Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent

Chapter 138: Clone Technique

The City Lord of Arid Wind looked at the distant figures and patiently waited.

“A Blood Spirit Gold Pearl for a hundred billion Cosmos Sand? No one will agree to that.” The Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion smiled as he spoke.

“I would be willing to buy a few for ten billion Cosmos Sand each.” A distant voice sounded, coming from a Chaos Realm Peak expert.

Seeing this, the City Lord of Arid Wind felt somewhat disappointed.

Was this price too high to sell?

Luo Feng also found the situation a bit speechless.

The ‘Blood Spirit Gold Pearl task’ was a competition between the seven First-Class Marquis of the Emperor Chu lineage. First-Class Marquis usually had various expenses, so being able to come up with hundreds of billions of Cosmos Sand was already impressive.

Spending all their wealth could only buy three or five pearls? It’s important to know that during the first wave of the fight, Great Sage Biyun had obtained 25 pearls.

Even buying three or five pearls would make little impact.

“These Chaos Realm Transcendents were all hired by the First-Class Marquis,” Luo Feng thought, “Ultimately, it’s the First-Class Marquis who are bidding, and they can’t afford it.”

In terms of accumulated treasures, Chaos Realm Transcendents naturally surpassed the First-Class Marquis.

But this was still a task for the First-Class Marquis, and Chaos Realm Transcendents wouldn’t spend their own wealth. Figures like Luo Feng, Great Sage Biyun, and the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion were helping due to personal connections. They didn’t ask for any benefits in return.

“Then I’ll lower the price a bit. Eighty billion Cosmos Sand per pearl.” Seeing no success in selling, the City Lord of Arid Wind finally lowered the price.

However, no one present was willing to bid.

It was still too high.

“Sixty billion Cosmos Sand per pearl, the lowest price.” The City Lord of Arid Wind’s voice was much lower, and after waiting for a long time, he finally smiled, “Looks like someone recognizes the value. All Blood Spirit Gold Pearls have now been sold. Those who want to buy more? Wait for the next round!”

After saying that, the City Lord of Arid Wind transformed into a gust of wind and disappeared into the heavens and earth.

This scene left Luo Feng, the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion, and others somewhat astonished.

“Sold? Who did he sell them to?”

“Could it be that he pretended to sell them?”

“The Blood Spirit Gold Pearls must be delivered to the Chu Capital within ten days to complete the task. After ten days, they will turn into Blood Spirit Poison Pearls. Keeping them is useless; there’s no need to fake a sale.”

The Chaos Realm Transcendents and Chaos Realm Peak experts present speculated various possibilities before eventually leaving one by one.

As Luo Feng was leaving, he glanced at Great Sage Yan Su in the distance.

“Humph.” Great Sage Yan Su sneered and glanced back at Luo Feng.

It was directed at you, so what?

On the Origin Continent, most of the ancient powerhouses followed certain rules in their actions. They wouldn’t easily provoke enemies, as they had many concerns themselves. Only when there was a chance related to the Great Dao would they go to extreme lengths.

But there were also a few powerhouses with no race, few disciples, and little to lose, so they acted recklessly.

Great Sage Yan Su was one of those who acted without restraint. However, when it came to his sins, there were many others on the Origin Continent who were far worse! Great Sage Yan Su merely acted more wildly and with greater cruelty, but he didn’t carry out large-scale massacres.

In terms of infamy, he was far inferior to the Ancestor of the Snow Realm, and even further from the Lord of Shiguo, who had destroyed multiple divine nations.

…

Luo Feng immediately rushed back to the Chu Capital. After a Blood Spirit Star eruption, one would have to wait a long time for the next wave. In one epoch, there would only be two or three eruptions.

“Phew.” Luo Feng arrived at the Marquis Chu Yu’s mansion.

“Brother Luo He.” The Divine Power Incarnation of Marquis Chu Yu came to greet Luo Feng. “My true body is currently engaged in another task.”

