Apocalypse Gachapon

Once the skill star core left the skill space, it immediately felt lighter, easier to move.

Following the channel Lin Moyu had constructed using his soul, it drifted steadily toward his soul world.

At this moment, it appeared as a small bead, looking like a shining star from afar.

Yet when its brilliance was stripped away, it looked astonishingly similar to the Dragon Beads that Antares had been searching for.

Lin Moyu couldn’t help but wonder, “Are the Dragon Beads Antares is searching for actually his skills?”

The thought felt absurd, inconceivable.

If a skill didn’t reside within the skill space, then it must be located within the soul.

How could it possibly be lost in the outside world?

Furthermore, strictly speaking, a skill was more of an intangible thing. It should be fundamentally impossible for it to leave.

Unable to reach a conclusion after some thought, Lin Moyu set the idea aside.

Three days later, on the thirty-eighth day, the bead containing the Damage Transfer skill finally appeared within Lin Moyu’s soul.

Boom!

His soul shook violently, causing his body to tremble involuntarily.

A vast torrent of soul force surged toward the skill bead.

The skill bead emitted a powerful suction, greedily devouring Lin Moyu’s soul force, as if intending to drain him dry.

Yet Lin Moyu remained calm. He knew this was a necessary stage.

Once the bead had absorbed enough, it would merge with his soul, completing the relocation process.

“Go on, absorb. The more you absorb, the better.” He thought, freely channeling his soul force into it.

The greater the absorption, the higher the degree of fusion, and the stronger the skill’s effect would become. Moreover, many wondrous transformations could occur.

Some skills would see their power greatly enhanced. Others might have their cooldowns shortened, or even removed entirely.

This was why God-level experts were so terrifyingly powerful.

Their souls had merged with their skills. The higher the degree of fusion, the stronger the result.

Without hesitation, Lin Moyu poured his soul force into the skill star core, attempting to raise the degree of fusion between himself and the skill.

As it absorbed vast amounts of soul force, the skill star core shone brighter and brighter, its connection to him growing ever stronger.

Finally, when it could hold no more, a faint crack echoed.

The skill star core stopped absorbing, then burst apart with a thunderous explosion.

[Obtained soul force, EXP +1,000,000]

[Obtained soul force, EXP +1,000,000]

…

Countless notifications followed in rapid succession.

In an instant, Lin Moyu’s EXP soared, just like when he was in the Soul Fusion Grand Formation.

The soul force the skill star core had absorbed was now refined, purified, and returned to him.

Lin Moyu’s EXP instantly jumped from level 69 (1%) to level 69 (50%).

A 50% increase in EXP, it was even greater than when he slayed a Demon King avatar.

When the explosion subsided, Lin Moyu saw that the skill star core had changed.

It was now slightly larger, and within its radiant light shimmered a faint trace of gold, infused with his own soul aura.

Half of the skill star core had turned golden.

Lin Moyu’s heart leapt. This meant the degree of fusion had reached 50%.

Normally, when a skill star core was first transferred into the soul, the degree of fusion rarely exceeded 20%.

It required a long period of cultivation to gradually increase the degree of fusion.

But his had reached 50% in one go, which could be attributed to the sheer amount of soul force he supplied.

Thanks to the no-expense-spared supply, the degree of fusion was dramatically boosted.

Lin Moyu quickly checked the skill’s information.

With the degree of fusion exceeding 50%, the skill would inevitably undergo some kind of transformation.

[Damage Transfer (fusion 50%): all received damage is halved; the reduced portion is transferred to the summons.]

A wide grin spread across Lin Moyu’s face. The skill had evolved.

Originally, all damage he received would be redirected to his summons.

Now, the damage was first halved before being transferred, effectively granting him a 50% damage reduction.

His survivability had skyrocketed.

Passive skills were notoriously difficult to upgrade, and Lin Moyu’s had never changed since he acquired them.

Such skills couldn’t be improved through ordinary grinding.

It wasn’t unique to him. All classes faced the same limitation.

Passive skills were the hardest to enhance.

