Lord Tang was bewildered.
This seemed beyond his level of knowledgeâwasnât a Holy Light necessary below the neck first?
"Ding-dong! An unknown mutation has occurred."
The sound was not an alert from his brain system but from the Crystal Brain screen beside him.
An unknown condition had been detected.
Lord Tang quickly operated, his pupils reflecting his clone, as numerous data streams flashed across his eyes.
"Due to a fortuitous chance, the True Spirit left inside âHeart of Sea Blueâ was activated, causing the clone to undergo a certain degree of unknown mutation."
[Solution: Clear the residual True Spirit in âHeart of Sea Blueâ, and the mutation will disappear, resulting in a clone avatar identical to predicted standards, though its appearance may vary due to the mutation.]
[Solution: Invest certain resources to nurture a positive mutation in the clone, with a high success rate.]
Lord Tang rapidly analyzed and calculated.
A clone integrated with the True Spirit would perfectly harness the power of âHeart of Sea Blueâ.
âHeart of Sea Blueâ might be residual power from a Holy Tier entityâs demise or the final vestige of a Holy Tier entityâs soul fragment as it perished.
After countless years of erosion, what was formed is now called âHeart of Sea Blueâ.
The True Spirit was exceedingly weak; initially, he hadnât noticed it at all.
Years of erosion left no soul imprint, only a trace of the purest True Spirit.
After hesitating momentarily, Lord Tang decided on the second option!
The first option was safe and would create a clone with tremendous potential.
The second option bore the risk of failure but also the promise of unknown rewards.
He was curious!
Like drawing a lottery, he might receive an unknown, incredibly valuable prize or end up with nothing.
He could forsake the lottery and choose a fixed reward.
But he would never know what the prize could have been.
"Itâs just an avatar, there will be other chances to find Origin Treasures, besides, Iâm not that desperate..."
His fingers rapidly operated on the light screen of the Crystal Brain.
Analyzing the current state of the clone and the missing resources.
Rows of data appeared before him.
Required investment:
[High Purity Source Crystal (Water Series): 500W units of energy]
[Normal Source Crystal: 10000W]
[Third Tier Water Series Treasures *3, Second Tier Water Series Treasures *10, First Tier Water Series Treasures *99]
[Five-color Calming Flower *5, Dream Leaf Grass *20, Mana Thistle *199, Silver Leaf Grass *288...]
Continuous Telekinesis value input [500/s], maintain for over 5 hours.
Lord Tang raised his eyebrow.
The resource investment was much more than he had anticipated.
It was almost equal to five Third Tier Divine Weapons, and the variety of medicinal materials was even harder to acquire â only because he had transplanted the rare medicinal resources from Origin Star and Otherworld into âMedicine Valleyâ, where advanced farming fields sped up the growth of crops, has he cultivated some.
Even White City wouldnât be able to gather such materials quickly.
â The second option was time-sensitive!
He commanded several Puppet tool-persons to fetch the materials, without seeking help from othersâletting others see a Holy Light-enveloped body in Lord Great Tangâs laboratory was a matter of losing face!
In critical moments, Puppets proved to be useful!
Once the materials were gathered, Lord Tang faced a dilemma.
The clone cultivation tank was too small; he couldnât fit so many ingredients and had to retrieve a special class of Divine Weaponâa pot.
A pot that he could barely hold in both hands, controlled by his Telekinesis, kept expanding until it resembled a family-sized swimming pool.
Plopâ
He threw the Water Series Clone in a parabolic trajectory into the pot.
Suddenly, Lord Tang froze, "I forgot to add the water first, no, the nutrient solution."
Fortunately, the clone was tough; it wasnât a big issue.
Nutrient solution, Water Series treasures, rare medicinal materials, High Purity Source Crystals were successively tossed into the pot.
In his Perception, the clone instinctively started to absorb the energy, albeit slowly.
He could only stoke the fire.
