Dongguan stopped activating his Blood Luo Power, and the pattern on his chest dimmed.
Gradually, his aura weakened, soon dropping back to its previous multiplier of 8,991.
Then his body separated into his human main body, with a gene multiplier of 9, and his Light Lord clone, with a gene multiplier of 999.
"Keep absorbing."
He looked at the six Blood Luo Crystals remaining in the metal box, took one out, and prepared to absorb it.
He cut open his palm and absorbed the Blood Luo Crystal, following the same procedure.
The fourth, a success!
The fifth, a success!
The sixth, a success!
The seventh...
"Ugh." Dongguan felt the swelling pain in his body, while the Blood Luo Crystal, which had already begun to fade, returned to its original state.
"I can only absorb six." Dongguan was somewhat unwilling to accept it.
Even a native of the Blood Luo Continent could absorb eight, yet he could only absorb six.
Each Blood Luo Crystal was ten times harder to absorb than the last. In other words, there was a hundredfold gap between him and that native genius.
"My affinity should lean toward light and time. Being able to absorb six of these gold-and-space Blood Luo Crystals
"is already pretty good."
"Blood Luo Power." Dongguan tried again. This time, the increase in strength provided by Blood Luo Power was greater, but it was still only around 2.5 times.
Before activation, he had nine times the strength of a peak World Lord. After activation, he only had twenty-three times the strength of a peak World Lord.
The Fusion of Two Clones, activated.
"I broke through."
His gene multiplier exceeded 10,000, but his perception of it became vague.
"Probably somewhere around 10,020 to 10,030."
"Right, my genes in this fused state are far stronger