Chapter 6: Fusing Skill

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

[Small Log +2]

[Experience +2]

[Small Log +2]

[Experience +2]

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The logs were collected one by one. Under the faint starlight, Jiang Cheng could see visible cracks on the surface of the giant tree before him. After about ten minutes, with a “poof” sound, a huge one-meter diameter tree hole suddenly appeared. A pile of fine wood chips slowly fell down and scattered at the bottom of the hole.

“It worked!” Jiang Cheng exclaimed in surprise, as he put down Yaya and climbed in to inspect the hole.

The hole was horizontal and structural, with a circular shape and a depth of three meters, but it did not fully penetrate the tree. There was still half a meter of thickness behind it.

“Not bad,” Jiang Cheng crawled out and said to Yaya, “Go in. We’ll sleep here tonight.”

“Okay,” Yaya nodded happily. Sleeping in a tree hole was the best option. In the past, she had to climb up the tree or rest under the giant tree, using leaves as a blanket, which made her unable to sleep peacefully.

Tong Xiaorou looked at the tree hole in surprise, then at Jiang Cheng. She wondered, ‘Is this what an Evolver is capable of?’ Although she knew that Evolvers were very powerful, she had no idea about their special abilities.

“You too. Go sleep if you’re sleepy. I have something to take care of,” Jiang Cheng said.

“Okay.” Tong Xiaorou obediently crawled into the tree hole after Yaya and settled in the deepest part. The ground was covered with fine wood chips, making it quite comfortable.

Jiang Cheng positioned himself at the entrance of the tree hole, pondering over the various inspirations that he had encountered when upgrading his fusing skill. With a flick of his wrist, he pulled out the long saber he had seized from the man who had attacked them.

What surprised him was that it was actually a Tang Dynasty Sword, 1a straight sword.

Although he wasn’t an expert in cold weapons, he could tell that the sword was straight and narrow, making it convenient to hold. The blade was approximately two fingers wide, with a slight curve at the end, but the back was straight. The length of the sword was about 1.3 meters or maybe even longer, and it weighed only two to three pounds.

‘It looks almost new, as if it hasn’t been used much. However, it’s not made of steel. It might suffice for ordinary people, but as an Evolver, I fear it will be damaged after just a few uses.’ With that in mind, he swiftly flipped his hand and retrieved the wolf bones he had gathered earlier. He planned to use the fusing skill to strengthen his sword.

According to the information in his mind, there were two ways to use the fusing skill.

The first method involved using one item as the main body and another as the material to fuse. The main body’s shape would not alter, but if the fusion was successful, some of the material’s characteristics could be retained. However, there was also a risk of failure. In the event of failure, the material would be destroyed, and only the main body would remain intact. This method was best suited for enhancing weapons.

The second way was to forcefully fuse multiple items together, and the result would be completely random.

At this moment, he was prepared to use the first method. He picked up a wolf bone and used it as the material to imbue the Tang Dynasty Sword, which he had decided would serve as the main body.

In the next moment, the Tang Dynasty Sword and wolf bone emitted white light at the same time as they became closer to each other.

This white light did not look like a light source because the surrounding environment was not illuminated. It was a light only visible to Jiang Cheng.

The white light became more and more glaring.

About ten seconds later, the wolf bone suddenly shattered into pieces.

“Did I fail?” Jiang Cheng’s expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly checked the Tang Dynasty Sword.

Fortunately, there was no damage on the Tang Dynasty Sword.

Therefore, he picked up the second wolf bone and continued to fuse it.

POOF!

Ten seconds later, he failed again.

Jiang Cheng frowned slightly and picked up another one. He took a deep breath and maintained his composure before using his skill.

POOF!

This time, it failed at the beginning of the process. The wolf bones shattered again.

‘D*mn it!’ Jiang Cheng cursed inwardly. ‘I don’t believe it!’ He continued to fuse them.

It was his fourth attempt, and the white light became more blinding.

Ten seconds later, the white light suddenly disappeared, and the wolf bone in Jiang Cheng’s left hand slowly turned into powder. The Tang Dynasty Sword in his right hand seemed to have gained some weight.

“Did I succeed?”

Jiang Cheng was delighted. He hurriedly looked at the Tang Dynasty Sword and found that he could see its attributes.

[Tang Dynasty Sword (White): Density +1]

“Just an increase in density? Not bad though!” Jiang Cheng beamed.

In addition, the word ‘White’ caught his attention.

“White, is it the item grade?”

He pondered for a moment and thought of picking up another wolf bone. But he realized he had used up all, and only had two wolf fangs left.

One end of this wolf fang was extremely sharp and glinting with a cold light. It was probably the hardest material on the giant wolf’s body.