Woosh~
The pot levitated, fierce flames burned beneath it, the surrounding temperature spiked sharply, and gradually, bubbles emerged on the surface of the nutrient solution, starting to boil.
Stewing the Avatar in the pot!
Lord Tangâs skills were adept.
It wasnât long before a fragrant scent pervades the entire laboratory.
Oh, donât misunderstand, it wasnât a meaty smell; how could there not be a scent after stewing so many rare medicinal materials?
As the fragrance filled the air, the Water Series Clone also underwent changes.
The lines on the face... softened.
A pair of bright eyes shone brilliantly.
The previously bald forehead now sported flowing long black hairâof course, it was black; after all, it was his genes.
The face that initially looked somewhat, no, somewhat similar to his, now barely resembled him if you looked closely.
Lord Tangâs expression was complex.
A female Avatar, should he, or should he not, or should he?
Being a Great Lord, merging his soul into this body would definitely cause embarrassment!
What if someone discovered it... he determined that no matter what, he must keep this avatar a secret from others!
Just as he was about to merge a soul fragment,
Suddenly,
The body, soaked in the nutrient solution, stood up on its own, viscous fluid sliding off its form, his/her? bright eyes blinking and staring at him, "Dad... Dad...?"
Lord Tang: "Meow meow meow?!"
...
Lord Great Tang had to admit that today held many surprises.
The existence of that bit of True Spirit in Heart of Blue Sea made this clone seem to come alive, much like the âDeep Sea Giant Sharkâ which possessed âliving characteristicsâ... this was within Lord Tangâs expectations.
Unexpectedly,
A new soul emerged on the clone.
Like a newborn infant, it was very delicate; Lord Tang could easily erase it.
But nurtured in this body, the new soul was also rapidly growing stronger.
Lord Tang assessed the bodyâs robustness.
"Typical avatars, when theyâre just born, are comparable to Senior Transcendents and with invested resources, they can be elevated to Super Second Combat Power in a short period of time."
"However, this Water Series Avatar, no, it canât even be called an avatar anymore, was born at the Super Second Peak and can even undergo Energy Transformation!"
Tang Yuâs avatar could neither undergo Blood Rebirth nor Energy Transformation.
The Water Series Clone had become a brand-new life form, which he named âSea Blueâ in memory of the âHeart of Sea Blueâ that had fully merged with the body.
This new life was his creation.
After all, it had his genes.
But Tang Yu didnât agree with the term avatar. It took him a great deal of effort just to teach Sea Blue some basic life skills, such as wearing clothes and not licking her fingers.
Within ten days, Sea Blueâs soul had grown to match her body.
That is, truly at the Super Second Peak.
Its Origin was much larger than his, comparable to sixty times that of a normal Second Tier Peak!
Not to mention he hadnât used the Ghostly Sea Crystal yet; even if he did use the enhanced âSource Extraction Crystalâ and stacked it to its maximum value, it would only increase by twenty times, five times being his own, far inferior to Sea Blue.
The Origin is equivalent to the Unity of body and soul. If it were Tang Yuâs own soul, even if perfectly merged with the Heart of Sea Blue, achieving twelve or twenty times the Origin would be the limit.
This was not a loss!
With sixty times the Origin, Sea Blue could be considered a special life form, and even without understanding the Law, her immense Origin alone was enough to easily defeat ordinary Domain Level experts.
Of course, Sea Blue currently had zero combat experience.
Tang Yu taught Sea Blue basic knowledge while also allowing her to enter the âSpirit Spaceâ to adapt to combat.
She was almost like the embodiment of water, grasping Water Series Magic extremely quickly.
Low to mid-level Water Series Magic took her one glance to master, advanced Magic only a few minutes, and even Super Tier Magic only up to two hours to utilize flexibly.
On the thirteenth day, Sea Blue reached the ninety-ninth floor of the Trial Tower and mastered the âWater Domain.â
On the fifteenth day, Sea Blue expanded her âWater Domainâ to 30 kilometers.
