"Speaking of which, Yu is really looking more and more like you," Lin Tian said with a sigh, a hint of sadness in his voice.
As Lin Tian lay on the ground, looking up at Lin Yu's face, he seemed to see his deceased wife.
Lin Yu's mother was named Lin Sinnian, also from the Angel Clan, with the Angel Spirit.
In a fantasy World like the Douluo Continent, to ensure the purity of family bloodlines, most large families practice intermarriage, but not between direct blood relatives.
Large families have been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years, with nearly a thousand clan members. Although they are all of the same clan and share the same surname, the blood relations between many clan members are too distant.
As long as they are not direct blood relatives, other collateral relatives separated by more than three generations are not considered close relatives.
Even in the Blue Star Huaxia Code, it is explicitly stipulated that family members can marry after more than three generations.
Powerful families on the Douluo Continent, such as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Four Single-Attribute Families, and most other clans, also follow this practice.
Lin Yu's mother was once the goddess and proud daughter of the younger generation of the Angel Clan. She was devastatingly beautiful, with astonishing talent, and was the strongest junior in the Angel Clan at that time.
Her talent was even stronger than that of the current Angel Clan leader, Lin Tian, and she was hailed as an Angel Clan member who had the potential to become a Titled Douluo.
Unfortunately, twelve years ago, not long after Lin Sinnian gave birth to Lin Yu, she tragically died during an outdoor mission to eliminate a powerful evil Spirit Master force.
Lin Tian had sealed the memories of his wife deep in his heart, unwilling to recall them, because his love was so profound.
But today, countless memories of his deceased wife began to flood his mind.
"Father, I truly cannot bear to attack you, so I can only end this battle as quickly as possible."
"Good boy, your father won't be defeated so easily!" Lin Tian regained his focus and stood up again.
"Again!!"
"Good! Fourth Spirit Ability, Element Clone!!"
Lin Yu released seven clones at once, instantly putting immense pressure on Lin Tian.
Although Lin Yu's clones only possessed a single attribute, they completely inherited 100% of Lin Yu's spirit power strength, physical strength, and the power amplification from his Spirit Bone and external Spirit Bone, though they lacked Spirit Bone skills.
Despite this, each of Lin Yu's clones possessed combat power almost equivalent to a Titled Douluo.
What was even more shocking was that Lin Yu's seven clones also simultaneously unleashed their Fourth Spirit Ability.
"Fourth Spirit Ability, Element Clone!!"
The clones also released clones!
"What! Clones can also use the Fourth Spirit Ability? No way, is that even possible?!"
Lin Tian, Qian Daoliu, and the Seven Great Enshrinements were all greatly astonished.
The fire clone created another fire clone.
The water clone created another water clone. All seven clones simultaneously created a sub-clone.
Lin Yu suddenly had fourteen clones!
"Yes! I remember now, Lin Yu said back then that his Fourth Spirit Ability, Element Clone, could release his First and Second Spirit Abilities. For every spirit ring the main body gains, the clones can use one more Spirit Ability."
"Lin Yu is now a Six-Ring Spirit Emperor, so his clones can also use up to the Fourth Spirit Ability!"
"Wait! If that's the case, then how many Spirit Abilities can the clones of Lin Yu's clones use?!" Guang Ling asked curiously.
"Lin Yu, as a Six-Ring Spirit Emperor, his clones can use four Spirit Abilities. So, the clones of his clones might only be able to use two Spirit Abilities! If the sub-clones and clones could both use the same number of Spirit Abilities, then he could create infinite clones, which would be too abnormal. That shouldn't be possible!"
Their analysis was correct. Clones that release sub-clones will have two fewer Spirit Abilities than the original clones, but other configurations remain the same.
When Lin Yu's spirit ring count reaches the Eight-Ring Spirit Douluo stage, the sub-clones can also create clones once more.
When Lin Yu reaches the God-level realm and possesses the Tenth God Ring, he can gain another cloning ability.
This means that a God-level Lin Yu with ten rings can use Element Clone to create clones, sub-clones, sub-sub-clones, and sub-sub-sub-clones, a total of four cloning stages, resulting in 28 clones!
Although the clones created by clones will gradually weaken in quality, as Lin Yu's strength grows stronger and stronger, even if he becomes a God-level powerhouse in the future, even the fourth-tier clones will possess the combat power of a Divinity!
"My goodness, how do we fight this?!"
Looking at Lin Yu's fourteen clones in the sky, Lin Tian swallowed, feeling a bit disheartened to fight.
One Lin Yu could already fight him to a draw in close combat. Now, with fourteen more clones appearing, wouldn't he be completely dominated in close combat?
"Charge!!"
With a command from Lin Yu's main body, all fourteen clones simultaneously charged at Lin Tian.
"I'll risk it!!"
Lin Tian gritted his teeth and could only brace himself to meet the attack.
But without a doubt, Lin Tian was completely unable to withstand the simultaneous encirclement of Lin Yu's fourteen clones and was repeatedly forced to retreat.
Under such circumstances, without powerful area-of-effect attack skills, defeat was almost certain.
In an instant, Lin Tian was completely at a disadvantage.
Qian Daoliu had already seen the outcome: "He's lost. Lin Tian won't last much longer. He'll be defeated in at most three minutes."
Sure enough, after nearly three minutes, Lin Tian had used all of his first eight Spirit Abilities, and his condition was nearing its limit.
He was breathing heavily, his spirit power and physical strength greatly depleted.
Now, only one last wave!
"Yu! This is your father's final strike!" Lin Tian took a deep breath, unleashing his strongest move, his last gamble:
"Ninth Spirit Ability, Ten Thousand Streams of Light!!"
"Ugh, ahhh!" Lin Tian poured all his strength, a giant Angel phantom appearing behind him, wielding an Angel's Spear to attack Lin Yu.
"Then let's decide the victor, Father!"
"Sixth Spirit Ability, Angel Titan Fist!"
Lin Tian also had an even larger Angel appear behind him, throwing a punch.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The strongest forces of both sides collided for the last time.
After a full ten seconds of stalemate, Lin Tian's spirit power was completely exhausted, and he was injured by Lin Yu's remaining power.
He held his long spear stuck in the ground, relying on it to barely support his body, otherwise, he would find it very difficult to even stand.
At this moment, Lin Yu's remaining clones also rushed forward, but they all stopped just as their power was about to hit Lin Tian.
"The victor has been decided, Seven Element Gods. Is it really necessary to defeat the examiner?" Lin Yu's main body looked up at the sky, his expression sharp.
A moment later, the transparent wall disappeared.
This also signified the end of the battle and the end of the trial.
"It's finally over…"
"I lost…"
Lin Tian let out a long sigh of relief, withdrawing his power. As the long spear disappeared, his body began to tilt.
"Father!"
Just as Lin Tian was about to fall, Lin Yu's main body rushed forward and caught Lin Tian, saying apologetically, "I'm sorry, Father, I hurt you."
Lin Tian shook his head, and with rare tenderness, stroked Lin Yu's left cheek: "It's alright, Yu. You should do this. If you had hesitated to attack me and failed the trial because of it, then you would truly be letting me down!"
(End of Chapter)
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