Doomsday Roulette

Just like someone taking a train or plane for the first time, there is an instinctive curiosity about the vehicle they are in.

Ye Zhongming felt the same way as he stood by the porthole, gazing at the dazzling and colorful universe outside, not moving for a long time.

Aslan walked over, stood beside Ye Zhongming, glanced outside, estimated their position, and then turned to look at this year’s key training subject from the Star-Eye Clan.

"Tell me the truth, how many double poison shadows can you create at most? Can they all hold weapons?"

Aslan's emotions were quite complex regarding this rookie, oh no, this newb. He had taught him the double poison shadow skill, but in just a few days, the student had exceeded his expectations and improved upon it, making him a focus of cultivation.

The current situation was that Aslan no longer had the qualifications to be his teacher; Commander Jikesu would personally instruct him.

Of course, this was on the condition that he returned alive from the rookie battlefield.

Ye Zhongming had a good impression of the female birdman beside him. During the teaching of the double poison shadow ability, she had been absolutely dedicated, and Ye Zhongming could feel the strong expectations from the King of Cloud Summit.

However… Ye Zhongming always felt that the female birdman was a bit stubborn. Wasn’t he just concealing a little bit about how to improve the double poison shadow? Did it require her to look at him with such a hurtful expression? She had remained cold and unfriendly throughout the journey. Also, who arranged for this birdman to be the liaison officer for this rookie battlefield? Wasn't that just making things uncomfortable for him?

At least until now, Ye Zhongming was still unclear about the female birdman’s identity and naturally wouldn’t understand the efforts the Star-Eye Clan was making to cultivate Aslan.

"That's... hard to say."

Aslan rolled his eyes, clearly not believing Ye Zhongming's words, while internally giving an unrealistic definition to the King of Cloud Summit.

In truth, Ye Zhongming wasn’t withholding information; he genuinely didn’t know how many clones he could produce.

The double poison shadow skill required energy release from the self, and mental power was the most important aspect. Fortunately, Ye Zhongming had a significant advantage in this regard. If it were merely about releasing shadows, he could produce a large number.

But combat wasn't simply about the number of shadows released. In this skill, the toxicity was fixed; to be effective, it had to be contained within a limited number of shadows.

The reason Ye Zhongming's summoned shadows could wield weapons was that his shadows were more solid. In other words, the energy consumed on one shadow was many times more than what a Star-Eye Clan member would use.

In battle, situations changed quickly. Sometimes a shadow might need to absorb an attack, which would require less energy, while those serving as main attackers would need to be specially cultivated.

So when faced with this question, Ye Zhongming genuinely didn’t know how to respond. If he could just summon illusionary shadows, he could summon countless of them, beyond his own count. But for the useful ones, he couldn’t predict at all.

After calming his emotions, Aslan said, "Let me introduce you to your teammates."

Aslan waved his hand, and three beings walked over from behind.

Ye Zhongming turned to look at these few guys who had been standing there for a while.

Among them, there was one he recognized; it was the one who had entered the garbage trial with him. The other two, however, were strangers. Were there other trial areas?

"Jie Kui, Bularno, Shikangbu."

Jie Kui was the one who had participated in the garbage trial with Ye Zhongming.

Perhaps because only two had survived the entire trial and they had no conflicts, Jie Kui nodded amiably at Ye Zhongming.

The other two didn’t show any expression towards Ye Zhongming, and it was evident that they were unfriendly towards him.