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Ten minutes later.

Gu Shen stepped out of the rune altar, his face beaming.

"Phew, your Truth Bookstore is really useful. It's my first time using it, awesome! I'm done, you can come now."

"m!"

Xiao Yunchong gave him the middle finger, then asked curiously:

"What have you been fiddling with for so long? Show it to me."

"A super move, can you guess?"

Gu Shen smiled mysteriously, his riddle-like demeanor driving Xiao Yun almost crazy.

No matter how Xiao Yun threatened or bribed him, Gu Shen refused to budge.

"Gu Shenni ma!"

Xiao Yun, in a fit of impotent rage, kicked him off the bookshelf:

"Get lost, get lost, don't waste my time here after you're done. Go play somewhere else."

"Sigh, it's only been two days, and our honeymoon is already over? Ah Yun, you've changed..."

Seeing his smug look, Xiao Yun's eyelids twitched wildly. He pressed his mithril sword against the blade, preparing to give this wretched creature a good whack.

But Gu Shen was prepared. He disgusted Xiao Yun for a moment, then turned and ran.

"You're quite fast, but this is Utopia, I'm the president, where can you run to?"

Xiao Yun sneered and sent private messages to others in the guild's small group, asking them to give Vice President Gu a good boost in strength.

Ji Mingyu quickly replied: "Received, arranged."

It also included a picture of Gu Shen surrounded by a pack of Star Moon White Wolves, looking terrified and disheveled.

"It has to be Lao Ji, he's so fast."

With a thought that instantly cleared his mind, Xiao Yun closed the guild channel, calmed himself down, and stepped into the rune altar.

The True Knowledge Codex turned silently, and with a dazzling white light, the scene before my eyes suddenly changed.

Everything around him vanished, leaving only a dark void and the [True Knowledge Codex] before him.

As Xiao Yun's gaze slowly fell upon the codex, words appeared on the blank pages, revealing his current abilities.

"Talents, equipment, skills..."

Xiao Yun quickly skimmed through the entries, finally settling on the [Skills] section.

With a thought, the True Knowledge Codex in front of him flipped through the pages again, and more than ten pages rose into the air and floated in front of him.

Each page represents a skill, and the specific information about the skill is clearly marked.

Xiao Yun pondered for a moment, then selected three pages from the book.

Calm the mind, maintain composure, concentrate.

"The three skills are interconnected, but Concentration has never been able to reach its full potential, at most it can only increase combat power by three times. I wonder if there will be an improvement after it is fused into one skill."

After preparing himself mentally, Xiao Yun chose to combine the three skills.

[Ding! Do you wish to fuse [Calm Mind], [Tranquility], and [Concentration]? After fusion, the skill [Insightful Insight] (B-) will have an 80% success rate.]

"The fusion of three C-level items can indeed elevate a character to B-level, a truly miraculous effect. However, the success rate is only 80%, so isn't failure almost inevitable?"

Xiao Yun's gaze darkened slightly.

"How did that bastard Gu Shen manage to succeed just now? Was that dog's luck that good?"

Just as he hesitated, the True Knowledge Codex lit up, and a pop-up window appeared.

[True Knowledge Codex Reminder: Skills below Rank B will not be destroyed upon fusion failure, but will increase the Luck attribute. Using skill upgrade cards or consuming other skills can increase the fusion success rate. Using special materials in the fusion process can change the fusion result.]

"It's similar to equipment enhancement, so that's alright."

Xiao Yun nodded and took out four upgrade cards.

For C-level skill fusion, one upgrade card can increase the success rate by 5%, and four cards are enough to raise the success rate to 100%.

But just as Xiao Yun was about to begin the fusion, he suddenly stopped when he saw the effect of the "special materials" reminded by the True Knowledge Codex.

"Special material, how about... we give it a try?"

Xiao Yun waved his hand and took out the highest-ranking material known to date - [Star Fragment] - and placed it at the bottom of the three pages of the book.

The star fragments flowed like water, and just as Xiao Yun was painfully trying to take them back, the fusion panel suddenly changed.

[Ding! Change added: [Starry Sky], True Knowledge Codex analysis in progress...]

[Analysis complete. Merged skill - [???], success rate 49.9%]

"Why has the success rate dropped so much? And what does that decimal point mean?"

Xiao Yun frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then reluctantly took out eleven skill upgrade cards and placed them on the card.

