Ring of Fate

Chapter 706: Fusion Ability (Third update, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket)
Black... In fortune telling, this means that you will encounter a disaster related to your own death... The color is not strong enough, which means that this disaster may lead to death but not certainty, or there is a certain hope of solving it? Well, I'll look at other people's fortunes later, and maybe I can find strong black. That may mean that as long as you choose the corresponding tributary, the fate of death is already determined... Lumian maintained his own observations on the fate of Franka and "Hela" and made corresponding guesses.

Because the tributaries were constantly changing, Lumian couldn't clearly grasp the future fate of the target and could only glimpse one or two of them. The black "markings" allowed him to confirm the key points very intuitively.

This is something that the mystical knowledge of the "Life Hunter" power does not mention. Lumian deeply suspects that after "Observing Fortune" is sublimated into "Observing Destiny", it can be combined with the "Weakness Detection" of the "Reaper" to form this unique ability:
Just like discovering the weaknesses in the target's body and soul, discovering the weaknesses in the opponent's destiny is the tributary leading to death!
Just as I had speculated before, the two abilities in the "Hunter" and "Destiny" paths that also use the eyes to observe have merged... Lumian took a look at the long river of fate of "Hela" and Franka, and found that he could grasp some fragments of their past and present destinies, just like when he used "Corrupted Mercury" to hunt for the fate of others.

The difference from that time is that now I can see it directly. I no longer need to extend my spirituality and use the corresponding abilities to touch the illusory river with mercury-colored waves and made up of complex symbols.

In other words, it is possible to "see" part of the target's fate without the target noticing.

Of course, compared to touching the corresponding river of destiny through ability, seeing with the eyes is obviously limited - most of the life scenes in the mercury river are very vague in this case, and the closer to the present, the clearer it appears. Similarly, the less it involves high-level things, the clearer it is.

In this matter, the life fragments of Franka and "Hela" form a sharp and powerful contrast:

The past and present fragments highlighted in the mercury-colored waves of Hela's long river of fate were partially shrouded in mist, and partially hidden in the darkness. They were completely unclear, and only a very small number could be glimpsed. However, Franka's were much clearer, especially in the past one or two weeks. Lumian could see all the fragments involving high-level beings such as the "Kingdom of Night", "Lady Judgment", and the "Black Witch".

During the experimental observation, Lumian suddenly froze.

After two or three seconds, he looked away somewhat uncomfortably.

"What's wrong?" Franka asked with curiosity and concern, "If you don't want to talk about the specific ability, you don't have to."

Only then did she realize that she had been too hasty and had actually asked directly about the "Life Hunter"'s situation and possible fusion abilities in front of Ms. "Hela".

Lumian swallowed unconsciously, calmed himself, looked at "Hela" and said:

“There’s nothing that can’t be said.

"I can no longer just observe your fortunes, I can directly see the long river of your destiny, from the main trunk to the tributaries, but most of it is unclear. Only when you really use the ability to hunt for destiny can you sense it clearly, and that is limited by time.

"Well, among the tributaries of the long river of fate that I saw, there is one that should lead to death..."

Lumian briefly recounted his initial speculation, and the color of his eyes gradually returned to normal.

"Since it's not certain death, it should be called a doomsday." Franka's attention was drawn to the symbolic meaning of "black".

Death? Lumian and Hela both looked at Franca, waiting for her explanation.

Franka laughed awkwardly:
"To put it simply, if you handle disasters, crises or events that could lead to death well, you can survive them."

I see... Lumian thought for a moment and said:

"Then this ability is called 'Eye of Disaster', which means eyes that can see the disaster of death."

He doesn't care too much about the name. What matters most is that it is useful and easy to use.

Lumian then began to digest the mystical knowledge that entered his body along with the power of the Life Hunter:
The core of "Life Hunter" is actually hunting lives, but this is divided into three abilities.

The first ability is "Hunting Destiny". By contacting the target's destiny, you can directly "hunt" the desired destiny.

This is somewhat different from the ability of "Fallen Mercury". You can "hunt" the target's destiny without killing him, but this takes a certain amount of time. The lighter the corresponding destiny, the faster it will be completed, and the heavier the destiny, the slower it will be.

——The importance of a fate fragment refers to its importance to the overall fate of the target.

Of course, Lumian can also "hunt" a fragment of the target's fate by killing him, and because the target's overall fate is fixed and will not change, the time required to complete the "hunt" is very short.

As a "Life Hunter", Lumian can accumulate two fragments of destiny in himself for a long time, which is more than the one of "Corrupted Mercury".

