"Ah ha~ Why do you think that?" Jiu Ming grinned. In an instant, dozens of Gaps opened behind him, and a "him" stepped out of every one. Under normal circumstances, creating a clone required splitting off half of his own power...
A very harsh half, at that! It was like splitting one pipe into two thinner ones. If you let water out through one spot, it would not affect the output. But if you split it and directed it at two pools, the output would naturally be only half of what it was!
So sending out one clone truly reduced his own combat power by half. As long as the clone was not dispelled, it was impossible to concentrate that power into a single clone. Of course, Jiu Ming could make some adjustments—for example, turning that half into one percent... which was the limit.
At a glance, that meant Jiu Ming could only produce a hundred clones. In truth, after making a hundred, it was not that he could no longer split further. Rather, if he continued dividing at that point, every clone's power would be halved again. Either he made two hundred, each with 0.5% of his original body's power, or one hundred with 1%...
The loss outweighed the gain!
It really did outweigh the gain. If Jiu Ming could rely on physical strength, he could directly unleash several hundred clones and bury an opponent alive beneath sheer force. Unfortunately, Jiu Ming's power was tied to his mental strength. Once his output dropped, there was truly nothing he could do about it. Of course, if he did not possess this constitution, he could never have produced such clones in the first place. He ought to thank Tree Loli for her extraordinary talent...
In short, this move was for crushing