Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin: Volume 10: Chapter 12 (374): [Survival Ability]

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Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin
Volume 10: [Breaking Through with Force]
Chapter (374): [Survival Ability]
(12th of Volume 10)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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"I admit, that I can't find any flaws in these 'fifteen clones' on my own," Luo Feng nodded lightly.

"Then let's move on to the next step."

Luo Feng had heard of the vast amount of time Lord Xingmang had spent before breaking through with brute force, so he had long prepared himself for an endless, drawn-out process.

His cultivation plan was divided into multiple stages.

The first step was to comprehend all Hunyuan bloodlines and materials!

The second was to create his own Dao!

And the third was to test it in practice.

"Through pure contemplation, I can no longer find any flaws."

"The next step is to practice!"

"The first phase of practice is to test the survival ability!" Luo Feng thought.

"My Dao of Hunyuan Life and Death prioritizes life, pursuing an ultimate, massive body and extreme survivability. Let's see how these fifteen clones fare in terms of survival abilities."

Luo Feng's cave residence's cultivation chamber has a very huge spatial range.

A massive formation appeared within the cultivation chamber.

All fifteen clones flew into the formation.

"Each of these fifteen clones is at 'one-tenth' of their extreme state. Comparing them like this is fair."

If all the clones were maintained at their absolute peak state, the burden on his soul would be too great- Luo Feng couldn't sustain fifteen clones at their limits simultaneously.

By reducing each to just 'one-tenth' of their extreme state, the strain on his soul was much lighter.

"Begin simulating the attacks of innate Hunyuan lifeforms," Luo Feng commanded.

"Start at the intensity of high-level Hunyuan lifeforms and gradually escalate, apply the same level of attack to all fifteen clones."

"Practitioner Luo Feng, attack intensity will begin at the 'early-stage high-level Hunyuan lifeform' level," a gentle voice responded.

Immediately, deep blue flames manifested within the vast formation, scorching every clone.

With the capabilities of the Origin Land, it could easily sustain attacks up to the world-class Hunyuan perfection level.

Going beyond that was also possible, but it would require an enormous amount of reward points.

The fifteen Luo Feng clones sat cross-legged, completely unbothered by the deep blue flames.

Then, the flames suddenly transformed into dark blue frost, and an extreme cold began permeating each clone.

Simultaneously, space trembled faintly as countless spatial blades enveloped the clone...

Under various attacks, the fifteen clones remained unscathed.

"Increasing intensity to the 'mid-stage high-level Hunyuan lifeform' level," the gentle voice announced.

"Increasing intensity to the 'late-stage high-level Hunyuan lifeform' level."

The power gradually escalated.

Some clones began to show surface damage, but minor injuries were instantly healed by their overwhelming vitality.

"Increasing intensity to the 'early-stage world-class Hunyuan' level."

A series of fluctuations swept through the formation, affecting all fifteen clones.

After all, the jump from high-level Hunyuan perfection stage to 'early-stage world-class Hunyuan' level was a qualitative leap in power!

The clones, which had been relatively unharmed until now, all suffered severe injuries.

"Whoosh-"

The most heavily damaged clone, covered in silver-white scales on its body, saw all its scales shattered under the invisible fluctuations.

The layers of flesh, tendons, and membranes beneath rapidly disintegrated and annihilated, leaving only the black-and-gold skeleton stubbornly resisting.

This clone was reduced to a skeleton, its skeletal power barely protecting the hundreds of internal life origin cores within.

As the pressure intensified, the bones began to crack, and the life origin cores started collapsing.

In just a few breaths, the skeleton turned to dust, all life origin cores dissipated, and only fourteen clones remained in the formation.

"Clone No. 2 was the first to collapse," Luo Feng was delighted to see this scene.

"Its Spiritual will-consciousness system is flawed!"

He almost laughed.

He hadn't noticed it before, but under the attacks, comparing the states of the fifteen clones, Luo Feng immediately saw the critical flaw in Clone No. 2's structure.

"In my pursuit of an ultimate, massive body, I weakened the spiritual will-consciousness system's control. But the result was that while the body grew larger, the defensive capabilities of its flesh, blood, and bones has become weaker."

The spiritual will-consciousness system was meant to ensure perfect control over every ounce of power.

The larger the body, the higher the demands on this system.

The idea of Luo Feng's Clone No. 2's approach was to slightly lower these requirements.

By reducing the precision of the spiritual will-consciousness system control, the clone could 'roughly' manage a body several times larger. But the consequence was... under attacks of the same level, the crudely controlled body, despite its size, was the first to collapse.

Boom-

In addition to the terrifying fluctuations, a frosty aura now filled the formation, attempting to freeze Luo Feng's remaining clones while the violent fluctuations sought to tear every part of their bodies apart.

The surviving clones' injuries rapidly worsened.

"Clone No. 9 won't hold on much longer," Luo Feng observed carefully.

The body of Clone No. 9 was covered in deep dark green scales, which are incredibly tough. Under the terrifying frost and cold, the scales only showed minor cracks.

