Douluo Dalu: My Martial Spirit is the Worm of Time

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Yunshan, Hai Bodong, and Gu He traveled swiftly and soon arrived at Stone Desert City.

They discovered the sealed area in the eastern region of Stone Desert City from the sky.

"What are those people doing?" Yunshan asked.

Hai Bodong replied, "It looks like they're excavating some ancient ruins... The entire Tagore Desert seems to be a massive ancient battlefield, and interesting things are often dug up from beneath the desert. I obtained that from a ruin before... which led to Medusa's pursuit.

"By the way, when I explored the Tagore Desert before, I did discover three areas where strange flames might exist. This is one of them."

Saying that, he looked at Yunshan, "Although I'm not sure where you got the information that Queen Medusa obtained a Heavenly Flame, if it's true, then she probably obtained it from one of these three areas."

Yunshan speculated, "Could it be that Queen Medusa came here, took the Heavenly Flame, and because of her actions, the ancient ruins that originally contained the Heavenly Flame were exposed, so mercenaries are excavating here?"

Hai Bodong shook his head. "If that's the case, then I've suffered a great loss... after all, I was once so close to the Heavenly Flame."

Yunshan smiled. "Anyway, I was planning to rest in Stone Desert City. Since we have nothing to do, why don't we go take a look?"

He seemed to want to see Hai Bodong's regretful appearance.

"Let's go take a look... Heh, you just want to see me make a fool of myself." Hai Bodong said with a smile and a curse.

The two of them, singing in harmony, finalized the matter.

Gu He was also quite interested in this area that might have once preserved a Heavenly Flame. He also cultivated fire-attribute techniques, and although some time had passed, the concentration of fire-attribute energy here had become consistent with the surroundings, Gu He's powerful perception as a sixth-grade alchemist and his keen insight into energy still allowed him to perceive that the fire-attribute energy here was slightly more active than in other places.

The three of them landed, causing some commotion among the mercenaries.

"Lord Gu He." Some mercenaries greeted him familiarly.

The real Gu He was a little confused... Am I that familiar with them? Why are they all coming up to greet me?

"Huh? Lord Gu He, when did you come up?" A mercenary responsible for guarding the entrance looked at Gu He with a puzzled expression.

He had just finished his shift and hadn't seen Gu He come out of the cave.

Gu He noticed the abnormality and raised an eyebrow. "Have you seen me before?"

The mercenary was slightly stunned at first, then showed a flattering smile. "I was guarding outside when the leader accompanied you to the entrance earlier..."

Gu He exchanged glances with Yunshan and Hai Bodong and transmitted his voice, "I suspect someone is impersonating me."

"Hehe, that person is really unlucky, actually being caught by the real person. Shall we go meet the fake Gu He?" Hai Bodong said with a smile.

A trace of anger appeared on Gu He's face. For any alchemist, being impersonated is a great offense, as it would make others doubt his alchemy skills and affect his reputation.

"Hmph, I want to see who is so bold as to impersonate me..."

The three's conversation was completed by voice transmission. The mercenary still had a smile on his face, waiting for Gu He's instructions.

"Take me to the entrance," Gu He said lightly.

Although he felt a little doubtful in his heart, feeling that this Gu He was a little strange, he still nodded immediately. "Please follow me."

Gu He, Yunshan, and Hai Bodong followed the mercenary to the entrance. The two mercenaries responsible for guarding the door saluted, with the same puzzled look on their faces.

The three walked in, and seeing the mercenary consciously stop at the entrance, Hai Bodong said softly:

"It seems that the person impersonating you also has some skills. It's not easy to make these greedy mercenaries so obedient in the face of treasure."

"If that person didn't have some confidence, he wouldn't dare to impersonate me," Gu He said with some pride.

The further he went, the more surprised Gu He felt. The fire-attribute energy was almost so rich that his techniques were about to operate autonomously. For those who cultivated fire-attribute techniques, cultivating here would definitely be twice as effective with half the effort.

He muttered to himself, "Maybe there really was a Heavenly Flame here."

Then, he saw that Hai Bodong's expression seemed even more bitter.

After passing through a long passage, they arrived at an open space, where he saw a Gu He standing on the edge of a lava lake, gazing ahead.

Seeing the face that was exactly the same as his, Gu He raised an eyebrow and questioned, "Who are you? How dare you impersonate me?"

"Impersonate? Who am I impersonating?" Amon pinched the monocle made of crystal and wore a strange smile on his lips.

"Hmph, I'm standing right in front of you, and you still don't admit it?" Gu He's tone became a little lower.

"You are fake, I am real," Amon said in a very determined tone.

"Haha, what a joke. Someone is actually impersonating him in person... I see you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, right?"

Dou Qi surged on Gu He's body, and the aura of a Dou King was released without reservation. The terrifying aura spread through the underground passage to the outside, causing the mercenaries guarding the entrance to feel a burst of trembling.

