Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 182 Skill Fusion, Castling!

After adding the points, Lin Ye felt his sea of ​​consciousness expand once again.

Before advancing to P3, if Lin Ye's spiritual sea of ​​consciousness was only the size of a river, it has now completely formed a vast lake.

Lin Ye also noticed that the mental strength value on his panel had increased from just over 6,000 to more than 8800 points.

Previously, Lin Ye had mainly allocated points to Spirit.

Now, the "Illuminating the Nine Netherworlds Diagram" visualization method provides him with spiritual attributes.

After the growth rate of Lingtai Mingjing was completed, it became Lin Ye's highest attribute, standing out from the crowd!

Lin Ye's attention turned to the second skill.

[Elemental Mastery LV1]

[Skill Type: Composite Skill]

[Consumption: None]

[Passive Effect: From now on, when you engage in combat with other adventurers, defeat monsters with a specific elemental energy affinity, or cultivate techniques of a specific element, your affinity for those elemental energy types will continuously increase.]

[Active Effect: Select an attribute with which you have reached an affinity of 100 points or more, and attach it to your Innate Aura to gain the corresponding attribute effect.]

The higher your affinity with the corresponding attribute, the stronger your control over that element, and the greater your adaptability and resistance to it.

[Current Attribute Source Affinity:]

【Fire: 469.6】

【风：0】、【木：0】、【土：0】、【金：0】、【雷：0】、【水：0】

[Note: Prosperous, Flourishing, Resting, Imprisoned, Dead.]

Lin Ye's lips involuntarily curled upwards.

He had always admired Dongfang Zhen's ability to transform into elements.

It seems that upgrading this skill to a high level and increasing affinity to a high level will likely have a similar effect.

In addition, Lin Ye was also amazed by the system's arrangements and preparations.

So that's what they were waiting for me!

He had always felt that although his golden aura was domineering and pure, it lacked some variation.

Now he understood that the pure attribute-less state was precisely the prelude to this skill.

From now on, he can switch to whatever attribute his original aura desires.

Moreover, there are generating and restraining relationships between all attributes.

When facing opponents with extremely distinct elemental characteristics, simply switching to an element that counters them will drastically reduce the difficulty of the battle.

Lin Ye dragged the preview progress bar to the top to see the effect of the skill being upgraded to the maximum level 20.

However, the skill descriptions remain almost unchanged. The only difference is that the control over each element will gradually increase, and the affinity cap will also increase.

Without further thought, he directly invested 1 skill point.

The icon for "Element Mastery" also lit up.

With a thought, Lin Ye switched his Qi to the fire attribute.

hum!
Lin Ye released the internal energy within his body, forming an energy armor on his body.

The originally golden Gang Sha armor was instantly dyed a fiery reddish-gold color, and scorching air currents even surged through the gaps in the armor, causing the surrounding air temperature to rise several degrees out of nowhere.

He opened his right hand and immediately felt the free fire-attribute energy particles in the air joyfully converging towards his palm.

The next moment, a raging flame rose above his palm, pulsating violently.

Lin Ye understood.

The level of this skill will also affect the efficiency with which he draws the corresponding attribute energy from the surrounding space.

This will also directly affect the final power of his moves.

The images of Dongfang Zhen and Zhang Daoxuan involuntarily surfaced in Lin Ye's mind.

These two guys are always clamoring to spar with me.

Perfect timing! He could take advantage of the breaks between sparring sessions to openly increase his affinity with lightning and metal attributes.

This is killing two birds with one stone.

Then, he thought of Wei Shuying's aloof face and shook his head.

Ever since she was instantly killed by my shot last time, she seems to avoid me whenever she sees me, as if she's trying to escape at all costs.

He really just fired a shot on a whim, but he never expected it to leave her with psychological trauma.

It seems that the affinity with the water element is not going to be settled for the time being.

Lin Ye shifted his attention from [Elemental Mastery] to the remaining two skills.

[Summon Minions LV1]

[Skill Type: Active Skill]

[Consumption: A certain percentage of maximum health]

[Passive Effect: You can choose a creature you have killed and record it as a minion template. The evolution level of this template cannot exceed 0.8.]

