Endless Clone Emperor

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Xiao Hei was also a little confused. He felt that this spirit stone was more dazzling than the previous mixed spirit stones.

Unsure if it was what the owner wanted, he hesitated for two seconds but still picked it up and put it in front of Su Zhan.

"This luck… It is definitely different for one person and two people!" Su Zhan couldn't help but sigh.

Mining can not only dig out mixed spirit stones but also has a chance of finding low-grade pure spirit stones. However, the probability is quite low.

He had been here for nearly a month, digging for at least 300 hours, and had only found pure spirit stones twice.

Unexpectedly, the two Xiao Hei clones dug on their first day, and after only half a day, they were lucky enough to find one!

"A natural low-grade pure spirit stone can be worth at least 10 artificial ones. If you can dig one to exchange, it's equivalent to 100 mixed spirit stones… This time, my progress has accelerated a lot!"

Artificial pure spirit stones are made by purifying and fusing mixed spirit stones. Natural pure spirit stones, because they haven't been processed, provide better effects for absorption, cultivation, refining medicine, refining tools, refining talismans, refining formations, etc., so their value is much higher.

"If two Xiao Hei clones have this probability, then with three, four, or even more clones, the probability will be higher," Su Zhan thought, smiling. "I just don't know how many can be counted in the black mark."

"Don't worry, wait until the spirit stones are gathered, and then try to absorb them!"

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Soon, half a day passed quietly.

"200 mixed spirit stones, these natural pure spirit stones can count as two, right?"

Subtracting the two in the morning, there were only 22 spirit stones left for the third stage.

"Xiao Hei, go one more time!"

At Su Zhan's command, Xiao Hei immediately turned into a shadow and ran out.

Under Su Zhan's remote control, about an hour later, Xiao Hei returned successfully, bringing 20 low-grade spirit stones.

Everything was ready.

"First, natural pure spirit stones."

Unlike absorbing ordinary spirit stones, the light emitted by the black mark was obviously brighter and more eye-catching.

As expected, after absorbing, no new Xiao Hei was born, nor did it bring any new changes.

"Try ordinary spirit stones one by one."

As the black fluorescence lit up, the spirit stones melted into Su Zhan's palm one by one.

The third one, no movement.

The fifth one, no movement.

The eighth one, calm as before.

Finally, it was the tenth one—

"It appeared!"

Su Zhan's eyes lit up. One natural pure spirit stone could be equivalent to 12. The black mark was still quite reliable.

But soon, a look of astonishment and surprise appeared on his face.

Because what appeared in front of him was not just one black shadow clone, but two!

"This…"

Su Zhan was a little confused. Two black shadow clones appeared at once?

But soon, he understood.

Two black shadow clones might be the gift of the third stage!

"It's basically certain."

"Every time the black mark reaches a new stage, it brings different new abilities… the improvement of intelligence, the opening of perspective, and now the change in quantity!"

"If it continues at this pace, the number of black shadow clones will increase much faster than the stages… By then, let alone a black squad, a black army will be just around the corner!"

Su Zhan's heart was surging.

He thought he had seen through the development trajectory of the black mark, but he never expected an unexpected new thing to appear, especially involving the number of black shadow clones he wanted most.

One more black shadow would increase efficiency by 50%, two more would directly increase it by 100%, and if there were more in the future, wouldn't the efficiency increase several times in a minute?

After a quick calculation, Su Zhan was full of smiles again.

Today's surprises were too many!

"Little Black, Little Black, here are your hoes, start digging!"

Su Zhan went out and got two hoes, throwing them to the two new Little Blacks. In the mine, everything was valuable except hoes, which were plentiful.

"Yes, Master!"

They took the hoes deftly and quickly walked to the mine wall, swinging the hoes to dig.

"The intelligence has improved again…"

Su Zhan's eyes were full of surprise.

Before, Little Black and Little Black would only call him master stiffly, but wouldn't respond.

Now they could not only receive instructions perfectly, but Su Zhan could also speak to them and they would understand!

"The Black Shadow Corps… is really just around the corner!"

Su Zhan's eyes were filled with passion.

With the continuous improvement of the black mark, the black shadow clones would inevitably improve to the point where they could completely understand all his instructions. By then, each black shadow clone might be no different from a normal person.

They would have thoughts, could understand, communicate, and execute… What did this mean?

It meant that with Su Zhan's words, a group of black shadows would work tirelessly, digging for 24 hours a day, obtaining spirit stones for him.

With one order, a group of black shadows could find opportunities to assassinate others and quickly harvest lives and spoils.

With one order, a group of black shadows could sneak into small towns, blend into the crowd, and find out all the news for him!

"I changed my mind. It's so boring to escape from here. I have to take over this place!"

Su Zhan curled his lips, with madness in his eyes, "I want the entire mine to belong to me alone!"

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