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Chapter 1010 Fusion, Lu Ran

Aizen realized that Lu Li had misunderstood him, but he did not offer any further opinions on the matter of Moro.

Anyway, Moro is just a tool. As long as his abilities are still usable, he can just drain that planet dry.

Soon, he began practicing with Lu Li, trying to synchronize their soul wavelengths.

The biggest advantage of this fusion method that doesn't require dancing is that once you master the secret of soul wavelength synchronization, you can save a lot of dancing time and merge directly.

In other words, this will be a skill that has considerable practical significance even when placed in a space, rather than a comedic skill.

After all, in the world of adventure, most of the enemies you face are unlikely to watch you perform a funny dance and then merge with you.

As Shinigami, Aizen and Rikuli possessed extraordinary control over souls. In just three days, they were able to completely match each other's soul wavelengths.

As for strength, as long as Riku is not separated from Qi in any state, Aizen's basic attributes are actually similar to Riku's.

This amazed Lu Li, because Aizen was truly more intelligent than him. Through scientific knowledge and the technology of androids, he continued his previous Hogyoku theory and allowed his life level to leap forward once again.

Aizen's attributes have been elevated, and he now possesses certain android characteristics. While his stamina is not truly limitless, his endurance is far beyond that of ordinary explorers.

In terms of soul source, it is not as good as Lu Li's Immortal Spirit Seed, but the speed of soul source recovery is equally incredible. Even in high-intensity battles, Aizen could fight for decades without exhausting his stamina.

However, as explorers, this is not something to be arrogant about. After all, when traveling through the heavens and reaching high places, one can encounter all sorts of strange forces.

Some powerful cultivation systems in certain worlds are capable of achieving something similar to the Seed of Immortal Spirits. It's normal for strong individuals to be able to maintain a standoff for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years in a single battle.

To achieve such a sustained battle, one can imagine that those people's recovery abilities must be absolutely superhuman. Therefore, even in the ninth-tier realm, the Immortal Spirit Seed is no longer considered to be in a class of unparalleled superhuman abilities.

Of course, if he can complete the final irrigation of the spirit seed, it will be another qualitative change.

Moreover, the spirit seed does not conflict with advanced cultivation systems and techniques. He can learn stronger techniques while possessing the spirit seed. The basic soul source bonus combined with the spirit seed is an even stronger enhancement.

The same applies to the Primordial Spirit Seed. Even though some powerful cultivation systems can do similar things, the Primordial Spirit Seed is an ability that can be stacked, which is Lu Li's potential advantage.

Aizen has now completed his research, which has increased his strength. However, due to the nature of his research, Aizen cannot become stronger through simple training like Riku.

So he stayed in the subspace and continued his research, while Lu Li focused on his own cultivation.

Now that they have synchronized their soul wavelengths, they naturally want to try to see if they can successfully merge.

"Try it."

Lu Li said with a smile, eager to see how the power of fusion would work.

At this moment, Lu Li and Lan Ran stood facing each other, their breathing steady. When their eyes met, they reflected each other's image, as if a mirror was reflecting themselves.

They walked toward each other, each raising one hand, and high-fived as they passed each other in the center, much like a victory celebration in sports.

At the moment of the high-five, a flash of light appeared, and Lu Li and Aizen's figures merged in the light.

The new figure created after the fusion was dressed in black, clearly indicating that Lu Li was the main figure in this fusion, as the newly born individual used Lu Li's equipment.

This is where we need to distinguish between the way natives and explorers use fusion skills. Goku and Vegeta have no external objects, so the difference after fusion is simply a matter of consciousness.

However, the mechanics of the explorer are complex, and the equipment is all bound to each other. How should these equipment be counted after fusion?
The space now provides the answer: the merged individual can only wear one set of equipment, and whose equipment is used will depend on the consciousness subject adopted during the fusion.

For example, the individual created by the fusion is Lu Ran, so Lu Ran is wearing the Nightmare Outer Garment, with the Undying Lonely City Armor embedded inside, as well as the True Martial Set.

Judging from his appearance, perhaps due to the incorporation of Aizen, Lu Li's face looks three points more handsome than before, and his hairstyle has automatically changed to the fashionable hairstyle that Aizen often uses.

