Chapter 552 240: Clone
With that, he sat down cross-legged.
'First, I'll try absorbing this Yan Gang Stone...'
He thought to himself, and with a soft exhale, gently placed his right hand on the Yan Gang Stone.
...The Divine Gang Mysterious Shadow technique included the precise steps for fusing with a Yan Gang Stone.
'I need to channel my True Gang into it...'
As Qin Fang thought this, he channeled a small amount of his True Gang into the Yan Gang Stone.
The next moment, he witnessed an incredible sight.
The once-coarse Yan Gang Stone suddenly became bright and transparent. He could see strands of profound-black True Gang flowing into it, spreading like ink in water.
Then, the threads inside the stone seemed to sense something. They instantly dove into the profound-black True Gang, tangling and coiling around it.
In just a short while, the entire Yan Gang Stone was enveloped by the profound-black True Gang. More and more of the dense threads mixed into Qin Fang's True Gang.
As these threads entered his True Gang, Qin Fang clearly felt its resilience begin to change.
It felt as if it had become even more resilient...
Qin Fang was overjoyed. He slowly drew the True Gang back into his body while simultaneously releasing even more...
The large stone instantly acted like an external exchanger. A growing stream of his True Gang circulated through it, carrying away some of the threads, only to be replaced by an even greater flow...
The number of threads dwindled.
About two hours later... the threads were completely gone.
The interior of the once-coarse stone was now completely filled with the profound-black True Gang.
Seeing that all the "threads" had been absorbed, Qin Fang drew all of his True Gang back into himself.
The Yan Gang Stone had transformed into something like a huge, thick sheet of transparent glass. He could clearly see the profound-black color receding like a tide.
Eventually, it vanished completely.
And so the "Yan Gang Stone," which had once looked like an incredibly coarse, weathered rock, had become a large piece of glass...
...as pure as crystal!
'Was it really so magical?'
Qin Fang watched in amazement.
'But is about a fifth of it gone just like that?'
This stone was one of the smaller ones.
And yet it had cost Qin Fang nearly 100,000 contribution points...
Qin Fang shook his head, deciding not to dwell on it.
He focused on the True Gang within his body.
Then, his eyes lit up.
True Gang was already far more condensed than True Essence.
Qin Fang had thought his True Gang was already sufficiently resilient.
But after absorbing this Yan Gang Stone, he noticed a distinct change...
The resilience and strength of the True Gang within him were now on a completely different level.
Compared to how it was now... his previous True Gang seemed almost flimsy.
It completely lacked this kind of "resilience"!
'Is the effect really this pronounced?'
"No wonder it's so expensive… and even rationed… It all makes sense," Qin Fang murmured.
Then he took a deep breath.
He began preparing to cultivate the Divine Gang Mysterious Shadow.
...As long as his True Gang had absorbed a Yan Gang Stone, he met the prerequisite for cultivating the Divine Gang Mysterious Shadow.
He closed his eyes, and the incredibly complex method for circulating True Gang began to surface in his mind...
...Qin Fang gradually began to circulate his True Gang.
Time passed, little by little.
Qin Fang sat cross-legged in his room, his True Gang flickering around his body.
Until, at a certain moment...
Suddenly, a ball of Profound Light leaped from Qin Fang's body and transformed into a humanoid figure beside him!
...The "Qin Fang" avatar looked at the world in surprise.
At that moment, his vision seemed to split in two. One perspective was a field of blackness—his own closed eyes. The other had its eyes open... and it saw a handsome, extraordinary man sitting cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed, his entire body shimmering with Profound Light!
'...Isn't that me?'
'The difficulty of the Divine Gang Mysterious Shadow is condensing one's Divine Sense into a "Spiritual Seal" and branding it onto the True Gang... It doesn't sound hard, since my True Gang is already fused with my Divine Sense, so it should be easy. But... a "Spiritual Seal" is clearly different from simple Divine Sense... It seems to have a mysterious power of its own. Is this... an Array?'
'It really does seem to be an Array... The Spiritual Seal forms a mysterious connection with my being, which is what allows me to control the avatar. Likewise, this Array has to be constructed throughout the entire body before the War Gang Avatar can be fully formed...'
Qin Fang looked at the panel.
'Divine Gang Mysterious Shadow (True Essence Leaf Skill) (entry-level): 1/1000'
Seeing the notification on the panel, a smile touched his eyes as he opened them.
He could finally see what his True Gang Avatar looked like.
It was a humanoid figure of black, profound light, standing in place.
Its features, however, were indistinct.
The two perspectives in his mind stared at each other... The sensation was incredibly strange!
But it was also marvelous.
With a flicker of his thoughts, Qin Fang mystically sensed the "Spiritual Seal" within the avatar...
...He could now control the avatar.
With a single thought, the avatar transformed into a streak of Profound Light that shot through the air, appearing above Linyuan Hall in the blink of an eye.
He tried to feel its body... but all he could sense was a powerful mass of True Gang...
'Of course. The entire body is made of True Gang.'
The sensation was incredible!
'A Pure Energy Body is vastly different from a physical one.'
'But it's definitely weak... My True Gang's resilience is too low. If I infuse even a little more True Gang, the avatar will collapse. It can't even "take form" properly...'
'My "Spiritual Seal" seems to place a heavy burden on the avatar... Only when the internal Array is completely constructed, forming a unique... Energy Circuit? can it become a true Mind-Residing Avatar.'
'Right now, this avatar of mine can probably only go a hundred meters from my main body before it loses control and self-destructs...'
'And once the avatar self-destructs, the condensed Spiritual Seal within it will also be destroyed.'
'This Spiritual Seal is a wisp of my Divine Soul... If it's destroyed, my Divine Soul will be damaged... Plus, the more advanced the avatar becomes, the more Divine Soul the Spiritual Seal will require...'
More and more realizations dawned on Qin Fang...
'No wonder it takes Master several months to recover after using a true War Gang Avatar...'
Understanding dawned on Qin Fang...
He wasn't recovering his True Gang.
He was recovering his Divine Soul!