Surprisingly, all Bai Zemin had to do was hold the square tablet while thinking about both skills.
He felt as if sothing inside him was being forcibly ripped out forcibly which made him frown slightly in discomfort. However, that feeling disappeared as soon as it showed up, just like an illusion.
Fire Sorrow, Lilith, and Shangguan Bing Xue watched the scene in front of them with eyes full of surprise and astonishnt.
In the two black holes located side by side in the center of the square tablet, two runes with peculiar patterns appeared after two flashes of light shot out from Bai Zemin's chest.
The rune on the left had several strange engravings that after a second careful look seed to form the image of a small fist overlapping the ghost of a larger fist. The larger fist gave the feeling of being able to break the confines of spaceti.
The rune on the right was difficult to understand as it was covered in shadows and flashes of silver light, but if one looked closely long enough one would see that amidst the shadows and flashes of silver light, there was a small figure blinking continuously.
"It seems that the skill Shadow Blink is on the verge of reaching its maximum possible stage." Fire Sorrow remarked as she observed the rune on the right attentively.
Bai Zemin nodded, "Shadow Blink is the evolution of a skill that I would never have learned had I not felt the need to do so back then, and I have no regrets since it did save my life on many occasions. Yet, while Shadow Blink is still of much use to , it will most definitely be no more in the not-so-distant future."
"You already found the universal space law door which ans that it's only a matter of ti before you'll be able to blink almost freely." Lilith nodded to show her agreent, "I think this is a good heaven-sent opportunity, despite the risk."
"It's either that or having a skill that probably won't be used again after a while." Shangguan Bing Xue comnted.
In reality, Shadow Blink was a powerful skill at present thanks to its sudden evolution after Bai Zemin learned more of spatial law coupled with his knowledge of shadows gained when he learned Shadow Control.
But just like Shangguan Bing Xue pointed out together with Lilith, it was only a matter of ti before Bai Zemin no longer needed Shadow Blink's existence even if it was trendously important to him today.
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[Shadow Blink ...]
[Second activation (Shadow Realm): Consus 250 Mana points to subrge the user's body or an object owned by the user in shadows, thus avoiding all physical and magical damage for 2 seconds. Light elent attacks inflict 200% more damage while the user is in the shadows].
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Not only did the range of the blink increase exponentially along with the evolution of the skill, but it even gained a second activation.
In fact, it was precisely the second activation 'Shadow Realm' that saved Bai Zemin from a lot of trouble while facing the Mana Eater Tree and it was also what allowed him to approach the back of the Corruption Demon Shun without the latter noticing.
'But, if is this...' Bai Zemin's eyes glittered and his heart began to beat faster and faster as he thought about the infinite possibilities that could be born under the fusion of Void Fist and Shadow Blink.
Soon, he stopped hesitating.
The roulette wheel spun, literally.
Even Little Snow paused in the sky as she felt the mix of energies on her back.
Lilith and the others along with Bai Zemin stared at the two runes spinning so fast that even for Fire Sorrow it beca impossible to discern what was what.
After about 40 seconds that felt like an eternity, a series of black flashes crackled noisily around the tablet, and under everyone's frightened eyes, countless cracks spread everywhere.
"I-It's going to break...!" Shangguan Bing Xue muttered in shock.
"How can this be possible..." Fire Sorrow watched unable to believe what she was seeing.
Furthermore, Lilith's face was so pale that all the blood on her pretty face seed to have been drained away. She couldn't help but feel extrely guilty at the thought of the impending failure that was about to happen.
She felt that she had ended the future of the one she loves!
'If only I hadn't said those words...!' Lilith felt as if a dagger were being driven into her chest.
If the fusion resulted in a stronger skill then it would be fine, but if the resulting skill was weaker then Bai Zemin would stay in level 100 forever without being able to go beyond the Second Order!
At that mont Lilith felt a hand larger than hers by at least twice holding on to her small hand, and when she looked down noticed the male hand of her partner holding hers reassuringly.
"Zemin, you... I..."
"It's okay." He affird, and after a mont he reaffird, "Everything is okay."
Lilith could tell that although his expression was serious he was definitely worried about the results. However, she nodded, and with tears on the verge of falling, she affird next to him, "It ain't over till it's over."
The roulette continued to spin faster and faster.
The cracks spread wider and wider until they practically covered the entire stone tablet.
Even flashes of white lightning could be seen crackling in the center; void lightning that was only born in so spatial cracks and could destroy everything with just a touch.
Fire Sorrow's expression changed when she saw this. Her heart exclaid, 'Not good!'
She hurriedly used magic to cast a sphere of transparent flas around the stone tablet with the intention of containing the white lightning at least a little.
If the void lightning ca out even she would be forced to retreat not to ntion the rest of them!
What no one could see was that during the whole process, the object Kali saw in Bai Zemin's soul shone brighter and brighter.
That broken and incomplete object was now bigger than before but still tiny, barely comparable to a grain of rice at best. Not only had it beco larger but it also seed to be half-complete, unlike before.
Unfortunately, Kali was not there to witness this event that could clear up countless doubts imdiately.
Exactly 20 seconds after the first crack appeared, the tablet exploded in what looked like a thick black cloud.
Not only did the sphere of flas raised by Fire Sorrow fade away but even the void lightning disappeared without a trace.
At a speed even hundreds of tis faster than Fire Sorrow's or Lilith's reaction speed, the black cloud shot towards Bai Zemin, covering him completely before disappearing inside his body.
"Uh..." His eyes widened in shock and for a mont he couldn't help but panic in the face of the unknown.
"""Zemin!"""
Three female screams filled with horror and a low howl sounded in the clouds.
None of this was turning out the way they had all expected; not even remotely similar!
Bai Zemin couldn't care about the others temporarily.
Pain.
A lot of pain.
This pain was not physical but ca deep from his soul.
'It feels like two claws are trying to tear my spirit in two!' He couldn't even speak as he was forced to focus ntally to bear it.
Were it not for the fact that his physical body had beco trendously powerful previously and were it not for the fact that Bai Zemin had experienced the cruel pain of having his flesh exploding in blood mist tens and hundreds of tis he definitely might have lost his senses right there and then.
Fortunately, the torture did not last more than 5 seconds.
Just as Lilith and the others panicked not knowing how to help him, a ssage flashed in Bai Zemin's eyes.
[Your level is too low, which restricts your soul power].
[You cannot hold two EX grade skills at the sa ti.]
[An entirely new record that has never existed to this day will be created.]
[You, who have been chosen as the one and only eternal soulmate of the Frozen Sacrilege Succubus, can have up to two subclasses].
[Congratulations!]
[You have acquired the 'Dinsional Shadow Monarch' subclass!]
This was only the beginning of a series of ssages from the Soul Record that, oddly enough for Bai Zemin, seed incredibly joyful.
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