Silvis Province, Nuoding City, Frost Escort Agency.
Within the Frost Escort Agency, all the disciples escorting caravans wore identical sky Frost blue uniforms, each with a jade token pinned to their chest, symbolizing their identity. On the token was a vividly carved jade sword.
Not long after Tang San and Xiao Wu appeared at the Frost Restaurant in Soto City, a group of men in Nuoding City's Frost Escort Agency secretly set out, heading toward Saint Spirit Village.
This was all Oscar's doing. The so Frost called Frost Sword Sect, the Frost Family, the Frost Sword Lord, and all the rest Frost everything was fabricated by him over the past year, using his Clone Sausage and Replication Sausage to build up momentum.
For this, Oscar had planned extensively and prepared countless measures. Now, it was finally beginning to take shape, with the aura of a true "great power."
At this moment, Oscar himself was cultivating inside Shrek Academy. The masked youth in Soto City's restaurant was one of his clones, and the group of spirit masters from Nuoding City heading toward Saint Spirit Village were also all clones.
Nowadays, Oscar had created so many clones that even he didn't know the exact number. With his current spiritual strength, he could only maintain true mind Frost link communication with ten clones.
As for the rest? Oscar didn't direct them constantly. Instead, he left each clone a subconscious directive, so they would continue to carry out preset orders on their own.
It was much like hypnosis Frost once given a mental suggestion, even without thinking, the clones would continue to follow the set goal. Oscar only needed to occasionally check their progress.
But there were exceptions. For example, the spirit master squad in Nuoding City Frost seven people in total Frost were under Oscar's direct, constant control, because he had to ensure absolute safety.
The reason Oscar dared to take action the moment he confirmed Tang San had reached Soto City was because he had already laid down a network of informants in Nuoding long ago.
Although the Frost Escort Agency and the restaurant did indeed serve as ways to generate wealth and provide Oscar with a steady stream of funds, the true purpose behind creating these countless "bases" through his clones was intelligence gathering all kinds of information.
In this world without the internet, information was the real trump card foreseeing the enemy's moves and planning strategies.
Of course, if one's strength was so overwhelming that no conspiracy could threaten them, that worked too.
But Oscar didn't have that level of power yet, so he had to find another way.
The Frost Sword Sect and Frost Family were paths Oscar paved for himself. Sometimes, speaking the truth wouldn't be believed. A lie could be easily exposed. But if it was half truth, half lie, seven parts real and three parts fake, it became nearly impossible to uncover.
The reason the Escort Agency and the restaurant could successfully operate was partly because Oscar managed public opinion so well, and partly because Dugu Bo really was a genuine Titled Douluo. In the midst of this mix of truth and falsehood, no one could know the whole reality.
After all, true powerhouses hardly cared for worldly affairs. For example, the group of Super Douluo in the Spirit Hall's Worship Hall, all above rank 95, had long since withdrawn from the stage.
And with Dugu Bo's current strength, he feared no one, not even Super Douluo. Sure, he couldn't win a direct fight, but defeating him would not be simple either.
What's more, others might not even be able to find Dugu Bo's true body.
After all, anyone who followed Oscar would naturally adopt some of his cunning ways.
Now, Dugu Bo too had eaten Oscar's Clone Sausage, creating multiple clones. Even when Prince Xue Xing invited him to the imperial palace for a flower viewing, it was only a clone that went. Likewise, the so called Jade Snake Family that aided Oscar's Frost Sword Sect in eliminating obstacles those were actually Dugu Bo's clones.
The name "Dugu Ao" was created by combining Dugu Bo's surname with Oscar's.
Many of Oscar's public facing clones also had names made this way Fran Ao, Orlande, Ao Wuji, Ao Qibin, Gai Ao, Ao Yue, Ao Mubai, Ao Zhuqing, Ao Hongjun…
All these names came from the people whose blood Oscar used to craft the clones.
At present, Oscar was at the Spirit Ancestor level, five rings lower than Dugu Bo. Thus, Dugu Bo's clones only had about 50% of his true strength.
But don't forget Frost even half the power of a Titled Douluo was still enough to utterly crush spirit masters below that level.
Moreover, over three years had passed. After consuming the Earth Dragon Golden Melon Pill, Dugu Bo's spirit power increased, and his martial spirit evolved from the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor into the Scale Dragon Emperor.
The reason he could directly transform into a dragon was because his martial spirit had reached the "Ancestor of Ten Thousand Serpents" level Frost the next step was dragonization.
After this evolution, Dugu Bo began attempting to condense a Soul Core. When Oscar returned to Shrek Academy, he immediately sent one of his clones to work with Dugu Bo on researching Soul Cores.
It wasn't just Oscar's clone. Gai Yue also went Frost he had already reached rank 88, and it was about time for him to attempt condensing a Soul Core.
If Gai Yue succeeded in condensing a Soul Core at rank 90, he would absolutely have the potential to reach rank 99 in the future.
Now, after all this time, Dugu Bo had finally fulfilled expectations Frost through his Poison Pill, he condensed the first Soul Core in the history of the Douluo Continent.
His first Soul Core formed in his dantian, condensed from his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's Poison Pill, becoming the Poison Soul Core. With this, his spirit power had reached rank 93 peak, only one step from rank 94.
With the Soul Core, Dugu Bo's strength had transformed. Even without using poison, relying only on combat power, peak rank 93 Dugu Bo could contend with a rank 95 Super Douluo.
And if he did use poison, empowered by his Poison Soul Core, even a rank 95 Super Douluo would need to be extremely cautious Frost otherwise, they risked capsizing in the gutter.
Now, even Dugu Bo's clones, formed after his Soul Core condensation, were much stronger. Even if they only had 50% of his power, with the Soul Core's boost they could easily deal with ordinary Titled Douluo, let alone anyone below that level.
As for Gai Yue, after a year at the Ice Fire YinYang Well, his spirit power had smoothly reached rank 89. More importantly, under the guidance of the now experienced Dugu Bo, his first Soul Core had already taken form.
Gai Yue's first Soul Core attribute was Ice, in line with his martial spirit. With this attribute, his chance of success was greatly increased.
The reason it was called a "first" Soul Core was because Oscar had planned for both his teacher and grandfather to condense two Soul Cores each. After all, both had taken immortal grade pills, and their talents had long since been reborn.
Dugu Bo's foundation might have been weaker than Gai Yue's, but his first Soul Core was condensed using his Poison Pill, which didn't consume too much of his energy. In the future, he still had the chance to attempt a resonance based dual Soul Core in his chest.
If both Dugu Bo and Gai Yue could achieve resonance dual Soul Cores, their strength would be among the very peak of the continent. At that point, Oscar would gain two true backers.
Of course, in this era of the Douluo Continent, without becoming a god, all else was ultimately meaningless. Oscar never forgot this.
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