Chapter 138: Clone Technique

The City Lord of Barren Wind watched the figures in the distance, waiting patiently.

"A single Blood Spirit Gold Pearl for 10 billion Cosmic Sand? No one would agree to that," said Lord Yuanxiu with a smile.

"I'd be willing to buy a few for 1 billion Cosmic Sand each," a voice echoed from a distance. It was a Chaos Realm Peak expert.

Seeing this, the City Lord of Barren Wind was quite disappointed.

Would they not sell at this price?

Luo Feng was somewhat speechless at the sight.

The "Blood Spirit Gold Pearl mission" was backed by a competition among seven First-Class Marquises from the Emperor Chu lineage. These Marquises usually had various expenditures, so being able to afford tens of billions of Cosmic Sand was already impressive. To exhaust their wealth for merely three to five pearls?

It was worth noting that Grand Saint Biyun had obtained a full twenty-five pearls in the first wave of contention.

Even buying three to five pearls would have too little impact.

"The Chaos Realm Transcendents are all invited by the First-Class Marquises," Luo Feng thought to himself. "Ultimately, it's the Marquises who are paying, and they can't afford these prices."

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

However, this was ultimately a mission for the First-Class Marquises. Chaos Realm Transcendents would not spend their own wealth. Figures like Luo Feng, Grand Saint Biyun, and Lord Yuanxiu were helping out of friendship, asking for no benefits in return for this mission.

"Then I'll lower the price. 8 billion Cosmic Sand per pearl." Seeing that they weren't selling, the City Lord of Barren Wind finally reduced the price a bit.

Yet, no one present was willing to bid.

It was still too high.

"6 billion Cosmic Sand, that's the lowest price," the City Lord of Barren Wind's voice was much lower. After a long wait, he finally smiled. "It seems there are still some who recognize good value. All the Blood Spirit Gold Pearls have been traded this time. For those who want to buy? Wait for the next contention!"

Having said that, the City Lord of Barren Wind transformed into a gust of barren wind and vanished between heaven and earth.

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

"Sold? To which First-Class Marquis?"

"Could he be pretending to sell them?"

"The Blood Spirit Gold Pearls must be delivered to Chu Capital within ten days. If the mission exceeds ten days, they will turn into Blood Spirit Poison Pearls. He has no use for them, so there's no need to pretend to sell."

The Chaos Realm Transcendents and Chaos Realm Peak experts present all had various speculations, and then different parties began to leave.

As Luo Feng departed, he glanced at Grand Saint Yansu in the distance.

"Heh heh!"

Grand Saint Yansu, with a smirk that wasn't quite a smile, also glanced at Luo Feng.

So what if I targeted you?

On the Origin Continent, most ancient powerhouses adhered to rules in their actions. They wouldn't easily make enemies, as they had many concerns. Only when significant opportunities related to the Grand Dao were involved would they go to extreme lengths.

However, a small number of powerhouses had no clans or few disciples and subordinates, acting without scruples.

Grand Saint Yansu was one such individual who acted without scruples.

Of course, in terms of transgressions, there were many on the Origin Continent with deeper sins than him.

Grand Saint Yansu merely acted more wantonly and cruelly; he did not engage in large-scale massacres himself.

His notoriety was far less than that of the Snow Realm Progenitor, and even further below that of the Food Kingdom Lord who had annihilated multiple divine kingdoms.

Luo Feng immediately rushed back to Chu Capital. After an outbreak, the Blood Spirit Star would require a long period of waiting before its next wave of activity. There were typically only two or three such outbreaks in a single epoch.

Hoo.

Luo Feng arrived at Marquis Chuyu's mansion.

"Brother Luo He,"

Marquis Chuyu's divine power avatar came to greet Luo Feng.

"My true body is currently undertaking a mission."

"This Heaven-grade mission consists of three sub-missions, and the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl mission is just one of them. Your own mission... is of greater importance."

As Luo Feng spoke, he flipped his hand and took out the nine Blood Spirit Gold Pearls.

