Hundred Demon Shadow Clone

"First Soul Skill—Hundred Demon Shadow Clone!"

Ling Chen slammed his hands onto the ground, and ten clones crawled out from his shadow. As the sun shone down, each clone cast ten phantom images.

These phantom images could be maneuvered according to Ling Chen's will, and both Ling Chen and his clones could swap positions with these phantoms at any time.

However, the clones only possessed 10% of Ling Chen's attributes. Yet, these clones could merge to form a single entity with 100% of his attributes, the sacrifice being the agility provided by those hundred phantom images.

Furthermore, as long as the clones were not artificially destroyed, they could hide within his shadow to store their strength without dissipating.

This meant that as long as Ling Chen did not actively summon them, the clones could remain stored indefinitely.

The unique trait of the Hundred Shadow Demon Crow was its reliance on swapping positions with phantoms and clones to ensure its own safety.

Watching Ling Chen flicker incessantly among the hundred phantoms, Gu Rong nodded with satisfaction; this was his gift to Ling Chen for their first meeting.

"Tianyi, about that matter of finding a disciple for me..."

Gu Rong leaned in a little closer, his face full of ingratiating expectation as he waited for Ling Chen's reply.

"Uncle Gu Rong, rest assured! I will certainly find one, but this matter cannot be rushed; it depends on fate."

As Ling Chen spoke with a smile, he sent his clones to loot the corpse. He did not know if his clones could extract a Martial Soul Origin while looting; if not, Ling Chen would have to make some compromises.

When the clone's hand touched the corpse of the Hundred Shadow Demon Crow, Ling Chen felt a bit nervous.

As expected, it worked!

Ling Chen let out a long sigh of relief, though his heart was filled with irrepressible excitement. His clones could protect themselves by relying on the phantoms and could retreat into his shadow at any time, but the key point was that they could also loot corpses.

His plan was not only feasible, but he could also loot corpses while fighting in the future Battle of Jialing Pass.

As for helping Uncle Gu Rong find a disciple, Ling Chen had no real confidence.

In this Douluo I, the outstanding geniuses were all gathered in Martial Soul Hall and Shrek Academy, while the Sea Soul Masters were concentrated in the Sea God Hall; they had their own faiths and would not leave easily.

Ji Xiang of Purple Pearl Island had also been dismissed by Ling Chen; there really weren't many who could satisfy the tastes of the Bone Dragon Douluo.

Ling Chen stopped overthinking and let his clones retreat into his shadow.

"Let's take it one step at a time, Uncle Gu Rong. Perhaps some mutated martial souls will be exactly to your liking!"

Gu Rong nodded silently; a defense-type soul master with Innate Full Soul Power was indeed rare and precious.

"Fine, let's return to the sect first and see how Chen Xin intends to properly cultivate you."

As the words fell, the two stepped onto the bone dragon and flew toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, inside the Seven Kill Sword Tower.

Chen Xin was rummaging through books on sword martial souls, trying to find a match for Ling Chen's. Yet, after flipping through a hundred ancient texts, there wasn't a single sword martial soul similar to Ling Chen's.

There were thousands of mutated martial souls, but he had never seen a sword martial soul as terrifying as Ling Chen's.

Among the Title Douluo, Qian Daoliu was one who could break his Seven Kill Sword. After all, both his grandfather and father had been defeated by Qian Daoliu; they could be considered generational enemies.

He had never fought the Pope, Bibi Dong, so he did not yet know the extent of her strength, but Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer could certainly achieve such a feat.

After much thought, these were all experts at his own level. For Ling Chen to be able to sever the Seven Kill Sword while being over 80 levels lower than these Title Douluo was somewhat absurd.

It was like a level 10 Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon snapping the leg bone of a level 90 grass chicken head-on; even if there were differences in strength between martial souls, it shouldn't be this exaggerated.

"Sword Grandpa, what are you busy with? You look so troubled, did something happen?"

A delicate voice came from behind Chen Xin. Without guessing, Chen Xin knew who had arrived.

