"Ding, your first talent: Clone, has completed its upgrade and is now SSS+ grade!"
"Ding, the number of your clones has increased to one hundred thousand!"
"Ding, the number of your clones is sufficient to form an invincible army. Keep up the good work and continue upgrading your talents."
As the system's voice faded, a powerful surge of energy coursed through his body.
This power caused his expression to shift slightly, but it quickly normalized as he had already completed the talent upgrade.
Each time his talent upgraded, it represented a significant transformation for him.
Not to mention the increase in clone numbers, just the boost in soul power during the talent upgrade alone benefited him greatly.
Immediately after the Clone talent completed its upgrade, his soul power increased by thirty percent.
Don't underestimate this thirty percent. Given his current soul power base, even a small thirty percent was a huge improvement.
After all, besides using the Devourer to enhance his mental power, he had no other effective way to increase his soul power. Furthermore, as his strength grew, the Devourer's effectiveness had also slightly diminished.
Now, with a thirty percent increase in soul power, his range of clone manipulation had expanded, and the power of his soul-based skills had also increased.
"Phew, with the upgrade of the Clone talent, my strength has increased by more than tenfold! I can finally relax. With my current power, even gods will bleed!"
"Next step, godhood!" Lin Yu declared with determination.
The realm of gods was too profound. Even if he let his comprehension clones study it, it would take a long time. He had asked Lin Wu about it, and Lin Wu estimated it would take about two years.
Breaking through to godhood in two years would astound any demigod, who would likely disbelieve it.
It was rare for even one in ten thousand demigods to achieve godhood, which demonstrated the difficulty of breaking through.
Some demigods spent their entire lives in seclusion, focused on breaking through to godhood. Others spent their entire lives spreading faith, hoping to achieve godhood through belief, but this too could take hundreds, thousands, or even a lifetime.
If they were to hear that Lin Yu could reach godhood in two years, they would go insane.
However, for Lin Yu, two years to reach godhood was still too slow.
It hadn't even been a year since he awakened his talent, yet he had already become a demigod, and his next step was godhood.
In his view, two years was too long.
"Two years is too long, I'll rely on the system for a breakthrough!"
If this were a peaceful era, he could wait two years to become a god. But with the great changes on Blue Star and the descent of gods, there were too many uncertainties. It was crucial to improve his realm as soon as possible and become a strong god.
The Clone talent had upgraded.
Five days passed in a blur. The beings in this world had been almost entirely eliminated by Lin Yu's clones. He then moved on to another world of gods.
After eradicating the alien races in that world as well, he returned to Blue Star.
The first thing that greeted his eyes was a towering, magnificent mountain, the Holy Mountain.
As soon as he appeared, his hairs stood on end, and he reflexively shouted, "Clones!"
Now that his Clone talent had been upgraded, its release speed had also improved. In an instant, his clones materialized.
Suddenly!
His expression changed drastically as, from the corner of his eye, he saw a god radiating killing intent, grinning ferociously as he swung a blade at him.
This strike, imbued with divine power and boundless killing intent, descended like a sky full of blood-red light, enveloping him.
Lin Yu's face paled. He understood that this was a god who specialized in slaughter.
Understood!
Lin Yu had a sudden realization. His use of the divine skill Holy Mountain to suppress the second god had also attracted the attention of other gods. During the few days he was killing alien races, these gods had arrived.
However, these gods were also wary of each other, so they hadn't attacked Lin Yu immediately. But the God of Slaughter couldn't wait.
In his eyes, Lin Yu was merely a demigod. He didn't believe a demigod could kill a god. He thought this human had simply stumbled into this place by mistake.
He was bloodthirsty and disliked this human, so he decided to kill him!
And thus, this scene unfolded.
"Merge!"
Just as he was about to be struck, Lin Wu's eyes snapped open. He flashed to Lin Yu's side and shoved him.
"Big brother, run!" Lin Wu's face contorted in panic. "This god is several times stronger than the second god!"
Lin Yu shook his head and directly commanded his clones to merge around him.
Boom!
The merger of one hundred thousand clones was quite spectacular.
The Merge skill was now much stronger, with a reduced startup time. He completed the merge in almost the blink of an eye.
"God!"
"You have trespassed into my domain, you have overstepped your bounds!"
A colossal figure appeared, no longer a thousand meters tall, but ten thousand meters, reaching into the clouds.
He lowered his head slightly, gazing down at the God of Slaughter, his eyes filled with infinite coldness.
The God of Slaughter was slightly taken aback. His previous attack had been hard-blocked by the giant, and the giant was completely unharmed.
"Same Origin Merge!" Almost simultaneously, several voices exclaimed in shock.
These were the voices of hidden gods.
They were all gods, knowledgeable and experienced, and naturally recognized the Zerg secret technique: Same Origin Merge!
Many gods had even studied this Zerg secret technique, but they had all failed, as the requirements were too stringent.
Even as gods, they couldn't achieve a state where the merged beings had no extraneous thoughts.
They had even annihilated beings' souls, turning them into puppets, yet still couldn't succeed.
As long as a being was alive, it would have extraneous thoughts, making Same Origin Merge impossible. Of course, the Zerg were an exception.
Now, a human had actually used Same Origin Merge!
"So that's how it is! This human possesses the divine ability of cloning. Merging clones is a self-merge, naturally without any obstruction."
All the gods were intelligent and quickly understood.
However, after understanding, what remained was only endless greed.
"My friends, that divine skill from just now was likely released by him. Let's kill him, and we can share the divine skill, what do you say?" The God of Slaughter licked his lips, a perverse smile on his face.
The other gods nodded upon hearing this.
"This is an excellent plan!" declared a Snow God. Wherever she passed, the area within a hundred miles became her domain, snowflakes fluttering, freezing the world.
Another god emerged.
He had three heads and was tall, reaching a hundred meters. As he moved, winds howled, and thunder roared.
This was a god who mastered lightning!
"This is an excellent plan. Although this person possesses some power, we are all gods. How can we allow a mere mortal to occupy a divine position?" He spoke without expression, but his tone was icy.
In his eyes, this was just a mortal, what right did he have to stand among the gods?
Even if your strength matched that of a god, so what?
They would let this mortal know the true gap, the terrifying reality, what a true god was, and what a false god was!
A total of ten gods had been drawn to this place. However, after discovering that Lin Yu was not present, seven of them left, leaving only three.
These three gods were not weak, each several times more powerful than the second god.
Lin Yu had only just broken through to godhood and was not entirely clear about the realm of gods. However, he was not in a hurry. After suppressing these few gods, he would perform soul-searching on them. His current soul and mental power, after merging, were no weaker than a true god's.
"You are gods, yet your minds are so narrow. So this is what gods are like. I am very disappointed!"