Chapter 77: Fighting King Peak
In the alchemy hall, two clones with only half of Lin Yuan’s energy sat quietly in front of the desk, each immersed in their own study and research.

When Lin Yuan saw this, a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and the research for this period was completed.

Although the effectiveness of the fighting skill of residual soul clone is not outstanding, it has its own unique features. It can split into two energy clones that can carry wisdom. These clones have wisdom but not much, and cannot be too far away from the main body, about five kilometers. However, its advantage is that it can last for a long time. As long as the clone is not destroyed or the energy is exhausted, it can continue to exist.

Soul clone is a magical use of soul power, mostly mastered by high-level alchemists. It has the same wisdom as the original body, but its combat ability is relatively weak, and it consumes a lot of energy when maintained alone, so it is difficult to last long. Most of the time, this trick is not used by anyone, and it is a means for alchemists to show off their skills.

The core part of Lin Yuan's inheritance of the eighth-grade alchemist is the exquisite use of soul power, which naturally includes the soul clone. After this period of time of understanding the inheritance and a lot of alchemy practice among the snake people, Lin Yuan has made significant improvements in the use of soul power, far beyond the past. His natural strong soul power and soul talent also allowed him to quickly master the skill of soul clone.

Unfortunately, this inheritance does not include soul skills.

After days of in-depth research and repeated testing, Lin Yuan has completely mastered the afterimage clone and soul clone.

Moreover, Lin Yuan merged the residual soul clone and the soul clone, so that the two made up for each other's shortcomings. After a few days of careful adjustment and integration, he finally created a unique fighting skill, which he named "Shadow Clone" - a familiar name.

Limited by his current soul power and realm, Lin Yuan can maintain the existence of two shadow clones for a long time. However, he is confident that with the improvement of his own soul power and the continued improvement of the "shadow clone" fighting skill in the future, two clones will be far from the limit.

"In this way, the problem of insufficient time is finally partially solved. With the clone helping me study and research knowledge, the main body can spend more time on fighting spirit training and refining medicine."

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, cleared his mind of all distracting thoughts, activated the Tiandu Fire Classic, and began to practice.

Half a month passed quickly.

In the alchemy hall, Lin Yuan sat on the green lotus throne, his aura fluctuating, like the calm before a violent storm. The extremely rich fire element energy around him gathered like crazy as if summoned, and Lin Yuan was like an endless black hole, swallowing up all the energy one by one.

With a light "click" sound, as if some kind of restraint was broken, Lin Yuan's breath instantly stabilized at the peak, and the energy of heaven and earth around him slowly dissipated, returning to calm.

After a while, Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and then returned to a deep black. He stood up, gently sensed his own fighting spirit and body, and couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile on his face.

"Very good, I finally reached the peak of Dou Wang. From the late stage of Nine-Star Dou Wang to the peak of Dou Wang, although there is no insurmountable bottleneck between star levels, there is still a small barrier. However, now I have finally successfully broken through. Tiandu Fire Classic is indeed a high-level earth-level technique, and the effect of practicing it is far better than the previous high-level Xuan-level technique, Lingyan Jue."

Lin Yuan felt his own body. After the continuous tempering of his natal blood pill during this period of time, his body was already infinitely close to that of a sixth-order magic beast.

"Next, we need to find an opportunity to break through to Dou Huang. The bottleneck between Dou Wang and Dou Huang is not so easy to cross. I don't know when the opportunity for a breakthrough will come."

After summarizing the results of his practice, Lin Yuan put away the Green Lotus Platform and walked out of the hall.

"Now that we have achieved a breakthrough, we should prepare to go to the Mulan Empire. But before that, we need to retrieve our clones and collect and summarize their achievements."

Lin Yuan walked out of the hall and saw one of his clones reading the books and secret techniques of the snake people, while the other clone was comprehending the part about the soul in the inheritance of the eighth-grade alchemist.

Seeing Lin Yuan's real body coming out, the two clones came over one after another. Then, Lin Yuan activated the Soul Purification Technique and entered the state of emptiness and clarity. The two clones turned into pure energy and soul power and merged back into Lin Yuan's real body. In the state of emptiness and clarity, Lin Yuan quickly absorbed the knowledge and insights gained by the two clones.

After a moment, Lin Yuan opened his eyes. The arrogance in his eyes had faded, replaced by a bit of fatigue.

“Using shadow clones does improve efficiency, but it also consumes a lot of soul power and mind. But I feel like my soul power seems to have increased a little. It seems that soul power is really the same as the physical body. It will slowly grow in the process of loss and repair. This is an unexpected surprise.” Lin Yuan said to himself, and then took out a bottle of soul-nourishing liquid from the storage ring and drank it.

"According to the information obtained from Shadow No. 1, it has practiced with Qing'er before. Qing'er's frontal combat skills have become proficient, and this stage of training is considered complete. Moreover, she has also mastered the use of soul power to transmit messages, which is extra good news. As expected, the Green Snake's Three Flower Pupils also make Qing'er extremely outstanding in terms of soul power."

"It's time to go look for the queen. We can set off in the next two days."

Two days later.

When Queen Medusa saw Lin Yuan bringing Qing Lin and a number of huge emerald green flying monsters to the agreed location, she couldn't help but frown.

This huge flying magic beast was the fourth-level Azure Sky Black Eagle, which Gu He and his companions brought with them when they came to the desert. Later, Lin Yuan wanted a means of transportation, so he detained this magic beast, and it came in handy this time.

“Are you really planning to take your maid with you?” Queen Medusa stared at Lin Yuan, her tone revealing some worry, “We may encounter the three elders of Mulan on this trip. If a battle breaks out, your maid might be in danger.”

Lin Yuan gently stroked Qing Lin's head, with a confident smile on his face: "Don't worry, you will soon find out that Qing'er is not an ordinary person. I brought her with me after careful consideration. She may play an unexpected role in this journey."

Hearing this, Qing Lin immediately nodded vigorously and agreed, "Young Master is right."

"To you, everything your young master said is right, right?" Queen Medusa rubbed her forehead gently, looking at the two people in front of her helplessly. Suddenly, Queen Medusa noticed Qing Lin's cultivation and asked in surprise, "You are already a three-star fighter?"

She looked at Qinglin deeply, and her heart was moved. In less than a month, the girl's cultivation had broken through two stars. Queen Medusa was sure that this could not be explained by a simple method. The girl in front of her must have some secrets. She couldn't help but think of what Lin Yuan had said to her, that she might soon be surpassed by this girl who seemed to have a very low cultivation level. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel more anxious.

"Hehe!" Qing Lin puffed out his chest when he heard what Queen Medusa said, and said with confidence and pride: "It's all because of my good teaching."

"Okay, it's time for us to set off." Lin Yuan interrupted their conversation, his expression becoming serious, "Queen, have you arranged everything? If this trip fails, you might be in danger. Are you sure you want to take the risk? There may be other ways to break through to Dou Zong in the future."

Queen Medusa was silent for a moment, then raised her head firmly: "No need to say more, I have made the decision. All matters in the clan have been arranged."

"In that case, let's set off." Lin Yuan said, jumping onto the back of the flying monster, and Medusa and Qing Lin jumped up shortly after him.

Afterwards, the Black Sky Eagle flapped its wings and flew into the sky, carrying the three people towards the direction of the Mulan Empire.

(End of this chapter)