After killing Lord of Xuanshi Kingdom, Qin Cang had his father and mother, along with Marquis Yanxing and the others, return to their own God Kingdoms.
As the shared No. 1 on the assassination rankings of the Demon Race, Bug Race, and Machine Race, it was impossible to be too careful. He had to watch out not only for assassins targeting him, but, more importantly, for the three races targeting his loved ones.
The Yan God Clan was warlike, unlike Luo Feng's family in the original story. Aside from Luo Hai, who needed looking after, the others barely even set foot outside their homes on Earth. That left the foreign races with no opportunity to assassinate or kidnap them, so they could only target Luo Feng.
But Qin Cang's parents were no homebodies. In fact, there wasn't a single homebody in the entire Yan God Clan. Every last one of them had a warlike streak buried deep in their genes. Even Marquis Yanxing had spent plenty of time on the Outer-Region Battlefield. The old man was just good at keeping a low profile and picking on weaker opponents, which was how he'd survived to this day.
Even when it came to killing Lord of Xuanshi Kingdom, Marquis Yanxing had been strong enough to do it alone ever since Qin Cang brought higher-grade treasures to the family. But he hadn't done so. Instead, he'd chosen to gang up on his target, putting safety first.
Qin Cang was both relieved and exasperated. It was good that his parents and ancestor were ambitious, but assassinations by the foreign races were constantly threatening him and his loved ones.
There was no helping it. He could only ask them to put their fighting on hold for a while. It would only be a few tens of thousands of years. If they really wanted to fight, the Killing Field in the Virtual Universe would have to suffice for now. They could also spar in their God Kingdoms if they wanted a real fight. Three Marquis-level fighters were more than enough practice to help them improve at their current stage.
If that still wasn't enough, they could go to the Nine Yan Secret Region. There were plenty of Marquis-level fighters there, and with Lord of Nine Yan guarding the place, an assassination had no chance of succeeding unless the enemy sent a Venerable.
But the three races weren't so extravagant as to send a Venerable to assassinate a genius's parents.
Blood Blade King's residence, Chaos City.
Nearly thirty years had passed since Marquis Yanxing had reported the successful killing of Lord of Xuanshi Kingdom, and Qin Cang had now spent over two thousand years cultivating in Chaos City.
Today, Qin Cang wasn't comprehending laws or cultivating any secret techniques.
After all, he could sense that his first Clone was about to be born.
In Qin Cang's Internal World, a vast grassland stretched as far as the eye could see. High above it floated a gigantic blood-red cocoon, silently absorbing the power of the Internal World at every moment to complete itself.
As time passed, a series of cracks appeared in the cocoon. Qin Cang held his breath and waited. At last, with a sharp crack, the cocoon shattered, and a monster with a dragon's head, a human torso, and a serpent's tail emerged!
The Sky Canopy Python had the form of a winged serpent-man. Its upper body was humanoid, its skin like dark purple-gold crystal veined with fine scales. Its powerful, muscular lower body was that of a python, its scales shimmering like stars. A dragon's head rose above it, crowned with nine horns that formed a heavenly divine crown, Mystic Patterns flowing across them as an aura of might arose naturally.
Its golden vertical pupils gleamed with restrained brilliance, and its face was cold and imposing. Two pairs of Void God wings unfurled behind it, space-light swirling between them. Its tall, noble figure possessed both the eerie, razor-sharp menace of a serpent and an ineffable, boundless grandeur.
"Born at the ninth rank of the World Lord Level, with a Life Gene Level of 5,000 times, a body over sixty thousand kilometers long, and three Innate Secret Techniques. No wonder it dares to call itself the only one of its kind in the universe." Qin Cang took in the Sky Canopy Python's information.
Even many royal members of the Demon Race possessed Innate Secret Techniques, let alone a supreme lifeform like the Sky Canopy Python. The rarer and more powerful a lifeform was, the higher its Gene Level—and the more powerful its Innate Secret Techniques.
Of course, Clone Talent was the exception. Its upper and lower limits depended entirely on how you used it.