Without thinking too much, he continued to use the wolf fang as a material for fusing.

POOF!

The wolf fang was broken. The fusion failed.

“The failure rate is too high!” Jiang Cheng lamented, but he thought maybe the level of his fusing skill was too low.

Jiang Cheng frowned slightly, then picked up the last wolf fang, wanting to fuse it with the Tang Dynasty Sword for the last time.

After about ten seconds, the light of slowly faded away, unlike the previous failure.

Jiang Cheng was delighted.

Sure enough, this time, there was not even a bit of Wolf Fang left. It had completely fused in.

At this moment, Tang Dynasty Sword’s attributes changed to:

[Tang Dynasty Sword (White): Density +2]

“It improves the density again? ”

However, the giant wolf from before was only an ordinary wolf, so Jiang Cheng did not have high expectation.

“It’s already very good to succeed.”

Jiang Cheng wielded the Tang Dynasty Sword again and found that it was about five pounds now. With his current strength, this weight was more suitable. Otherwise, its original version was too light. It was as light as a feather.

Moreover, the increase in its density also improved its quality.

The edge of the new Tang Dynasty Sword would not curl easily, and the blade would be able to withstand greater force and would not break easily.

“If only I had the chance to get some strong alloys.”

Thinking of this, he stood up with his sword and looked around, trying to look for some objects to test out the sword. However, there were no obstacles under the tree. In the end, he could only take out the logs he had collected and try to slash it.

With a slash, the log was directly cut off. There was no curl on the blade.

“Good enough.”

Satisfied, Jiang Cheng put away his sword and sat down at the entrance of the tree cave again. He then took out a lot of logs.

“It’s time to try out the second fusing method.”

He picked up two logs and leaned them against each other. He was prepared to fuse the them directly.

The light appeared, but in less than two seconds, the two logs suddenly shattered into pieces.

“Failed?”

Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment. He picked up two more and continued to use the fusing skill.

In the end, he failed again. He patiently continued to fuse them.

Finally, on the third attempt, one of the logs shattered into powder, but the other log remained.

When the white light disappeared, an attribute appeared above the wood log:

[Small Log (White): Hardness +1]

“I can get something like this if I fused them this way? ”

Jiang Cheng’s eyes flashed. He put away the log and continued to pick up another log to try.

This time, he succeeded as well. However, after the white light disappeared, the two pieces of wood became one. There was no broken powder.

The item produced was a little thick at one end, as if it had grown a tumor. There was an attribute display on it:

[Torch (White): Burn +1]

“Torch? There should be a chance to use it. ”

“What if I combine multiple torches? ” Jiang Cheng put away the torch. He placed ten logs together, pressed them with both hands, and used the fusing skill.

A white light lit up.

In the next moment, with a poof, the wood turned into scraps.

Although he failed this time, he gained some enlightenment again. After thinking for a while, he put the ten logs together again.

However, this time, he didn’t hold it down. Instead, he approached it with both hands and used the fusing skill with a thought. As expected, even if he didn’t touch it, the materials still emitted a faint white light.

About ten seconds later, when the white light disappeared, a stool appeared in front of him.

However, the wooden stool had no attributes.

Jiang Cheng shook his head slightly. This was not what he wanted either. What he wanted the most was a campfire. It would be best if it was a campfire with special attributes like those in the game.

So he continued to fuse items. This time, he put a total of 100 pieces of logs together and piled them into the shape of a campfire before using the fusing skill.

When the skill was used, all the small wooden blocks that were piled together emitted a faint white light, and the light became stronger and stronger.

But ten seconds later, it shattered again with a poof.

“The failure rate is so high!”

The success rate was already so low at level 1. The success rate of level 0 before was simply unimaginable.

Fortunately, Jiang Cheng had collected enough wood previously. Otherwise, he could not afford to waste it.

Jiang Cheng continued to fuse the logs. This time, it was still 100 logs.

In the end, he failed again.

Then, the third, fourth, and fifth time, they all failed. A large pile of broken wood residue was left in front of the tree hole.

Jiang Cheng frowned and kept using his fusing skill.

Soon, the 1,000 logs were all used up, and one of the slots in his Item Box was empty.

Not long after, the second inventory slot was also empty.

Jiang Cheng refused to believe it and continued to fuse them. He got agitated due to the repeat failures. He was completely betting on probability.

Finally, on the thirtieth fusion, when the light disappeared, a campfire with a diameter of one meter and a height of half a meter appeared in front of him.

[Campfire (Green): Exorcise Evil +1, Dispel Darkness +1, Warmth +1; Can be used for cooking]