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This power boost is quite a nice one… But I feel like I can gain even more at an even faster rate as long as I can obtain some form of automation for my Mirror Mirage's.
Azmodeus looked over his system interface and saw how much he needed to increase his Mirror Mirage Trait into G-Rank.
Without hesitation, he burned through enormous amounts of Evolution Essence in order to increase the Rank of one of his most used Traits.
With this Rank Up came a fundamental change to his Mirror Mirage Skill.
Unlike all the previous level ups, which simply increased the amount of the main body's power they could hold, this rank up allowed the Mirror Mirages to begin thinking for themselves.
The limit to this newfound intelligence was at the level of a farm animal. Still, it was still enough for him to give simple commands such as 'kill' or 'chase' without needing to externally control all of his Mirror Mirage using his mind.
Which mind you, put an extreme amount of pressure on the mind—an amount that would have already killed one with a lower mental fortitude.
Even Azmodeus himself was beginning to have trouble controlling 10 versions of himself, all with power in the Soul Transformation Realm.
But now, with this new Rank Up, his Mirror Mirages could be effectively used to acquire insane amounts of Evolution Essence!
"With my new Mirror Mirages, I can sit back and solidify my rapidly growing cultivation while still having them head out and clean up any Deacons and below that come to interrupt me."
Azmodeus's relaxed words resounded as he summoned all of his Mirror Mirage's before putting a few basic attribute-increasing runes on their bodies.
He also made sure to give them a few Mid-Earth Rank Formation Array Scrolls that should assist them if they ever got into a pickle with a Void Refining Realm Expert.
It was a little troublesome to get them to understand how to use the Formation Array's. But in the end, he was able to get his point across as he instructed them to head to the north, which was where the deeper segments of the River Serpent Sect lie.
He also informed them of the possibility of their being cities and such after passing a certain point, through which he told them not to kill anyone that didn't attack first.
But if they were attacked or were the first ones to be provoked, then well…
"Kill them all."
That was all he said before sending them off into the more populated parts of the River Serpent Sect.
After sending off all of the Mirror Mirages with a few of his Mid-Earth Ranked weapons as well, Azmodeus started to set up a High-Earth Rank Qi Gathering Array inside one of the Cave Abodes that was left behind by a Soul Transformation Realm Deacon.
The place was quite spacious and had a few stalactites here and there, with very minimalistic value exhibited from the way it was decorated.
There were a few hundred mats and a large throne on one side of the cave, which should've been where the Deacon gave his lectures and Dao Discussions to all his disciples.
"This place is quite to my liking; it will do just fine for what I wish to use it for," Amodeus muttered.
Thereafter, his hands danced around in the air, rearranging the cave abode to his liking.
After moving all the mats and the throne out of the way, an extremely large Array Formation was set down in their place.
It was big enough to cover up the entire mountain, and the instant it was fully laid out, a few diagrams and sigils sparked with a brilliant golden blue light.
BLING!
Following this eruption of light, the density of Qi within and around the Cave Abode increased a hundredfold!
It was far superior to the Sky-Rank Qi Gathering Formation Array that was in the cave prior to Azmodeus's 'renovations'.
Nevertheless, everything was as Azmodeus wanted it to be inside the cave abode, and it was at this point that he sat down in a lotus position.
He prepared himself to begin absorbing the abundant Spiritual Qi that now permeated the cave.
However, before Azmodeus entered a deep state of cultivation, he recalled something that was quite important to truly making this cave abode come together.
BING!
Something dropped out of his storage bag.
After a few wood carving sounds sounded out, a large golden red and black sign with the bold letters 'Heaven Exploding Cave Abode' were engraved into the front.
"Perfect."
Following this content proclamation, the sign was transmitted outside of the Cave Abode and mysteriously appeared atop the cave's entrance.
"Now that the naming of my new home is out of the way, I think it's about time I start my cultivation solidification session."
WAAA!
An extreme level of Qi started swirling around inside the Heaven Exploding Cave Abode as Azmodeus worked on consolidating his cultivation base.
He didn't plan to stop until he reached a point where his foundation could only be described as perfect!
Four months later.
The memories that Azmodeus had of the people he met since his rebirth have already become distant thoughts.
The only thing on his mind was acquiring greater improvements to all aspects of his existence!
"I have broken through to the Half-Step Soul Transformation Realm with a perfect foundation. Furthermore, my various professions are approaching the Late-Earth Rank ahead of schedule due to my increased Cultivation Talent stat.
On the other hand, many of my Mirror Mirages have died due to the interference of Void Refining Realm Outer Elder's. But, before they died, they were able to obtain absurd levels of Evolution Essence through the killing of a multitude of River Serpent Disciples."
Even though there were some losses, Azmodeus was still satisfied with everything he had gained over the last few months.
However, it was the topic of disciples that brought up something else for him…
Maybe I should get some disciples at some point as well…?
He pondered the matter for a few minutes before deciding to leave the topic for a him that was a few hundred years older.
For now, the only thing he wanted to be thinking about was increasing his cultivation even further.
The peak of Infinity waited for no man!
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