Chapter 936 - Duplication
Releasing tremendous pressure, the soil below him cracked open, and the loose grains of sand were thrown all over the surroundings.
Lifting his arm, Jason couldn't help but smile as he felt the strength coursing through him.
He might have only fused with a Spiral Spirit that enhanced his brain functions.
However, the degree of the enhancements was terrifyingly high.
It even enhanced his sub-areas' passive cycles.
Through this, the surrounding energies were naturally pulled towards him, only for the effect to increase even further as the God's Halo, his Celestia aura, and the enhancing effect of the Stigma were fully unleashed.
Thus, the surrounding area spanning up to a radius of more than fifty meters was quickly deprived of its energy before Jason took his first steps.
Having connected the God's Halo with the silver armor, it was swept through by an enormous amount of divine energy and mana.
Yet, instead of being connected to only the God's Halo, Jason's direct connection to it was even higher.
Thus, he could make use of the energy within it, the moment he thought about it for a second.
Such a feat was exceptional because it would mean that it was extremely difficult to drain him of every single ounce of energy inside his body.
After all, the God's Halo was an enormous energy storage device, with the additional function to absorb and annex the energies it had absorbed.
Making use of this as an extension of his body allowed Jason to move it however he wanted.
However, that was not the main essence of the current situation because he and Spyro focused on using the energies within him in order to split him up.
Rather than being split up, it was more like Spyro had learned the duplication technique of the Spiral puppet, which it had used in order to defeat and overwhelm Jason years ago during the time he had been inside the Dungeon of the Primordial Descendant.
As such, Jason wanted to make use of the fact that Spyro had copied the duplication technique using moonlight mana, and large amounts of energy in order to create similarly strong duplications.
The amount of moonlight mana and divine energy that was required in order to create a single duplication was enormous, but the consumption of energy that was drained of him from the moment a second duplication emerged was equally high.
As he was continuously being drained of his energy to maintain and sustain the duplications, Jason knew that he would have to act really fast.
After all, he wanted to protect the youths, and using the fused state with Spyro, in addition to the duplications that he and Spyro were currently creating with his spirit soulbond's help ought to work perfectly fine.
Thus, with every single step he took, the energies that left his body, only to gather half a meter next to him, were slowly forming the outlines of his silver armor.
Approaching the Soa crystal mine with fast strides, two replications of him had been formed half a minute after he had initiated the duplication technique.
It took him longer than expected, and he had yet to even enter the mine completely.
Nevertheless, Jason was still excited which allowed his transmuted Celestia aura to expand even further as the surrounding energies were pulled towards him at a rapid pace.
The energy consumed by the replicas was balanced out by the numerous passive effects that revolved around Jason.
Thus, he was only drained of the necessary amount of energy in order to create the replicas that had the combat prowess comparable to 80% of his current state.
This was without the Stigma, and God's Halo, which was something Jason couldn't duplicate.
Nevertheless, this was more than enough to allow Jason to feel exhilarated as he circulated moonlight mana and divine energy through his body in addition to exerting the Hermes Celeration technique at once.
Catapulting himself inside the mine, his replicas followed suit and made use of the energy that had been transferred to them in order to attempt catching up with him.
However, that was easier said than done as Jason had already disappeared in the depths of the mine that was glowing in a faint golden light.
This light radiated from the Soa crystals, throwing a soft golden yellow light on the walls, lighting up the interior of the cave.
Meanwhile, as Jason shot towards the first opponents followed by his replicas, even the Specta stage Cultivators that had been left behind had halted in their tracks the moment Jason manifested replicas of himself.
Clearly sensing the distinct divine energy which the replicas radiated followed by the presence that originated from them, they felt stupefied.
Yet, instead of allowing themselves to be overwhelmed by the terrifying threat they felt from Jason, they realised that it would tarnish their reputation if they were to allow a youth at the Initial rank of the Ascendion stage to take all the credits of the reclaiming mission.
The young Elite of the Yinar race thought the same.
However, they had already gotten a first-hand impression of his abilities and clearly understood that Jason had held back when he had used his Emperor Eyes' abyssal effect.
This was something they had already expected, but witnessing the sight of Jason's natural soul fusion, and the transformation he underwent, everything became so much more intense in their mind.
'He could have killed us with his eyes alone if he would have used this weird energy!!'
None of the youths had any idea that the weird energy which they were referring to meant the divine energy that was even purer, and much stronger than their Soul force.
All these days they had been living under the impression that their cultivation energy was the strongest, but now they were forced to undergo a reality check.
This hit them harder than expected as most young Elite could only see how the Specta stage Cultivators released their wandering souls and merged with them naturally before they shot towards Jason.
They were able to catch up with him, but it took them slightly longer than expected.
And that was under the consideration that their strength increased owing to the merged wandering soul they had released.
Thus, they quickly realized that even Jason's replicas were on par with Late Ascendion stage wandering souls.
However, what they didn't realize was the fact that they had completely forgotten to take Jason's combat proficiency into account.
If they were to understand that the replicas borrowed his combat experience and proficiency, they would be even more shocked about the unique technique he was using.
In fact, they would probably attempt to purchase the technique from him as it was bound to be something overly powerful.
Little did they know that it was his soulbond that had learned the technique instead of Jason himself.
In the end, there was not much time to think about Jason either.
As such, their focus quickly switched to the fights ahead which they joined after killing the wandering souls that were in their way.
Following that, they entered the fray, acting as the defensive line between the Specta stage wandering souls and those wandering souls at the Ascendion stage.
One could also say that they were dividing the battlefield into two parts, allowing Jason and the Elite of the Yinar race that was slowly advancing towards the interior of the mine.
They had a hard time catching up with Jason, and the moment they saw three of him fighting together, taking on dozens of wandering souls at the Late Ascendion stage, they felt insignificant.
And that was the case despite their cultivation base being higher than Jason's!
At this moment, Jennifer shot past them, and two pairs of wings were released as two swords manifested in her hands.
Spinning her body while releasing her two repulsive affinities, she transformed into a black and white as she advanced through the rows of wandering souls that obstructed her way.
'They're…both monsters!!"