Tempest Cliff, Tempest Branch Alliance Hall.

Whoos.h.!.+ Whoos.h.!.+

In the center of the alliance hall, a green sphere made out of the Flux Points stored within Aurus' body was currently hovering in the air, occupying a s.p.a.ce that was around a third of the entire volume of the hall. Under the green sphere was Aurus, who was completely focused on squeezing out all of the Flux Points inside his body towards the sphere.

Eventually, he was able to squeeze all of the points out of his body, prompting him to move onto the next phase of where he was going to use the green sphere.

"[Spirit Clone]!" he shouted not long after squeezing all of his Flux Points out.

Whoos.h.!.+

At the very instant after he had finished saying those words, the green sphere that took up a third of the hall's s.p.a.ce had shrunken down to a size where its diameter was equivalent to how tall Aurus was as a sculpture. In other words, not very large, but very large nonetheless.

Ding!

A few seconds after the large green sphere had compressed down to a smaller and more condensed sphere of green energy, a notification resounded from his system as a semitransparent screen appeared in front of his field of vision, allowing him to still see the condensed green sphere hovering off the ground.

Fwoos.h.!.+

As tons of information appeared on the semitransparent screen regarding the specifications of Aurus' Spirit Clone, the green sphere started to warp into a flattened shape, making others think that it was about to burst. Fortunately, it hadn't burst as it gradually changed its shape to be that of a stick. A stick that closely resembled that of a C-grade Inanimate.

"Hmm..." Of course, Aurus could see the transformation of the green sphere happen behind the screen with his own sense of vision, but he paid more attention on the information written on the screen.

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Existence Level: Inanimate (can be upgraded)

Species: Stick (can be altered)

Grade: C-grade (can be upgraded)

Appearance: Normal (can be altered)

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Although there were only four parameters related to creating a Spirit Clone, those four parameters were enough to dictate how strong his clone would be, how unique it would be from its surroundings, and so on, and so forth.

At the moment, he was currently experimenting with the parameters, trying to create a normal looking C-grade Inanimate twig that wouldn't stand out in a forest.

After seeing that the green sphere behind the screem had adjusted to the parameters he had set and had created a stick that emanated the aura of a C-grade Inanimate, except for the fact that it emanated a bright green glow as an outline, he felt a.s.sured that he could create whatever clone he wanted.

"Well, with that test done, let's start making a human clone," Aurus said to himself as he expanded the choices for the clone's existence level.

Whoos.h.!.+

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Existence Level: Inanimate

Pseudo-Inanimate

Animate

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"Hmmm...I could make a Pseudo-Inanimate," Aurus could not help but mutter as he saw the option. As he looked at the option, he could not help but remember that there were some players that chose to become a Pseudo-Inanimate, obtaining G.o.dhood through another method that could be said to be somewhat easier than obtaining G.o.dhood as an Animate.

"Sadly, that's not what I'm aiming for right now," Aurus could not help but think deeper and broader while choosing his clone. At first, he thought that he would make the clone so he could relive that feeling of seeing the world with his own vision from the Transcending Comprehension Leaf, but now, after thinking about the unavoidable war between his alliance and Chonk, it seemed that making an Animate clone would serve a greater purpose.

To be honest, a Pseudo-Inanimate clone would truly help him in fighting against Chonk, but that would only give them a final resort, rather than a trump card that could turn the tides of battle. That's how strong Animates are compared to Pseudo-Inanimates at the beginning. Only at the beginning. The gap between the two cla.s.ses grows smaller and smaller once they reach higher and higher tiers, until the two can be said to be basically inseparable.

Nonetheless, as stated before, at the beginning stages, an Animate would have an edge over a Pseudo-Inanimate, which would give Aurus a trump card to use when fighting against Chonk because he knew very well that even with all of the strong Inanimates in the Tempest Branch Alliance, even if their number was multiplied by 5, it wouldn't even be enough to defeat Chonk, let alone kill him.

