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Chapter 56: Skill Combination (2)
Chapter 56: Skill Combination (2)
「 Skill ‘Demon Slayer (C–)’ generated. 」
“...?”
I stared at the generated skill in confusion.
‘What...?’
This skill had nothing to do with the two skills I combined...
「 Skill – Demon Slayer (C–) 」
「 Proficiency – 0% 」
「 Explanation – A fighting style custom made by a hunter to slay demons. 」
「 Basic Effect – Basic information about all swordsmanship styles increases and upon using a bladed weapon, cutting force increases by 3 times. However, this effect does not stack with other weapons skills. 」
「 Additional Effect – Upon attacking non-humans, attack speed increases by 2 times. 」
“Demon Slayer...”
Was it the influence of Hunter’s Daggermanship?
‘It’s like a skill that’s custom-made for killing monsters.’
Especially that attack speed boost when you attack non-humans.
More importantly, the skill was C– rank but still had a ‘proficiency.’
That meant it still had room to grow.
I wasn’t sure how good the other innate powers were but...
‘Skill combination is pretty great, huh.’
This skill made up for the downsides of necromancy.
Being able to harmonize the random and dissonant skills that I get from necromancy...
In that sense, it was the perfect partner for my innate ability.
Plus, this way, I could just get rid of the skills that I wasn’t using and keep the useful ones.
It allowed me to grow in the way that I chose.
‘Should I just try combining all the skills I don’t use then...?’
The combinations hadn’t failed me yet.
“Status.”
「 Skill – Eye of Truth (A), Triple Laceration (A-), Wind’s Blessing (A-), Demon Slayer (C-), Instant Acceleration (D+), Pain Resistance (D), Accelerated Regeneration (D), Forceful Breakthrough (D), Physical Resistance (D), Mana Circuit (D-), Mana Resistance (D-), Mind’s Eye (D-), Strengthened Eyes (E-) 」Rread latest chapters at novelhall.com
“Wow, that’s more than I expected.”
I couldn’t even remember the times when I couldn’t become a hunter due to my lack of skills.
Seeing it at once also made it clear that I wasn’t making use of all of the skills.
‘A lot of these passives aren’t very useful anymore.’
Physical Resistance and Accelerated Regeneration were barely doing anything anymore.
Part of it was that my fighting style didn’t fit well with those skills...
「 Activating the innate power ‘Skill Combination.’ 」
「 Listing the available skills. 」
「 Please select two skills from the list. 」
I chose Physical Resistance and Accelerated Regeneration to get rid of.
「 The two skills are identical in rank. 」
「 Please select the core skill. 」
Physical Resistance’s low mitigation wasn’t very effective but...
‘I like that it doesn’t have a trigger requirement...’
But I didn’t want to put it in as a core and end up with another physical resistance skill.
Then...
「 Skill combination will start with ‘Accelerated Regeneration’ as the core. 」
「 Current probability for a high tier skill is 72% 」
「 Start the combination? 」
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“Ooh...”
The two skills must have synergized pretty well for them to have such a high success percentage.
But I canceled the combination and then tried combining Pain and Physical Resistances.
Jaw dropped, I stared at the newly formed skill.
「 Skill – Ashen Blood (B-) 」
「 Proficiency – 0% 」
「 Explanation – A transcendent trait developed by a mutant vampire. 」
「 Effect – The user’s regeneration increases proportionally to the user’s tenacity. The regeneration is increased by threefold when inflicted bodily harm, and up to 40% of the pain is blocked depending on the damage. 」
Jackpot.
That was the only word to describe this situation.
“Holy shit...”
As if the initial effect wasn’t enough...
The additional effects were somehow even more mindblowing.
‘Regeneration increasing by three times with pain reduction?’
Plus, it was only a 15% reduction when Pain Resistance was at D-rank.
How did this skill bring it up to 40%?
Granted, it did say the rate depended on the amount of damage but...
The effects overlapping was impressive enough.
And seeing that the proficiency was at 0%, that meant it still had room to grow.
‘I do have to check how fast the regeneration is though...’
「 The auto-healing has been disabled. 」
「 The body will retain physical stress and injuries will not heal. 」
After turning off the healing effects of the waiting area, I tested out a couple of things for Ashen Blood.
I already absorbed all of my souls, so I shouldn’t have to worry about the passive acting up.
As I sliced down my left arm to create a sizable cut to let it bleed out...
「 Activating the skill ‘Ashen Blood.’ 」
「 All pain inflicted on the user is reduced by 7% 」
“Oh...”
I couldn’t help but be impressed at the speed of the regeneration.
‘This is even faster than when it was just Accelerated Regeneration...!’
Of course, the pain resistance wasn’t as effective as before, but I felt that this skill was more advanced in a variety of ways.
Sktaaat...!
I continued to experiment by stacking the cuts into my forearms and so on.
The waiting area was a safe haven where I was blessed with infinite healing.
‘It would be foolish to not take advantage of it.’
Obviously, the pain was still there but...
「 Activating the skill ‘Ashen Blood.’ 」
「 All pain inflicted on the user is reduced by 28% 」
Even that was being diminished.
‘The reduction percentage goes up more easily than I expected.’
And thanks to my tenacity, the regeneration was pretty astounding.
Ssslkt...!
“...Ugh”
I found out that even if my arm was halfway detached, it welded back together as long as I held it in place...
I tried cutting off some fingers completely and had no problems reattaching them.
This is what I learned after a couple of experiments.
That even if I completely cut off parts of my body, it can still heal, and that as long as I have the stamina, I can recover from multiple life-threatening injuries.
“...”
Ashen Blood.
It was broken beyond belief.
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Bin: Op is a starfish
DVN-L: MC just glosses over CUTTING HIS OWN ARM HALFWAY OFF and PURPOSELY DISMEMBERING MULTIPLE FINGERS just to experiment with a new skill. If anyone asks about the toughest/craziest MC, show them this.
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