"You all step back. I'll trade a few moves with the Thousand-Pearl Dragon Maiden." A surge of viciousness and arrogance welled up inside the demonized clone. Against an ordinary opponent, the demonized clone wouldn't hesitate to use a few tricks, but Luo Qing was one of the very few who could stir his desire to fight.
Though the demonized clone had already transformed into a demon and developed a will of his own, his feelings toward his original self remained exceedingly complicated and hard to put into words. On the one hand, the demonized clone felt that his original self lacked decisiveness and was too hesitant, burdened by too many attachments. He had to think things over again and again before doing anything. If it were him, Extreme Cloud Demon Venerable, he would handle matters much more directly. The immense power within the Green Fruit Barrier could be used to its fullest; there was no need to risk his own life and let all the living beings inside the Green Fruit Barrier reap the benefits.
Although Lu Xiaotian occasionally made use of the forces within the Green Fruit Barrier, the demonized clone felt that pawns were ultimately just pawns. If Lu Xiaotian used them well, he wouldn't need to take so many risks and could accomplish even more. If he, Extreme Cloud Demon Venerable, took his original self's place, the demonized clone felt he could live much better and more comfortably.
On the other hand, every time the demonized clone thought of his original self's cultivation and the forces he commanded through the Green Fruit Barrier, an inexplicable sense of powerlessness surged through him.
His skill in the Dao of Alchemy was secondary. The demonized clone wanted to surpass his original self, yet upon reflection, he knew there was a