Unshackled Doppelgangers

Chapter 308, Age 22

The armor-clad Great Sage, Heaven's Equal, riding a cloud of fire, appeared before Wu Yu and said: "Today, I impart to you the Mystique Unshackled Doppelganger. On the day that you master it, you can create hundreds of thousands of body doubles, and you will be the commander of an army of millions."

The Unshackled Doppelganger is a doppelganger technique. While there are other doppelganger techniques among the Great Dao Mystiques, this technique is unparalleled among all others. Ordinary mystiques peak at three or four realms, but the Invincible Vajra Body consists of ten realms. This means that it is of about the same value as the Invincible Vajra Body. Of particular note is the fact that the 10 doppelgangers of the second tier are stronger than those of the first tier. Succeeding tiers will produce stronger doppelgangers.

*"In the third and fourth tiers, 90 more doppelgangers can be made, totaling to 100 of them in all. Once again, the fourth tier's doppelgangers are stronger than the third tier's. The first 10 doppelgangers created by the first tier are the strongest. The combined strength of the 10 of them can even contend with that of your original body."*

*"In the fifth and sixth tiers, 900 more doppelgangers can be created, totaling to 1,000 Doppelgangers."*

*"In the seventh and eighth tiers, 9,000 more doppelgangers can be created, totaling to 10,000 doppelgangers. Of these, the ones created during the first tier are the strongest, followed by the third tier and then the fifth.*

*"The ninth tier consists of 100,000 doppelgangers that will cover the sky and earth.*

*"The 10th tier of greater mastery allows for an unlimited number of doppelgangers to be created, even up to the millions. The entire land will be covered by them, and their presence will be noticed by all. During this stage, one can truly go toe to toe with an army of millions. An entire immortal army could be made by just one man!"*

The doppelgangers were formed from Wu Yu's strands of hair. It meant that they were part of Wu Yu's body. Just as how Wu Yu's arms obeyed his mind's commands, these doppelgangers did too. One difference between these doppelgangers and other body parts was that they possessed some level of self-awareness, much like spiritual immortal treasures. Under normal circumstances, Wu Yu would not have to invest a great deal of energy to control their each and every move.

This worked along the same principles as Jiu Ying's nine brains. Jiu Ying was truly a remarkable demon. While there was one main brain that was responsible for controlling the others, any of his brains could take over this role as needed. As a result, chopping off eight of the brains would not kill Jiu Ying, just like how chopping off one's arm would not result in one dying.

These doppelgangers were just smarter versions of Wu Yu's hairs.

Under the mysterious powers of the Heaven Dao Mystique, they were able to transform into Wu Yu's doppelgangers.

As for how capable they were… Wu Yu was no doubt in for a surprise.

To put things simply, they were approximately as strong as Wu Yu himself, so they were able to utilize all of his dao and battle techniques. The only techniques that these clones were unable to use were the Fixed Body Art and the Violent Art.

If they were to be equipped with swords, they could even use the God Eclipsing Void Sword without any issues.

In practice, however, they were not making use of Wu Yu's own Jindan essence. In this aspect, they were considered independent bodies. Each strand of hair was equivalent to an actual body that possessed various acupuncture points and even the Sea of Breath Meridian. Take the 10 doppelgangers standing before Wu Yu now as an example - each had their own Jindan!

The Jindan strength of these doppelgangers was only a little inferior to Wu Yu if combined together.

The only difference was that they did not have insanely resilient bodies like Wu Yu. The Invincible Vajra Body couldn't be transferred to these doppelgangers.

These doppelgangers possessed Wu Yu's battle acumen and various dao techniques. They could also rely on Wu Yu's understanding of his dao to cultivate, consume Golden Essence Pills to increase their Jindan essence, and use the of Immortality Art to refine their Jindan. Their attacking potency and ability to follow through were astonishing.

The only weakness would be that their bodies were extremely fragile. Although they possessed strong attacking potency, they would break down and return to Wu Yu's body as strands of hair if they were hit by their opponents. This was the case even if their opponent wasn't particularly strong. Once they returned to Wu Yu, they would have to recuperate for some time and return to a stable state before Wu Yu could execute this mystique once again.

The greatest surprise was that these doppelgangers could increase their strength by relying on Wu Yu’s understanding of dao. Even though their Jindan were just pseudo Jindan, it would be incredible if they could grow stronger as Wu Yu grew stronger. If Wu Yu became a big shot of a region one day, a strand of hair of his might be able to rule by himself.

To go further, every strand of hair might even be able to form a blood bond with their own spiritual immortal treasure!

Other than their understanding of cultivation and not having autonomy in practicing dao techniques, these doppelgangers were very much identical to humans. They were unique existences that existed as part of Wu Yu and attached themselves to Wu Yu.

For example, the doppelgangers would sit neatly on the floor, with Wu Yu in the middle, and refine their Jindan diligently with a thought from Wu Yu.