Darkness Essence was one of the supreme essences, the most direct manifestation of the Darkness Rule.
When the two combined, their effects did not add together—they multiplied.
This brought the Shadow Clone's talent in the path of darkness to a level Qin Yan simply could not comprehend!
For others, cultivating mental strength was like "rowing against the current"; for the Shadow Clone, cultivating mental strength was like "drifting downstream."
He did not know what level of talent this was, but he was certain—the Mental Strength Prodigies of their Holy Land, even people like Su Qingwan and Yin Li, were absurdly inferior to his Shadow Clone.
And that was not all.
In the process of comprehending Darkness Essence, the Shadow Clone had also grasped quite a few skills.
Those skills had not been taught by Qin Yan, nor had they been learned from Four Heavenly Demon Secrets. Rather, they had naturally been "comprehended" by the Shadow Clone during its understanding of Darkness Essence.
Like a droplet falling into a pond, naturally stirring ripples;
Like a seed buried in the soil, naturally taking root and sprouting.
Some skills were dark attacks—condensing Darkness Force into invisible blades that slashed at an enemy's spiritual world;
Some were dark defenses—using Darkness Force to construct barriers against external attacks;
Some were Darkness Perception—using darkness to perceive everything around it, leaving nowhere to hide, whether in the open or in the shadows.
Though these skills were not particularly profound or mysterious, they were already more than sufficient for Qin Yan's current realm.
At this point, it was necessary to mention an important concept that Qin Yan had only gradually come to understand while reading the Holy Land's records.
Mental Strength Cultivators differed from Qi Refining and Body Refining practitioners.
Those who cultivated mental strength were called cultivators.