Her figure looked no different from before, but her temperament was much gentler. Even non-human beings would find Lu Ran quite charming.

Lu Li's original charm attribute was negative thirty points, but Aizen's charm attribute was positive two hundred points. Obviously, after the fusion, the value in this aspect was added and subtracted to neutralize it. Currently, Lu Ran's charm attribute is as high as two hundred points.

However, it's hard to say whether this number can be maintained if they enter combat mode.

The most noteworthy item is the Zanpakuto. Both Lu Li and Aizen were enhanced from Shinigami, and their main weapons are Zanpakuto that can grow in power. These are products related to the soul, so at the moment Lu Li and Aizen merged, the Zanpakuto was inherited by both of them.

In other words, the sword Lu Ran is currently carrying at his waist is neither the Demon Slayer nor the Mirror Flower Water Moon; if it had to be given a new name, it should be called 'Demon Moon'.

His and Aizen's scabbards, as special equipment that grows with its own spirit, were also fused together, allowing Scarlett's ultimate lubrication and Gerndale's magic-wielding abilities to be reproduced.

This is why Lu Li and Aizen tried so many times and practiced for three days before they succeeded in fusing.

The two had known each other for many years and were both Grim Reapers, so controlling their own soul wavelengths wasn't difficult. The challenge lay in the fact that, as explorers, they wanted to integrate certain special equipment as well, which required achieving complete synchronization.

Now they have the Demon Moon Zanpakuto and the newly formed fusion scabbard. Scarlett and the Grendel sisters have also merged together, which can not only further expand Lu Ran's stats, but also unleash the special powers of the two scabbards.

"Lord Lu...Lord Lu Li?"

Zamasu, who was teaching Moro, was also dumbfounded when he saw the newborn Lu Ran. However, he instinctively felt fear because he sensed that this newborn individual was radiating a power even stronger than that of a god.

"I am Lu Ran now."

Lu Ran smiled and said, her temperament gentle, without a hint of fear.

Lu Ran is a fusion entity primarily guided by Lu Li's consciousness. However, since it is a fusion, it is impossible for it to be unaffected by the other person's personality and consciousness. Therefore, Lu Li's current smile is genuinely kind.

He stretched his body, and this time his body was indeed perfectly coordinated. Lu Li had tried to fuse with Aizen before, and the result was either a fat Lu Li or a thin Aizen.

These humorous versions were all filmed and recorded by Lu Li using his spatial tablet, intended as future amusement and part of the fun of the journey. If the fusion fails, various comical forms will appear. These forms have no power; fusion is such an extreme thing—either succeeding and soaring to great heights, or failing and becoming even weaker than before.

Lu Ran clenched her fist, feeling a surge of power within her body.

Before the fusion, his and Aizen's base combined attributes were about 265 points, but after the fusion, their combined attributes soared to 275 points, an increase of 10 points, which was quite outrageous.

Once Lu Ran adapts to this state, she can unlock other states on top of it.

"Strange... I can't enter the divine forbidden state..."

Lu Ran tried to use all of Lu Li's abilities, but found that she could not enter the divine restriction state.

However, at this moment, he still possessed Aizen's super brain and instantly understood what was going on.

Abilities like Divine Forbidden Power are more idealistic, representing a dual sublimation of the soul and body. Since Aizen doesn't possess this ability, and they are currently a single individual, Lu Li cannot use Divine Forbidden Power to simultaneously elevate his and Aizen's souls in order to maintain a consistent soul wavelength.

Therefore, Lu Ran was unable to enter the divine forbidden state, which was the only flaw he discovered in the fusion state.

However, in comparison, Divine Restriction can only increase the overall attributes by a maximum of five points, while Fusion can increase them by 10 points. It is easy to make a decision between the two.

Moreover, given enough time, Lu Li felt he could further enhance his permanent divine restriction state, directly integrating the attributes brought by this divine restriction into his basic attributes, at which point this problem would no longer exist.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Aizen's basic overall attributes must also be raised to 270 points; otherwise, the two will have difficulty fusing due to the difference in strength.

Although the divine restriction cannot be used, other abilities can still be used. For example, the soul intent is not restricted because this is a fusion version led by Lu Li. If the soul intent is released with Lu Li's heart, it can be used.

