Infinite Clone System Made Me Too OP!

Chapter 13: Boo, On The Hunt

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Splurt!

As the black boar beast collapsed in death, its blood gushed out of where its massive head once used to be connected to its body.

However, it wasn't like the creature's grievances mattered to the one who reaped its life.

"..."

Lucifer's Clone blankly stared at the boar's corpse before drawing out a butcher's knife. Then, with a swift motion, he plunged the knife into the beast's body, piercing through its tough hide and carving out a small, shiny red crystal.

This crystal was known as a Beast Core, and its color was red, indicating the beast's Element. On the other hand, the size of the core would correlate to its strength before death.

This was the first core Lucifer had collected so far, but it sure as hell wouldn't be the last.

That fact was proven by the blood spurting from the other two Qi Condensation Realm Spiritual Beasts nearby.

One was a black-feathered sparrow, while the other was a green-burrow fox—both of which were of the Nature Element—an Element that wasn't as well known as the Fire and Water Elements.

In fact, such an Element was quite rare and could even be considered an Auxiliary Element, making the cores of the Nature Beasts highly sought after by herbalists and healers.

In terms of market value, the price of a 2nd Stage Qi Condensation Realm Nature Element Core like the one Lucifer had acquired from the Sparrow was worth around 15 Fire Coins. In comparison, the Core of the 3rd Stage Qi Condensation Realm Boar Beast would fetch roughly 5 Fire Coins.

This disparity wasn't because the Fire Core was worth any less than the Nature Core in terms of energy value; it was simply that the Nature Core was rarer and more desired.

Of course, there existed exceptions to this general market flow—some fire-efficient nations would go to great ends of the earth to acquire high-level Fire Cores, all so as to supplement what they lacked.

All of this meant that Lucifer now had a way to secure a constant flow of income; one he could acquire without massacring a good chunk of the weakling population.

With this in mind, he directed his three Qi Condensation Realm Clones to continue the hunt.

In addition to those three, he refunded his 1,150 Body Refinement Realm clones and used the Clone Essence to purchase another Qi Condensation Realm Clone.

While having numbers could be beneficial in certain scenarios, in reality, there was just no way that a multitude of Body Refinement Realm Clones could hope to compete against something already in tune with Qi.

The robust man paused mid-stream as his head cocked to the right, and a red liquid gushed from beneath his robe!

"Brother Wang!!?"

The average-looking man's once strong stream came to a sudden stop, and he started to shake his brother, only to be....

"Boo!" Wang Pao suddenly reanimated and spooked the living hell out of his brother!

"Ahhh! You fucking fucker!! What the hell was that for!? You almost had me thinking that you had actually been killed by the Elusive Shadow!"

The average-looking man let out a shrill, girl-like shriek before slapping the large man across his large head. After which he unzipped his pants and continued to unload the dragon's breath.

"I can't believe you actually fell for such a simple trick like that one-... Ahhh...!!! Who the hell are you!? No...! S-Stop it...!!!"

Spurt!

The sound of blood gushing out of a wound echoed once more.

"You really think you can get me with the same trick twice!?" The average-looking man sneered and ignored the gurgling sounds of his older brother.

However, after a few seconds of enduring that grating noise, he swivelled his head around and shouted, "Can you stop all this nonsense!? We still have Spiritual Beasts to hunt—"

"!!!"

A face that didn't belong to his brother hovered over the mauled corpse of a large man, and a shadowy figure slowly turned its gaze in his direction.

"Who are you!? And what happened to my brother-!?" The man attempted to get out of his stupor while unsheathing his sword, but he was swiftly interrupted by:

"Boo."

The shadowy figure spoke a three-letter word in a cynical tone, and that was the last thing the man heard before his head was lobbed off his shoulders.

Astonishment and disbelief were etched across his face during his final moments of life.

From beginning to end, he had never fully grasped the reality of what had happened...

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