Chapter 140: Strange Clones (2/2)

Xiao Fang saw its fist coming, but he decided not to dodge it. He wanted to take it head on.

They went blow for blow, but since Xiao Fang was still new to this realm, his attack was still a bit weaker than he expected it to be, but as they continued to exchange blows Xiao Fang was quickly able to overpower it.

Even if he was still a long way from being comfortable fighting in this realm, he was still a realm above the spirit beast so the battle was heavily in his favour.

Xiao Fang created a perfect illusory clone whenever he needed to evade an attack or create a distraction to find an opening. Since the only form of martial arts he was proficient in was in swordsmanship, his illusory clones helped him get the edge he needed to compensate for his lack of hand to hand combat skills.

Suddenly, the spirit beast landed a strike with it's tail. Xiao Fang was pushed back several meters, but the attack didn't hurt him as much as he expected it to. After everything Xiao Fang went through and considering how much stronger he was now, the tail whip felt like nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

The spirit beast didn't have the same smug look on its face anymore. Not only was Xiao Fang's attacks much stronger, he was also landing 10 to 15 hits before the Divine Spirit Beast could even land 1.

With a serious look on its face, the Divine Spirit Beast created a clone of its own, then another, and then another. When it was done, there were 15 clones of the Divine Spirit Beast standing side by side with each other.

Xiao Fang was surprised, but considering the fact that it was in the Divine Spirit realm, it made sense that it was able to create so many Illusory clones. The only thing that worried him a bit was that its clones were even more perfect than Xiao Fang's. Xiao Fang could look at them for hours but still not distinguish the real one from the fakes, and since everything in the spirit pagoda was in spirit form, he couldn't rely on his ears to figure it out.

The Divine Spirit Beast made the first move. Xiao Fang couldn't tell whether the first one to reach him was real or fake so he decided to block it.

The fist hit his arm and it pushed him back a little.

'I found you,' Xiao Fang thought as he locked eyes with the Divine Spirit Beast that just hit him.

Ignoring all of the clones, Xiao Fang went straight for the one he was locked eyes with, but then his swordsman's instincts began to flare up. Xiao Fang dodged, but he didn't understand why. Suddenly the clone that missed him destroyed the ground on impact.

'What!? If this is the real one then-'

Suddenly, his swordsman's instincts warned him again, but it was coming from a different direction.

All of the clones were closing in on his position, so Xiao Fang dodged the attacks then retreated several meters away.

This was all too confusing for him. Was the Divine Spirit Beast somehow switching places with its clones or were the clones all real?

Xiao Fang then created 2 illusory clones of his own then made them rush into the group of spirit beasts from two different directions. They were immediately attacked by the group of spirit beasts and they both turned into a mist of qi at the same time when they were hit.

Xiao Fang slightly frowned.

'Those aren't illusory clones.'