I, An Mo, Am the Chosen One!

Understanding is understanding, and opportunity is opportunity...

At this moment, Shu Da felt that what Senior Brother Ma Liang said was absolutely correct!

It's not that we Shadow Rats lack comprehension; we just lack certain opportunities... Lately, we've been too focused on how to improve ourselves, so in this situation, we're like a taut bowstring. Sometimes, the tighter it's stretched, the harder it is to find the point of understanding.

This time, Senior Brother Ma Liang was simply amazing! He recommended that we participate in the Mutual Slashing Conference, and that immediately made me, Shu Da, realize the key to the problem!

The key lies in what Senior Brother An Lan said!

What has always been the greatest strength of our Shadow Rat?

The key is the ability to create clones. By consuming resources, we Shadow Rats can create an unlimited number of clones. We can form our own army of clones. Theoretically, as long as there are enough resources, the Shadow Rats ' army of clones is invincible.

However, while the Shadow Rat's clones are powerful, they also have some fatal flaws.

The first problem is that the energy consumption is too high. This doesn't refer to the energy consumption during the Shadow Rat's clone process.

The Shadow Rat will definitely consume resources during the process of creating clones... otherwise, wouldn't it be a bug if it could create infinite clones without consuming anything?

Therefore, when Shu Da creates new clones, the stronger the clones it wants, the more resources it must consume. This is a problem that no one can change.

However, after completing the creation of clones, the Shadow Rats encountered a problem: they were unlike any other race.

Other races can improve themselves through natural cultivation, but Shadow Rats cannot. They need to devour resources to improve, and what's most terrifying is that Shadow Rats not only have the ability to create clones, but also an ability called Natural Decay.

The so-called Natural Decay is very simple: no matter what level the Shu Da is at now, as long as Shu Da stops consuming resources, its Shu Da level will enter a decay process.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, say a Fifth Rank cultivator, under normal circumstances, even if he didn't cultivate for ten years, his cultivation level would likely remain at the Fifth Rank. Of course, a person's cultivation level could decline, but even if it did decline, a decline of First Rank or two ranks would be considered acceptable.

This kind of decline is perfectly reasonable for a normal person.

But the Shu Da are different. If you let the Shu Da stop consuming any resources from now on, then it won't be long before they decline to an absurd level.

They might be demoted from the Subordinate Ninth Rank to the Fifth Rank or even lower.

Therefore, in the Vast Heaven Holy Land, if we only consider the consumption of cultivation, the consumption of the Three Shadow Rat Brothers is even comparable to that of the Spirit Crane Palace!

Of course, the Vast Heaven Holy Land never had any objections to the Three Shadow Rat Brothers' high consumption, because although the Three Shadow Rat Brothers consumed a lot, their output was even more powerful!

The Spirit Pattern Cloth produced by the Three Shadow Rat Brothers is a bestseller Four Continents. Every year, with the income from the Spirit Pattern Cloth, the Three Shadow Rat Brothers can not only replenish their own consumption, but also make a huge profit.

Therefore, the Three Shadow Rat Brothers consume more but earn more.

Although they were making a lot of money, Shu Da always felt that their spending was a bit outrageous, but Shu Da tried many methods, none of which could solve the problem.

The more Shadow Rat have, the more resources you consume; this is a reality that no one can change.

But today, Shu Da suddenly had a breakthrough. Shu Da realized that he seemed to understand why Senior Brother Xinghe had ordered the Shadow Rats to block the Dead Spirit Realm and die there!

So that's what Senior Brother Xinghe was after!

As is widely known, the Dark Moon Clan are immortal Dark Moon Clan. No matter what kind of death they suffer, they will recover in a short time. This is due to the Dark Moon Clan's own Curse of Immortality.

So in this Mutual Slashing Conference, even if you kill An Lan ten thousand times, An Lan will still revive and recover normally!

But apart from the Dark Moon Clan, no one else could possibly achieve such a monstrous resurrection as the Dark Moon Clan!

That's why An Lan lamented earlier that only they could be resurrected; it's quite frustrating...

But the moment he heard An Lan's words, Shu Da suddenly had a completely new idea...

Could we, the Three Shadow Rat Brothers, be reborn like the Dark Moon Clan?

As we all know, once Shadow Rat clone disappears, it is gone forever and requires a completely new set of resources to replenish it.

But what if there were a power in this world that could bring Shadow Rat's clones back to life after they disappear?

What would that mean?

This idea would be completely unrealistic for anyone else, but at this moment Shu Da seems to think that we really do have this opportunity!

Because Shu Da holds the Hand of the Nine Relics of the Evil God of the Hand of the Evil God!

The power of the Hand of the Evil God is replication...

Shadow Rats can copy a certain ability for a short period of time, giving themselves the same or similar abilities!

So here's the question: if we, the Shadow Rat, use the Hand of the Evil God to copy the Dark Moon Clan's curse power, then theoretically, could we also possess the Dark Moon Clan's curse?

If we have the Dark Moon Clan's curse, is it possible for us to resurrect our clones?

If the clone dies and comes back to life, then do we no longer need to expend resources to recreate it?

