Testing the Clone

Lin Yuan had just stored the Flame-Ice Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal back into the System Space when another system notification echoed in his mind.

[Your comprehension of the Law of Time Origin has crossed the threshold of the origin laws. You have received one lucky draw opportunity. Would you like to draw?]

Draw! Lin Yuan thought to himself.

[Congratulations! You have obtained the No. 27 common reward: one F9-Grade Mechanical Puppet. Would you like to claim it?]

"Claim."

"Whoosh!"

A pitch-black puppet suddenly appeared before him. It stood 10 meters tall with a battle blade strapped to its back.

If manufactured by the Machine Race, the cost of such a puppet would be several hundred Hunyuan Units.

While the human race could also manufacture them, the production cost was much higher than that of the Machine Race, costing roughly 1,000 Hunyuan Units per unit, and even more if sold at auction.

I have no way to use this puppet, so I'll just find an opportunity to sell it later, Lin Yuan thought.

While he was pondering, another notification entered his mind; the lucky draw was not over yet.

[Your comprehension of the Law of Wind Origin has crossed the threshold of the origin laws. You have received one lucky draw opportunity. Would you like to draw?]

"Draw!"

[Congratulations! You have obtained the No. 36 common reward: one Star Heart. Would you like to claim it?]

"Star Heart? Claim," Lin Yuan thought.

An energy mass shaped like a planetary core appeared before Lin Yuan. As his consciousness permeated it, he obtained information about this "Star Heart":

When a life-bearing planet is about to die of old age, its core has a chance to gestate a heart that gathers all the planet's remaining vitality. It can provide a cultivator with pure life energy and promote physical evolution.

Lin Yuan recalled that when Luo Feng entered the World within a World, this item was in the treasure vault. He figured the price couldn't be high; while it was a precious cultivation resource for ordinary cultivators, it was of little use to him. It was likely worth only a few Hunyuan Units.

Lin Yuan waited for a while, but no further lucky draw notifications appeared.

The fact that the successful gestation of his clone had directly granted him four lucky draw opportunities, and even unlocked new functions, already left Lin Yuan pleasantly surprised.

After dealing with the system draws, Lin Yuan turned his attention to the Storm Ruins Spirit Clone.

Lin Yuan began to sense the fluctuations of the laws. Relying on the clone's affinity with the laws, he could clearly perceive the fluctuations of the four origin laws: wind, earth, time, and space.

"This... the fluctuations of the origin laws are actually this clear! My clarity in sensing these four origin laws has reached the same level as my Law of Fire Origin!" Lin Yuan was overjoyed.

"Especially the two major origin laws of time and space. My comprehension of the Law of Space Origin was originally improving very slowly, but now, the clarity and sensing efficiency have likely increased by more than ten thousand times."

"As for my affinity with the Law of Time Origin, it went from nothing to something. I've achieved a leap from being completely ignorant to becoming a darling of time. This feeling of transformation is truly marvelous!"

This improvement was like an illiterate person suddenly inhabiting the body of a scientist, gaining all of that scientist's memories and research capabilities.

Lin Yuan immersed himself in this wonderful feeling, unable to pull himself away for a long time.

A month later, Lin Yuan finally began to recover from this state.

"It's time to test the innate secret technique."

With a thought, Lin Yuan activated the innate secret technique "Formless".

The Storm Ruins Spirit Clone began to shrink rapidly, soon becoming the same size as his original body. The two stood face-to-face, and no difference could be seen between them.

With another thought, the clone began to grow larger, while its body gradually became transparent until it was eventually invisible to the naked eye.

Lin Yuan could feel that the Storm Ruins Spirit Clone was now dispersed throughout the Clone Space. In this form, movement became sluggish and attack power dropped to an extremely low level, but every corner of the Clone Space was laid bare before his eyes.

This form seems to have many wonderful uses, Lin Yuan pondered.

For example, during exploration of secret realms, he could disperse the clone beyond his own sensing range to obtain information from a wider area.

Lin Yuan returned to the outside world with the clone to experiment further. To his surprise, even in this dispersed form, the Storm Ruins Spirit Clone could still send items it touched into the Clone Space.

Lin Yuan conducted another test. He left the Storm Ruins Spirit Clone in the cultivation room and went outside the manor while carrying the original core. To his shock, the Storm Ruins Spirit Clone could still store and retrieve items from the Clone Space, just like Lin Yuan's original body carrying the original core.

"No way! This Clone Space is even more heaven-defying than an Internal World!" Lin Yuan was stunned.

"The Clone Space is directly connected to every clone! I don't need to carry the original core to put items into or take them out of the Clone Space! It truly lives up to being a gift from the system!"

"I wonder if this ability will still be effective after I advance to World Lord and the Clone Space merges with my Internal World."

However, what Lin Yuan found a pity was that if the Storm Ruins Spirit Clone was not carrying the original core, it could not return to the Clone Space out of thin air.

"Right, what about living creatures?"

Lin Yuan took out Liu Li, handed her to the Storm Ruins Spirit Clone, and walked away while carrying the original core.

A moment later.

"It doesn't work. Living creatures, just like my clone, cannot enter the Clone Space out of thin air, nor can they be retrieved from the Clone Space by a clone not carrying the original core."

It seems the system-granted Clone Space only allows inanimate objects to be stored and retrieved in this manner; it is only applicable to the transport of items.

After testing the innate secret technique "Formless", Lin Yuan began to attempt another innate secret technique.

Lin Yuan conducted all his subsequent attempts within the Virtual Universe. Since the power and commotion caused by activating his innate secret technique "Condense" could be immense, it was unsuitable to perform in his small training room.

"Innate secret technique, 'Condense'!"

"Hum!"

The moment "Condense" was activated, Lin Yuan instantly felt his speed and attack power skyrocket, reaching 30 times his previous level!

Lin Yuan tested every one of his secret technique moves.

His speed increased significantly, his movement techniques became even more unpredictable, and his melee burst damage also saw a massive boost.

However, when Lin Yuan activated the third level of the Burning Universe Flame Wild Axe, "Burning Sky," he discovered that the flame space did not become any stronger.

It seemed that the physical amplification secret technique was only effective for speed, force output, and similar aspects; it provided no bonus to area-of-effect techniques that did not rely on force output but solely on the comprehension of laws.

Having completed the preliminary tests on his clone, Lin Yuan began to plan his subsequent training.

Naturally, Lin Yuan's top priority was to increase his combat power, so the Storm Ruins Spirit Clone began to comprehend the Law of Space Origin without interruption.

As for his true body, he focused primarily on the fourth level of the Burning Universe Flame Wild Axe, for which he previously had no leads, while using the remaining time to comprehend the laws of fire and earth.

His training in movement techniques was not neglected either; as his comprehension of the Law of Space Origin rapidly improved, the training for the third level of the Ten Thousand Shadow Steps, "Hundred Shadow Steps," also began to show progress.

The day of the Peak Warrior Tournament drew closer bit by bit.