"Luckily, I found quite a lot in that secret vault in Happiness Lane, otherwise I would be in debt again."

But just as he was about to fuse them, he was shocked to find that an upgrade card had been rejected.

No matter how Xiao Yun tried, the success rate on the panel remained fixed at 99.9%.

"The changes caused by the power of the stars are too great; can the True Knowledge Codex guarantee success?"

Xiao Yun gasped, somewhat hesitant.

Although a failed fusion of a C-rank skill won't destroy the entire item, the Star Fragments invested cannot be recovered.

That's half of my current inventory, enough to charge Star Tears to B- grade. If I really lose it, I'll have nowhere to cry.

Xiao Yun lowered his head, staring at the 99.9% probability, his expression shifting wildly.

"There's only a 0.1% chance of failure, let's take a gamble! What if I manage to fuse it into a divine skill?"

A resolute glint flashed in Xiao Yun's eyes. Without hesitation, he changed into the tattered [Beginner's Set] and maximized his luck.

"I'll sacrifice Gu Shen's 20 years of single life! Open up!!!"

slam-la-

The True Knowledge Codex flipped through the pages frantically, its dazzling white light filling the entire field of vision.

slam-la-

The True Knowledge Codex flipped through the pages frantically, its dazzling white light filling the entire field of vision.

Xiao Yun closed his eyes, listening to the echo of his heartbeat, feeling as if time and space around him had frozen at that moment.

After an unknown amount of time, finally, a pleasant notification sound rang out.

[Ding! Fusion successful!]

Congratulations on obtaining the B-level general skill: Harmony of Man and Nature.

"Holy crap! It worked, I got the gold!"

Xiao Yun jumped three feet high, wishing he could hug the True Knowledge Codex and kiss it.

After carefully examining the new skill, Xiao Yun was so excited he almost reverted to his ancestral ways.

The new skill retains the effects of the original three skills while also enhancing them in all aspects.

Not only that, but two incredibly powerful new effects have also been added—

[Insight]: In battle, if the enemy uses a skill that is lower than the level of this skill, the enemy cannot gain the initiative.

【The stars shine brightly, illuminating my heart】: This skill has a built-in breathing technique when in use, consuming 5 mana points per second. It can automatically absorb the power of the stars to replenish itself, and consume the stored star power to increase combat power (for every 10% of star power stored, combat power doubles).

"A quantified version of the Concentration Amplification effect, and it can be used together with Concentration Amplification. Combined with the first move of [Insight], it can almost achieve 100% single-target kill."

"In fact, if enough star power is stored, the Seventh Sequence is not incapable of fighting."

Xiao Yun was amazed, feeling that these resources were well spent.

After calming down, Xiao Yun looked at the remaining skills and pondered for a long time.

"Both the Void Breaker and the Prison of No Form are core skills obtained during advancement, with a very high growth potential, so there is no need to fuse them for now."

"The rest are mana-utilizing skills like Mana Flow, Mana Shock, and Mana Barrier; high-damage spells like Dragon Language: Sovereign Flame and Flame's Lament; and other miscellaneous abilities..."

After calculating, Xiao Yun suddenly sighed:

"That bastard Gu Shen wasted one of my fusion attempts. Otherwise, I could have at least finished fusing the Mana Flow, Mana Shock, Junyan, and Yanshang types today."

But since things had come to this point, Xiao Yun had no choice but to choose one to merge with.

"My luck seems to be pretty good today, how about... we go for something high-end?"

Xiao Yun looked at Jun Yan and Yan Shang, eager to try.

"Let's do it! And if we're going to do it, let's go big!"

With this thought in mind, Xiao Yun no longer hesitated and summoned the little fire dragon through the contract connection.

Soon, the little fire dragon flapped its wings and came to Xiao Yun, its big eyes full of doubt.

"Hmm? (Dad, what do you want?)"

"Hehe, good son, I'll lend you some dragon blood."

Upon hearing that bloodletting was to be performed, the little fire dragon shook its head like a rattle drum and turned to run away.

But Xiao Yun grabbed him.

Xiao Yun looked at the pitiful little fire dragon and felt a pang of pity.

But then I thought about it again and realized that this kid had sucked a lot of my blood when he was revived, so I felt relieved.

"Be good, my sword is very fast, and I'll only use a little bit, it won't hurt."

Clang!

With the mithril sword drawn, Xiao Yun, holding the little fire dragon by the tail, stepped into the rune altar.