I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

Mr. Ke leaped to the ground. He reveled in the immense power of his new body; the long-lost sensation of strength felt perfectly natural.

He had always refused to simply die of old age in a wheelchair. He had been waiting for this day, and he was more than prepared.

”Mr. Ke...”

The eyes of Chen Suifeng and the other experts from the Blue Star Party turned red. They could all see that the flames engulfing Mr. Ke were Soul Fire—a fire that burned the soul itself.

Mr. Ke’s body had long been ruined, but his soul remained intact. He was using his soul and the last vestiges of his life force as fuel to forcibly return to his peak.

It was like the final flare of a dying candle. When the flames were extinguished, Mr. Ke would truly die, and his body and soul would both dissipate into nothingness.

”All of you, stand back,” Mr. Ke said, his voice startlingly young and brimming with vigor.

Chen Suifeng and the others could only obey, retreating to leave Mr. Ke enough space for a battlefield.

On the Alien Party’s side, the various Overlords and Supremes also fell back. They all knew what was coming next: a battle between Legendary powerhouses. It was not a fight they could interfere in.

”Ke Xiuyuan, do you really think you can change anything?” Jiang Pingle’s eyes held a mix of mockery and pity. ”We are all just ants. You don’t understand the vastness of the cosmos or the insignificance of mortal power. Even if you manage to kill me, you can’t change humanity’s destiny.”

”Besides, you can’t even kill me. You won’t be able to protect a single one of the people behind you!”

Mr. Ke didn’t respond. He was burning his very life force, not to trade barbs with Jiang Pingle. He transformed into a streak of light and shot toward him.

As he charged, clones began to split off from his body, and in the blink of an eye, there were three of them.

Four versions of Mr. Ke appeared. Two engaged Jiang Pingle, while the other two besieged Marina.

The one-on-two situation had instantly flipped to a four-on-two in his favor.

Moreover, each of the clones was incredibly powerful, capable of unleashing Legendary Combat Power!

For a moment, they actually seized the upper hand, completely overwhelming Jiang Pingle and Marina.

Chen Suifeng and the others watched, their hearts pounding with excitement.

’Mr. Ke in his prime was so incredibly strong!’

’He was truly worthy of his title as the second-generation sovereign of the Lin Hua Continent, one of the most outstanding geniuses in the first five hundred years of the Era of Evolution.’

The battle between Mr. Ke, Jiang Pingle, and Marina moved from the ground high into the sky. The terrifying destructive force and the shockingly powerful aftershocks sent a tremor of fear through all the onlookers.

Mr. Ke maintained the upper hand. It was clear that in his prime, he had been a true top-tier Legendary expert.

He probably wasn’t far from the divine level, either.

Rumor had it that Mr. Ke’s talent surpassed even that of Lin Hua’s Legend. If he had been willing to set aside his responsibilities and walk the path to godhood, he might have ascended long ago.

But at that moment, Marina suddenly produced an item: a small blowgun.

The Tier 7 artifact, the Soul-Piercing Blowgun!

Faced with the pressure from Mr. Ke, she had finally brought out her divine-level artifact.

Marina aimed the blowgun at Mr. Ke and blew. An invisible spiritual attack shot out, scoring a direct hit on one of his clones.

The clone faltered for a moment before immediately resuming its attack, apparently not seriously affected.

In disbelief, Marina used the Soul-Piercing Blowgun again, this time targeting Mr. Ke’s real body.

But the result was the same. It only caused Mr. Ke’s movements to slow for a fraction of a second, having no significant impact.

Seeing this, Jiang Pingle ventured a guess. ”He’s already burning his soul. Your spiritual attacks are useless against him. The most they can do is cause his soul to feel pain.”

The goal of a spiritual attack is to damage the target’s soul. But since Mr. Ke was already burning his own soul, how could it possibly be damaged further?

As for the pain, it was nowhere near enough to shake his resolve.

Jiang Pingle took out his own artifact, the Storm Horn!

Soul Attacks were useless, but the Storm Horn wielded the genuine Power of Storm. There was no way Mr. Ke could ignore that.

WHOOOOOM!

Jiang Pingle blew the horn, summoning a furious storm capable of tearing anything apart. It swept toward Mr. Ke.

The storm was incredibly fast and wide-reaching. Two of Mr. Ke’s clones failed to evade in time and were engulfed by it.

In the blink of an eye, one clone was torn to pieces, while the other escaped, heavily wounded.

”Mr. Ke!”

Down below, Chen Suifeng and the others watched with bated breath, their hearts in their throats for Mr. Ke.

Some wanted to go support Mr. Ke, but the gap in power was too vast for them to be of any real help. Besides, the members of the Alien Party were watching them like hungry tigers. If they went to help, the Alien Party’s experts wouldn’t just stand by and watch.

’Mr. Ke has lost two clones, and his combat power is already falling. How can he possibly face Jiang Pingle while he’s wielding the Storm Horn?’

Just as everyone watched in an agony of suspense, Jiang Pingle raised the Storm Horn to his lips for a second time.

This time he was attacking Mr. Ke’s real body.

At that exact moment, a person suddenly appeared by Mr. Ke’s side. He had dark skin and a slender build, but his most striking feature was a pair of exceptionally bright, prominent front teeth.

”Mr. Ya!”

Chen Suifeng exclaimed in delight.

As a fellow Supreme, Chen Suifeng knew that Mr. Ya’s raw power might not match his own, but when it came to support abilities, ten of him couldn’t hold a candle to one Mr. Ya.

’With Mr. Ya to support him, Mr. Ke will be like a tiger with wings!’

Mr. Ya activated ”Invincibility,” helping Mr. Ke withstand the blast from the storm.

Jiang Pingle’s face paled slightly. Using the Storm Horn twice in a row had been extremely draining; he needed a moment to recover.

Back when they fought the Beast King Sponge, he and Marina had attacked in shifts, with Deng Sui also rotating in, which was how they were able to use the Storm Horn for so long.

After the effect of Mr. Ya’s ”Invincibility” wore off, Marina seized the opportunity and launched a spiritual attack at him with the Soul-Piercing Blowgun.

’This divine-level artifact might not be able to deal with Ke Xiuyuan, but you think it can’t deal with *you*?’

A smug look spread across Marina’s face, as if she could already see Mr. Ya’s spirit being utterly annihilated by her single attack.

This was no exaggeration. A divine-level spiritual attack from a divine-level artifact would be an absolute one-hit kill against a Supreme-level expert!

But just then, something suddenly appeared on Mr. Ya’s head... a helmet?

It looked a bit like a hard hat from a construction site, and it proved just as safe and reliable, blocking Marina’s spiritual attack for Mr. Ya.

However, after blocking the attack, the helmet cracked.

This was the spiritual defense skill that Mr. Ya had just obtained from a Bloodline Crystal—Safety Helmet.