"The Blood Spirit Star just had its first outbreak, and I obtained nine Blood Spirit Gold Pearls from it."

"I heard that Lord Yuanxiu only obtained three," Marquis Chuyu said, having received detailed intelligence immediately.

After all, with several Chaos Realm Transcendents clashing and some Chaos Realm Peak experts observing, information was quickly relayed to the Flame Wind Guildhall.

"That Grand Saint Yansu is somewhat strange," Luo Feng said. "We've never met, but this time he went all out, targeting only me. Brother Chuyu, do you have an enmity with him?"

"No?" Marquis Chuyu shook his head repeatedly. "I'm just a newly promoted First-Class Marquis. Before this, I was merely an Eternal True God. How could I possibly have formed an enmity with a Chaos Realm Transcendent like Grand Saint Yansu?"

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

"It's good that you don't have any grievances with him. It seems it's because of me," Luo Feng said.

"Brother Luo He, just do your best in the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl contention; there's no need to push yourself too hard," Marquis Chuyu said with a smile. "After all, I am the youngest among the seven First-Class Marquises and a recent breakthrough. Even if my ranking is a bit lower, it's nothing."

Luo Feng glanced at him. "Regardless, you must put in a good effort for your own two sub-missions."

"Of course," Marquis Chuyu nodded.

"I'm leaving," Luo Feng said, turning to depart.

Since he had accepted the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl mission, he would naturally dedicate himself to it. Whoosh.

Marquis Chuyu watched Luo Feng depart.

"Brother Luo He's temperament." Marquis Chuyu had understood Luo Feng's character back in Huyang City; he was someone who highly valued friendship.

"Inviting Brother Luo He for my first guest elder position was my most fortunate choice," Marquis Chuyu now felt quite fortunate.

After leaving Marquis Chuyu's mansion, Luo Feng also purchased a sufficiently detailed intelligence report on Grand Saint Yansu from the Flame Wind Guildhall's Dark Hall.

Hoo.

While on his way back, Luo Feng also studied the intelligence on Grand Saint Yansu.

"Unknown to me, yet he targeted me so intensely."

Luo Feng reviewed the intelligence, studying it carefully.

He didn't believe in unprovoked hostility. At the level of Chaos Realm Transcendents, enmities were not easily formed.

"Grand Saint Yansu's clone technique..." Luo Feng looked at the records in the intelligence and felt a headache coming on.

The clone technique Grand Saint Yansu cultivated allowed him to have two complete clones and seven weaker ones. The complete clones could maintain peak state in all aspects, including divine body and soul.

"His clone technique is more advantageous than my 'Eight Tribulations Life Form' clone technique," Luo Feng thought to himself. Although both were called clone techniques, the differences were significant.

In the 'Eight Tribulations Life Form,' specifically the Life Spirit lineage, if one cultivated a clone technique, their own power, possessing sufficient life spirit, could exist independently. By separating a portion of their divine power, a clone could be formed.

Even hundreds or thousands of clones would be easy to create.

However, the power of all clones combined only formed a complete whole.

Each time a clone was separated, it would weaken the main body.

"With the Life Spirit lineage's clone technique, all power remains a single whole; not an iota is added," Luo Feng mused. "But Grand Saint Yansu's clone technique allows him to have an additional complete clone on top of his original true body, effectively doubling his divine power and cultivating an extra soul. Besides the complete clones, he also has seven weaker ones."

Luo Feng pondered this in secret.

Of course, he was also content. This was because most of the nine Origin Grand Daos governed by the supreme rules could not produce clone techniques.

In terms of clone techniques, according to Luo Feng's knowledge, only the Time Origin Grand Dao and Space Origin Grand Dao could surpass the Life Origin Grand Dao. Clones cultivated through the Time Origin Grand Dao were rumored to exist in the past, present, and future simultaneously.

Naturally, they were mysterious and incredibly powerful.

The Space Origin Grand Dao could break through certain limitations of the cage, allowing for multiple complete clones. For Grand Saint Yansu to possess two complete clones was considered merely an entry-level achievement.

