Chapter 98: Divine Technique

Hiro wondered how Zach was doing at the moment, but he guessed that he shouldn't be in a good mood.

Thinking about it, he had no idea what family Paimon belonged to, nor did he know the situation in her family.

Well, Hiro didn't care about that too much, so he asked offhandedly, "How's the situation in your family? You have the time to wander around at a time like this."

Paimon said, "My Mother killed everyone who posed a threat to her before she went out, but everyone else thinks they're out there supporting the war effort. So, it's pretty calm back there, enough for me to relax."

Hiro blinked. "I guess that works too, but the situation out there doesn't seem too optimistic."

Hiro now understood that from Tier-4 standards and above, power was split into three categories.

First, pure energy from within the body, and it exists in various forms. Second, a mutual coexistence between pure energy and faith energy. Third, the fusion of the aforementioned energies and the birth of divine energy.

This was knowledge inferred from reality and the simulated game, Draconia.

Based on his deductions, both generals and family heads are powerhouses on the level of Tier-4, but the generals can draw faith energy from their soldiers during the war.

If Hiro wasn't mistaken, the great demon families must have found a way to channel faith energy from their families, hence why he wanted to attack them at this crucial moment.

Of course, this type of high knowledge isn't something anyone had access to, not even someone like Paimon or maybe, not even her mother.

The realms of faith energy and divine energy are too distant from demons on their level.

With that in mind, Hiro stood up and stretched, licking his lips. "If you want to protect your Mother, I suggest you return to your family and check the situation. If I'm not wrong, a huge number of them should be missing, and it's not because they're helping in the war efforts."

Paimon frowned and asked, "What is that supposed to mean? Anyway, even if they escaped the stronghold during the chaos, they can't do anything to my Mother."

Hiro shook his head and clicked his tongue, feeling exasperated. "Girl, I can't say some things, nor can I hint at them. Let me put it this way—they can be somewhere performing some forbidden ritual, which can either curse your Mother or empower your Father.

"Weaklings have their merits when they join in great numbers, don't look down on them."

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"I've thought about it," Hiro murmured to himself as he continued on his way, hands tucked in his pockets. "There should be something like an avatar or a cloning technique, right?"

As he spoke, he summoned the system's shop interface and searched for the relevant techniques. As expected, he found a technique.

However, it was on the same level as his innate physique, a divine technique.

Nine Clones Secret Technique!

[Price]: 100,000 Achievement Points.

[Description]: The Nine Clones Divine Technique allows the user to separate their energy, essence, and spirit under the guidance of an alternative consciousness. Once a clone is created, it will strip away one of the user's powers and grow independently.

[Notice]: You can generate one clone at a time after learning the technique, and each subsequent clone would require 10x the amount of points spent. Discover more stories at m,v l'e-NovelFire.net

[Notice]: After forming the first clone and separating your consciousness, can alternate the main consciousness between the clones at will, regardless of distance, at a certain cost.

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Hiro inhaled sharply. As expected, divine techniques were something else.

It would be a problem to spend 100,000 points now since he had saved up over 300,000 points, but he had more than one energy system in his body.

A Sorcerer's spiritual energy, a Daoist's spirit Qi, a Demon's demonic essence, and a Dragon's bloodline power.

If he wanted to separate three of these power systems into independent clones, it would cost him 100,000 points for the first clone, 1,000,000 points for the second clone, and 10,000,000 points for the third clone.

His current daily limit which hovers at around 5,000 points wouldn't be enough to keep up with the expenditures.

Eh? Am I thinking too much? Hiro slapped his thigh. All of those are synchronized power systems! They're not mine to begin with!

Hiro felt like an idiot. In his real body, he only had two power systems, the Sorcerer's spiritual energy and the Demon's demonic energy respectively.

Thus, he only needed one clone at the moment. Even if he got his hands on more clones in the future, they would be empty husks without the synchronization feature.

"Can I separate a clone for faith energy and keep it in the universe hall? This way, I can leave it on autopilot to keep an eye on Arabella, Juvia, and Bella. At the very least, it could notify me when something serious happens, as I can't keep my eye on them all day, all year round."

The more Hiro thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible. However, at the moment, his priority was to create a clone for his Sorcerer's spiritual energy and keep it in the isolated training space, peacefully accumulating spiritual energy for growth.

Meanwhile, his Demon body can make use of Asmir's connections to grow stronger in the Demon Realm.

After making up his mind, Hiro entered a hidden corner and opened a portal to his simulated space.

He wondered if he should spend more points to increase the time dilation ratio. At the moment, it was fixed at 7:1 between simulation and reality.

The last time, he paid 1,600 points, so it wouldn't cost much. After musing over it for a while, Hiro decided to spend.

3,200 points…

6,400 points…

12,800 points…

[Notice]: You've reached the maximum limit of time dilation at a ratio of 10:1. If you wish to unlock the next maximum limit of 100:1, you need to upgrade the {Simulation Space}.

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Hiro hadn't expected to be stopped by the system after spending 22,400 points, but on second thought, it made sense.

These must be the limitations of the tutorial version, right? Thinking back, if he saved up the points earned from the three high-priority missions, he could have saved up 150,000 points.

If he hadn't spent them on summoning servants, miscellaneous skills, and other items such as potions—upgrading the system's features wouldn't have been a strain on his finances.

Looking at his points, they shrank by at least half after this round of purchases. However, he didn't regret it.

Hiro entered the isolated space, taking advantage of the spiritual energy inside to separate a clone for himself.

The process lasted for six months, which was beyond Hiro's expectations.

Furthermore, the pain of having a part of his soul torn out was unbearable. Luckily, he was all alone in the space, so he could shout and scream to his heart's content without worries.

Six months later, Hiro's blood essence joined with the spiritual energy, a hollow body of consciousness, and a strand of his soul to generate a clone.

Hiro slumped on the ground, exhausted.

He looked at the naked version of himself floating in the air, surrounded by spiritual energy that transformed constantly.

At times, it generated fire. At other times, it was water. Then, nature bloomed and whithered It was quite magical.

At his current level, Hiro didn't need the system's statistics to inform him of his current power level.

Honestly, it would be too bothersome to keep tabs on the various power systems in the future.

After thinking about it, the only critical information he needed from the system was the points count, gems count, and inventory list.

Everything else was a secondary priority.

Looking at his clone, Hiro planted a mental command inside the secondary consciousness—continue refining spiritual energy!

After taking stalk of his current condition, Hiro purchased a few healing potions from the system shop, consumed them to remedy his current headache, and left the isolated space.

He realized that with the current strength of his soul and consciousness, his clones weren't that intelligent.

They could be considered as dumb if put bluntly. Hence, entrusting them with sensitive tasks that required comprehensive inference abilities was impossible.

For example, if he wanted to visit a mistress in the future and leave a clone behind, that wouldn't fool his wife, even if he married a country bumpkin.

However, their rigid thought process allowed them to follow simple commands, such as the command to peacefully train and grow stronger, or to periodically send telepathic feedback to the main consciousness.

Hiro wondered if he should buy a divine technique to strengthen his consciousness.

Then, he visited the system's store to check for more divine techniques, but he found them grayed out with a cooldown notice.

A purchase cooldown period of 359 days? There's such a thing as divine techniques?!

Hiro couldn't believe it so he went for the skills section, checking the divine-tier skills.

Then, he realized that the cooldown restriction was universal to all which was divine. Furthermore, from the looks of it, the time in the simulation space was excluded.