The Almighty Tyrant - Chapter 68 Skin Augmentation Pill

Around ten minutes later, Shi Li met the fifth clone he had to defeat. There was not much of a difference between the fifth and the fourth clone, it was just a matter of how much energy the False Energy Core currently held.

In the span of a few minutes, the fifth clone dissipated after being sneak attacked by Shi Li using a magma pool behind the clone’s back. Shi Li controlled the magma pool from afar and formed a lava spike that pierced through the clone’s body.

The clone didn’t expect it at all, but it still left words of encouragement as it laughed while it slowly crumbled.

Shi Li asked the interface on how much stamina he had left. The interface responded with a screen saying that Shi Li still had a considerable amount remaining.

With that, he sat down as took a small rest for a bit because he had to face against a clone of himself that was at the Peak of the Tempering realm.

…

Shi clan, outside the Shi Trial Tower.

“It has been over an hour since they entered the tower. How do you think Shi Li is faring?” Shi Xingwan asked Senior Yan as his legs were moving erratically with nervousness.

Senior Yan couldn’t help but give out a chuckle as he looked at Shi Xingwan’s current expression. But after a while, this laughter turned into a serious expression as he placed his hand over Shi Xingwan’s shoulder.

“Don’t worry Xingwan. I’m sure your son is doing great. The first test might look hard, but it’s the easiest out of all the tests for Shi Li. You do know about the Heaven and Earth aura he has right?”

Shi Xingwan’s eyes widened. He did know that as he witnessed it first-hand in the tournament a month ago. Even though it was something commonly seen only those at the Creation realm and above, this aura was able to do a lot of things.

Knowing this, Shi Xingwan calmed down as his nerves relaxed, allowing him to look at the tests at a more logical perspective. After a while, he gave out a laugh as he said, “What was I worrying for? My son has her bloodline and the training from the strongest person in the clan, how could he be defeated that easily?”

Senior Yan laughed a bit as he examined Shi Xingwan’s condition using his spirit sense. All of a sudden, his eyes widened to the point of bursting as he couldn’t help but shout.

“Xingwan, you…?!”

Shi Xingwan looked at him and tilted his head. “Hm?”

Senior Yan went back to a serious expression as he said, “Your energy core is almost at the point of destruction. Aren’t you supposed to try and break through to the Ascended Mortal realm?”

Shi Xingwan shook his head as he gave a slight smile. His current expression felt like he was in control of everything. “I can’t even try at all. My energy core has too much cracks already. Even if I was lucky enough to break through the first seal and transform it into my energy core, this energy core would still explode and kill me.”

His smile grew wider as if he accepted fate. “So why not just accept fate and let nature take its course?”

“Are you sure about this? Don’t you have any regrets?” Senior Yan asked. He felt like he was talking to a person who wasn’t afraid of death, and that was definitely the case.

“Hehe. Why would I regret? As long as I live to his glory at the Year-End Tournament, I can die without regrets,” Shi Xingwan chuckled.

“Do you really want to do this? You do know about the Core Resurrection Pill right?” Senior Yan tried to dissuade Shi Xingwan from accepting his death.

“Of course I do!” Shi Xingwan couldn’t help but frown. “But its rarity is comparable to a Grade 6 Cultivation Pill, a pill that has an energy comparable to a cultivator at the True Principle realm! How do you expect me to get one?!”

Shi Xingwan’s tears started to fall down. “I’m trying to become optimistic here but you just had to question me on and on about things, forcing me to reveal my true nature. Of course I don’t want to die that early! If I could trade my soul in exchange for my energy core to be fixed, of course I’d take it!”

He then remembered that he was talking to Senior Yan, as he hurriedly bowed down to apologize. “I-I forgot who I was talking to and got carried away…”

Senior Yan sighed as he embraced Shi Xingwan. “There, there. Let all of your worries out and truly live without regrets. You don’t want to see your son looking at your crying face, now do you?”

At that instant, Shi Xingwan started to sob loudly as if no one could hear him.

…

Shi Li was currently facing up against the final clone, which had a cultivation realm at the Peak of Tempering. But who knew that other than the clone having more energy than the fifth clone in its False Energy Core, it would have also started to transform this energy into strands of qi?

The energy an Organ Tempering cultivator has in their False Energy Core is called inner energy, it’s also called as internal energy by some. Once the cultivator has reached the peak and is aiming to break through to the Creation realm, the cultivator must have condense a higher quality form of inner energy, known as qi. This qi is the impetus for the cultivator’s False Energy Core to turn into a True Energy Core, making the cultivator break through the Creation realm.

But thanks to this same qi, Shi Li was being suppressed by the clone not only in power, but in aura as well.

“Hahaha! Give up, this is your limit!” the clone couldn’t help but laugh as it swung its flaming hammer towards Shi Li.

Shi Li hurriedly dodged the hammer, increasing the gap between them into tens of meters. At this moment, Shi Li activated his [Overlimit] skill that increased his strength and speed even further.

With the augmentation of his movement technique, Shi Li moved at an even faster speed compared to his speed without the [Overlimit] skill. He then slammed his hammer multiple times on the ground, forming magma pools and magma needles along the way, shooting them towards the clone.

The clone sniggered as it conjured a barrier made of inner energy, negating the power of the magma needles.

“If you can’t do better than this, then you’re better off giving u”

It was at this moment, the clone knew it fucked up.

Shi Li stealthily appeared behind the clone with a decently sized magma ball hovering about the hammer’s head. He then executed the first two movements of his latest cultivation technique, which boosted the magma ball’s force by threefold.

Thanks to the upgrade in his cultivation technique, it was possible for him to do things like these.

“Hah!” He shot the magma ball towards the clone’s chest, instantly incinerating the clone’s lower body.

The remains of the clone fell onto the ground with a thud. Since the clone’s head was intact, it looked at Shi Li with shock.

“H-How…”

“[Serenade of the Nine Heavens],” Shi Li calmly replied.

At this moment, the clone felt stupid for forgetting that he also knew the technique as well. It then laughed as it congratulated Shi Li.

“You’ve defeated me fair and square. I wish you good luck on the following tests.”

Shi Li lightly smiled as he replied, “Thanks.”

Not long after, the clone closed it eyes and started to disappear into thin air. It was also at this time that Shi Li’s visual senses were back to normal, allowing him to see that the dark substance covering the floor was gradually receding.

“Congratulations on finishing the first test,” a voice resounded throughout the hall once more.

“With the cultivator achieving a Perfect score on the first test, after adjusting the rewards to the cultivator’s level, the cultivator shall be rewarded with a…”

“Skin Augmentation Pill.”