Just then, as Shu Da raised this question, good heavens, even the Great Sage arrived! The Great Sage immediately called a halt to the Mutual Slashing Conference!

This is absolutely the first time since the Mutual Slashing Conference began that it has been stopped!

Because the Great Sage said that Shu Da's comprehension is truly remarkable...

This idea seems really feasible!

However, the biggest problem is that the abilities that the Hand of the Evil God can copy must be at the same level as or lower than one's own abilities. But as things stand, even the weakest Dark Moon Clan is definitely not weaker than Shu Da. Therefore, even if Shu Da has the Hand of the Evil God, he absolutely cannot copy the power of the Dark Moon Clan.

What is troublesome for others is not troublesome for the Dark Moon Clan, whose lifespan is infinite.

The Great Sage immediately said, "Well... who among you is willing to do Shu Da a favor, cripple your own cultivation, and drop your cultivation level to the Ninth Rank?"

Good heavens, upon hearing this, the entire Dark Moon Clan erupted in excitement!

"I... I... Great Sage, cripple me... I'm incredibly powerful when I'm crippled!"

"An Mo, get the hell out of my way... I, An Lan, haven't even said anything about crippling cultivation yet, what right do you have to speak!"

"Brother An Lan... you can't be so shameless. You have the highest cultivation level among us, and crippling your cultivation would be the most troublesome, so let us handle this kind of thing!"

"Don't go too far... So what if you have high cultivation? Does having high cultivation mean you can't cripple your own cultivation? I'm the fastest at crippling my own cultivation..."

Good heavens, upon hearing about the self-inflicted loss of cultivation, the Dark Moon Clan almost started a fight on the spot.

If you were to find a group of people elsewhere and ask them to choose someone who would cripple their own cultivation, every single one of them would absolutely refuse.

After all, improving one's cultivation level is incredibly difficult. If one's cultivation is ruined, many people may never be able to start cultivating again in their entire lives.

But for the Dark Moon Clan, crippling their own cultivation—just listen to that, isn't that interesting...?

What the hell? Can't I ever improve in this lifetime?

You're talking about your whole life, right...?

We have a next life, and the life after that... we have who knows how many more lives...

So how can we refuse something so interesting?

So in the end, even the Great Sage had no choice... Deep down, the Great Sage was thinking, "Do you think I didn't want to cripple my cultivation?"

If I weren't afraid of Holy One would say about me, would it be your turn, you Little Wang!

So stop arguing and fighting... just play rock-paper-scissors...

This is because a person's fate is predetermined!

After a round of rock-paper-scissors, a howl and a chorus of curses erupted simultaneously.

The reason for this situation is that the results of this rock-paper-scissors game are in, and the one who will ultimately get this good opportunity to cripple his own cultivation is none other than An Mo!

"Alas... I, An Mo, am the chosen one... I An Mo, am just that strong! I, An Mo, finally have another chance to cripple my cultivation, hahaha..."

An Mo was now laughing wildly and unrestrainedly!

Look, wasn't it me, An Mo, who crippled my cultivation last time?

Now, it's my An Mo who has to cripple his cultivation!

When it comes to self-destruction, I, An Mo, possess absolute talent... You want to play rock-paper-scissors with me?

He brought shame upon himself!

Before anyone else could speak, An Mo directly crippled his own cultivation, and moments later, his An Mo level began to plummet!

"Don't drop too much... Ninth Rank is fine!"

At this moment, the Great Sage couldn't help but speak up to remind An Mo, who was addicted to crippling his own cultivation.

It's fortunate that the Great Sage reminded him quickly enough; if he had been even a fraction slower, An Mo's cultivation would have plummeted to the Eighth Rank...

Now that An Mo's cultivation level has been controlled at the Ninth Rank, Shu Da did not hesitate and immediately came to An Mo's side, who had abandoned his cultivation to reach the Ninth Rank.

Then Shu Da took out his Hand of the Evil God.

As the light from the Hand of the Evil God flickered, Shu Da also activated his copying ability!

A beam of light shot out from An Mo's body and pierced directly into Shu Da's body. The next moment, Shu Da appeared to have no change whatsoever!

The Great Sage walked directly to Shu Da's side, and with a single move, Black Tiger Claws Heart, he ripped Shu Da's heart out.

What the heck? Don't you think the Great Sage's actions are a bit too unrestrained?

Brother... do you think Shu Da is stupid? That he would bring his true form here?

So everything that appears here is a clone of Shu Da!

The instant the Shu Da's clone was destroyed... the Shu Da also died on the spot...

Seeing the Shu Da clone lying in a pool of blood, everyone in the audience was moved to tears!

Normally, when the Shu Da's clone was killed, it should have turned into a stream of light and disappeared instantly.

But this time... Shu Da's clone... didn't disappear in a streak of light, but instead turned into a corpse lying on the ground.

While everyone waited anxiously, the slain Shu Da began to move slowly after a while. Then, the other Shu Da forward and stuffed their hearts into the body of the Shu Da killed by the Great Sage. The next second, it happened before everyone's eyes!

The Shu Da, killed by the Great Sage... has been reborn!