Using the trait upgrade function, Tatsuma invested his savings from the past two days into upgrading Physical Clone.
[Trait advancement successful. Congratulations on obtaining the purple trait: Physical Clone.]
[Trait advancement successful. Congratulations on obtaining the red trait: Physical Clone.]
[Trait advancement successful. Congratulations on obtaining the gold trait: Physical Clone.]
[Physical Clone (Gold): Consumes a certain amount of energy to create a physical clone. The more energy injected, the higher the clone's physical stats. The clone's physical stats can be increased up to 200% of the main body's, and it possesses all of the main body's abilities.]
[Note: The physical clone can inherit up to the main body's gold traits. Those above gold traits cannot be carried.]
A series of prompts sounded, and the effect of Physical Clone underwent a big change, with all aspects enhanced.
Physical stats can be higher than the main body's?
After reviewing the upgraded Physical Clone, a hint of surprise flashed in Tatsuma's eyes.
As expected of an innate ability, the effect after upgrading was even stronger than imagined.
Mobilizing the fused energy in his body, Tatsuma created a physical clone beside him.
"A second Tatsuma?"
Est, standing beside him, blinked and looked at the physical clone with curiosity.
"Such a terrifying aura. This is the first time I've seen such a powerful clone."
Rias and the others also cast their gazes.
"Tatsuma, what kind of magic is this?"
"It's not magic, it's an innate ability."
"?"
You're a human Sacred Gear user, where did you get a clone-type innate ability?
Rias looked at Tatsuma with a subtle expression, and changed the question, "What are you summoning clones for?"
"Farming monsters."
Tatsuma summoned ten more physical clones and teleported them to several other directions in the Familiar Forest.
After a brief test, he had initially familiarized himself with the effect of the physical clone. Structurally speaking, this physical clone is formed with his energy as the core. Whether it's traveling or fighting, it will consume his energy to a certain extent. Once the energy is depleted, or it suffers a fatal injury, the physical clone will automatically collapse.
In addition, the physical clone has no self-awareness. To make the physical clone act, he must split off a portion of his attention to control it on multiple lines.
Close-range combat is fine, but teleporting them to different places for cross-regional combat will test the main body.
However, for Tatsuma, this wasn't particularly difficult.
Various scenes were simultaneously transmitted from the perspectives of the eleven clones, and Tatsuma's brain was working frantically.
Under his control, these eleven clones began to move quickly, clearing out the surrounding beasts.
[Congratulations on successfully defeating a Slime, obtaining the white trait: Dissolving Liquid.]
[Congratulations on successfully defeating a Sprite Dragon, obtaining the blue trait: Sprite Dragon Bloodline.]
[Congratulations on successfully defeating an Earth Spirit, obtaining the green trait: Earth Power.]
...
A series of prompts sounded, and Tatsuma obtained hundreds of traits in just a few seconds.
Activating Senjutsu to heal the beasts and leaving marks to avoid accidental injury, the clones advanced from different directions towards the center of the Familiar Forest.
"Let's go too."
Tatsuma took Rias and the others towards the outer edge of the forest where there were no clones.
"Tatsuma, I'll help you."
Est reached out and tugged at Tatsuma's sleeve, indicating that she wanted to help.
Seeing this, Tatsuma didn't refuse.
A faint white light rose from Est's body, and she transformed into a silver longsword that appeared in Tatsuma's hand.
Through the contract, the two entered a state of resonance, and a massive amount of energy flowed from the sword into Tatsuma's body. At the same time, the effect of the Holy Demon Sword activated, and Tatsuma's aura surged up a notch.
Expanding his perception range, Tatsuma's frequency of activating magic began to constantly increase.
Vast energy fluctuations gathered above the forest, and the monsters within the forest gradually realized that something was wrong.
Various roars sounded, and monsters from different tribes entered a state of alert.
"Tatsuma, are you sure you held back?" Rias, a beat slower, discovered the problem and asked somewhat nervously.
"Don't worry. As long as I'm here today, there will be no casualties in the Familiar Forest." Tatsuma replied.
He and his eleven clones simultaneously spread their perception, and the entire scene of the Familiar Forest came into view. Whether it was the battles between Devils and monsters, or the battles between monsters and monsters, they were all under his supervision.
If it weren't to conserve energy, he could even bomb the entire Familiar Forest. However, even so, his efficiency in farming traits was still extremely high.