However, the flesh, bones, and tendons inside had already begun to disintegrate and annihilate.

Though the outer scales were strong, the interior was weak, and its life origin cores were also vanishing.

"For this Clone No. 9, I used a 'dual-core parallel' creation idea. I admired the 'indestructible' effect of the Blood Scale from the Star Tower, so this clone combined the Origin system and the Blood Scale system as its two cores. But the result was that its survival ability actually weakened- among the fifteen clones, it is the second to collapse."

As time passed, under the escalating power of the early-stage world-class Hunyuan attacks, the clones were annihilated one by one.

"Among the fifteen clones, the three that followed the dual-core parallel approach have all perished."

"This proves that the dual-core parallel path is flawed. Trying to achieve both results in neither sides being strong enough."

As the power gradually increased, one clone after another was annihilated.

"Increasing intensity to the 'mid-stage world-class Hunyuan' level," the gentle voice announced once more.

At this point, the formation's power was terrifyingly immense. An ordinary high-level Hunyuan lifeform would turn to dust the moment it enters. Even newly ascended world-class Hunyuan beings, whose techniques were not yet perfected, would struggle to endure for long inside.

Yet, three of Luo Feng's clones were still resisting.

The previous twelve clones had all collapsed during the early-stage world-class Hunyuan phase, allowing Luo Feng to identify their individual flaws- a tremendous gain.

Boom-

Space within the formation twisted violently.

With wisps of black flames burning in every corner of the space, while toxic mist covered the bodies of the three remaining clones, corroding their flesh, bones, and tendons.

Their conditions deteriorated rapidly.

The three most resilient clones were:

Clone No. 7- the smallest of the fifteen. Though small in size, its body was like a weapon, still holding on.

Clone No. 12- the largest of them all, relying on its Spiritual will-consciousness system to coordinate its entire body in resisting the attacks.

Clone No. 11- the second-largest in size.

In other words, the two largest clones and the smallest one had endured the longest.

"This Clone No. 11..." Luo Feng was stunned.

"I used the same approach as Clone No. 2- sacrificing spiritual will-consciousness system control to maximize body size. Clone No. 2 was the first to fail, yet No. 11 has lasted until now!"

Boom-

Almost simultaneously, the three clones' bodies collapsed completely.

When the first two perished, they were utterly annihilated, leaving nothing behind.

But Clone No. 11 was different. Even after its body disintegrated, 100,000 life origin cores remained floating in the air.

Under the terrifying attacks, these life origin cores formed a star formation, interconnected and resisting the external attacks together.

Their defensive capabilities surpassed even the previous flesh and bone.

"Clone No. 11's life origin cores are more resilient than its physical body?" Luo Feng was astonished, staring in amazement.

This defied all logic.

Innate Hunyuan lifeforms had bodies far tougher than their life cores. Once the body cannot hold on, the core would be easily destroyed.

But this clone's 100,000 life origin cores endured even after its body was gone!

As the power continued to rise, bolts of thunder descended.

Under the furious lightning strikes, some life origin cores began to scatter- but the rest were still resisting.

Each life origin cores exhibited incredible survivability, stubbornly persisting for another hundred breaths.

However, as their numbers dwindled, their collapse accelerated until they, too, were completely annihilated.

"Hahaha..."

Luo Feng, standing outside the formation, was extremely excited. 

"I understand now! I finally understand!"

"Clone No. 11's flaw was reducing spiritual will-consciousness system control, weakening its physical defenses. But it had one overwhelming advantage."

"It was built using the 'Origin Core Creation Method'- the most perfected version."

"When crafting the Dao of Hunyuan Life and Death, I always assumed that starting from the 'Semi-Hunyuan Life and Death Dao' was the correct approach- like building a house from the foundation up. First, build the foundation, and the build upwards step by step. This is most correct method!"

"But Clone No. 11 was different. I constructed the 'Origin System' first, then built everything else around it, completely disregarding the 'Semi-Hunyuan Life and Death Dao.'"

"And that was the right way."

"The perfect path for me."

Luo Feng had his epiphany.

"The ultimate 'Dao of Hunyuan Life and Death' has only one core- the Life Origin Core! Everything else revolves around it."

"As for the Semi-Hunyuan Life and Death Dao, all my insights originated from it. It was the seed that blossomed in my mind, giving rise to the six major systems."

These six systems were all derived from the Semi-Hunyuan Life and Death Dao.

But when constructing the true Dao, rigidly starting from it was unnecessary- it only became a constraint.

"A path must have a core."

"The Origin is the core. Everything else revolves around it."

"Now, Let's begin."

Having learned from the fifteen clones- both their successes and failures- Luo Feng was now confident in forging a more perfected version of the Dao of Hunyuan Life and Death.

With a thought, he first recreated the three most resilient clones, using them to vastly accelerate his mental processing and comprehension. Only then did he begin creating his Dao.

"Huu-"

A mystic rune pattern materialized in the void.

This time, Luo Feng started by constructing the Origin System.

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Preview for the next chapter:
Tomorrow, the birth of Lord Luo!

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