"Yansu is currently ordered to guard the border, specifically Xiangjie City. He must have one complete clone in Xiangjie City," Luo Feng pondered. "The one who participated in the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl contention should be his other complete clone, along with the seven weaker ones."

The more Luo Feng learned about Yansu, the more he realized he couldn't do anything to him.

Yansu had some servants and two disciples. He didn't care whether his disciples lived or died; multiple batches of his disciples had already perished.

For Yansu, only cultivation was important; everything else was insignificant.

The City Lord of Barren Wind arrived alone in a dark forest.

"I didn't expect to sell even one Blood Spirit Gold Pearl," the City Lord of Barren Wind sighed.

"I told you, I'm willing to buy all of them for 3 billion Cosmic Sand each, which is already a high price," said a figure formed by the convergence of invisible cosmic power, smiling at the City Lord of Barren Wind.

The City Lord of Barren Wind nodded, waved his hand, and took out the twelve Blood Spirit Gold Pearls he had obtained this time. "Here you go."

The City Lord of Barren Wind handed all of them over to the figure.

"The usual rule stands: within the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl mission's deadline, I'll take as many Blood Spirit Gold Pearls as you have, all at the price of 3 billion Cosmic Sand per pearl," the illusory figure said with a faint smile.

The City Lord of Barren Wind's participation in the contention was, in fact, at his invitation.

He had also agreed to the City Lord of Barren Wind selling Blood Spirit Gold Pearls scattered to outsiders, but only if they were sold at double the price.

Therefore, the City Lord of Barren Wind had to sell them for at least 6 billion Cosmic Sand each.

Indeed, just as this ancient being had predicted, they simply wouldn't sell.

"The Imperial First-Class Marquises of the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom are too stingy," the City Lord of Barren Wind muttered, feeling quite unwilling. He had publicly called for bids, yet couldn't sell even one pearl.

"I've already been very generous," the illusory figure said with a smile, then vanished silently.

The City Lord of Barren Wind watched the scene. "This old fellow, I wonder who he is," he thought to himself, then teleported away through the void.

Luo Feng returned to his cave mansion not far from the Blood Spirit Star. His divine power avatar cultivated diligently within the pavilion, constantly sensing the movements of the Blood Spirit Star.

Meanwhile, Luo Feng's true body was cultivating in the space within the Star Tower.

"The Tri-Unity Form is indeed difficult for me to comprehend at my current level," Luo Feng thought. He observed the Tri-Unity Form before him, along with the manifestation of laws as the particles of the Ten Directions World Form disintegrated, still feeling confused.

Apart from accumulating life spirit, his Life Body lineage had reached the Chaos Realm Peak.

To go higher? That would require becoming a God King. He also had Golden Zeromite materials and various perfect Chaos-level biological materials as references. His accumulation in all aspects was profound. Yet, he still felt confused.

"This contention for the Blood Spirit Gold Pearls also revealed many of my weaknesses," Luo Feng admitted. In terms of strength, the City Lord of Barren Wind was comparable to him. In terms of various techniques, Grand Saint Biyun clearly surpassed him.

He couldn't even ascertain Grand Saint Biyun's true body, yet Grand Saint Biyun could effortlessly launch attacks.

"With this level of strength, I still won't be able to seize many in the second wave of Blood Spirit Gold Pearl contention."

Luo Feng smiled faintly and took out a stone box.

Inside the open stone box were nine pale red fruits. "At the Chaos Realm level, I had already planned to consume five Primordial Crystal Spirit Fruits. Now is a crucial time," Luo Feng thought. He immediately took out a Primordial Crystal Spirit Fruit and closed the stone box.

His cultivation had hit a bottleneck. His friend's mission was also at a critical juncture; a good blade must be used on the edge. Luo Feng felt that now was indeed the time.

Luo Feng immediately began to eat the fruit.

The fruit was tough. Luo Feng chewed it bit by bit and swallowed it. He felt the fruit pulp disintegrating in his abdomen, and an energy began to spread, affecting his soul. His soul became ethereal, and his thought speed rapidly soared!