——Normally there are three, but Lumian neither became a dancer nor played a mendicant monk, and he did not even sign the full number of special contracts. In other words, when he was in the first three stages of the "destiny" realm, he almost never got close to the power giver in his daily life, and his integration with the power was poor.

If he had not practiced the core spirit of "asceticism" well, there might be only one fragment of destiny that could be stored at present.

The second ability is "exchanging fate", which is to exchange a destiny accumulated on you for a destiny of the target.

It is best to match the weight of the fate fragments, light with light, heavy with heavy, otherwise the exchange will be very slow, perhaps taking five or six minutes.

The matching of importance is one aspect, and the importance of the fate fragment itself is another aspect, which will also significantly affect the speed of exchange, but in general, it is faster than directly "hunting" the corresponding fate - except for the "hunting" of killing the hunting target.

Regardless of whether it is "Hunting Destiny" or "Exchange Destiny", there is currently a restriction that you cannot attack the target again before completion.

In this regard, it is not as convenient and flexible as "Fallen Mercury".

The third ability is "promoting destiny", which means spending a great deal of spiritual energy to directly push the target's future towards a certain tributary.

This ability was not like this originally. It was more about influencing the target's future destiny through rituals, curses, etc., but after being integrated with the characteristics of the "Reaper", it has become something that can directly promote things.

This, combined with the Eye of Disaster, allowed Lumian to see some possibilities.

Of course, after some evaluation, he felt that with his dual spiritual powers of "reaper" and "life hunter", he could only push it twice at present.

“The core abilities of the ‘Life Hunter’ are the deepening and simplification of the ‘Luck-changing Technique’…” Lumian made an overall assessment.

After becoming a "life hunter", the upper limit of the contracts he could bear as a "contractee" reached twelve, and his endurance as an "ascetic monk" was also greatly enhanced.

This made Lumian consider signing two or three more contract abilities in the future to enrich his own fighting style and add corresponding trump cards.

But he would not really sign all twelve, not even ten, because the intensity and variety of the negative impacts would exceed the "Ascetic's" tolerance. Lumian did not want to become a fake Beyonder like the parish priest Guillaume Bene, whose weaknesses could be easily caught and whose actions could be guessed.

Another major change for the "Acetic" is that the "Backlog" has been upgraded to the level where it can accumulate external destiny fragments, and it has truly become an important part of the "Life Hunter".

Rituals such as the "Animal Creation Technique" have been simplified. For example, Lumian previously had to wrap the target in ritual sheepskin before he could turn the target into a sheep by reciting a spell. Now, he can use the more symbolic method of covering the target with sheepskin to meet the prerequisite.

The flexibility of the "dancer" has also been greatly improved. Lumian can now perform all kinds of terrifying and incredible movements. If ordinary people only see the corresponding projection, they will think it is a monster.

In addition, Lumian's spirituality has increased significantly. The simplest measure is that he can use the "Spirit World Shuttle" sixteen or seventeen times.

But whether it is "Life Hunter" or "Harvester", the improvement brought to his physical strength is quite limited.

After confirming his own changes, Lumian thanked Ms. "Hela", inquired about the time of the next "Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society" meeting, and returned to the real world with Franka.

After returning the Fool's gold coin to Janna, Lumian briefly mentioned the abilities of the Life Hunter and said:

"Since I have the ability to directly see some fragments of fate, I will decide on a specific plan after I observe Moran Avni closely."

"Okay." Franka wholeheartedly supports any measure that can reduce risks.

Lumian immediately stood up and said to Franca and Janna:

"Then I'll be leaving first. During this time, remember to ask at your occult gatherings if there is any 'Harvest Priest' potion formula and the corresponding extraordinary materials."

"No problem." After sending Lumian away, Franca turned around and asked Janna in confusion, "Why is he a little weird? Usually he has to annoy people, make jokes, and then leave?"

Janna also felt that this was not normal and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, her expression changed slightly.

Janna lowered her head, looked at the book in her hand, and said thoughtfully:

"Maybe he just received the gift of power and his condition is not very stable. He needs to go back and rest quickly."

"That's right." Franca was immediately relieved.

She didn't think much about it, nor was she too lazy to think about it. The night time was so beautiful and it couldn't be wasted on such unimportant things.

…………

Outside the Rose Conference Hall of the Champs Elysees Hotel in the Grands Boulevards district.

Many reporters stood in front of the hotel's most iconic indoor golden fountain, waiting for Minister of Industry Moran Avini to come out after completing cooperation negotiations with the Loen Kingdom delegation.

Lumian put on the black woolen coat he had prepared long ago, put on a half-high silk hat, and held in his hand a rented, new, standless black-and-white camera. With an ordinary appearance like that of a passerby, he blended in with these people with a fake identity as a reporter.

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(End of this chapter)