[Active Effect: Select a minion template and consume a portion of your maximum health to restore it. The minion possesses the template's base attributes, racial traits, and racial skills.]

You can invest a portion of your maximum health and attribute points into your minions to enhance their combat power.

[Note: There is a limit to the number of minions you can summon, as well as a limit to the health and attribute points you can grant. The maximum duration a minion can exist depends on the amount of health you invest.]

[Maximum number of minions that can be summoned currently: 1]

[Currently available maximum health: 10%]

[The maximum number of attribute points you can currently allocate depends on the template, but cannot exceed 10% of your own attribute values.]

Lin Ye carefully studied the description of this skill.

At first glance, this skill seems pretty good.

You can summon a powerful monster that you have killed before as an ally anytime, anywhere.

In certain special circumstances, it may have a remarkable effect.

But Lin Ye quickly shook his head.

This skill was of very limited value to him.

He already has the [Silk Puppet].

Although the puppets created by the [Silk-Born Puppet] cannot inherit all the racial characteristics and skills of their predecessors, their combat power will be weakened.

However, its advantage lies in the fact that there is no limit to its quantity. As long as there are enough mycelium and corpses, it can raise an army of the undead.

However, this [Summon Minions] ability has too many limitations.

Not only is there a limit to the number that can be summoned, but summoning also requires consuming the summoner's own attributes and health, and there is a time limit.

Most importantly, at lower levels, the evolution level of the template cannot exceed 0.8.

This means that he simply cannot replicate the level of powerful combat strength of the Eight-Armed Clan leader or the Molten Demon Clan elites.

At most, it can only summon some ordinary alien races from the Heavenly Abyss.

He could have as many of these cannon fodder as he wanted with [Silk Puppet], so why waste precious skill points and his own attributes to summon one?
This skill is neither useful nor worth discarding.

Lin Ye decisively gave up.

Lin Ye's gaze finally landed on the last skill icon in Phase 3, which also had the strangest name.

Castling.

This seems to be a term from chess.

The moment Lin Ye saw this skill, his expression suddenly froze.

This skill does not have any preview options. LV1 is its highest level.

The skill descriptions were also concise and straightforward, down to the extreme.

Castling LV1

[Skill Type: Active Skill]

[Consumes 50% of maximum stamina.]

[Effect: You can choose one of your summoned minions and swap its position with it.]

[Note: You cannot swap positions with a minion whose position you have already swapped with, but you can swap positions with a minion whose position you have not swapped with an unlimited number of times.]

This skill has a maximum level of LV1, but activating it requires 10 skill points.

This skill stirred up a storm in his heart.

Even a fool could realize the terrifying strategic value hidden behind this skill.

Because the description of this skill doesn't specify any limitations!

A most direct, and also most terrifying, thought emerged in his mind.

If he left a henchman at home thousands of kilometers away.

So now, with just a thought, he can go straight home by consuming half of his stamina.

If he left a henchman while he was in the training camp, he would have done the same.

He can come back in a single breath!

This is no longer a simple movement skill.

This is true teleportation across space!
Previously, Lin Ye felt that the [Summon Minions] skill had too many limitations and was somewhat useless.

But everything changed when the skill [Casting] came into play!

That seemingly ordinary summoning skill instantly became the sole foundation for achieving this god-like displacement.

Without any hesitation, he immediately allocated 1 skill point to the [Summon Minions] icon.

Just as he was about to spend another 10 skill points to activate [Casting], a new system notification sounded in his mind.

[Host has been detected to possess the temporary skill: Silk Puppets.]

This skill has a high degree of synergy with Summon Minions; after unlocking Summon Minions, the skill will be fused.

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Ye's eyes.

Can you do this?

Skill fusion?!

This is crucial!
This means that the skill [Silk Puppet] will no longer occupy his valuable temporary skill slot.

He will be able to smoothly control the puppet while simultaneously possessing Shadow Scales or Crystallization.

