Translator : MoonWhisperer, Wifi Editor : Brook, frozenfire
Su Luo shifted her cold gaze to the Thorn captain and said slowly, ”I heard… that your Empress has decreed a kill order for me?”
The Thorn captain shot a glance at their Lord Luoying, who gave away nothing. The former broke out in a cold sweat and replied, “That’s correct…”
“If that’s the case, I can’t blame you all for just following orders.” Su Luo was unexpectedly capable of clearly separating her grudges and grievances from logic and reason.
The Thorn captain was caught off guard by Su Luo considering their feelings and being empathetic, but he was overjoyed nonetheless. “It’s fortunate we didn't injure you, Miss. Otherwise, I don’t think I’ll be able to disentangle myself from this.”
A small frown appeared on Nangong Liuyun’s face.
He understood Su Luo’s intentions very well; she didn't want to kill innocent people.
However, these people have already seen his real face and also knew of Su Luo and his connection with her. Therefore, they were fated to never return to Thorn again.
Su Luo asked Nangong, “How should we deal with these people so that they won't pose any threat to you?”
Nangong Liuyun patted Su Luo’s back. Ultimately, he was still most important in her heart. Knowing her intentions, Nangong Liuyun’s heart felt light with joy.
“I think you should go to the Spirit Transformation Pond. I'll deal with this.” Nangong Liuyun ushered Su Luo away like he was herding a duck. Then he took the Thorn squad and left.
Seeing Nangong Liyun’s silhouette moving further and further away, Su Luo tilted her head and pondered briefly for a moment. Nevertheless, she still couldn't find a solution that worked for both sides no matter how much she contemplated it, and that left her slightly frustrated.
Overwhelmed, Su Luo decided to simply push those thoughts out of her mind.
Step by step, she waded into the Spirit Transformation Pond.
This was already her third time entering the Spirit Transformation Pond.
She had benefited a lot from both of her previous visits. The first time she entered, she rose to the level of Searing Light. During the second visit, she rose even further to the level of Mirror Cloning.
Su Luo carefully placed the final two pieces of crystal fragments into the water.
Very quickly, ripples disturbed the still surface in perfect rings and spread throughout the pool.
Su Luo promptly crossed her legs and let her body sink to the bottom of the Spirit Transformation Pond.
Numerous bubbles appeared, forming layer upon layer around her.
If someone were looking, they would notice that these bubbles were actually flying one by one into Su Luo’s body, merging with her being.
After a short while, something materialized in front of and behind Su Luo like a magic trick. Soon, more and more appeared all around her as Su Luo after Su Luo emerged out of thin air.
There were so many, so many indeed…
9,19, 29… Eventually, the number of Su Luo’s Shadow Clones had soared to 99!
The throng of Su Luo clones almost filled up the entirety of the Spirit Transformation Pond.
Su Luo’s eyelids twitched a little, but she did not open her eyes.
Su Luo noticed that the energy within the two crystal fragments still had yet to be used up. Furthermore, all these Shadow Clones were just hollow shells.
They had a dazzling outer appearance, but they would be immediately reduced to dust with just one bash.
She was not satisfied with these fancy paper-mache-like doppelgangers.
Therefore, Su Luo took the opportunity to attempt merging two Shadow Clones into one with the remaining unused Spiritual energy.
At first, Su Luo merely wanted to give it a try. However, to her surprise, it was in that first attempt that she actually succeeded!
After two hours of work, Su Luo finally reduced her 99 clones to 45.
If the previous 99 Shadow Clones were considered as 5th rate, then the current 45 Shadow Clones could be considered 4th rate.
Still, Su Luo was unsatisfied.
Since there were 5th- and 4th-rate Shadow Clones, there had to be 3rd-, 2nd-, and 1st-rate Shadow Clones too.
Thus, Su Luo stepped up her efforts once again.
45 Shadow Clones were fused into 15 third-rate Shadow Clones.
