Seeing the lifelike manifestations of Liu Qinglan as they materialized from illusory shadows, Xu Yuxiu immediately recognized a signature technique of Hundred Flowers Valley: the Hundred Flowers Phantom Art.
It was a classic, iconic technique of the valley. It not only allowed the practitioner to create replicas identical to themselves, but it was said that at the highest levels of mastery, these phantoms could possess up to seventy percent—or even more—of the user’s true strength. Legend had it that a prodigy from Hundred Flowers Valley had once refined this art to such a degree that every phantom could exert ninety percent of the original's cultivation power. To reach such a stage was essentially to become invincible among one's peers, and even challenging opponents of a higher realm was far from impossible. That genius had used this very technique to carve out a formidable reputation throughout the Cultivation World.
Seeing Liu Qinglan employ this art now, Xu Yuxiu became exceptionally focused. She could not detect even a shred of powerful aura from any of those phantoms. They appeared to be nothing more than dreamlike bubbles. This was exactly what made this technique so troublesome; a combatant facing them could never determine how much of the original's cultivation strength any individual phantom possessed.
Chapter 414