"I didn't expect these tunnels to be so vast. This was no small undertaking."
After arriving underground, Shen Fei immediately discovered that the space below was enormous. The passages extended in all directions, and there was even a great hall. Judging by the overall area, the entire underground region beneath Bright Peak was likely covered by these tunnels. Building such a huge subterranean complex beneath Bright Peak, which was already difficult for ordinary people to climb, was undoubtedly a massive project.
"That made sense. In the original work, Zhang Wuji seemed to have had the injured Ming Cult disciples hide in here. If it weren't large enough, it couldn't hold so many people. These tunnels were probably built by the Ming Cult to deal with crises."
After using Observation Haki to roughly survey the entire tunnel network, Shen Fei activated the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and created nearly ten clones, sending them off to explore the tunnels. He did not know where Yang Dingtian's body was, so he needed to search. Since this was only reconnaissance, there was no need for Shadow Clones; talisman clones would work just as well.
Shen Fei had created this technique by combining various clone techniques from Naruto, the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, talisman arts from Chinese Paladin 4, Mystic Codes, Shikigami, Super Beast Imitation Art, and more. Unlike Shadow Clones, which required half of one's strength, it used only a small amount of power to create numerous clones. It was not meant for combat, but for scouting. Shadow Clones were somewhat troublesome for reconnaissance, after all.
As far as clone techniques went, Shen Fei had mastered quite a few methods: ninja Shadow Clones, Water Clones, Kamar-Taj's Images of Ikonn, and Morgan's magical cloning spell. However, all of those were intended for combat and differed