Chapter 2068 - 2066: Clone

Chapter 2068: Chapter 2066: Clone

Li Feng looked at the turtle shell that could not be broken, and from this shell, Li Feng detected some fluctuations of Xuanwu’s aura. The cracks on the shell were like array arrangements, and it was covered with obscure ancient runes.

If this item were in modern times, it would undoubtedly be a national treasure. As for the runes above, those are oracle characters. Naturally, in the outside world, where the heavens and earth lack spiritual energy, this turtle shell would only be considered an archaeological artifact.

But within the Kunlun Realm, this turtle shell has become the strongest shield of the Peach Blossom Demon King. Even though Li Feng didn’t exert his full power in that slash, he didn’t leave a single trace on the shell. Furthermore, his sword energy wasn’t just blocked but was rebounded and shattered by the array on the turtle shell.

Seemingly being blocked and being rebounded and shattered are no different, but actually, they are completely different concepts.

The former only indicates that the turtle shell is indestructible; as the shell of the Xuanwu Clan, it is naturally the hardest existence. Li Feng pays no mind to this. Yet the latter suggests that this turtle shell has been refined by the Peach Blossom Demon, becoming an earth treasure, and not just any earth treasure, but a top-tier one.

Spiritual weapons are divided into four levels: Spirit, Mystic, Earth, and Heaven. At the earth treasure level, aside from low-tier earth treasures relying on their material with spirit array support to be considered as low-tier earth treasures, all better earth treasures possess spirits.

This spirit can be referred to as a soldier soul or treasure spirit. Different cultivation sects have different names, but the essence is the same.

Once a weapon has a treasure spirit, it becomes a living entity. This weapon can grow and possess self-awareness, and by then, the power it can exert will be greatly enhanced.

This turtle shell can rebound Li Feng’s sword energy, equivalent to a passive counterattack, and doesn’t even require the Peach Blossom Demon King to control it, which greatly reduces the difficulty of control – this is the greatest advantage of a spiritual treasure.

Therefore, in Ancestor Dragon City, possessing a spiritual treasure earth weapon is the ultimate treasure that cultivators dream of. In battles of the same level, the side with a spiritual treasure can almost guarantee a victory.

But earth treasures are rare, as materials are scarce. According to the current popular crafting methods in Ancestor Dragon City, one is the soul infusion technique, the other the soul-locking technique. The former is more common, but the success rate of crafting spiritual treasures is very low, and fusion rates are hard to guarantee, making the final quality of these earth treasures uncertain.

The soul-locking technique is quite different, with a high success rate in crafting and no fusion issues. But there’s one problem: to use the soul-locking technique to forge earth treasures, you need demon bones, demon blood, demon cores, etc., from demon kings level, and forge them directly before the seventh day passes.

But demon king level experts are not easy to kill. Unless a demon king falls in a great battle, even then, if circumstances are unfavorable, it’s difficult to obtain a complete demon clan corpse, which leads to spiritual weapons above earth treasures always being in high demand but unavailable in the market.

Li Feng has several weapons, such as the Blood God Claw and Soul-breaking Needle seized from the Leng Family’s Thirteen Eagles in the Ten Demon Hall, and the Phoenix Flame Blade crafted himself. But these few can hardly be considered earth treasure spiritual weapons.

He thought the Peach Blossom Demon King would be a breakthrough point, but now it seems he hit a brick wall.

A flash of thought crossed Li Feng’s mind, but since he chose this as the breakthrough point, he couldn’t just turn tail after a single slash.

The formidable demon kings unleashed, all were second grade realm, not to mention the mountain cat clan approaching head-on, seemingly of gold and earth dual system, exuding an aura heavy as a mountain, clearly hard to deal with.

To the left is a long-armed Ape King, its arms hanging in front like purple-gold beams propping up the sea, with an aura even surpassing that of the mountain cat.

As for the one blocking the right, not as burly, rather with an agile demeanor, resembling a deer, yet different.

This deer-like demon clan is Bai Ze, the lord of lakes and marshes. This clan has a long-standing heritage, comparable to the Four Holy Beasts.

Behind the several demon kings of second grade realm, there is another layer of encirclement formed by many third and fourth grade realm demon kings, who all reveal their true forms since seven have fallen at the front, including two taken by their allies.

The terrifying aura of over twenty demon kings envelops the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard, pressing down on Li Feng like a massive mountain.

Li Feng seemed like a trapped beast locked in a cage, if unable to tear open a gap, the result is self-evident.

Li Feng tapped his toe, and the Phoenix Flame below flew like a rocket’s tail flame, leaving a shadow in place, subsequently darted like a cannonball towards the Peach Blossom Demon King using the turtle shell shield blocking his path.

Breaking the turtle shell shield is no easy feat, so he decided to bypass it.

Vermilion Bird Clone.

Li Feng’s body abruptly split open, immediately dividing into two identically aura-emitting entities, and upon rushing forward, the body split again.

Thus, one became two, two turned into four, four became eight.

In an instant, eight Li Fengs presented a semi-circular encirclement towards the Peach Blossom Demon King, and not only that, these eight Li Fengs split once more into eight further Li Fengs, yet these eight did not charge at the Peach Blossom Demon King but divided into two paths, attacking the Long-armed Ape King and Bai Ze Lord of Lakes and Marshes left and right.

Li Feng’s clone technique suddenly narrowed the pupils of the demon kings around, as they surprisingly couldn’t distinguish which was real or fake from the aura.

Because each clone emitted the identical Phoenix Flame energy.

Instantly creating sixteen clones is not easy for the cloner, as cloning requires a massive consumption of Golden Core Power, especially to maintain identical aura waves between the original and clones.

This not only consumes the inner Golden Core Power but Divine Sense as well. Not to mention manifesting sixteen clones, and even for four clones, there’s a concern of being drained and potentially developing schizophrenia.

After all, clones need control, unlike external bodies. They are embodiments of the original, equipped with spiritual wisdom.

Fortunately, Li Feng doesn’t need to worry about these, as the Vermilion Bird constantly provides energy, making him unconcerned about being drained, rather worried about the Vermilion Bird’s continual restoration, whether it might absorb him dry.

As for clone control, it’s entirely entrusted to the Vermilion Bird, given its status as a Holy Beast, whose spiritual sense is powerful. Otherwise, when it was previously attacked by that Vajra Lion Roar, the Vermilion Bird assured Li Feng wouldn’t have his mind disturbed.

Sixteen Li Fengs, divided into three paths, attacked the demon kings in three directions, with the Peach Blossom Demon King facing eight, seemingly targeted heavily.

"Hmph, mere clones dare to be arrogant."

The Long-armed Ape King saw four Li Fengs rushing at him, mocking with cold laughter, clearly believing those rushing at him were mere illusions.

Though not dismissive of potential authenticity, the Long-armed Ape King stayed cautious, as carelessness leads to severe death.

The Long-armed Ape King reached hand into the decorative cavity of a beast bone skull on him. The skull wasn’t ordinary, but a spatial beast’s head containing a space, like the storage rings and pouches popular in Ancestor Dragon City.

Then, the Long-armed Ape King pulled out a thick iron rod from inside, but the material was clearly not ordinary iron.

ps: Two more Chapters tonight.