897 I will decide my own fate! (2/2)

[Unfortunately, Contestant No. 1018, you cannot summon your servant Jinkuang after the trial commences.”]

Sheyan's expression showed that he was not surprised. This was the first trick he thought of. If he could summon Jinkuang, he could take off all his belongings, hand them over to Jinkaung, enter naked, then summon Jinkuang in the trial area to take back all his equipments. He believed that Jinkuang was a pretty OP existence, so that was his preferred solution. Unfortunately.... it failed.

However, Sheyan was not discouraged by this situation. His mouth curled into a sneer and continued:

”If my limbs are handicapped before I enter the trial area, will the clone show the same handicap? If I enter the trial area in a near-death state, will the clone be in the same state?”

This was Sheyan's second experiment. After all, the only advantage a contestant had were the first few seconds. If a contestant entered in a near-death state, they would have very little HP left. The contestant could use an honorary dosage as soon as they entered the area. That way, they could make themselves more powerful.

Even if the clone had a bonus to its HP, but if the base value was small, the bonus would not amount to much. One only needed to attack with a strong burst weapon such as a heavy-duty sniper rifle in those initial 3 seconds to offset the opponent's advantage by a large amount. With the weapons Sheyan had seen, a contestant could suppress the clone's recovery effect or even kill the clone in one combo.

Soon, the merciless notification of the nightmare realm appeared again:

[You will be restored to your peak condition the moment you enter the trial world. Therefore, your hypothetical cases are invalid.]

Sheyan's backup plan was ruthlessly foiled by the realm again.

Logically speaking, Sheyan should be feeling very anxious and depressed, but he actually looked quite calm. He asked with a composed voice:

”Among the items and abilities that I have right now, is there any that can't be carried or copied into the trial area?”

[Scanning in progress.... Your items passed the check. Your ability: Pestilence Monarch/Poison Monarch is something of very minute probability. It can only be partially copied.]

Sheyan visibly got nervous in the process of waiting for the answer. After hearing the answer from the nightmare realm, he nodded hard and without saying anything else, he stepped into the elliptical portal that shined with a cold red light.

The dual-attribute boundary breakthrough trial began now!!

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A cold wind blew on the white snow.

He was on a snowy peak. Although the peak was tall, it was not steep. The surrounding slopes were relatively flat with no steep cliff of ice in sight. If it wasn't because it was covered in snow, it would look quite similar to a sand mountain in the desert.

All around below the snowy peak, he could see large plains being formed. On the plains were short, soft plants - wormwood, fescue, tussock grass, bentgrass, alpine bistorts, horse wormwood, etc. The ends of the plains were surrounded by a layer of boundless void.

The void had some red patterns in it. It was obvious that falling into the void would not be desirable. Luckily, the edges of the plains had a strong translucent barrier to prevent this.

Sheyan stood at the top of the snowy peak, but he couldn't move yet. About five meters in front of him, there was a clear red light that was moving rapidly, like an electrical welding torch. Out of the light sprayed out an outline identical to Sheyan in the air. It became another copy of Sheyan that looked no different from him!

A mysterious feeling emerged in Sheyan's heart as he looked at the clone in front of him. When the clone was completed, his eyes were still closed. At the moment, he was still a fighting machine with no soul.

But soon, a large amount of images floated up from Sheyan's head. The images contained various memory fragments of his previous battles and thoughts. They were all copied by the nightmare space and injected into the clone's mind!

'The clone could even be infused with my past combat experiences and reasoning method?' Sheyan took a deep breath. 'As expected of a powerful opponent of a dual-attribute boundary breakthrough trial.'

The series of copying activities came to an end. The merciless voice of the nightmare realm once again resounded in his ears:

[Warning: The battle will start in thirty seconds. Please prepare yourself, Contestant No. 1018]

[Warning: Your opponent, the clone, has double your current base attributes, 1000% of your maximum HP, 100% of your item, 95% of your ability and 90% of your combat awareness, combat intelligence and combat experience. When you feel that you are unable to defeat the clone, you can immediately stop the battle through the nightmare imprint.]

[Hint: Once the clone enters the battle, he needs 5.7 seconds to get familiar with his new body. Therefore, he will be in a stunned state for 5.7 seconds. Please use this opportunity well. However, because you are attempting a dual-attribute boundary breakthrough, if you cause severe damage to the clone, the pain may shorten the stun duration.]

'5.7 seconds, that's more than what I expected. But causing pain will shorten this duration?' Sheyan sneered. 'Damn, even the only good news had a bad news to it. But do you think that's enough to take me down? I will decide my own fate!'

[The battle begins in: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!!!]