Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 770: Another Kind of Luck

"Ah!"

Xia Shou sneezed, snorted, and looked up at the moon in the sky.

It was clearly not autumn yet and the night temperature was still warm, but he shivered.

"It seems that you are a little weak after the battle."

Xia Shou leaned against the tree trunk and talked to himself, waiting patiently for Alice to set up the fusion formation.

Originally, Xia Shou planned to go to bed early tonight, after all, this was his first day out of the hospital.

He was busy integrating his skills right after being discharged from the hospital, and even Xia Shou felt that he had a bit of masochistic tendencies.

But thinking that [Self-Destruction] only cools down once every 24 hours, and being lazy for one day means one less chance to try and make mistakes, Xia Shou finally forced himself to be strong and ran outside to perform the ceremony.

The fusion formation was quickly set up, and Xia Shou began to fuse skills as usual.

Reach the pinnacle in a deserted place, substitute, supernatural bank, mirror magician's information scissors, impermanence eyes, flash kill when hit, delayed knife.

There are seven skills that can be operated by the fusion ritual, while Future Prefabrication and Self-Destruction cannot be operated by the ritual at all. However, the power of Future Prefabrication depends on the fragments of the seven-branched tree branch, so it does not take up precious skill slots, so there is no need to worry too much.

In other words, out of the seven skills, you must be able to put together three pairs that are acceptable.

Taking into account that new skills will be consumed in future battles, and after entering the next sea area, being overweight will become extremely unsafe, so if conditions permit, it is best to leave a few more positions empty to avoid having to grind out skills on the spot.

It's a rare opportunity to have such a long vacation this time, so I can take a good time to prepare myself.

Xia Shou remembered that the Death Record Notes once said that fusing two forces together was equivalent to breaking two originally complete objects into pieces and then piecing the pieces together. The cracks in the pieces on both sides were destined to not fit together perfectly.

So the more times the fusion is done, the more cracks there are, and the more residue is needed.

For general skills, the limit of being able to be spliced ​​with other skills is three times. Only very good "sewing" skills can be spliced ​​four times, but it is absolutely impossible to continue splicing.

Every force will eventually reach its limit.

Among the skills that can be fused at present, [Mirror Magician's Intelligence Scissors] is obtained by fusing [Mirror Magic] and [Intelligence Defense].

[Impermanence Eyes] is obtained by the fusion of [Soul Binding and Soul Locking] and [Yin Yang Eyes].

Both of these skills have undergone one fusion, and there are only two fusions left. This is still a relatively optimistic situation. If the operation is not proper, the fusion may be "broken".

However, since there is a backtracking backup that would lead to self-destruction, it doesn't matter even if it breaks, so Xia Shou only needs to consider how to break through the three-time limit.

"If I use skills that have not been fused before, the success rate should be higher."

Even though he thought so in his mind, Xia Shou still subconsciously ruled out [Reach the Pinnacle in an Empty Place]. This skill was so powerful that it could buy a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation. Xia Shou had already planned to weld it on the skill bar.

Since the number of fusions is limited, only skills that are strong enough are eligible to be fused with the pinnacle.

After eliminating one, how should we arrange the remaining ones?
Although the [Substitute] is generally strong, it cannot be changed casually because it is used to protect Su Weiyu.

Just like this time, Su Wei Yu was injured so seriously, and he had no medical skills. If there was no substitute to transfer the injury, then Wei Yu might have to lie on the bed.

Xia Shou took a deep breath and started the first step of fusion.

Although there are not many options left, and several skills seem to have little compatibility based on their functional similarities, I can only bite the bullet and try them one by one. The one chance to rewind once a day would be a waste if not used.

First, there was [Substitute] and [Flash Kill]. As Xia Shou used his mind to squeeze the two forces together, the power of the ritual began to patch up the two completely unrelated forces. Xia Shou could clearly feel that the boundary between the two forces that were originally clearly defined began to blur.

Just like two pieces of plasticine of different colors, the places where they touch are squeezed and merged together to become one whole piece.

But so far, although it has become a whole, the colors of the two are still very clear, each occupying half of the color.

Then, as time went by, the rubber was repeatedly kneaded and beaten, and gradually the color began to become turbid, and the two colors mixed together to form a new color.

[Fusion successful, you gain the skill [Substitute Attack]]

[Stand receives a hit]

[Introduction: The incredible launch mechanism may be difficult for even the enemy to guess. ]

[Effect: You can bind to one person and make him/her a "stand-in". When the stand-in is attacked, you can exchange positions with any living creature within the skill range, and the damage to the stand-in will be borne by you.]

[Price: Within three seconds after activating this skill, the Stand cannot use any extraordinary powers. ]

Xia Shou read the instructions three times, then frowned, his expression like someone who had seen the sole of his shoe stepped in dog shit.

How should he describe this finished skill? Is it useless? Actually, it is not completely useless. At least originally, after using the flash kill skill, one would not be able to use other skills within three seconds. But with this new skill, the side effect is borne by the stand.

But if you ask whether this skill is useful, it is really useless, because it is activated when you are attacked, but it is activated when your stand is attacked, and its immediacy is terrible.

Moreover, his original function of transferring the injury was lost, and the damage suffered by the substitute had to be borne by him, the main force.

Xia Shou performed a battle rehearsal in his mind.

First of all, this skill can only be triggered when the substitute is hit, so it cannot be bound to Su Weiyu. What if it is bound to other people?
Suppose he is bound to a random person. When the opponent is attacked for the first time, he teleports to exchange positions. Then the enemy immediately launches a second attack on the substitute. However, due to the seal of the substitute's supernatural power, the substitute is unable to use any extraordinary ability to fight back and becomes a completely ordinary person, so he suffers a fatal injury.

Immediately afterwards, the fatal injury would be transferred to him, causing him to die suddenly.

Xia Shou was so angry that he laughed, and even admired the result of the fusion.

This skill can be called a piece of shit. It's okay if you don't use it, but using it is tantamount to suicide.

It's a different kind of luck to be able to combine such a rubbish skill.

Today's skill synthesis was a complete failure, but the feeling during the fusion just now gave Xia Shou a special idea.

The previous times when the skills merged, he didn't have such a detailed understanding of the fusion process, but this time he could feel that the two skills were like two pieces of plasticine, slowly merging and mixing together.

So, if we stop blending the two pieces of plasticine immediately when they just touch and stick together, then the colors of both sides will not mix into one color, right?
If "color" represents the unique functionality of the skill itself, then does simply gluing them together without kneading them evenly mean that their integrity is preserved to the greatest extent possible?
Thinking of this, Xia Shou came up with a new plan in his mind.

If my guess is correct, then the fusion trick I have realized will be of great benefit to subsequent fusions. Although it is just an intuitive guess, it is worth experimenting with!
"Let's try again tomorrow." Xia Shou said.

Although the fusion tonight failed, we have to go back anyway, so let's continue trial and error.

Xia Shou immediately merged the junk skills with other skills.

He no longer had any hope for today's fusion, and continuing with the random fusion would only be a waste of this opportunity.

Since good things can be combined into pure garbage, then garbage also has the chance to be refined into top-quality items.

So how would you know if you don’t try? What if he really wins the lottery?

(End of this chapter)