She was the apple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's eye—Ning Rongrong—though unfortunately, not long ago, Chen Xin had taken in a Killing God Demon Pill.

"It's our Rongrong! Hahaha!"

Chen Xin scooped her up, his face beaming with smiles.

"Oh! Level 56! Our Rongrong is truly amazing!"

Chen Xin scrutinized Ning Rongrong, but she wore a strange expression.

"Sword Grandpa, you still haven't answered my question. Did something happen?"

Chen Xin remained all smiles, showing no sign of his inner worries.

"Sword Grandpa is fine. What could possibly stump your Sword Grandpa!"

"Hmph! Forget it if you won't tell me!"

Ning Rongrong put her hands on her hips, puffed out her cheeks, and turned her head away.

Seeing Ning Rongrong feigning anger, Chen Xin sighed.

"Sigh, your father should have told you. The Clear Sky Douluo brought back a six-year-old sword soul master, and he has become my personal disciple."

Seeing Chen Xin relent, Ning Rongrong finally spoke seriously.

"I heard. Even Bone Grandpa personally took him to obtain a soul ring. I don't believe a little brat could be that strong. When he returns, I'm going to test him myself!"

Hearing this, Chen Xin's expression changed immediately.

"Rongrong, you absolutely must not! His killing intent has only just been suppressed; if you provoke him..."

Before Chen Xin could finish his sentence, Ning Rongrong covered his mouth with her hand.

"Sword Grandpa, I'm not a child anymore; I know how to handle myself!"

"Rongrong, stop giving your Sword Grandpa trouble!"

Seeing that it was Ning Fengzhi who had arrived, Ning Rongrong let out a cold snort and ignored him entirely. Chen Xin couldn't help but chuckle at the sight, reaching out to pat Ning Rongrong on the head.

"Rongrong, he's only a six-year-old child. If you bully him like this, Sword Grandpa will be displeased."

Ning Fengzhi tried to persuade her helplessly, but Ning Rongrong just snorted again, pretending not to hear him.

"Everyone's here! Hey now! Our little Rongrong is already level 56!"

Gu Rong appeared beside Ning Rongrong out of nowhere and patted her head.

"Where is the Clear Sky Douluo?"

Gu Rong scanned his surroundings, searching for the figure of Tang Hao.

"He had some business to attend to and left. How is Li Tianyi doing? If you haven't satisfied Chen Xin, then your plans to find a disciple might just fall through!"

Ning Fengzhi teased from the side, while Gu Rong just laughed noncommittally.

"Rest assured, Sect Master Ning, Tianyi is very satisfied with this Soul Ring."

As Gu Rong spoke, he pulled Ling Chen, who had been following behind him, into view.

Ling Chen made no attempt to hide it, and a yellow Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet. However, it looked somewhat yellow verging on purple.

"Gu Rong, why does the color of his Soul Ring look so strange?"

Chen Xin set Ning Rongrong down and stepped toward Ling Chen to observe closely. Gu Rong also leaned in a bit closer; he, too, felt that Ling Chen's Soul Ring was odd.

"Could this be a nine-hundred-year Soul Ring?"

Ning Rongrong seemed to have spotted the clue, but her words were shocking.

"A nine-hundred-year Soul Ring! Rongrong, don't scare me. I took him to hunt a four-hundred-year Hundred Shadow Demon Crow, and I even brought the carcass back!"

With a casual toss, Gu Rong dropped the Hundred Shadow Demon Crow, its skull pierced by a bone spike, onto the ground.

Ling Chen simply stood there blankly, doing his best to suppress a smile.

"Tianyi, release your Soul Skill and let us see!"

Chen Xin looked at Ling Chen with a serious expression, then glanced at Gu Rong. He wasn't sure what was going on either, but by gauging the strength of Ling Chen's Soul Skill, he would likely have his answer.

Ling Chen released his Soul Skill, and a clone identical to him crawled out from the shadow behind him.