“This Heavenly-Level task has three sub-tasks, and the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl task is just one of them. Your own task… is more important.” Luo Feng said, flipping his hand to take out nine Blood Spirit Gold Pearls. “The Blood Spirit Star has just had its first eruption, and I obtained nine Blood Spirit Gold Pearls.”

“I heard that even the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion only obtained three.” Marquis Chu Yu had already received the detailed intelligence.

After all, several Chaos Realm Transcendents had clashed, and some Chaos Realm Peak experts were watching. The information was quickly passed on to the Yan Feng Pavilion.

“That Great Sage Yan Su is rather strange,” Luo Feng said, “I have no prior interaction with him, yet this time… he targeted me with all his might. Chu Yu, does he have a grudge with you?”

“No.”

Marquis Chu Yu shook his head repeatedly, “I’m a newly promoted First-Class Marquis. Before this, I was only an Eternal True God. How could I have a grudge with a Chaos Realm Transcendent like Great Sage Yan Su?”

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

“If you don’t have any enmity with him, then it seems it’s my fault,” Luo Feng said.

“Brother Luo He, just do your best to compete for the Blood Spirit Gold Pearls, but don’t force it.” Marquis Chu Yu smiled, “After all, I’m the youngest and the newest of the seven First-Class Marquis. Even if my ranking is low, it doesn’t matter.”

Luo Feng looked at him, “Regardless, you must work hard on your other two sub-tasks.”

“Of course.” Marquis Chu Yu nodded.

“Alright, I’m off.” Luo Feng turned and left.

Since he had taken on the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl task, he would naturally give it his all.

Phew.

Marquis Chu Yu watched Luo Feng leave.

“Brother Luo He’s temperament…” Marquis Chu Yu had understood Luo Feng’s character when they were in Huyang City. He highly valued loyalty and friendship.

“My first honored guest invitation went to Brother Luo He. It was my luckiest choice.” Marquis Chu Yu was now feeling rather fortunate.

…

After leaving Marquis Chu Yu’s mansion, Luo Feng purchased a detailed report on Great Sage Yan Su from the Dark Hall of the Yan Feng Pavilion.

Phew.

While on his way back, Luo Feng began studying the information on Great Sage Yan Su.

“No previous interaction, yet he targeted me like this.” Luo Feng carefully read through the intelligence.

He didn’t believe in hostility without reason. At the level of Chaos Realm Transcendents, they wouldn’t form grudges easily.

“Great Sage Yan Su’s clone technique…”

Luo Feng looked at the records and felt a headache coming on.

Great Sage Yan Su’s clone technique allowed him to have two complete clones and seven weaker clones! The complete clones could maintain peak condition in both their divine bodies and souls.

“His clone technique has an advantage over my ‘Eight Tribulations Life Form’ clone technique,” Luo Feng thought.

Although both were called clone techniques, there were significant differences.

Luo Feng’s ‘Eight Tribulations Life Form’ under the ‘Life Spirituality Lineage,’ if cultivated successfully, could create clones that had sufficient life spirituality to exist independently. By splitting off a portion of his divine power, a clone could be formed.

Even creating hundreds or thousands of clones was easy.

However, the total power of all the clones together would only equal that of the complete body!

Each clone that was split would weaken the original body.

“The clone technique of the Life Spirituality Lineage keeps all the power as a single whole, with no extra gain,” Luo Feng thought, “But Great Sage Yan Su’s clone technique creates an entirely new clone on top of the original. It’s like doubling his divine power! Not only that, but he has cultivated another soul! And aside from the complete clones, there are seven weaker ones.”

Luo Feng sighed inwardly.

Of course, he was still quite content. Under the supreme laws of the nine Origin Paths, most practitioners couldn’t even cultivate a clone technique.

In terms of clone techniques that surpassed the ‘Life Origin Path,’ according to what Luo Feng knew, only the ‘Time Origin Path’ and the ‘Space Origin Path’ could do so.

The Time Origin Path, according to legend, could produce clones that existed in the past, present, and future simultaneously. Naturally mysterious and incomparably powerful.

The Space Origin Path could break certain restrictions, allowing the practitioner to have multiple complete clones. Great Sage Yan Su having two complete clones was considered entry-level.

