In the blink of an eye, a day passed.
The next day, Su Yuan again arrived at Qingming Realm.
Seeing Su Yuan come in, Ruan Ruan's tired expression immediately brightened. It shrunk its body and hopped over to Su Yuan.
As a Shining Star Level Demon Beast, Ruan Ruan had been practicing its skills non-stop for a whole day and night. It was already somewhat exhausted.
Su Yuan smiled and rubbed its head. "Ruan Ruan, you did well!"
Ruan Ruan jumped up and down happily on the spot.
Su Yuan could check on the situation in Qingming Realm at any time. He naturally knew that Ruan Ruan almost never took a break during its cultivation, which was extremely diligent and hard-working!
Su Yuan flipped his hand and took out two 2-liter bottles of ice-cold Coke. Ruan Ruan's eyes lit up, and it conjured two hands, opened the bottles, and poured them into its mouth, finishing both bottles in no time.
"Chirp... burp... chirp!
Downing two bottles of ice-cold Coke, Ruan Ruan's eyes sparkled. It had completely regained its Yuan Qi, feeling more refreshed than any elixir or Star Stone!
Su Yuan smiled. "Next, use Dream Reflection and utilize Yesterday Reappears to recreate the entire practice from yesterday."
Ruan Ruan wriggled its body, blue light emerging, but it wasn't using Yesterday Reappears...
Instead, waterlight circulated on Ruan Ruan's body, and with a "pop," it transformed into two "Ruan Ruans."
"Divide and Conquer, huh?" Su Yuan immediately remembered Ruan Ruan's skill.
The two Ruan Ruans closed their eyes, blue light flowing on their bodies, and simultaneously used Yesterday Reappears.
Silver light shone in Su Yuan's eyes through All-Knowing Vision, observing the energy fluctuations on the two Ruan Ruans. He found that the energy flow in both was identical in strength and route, with no difference at all.
"Can't tell which one is real, or... both are the real body?"
Su Yuan's eyes showed thought. He didn't know the purpose of Ruan Ruan's move but patiently waited.
About half an hour later, both Ruan Ruans opened their eyes.
Purple light glowed in their eyes. A mystical feeling filled their minds, and the power of Dream Reflection surged within both of them.
Feeling the changes within their body, both Ruan Ruans jumped up in excitement. They merged back into one Ruan Ruan, leaping into Su Yuan's arms.
"Ruan Ruan, how do you feel?" Su Yuan quickly held it up and asked.
Ruan Ruan looked at Su Yuan and said excitedly, "Chirp chirp (It works; both bodies work)!"
Su Yuan's pupils contracted, immediately understanding the meaning.
"Are you saying, the skill experience gained by two avatars through Dream Reflection can be combined!"
"Chirp chirp!" Ruan Ruan nodded repeatedly.
Su Yuan took a deep breath.
This... is doubling the hack?
Originally, Ruan Ruan used Yesterday Reappears and Dream Reflection to recreate the experiences from yesterday, cheating a day's worth of practice experience.
Now by using Divide and Conquer to turn into two Ruan Ruans, that cheating experience has doubled again.
Su Yuan promptly asked, "How many bodies can you split into at most?"
The number of bodies directly correlates to how many sets of practice experience can be gained, which is crucial.
"Chirp chirp, chirp chirp (Currently, only two, more might be possible after upgrading)!"
"Good!" Su Yuan felt a joy in his heart.
It seems that Ruan Ruan's [Divide and Conquer] created bodies could indeed use [Dream Reflection] for stacking effects.
Since Divide and Conquer is Ruan Ruan's own skill, Su Yuan could enhance it using Star Dust first.
After that, Ruan Ruan could use Dream Reflection, Yesterday Reappears, and Divide and Conquer to geometrically increase the speed of its skill cultivation.
Su Yuan secretly clicked his tongue and asked, "So can you do it again now?"
"Chirp chirp (No)..." Ruan Ruan drooped its little face.
After chatting with Ruan Ruan for a while, Su Yuan roughly understood.
According to Ruan Ruan, the current [Dream Reflection] was still at the "Entry-level," with a huge spiritual power consumption. Continuous use was too taxing, and it would likely take another day before it could be used again.
As for [Yesterday Reappears], as the level increased, it seemed to be able to expand the retrospective time range, like recalling specific days within a month, rather than just yesterday.
Su Yuan nodded with satisfaction. "After all, it's about gaining experience and insight through dreams; such a miraculous magic would naturally consume a lot of spiritual power.
