First, let me ascertain whether this talent possesses any flaws.

After indulging in laughter for a considerable time, Yu finally managed to temper his exhilaration, redirecting his gaze toward his newfound talent.

Though this ability appeared extraordinarily formidable, Yu understood that only through personal experimentation could he truly comprehend its nature.

Closing his eyes, he endeavored to communicate with his talent, summoning the shadow clone.

In the next instant, a ripple surged through the shadow beneath him.

A dark figure detached itself from his shadow, retreating half a meter away before slowly rising, gradually morphing into a featureless silhouette, completely enveloped in darkness, akin to a figure sculpted from black ink.

Shadow clone race shadow level, black iron, level one, constitution 1.

2, skills, none.

Gazing at the eerie shadow before him, Ufa felt no trace of fear.

Rather, he sensed an inexplicable connection between them.

He recognized that this was the manifestation of his shadow and simultaneously data regarding the shadow clone appeared before his eyes.

Indeed, it mirrors my attributes but lacks a soul.

Is it because shadows inherently lack a soul? Observing the data of the clone, Yuan noted that its physical constitution was identical to his own, including level and skills, both of which were unremarkable and non-existent.

However, what surprised UA was the absence of the soul attribute in this shadow clone.

After a moment's reflection, he deduced the reason.

Shadows possess no souls.

After all, being a byproduct of his talent, it was only natural.

Subsequently, Yu began to continuously unleash the ability to summon shadow clones.

After all, being alone at the edge of this forest was rather unsettling.

Although these shadow clones appeared somewhat eerie, they provided Yua with an immense sense of security.

Yet, just as he summoned the 28th shadow clone and prepared to create the 29th, a sudden wave of weakness washed over him, prompting Yua to halt the summoning of the shadow clones, gazing quizzically at them.

What's going on? Wasn't it said that I could create an infinite number of clones? Why can I only summon 28? Wait, 28? Goodness, isn't that the value of my soul attribute? Does each shadow clone consume 0.

1 of my soul attribute? With this realization, Yua hurriedly opened his status panel to investigate.

Fortunately, the observation of his soul, attribute remaining at 2.

8 without any dimmonition, brought him immense relief.

After all, what is the essence of a soul? Ye could not claim to fully comprehend it.

Yet he was aware that one need not witness a pig running to know what pork tastes like, even lacking an understanding of his soul's significance.

Yiu recognized that if it were to vanish, his fate would likely be dire.

Upon confirming that his soul attribute had not diminished, Yiu began to ponder the underlying reasons.

If the summoning did not consume his soul, could it possibly be reliant on the strength of his soul? The more he contemplated, the more he discerned the likelihood of this hypothesis.

However, with only a soul attribute of 2.

8, he found himself unable to experiment further.

Shaking his head, Yu temporarily set aside these musings, deciding to revisit them once his soul attribute increased.

Since I cannot divide my shadow clones at present, how about trying the skill of reversion? He contemplated, reversion could enhance my strength, serving as my greatest assurance for survival ever the pragmatist.

Yu acted on his thoughts, silently, reciting the word reversion.

In the next moment, a shadow clone dissolved into a wisp of darkness and merged with Yu's own shadow.

Almost immediately, he felt a surge of warmth coursing through his body.

In the following instant, Yiu sensed a transformation within himself and hastily opened his attribute panel for inspection.

Y use domain unnamed race human level black iron level one constitution 1.

21 average adult one soul 2.

8 Eight.

Average adult one.

Talent infinite shadow.

Skills none.

Equipment none.

Items none.

By heavens.

It truly increased by a factor of two.

Yuse eyes widened in astonishment, radiating brilliance akin to a third, thousand watt bulb.

As his thoughts coalesed, in the next moment, a succession of shadow clones began merging into a shadow.

However, upon the 11th clone merging, an intense sense of danger surged within him, prompting him to halt the process immediately.

Recalling the faintness he experienced when previously dividing his clones, coupled with this newfound peril, Yiu understood that 10 shadows were indeed his limit.

Yet this time, he felt no discouragement whatsoever.

He recognized that this limitation was merely a reflection of his current frailty.

All he needed was to grow stronger.

As his gaze fell upon his attributes, a smile of exhilaration crept across his face.

Constitution 1.

212, a T-fold increase.

Yu felt as though he could fell a bull with a single punch.

Subsequently, he separated the shadow clones that had merged with his own shadow, restoring his attributes back to their previous state of 1.

2.

However, he felt no dismay.

Rather, excitement coursed through him.

For regardless of whether merging or separating, he experienced no discomfort whatsoever.

This indicated that this ability bore no adverse effects and could be utilized as a regular capacity.

Subsequently, Yizuki experimented with the fusion of her clones and discovered that this process was akin to merging with oneself, resulting in a multiplicative enhancement.

However, unlike her personal fusion, the shadow clones did not possess a numerical limitation.

She was able to seamlessly amalgamate all 28 of her shadow clones into one.

The strength of the fuse clone was amplified by an astounding 28 times, rendering it extraordinarily formidable.

This revelation ignited a fervor within Yuzuki as she felt an overwhelming urge to proclaim her ambition to vanquish 10 foes.

Although her current prowess seemed meager and did not fully manifest the potential of this ability, she recognized that as her level ascended, this would become a power that transcended all others.

After being exhilarated by the terrifying potential of her innate talent for a considerable time, Yizuki gradually began to compose herself.

Chapter 3.

Territory characteristics.

Yiu's gaze turned towards the Thatched cottage.

Earlier he was eager to understand his talents and hadn't paid much attention to the territory characteristics.

Now reflecting back the two territory characteristics he had just seen seemed quite extraordinary.

With this in mind, EU quickly reopened the territory panel focusing on the territory characteristics.

Confluence of rivers quality attribute.

For every additional power system within the territory, the strength of the territory residence doubles.

Time and space traversal quality.

A tribute.

Whenever the territo's energy reaches its peak, it can briefly escape the infinite continent and randomly traverse to other worlds.

With the duration determined by the territory level and world rejection.

Wow.

What kind of divine characteristics are these? Is this confluence of rivers serious? For every additional power system, the strength of the territory resonance doubles.

But how is this multiplication calculated? Is it like my shadow fusion doubling incrementally or is it geometric and time and space traversal also seems quite impressive.

Moreover, this characteristic is simply a perfect match with confluence of rivers.

While there may not be many power systems on the infinite continent, he could go to other worlds to find them.

If he can find a 100 or 80 different power systems, wouldn't his territories residents be able to easily defeat beings of the same level with a casual punch? Looking at these two territory characteristics, to be honest, Yiu was really drooling.

They were as powerful to the point of being abnormal, just like his infinite shadow.

Yiu even suspected that perhaps he crossed over from under the skirt of the goddess of luck, acquiring such terrifying talents and characteristics.

Calm down.

Calm down.

These are growth type characteristics which are not very useful for me right now.

It's more practical to think about how to become stronger first.

However, Yu's excitement didn't last long before he suppressed it.

After all, while these two territory characteristics were indeed abnormal, they were actually of no use to him at the moment because his territory currently had no power systems and he couldn't even mention time and space traversal which required energy.

Moreover, Yiu also discovered that the energy consumed by time and space traversal was proportional to his territory.

The larger the territory, the greater the consumption when using this characteristic, and the energy required by the territory was precisely the crystal core.