wake up! Get out of the courtyard! This is Power of Destruction; we can't afford to get involved!"
Na'er originally wanted to say that not everyone can be tainted by the Power of Destruction, but she felt that it wouldn't sound very nice, so she changed her words.
Everyone was awakened by Na'er's cries, and then retreated in unison, quickly leaving the small courtyard.
"Is that the Power of Destruction? Where does it come from?" Gong Lan asked, puzzled.
Na'er shook her head and said, "I don't know, I can only ask Brother Yu after he comes out."
The others were naturally unaware of this. Apart from Na'er, everyone else present was witnessing the Power of Destruction for the first time. Fortunately, Na'er warned them in time, otherwise one or two people might have died. If nothing unexpected happened, Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing would have certainly died if they had been tainted by the Power of Destruction.
Everyone else has reached level 50 or above, so they can withstand it. If they are lucky, they might be able to absorb a tiny bit of the Power of Destruction and then condense a Seed of Destruction within their bodies, but it also depends on their compatibility with the Power of Destruction.
As for the origin of that Power of Destruction, it was naturally due to the Seed of Destruction within Gong Yu's body. Because of the imbalance of Power of Life, the Seed of Destruction was stimulated, thus causing a mutation.
Originally, the two forces within Gong Yu's body were in a state of balance. The sudden increase in the Power of Life disrupted the energy conservation, making the Power of Destruction weaker, so the Power of Destruction tried its best to grow stronger.
However, the Power of Destruction provided by the Seed of Destruction alone was simply not enough to counteract the sublimation of Power of Life resulting from the fusion of the Seed of Life and the Seed of Nature. Under these circumstances, the Seed of Destruction began to seek external assistance.
As for external assistance, it was right there beside them—the power of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.
After the Dragon God was split in two, the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King emerged. The Silver Dragon King Bloodline represents life, while the Golden Dragon King Bloodline represents destruction. Therefore, the Golden Dragon King Bloodline itself is rich in Power of Destruction.
The mutation of the Seed of Destruction within Gong Yu triggered a resonance with the Power of Destruction within the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, causing the two Power of Destruction to merge and elevate the Power of Destruction within Gong Yu, thus restoring balance with the elevated Power of Life.
At this moment, the entire courtyard was enveloped in two colors of energy: green and purple. Each color occupied one side, with distinct layers, neither yielding to the other, yet neither crossing the line, achieving a state of conservation.
As everyone looked at the purple energy, they felt a slight unease.
Only Gong Niuniu subconsciously touched the purple energy, and then said in a soft voice, "I seem to be fine. I seem to be able to absorb destructive energy."
Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Gong Niuniu, their eyes filled with surprise.
Gong Niuniu raised her hand again, and the Ten-Colored Amethyst Lamp in her hand seemed to have developed its own consciousness, releasing itself and then floating in the air.
Then, the flame in the wick flickered and began to generate a suction force. Soon, Sisi of purple Power of Destruction transformed into threads and began to be drawn into the wick.
After absorbing the Power of Destruction, Gong Niuniu immediately sat down cross-legged and entered a state of enlightenment.
Time passed second by second, but Gong Yu was completely unaware of what was happening to him. He remained sitting quietly like an old monk in meditation, while his consciousness was in a detached state.
Only when the life and Power of Destruction within his body reached a complete balance did he gradually awaken his consciousness.
He looked inward at his dantian and found a crystal core the size of a dragon's eye hovering within it. The little Golden Dragon inside the crystal core seemed to sense his gaze and responded with a faint dragon's might.
"Is this my Soul Core?" Gazing at the crystal core, Gong Yu fell into deep thought, then murmured to himself, "This is Soul Core, not Inner Core. It is clearly different from Inner Core. If I had followed Dugu Bo's method, I could have condensed Inner Core."