Ding! Golden Core Trial Card!

Wang Jixuan felt like he had two bodies now.

This novel experience also made him quite excited.

No, multitasking was difficult. With powerful enemies outside, he had to hurry.

Wang Jixuan immediately had his main body close its eyes, entering a state similar to meditation, focusing on controlling the Dragon Python Strange Soul.

Mature cultivation techniques usually came with accompanying spells.

The Soul Transfer and Body Seizure technique, which was part of the Dragon Python Swallowing Heaven Technique, was an evil method that used a strange soul to control a puppet.

Wang Jixuan had never intended to use this before, nor did he think he would need to control a puppet. He just wanted to use the Dragon Python Swallowing Heaven Technique to compensate for his low cultivation and lack of combat endurance, allowing him to plunder the power of remnant souls from Blade Beasts for his own use, creating an eternal engine-like fighting style to deal with Blade Beast tides.

He never expected that he would have a day where this technique would save his life.

Even if his conscience was pricked, it was still better than wasting his Mahayana remnant soul!

At worst, he could change his chat nickname from 'Light of the Righteous Path' to 'Person of the Righteous Path' later!

Under the watchful eyes of the Fifth Spiritual Practitioner, Dragonfly Aunt, and Zheng Shiduo:

Wang Zheng leaned against the passage wall, his head slowly drooping as if he had fallen asleep. Xing Tian, on the other hand, suddenly came alive, his eyes glowing with a green light. He staggered a couple of steps like a toddler learning to walk, then began to walk steadily.

"Go,"

'Xing Tian' said in a hoarse voice:

"Try to stall them. I need some time to adapt. The energy within this body is too chaotic."

The Fifth Spiritual Practitioner showed a look of sudden realization, a slight curl at the corner of her mouth.

A puppet, that's all.

Even if he controlled Xing Tian's body, what could he do? Xing Tian was only an S-Class Psionicist, how could he possibly deal with over a dozen people?

However, it was beyond her expectation that this guy had such a trick up his sleeve.

"Wang, Brother Wang?" Zheng Shiduo asked, his voice trembling.

"Mhm," 'Xing Tian' Wang Jixuan nodded. "This is a clone I refined temporarily. Type a message to Instructor Black Shell and the others, tell them not to make a sound, so the enemy doesn't overhear. We'll find a way to trick them."

"Holy crap... Understood!"

Zheng Shiduo exclaimed excitedly, the shock in his eyes lingering.

Dragonfly Aunt couldn't help but mutter, "You guy, why are you becoming more and more like a villain? You can just take over Xing Tian's body so casually. Does that mean we are also..."

"It's the situation forcing my hand."

Wang Jixuan found it increasingly easy to speak with this clone.

He controlled the clone forward, took off the Storage Magic Tool from his main body's wrist, and put it on the clone's wrist, covering it with his sleeve.

Since these two Storage Magic Tools were quite ordinary, they were only locked with a restriction. As long as one knew the unlocking sequence, they could be opened, which made it convenient for the clone to use.

The Daoist controlled this clone, taking a few steps forward, then began to run, quickly adapting to the mechanical structure of this body.

Just in case, he left no remnant soul in Xing Tian. After the Dragon Python Strange Soul successfully took over the body, he refined Xing Tian's last trace of soul and immediately began to regulate the energy within this body.

The vast amount of energy.

If it were a cultivator at the perfected Foundation Establishment stage, they would likely be helpless facing such a quantity of mixed energy.

But Wang Jixuan was different.

He had controlled magic power tens or even hundreds of times greater than this energy, and that magic power was incredibly pure.

By the time he controlled the clone to reach Black Shell and the others, Wang Jixuan had already completed three of the simplest circulation cycles. This energy had begun to converge, initially forming a massive vortex.

In fact, given enough time, with a little refinement and extraction, even if the total amount of this energy was reduced by sixty percent, a low-quality Golden Core could be condensed.

Unfortunately, there was no time for that.

This was enough for now.

Wang Jixuan had the clone sit down cross-legged and nodded gently at Black Shell and Peony.

