Chapter 865: Five Element Clone?

Kou Chongxue had been hiding in the Azure Flame World for some time now and he was sure that they were an ordinary Azure World that couldn’t be compared to the Azure Ascension World that stood at the peak of all Azure Worlds.

That was why he had the guts to drag tens of experts in the Martial Dipper Realm into his plan to attack the Azure Flame World.

From the time they tore open the heavenly screen, to the time they took over the Yanlin City. They even successfully connected to the World Origin Source of the Azure Flame World. Everything went according to plan. As the reinforcements of the Azure Flame World came extremely late as they held each other back, the experts of the Azure Ascension World were starting to underestimate the experts of the Azure Flame World.

Their sense of superiority was quickly wiped away by the 4 super flying ships that were closing in on the city!

Even with Kou Chongxue’s years of experience as a spy in the Azure Flame World, he never heard of the existence of those ships in the 4 continents of the Azure Flame World.

When they suddenly descended and rushed at the Yanlin City, the experts of the Azure Ascension World were caught off guard and didn’t know how to defend. Their plan was to shatter the defenses of the city for the experts of the Azure Flame World to swarm in at the same time.

Fortunately, Kou Chongxue, Lu Wuzi, Jiu Du, Yifeng, and Huang Jinghan made their moves. They borrowed the power of the grand formation to meet those giant ships head-on, and were nearly injured in the process. The experts of the Azure Ascension World also reacted quickly as they started their counterattack. They managed to stall the ships and force them further out, but the sense of pressure they brought about didn’t disappear as they hovered in the skies above.

At the same time, at least 50 Martial Sages rushed out from those ships as they started to attack the Yanlin City.

Naturally, there were still several Martial Sages standing guard on the ships. Among them, there were at least 6 fourth soul Martial Sages if they didn’t count Yuancang Ming who was at the peak of his cultivation realm.

Yanlin Jue was among those experts, and he was a survivor of the Beast Tide and the sudden ambush by the members of the Azure Ascension World. Chenxing Yue from the Western Wenchen Continent was also there. Jiwu Gou From the Eastern Nuanyuan Continent, Zhang Shihu and Qiubai Xiong were from the Northern Chihuang Continent were also ready for battle. There was also another wandering expert who called himself the Heavenly Sea Guest among them.

Heavenly Sea Guest was an expert at the fourth soul of the Martial Sage Realm, but no one could catch his tracks. Yuancang Ming and the others heard of him, but it was their first time seeing him in person during their raid on the Yanlin City.

The 4 giant ships that hovered above the city housed 7 experts at the fourth soul of the Martial Sage Realm or higher. With 40 or so additional Martial Sages attacking the city, the Yanlin City was immediately thrown into a dire situation.

Kou Chongxue and the others were forcefully holding on and the experts of the Azure Ascension World had the assistance of the grand formation around the city. With the abundant world origin that was pouring out from the Yanlin Holy Land, they managed to barely hold on.

Looking at the situation in front of them, they were afraid that it wouldn’t take long for the experts of the Azure Flame World to successfully invade the city.

According to Shang Xia’s calculations, even if he managed to hold out all the way, he would only be able to fill half the Stellar Cauldron with world origin.

If he considered the amount of world origin required to transfer everyone back to the Azure Ascension World, he wouldn’t have enough for the Azure Ascension World to complete its ascension!

Moreover, he felt that if he wasn’t mistaken about what was going on, Kou Chongxue would also need to use the world origin to attempt a breakthrough into the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm!

After all, Kou Chongxue had been using world origin ever since he broke through to the Martial Dipper Realm. He refined the technique a lot such that Ji Wenlong and Shang Bo could attempt the same thing.

As such, if Kou Chongxue wanted to advance, it was extremely likely that he would walk down the same path.

Whatever it was, he needed to ensure that the experts of the Azure Ascension World could hold out for a long time against the siege.

Under such circumstances, Shang Xia started to think about how he would be able to help. The only problem was that he would have to fill up the Stellar Cauldron while he was at it, while also providing world origin to support the grand formation.

Just those 2 points alone was a huge headache for him at the moment. He wasn’t as affected earlier as the battle hadn’t started and he didn’t need to pump out so much world origin to support the formation, but things were different! He felt a little helpless despite his desire to help. He couldn’t do a thing unless someone could make use of his Five Element Ring!

That was a powerful divine weapon, and it could be considered a ‘Ninth Heaven Divine Weapon’ in the eyes of those in the Azure Flame World. In the hands of a third element Martial Dipper Realm expert, they would be able to raise their combat prowess by at least 50 percent! That would mean that they would possess another expert whose fighting strength would be comparable to a fourth element Martial Dipper Realm expert.

Alas, the Five Element Ring was a treasure that was made specially for him!

Due to the special properties of his Five Element Dipper Qi, the Five Element Ring would only be able to display its power in his hands. If other people were to use it, it would probably be comparable to a high-grade weapon at best!

It was also why no one asked Shang Xia to borrow his weapon despite the dangerous situation they were facing. With how sharp Kou Chongxue and the others were, how could they have left out his weapon when they made their calculations?

It was just that... Shang Xia knew that if he didn’t do anything, the disadvantage they had would only snowball.

Eventually, an idea was born in his mind. It was a very slight hunch he had after refining his seventh set of fate dipper essences, and now that he had no other choice, he decided to look into it.

He thought back to Kou Chongxue’s words about how most Martial Dipper Realm experts would only be able to achieve 70 percent of the power their fate dippers contained.

Extrapolating the knowledge would mean that one would be able to create a fate dipper clone after they could control 70 percent of their fate dipper!

For Shang Xia who could utilize his full power and had successfully refined his seventh set of fate dipper essences, it should be possible for him to create a clone!

Even though what he refined were fate dipper essences, he wouldn’t know until he tried!

If he was unable to create clones, that would mean that his path of the Five Element Realm had a clear weakness compared to the ordinary cultivation system!

After all, not only would one be able to react more suitably to whatever situation they were in if they could create a clone, but they would also be able to save their life in times of need.

In the past, Shang Xia thought that he would only be able to create clones after refining 10 sets of fate dipper essences. However...

Following his instincts, a stream of Five Element Source Essence started to flow out of his dantian. His Dipper Qi Protection Barrier started to ripple and a blurry figure started to form in front of him. Eventually, the figure became less blurry and his features could be clearly seen.

The figure before him looked mostly similar to Shang Xia, and it was merely lacking a trace of his divine will before he successfully created it. However, the next second, Shang Xia’s expression changed and the figure that was just created exploded. The dipper qi in his body fluctuated wildly and he nearly suffered a backlash inside his dantian.

How...