When the levels of Dream Reflection and Yesterday Reappears rise, your cultivation will assuredly be smoother."
Ruan Ruan had already broken through, and everything was ready. It was time to set off.
Su Yuan immediately said, "Then next, let's go hunting!"
Ruan Ruan's eyes sparkled and it jumped onto Su Yuan's shoulder.
Ruan Ruan excitedly jumped onto Su Yuan's shoulder, ready for action, eyes shining.
This time, it finally didn't have to be just a mascot!
Su Yuan took Ruan Ruan back to the dormitory, raised his hands, and surging silver light violently swirled in front of him.
After a while, a silver Space Gate had formed in front of him.
Su Yuan stepped in and disappeared from the spot...
The Entry-level Space Gate, once completed, could transport dozens of kilometers.
Aside from some cooldown in between, this mode of travel was far faster than any airplane!
In less than half a day, Su Yuan had arrived outside the Ancient Forbidden Zone.
"Last time, my strength was insufficient, so I couldn't hunt properly. This time, I can fight freely..."
Gazing at the Forbidden Line ahead, Su Yuan's eyes narrowed. He leaped over immediately.
Su Yuan didn't restrain his aura. Like last time, the low-intelligence Star Beasts nearby rushed forward aggressively as soon as they sensed a human crossing the line!
With a flash of eerie red light, the Demon-controlling God Demon Saber already fell into Su Yuan's hand.
Su Yuan raised the saber and swung. Space's black lines slashed through the void. The dozen or so Star Beasts approaching were sliced into two pieces and fell dead on the ground.
Seeing this, the approaching Star Beasts were immediately terrified and hastily retreated in fear!
The forest was instantly noisy.
Silver light gleamed in Su Yuan's eyes. He swung his saber, and the black lines cut through the void at high speed before the saber swung back to his waist.
In just a few seconds, the surroundings fell silent abruptly.
Under All-Knowing Vision, everything was revealed. Within a few hundred meters, whether attacking Su Yuan or resting on their own, not a single Star Beast survived his onslaught.
Su Yuan's expression was indifferent. The Demon-controlling God Demon Saber gleamed with a crimson light, seemingly excited.
"Demon-slaying Progress: Gold Level (2/100)."
"Chirp chirp (Su Yuan's awesome)!" Ruan Ruan on his shoulder cheered for Su Yuan.
Su Yuan lifted his hand and opened the Gate of Hell. Numerous Shining Star-level Netherfire Steel Bone Wolves surged out from the gate, scattering around to collect the freshly fallen Star Cores.
Letting Shining Star-level creatures pick up corpses was quite extravagant...
Ruan Ruan jumped down from his shoulder, transformed into a humanoid shape, and gathered the Star Cores retrieved by the wolves into a net woven of Star Power, handing them to Su Yuan.
"Su Yuan, here you go!"
Su Yuan reached out and took a Silver Stage Elite Star Beast's Star Core. He was about to extract and decompose it the usual way.
However, at this moment, he received a prompt from the system.
Su Yuan's heart moved slightly, and he secretly instructed, "System, decompose this Star Core."
A peculiar energy covered the Star Core through Su Yuan's right hand. Soon, the Star Core turned into a plume of Spirit Light and decomposed completely.
Simultaneously, the energy essence within the Star Core was entirely absorbed by the system without any loss.
Su Yuan immediately opened the system. A Green Card that used to provide only 40 points of Star Dust now directly absorbed this Star Core, giving him a whopping 86 points!
"Did the system upgrade too?" Su Yuan's eyes lit up.
When one rises, so do their companions.
With his breakthrough to Shining Star Level, the system also improved its performance.
It could not only directly absorb Star Cores but also increase the amount of Star Dust gained significantly!
Su Yuan then decomposed another Silver Stage Elite Star Beast's Star Core. This time, it gave 92 points!
"Because directly decomposing and absorbing the Star Core's essence avoids the energy waste of the Star Card extraction process..."
Su Yuan roughly understood. He decomposed and absorbed the two Gold Level Elite Star Beasts' Star Cores, each providing over a hundred points of Star Dust.
"So, the Star Dust obtained through this method is more complete and specific, and is now linked to the Level."
Su Yuan nodded quietly and decomposed all the remaining Star Cores.
No matter what, this was definitely a good thing for him.
Su Yuan raised his hand and summoned the Frost Giant Dragon and Hellfire.
"Let's go, the hunt begins."
Ruan Ruan raised its fist high in excitement. "Charge!"