However, soul intent is not without limitations. Similar to the divine restriction, since Aizen cannot use soul intent, the soul intent used by Lu Ran is not stronger than that of Lu Li. It is equivalent to Lu Li's part taking effect and generating soul intent.

Apart from that, there are no restrictions on powers related to bloodline and skills.

For example, Lu Ran can also use the Kaioken, and can even transform into a Super Saiyan. In battle, he will display Lu Li's peak skills and will also have Aizen's tactical mind.

It's worth mentioning that Lu Li was originally worried that because of something fishy about his soul, the dark demon god might harm Aizen's soul during the fusion process, causing the fusion to fail.

However, this did not happen during the fusion process. It seems that after he reached an initial cooperation with the Dark Demon God in the Gourmet World, the Dark Demon God's attitude towards him became much friendlier.

At least it won't go against his will and do anything to anger him, which shows that the demon god has figured out that he is just a tenant and that angering the landlord will not do him any good.

On the contrary, if they cooperate, Lu Li can also let him taste the flavors of food outside and smell the fresh air.

Therefore, Lu Ran now discovers that he can even unleash his Zanpakuto, Magetsu, and enter a completely new demonic state. These dark substances will not even harm Aizen's soul in the fused state.

Furthermore, Demon Moon can also use the various abilities originally possessed by Mirror Flower Water Moon, and after being amplified through the Demon Transformation state, it can generate even more domineering and bizarre illusion-based power.

If it's a Gourmet Demon, then he and Aizen can't merge, since his Gourmet Demon is the Dark Demon God, which is very special and not an ordinary Gourmet Demon.

Meanwhile, Aizen's Gourmet Demon, Jasmine, has always been wary of the Dark Demon God within Lu Li. Now, they are simply residing in Lu Ran's body, just like the Gourmet Demon within Toriko.

After sensing the various powers in her body, Lu Ran tried to unleash her soul source to replenish herself, and was pleased to find that the power of the spirit seed was also effective in the fused body.

In other words, as long as the soul wavelengths of Lu Li and Aizen remain synchronized and not disrupted, they are practically perpetual motion machines with infinite soul energy, possessing all the advantages of both Lu Li and Aizen.

Lu Ran spent more than an hour conducting various experiments. Just as Lu Ran was about to use Qigong to test her current explosive power, she suddenly turned into two people with a bang.

Lu Li looked at Aizen, "Sousuke, focus."

Aizen looked helpless. "Brother Lu, cooperating with your wavelength for a long time is quite tiring."

As it turns out, even if they are both Grim Reapers and understand each other, it is unrealistic to maintain their fused state indefinitely.

However, the two were not discouraged, after all, their fusion time had already far surpassed that of Vegito or Gogeta, which was enough to show that their teamwork was quite good.

Considering Lu Li's explosive power, if a battle that can't be resolved in an hour, then they probably wouldn't be able to win even if they were given ten hours.

"Let's try again. This time I'll let Sousuke take the lead. Don't you want to try Lan Li?"

Lu Li suggested with a smile. He was actually quite intoxicated by the powerful force after the fusion. Mainly, at that moment, he felt that he could think clearly about anything, and his mind was working better than ever before.

"I have a feeling it might not be a pleasant experience..."

Aizen remarked, "Especially since I have to continue my research soon."

"Sōsuke, what do you mean?"

Lu Li was somewhat puzzled, but he felt that Aizen wasn't saying anything nice.

"Simply put, I don't want my place to be affected."

Aizen pointed to his temple. If Lu Li became Lu Ran, he would feel great about becoming smarter, but if he became Aizen, he would feel that his brain had become simpler.

Lu Li was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this. Helpless, he could only abandon the fusion test and shift his attention back to the main matter.

The Tournament of Power will begin in the outside world in a little over six days, while he and Aizen will have the equivalent of seven years of training time in the subspace. During this time, Aizen will not stay in the subspace for the entire period, but will also travel to several other universes.

Lu Li, on the other hand, needs to master an extremely advanced ability in the subspace so that he and Aizen will have a chance to survive in the worst-case scenario.

That might be the power to counter the Omni-King's erasure.

(End of this chapter)