By the twentieth day, her domain covered over 100 kilometers, equivalent to a seasoned Domain Level expert.
And her domain was still expanding, proportional to her Origin.
Soon, she would be able to touch the surface of a Water Series Law!
Tang Yu felt like a proud father seeing his daughter grow up... bah, where was his mind going!
"Sea Blue, come here."
With a hand holding fries and the other a soda, Sea Blue approached from a distance, her mouth greasy from eating, but in the next moment, water vapor condensed, accomplishing brushing, rinsing, and wiping in one breath.
She had become very proficient in controlling the Water Element.
Tang Yu sat down cross-legged, his soul leaving the body, an invisible, intangible soul flying above Sea Blueâs head and swooshed inside her.
Entering anotherâs body with oneâs soul usually met with strong rejection.
If the host was a living being, only those much lower in realm could potentially be successfully possessed.
Even if one entered the body of a peer without resistance, the rejection was ever-present, and staying too long could even damage the soul.
However,
when Tang Yuâs soul entered Sea Blueâs body, it felt very natural with not a hint of rejection.
He took over her body without causing harm to Sea Blueâs soul; she merely became a spectator, able to watch but not operate.
"Perhaps, since this body was originally crafted based on the Water Series Avatar plan, even if mutations occurred later, it still has my genes and is a perfect vessel."
Tang Yu smiled.
The original purpose of creating a Water Series Avatar was to comprehend the Water Law; combat power was secondary.
Now, he could enter and leave the body as he pleased, not needing to bear it all the time.
Perfect!
...
Days ago,
in the Blue Water Duchy,
after the Bounty Hunter Team executed the main members of the fifth pirate group, pirates in and around the Blue Water region, including nearby seas, went into hiding.
At the Dukeâs Castle, Lorraine was disappointed; âBone Bladeâ had only shown up once, and his whereabouts remained elusive.
Of the five pirate groups, the highest bounty was just 26 million, although the higher value lay in the piratesâ Storage Equipment â the spoils of hundreds, thousands of years of plunder, as the major pirates almost always carried their high-value items on them.
Green Shadow benefited immensely.
But it terrified the major pirates!
A Divine Domain Realm expert, silently assassinated just like that, not even a Pirate General could achieve that, right?
What kind of existence was that?
Could it be that the Blue Water Duchy had some backing?
As the day of activity in the Ghostly Sea drew near, more and more warships appeared in the nearby seas, fleets after fleets sailing in, pirate flags fluttering on their flagship.
The increase in pirate numbers paradoxically led to a peculiar calm in nearby watersâeveryone was wary of engaging in skirmishes and being taken advantage of by others, hence hesitating to initiate conflicts.
On the penultimate day,
a Pirate General finally appeared as warships cut through the waves.
Five days later, a joint navy showed up.
Composed of various Kingdoms and Empires, the massive fleet set off like tens of thousands of ships moving mountains and seas, causing major pirates to band together.
The sea was clearly divided into two distinct camps.
Time passed, and finally it was the last day.
The Deep Sea Giant Shark discreetly approached.
Inside the bridge,
Tang Yu, Nancy, Eileen, Kong... nearly all of Green Shadowâs top combat power was here.
After more than two years of secluded cultivation, there was no suitable unit of combat power for comparison.
Tang Yu wasnât sure how strong he or his followers truly were.
He was also unsure of the Pirate Generals and even the Three Emperorsâ strength; he couldnât afford to be careless.
Suddenly,
Tang Yu looked up, his gaze piercing through the deck of the Deep Sea Giant Shark, looking into the distance.
The Red Sea Fleet,
The Dark Star Fleet,
The Dragon Emperor Fleet,
racing in from three different directions.
The Three Emperors had arrived.
Within the Sea Empireâs camp, several potent auras surged to the sky in that moment.
It was as if a pen had split the sea waves and cloud layers in two.
Boom!
The sea churned, creating towering waves hundreds of meters high.
It wasnât the influence of aura.
Rather,
the Ghostly Sea had appeared!