104: Fusion

“Has Star Spirit Xiao Bai finished evolving?”

Lin Ye’s heart stirred.

This evolution had taken Star Spirit Xiao Bai too long, but it was finally over.

After evolving, Star Spirit Xiao Bai had grown two horns, and its mouthparts had become sharper, seemingly possessing a hint of the Yinglong’s grandeur.

Contractor: Star Spirit Xiao Bai

Skills: Star Child (Profound), Contract (Cannot be upgraded, already contracted), Dream (Profound), Space Control (Profound), Star Eyes (Profound), Fusion (Beginner 0.1%)

Fusion?

Star Spirit Xiao Bai transmitted the information about Fusion to Lin Ye through their Soul link.

Fusion, a combined skill, can amplify the contractor’s strength.

Lin Ye had Star Spirit Xiao Bai activate it proactively.

Fusion required both of them to activate it together.

Lin Ye’s skin developed a layer of scales, a pair of wings extended from his back, and two horns grew on his head.

It felt pretty good.

Lin Ye could feel that not only was his physical body amplified, but his abilities, Soul strength, and all other aspects were comprehensively enhanced.

This was truly impressive.

He tried flapping the wings on his back.

With the amplification from the wings and his own Star Level seven strength, his speed was incredibly fast.

Inch Step.

The Star Level Inch Step was not just a footwork technique; it could also increase flying speed.

In that instant, Lin Ye transformed into a white lightning bolt, soaring freely within the training grounds.

This speed!

He stopped.

He also tested the strength of the scales; they were quite good, and combined with Wandering Dragon Body, they were even harder than a fortress.

His strength also surged; Lin Ye felt that his strength had already surpassed that of a Star Level nine close-combat professional.

Moreover, this was only an enhancement to his basic attributes; his abilities were also strengthened.

Especially the skills originally shared from Star Spirit Xiao Bai, they were more than twice as powerful.

Powerful. The Fusion skill looked ordinary, but it was truly a divine support skill.

The consumption was quite large, but what Lin Ye lacked least was Star Power.

He deactivated Fusion.

Star Spirit Xiao Bai returned to his body.

Lin Ye tried it out; Star Spirit Xiao Bai’s skills could also break limits, which was good news.

Currently, skill points were scarce everywhere, and too many skills and abilities needed to break limits.

Now, everything was ready, and it was time to head to the Star Realm.

.......

“You want to go to the Star Realm?” His grandmaster seemed a bit surprised.

How long had Lin Ye been here this time?

“Grandmaster, if I don’t go to the Star Realm soon, I’ll be so poor I can’t even afford underwear,” Lin Ye said.

His grandmaster naturally knew about his expenses, especially his ambition to become a perfect Star Level, a goal that was extremely costly to achieve.

But he couldn’t help much; he was just a poor researcher, not worried about his own food, drink, and cultivation, being supported by the nation, but helping others was beyond his means.

“Alright, which city do you plan to go to? I’ll help you plan,” he decided to use his experience to assist his grand-disciple.

“Money, money, anything that can make money will do,” Lin Ye only wanted to make money now.

His grandmaster pondered seriously.

Make money?

Every city in the Star Realm could make money.

But to say which was the most profitable and most suitable for his grand-disciple...

“Why don’t you go to White Mist City? We and the Dwarf Race are currently contending for resources there, so there are many opportunities, and it’s also suitable for your eye-type ability.”

Lin Ye’s eyes lit up; having an elder at home was like having a treasure.

If he had to choose from the many cities, he really couldn’t pick one.

After all, in the Star Realm, the Xia Nation alone had over three hundred cities under its control.

“Grandmaster, what’s the situation like in White Mist City?” Lin Ye inquired.

His grandmaster said, “White Mist City is perpetually shrouded in heavy fog, which originally made it unsuitable for human habitation. However, the resources within are incredibly abundant: rare exotic beasts, strange artifacts, rich mineral deposits, and a wide variety of star cores. So, our Xia Nation built a city there.”

“But a group of Dwarf Race members lives there. The Dwarf Race lives underground, so they aren’t much affected by the fog, and they are very skilled at mining and forging weapons. Their strength is formidable. Because of resource issues, we’ve had many conflicts with them. Conflicts also mean opportunities.”

“However, overall, it’s still relatively harmonious.”

After listening, Lin Ye felt it was indeed very suitable for him. He had Star Eyes, and all his seven senses were very strong, so he wouldn’t be much affected there.

Abundant resources meant many opportunities.

Although it would definitely be dangerous, after reaching Star Level seven, he was no longer afraid of most Star Level nine opponents.

“Thank you, Grandmaster. I’ll go immediately and bring back good things to honor you.”

His grandmaster chuckled, “You don’t need to bring me anything. I’m supported by the nation and lack nothing. Just take good care of yourself; it’s very dangerous there.”

“Also, haven’t your abilities reached Profound? You can already refine star cores. Improve your combat power as soon as possible, and you’ll have more capital.”

Lin Ye knew what his grandmaster was referring to.

star cores weren’t only refined when breaking through to Star Level; after Star Level seven, one could begin.

Each ability could absorb a portion of a star core to form a crystal core. When all nine abilities condensed into crystal cores, they could fuse to form the original core.

However, once an ability became a crystal core, its proficiency would become fixed and could no longer increase, so not many people refined them early.

Although that could increase combat power.

His grandmaster reminded Lin Ye to refine them because he believed Profound was already the highest level, with no room for further improvement.

But Lin Ye naturally knew this wasn’t the case, though he didn’t refute his grandmaster.

“Alright, I’ll refine them when I go to White Mist City. It’ll be a good time to get familiar with the place.”

“Mm.” His grandmaster nodded.

After bidding farewell to his grandmaster, Lin Ye set off for White Mist City.

“One hundred million for the travel fee?”

When he learned the price of the Star Gate transfer to White Mist City, he was shocked.

It was ten times the cost of White Stone City.

Well, expensive had its advantages. He still paid the transfer fee.

Upon arriving at White Mist City, he found that everything had turned white.

These fogs were not simple; even his enhanced vision was weakened by about seventy percent.

He activated Star Eyes.

Fortunately, the Star Eyes’ vision was not weakened.

Normal vision relied on optics, so it was naturally easily affected by heavy fog, but the Star Eyes’ vision was very peculiar and unaffected by the heavy fog.

Within his field of vision, people flowed like a tide. Even with the dense fog, it couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of White Stone City’s ability users.

Their strength was generally very high.

It was roughly at the level where Star Level eight was common, and Star Level seven was as numerous as dogs.

Lin Ye secretly clicked his tongue. This felt very much like changing maps in a novel.

In White Stone City, Star Level seven was common, but they were still very weak, with little potential. Here, however, Star Level seven individuals were basically all very strong.

This seemed very reasonable, as urbanization was an inevitable result when any civilized society developed to a certain extent.

All the elites of society would gather in the cities with the most resources.

So, it was normal for White Mist City’s average strength to be formidable, as it gathered most of the Xia Nation’s elites.

It was said that the Star Level guardians of this city numbered over ten.

Throughout the entire Star Realm, it was considered top-tier in strength.

He wondered what the Dwarf Race looked like?

Lin Ye was still very curious about the Dwarf Race.