"This Sky Canopy Python has three Innate Secret Techniques, and its affinity for the Origin Law is astonishingly high." Qin Cang's face lit up. It had been a long time since he'd felt this happy.
From what he could sense, the Sky Canopy Python possessed three Innate Secret Techniques:
First, Heaven's Prison.
Second, Devour.
Third, Teleportation.
The first Innate Secret Technique, Heaven's Prison, was a domain-type technique. The Mystic Patterns on the countless scales covering its body unfolded, creating a domain that enveloped a radius of ten million kilometers and suppressed its enemies. The higher its cultivation and the deeper its Law Comprehension, the more terrifying Heaven's Prison's suppressive power became.
The second Innate Secret Technique, Devour, was exactly what it sounded like. When the Sky Canopy Python's divine power ran low, it could activate the Mystic Patterns on its nine-crowned crest, distort the space-time around it, and devour all the power within that space-time to replenish its divine power.
The third Innate Secret Technique, Teleportation, was one of the three branches of the Space Law. The Sky Canopy Python was born with the ability to teleport. Even without comprehending the branch in its entirety, it could teleport a distance of one light-year. Once it reached the Immortal stage, its teleportation range could even rival that of a Universe Venerable!
"No wonder it's a supreme lifeform. The other two Innate Secret Techniques are both incredibly powerful, while Teleportation only becomes somewhat less useful later on. They're practically a built-in Domain-type Supreme Treasure and Origin-type Supreme Treasure. And with its innate Teleportation, the Sky Canopy Python has an exceptionally high affinity for the Space Law, which will greatly help me comprehend it." Qin Cang was extremely satisfied with his first Clone.
"From now on, I'll call my first Clone the Crowned Python Clone." Qin Cang gave his first Clone a name.
Once a Clone was born, the most important thing was to arm it.
Back then, Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast Clone had the General Armor and King Armor, armor that far exceeded its level, for defense. It also had the secret techniques passed down in the memories of generations of Golden Horned Beasts. Even its Amplitude Secret Technique, Original World, could be fully cultivated to an amplitude of thirty-six times.
As for Qin Cang's Crowned Python Clone, apart from its Gene Multiplier, enormous divine body, and three Innate Secret Techniques, it had nothing else.
If he wanted the Crowned Python Clone to quickly become combat-ready, the most important things now were secret techniques, weapons, armor, and amplification.
As for secret techniques, the Space-Time Essays and Black Hole Evolution cultivated by his Yan God Clan true body, along with the techniques he had created himself, were enough for the Crowned Python Clone to use at its current stage.
As for weapons, Qin Cang naturally preferred spears. The Crowned Python Clone was also a snake-like humanoid, so it could use a spear as its primary weapon in the future.
That left the crucial armor and amplification. As the saying went, before you talked about fighting, you had to talk about staying alive. The ten billion points he had left were meant for the Crowned Python Clone.
The armor could wait until later. After all, with a divine body this enormous, its natural defenses were already absurdly strong. For now, amplification was the top priority.
"The Crowned Python Clone's Gene Multiplier is now 5,000 times. It can hold its own against most Marquis-level fighters, and with its Innate Secret Techniques, it can even go toe-to-toe with King-level powerhouses. My Yan God Clan divine body has cultivated the Amplitude Secret Technique Blazing Flame True Body to the first layer, reaching an amplification of two times. The Crowned Python Clone should be able to master it quickly. Once it does, a full-power strike will unleash World Lord Power equivalent to 10,000 times the normal amount, reaching the threshold of King level. But that still isn't enough for me." Qin Cang pondered.
As a World Lord in the Primal Secret Region, Qin Cang had learned over the years that some Amplitude Secret Techniques could be stacked.
The secret technique Blazing Flame True Body could be stacked with other Amplitude Secret Techniques. It mainly tested one's Law Comprehension.
But some Amplitude Secret Techniques could be improved through more than just Law Comprehension. They could also be boosted by spending money. When the results of spending money were stacked with the amplification gained through Law Comprehension, the total amplification—and the damage dealt—would be even greater.
He just didn't know how much he could get out of ten billion points.
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