A Test Of Strength, Unexpected Breakthroughs

Chapter 3

In the extensive, deserted courtyard of the Devilduke household, a young man with long black hair and sword-like eyebrows stood poised like an unsheathed spear, his gaze fixated on a wooden dummy.

The dummy itself was the size of a large human, capable of withstanding the strength of someone in the Qi Condensation Realm, making it an ideal low-level strength tester.

For the younger generation of the Devilduke family, it served as the best means to figure out who was the strongest among them.

However, for Lucifer, it was more than just a testing tool— it was a means for him to understand if his current strength could contribute to his plans.

With that thought in mind, he got right down to it and put his body in a fighting stance, drawing upon his knowledge of the Late-Common Rank 'Lethal Flying Upper Kick.' He then launched an incredibly precise and lethal power move—a move that utilized 100% of his bodily strength.

WHIZ!

The air whistled as Lucifer's kick broke through it, striking the wooden dummy in a split second!

WHOOOM!

As the dummy was hurtled back by the kick's sheer force, the momentum from the kick lingered and manifested itself in the form of razor-sharp air fluctuations.

Only after the dummy rebounded to its original position did Lucifer relax and wait for the following thing to happen.

And something surely did happen. Mysterious means were used in order to have a few slivers of cloudy Qi seep from the dummy.

These threads of Qi gathered together before organizing themselves mid-air, transforming into an assortment of numbers '765'.

At the full formation of the number, a contemplative look crossed Lucifer's slightly above-average facial features.

'It seems like acquiring this body has resulted in a significant increase in strength; its initial cultivation base of the Early Pulse Condensation Stage has now firmly planted itself in the Peak Pulse Condensation Stage.'

'This means that I have successfully advanced through three minor stages within the Body Refinement Realm.'

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1st Major Realm: Body Refinement Realm

Divided into 14 minor realms:

|1. Strength Training => 2. Flesh Training => 3. Viscera Training Small Success => 4. Viscera Training Large Success => 5. Altering Muscle => 6. Bone Forging => 7. Early Pulse Condensation => 8. Middle Pulse Condensation => 9. Late Pulse Condensation => 10. Peak Pulse Condensation => 11. 20% Tempering Marrow => 12. 40% Tempering Marrow => 13. 60% Tempering Marrow => 14. 100% Tempering Marrow|

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Even though he was not born with a Spiritual Root, Lucifer's original body owner was lucky enough to be born with a Cultivation Talent of a moderate degree.

It was thanks to this Cultivation Talent that he managed to achieve the Early Pulse Condensation Realm within just 6 years of cultivation.

Although this wasn't considered exceptional among the younger generations of the Devilduke household, it was still good enough to fend himself off against low-level bandits, vagrants, and the like.

'This should be sufficient to begin the next step of the plan. But if that little maid of mine could acquire those materials, I could speed things up…'

Lucifer turned his piercing gaze toward a large eastern-style mansion in the distance, where a number of high-ranking guards could be seen patrolling the perimeter, keeping an ever-watchful eye for anything that was remotely suspicious.

'Those shiny-armored nuisances will surely get in the way, but under no circumstances will they be able to suppress my path to Infinite Evolution…'

As these dangerous thoughts swirled in his calculative mind, an unknown phenomenon began to stir within his psyche.

After a series of flickering, static sounds echoed out, something started to change for Lucifer…

BLING!

[Ding! The Infinite Clone System has found its host!]

With the arrival of these few words, the life of a rogue clone was turned upside down in an instant!

Along with it came an untold number of benefits sitting in the wake, ready to be claimed by the one who would later be known as the Unparalleled Loot Goblin!