"No... wait..."

Black Shell swallowed hard. "This... this means..."

Wang Jixuan began to transmit his voice:

"Instructor, negotiate with them first. Be firm. You can use detonating your mechanical arm to kill the Black Storm as a condition, and then offer Xing Tian as a bonus, sending Xing Tian to their side."

"Leave the rest to me. I'll go for a sneak attack."

"Okay, fine, understood."

Black Shell frowned, saying nothing.

Fu Jian, who was watching this scene through Black Shell's shared vision, couldn't help but lean back.

Fu Jian truly had no idea how many more surprises this guy named Wang Zheng could give him.

'Xing Tian' sat in meditation, every second counting.

Every time Wang Jixuan made Xing Tian's energy circulate through the simplest cycle, it became a little purer, and his control over this body with the Dragon Python Strange Soul became more effortless!

The sound of waves crashing against the shore echoed within 'Xing Tian'!

'Xing Tian' merely flicked his finger, and a speck of green light bloomed around him. The anomaly vanished instantly, while his complexion remained pale.

RUMBLE!

An explosion sounded at the junction between Area One and the single-lane passage.

Fierce flames surged towards Area One. Several figures, shining brilliantly, charged in side-by-side, using psionic energy to form shields against the radiation from the area ahead.

The Black Shell leaped forward voluntarily, raising its mechanical arm, and shouted, "Nobody come over!"

The first four psionicists to charge in stopped simultaneously.

This was because they saw the frantically flashing red light on the Black Shell's mechanical arm.

"If you come closer, I'll detonate the reactor core! I'll take you all down with me!"

The Black Shell shouted ferociously:

"If you want the Black Storm, it has nothing to do with us!

"We're all contributing to humanity, there's no need for this internal strife! Name your price! I'll hand over the Black Storm to you!"

The four slowly retreated a few steps, and a middle-aged woman stepped forward.

She was an awakened S-Class psionicist, with a mass of blue water vapor around her, seemingly skilled in water manipulation.

Behind her, the other S-Class psionicists were divided into two groups, arranged in a staggered formation.

She said coldly, "You want to beg for mercy now? Don't waste time, and don't try to stall. Your reinforcements will take at least thirty-nine minutes to reach here."

The Black Shell chuckled, "It seems you've come prepared. You won't kill the Black Storm, will you?"

"Of course not. Our leader just wants to invite him back to impart his techniques."

"I need to discuss this with..."

"You don't have time."

The middle-aged woman suddenly attacked. With a slight raise of her hand, two water jets shot out from around her, breaking the sound barrier as they slammed into the adjacent stone wall.

The stone wall, now glazed over by the heat, instantly collapsed.

A powerful display of strength.

The Black Shell's nostrils flared, and he whispered, "Then you should at least give me some room to negotiate. Otherwise, we'll have to go to war with the Psionic Capital. You can ignore me; I'm just a second-generation piece of trash in an X Armor, but behind me is Commander Fu Jian... Aren't you afraid of our Mechanical Tide?"

"Mechanical Tide? What's that?"

"Nothing," the Black Shell smiled. "Your levels probably aren't that high. Why don't you ask the person in charge behind you, Meng Jin? Why aren't they coming closer? Afraid of radiation?"

Meng Jin's voice came through, "A Marshal should naturally command from the rear, while those who charge forward are generals, just like Instructor Shell. Please hand over the Black Storm. How much energy is left in your shields? Give me the Black Storm, and we'll withdraw immediately. The Black Storm will definitely not fall into the hands of the Six Elders. This is the promise I can give you."

The Black Shell's eyes darted around. "Will you return it to us after you're done with it?"

Wang Jixuan: ...

Although he knew the instructor was buying time, The words still sounded strange.

Meng Jin smiled, "Of course. We are all part of the Human Faction, just different segments of it. The gifts from alien civilizations should be shared by all of humanity. We don't intend to monopolize it, but rather to acquire this technology and then promote it, ultimately... to save this fractured world."

"Wow, an idealist."

