Absolute Death Game

Chapter 160 - 142: Monsters Besieging the City

Golden light flickered, dazzling and blinding, and Xiao Buli’s heart leaped with joy at the sight, for this must be the sign that the fusion was about to succeed. As expected, the next moment the screen displayed a system prompt.

System prompt: Skill fusion successful, you have obtained an exclusive skill—Shadow Clone.

Shadow Clone: Rapidly move a short distance in one direction, and at the same time, a mirror image will move in the opposite direction to attract the enemy’s attention. Consumes 10 Stamina Points, 10 Mana Points.

Note: The duration and number of mirror images are related to your skill level and spiritual power points.

Very good, this skill is perfect for saving one’s life. The rapid movement combined with the mirror image drawing fire is far more efficient than using any single skill alone.

The second combination is Flying on Grass + Lesser Invisibility Spell.

Another flash of golden light, and the system prompts: Fusion successful, you have obtained a new skill, Fleeting Light and Shadow.

Fleeting Light and Shadow: Renders you invisible and increases your Movement Speed by thirty percent during invisibility, until you cancel this state.

Consumes 10 Internal Energy Points, 10 Mana Points, and will continue to consume Mana Points and Internal Energy Points in this state.

Another skill where 1+1 is greater than 2. The biggest drawback of the Lesser Invisibility Spell is the reduced Movement Speed after becoming invisible, but now not only does it not reduce but increases by thirty percent. As an invisibility skill, it’s incredibly powerful, and the duration has also become much more flexible—you use it for as long as you want.

The third combination to undergo fusion is Fire Blade Skills + Internal Energy Infusion.

System prompt: Fusion successful, you have obtained a new skill, Sunfire Sword Qi.

Sunfire Sword Qi: Infuses your weapon with a blazing energy, adding significant fire/Internal Energy damage until you cancel this state.

Consumes 20 Internal Energy Points, 20 Mana Points, and will continue to consume Mana Points and Internal Energy Points in this state.

Note: The value of the additional damage is determined by your spiritual power and Internal Energy level.

The advantage is that the power is a combination of two, possibly even higher, the downside is that it can no longer be bestowed on others, only self-used, but still not bad. The only issue being the heavy consumption, Xiao Buli re-examined his newly acquired skills, each one looking very useful, and the more he looked the more he liked them.

This Curse Sword Unity was even more practical than he had imagined, obtaining different exclusive skills through different combinations, it can be said to have infinite potential to explore.

However, after a while, he noticed a problem: all these skills required the consumption of various types of energy, and in large amounts at that. It seemed his current internal power value might not be enough.

If only he knew better than to learn the Flower Shifting Great Technique, but then again, if he hadn’t learned this Internal Cultivation Method, he might not have been able to change his class, so that was inevitable.

As he was thinking, he clicked on the icon of the Flower Shifting Great Technique, only to discover to his surprise that this skill could also be dragged.

This can also be used for fusion? He was startled, yet he dragged the icon of that skill into the Furnace Core.

What kind of skill should be fused with an Internal Cultivation Method? He dragged over an Ice Talisman to test it, and the fusion success rate was only 15%, then he dragged an Earth Escape Skill, and the success rate was 13%.

(Seems I need to think this through) Xiao Buli dragged skill after skill into the Furnace, but none reached above 50%,

each one worse than the last, mechanically switching out the spellcasting skills in the left side of the Furnace Core. Suddenly, one skill showed a fusion success rate of an astonishing 99%.

He hurriedly stopped and looked into the Furnace Core only to be surprised to find that it was a skill he had almost forgotten—the Tao Te Ching.

Tao Te Ching: A knowledge-based skill, aside from increasing one’s cultivation, it seems to have no special use. It requires constant study and understanding to improve the skill level and cannot be upgraded using combat experience.

This made him somewhat puzzled; the Tao Te Ching is a knowledge-based skill, how could it be used for fusion? And what kind of effect would be obtained after fusion? Moreover, the fusion success rate was as high as 99%.

He hesitated for a moment, dragged the Flower Shifting Great Technique out, and switched it with several other skills to see if they also had such a high fusion rate, only to find that they were miserably low, generally not exceeding 30%, even the Tai Chi Sword Skills were the same, pitifully low at 1%.

(What’s going on here? Tai Chi Sword Skills should theoretically have a high fusion rate with the Tao Te Ching since they were created based on Taoist philosophy. Could it be due to a repelling effect of like properties, or perhaps the Tai Chi Sword Skills already contain a part of what the Tao Te Ching offers?)

This conjecture seemed to hold some water. As he mulled it over, he dragged the Flower Shifting Great Technique back into his Skill Bar. This skill was quite important to him, given that several of his newly obtained skills required internal power points, but the 99% success rate made him feel that this fusion might yield an unexpected harvest.

The Tao Te Ching seemed useless on the surface, but as a prerequisite skill for his realization of the Taoist Heart, it absolutely could not be underestimated.

While thinking, Xiao Buli clicked to initiate the fusion.