In front of him and his eleven physical clones, the monsters had no power to resist.
Pleasant notification sounds kept ringing in his ears, and new traits kept appearing.
Three hours later, the Familiar Forest fell silent.
Tatsuma led Rias and the others out of the forest, opened the trait inventory, and glanced at it.
240,000 new traits.
...
Edge of the Underworld, Old Satan Faction stronghold.
"Yo! Long time no see, Shalba."
"Cao Cao? Why are you here?"
Shalba frowned tightly, staring warily at Cao Cao and the others not far away.
Amomg the descendants of the first four Satans, Vali was unwilling to join the Old Satan Faction, and Creuserey and Katerea were annihilated by Tatsuma in previous actions.
As the descendant of the first Beelzebub, Shalba is currently the sole leader of the Old Satan Faction. Because of this, he had been hiding his tracks after repeated failures, rarely showing himself.
But unexpectedly, he was found today by Cao Cao, one of the people he was particularly wary of.
Cao Cao smiled. "Relax, Shalba. I'm not here to fight you today. Are you interested in cooperating with me?"
Shalba asked, "Cooperation? What do you mean?"
"Defeating the Red Dragon Emperor."
Shalba replied without even thinking, "Impossible, you can't beat him."
Tatsuma had killed Creuserey and Katerea, and repeatedly disrupted the plans of the Old Satan Faction.
As the head of the Old Satan Faction, Shalba naturally held deep hatred for Tatsuma. But sometimes, one must face reality.
Tatsuma's various achievements have already shown that his strength far exceeds Satan level, even ranking among the top among the Gods.
Even if Cao Cao had the True Longinus in his hand, in the face of the absolute difference in strength, he still couldn't be Tatsuma's match.
The same applied to him. Even if he had Ophis' Snake, going to fight Tatsuma would just be sending himself to death.
It was precisely because of this that Shalba had been living in seclusion recently. While causing destruction, he was also waiting for an opportunity.
Glancing warily at the long spear radiating a holy aura on Cao Cao's shoulder, Shalba pondered.
"I won't cooperate with you. If there's nothing else, please leave."
"Don't rush to refuse, Shalba."
Cao Cao seemed to have anticipated this situation, his expression as leisurely as ever.
"The Red Dragon Emperor's strength is indeed very great, but there is a way to deal with him."
"That's because you don't understand the Red Dragon Emperor's..."
"In this operation, Ophis will show up."
"..."
Shalba's voice stopped abruptly.
The atmosphere fell silent, and Shalba stood still, staring at Cao Cao.
The two sides stared at each other for several seconds, and finally, Shalba was the first to break the silence.
"How do you want to cooperate?"
"I need the power of the Old Satan Faction to disrupt the attention of the higher-ups in the Underworld." Cao Cao replied concisely.
In the plan, this step should have been completed by Rizevim and his Evil Dragon army. But for some reason, Rizevim had lost contact since the day before yesterday.
Although he hadn't figured out the reason for the loss of contact, Cao Cao needed to find a backup to help. Shalba and the Old Satan Faction he controlled happened to be this backup.
Concealing the matter of the Dragon Eater, Cao Cao revealed a part of the plan to Shalba.
"How about it? Want to cooperate?"
Shalba said, "We can cooperate, but your plan will sacrifice the interests of the Old Satan Faction and needs to be modified."
"Being able to get rid of the Red Dragon Emperor, that's already the biggest reward for you, isn't it?"
"Since we are cooperating, the Hero Faction must pay a certain price, otherwise, this matter ends here."
"Alright, then how do you want to modify the plan?"
Cao Cao had long anticipated this situation, so he didn't continue to insist and kicked the ball back.
Shalba thought for a moment and had a good idea.
However, the current idea was still just a rough draft and needed some time to be refined.
Staring at the Hero Faction members in front of him for two seconds, Shalba turned and walked into the Old Satan Faction stronghold.
"Follow me, let's talk somewhere else."
...
Gremory Main House.
"Hmm... I see, that's how you're preparing to do it."
Looking at Cao Cao on the screen, who had finished the negotiation and was privately explaining the real plan to his subordinates, Yahweh thought for a moment, took out a small notebook, and started writing on it.
Cao Cao's plan, in her opinion, was not perfect. Spending some time studying it, it was easy to see the loopholes hidden within it.
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