Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 833: Three-person Waltz

"Lord Xia Shou, the ceremony has been arranged." Alice reminded.

"Then let's continue this conversation next time. Let's confirm one last time, is everything you just said true?"

"of course."

"Just answer yes or no. Also, please verify the answer to the previous question."

“Yes. I didn’t lie in my answer to the previous question either,” said No. 58.

"You didn't use any tricks to trick me into thinking? All your answers are in line with the habitual thinking and understanding of ordinary people?"

"That's right, aren't you being too cautious? You have already sealed me, what's the point of lying to you?" No. 58 said helplessly.

"Goodbye then."

"Goodbye?" No. 58 was a little surprised when he heard Xia Shou's farewell, then he raised his hand with the flame chain and waved it casually, "Goodbye."

He jumped through the door and it sank into shadow.

"Lord Xia Shou."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Alice was silent for a while, then said softly: "No, it's okay."

Xia Shou felt that maybe what No. 58 said just now had affected Alice, but he himself did not take No. 58's words to heart. Compared to No. 58's truth, Xia Shou believed in his own feelings more.

Xia Shou walked into the ritual circle and activated the power of the ritual.

Fusion begins.

Just like he did in the previous few days, he arranged for the abilities that had good compatibility to merge with each other.

In fact, it cannot be said that the two skills he intends to merge are compatible, because the two skills he wants to merge this time are [Substitute] and [Flash Kill When Hit].

He had tried to fuse these two skills before, but the resulting skill was a crappy waste. He only tried it a few more times later, and one of the times he succeeded in getting a relatively usable effect.

Yes, it is only relatively usable, but Xia Shou saw the fusion potential of [Stand] and [Flash Kill on Hit] from that fusion, and he imagined a very rare and ideal combination!

To be honest, it was a bit irrational to waste so many fusion opportunities on these two skills, but the effect he thought of was too beautiful, and the finished product that had appeared once had a slight possibility of being close to his ideal appearance, which made Xia Shou reluctant to give up.

If the skill effect that Xia Shou desires can be achieved, then the application flexibility of this skill will be several times greater than the original flash kill when hit!

"This is the last time." Xia Shou took a deep breath and clenched his fists.

At this moment, he was more like a gambler than Kirigakure Goro.

If he had been running out of time, he might have gambled more times on this imaginary possibility, but the current situation did not allow him to do so.

But after many attempts in the past few days, Xia Shou also has a new understanding of fusion. When two skills merge, it is like two pieces of plasticine slowly kneading together. As time goes by and the degree of fusion deepens, the two pieces of plasticine will repeatedly overlap, stretch, and squeeze, and eventually even the colors will be completely mixed into one color, turning into a new kind of plasticine.

When Xia Shou had this experience for the first time, he came up with a new experimental idea: If the fusion of the two pieces of plasticine is stopped immediately when they just touch and stick together, then will the colors of both sides not mix into one color?
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?
Since he had this idea, he continued to practice his skills every night, trying to control the progress of the fusion.

By now, he has gained some experience.

Although the fusion of skills after so many days did not become what he had imagined, the fusion clay theory was confirmed - by interfering with the fusion process, the final product can be affected to a certain extent.

So... this time, when [Hit Flash Kill] and [Substitute] just touch and stick together, the fusion should be terminated to preserve the effects of both to the greatest extent possible.

Xia Shou took a deep breath, and two completely different forces emerged from Merlin's shadow, slowly approaching above the magic circle, and finally touching each other.

Fusion begins!
Xia Shou's attention was shrunk to the extreme like a needle tip, and his pupils were dilated to the maximum, not to obtain more light and visual images, but because all his attention was focused on the progress of fusion, so that the visual information was completely ignored.

Cut off all sources of profit, use ten times more teachers, and after blocking out all irrelevant environmental information, you will be able to capture the information you want to the greatest extent.

Time slowed down in his senses, but even Xia Shou didn't notice this slowness. All his energy was focused on the surface where the two skills touched.

They need to blend into each other but not too deeply. However, if they are too shallow, it will not work either, as the two pieces of plasticine will appear to be barely touching and sticking together. They may appear to be one piece, but fine cracks will always exist in them.

That would be a failed fusion.

Very good, contact made.

Abnormalities blend with each other, like ink spreading in water, but before it can completely dye the water black, the upper layer of the water is misty ink smoke, and the bottom is clear water. At this moment, the ink is ink and the water is water, but the ink has indeed entered the water.

Then, it was as if someone suddenly pushed him.

It was like a bolt of thunder in the sky when I was in a daze.

Xia Shou grasped a crucial moment!

There is not even any rational thinking or analysis, just pure relying on a feeling, as if the master of traditional Chinese medicine can pinch the amount of medicine accurately to one penny with just his bare hands, all depending on the feel of the hand.

After many days of repeated attempts, Xia Shou developed a subtle feel for it, and just at that moment, he felt that "it was done"!
[Fusion completed, skill acquired——[Trio Waltz]! ]

[Introduction: Fighting is the most intimate dance, more intimate than the love between lovers. With just this one dance, life and death are entrusted to each other. This beautiful art only exists between two people. Beyond that, it becomes war... So is there a dance for three people?

Maybe it exists, but I believe that even if three people can dance together, only two hearts will be beating. ——"Golden Scissors"】

[Effect: You can use [Stand] on people. When the Stand and the person being stood on are attacked by others, the owner of the [Three-person Waltz] skill can use [Flash Kill] on himself or the Stand. ]

[Cost: The degree of [Stand] binding between the two people bound by the Stand will affect the utilization rate of the Spiritual Base.

If the bond between the Stand and the replaced person is not deep enough, and [Hit Flash Kill] is used while the [Stand] is bound to the [Stand], the spiritual base rate of the [Trio Waltz] holder will decrease.

The more times [Flash Kill] is used, the stronger the effect of spiritual base deterioration will be. This negative effect will gradually decrease to nothing over time after the [Standby] binding is released. 】

(End of this chapter)