The Black Shell changed his tone:

"But your..."

"Enough!" the middle-aged woman snapped coldly, "Hand over the Black Storm!"

"Can't you even let me finish speaking?"

The Black Shell looked at 'Xing Tian' sitting behind him, and Zheng Shiduo, who had just returned, and a thought flickered in his mind.

He shouted, "Peony, hold the Black Storm down! Don't let him out!"

Peony froze for a fraction of a second, then decisively acted, pouncing forward and pinning Zheng Shiduo against the wall with a standard grappling hold.

Zheng Shiduo almost let out a moan of pleasure.

He then realized something... X Armor! A similar psionic energy signature! He could disguise himself as the Black Storm!

Zheng Shiduo closed his mouth, merely lowering his head and sighing, then began to act inside his armor.

The Black Shell glanced at 'Xing Tian' meditating behind him and continued to shout, "Don't come any closer! If you do, I'll blow him up! Who am I? How many battles have I fought? You can look it up. My life has been worth it, and taking a few of you down with me would be a huge gain!"

Among the psionicists, one began to secretly prepare a mental shock attack.

Wu Man promptly stepped forward and stood beside the Black Shell.

This young man, due to his short stature, had an X Armor that was smaller than others. But the psionic energy fluctuations around him, and the faint Buddha's Light encircling him, still made the opponent hesitate in their subtle movements.

Wang Jixuan inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, the clone could fight normally, which was much better than he had initially anticipated. Since Instructor Shell could still 'hold on,' he would continue to stall.

If he doesn't act, it's fine. But when he does act, he must achieve something!

Hmm, using a clone to enter the demonic state, that shouldn't count as entering the demonic state, right?

The Dragon Python Strange Soul itself is a product of demonic cultivation techniques. Adding some demonic qi to enhance myself shouldn't be a problem, right?

Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense spread from both his main body and his clone simultaneously. The power of his spiritual sense was actually twenty to thirty percent stronger than before. This could be considered a special effect of the clone.

He found several Blade Beast Crystal Cores and enveloped them with the power of his strange soul.

By the time he finished this in three to five minutes, the qi within Xing Tian had initially transformed into "magic power with a lot of impurities." Wang Jixuan's confidence began to swell.

The negotiations on the Black Shell's side finally entered the right track...

"Alright, I have a total of three things here. Xing Tian is the one you want, right? The stone wall of the Fifth Spiritual Practitioner, and the Black Storm. To prove my sincerity, I can give you Xing Tian first. Then, you let some of us leave, how about that?"

Meng Jin's voice from the passage entrance had an added hint of impatience: "I said I would let you go, and I will let you go."

"Can an enemy's promise be considered a promise?"

"You can," Meng Jin said coldly, "You only have three minutes."

Wang Jixuan immediately controlled his clone to lean against the stone wall, his face pale, breathing like a thread. Wisps of black energy appeared above his head, exactly like Xing Tian's appearance before.

A Mechanical Maid stepped forward, carried the 'Xing Tian,' and ran towards the passage entrance.

The Black Shell projected words onto everyone's face shields by typing.

[Prepare to act].

On the other side, Meng Jin made a gesture.

The middle-aged woman directly raised her hand towards Xing Tian's figure. A water snake bloomed from her palm, and she unceremoniously, with a hint of disdain, directly pulled the 'Xing Tian' over.

Their senses were not mistaken.

This was Xing Tian. His scent hadn't changed, and the total amount of psionic energy within him was already close to SS-Class due to this promotion ceremony.

In fact, in the eyes of the middle-aged woman, the most valuable resource here was the S-Class material clone left behind in Area 3's promotion venue, protected by a locked special device.

As for veteran psionicists like Xing Tian, whom the Six Elders valued, they couldn't directly devour them.

As the 'Xing Tian' flew over, she sidestepped and let Xing Tian land on the ground to the side.

Then, the middle-aged woman urged, "You can let your people out. It's best if only the Black Storm remains. We're not interested in killing a few mechs that can be produced continuously..."