Most class users could never upgrade them in their entire lives.

Some relied on rare boss rank equipment to boost them.

Yet certain skills, like Damage Transfer, had no level at all. Even equipment buffs couldn’t touch them.

Only upon reaching God-level, when the skill star core fused deeply into one’s soul, could such passive skills evolve.

This change was extraordinary.

At that moment, Lin Moyu thought of his talent.

Previously, Damage Transfer didn’t display any specific data, only its function.

Now that it included the halving damage attribute, perhaps his talent could finally take effect.

Still, he’d need to test it. Not all skills interacted with talents.

“How is it?” Came Antares’s voice, breaking his thoughts.

Lin Moyu opened his eyes and saw Antares’s enormous eyes fixed on him.

“Pretty good. One of my passive skills just got stronger.”

Antares snorted, “That’s not what I asked.”

At this time, Lin Moyu was in an incredible mood. It had taken nearly forty days, but the result was truly gratifying, well worth the effort.

He explained how his passive skill had changed.

Antares listened in silence, a thoughtful glint flickering in his eyes.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Moyu asked curiously.

Antares muttered, “Why do I feel like I’ve heard of that skill somewhere before…?”

Lin Moyu was taken aback. His class was, after all, a new class, and a unique one at that.

Many of his skills were also unique, having never appeared before.

Where could Antares have encountered it?

But Antares didn’t dwell on it for long. He soon changed the subject, “What level is your Divinity Force?”

“Level 69.” Lin Moyu replied.

Antares’s head slammed into the ground with a thunderous crash. The earth trembled violently, deep cracks splitting across the land.

It was the first time Lin Moyu had seen Antares react like this, and it left him perplexed.

“Is something wrong?”

Antares glared at him, “Impossible! How could you possibly have level 69 Divinity Force?”

“The Shenzhou Cauldron has its own rules. Divinity Force can’t exceed level 10.”

At those words, Lin Moyu suddenly remembered the Shenzhou Cauldron.

Ever since he had obtained it in the Divine Selection Secret Realm, it had remained completely quit.

Over time, he had nearly forgotten about it.

In the corner of his spirit world, the Shenzhou Cauldron sat motionless.

Only when he leveled up would a faint wisp of divine energy drift out, increasing his Divinity Force.

“The Shenzhou Cauldron is in my possession.” Lin Moyu said.

Boom!

Antares struck his head against the ground again, eyes wide with disbelief, “What did you say? The Shenzhou Cauldron is with you?”

Lin Moyu nodded, “Yes, but I can’t take it out.”

Antares didn’t even lift his head this time, leaving it pressed against the cracked ground, “It’d be strange if you could take it out. Still… how could the Shenzhou Cauldron choose to follow you?”

Lin Moyu shook his head, “I don’t know.”

He hadn’t understood it back then either. It had simply been there when he woke up, quiet ever since.

“Is the Shenzhou Cauldron special?” Lin Moyu asked.

For Antares to lose his composure like this, it had to be extraordinary.

“You’ll understand once you reach the Transcendent God-level.” Antares said curtly, clearly unwilling to elaborate.

Lin Moyu didn’t press him. When Antares refused to talk, no amount of questioning would change that.

Antares said, “You can continue. With your current soul force, you can move another skill star core out.”

Lin Moyu asked, “If I move out two skill star cores, will that make me a God-level expert?”

Normally, transferring two skill star cores marked the step into God-level.

But the second skill star core was far more difficult to transfer than the first.

Mo Xinghe, the dean of the Chuangshi Institute, had been stuck on that step for years.

It wasn’t until he witnessed the Beast God’s Leg Bone that he gained sudden enlightenment, greatly boosting his soul force.

Antares crushed Lin Moyu’s expectations, “You really dream big. You’re not like them. Others start transferring at level 89, and you’re doing it at level 69.”

“Forget about reaching God-level expert. At most, you’ll only possess a trace of the skill power that God-level experts wield.”

“Now keep going. Finish the transfer quickly, then go find what I asked for.”