The fusion took an unusually long time this round, and he didn’t know if it was psychological, but it felt as if a century had passed. The two skills gradually merged, and what emerged this time wasn’t golden light but rather a green glow filled with the vibrancy of life. As the icons of the two skills slowly melded, the light grew more and more intense until it finally burst forth like new life.

System Notification: Skill fusion successful. Exclusive Skill Acquired - "Yi Wood Xuan Yang Scripture". You can check this skill in the skill bar.

Yi Wood Xuan Yang Scripture? It sounded pretty powerful. Xiao Buli couldn’t wait to check out the skill, and its icon was also green.

Yi Wood Xuan Yang Scripture: A Lower Grade Cultivation Technique birthed from the integration of Taoist philosophy into a wood-based internal cultivation method, characterized by incessant growth and continuity, transformative fusion, and affinity with nature.

Passive Effects: Enhances health point recovery speed, energy point regeneration, healing effects of healing spells, duration of buff states, and reduces the duration of debuff states.

Active Effects: Utilize this technique to refine various types of energy in the body into True Origin Points, which can be used as any form of energy.

Lower Grade Cultivation Technique!!! Xiao Buli fell into a stupor. Despite the words "Lower Grade" prefixed, the phrase "Cultivation Technique" was profoundly imprinted in his mind, shocking him beyond imagination.

As a semi-otaku who had been exposed to the online world for years, Xiao Buli had undoubtedly heard the term "cultivation" countless times. Have I now become a cultivator?

He looked at the skill level, which surprisingly showed no information; this skill apparently didn’t have a level design, meaning it couldn’t be upgraded with combat experience, nor were there any hints on how to upgrade it. Improving this skill probably wouldn’t be much easier than mastering the Taoist Heart.

But nevertheless, it gave him something to look forward to.

Xiao Buli clicked once, and his character immediately sat down with crossed legs. As currents of energy circulated within, the upper limits of his internal energy points, mana, and stamina points all started to decrease, while a new green energy bar appeared below the three energy bars. When he hovered the mouse over it, it displayed True Origin Points.

As the three types of energy above decreased, the True Origin Points continued to rise. After a little over five minutes, the internal energy points, mana, and stamina points all dropped to zero and finally vanished altogether, while the True Origin Points soared to over 800. It seemed to have completely absorbed the effects of mana, stamina, and internal energy.

Then he looked at his other skills. Their consumption had all changed to True Origin Points. For instance, Fleeting Light and Shadow used 20 True Origin Points. Enjoy more content from empire

Like Mysterious Ice Slash, consuming 30 True Origin Points, or Sunfire Sword Qi, taking up 40 True Origin Points. Although it didn’t seem to increase, it significantly enhanced the efficiency of using skills. The greatest benefit was avoiding the awkward situation of having mana but no internal energy, and hence being unable to use skills.

Having gained this, Xiao Buli’s spirits soared even higher. Shaking off his lethargy, he was about to continue the momentum and find more skill combinations to fuse when the door to his room was abruptly kicked open, and a Demon Clan soldier rushed in.

Xiao Buli was momentarily stunned. What was going on? Almost reflexively, he cast a Mysterious Ice Slash. His character swiftly gathered strength and swung his sword, releasing a crescent-shaped arc of chilly white Sword Qi that struck the Demon Clan soldier who had no time to dodge, instantly freezing him in a block of solid ice.

This powerful? Xiao Buli was pleasantly surprised to find that he could trigger the freezing effect instantly, far more practical than the Mysterious Ice Talisman.

He raised his hand and cast a Burst Talisman. With a loud bang, the huge ice block burst apart into several chunks.

Ha-ha, this is exhilarating! Left hand ice, right hand fire; the expansion of cold and heat - nothing can withstand a second against me! Xiao Buli was thrilled for a moment, but then a glimmer of doubt surfaced in his mind. How did the Demon Clan find their way into his room? Could it mean—?

A flash of unease crossed his eyes. Damn it, the old lady is still outside!

He hurried out, and Xiao Buli’s mind buzzed. On the living room floor, the old lady had fallen in a pool of blood, reduced to an indistinct mass of flesh and blood. In theory, that was just an NPC, merely a string of data, but...but!

A frenzy of rage kindled in his heart, and with the sound of the door banging open, another five or six Demon Clan members charged in. The screen reflected the blazing look in Xiao Buli’s eyes, intense as if flames were burning.

He activated Sunfire Sword Qi, and scorching red light instantly engulfed his longsword, reminiscent of a Sith Warrior’s red lightsaber.

Ultimate Skills - Wind Rolls The Scattered Clouds! Xiao Buli pivoted, and a fiery whirlwind enveloped all five Demon Clan members, instantly grinding them into a pile of charred lumps emitting a stench of burnt flesh.

He charged out of the house like a madman, and outside, the entire Thousand Pines Town was plunged into chaos and carnage, with countless Demon Clan ravaging and plundering—(Monster Siege!) The idea flashed through Xiao Buli’s mind. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at .

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