Endless Clone Emperor

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Su Zhan didn't need to try one by one. He could wait until the spirit stones were gathered together and then absorb them with the black mark in one go.

However, there were so many spirit stones that Su Zhan couldn't carry them all. The mine had strict body searches to prevent people from smuggling spirit stones away.

So, Su Zhan left the spirit stones in the mine and asked Xiao Hei to take care of them. If anything happened, Xiao Hei could quickly take the spirit stones and evacuate.

"Start!"

Su Zhan closed his eyes and entered a state of cultivation. The wisps of light from the spirit stones seemed to be pulled by some force, followed his palm, and began to merge into his body.

*Click.*

In less than an hour, a spirit stone was completely absorbed by Su Zhan, losing its light, dimming like an ordinary stone, and quietly shattering.

Without hesitation, Su Zhan picked up the second spirit stone and continued to absorb and practice.

The light of each spirit stone was absorbed, and the spiritual energy in Su Zhan's body gradually filled up.

In just half a day, he absorbed more than 8 low-grade spirit stones!

"Absorbing spirit stones is indeed the most luxurious way of cultivation that ordinary people can experience. By absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth itself, with additional assistance, the progress is more than twice as fast as before."

"At this rate, I will be able to enter the second level of the mortal realm in less than a month!"

Su Zhan was delighted.

His cultivation talent was already high.

But he had been too poor before. Practicing with spirit stones was out of the question; he struggled just to eat. Now, with the blessing of spirit stones, his cultivation efficiency was much faster than that of mediocre people like Li Lichang!

Not only that.

Once Su Zhan's strength reached the second level of the mortal realm, the strength of his four black shadow clones would also increase. A second-level mortal realm can earn 200 mixed spirit stones daily, meaning the income of the clones would double!

"Come on!"

Thinking of this, Su Zhan was as excited as if he had been given a shot of adrenaline, and he immediately continued practicing.

In a blink of an eye, the sun set in the west, and it was almost time to finish work.

A black shadow rushed out from hiding, avoiding places where everyone might be, bypassing all sights, and entered the mine where Su Zhan was.

"A total of… 84 spirit stones. Now the fourth stage is within reach!"

Su Zhan took the spirit stone bag from Xiao Hei, his eyes full of excitement.

No hesitation.

Su Zhan decisively poured out all 84 spirit stones and grabbed a handful with his right hand.

The black fluorescence lit up, and the spirit stones melted and penetrated at a visible speed.

"After the third stage, the speed of absorbing spirit stones becomes faster."

Su Zhan's eyes flashed.

This showed that the upgrade of the black mark was very efficient.

After all, the more spirit stones needed, the more you have to absorb. Dozens or hundreds are manageable. But if you absorb tens of thousands later, it would take several days and nights!

Soon, 30 spirit stones were absorbed.

As expected, there was no movement.

50 spirit stones were absorbed.

Still no new clones or changes.

80 spirit stones were absorbed, the black mark remained the same.

"The 81st one!"

Su Zhan became inexplicably nervous.

This feeling was like drawing big prizes in scratch-off tickets in his previous life, but without the consolation prizes!

"It's coming!"

Finally.

As the black fluorescence of the 81st spirit stone gradually dimmed, two new shadow clones rapidly formed in front of Su Zhan!

"Two, two more!"

Seeing two more shadow clones, Su Zhan couldn't help but get excited, and the smile on his face almost reached his ears.

With six shadow clones, he could receive at least 120 low-grade spirit stones every day!

"The next stage requires 243 spirit stones. If I go fast, it will be done in two days. If slower, with more practice, it will be done in three days!"

"In that case, starting from tomorrow, I will not absorb the spirit stones one by one. I will make a bigger plan and absorb 10 stones at a time! Haha!"

Su Zhan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Because he was so happy, he threw up the remaining spirit stones in his left hand to express his joy.

When people are particularly happy, they can't help but celebrate a little… But just as the spirit stone fell, Su Zhan reached out to catch it.

Abruptly.

The moment the spirit stone fell into Su Zhan's hand, it disappeared out of thin air!

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