Inside the massive fortress, two identical Lin Ruo stood before Afu, Ashou, and Aliu. Aliu's willow branch reached out and swayed back and forth in front of the two Lin Ruo, but even after the branch bent and bent, she still couldn't tell the difference between the two Lin Ruo.
However, Afu and Ashou went closer to smell Lin Ruo. They were so familiar with Lin Ruo's scent that they immediately recognized the real Lin Ruo and circled around him, wagging their tails.
Lin Ruo chuckled, her hand passing through the chest of another "Lin Ruo," but there was no blood on her hand, only water stains. When she pulled her hand out of the "Lin Ruo's" chest, the pierced area immediately healed as before.
“This is fake. Afu and Shou are great; they can recognize it.”
Lin Ruo looked down at her palm. The water-based ability she had obtained this time was actually a mimicry clone.
By altering the arrangement of water molecules, she can create a clone of herself that looks exactly like her original body. The original body can control the clone's actions using mental power, and the clone can replenish itself with water molecules after being attacked.
Lin Ruo lowered her eyes and thought carefully for a while. Then, with a thought, she stirred up the water molecules around her, and another person appeared next to her. This person was Fang Ling, whom she had killed not long ago.
She manipulated her water-based powers, arranging the distribution of water molecules, and Fang Ling in front of her began to move, her face starting to show expressions. These expressions became increasingly vivid; "she" could even cry and laugh. At first, she was a little stiff, but later she became more and more like a real person.
Having gotten used to this control, Lin Ruo kept changing the position of the water molecules, controlling "Fang Ling" to pick up things. She found that this clone could only pick up some lighter items. If it picked up something too heavy, the water molecules would disperse.
Afu and Ashou also came over, swaying left and right around the clone. Their huge tails accidentally lashed out at the clone, causing the outer mimicry to collapse immediately, revealing the tightly packed water molecules inside.
Lin Ruo nodded slightly. This skill has great potential for development, but she still needs to continue researching it to achieve complete control and make the clone possess considerable strength.
Lin Ruo's lips curled up slightly. With a thought, she withdrew the water-based superpowers around her, and the fortress returned to its original state.
After dispelling her superpower, Lin Ruo was shocked to realize that controlling the clone for just a short while had consumed a significant amount of her mental energy, even more than it had consumed when casting a spatial domain.
Thinking back to the ice sculpture he had specially made when he was cultivating his spiritual power, it was actually somewhat similar to this clone, but this clone could move, so it consumed more spiritual power.
Lin Ruo stroked his chin. From now on, mental energy cultivation can be combined with the research of this skill, which can both enhance the skill and achieve the goal of quickly depleting mental energy.
Pulling herself out of her thoughts, she was about to tidy up the mess in the training room when she heard her stomach rumble. That's right, she hadn't replenished her energy since upgrading her ability. It had taken so long to upgrade, and Ah Liu and the others probably hadn't eaten either.
She took out the level 3 mutated beasts, fruits, eggs, and other items she had previously hunted from her spatial storage and prepared dinner for Afu and the other two. Then she took out three large portions of food from her spatial storage, sat down in the dining room, and started eating. She ate two and a half portions before stopping.
The remaining half, unsurprisingly, ended up in Afu and Ashou's stomachs.
After dinner, Lin Ruo went to the training room and sorted out the unused crystal cores and shells on the floor, storing them in her space. This upgrade used more than 78,000 level 1 crystal cores. As for why it didn't consume as many as when she upgraded her space, the difference of nearly 1,000 crystal cores was probably because she still had the energy of a level 2 water crystal core.
She wanted to test her current arm strength, but the equipment in the lab was ultimately inanimate; she couldn't experience the difference in combat. She needed to go outside and find an opponent to perceive the difference.
Since they were currently in City A, she wanted to go out and see what was different about being reborn.
"Ah Fu and Ah Shou, are you tired? Do you want to go out?"
Afu and Ashou quickly stood up. For the past two days since arriving in City A, they had been staying in the fortress. In addition, Lin Ruo was upgrading his superpowers, so they couldn't run around and were extremely bored. Now that they could finally go out, they naturally wanted to go with him.
Lin Ruo put on her heat-resistant suit, rode on Afu's back, and quickly disappeared into the night with Ashou. Behind them, A Liu's branches grew rapidly, and she began to teach the mutated plants outside a lesson. These mutated plants were still unconvinced and had some rebellious streak, so they needed to be properly disciplined.
Lin Ruo and his group quickly traversed the forest. Before long, they encountered a level 2 mutated python. This python was already over twenty meters long. This time, Lin Ruo didn't let Afu and Ashou go. "Afu and Ashou, you two stay put."
She jumped off Afu's back and ran straight towards the mutated python.
The python's target wasn't Lin Ruo at all; its eyes were fixed on Afu and Ashou's flesh and blood, and it ignored Lin Ruo and attacked them.
Lin Ruo was already very fast, but now she was even faster than the wind, leaving only afterimages in her wake. She quickly changed positions, but always managed to block the python.
The distance between them was rapidly shrinking. In the blink of an eye, Lin Ruo was right in front of the python. The python did not confront her head-on. It swayed its body and swung its huge tail at Lin Ruo. Her eyes flashed like lightning. She clenched her fists, raised her left fist and pressed down with her right fist, gathering all the strength in her body at her shoulders. She used her physical strength to collide with the python's attack.
Lin Ruo brought this move, the Iron Mountain Lean, of Bajiquan to its fullest potential. After the impact, Lin Ruo did a backflip, easily dissipating the force of the violent impact. However, the python was not as relaxed as Lin Ruo. With a crack, the python's spine broke. There are many nerve endings on the python's tail, so a tail injury is especially painful for the python.
The python, in pain, lunged at Lin Ruo without hesitation. As it swam close, Lin Ruo suddenly leaped up, rising into the air, and kicked the python in the head.
The python's head slammed hard against the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. Before the python could raise its neck again, Lin Ruo had already landed from the air and kicked the snake's head again. This time, the kick broke the python's skull, the bone piercing into its brain and protruding from its eyes. The python died instantly.
Lin Ruo shook the blood off her feet, flipped over, and jumped off the python's head. As she passed the snake's head, she didn't forget to kick the part that had opened its mouth again, causing the snake's sharp fangs to embed themselves in the ground, rendering it unable to bite again.
Only then was the python truly killed. Lin Ruo took out a black jade longsword from his spatial storage, plunged it into the python's head, and with a flick of the blade, dug out the crystal core from the python's head. He then cleaned it with his water-based magical abilities and stored it, along with the python's corpse, into his static space.
Although she didn't get to fully enjoy the battle just now, she was able to test the extent of her current pure physical energy. She could easily kill a level 2 mutated python, and her physical attributes were at least equivalent to a level 3 strength-speed ability user after using their ability.
Ah Fu and Ah Shou ran over and looked Lin Ruo up and down. They were relieved to find that she was alright.
Lin Ruo then turned to Afu and Ashou and said with a smile, "Afu and Ashou, let's have a race to see who gets to the river first. The winner gets to eat as much ice cream as they want today!"
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