Silvis Province, Nuoding City, Spirit Jade Escort Agency.
The disciples working as escorts in the Spirit Jade Escort Agency all wore uniform cyan-colored attire, with jade badges symbolizing the agency's identity pinned to their chests. On each badge was exquisitely carved a jade sword.
Just after Tang San and Xiao Wu appeared in the Spirit Jade Restaurant in Soto City, a team of people in Nuoding City's Spirit Jade Escort Agency concealed their tracks and headed toward Holy Soul Village.
This was Oscar's doing. The so-called Spirit Jade Sword Sect, Emerald Scale Family, Spirit Jade Sword Lord, and everything else were all created by him over the past year through Clone Sausage and Copy Sausage.
To this end, Oscar had made extensive plans and countless preparations, and now his creation finally began to have the true aura of a "major power."
At this time, Oscar himself was cultivating in Shrek Academy. The masked young man in the Soto City restaurant was his clone, and the team heading toward Holy Soul Village in Nuoding City was also composed of his clones.
Now, Oscar had lost count of how many clones he had, even Oscar himself hadn't carefully investigated the number of clones, because with his current spiritual power, he could only truly achieve spiritual connection with ten clones at most.
And what about all those other clones? Oscar didn't command them all the time, but left each clone with a subconscious instruction, allowing each clone to continue doing what it was supposed to do according to the preset instructions.
This was like hypnosis. After giving oneself a psychological suggestion, even without thinking, one would continue to maintain the set goal, and Oscar only needed to occasionally check on the clones' situations.
However, there were special cases, such as the Spirit Master squad in Nuoding City. This squad of seven people was completely controlled by Oscar himself, because he had to ensure nothing went wrong.
And the reason Oscar dared to act after confirming Tang San's arrival in Soto City was also because he had long placed informants in Nuoding City.
Although the Spirit Jade Escort Agency and restaurant were indeed for making money and providing Oscar with a steady stream of funds, the main reason Oscar used clones to establish so many "bases" was to collect information, all kinds of information.
In this world without the internet, information was truly the important trump card. Knowing the enemy's situation first and planning strategies from a commanding position.
Of course, if your strength was so great that you feared no schemes and tricks, then that would also work.
But Oscar now didn't have that kind of strength, so he had to find another way.
The so-called Spirit Jade Sword Sect and Emerald Scale Family were the path Oscar paved for himself. Sometimes telling the truth might not be believed, and telling lies might be easily exposed, but if it was half-truth and half-lie, or seven parts truth and three parts falsehood, then it would be difficult for people to know the real situation.
Now the reason the Spirit Jade Escort Agency and restaurant could be opened was also because Oscar had done a good job with public opinion, plus Dugu Bo was indeed a genuine Title Douluo. In this mix of truth and falsehood, no one would know the real truth.
After all, true powerhousesliterally wouldn't care about these worldly matters. For example, those Super Douluo with Spirit Power above level 95 in the Spirit Hall's Honored Guest Pavilion, hadn't they all long since retired to the background?
Moreover, with Dugu Bo's current strength, even facing a Super Douluo, he wasn't afraid. They definitely couldn't defeat him, but it wouldn't be simple for them to deal with Dugu Bo either.
Besides, it's not certain that they can even find where Dugu Bo's true body is now.
After all, they all follow Oscar, and someone as cunning as Oscar wouldn't train anyone who's significantly worse than him.
Now Dugu Bo has also consumed Oscar's Clone Sausages, creating several clones. Even when Snow Star Prince invited him to the palace to appreciate flowers, it was actually a clone who went. And when he helped Spirit Jade Sword Sect clear obstacles, so-called Emerald Scale Family was actually Dugu Bo's clone.
The name Dugu Ao was actually formed by combining Dugu Bo's own surname with Oscar's surname.
And many of Oscar's clones that appear in public have names derived in this way—Fran Ao, Ao Lande, Ao Wuji, Ao Qibin, Gai Ao, Ao Yue, Ao Mubai, Ao Zhuqing, Ao Hongjun...
These names exist because Oscar used their blood to create the clones.
And now Oscar is at the Spirit Elder level, five Spirit Rings away from Dugu Bo, so Dugu Bo's clones only have 50% of his original body's power.
But don't forget, although the clones only have 50% of Dugu Bo's original power, that's 50% of a Title Douluo level, which is enough to crush Spirit Masters below the Title Douluo level.
Besides, more than three years have passed now. After Dugu Bo consumed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon Pill, not only did his Spirit Power increase, but his Spirit Evolved as well, from the original Emerald Phosphorus Snake Emperor to the Emerald Scale Dragon Emperor.
And the reason Dugu Bo could transform directly into a dragon was also because his Spirit had evolved to the level of the ancestor of all snakes, and the next step was becoming a dragon.
Moreover, after his Spirit evolved, Dugu Bo has been trying to condense a Soul Core. After Oscar returned to Shrek Academy, he directly sent a clone to Dugu Bo's place to research the Soul Core matter together.
And it wasn't just one of Oscar's clones who went; Gai Yue also went. At that time, Gai Yue was already at Level 88, and it was time to try condensing a Soul Core.
If Gai Yue could successfully condense a Soul Core at Level 90, then he definitely has the potential tocharge at Level 99 in the future.
And now after such a long time, Dugu Bo finally lived up to expectations and, through his poison pills, condensed the first Soul Core in the history of the Douluo Continent.
His first Soul Core is in his Dantian position, and it's a Poison Soul Core mainly condensed from his Emerald Phosphorus Snake Emperor's poison pill. Now Dugu Bo's Spirit Power has reached the peak of Level 93, and he's only one step away from breaking through to Level 94.
And after successfully condensing the Soul Core, Dugu Bo's strength is also incomparable to before. Even without using poison, relying solely on his own combat power, a Level 93 peak Dugu Bo can compete with a Level 95 Ultimate Douluo.
And if he uses poison, along with his Poison Soul Core, then even a Level 95 Ultimate Douluo would need to be extremely cautious when facing him, otherwise they might really suffer the fate of capsizing in a gutter.
And Dugu Bo's current few clones are also the result of him condensing his Soul Core. So even though the clones only have 50% of Dugu Bo's power, with the powerful amplification of the Soul Core, dealing with ordinary Title Douluos is no problem, let alone those below the Title Douluo level.
And after Gai Yue went to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye for a year, his Spirit Power also smoothly broke through to Level 89. Most importantly, under the guidance of the experienced Dugu Bo, his first Soul Core has already taken initial shape.
Gai Yue chose the ice attribute for his first Soul Core, which is also an abilitythat comes with to his Spirit. Choosing the ice attribute as the first Soul Core also increases the success rate significantly.
The reason it was called the first soul nucleus was because Oscar had planned for both the teacher and grandfather to successfully condense two soul nuclei. After all, they had already consumed immortal-grade pills, and their talents were no longer what they used to be.
Although Dugu Bo's foundational talent might be slightly inferior to Gai Yue's, his first soul nucleus was condensed using poison pills, which basically didn't consume much of his energy. In the future, attempting to condense another homologous resonance dual soul nucleus at his chest position wasn't without opportunity.
If both Dugu Bo and Gai Yue could condense homologous resonance dual soul nuclei, their strength would absolutely become top-tier existence on the continent. By that time, Oscar would have two more truly powerful backers.
Of course, in this era of the Douluo Continent, not becoming a god means everything is in vain, and this was something Oscar always kept in mind.
(Making up for yesterday's missing chapter.)
Aaaah, I really want to finish writing this plot section at once, but Golden Crow's typing speed is only this fast, it's too cruel.
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