Wang Jixuan's main body swallowed.

It was an instinctive reaction.

Although the 'Xing Tian' was just a clone and it didn't matter if it was lost, the effect of his next move would determine whether he could lead everyone to safety today.

The opportunity was here.

The clone's magic power began to condense. The crystal cores placed in the secret base's warehouses began to tremble. The storage magic tool hidden on the clone's wrist had been activated.

An old man beside him frowned and looked over, seemingly having discovered something unusual about 'Xing Tian.'

No more waiting! Now!

Wang Jixuan made a decisive move!

The 'Xing Tian' lying on the ground suddenly opened his eyes, flashed, and stood up. In his hand, a long sword emitting ripples of autumn water had appeared at some point. This long sword erupted with sword light extending over ten meters.

The sword light swept out!

He unleashed the full power of his 'clone' from the very first strike!

The total amount of power within 'Xing Tian' was comparable to the Heaven and Earth Bridge realm before the Nascent Soul Realm, and its comprehensive effect was comparable to the mottled magic power of the late Golden Core Realm, now unleashed with full force!

At this moment, Wang Jixuan felt as if he had returned to his younger days!

The five S-Class psionicists at the forefront were indeed elites of the Judgment Group. Under these circumstances, three of them reacted and tried to dodge to the side, instinctively raising their hands, crouching down, and activating their psionic energy as much as possible.

And this woman, this awakened S-Class psionicist, who was skilled in controlling water elemental power, was too close to Wang Jixuan's sword edge!

So close that her psionic energy couldn't surge out of her body, and the mysterious tadpole-like script on her body hadn't been lit up yet!

Slash!

A green arc of light erupted outwards like a shockwave.

The sword edge cut through the woman's head without obstruction. The incredibly sharp sword light severed her left and right arms. In the area affected by the sword light in front, the large rocks that had previously collapsed were cut in half!

The might of a Golden Core!

This was the might of a Golden Core!

But it wasn't enough!

Wang Jixuan immediately pressed his attack after unleashing his sword strike. The four S-Class psionicists on the sides had already prepared their defenses and instinctively retreated. Wang Jixuan's sword light had already injured these four, with one of them having an arm severed. Wang Jixuan targeted the old man on the left, who had the lightest injuries and was the strongest among the four, and pointed his sword.

Seven great stars suddenly shone, and countless sword lights bloomed like a galaxy, instantly engulfing that person!

Unstoppable.

And nowhere to run!

How could the old man understand how to resolve the sword array technique Wang Jixuan used? His head, chest, and neck were instantly pierced! He was pinned to the stone by the residual sword shadows. The passage's rock walls couldn't withstand this powerful force, and a series of explosions sounded from behind.

A beam of golden light erupted from the passage entrance behind. That was Meng Jin, who had sensed something was wrong and decisively attacked!

Wang Jixuan swept his sword forward, a vertical slash clearing the path ahead. The sword light clashed with golden light, creating ripples!

The remaining three psionicists had already fled in disarray. Seven to eight figures lunged forward from behind, only to be forced back by the casual sword light Wang Jixuan swept out.

Wang Jixuan never intended to bring this clone back intact. He was fighting desperately now, solely to eliminate enemies and survive. Even if this clone could be kept, it would be a broken body.

Let them witness, then, just how capable a cultivator at the late stage of the Golden Core Realm truly is!

Clang!

Over a thousand crystal cores shattered simultaneously, the Blade Beast remnant souls within them almost instantly crushed. Streams of black energy surged towards 'Xing Tian' from all directions.

"Souls refined, demonic qi fills the sky, spiritual sense amplified, rivaling Golden Core!"

'Xing Tian' slowly floated up, his long sword vibrating. Streams of dark figures circled around him, the blue light in his eyes incredibly brilliant.

"Spiritual practitioners, watch closely..."

Wang Jixuan's voice was like the Nine Nether Cold Wind. This was his true self speaking. The clone, holding his sword, charged forward, one person and one sword, facing over ten psionic powerhouses alone.

"This is how your psionic energy should be used."