Whoos.h.!.+

And so, Aurus chose the Animate existence level and the species of a Human, the type of Animate he was most familiar with.

Whoos.h.!.+

Not long after choosing those two options, the green sphere, that was previously in the shape of a stick, had quickly warped itself to transform into the shape of a human. It only took a few seconds for the green sphere to warp, revealing an average human body, save for the fact that it had no facial features on and that it had no aura of power whatsoever.

Of course, that was the next thing Aurus was going to tackle next, which was the grade of the clone he was going to make and its appearance.

Whoos.h.!.+

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Grade: Rank 0 Animate

Rank 0 Strengthened Animate

Appearance: Faceless (can be altered)

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"Hmm..." As he looked at the two choices in terms of the clone's grade, he was at a crossroads as he could remember very well that a Rank 0 Animate and a Rank 0 Strengthened Animate has a great difference in power between them.

A Rank 0 Animate had no sort of specialty whatsoever, a blank slate if you will. As for a Rank 0 Strengthened Animate, it was basically a Rank 0 Animate, but with the added fact that it had undergone special training and has the ability to use a few Animate-level skills.

After a minute, Aurus eventually chose to make the clone's grade that of a Rank 0 Animate.

"Although a Rank 0 Strengthened Animate would be nice to have a greater edge against Chonk, it wouldn't be nice when thinking about the future after we do kill Chonk. It is quite unavoidable for the system to mess with the specialization process of a Strengthened Animate. At least, I'm quite a.s.sured of my path when I start off with a blank Animate," Aurus muttered to himself after he thought it through, moving onwards to the appearance portion of his clone.

Whoos.h.!.+ Whoos.h.!.+

It did not take him long to adjust the clone's appearance, but it did take quite a while for his adjustments to appear on the warped green sphere. Eventually though, he was able to see his adjustments as he could not help but admire his clone's face.

"Just like how I used to look," Aurus could not help but comment as he looked at the clone from top to bottom. But not long after, he noticed that something on the clone was off and hurriedly made an adjustment as he said, "Let's make that part a bit bigger."

Whoos.h.!.+

And with that, all of the adjustments on his human clone had now been finished. With a height of 1.77 meters, his human clone, which he had based on his previous life's self, had pitch black hair that looked like brown hair under the sunlight, black irises that looked the vast s.p.a.ce beyond the dim moonlight, a slightly handsome face shape that did not make his face stand out much, and eyebrows that exuded masculinity.

After double checking all of the adjustments he had made on the clone through the semitransparent screen, he had finally confirmed all of his adjustments after using up around half an hour of time.

Whoos.h.!.+

At the very instant the semitransparent screen in front of his field of vision disappeared, the green sphere, which had taken the shape of a human, had reverted back to that of a sphere as another semitransparent screen had appeared in front of his field of vision, startling him quite a bit.

'Please choose the location where you'd like your clone to be built.'

"Ah, so this is what Kevin meant by the clone taking a while to be created," Aurus muttered as he looked all over the hall for a bit, before deciding to place the green sphere on the ceiling. As for his reason behind it, it was because it wouldn't be visible to the normal members of the alliance. He would surely tell Herellia about it since she was the leader of the alliance.

Ding!

With the clone now in the process of being built, a timer had appeared on the top left portion of his field of vision, small enough to be not obstruct his usual tasks, but big enough to be eye-catching every once in a while.

'Time remaining: 03:23:59:59'

"4 days, huh. I guess that's enough time to do what I need to do," Aurus pondered over the time given to him by the system and decided to change his schedule of strengthening to fit that of his clone's full creation.

He was going to do everything he could within these 4 days. After that, he would solely focus on strengthening his Animate clone as much as possible.

Whoos.h.!.+

And with that, Aurus headed towards the small ecosystem owned by the Tempest Branch Alliance, about to start his grinding spree.