Almost without thinking, they turned around and ran. After running a certain distance, one person went to notify Shaluo of this change, and the other stared at the entrance from a distance, looking nervous.

In the cave, Hai Bodong stepped forward and said with a smile, "Why does Master Gu He need to do this kind of trivial matter himself? Just leave it to me."

Gu He nodded and accepted Hai Bodong's gesture of goodwill. "Then I'll trouble you, Elder Hai."

Yunshan also circulated his Dou Qi, and the terrifying aura of a Dou Emperor peak filled the cave.

Seeing that the fake Gu He on the opposite side still didn't change his expression in the face of two Dou Huangs, Gu He couldn't help but frown and transmitted his voice to Yunshan:

"Old Sect Leader, be careful. This guy gives me a very uncomfortable feeling."

"I know," Yunshan nodded calmly.

"Wind's Extremity - Meteor Kill!"

Yunshan took the lead, and the first move was the strongest single-point sniping Dou technique he knew.

A white ray burst out from his fingertips, instantly piercing Gu He's chest, who was caught completely off guard.

When the pain from the wound came, Gu He turned his head in disbelief, staring blankly at Yunshan with a cold gaze.

"Old Sect Leader?"

At this time, Hai Bodong's attack also came.

"Mystic Ice Spear!"

The spear formed by ice pierced through Gu He's abdomen, and the cold air froze his body, making it difficult for his Dou Qi to circulate.

"I said, I am the real Gu He, you are the fake... See, even Sect Leader Yunshan thinks so... What's more, if I kill you, the fake can become real."

Amon chuckled, raised his right hand, and tapped the bottom edge of his monocle with his forefinger joint.

Yunshan and Hai Bodong simultaneously took out a monocle made of crystal from their storage rings, raised the corners of their mouths, and showed the same smile.

Gu He's pupils shrank, and a great sense of absurdity and unreality welled up in his heart...

Something controlled Yunshan, this powerful Dou Emperor peak expert, controlled 'Ice Empress' Hai Bodong!

"How is this possible... Is the Heavenly Flame fake? Was I your target from the beginning?"

Yunshan raised his hand and shattered Gu He's head, extracting a somewhat illusory Gu He from his body.

Brilliant starlight lit up from the monocle on Amon's right eye, and a translucent worm with twelve segments and starlight-like colors flew out, merging into Gu He's soul and becoming one with it.

After confirming that the other party had no ability to resist, Amon said leisurely:

"The Heavenly Flame is real, and you are indeed the target. To be precise, it's the 'Transformation Pill' you exchanged for." Amon answered Gu He's doubts with a smile.

He bent down, took the storage ring from Gu He's body, and with mental energy, took out an exquisite jade box from it.

"If it weren't for you, it would still be a little troublesome for me to get this thing now. Thank you for your hard work. I'll accept this 'Transformation Pill'... I won't forget your contribution. Hmm... Yun Yun is very good, how about I marry her with your face? Sect Leader Yunshan should be very supportive." Amon showed a malicious smile.

"You..." Gu He's soul fluctuated, becoming somewhat unstable.

The Dou Qi Continent doesn't have the kind of love that makes people die, and mentioning Yun Yun in front of Gu He only made his emotions more intense.

What really broke Gu He's defense was this trap. He worked so hard to exchange for the Transformation Pill, but he never expected that it would end up making a wedding dress for someone else, and even cost him his life.

Amon intentionally mentioned these things at the end, not only because of his bad taste, but also to stimulate Gu He's emotions.

His overall capacity was already close to the limit. He had parasitized Yunshan and Hai Bodong, and still had to maintain some other arrangements.

And the number of Spirit Insects required to parasitize Gu He's soul was no less than that of parasitizing Yunshan, and he still needed to keep a certain amount to make some other arrangements, so he was unable to bear such a burden.

Therefore, he planned to integrate the Time Insect into the other party's body like he did with Yao Chen, so as to achieve initial influence without perfect control.

It would be easier to parasitize a Gu He whose emotions were out of control and whose soul was unstable.

Yunshan put Gu He's soul into the bag specially used to store soul bodies that he had obtained from Protector Wu.

He looked at Amon's main body and asked softly, "What do we do next?"

Amon smiled and responded, "Gu He has made sufficient preparations for absorbing the Heavenly Flame, and he has all the corresponding materials... We can't waste that. Go absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame."

"Heavenly Flame? Me?" Yunshan pointed at himself, looking puzzled.

"Of course, such a dangerous thing, are you asking me to do it?" Amon asked back as a matter of course.

He looked at Hai Bodong and continued, "Hai Bodong's Dou Qi attribute is not compatible with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and his strength is not as strong as yours, so the success rate is not as high as yours."

Yunshan clicked his tongue and pinched his monocle with some helplessness.

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