Yun Ruoxi had no other choice before. Her main body was still under Dr. Forefinger’s control, so she couldn’t casually appear on camera as Yun Ruoxi.
That’s why she thought of using hints to let the audience guess whether she was Yun Ruoxi or not.
Now, with the Evil Beast to harvest emotions in her place, wasn’t this far better than the guessing game?
Moreover, when her true identity is eventually exposed—the Evil Beast being a clone and she herself the original—she could feast on another wave of the audience’s shock. Just thinking about it made Yun Ruoxi ecstatic.
Originally, she worried the Evil Beast’s existence would greatly disrupt the plot, especially since it was a reserve move against her, so she planned to find an opportunity to destroy it directly.
But for now, she decided to let the Evil Beast stick around a little longer to continue attracting popularity for her. She would find a good chance later to take it offline.
“System panel!” Yun Ruoxi called out softly, summoning the blue light screen.
[Status Window]
Name: Yun Ruoxi Yelan
Age: 18 years old
Fame: Fragrant Perishes, Jade Falls (Empire), Cold-Blooded Weapon (Dark Dust)
Main Cast Rank: Female Lead (Antagonist)
Stellar Energy Index: 1321 (Three-star energy user)
Perfect Path Progress: Third Stage (25%)
Potential: S
Bloodline: A-grade Bloodline (Perfect Awakening), Celestial Eye Clan Royal Bloodline (Perfect Awakening) (Concealed)
Attributes: Strength E, Agility B, Willpower S, Constitution C, Spirit Power S, Brain Domain Computation A, Stellar Energy Control A
Current Skills: senses domain, third-level brain calculation development, third-level star energy control, intermediate telekinesis development (folded), ultimate brain domain isolation (isolated from: mind control, emotion stripping surgery, Pavlovian dog conditioning), third-level physiological breakthrough (all attributes), advanced physical control, advanced energy conversion, advanced detection technique (can forcefully detect once per day, obtains partial values of the target based on strength gap)
Current Star Techniques: A-rank secret technique: total cycle (stable version), A-rank secret technique: star energy storage, B-rank star art: shadow lurk
Popularity Value: 1,900,000
Pending Popularity Debt: 1,000,000
Yun Ruoxi, long accustomed to opening the system panel periodically to check her progress, skillfully scanned it from top to bottom.
Compared to some time ago, her main body—already a Three-star energy user—naturally had no growth in strength without actual combat, relying only on the “meditation-style” training provided by Jinsique A.
The Stellar Energy Index remained fixed at 1321, a level that could barely be considered early-stage minor completion for a Three-star energy user. But at least in the first half of the second season’s plot, it was already more than enough.
After all, her strength could not be simply measured by the Stellar Energy Index alone.
With the various advanced skills provided by the system, two A-rank secret techniques, S-level Telekinesis, and 25% of the third-stage Perfect Path… supported by these extra factors, even against a Three-star energy user with a Stellar Energy Index as high as 2999—late-stage grand completion—Yun Ruoxi was confident she could win.
She had long anticipated that her main body’s strength would not increase much. Therefore, opening the system panel this time was not to arrogantly admire how strong she was, but to check the sub-panel attached below the main panel—the doppelganger’s panel.
[Status Window]
Name: Wu
Age: 15 years old
Fame: Divine Doctor (Luoding City), Stunning Beauty (Crab Kingdom), Saint who Saved the Nation (Crab Kingdom), World-Destroying Witch (Crab Kingdom), Most Wanted Criminal of the Planet (Shell Star)
Main Cast Rank: None
Stellar Energy Index: 211 (Second-level star power user)
Perfect Path Progress: Second Stage (10%)
Potential: S
Bloodline: S-rank Bloodline
Attributes: Strength F, Agility C, Willpower S, Constitution E, Spirit Power S, Brain Domain Computation S, Stellar Energy Control S
Current Skills: (duplicate skills folded), basic medical knowledge (Jiaqiao star people exclusive), charm affinity (innate), fear aura (innate)
Current Star Techniques: A-rank secret technique: total cycle (stable version), A-rank secret technique: unification (self-developed)
Supernatural Power: power of harmony
“Not bad, the Stellar Energy Index increased by 2 points.” Yun Ruoxi looked at the doppelganger’s stat panel with satisfaction.
Two years ago, during a mission, she found an opportunity to successfully place the doppelganger into the Positive universe.
Since there wasn’t much time left until the start of the second season’s plot, the doppelganger still occupied a significant part of the plan.
Also considering that she could borrow the doppelganger’s supernatural power, meaning the doppelganger’s strength was her own strength.
So after that, she spent most of her energy and popularity on cultivating the doppelganger.
And the doppelganger’s powerful talent did not disappoint her. In just two years, it broke through to become a second-level star power user.
The speed of growth was so fast that just mentioning it would be enough to frighten anyone with basic knowledge of star energy users.
But speed was only one aspect. Like her main body, the doppelganger’s strength was absolutely not limited by the Stellar Energy Index.
Her supernatural power, enhanced to S-level by authority, was difficult to rival anywhere in the entire universe.
It could even be said that if the Evil Beast did not go all out like a lion hunting a rabbit, it might very well be killed by her doppelganger with even a slight misstep.
After all, while the name “Power of Harmony” was ordinary, its actual effect was truly outrageous.
After the doppelganger’s supernatural power awakened automatically, two powerful forces continuously generated from her brain and heart, flowing throughout her body.
Light and darkness, yang and yin, creation and destruction… No matter which terms were used, they were all fitting descriptions. They coexisted, entangled, and grew as if stepping on each other’s feet.
The light force could heal and restore most injuries, enhance physical strength, or be directly released to inflict burn-type damage. This was also the reason the doppelganger had the innate [Charm Affinity] skill.
The dark force was completely opposite. Not only did it have an innate [Fear Aura], but it also possessed corrosive abilities that could destroy anything directly touched by this force.
And the power of harmony was the third force naturally born within her when these two forces were in relative balance. It could bring anything into a state of absolute balance. It was a power that could truly create miracles.
However, the power of harmony was very scarce and hard to come by, and once used, one had to wait for its next generation. Therefore, unless necessary, Yun Ruoxi basically used the two forces separately.
And doing so naturally caused an imbalance between the two forces. A slight imbalance was fine—at most, her hair would turn white or black, and there would be some minor physical changes.
But if it became completely imbalanced, allowing one force to gain absolute dominance within the doppelganger’s body, it would be like a train derailing, causing the doppelganger to lose control directly.
And this might be a kind of limitation imposed by Heaven. The more powerful the supernatural power, the harder it naturally is to control.