No more switching between characters during battle!
Soon, a preview of the merged skills appeared before him.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Ye dragged the preview progress bar to the maximum level of LV20.

【Fungal Ruler LV20 (MAX)】

[Skill Type: Active Skill]

[Consumption: A certain percentage of maximum health]

[Passive Effect 1: You can select a creature that you have killed and whose evolution level is no higher than 2.5, and save it as a template.]

[Passive Effect 2: You gain a summoning space that can store up to 100 minions.]

[Active Effect: Select a minion template and consume a portion of your maximum health to grant it health. The minion will possess the template's base attributes, racial traits, and racial skills.]

You can invest a portion of your maximum health and attribute points into your minions to enhance their combat power.

[When your minions are generated, they contain black spores. Under suitable conditions, these spores will rapidly multiply within them, eventually growing into their complete form.]

[When your minions perish, they can be resurrected as long as their mycelium remains, but they will lose their racial traits and special abilities.]

[You and your minions will continuously release black spores. If an organism with an evolutionary level no higher than 2.5 dies or becomes infected, and spores are present within its body, you can choose to catalyze the release of those spores.]

Once the mycelium has grown into a complete form, you will acquire a new minion.

[Currently, the maximum number of minions that can exist simultaneously is 88462 (Mental attribute * 10)]

[Currently, the maximum number of minions that can be controlled simultaneously is 88 (Mental Attribute/100)]

[Currently, the maximum health a single individual can contribute is 50%.]

[The maximum attribute points that a single individual can currently allocate: depends on the template, but cannot exceed 50% of your own attribute value.]

Lin Ye read through this skill description, which was practically a short essay, word by word.

Without a doubt, this is the most complex skill he has ever possessed.

In short, this newly created [Fungi Dominion] perfectly inherits all the advantages of [Summon Minions] and [Silk-Born Puppets], and elevates them to a whole new level.

First, he no longer needs to go through the tedious process of "killing monsters - implanting spores - waiting for mycelium to grow - becoming a puppet" to create minions.

Now, once he activates this skill, he can create a living minion with its own mycelium out of thin air, based on his own attributes and health.

Its combat power far surpasses that of the mycelial puppets previously made by stitching together severed limbs and broken arms.

Secondly, when these minions are not in use, they can be retracted into a specific summoning space.

Within the space, the mycelium they consume can be replenished, and they will not die due to energy depletion.

This means that once one re-enters a closed space like the Tower of Nirvana, or ventures into the Abyss Rift, it will be a matter of life and death.

He doesn't need initial corpses as starting materials; as long as there are minions in the summoning space, he can start directly, mass-producing troops in battle and building a truly elite legion.

The overall strength of this legion must far exceed that of the puppet army that was wiped out in the Doomsday Volcano.

After reviewing all the skills, Lin Ye began to prepare how to allocate skill points.

The skill 【Casting】must be activated no matter what.

Although it cost him a full 10 skill points, which made him feel a pang of regret, the benefits were definitely worth it.

Two skill points vanished instantly.

[Ding! You have unlocked the active skill "Casting" by consuming 10 skill points!]

[Current skill level has been upgraded to LVMAX!]

He now has 9 skill points left.

Lin Ye's gaze shifted back and forth between the two skills, [Fungal Domination] and [Elemental Mastery], as he fell into deep thought.

One is to fundamentally change his legion system, and the other is to improve his individual combat capabilities.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally made a decision.

Since it's impossible to determine which skill offers the greatest benefit and provides the biggest boost from skill point allocation, let's spread the benefits evenly!
He allocated 5 of his remaining 9 skill points to [Fungal Domination] and the other 4 points to [Elemental Mastery].

[Ding! You have unlocked and upgraded the skill "Fungal Domination" by consuming 5 skill points!]

[Current skill upgraded to LV5!]

[Ding! You have consumed 4 skill points to upgrade your skill: Elemental Mastery!]

[Current skill upgraded to LV5!]

Points added.

Lin Ye slowly exhaled and closed his personal panel.

He can't wait to test the effects of these new skills!

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(End of this chapter)