“Yan Su is currently stationed at the border city of Xiangjie City by order. He must have one complete clone in Xiangjie City.” Luo Feng thought, “The one participating in the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl fight should be the other complete clone along with some weaker clones.”

The more Luo Feng learned about Yan Su, the more he realized there was nothing he could do about him.

Yan Su had a few servants and two disciples, but he didn’t care about his disciples’ lives. His disciples had been killed more than once.

To Yan Su, cultivation was the only thing that mattered. Everything else was irrelevant.

…

The City Lord of Arid Wind arrived alone in a dim forest.

“Who would have thought I wouldn’t sell a single Blood Spirit Gold Pearl?” The City Lord of Arid Wind sighed.

“I already said I’m willing to buy them all for thirty billion Cosmos Sand per pearl, which is a high price.” A figure formed from

the invisible forces of heaven and earth looked at the City Lord of Arid Wind with a smile.

The City Lord of Arid Wind nodded and waved his hand, taking out the 12 Blood Spirit Gold Pearls he had obtained.

“Here you go.” The City Lord of Arid Wind handed them all over.

“As usual, during the task period, I’ll buy as many Blood Spirit Gold Pearls as you can get, all for thirty billion Cosmos Sand each.” The ethereal figure smiled.

The City Lord of Arid Wind had been invited by this figure to participate in the competition.

He had agreed that the City Lord of Arid Wind could sell the Blood Spirit Gold Pearls to others, but only at twice the price! So, the City Lord had to sell them for at least sixty billion Cosmos Sand each…

As the ancient figure had predicted, he couldn’t sell a single one.

“The First-Class Marquis of the Imperial Flame Wind Kingdom are too stingy.” The City Lord of Arid Wind was somewhat unwilling. He had publicly listed the price but couldn’t sell a single pearl.

“I’ve been very generous.” The ethereal figure smiled and then silently disappeared.

The City Lord of Arid Wind watched the scene.

“That old guy, who knows who he really is.” The City Lord of Arid Wind thought to himself, then vanished into the void.

******

Luo Feng returned to his cave mansion near Blood Spirit Star, where his Divine Power Incarnation continued its quiet cultivation in the pavilion, always sensing the movements of Blood Spirit Star, while Luo Feng’s true body was practicing in the space within the Star Tower.

“Trinity Form, with my current level of insight, is indeed difficult.”

Luo Feng watched the display of laws during the collapse of particles in the Trinity Form and Ten Directions World Form, feeling there were still many points of confusion.

In terms of accumulation, the Life Spirituality Lineage and the Life Body Lineage were both at the Chaos Realm Peak! To go further? That would require becoming a Divine King. He also had materials like golden-scaled bugs and various Perfect Chaos creatures for reference.

His accumulation in all aspects was deep, yet he still had confusion.

“This time competing for the Blood Spirit Gold Pearls has also exposed many of my weaknesses.” Luo Feng admitted to himself.

In terms of strength, the City Lord of Arid Wind was already on par with him.

In terms of various techniques, Great Sage Biyun clearly surpassed him! Luo Feng couldn’t even determine Great Sage Biyun’s true body, while Biyun could easily launch attacks.

“With my current strength, in the second wave of Blood Spirit Gold Pearl competition, I still won’t be able to get many.”

Luo Feng smiled faintly and took out a stone box.

Opening the stone box, it contained nine pale red fruits.

“At the Chaos Realm level, I had planned to consume five Primordial Crystal Spirit Fruits. Now is the critical moment.”

Luo Feng immediately took out one Primordial Crystal Spirit Fruit and closed the stone box.

Having reached a bottleneck in his cultivation, with his friend’s task at a crucial stage, he knew that the best materials should be used at the most critical moment.

Luo Feng believed that now was that critical moment!

He immediately began to eat the fruit.

The fruit was tough, and Luo Feng chewed it bite by bite, swallowing it into his stomach. He felt the flesh breaking down in his stomach, and energy began to spread, affecting his soul. His soul became ethereal, and his thinking speed rapidly increased.

(End of this chapter)