272: Wow, he can actually split himself?

Gang Dan reappearing left Tian Ming somewhat bewildered; he had thought this Corpse King had already been slain by him, but unexpectedly, she could still emerge from another building.

Tian Ming frowned, "What is this? A doppelganger?"

"Human Ability User, combine with me, only then can we have the strongest offspring," Gang Dan's voice resounded through the sky, filled with temptation. Her tight-fitting attire made her appear full of power. Her eyes glittered with black light, as if capable of attracting everything.

"My taste isn't that heavy!" Tian Ming said, instantly condensing a Nitrogen Bomb and throwing it towards Gang Dan.

"Boom!"

Gang Dan was instantly torn apart by the bomb, disintegrating into countless fragments.

"Hehehe, this little temper, my sister really likes it!" Gang Dan's voice came from another building. Soon after, an identical young girl walked out of the building.

Tian Ming felt like he had poked a Gang Dan nest. Just how many doppelganger puppets did this Corpse King have? Tian Ming stared intently at the Gang Dan who had appeared again, his vigilance reaching its peak. This Corpse King was clearly more troublesome than he had imagined, capable of using doppelgangers to mislead enemies.

With a wave of Tian Ming's hand, the fragments of Gang Dan on the ground floated up. It was glass. Tian Ming's lips curled into a cold smile; if there were doppelgangers, there must be a main body.

The surrounding scenes, including the underground, entered Tian Ming's mind. Soon, he discovered a humanoid creature deep underground, a hundred meters below, where the concentration of silicon elements was far greater than anywhere else.

Tian Ming instantly vanished from his spot, appearing moments later deep underground. In the dim red light of the underground, a humanoid creature lay quietly. Its body was covered in a thick layer of silicon elements, like wearing a suit of armor. This was Gang Dan's main body.

Gang Dan's main body was not as arrogant as her doppelgangers; instead, she appeared somewhat weak. She lay with her eyes closed, seemingly in a deep sleep. The surrounding silicon elements continuously gathered on her body, providing her with energy.

Her body was transparent, like a glass doll, completely still. Her entire body emitted a hazy white light. This underground space resembled a giant embryo, and its periphery was covered in glass fibers, like intricate, gnarled tree roots extending in all directions.

Each glass fiber was like a nerve, or a high-speed optical fiber, constantly gathering silicon elements within the earth, creating similar embryos, and giving birth to different doppelgangers.

Crack!

Tian Ming extended his palm, and immense pressure instantly formed. The silicon element armor shattered in response. Gang Dan's main body was jolted awake. She opened her eyes, revealing a pair of black pupils.

"You..." Gang Dan's main body was about to say something, but Tian Ming gave her no chance.

The pressure reached its peak in an instant, crushing Gang Dan's main body's head.

"You... you bastard..." Gang Dan's voice was intermittent, but Tian Ming heard it clearly.

He sneered inwardly. This Corpse King indeed had some abilities, capable of creating so many doppelgangers through silicon elements, but unfortunately, her main body was too fragile.

A Red Crystal Core slowly condensed. This Red Crystal Core was not blue, nor red, nor white. It was a crystal clear Red Crystal Core, as transparent as crystal.

Tian Ming waved his hand, and the Red Crystal Core fell into his grasp.

This time, Tian Ming hesitated for a moment. Among the three types of Red Crystal Cores he had encountered, blue enhanced element manipulation, red could expand the types of abilities, and white allowed him to gain improvements related to mental power. So what kind of ability could this transparent one grant him?

"No matter what, I'll try it first," Tian Ming smiled, directly activating and absorbing the Red Crystal Core.

The Red Crystal Core's energy was not very strong; the impact it had on Tian Ming's body felt even less than that of the blue Red Crystal Core. After absorbing the Red Crystal Core, Tian Ming stood inside the nest, feeling as if nothing had happened.

This was very puzzling. Why had nothing happened? Did this Red Crystal Core have no effect at all? Tian Ming smiled bitterly and shook his head. His figure vanished from the nest, and moments later, he appeared on the surface.

Because Gang Dan had been eliminated by him, the Corpse Kings who had submitted to Gang Dan felt the Release of their mental contract and fled. The existence capable of killing Gang Dan was a terrifying presence for those Corpse Kings with a certain degree of intelligence.

Three minutes after absorbing the transparent Red Crystal Core, fragments of Gang Dan's memories began to appear in Tian Ming's mind. These were memories about her ability usage; her core ability was to create puppets, which were doppelgangers.

Gang Dan's essence was a zombie that manipulated silicon elements and silicon oxides. If she were alone, the doppelgangers she created would only be silicon-related. But if she combined with zombies capable of manipulating other elements, she could create puppets of other elements through reproduction.

After Tian Ming obtained these memories, a bitter smile involuntarily appeared on his lips. No wonder Gang Dan wanted to have children with him. Following the memory's instructions, Tian Ming waved both hands, and various elements gathered in the air. Soon, an identical doppelganger appeared before Tian Ming.

At this moment, Tian Ming's mind gained an additional perspective, that of the doppelganger. The entire doppelganger had no consciousness; its consciousness was linked to Tian Ming's.

Tian Ming was overjoyed. "Isn't this just Sun Wukong? This is too amazing!" Tian Ming tried to manipulate the doppelganger, just like playing a computer game.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, Tian Ming created over fifty doppelgangers in one go. The scene was spectacular, and Tian Ming's mind now had fifty more perspectives.

This thing was like a CPU opening multiple threads. Tian Ming opened fifty cores at once, and with too many perspectives in his mind, his CPU instantly reached full load.

"Ugh!" Tian Ming almost vomited.

Fifty first-person perspectives in his mind, even for someone as strong as him, were unbearable.

Tian Ming disintegrated over forty doppelgangers, leaving ten.

The dizzy feeling in his brain improved significantly, but there were still too many perspective screens. It felt like being in a monitoring room, with every screen being an immersive experience.

Tian Ming disintegrated another one, until there were nine doppelgangers, and his discomfort was not as strong. Nine doppelgangers were Tian Ming's limit. Tian Ming changed the doppelgangers' body skeletons to high-strength nano-alloys and their muscles to carbon fiber.

After the modifications were complete, these doppelgangers turned into 'black ghosts'. Giving each of them a protective suit, Tian Ming instantly had nine subordinates. This was great! He wondered what the control range of these doppelgangers was.

Tian Ming flashed away and returned a minute later. The distance was not much; he ran about 50 kilometers before the perspective screen in his mind disappeared.

The maximum distance was fifty kilometers. Tian Ming closed his eyes, leaving only one doppelganger's perspective. This time, the distance increased to two hundred kilometers.