Chapter 22
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Lucifer asskissed his family members to the absolute limit, all while plotting a million different ways through which he could permanently 'get rid' of his fellow kindred.
As the morning breakfast eventually came to an end, everyone left the dining room, heading out to accomplish their various tasks for the day.
Some set out to carry out assassinations, some schemed in the dark, and then one in particular was afk farming.
It had only been a few hours since Lucifer sent out all of his Clones, yet the amount of Clone Essence he had amassed was astronomical!
In less than the time one took to push out a fat sh*t, his Clone Essence had skyrocketed right past the million mark, landing at over 5 million!
With such an enormous amount of Clone Essence, Lucifer immediately dumped half of it right back into purchasing more clones.
Now, there were more than 30,000 Clones hunting in the Great Mormonga Woods, each possessing strength at the Peak of the 5th Stage of Qi Condensation!
One might wonder how Lucifer had managed to increase his strength to the peak of the 5th Stage of Qi Condensation. The truth was, during the drawn-out breakfast with those vipers, he was discreetly gobbling pills.
He had consumed so many pills that he was on the verge of becoming a crackhead. But for him, it was all worth it—he had not only advanced his Stage 2 Elemental Bodies to Stage 3 but also elevated his Shadow Body to Stage 2.
Lucifer intentionally held back the advancement of that Elemental Body because he anticipated that someone would forcefully scan his body sooner or later. And indeed, his speculation turned out to be true. It was only thanks to the Shadow Element acting like a coverup that he had managed to evade his father's detection.
But now that the threat was already done and over with, he could freely upgrade his Shadow Elemental Body all he wanted. Fortunately, Lucifer knew the recipes for a number of Shadow Element Pills, such as the Low-Common Rank Obscuration and Darkness Melding Pills.
These types of pills approached the peak of the Low-Common Rank and often required absurdly rare ingredients to concoct.
As for Lucifer, he only needed to hunt a few Shadow Panthers and Black Rollers in order to gather the necessary materials.
Of course, the Cores of these 5th Stage Qi Condensation Realm Beasts were merely supplementary to the Shadow Element herbs.
They couldn't in any way replace the foundational herbs, which he had to either find in the wild or purchase from a shop.
With so many Clones out and about, Lucifer had the option to have them actively explore and gather materials. However, without being at the Qi Condensation Realm himself, he had no means to accurately locate what he needed. Which was to say that, in the meantime, he had them simply keep an eye out.
'Sometimes they come back with something useful, and sometimes nothing at all.'
For the aforementioned randomness, Lucifer relied more on what he could obtain from the shops than on what his Clones might occasionally find in the wild.
With this general routine agenda set in motion, two days passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the last 48 hours, Lucifer advanced his Elemental Bodies by leaps and bounds. In terms of the Infinite Clone System, his current cultivation stood as follows:
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[Cultivation: 100% Tempering Marrow Stage]
{[Elemental Bodies:]}
|Stage 4 Lightning|
|Stage 4 Fire|
|Stage 3 Light|
|Stage 3 Darkness|
|Stage 3 Shadow|
|Stage 3 Water|
|Stage 3 Earth|
|Stage 3 Nature|
|Stage 3 Air|
|Stage 3 Ice|
|Stage 3 Poison|
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This was a significant improvement compared to what they were before, especially when regarding the Lightning and Fire Elemental Bodies, both of which had reached Stage 4!
They had already surpassed the stage required to break into the Qi Condensation Realm. However, it was clear that Lucifer still wasn't anywhere near the level he wished their progress to be at.
This point was underscored clearly when he stocked up on more pill materials before gobbling up the latest batch.
He informed his maids and family that he would be immersing himself in cultivation for an indefinite period of time, allowing his cultivation to continue without any interruption.
After another day, Lucifer managed to successfully advance the rest of his Elemental Bodies to Stage 4 as well. Along with that, he was able to kill a Spiritual Beast of the Mist Element, a mutation of the Ice and Water Elements.
In total, he now possessed 12 Elemental Bodies—one at Stage 3, and the rest at Stage 4.
"With such a lineup, I can create another decent series of Clones," Lucifer muttered, his words echoing in his simply furnished bedroom as he opened his system interface to take a look at his Battle Power.
After seeing that it confidently sat in the 7th Stage of Qi Condensation, he dumped more than 12 million Clone Essence into buying new Clones.
One might think that with such a vast amount of Clone Essence, he could purchase an utterly absurd number of Clones. However, just as he had expected, the cost of Clones at the 7th Stage had increased.
According to the system, the 7th Stage and beyond were considered the 'Second Half of the Qi Condensation Realms,' which was why the price naturally went up.
As for exactly how high they had become… well, let's just say that Lucifer was no longer a wealthy man…
He de-assimilated all of his past clones, bought 1,000 new ones at the price of 10,000 Clone Essence each, and then sent them to continue the tasks the previous clones had been doing.
There was a time when Lucifer believed that having more lower-level clones was better than having only a few high-level clones, but he soon realized that he was sorely mistaken.
As for why this was the case, well, it was because the Clones themselves were based on every aspect of his existence. That, of course, included his comprehension…
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