Chapter 899: The Terrifying Shadow Demon Beast (2/2)

Though, upon a second glance, they seemed to be in a permanent state of suffering. And for some reason, the feeling of dread filled up the clone the moment it gazed at the massive shadow demon beast.

At present, the massive shadow beast was just laying flat, partially submerged into a misty bottom that also seemed to be condensed by shadows. As far as the clone could see, there was only a vast stretch of shadows.

There were also some floating islands in the midst, housing tiny hills upon each. There seemed to be some native races living on some of them, ones that were large enough to resemble a mini continent. Krune was surprised to see them living in the same place as those shadow demon beasts.

Unexpectedly, all the residents there were weak, barely at the God Foundation Realm. Their numbers were few as well, only numbering in the thousands. The clone could spot at least ten such floating islands in its range of vision.

'I need to check them out,' the clone thought, immediately acting based on the thought. After all, it was just a fragment of Little Krune. Even with its death, nothing would happen. Moreover, everything it witnessed would be relayed to all the other fragments and Krune in real-time. So, there was zero concern about being unable to transmit the discovered information.

Having been unable to find any resources in the land that had been emptied by the Zamuria Empire and being unable to find any paths of exit to the continent, all the other clones flew towards the mountain range. They intended to approach the same spot and see if they could obtain anything from the floating islands.

The clone looked at the shadow beast, gazing at it for a long time as its image registered in its mind. Now, it was able to transform into it, albeit only appearance-wise. Its functionality couldn't be imitated. But thankfully, for Krune, his Spiritual Incarnation was comprised of all the laws in the God Realm.

So, albeit difficult, the transformations were somewhat able to execute the same actions as the original. Though, to improve upon such actions, they had to comprehend the respective laws at play to a deeper extent.

Slowly but surely, the earthworm-type demon beast form of the clone morphed as its body turned into a fluid, resembling shadows as it grew a pair of wings, flipping them once to splash forth some droplets of shadow on the tunnel floor.

The shadows instantly vaporized as if they didn't belong on the ground. Moreover, the shadow beast's form was rapidly growing weaker in strength. It seemed it couldn't exist anywhere beyond its shadow habitat.

The clone flapped its wings and took a dive of faith, exiting the tunnel as it made a beeline into the sea of shadows. But, before it could touch the sea of shadows, it began to recover. Moreover, it felt a sense of threat from inside, swiftly steering clear from it as it began to fly up.

Soon, it reached the first floating island, one that was barely a kilometer in diameter. Upon landing on the island, the clone made a sweep using its Mental Energy Scan, unwilling to use any Godly Energy in fear the massive shadow beast would be woken up.

Of course, it could still feel a great number of gazes on it, directed from the wings of the massive shadow beast. The shadows on it were squirming all over its wings, at times trying to escape it and head towards the clone. Sadly, something seemed to have kept them bound to the wings, preventing them from roaming free.

The entire place gave it the chills. Unwilling to waste any time, the clone finished inspecting the island. There was barely any Godly Energy in it. Moreover, the minerals were too widespread. There were barely any mineral deposits that it could mine.

It then flew forward, flying for a long time before it reached a massive island, one that was at least 10 kilometers in radius. The native population there seemed to be humanoid, but they weren't humans.

They seemed to be a mixture between humans and the shadows as they were draped by tatters of the shadow that acted as their dress. Moreover, parts of their body were solely made of shadow and varied from person to person.

For some, it was their teeth. For some, it was one or more of their limbs. For some, it was one of their eyes or ears. But there were also cases where their entire heads were made from the shadows. All in all, they seemed to be a weird humanoid race that had adapted to the region.

As the clone flew over it, the indigenous race immediately prostrated on the ground, hailing praises in their language. As to what they were saying, the clone was unable to understand. But judging by their actions, it could sense they were hailing praises.

It then landed on the island, making a sweep using its Mental Energy Scan to find traces of Godly Energy settled in some parts of the island. From what it could see, it didn't seem to have a definite source. Rather, it seemed to be the areas of deposit that the island itself had absorbed over the years.

It wasn't a great amount. Rather, Krune could completely use it up within a month's worth of cultivation. Sighing, the clone left the island, unaware of what transpired after its departure.

The indigenous people ripped out the shadows, forming their bodies as they combined them together, molding it like clay as they finished creating a figure resembling the clone. Then, they placed it on a pedestal and began to pray towards it.

And at the same time, something budded in the wings of the clone.