Shen Lu: I've Mutated into Multiple Game-Breaking Abilities

Chapter 49: Battle Banners

Ling Yi first clicked the “+” sign in the left pane. His inventory interface popped up immediately. After selecting [Howling Gale] from his inventory, the skill appeared in the left pane. Next, he followed the same procedure to place [Fiery Demon Body] in the right pane. He then tapped the Fusion button at the bottom. [This fusion will cost 100 gold coins. Do you wish to proceed? ] “... Wait... hold on.” Ling Yi suddenly remembered something. If others fused a 6-star skill with a 7-star skill, they would most likely end up with a 6-star skill. He had [Probability Reversal], so fusing a 7-star skill shouldn’t be a problem. But! He couldn’t guarantee that the resulting 7-star skill would be any good—or even useful to him! After all [Howling Gale] and [Fiery Demon Form] were both Boss-specific skills. They’re extremely rare! If fusing the two resulted in a common, run-of-the-mill skill, he’d be losing out big time! “Ugh... I was actually hoping to repurpose some useless skills...” Ling Yi furrowed his brow, rubbed his chin, and stared at the light screen in front of him, pondering, “So what should I do now?” Unique skills are merely rare and valuable. They have nothing to do with power. Since he could achieve the same effect by fusing two ordinary 7-star skills, why would he use two Boss-specific skills? Ling Yi silently breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness Shen Lu gave him a heads-up; otherwise, he really would have made a foolish move. He used to think this reminder feature was unnecessary, but now it seemed like a truly useful tool. “I’ll just set these two skills aside for now and deal with them later.” With that, Ling Yi closed the fusion interface. He wouldn’t learn or fuse these two Boss-specific skills; he didn’t want to recycle them or sell them to others, so for now, he really had no choice but to treat them as “storage items.” Who knows? They might come in handy someday. Next. He opened his inventory and turned his gaze to the Battle Banner. This E-rank item, sold to him by Lin Qingyu, was now sitting quietly in a corner of his inventory. Upon seeing it, Ling Yi’s gaze naturally drifted downward. “Battle Banner—Mutation Potential: High” “Come to think of it, how much Emotion Value do I have right now?” He opened the simple interface of the “Super Mutation System” to check his current stats. “Current Emotion Value Collected: 103,027; Mutation Points: 1,620” Converting that manually, it means “Current Emotion Points Collected: 27; Mutation Points: 2,650” 2,650 Mutation Points—that’s quite a generous amount! Ling Yi looked at the number with satisfaction, then immediately began the mutation process. “Are you sure you want to mutate the Battle Banner (Grade E Item)? (Consumes 33 Mutation Points)” “Confirm.” As soon as the words left his mouth, he couldn’t help but chuckle: “I’m using up Mutation Points faster than I’m earning them. At this rate, I’ll just keep accumulating more and more.” Sigh~ A happy problem to have. A moment later, the Battle Flag came into clear focus, and he quickly tapped to examine it. [Battle Flag (E)]: Must be bound to a unit for ownership; it takes effect only after being claimed. ①: Increases all attributes by 10 points for all friendly units within a 1,000-meter radius. ②: Can be recalled at the owner’s will. ③: Cannot be destroyed. At first glance, it seems ordinary. But upon closer inspection... “Hmm...” Ling Yi stared back and forth at these three effects, feeling a sense of unease. The proper way to use this banner is to plant it in the ground, then have players fight within its radius of effect. From this perspective, all three effects have their purpose. Nothing seems out of the ordinary. It’s just... “If I ignore the first effect, isn’t this thing essentially an invincible artifact that I can pull back into my hand at any time?” Ling Yi habitually rubbed his chin, pondering the possibility of using this banner as a weapon. Of course. He didn’t actually intend to use it as a weapon; rather, he wanted to test whether an item with the “indestructible” attribute could function as a weapon at all. He wanted to see if he could imbue it with an Elemental Spirit Blade. “If that really works, then wouldn’t other types of items that mutate in the future also be usable as weapons?” The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was worth a try. Excited, he immediately got out of bed and took the banner out of his backpack. The banner was about 2. 3 meters long, consisting of a thick, jet-black flagpole and a black-backed banner featuring blood-red flames, measuring 96 centimeters long and 64 centimeters wide. In a few words: a black pole, a black banner, and red flames. “Oh? Not bad.” Ling Yi tried waving it a couple of times and was surprised to discover that as he swung the banner, the blood-red flames on the fabric truly “came to life,” burning across the surface. It was like a ball of fire soaring through the night sky. Mysterious and eye-catching. As he waved it, the flag fluttered back and forth in the wind, making a “whoosh-whoosh” sound, yet Ling Yi, gripping the flagpole, didn’t feel the slightest bit of wind resistance. It was no different from waving a stick. “Now let’s imbue it with the Elemental Spirit Blade. If the effect is really good...” At this point, Ling Yi paused, not continuing his thought, but instead gazing at the flag with an expectant look. “Elemental Spirit Blade!” He gave a low shout, then visualized a light flag in front of him—an exact replica of the original, constructed from light elements. Then. Holding the light banner, he placed it inside the battle banner. Under his gaze, the black-pole, black-faced banner began to glow visibly. In just a few breaths, it had transformed into a brilliant light banner. Apart from the flame patterns still present on the banner’s surface, its original form was completely unrecognizable. When Ling Yi reached out to grasp it as expected, terrifying, raging flames burst out from where he held the pole in both directions; the bright, crimson-orange flames instantly engulfed the entire light banner. Now it was a light banner blazing with crimson-orange flames, radiating a bright, dazzling light in all directions. “Oh? It’s really blended in… Not bad, not bad.” Ling Yi held it and waved it back and forth a few times, discovering that the special effects originally inherent to the elemental spirit blade were still present. As he swung it, the flagpole and the banner itself gave off tiny, brilliant sparks that drifted away; they flickered as they danced through the air carried by the wind, then quietly faded away in the fleeting gaps between moments. “The initial test was a success. It looks like it could pass as a weapon, at least. When I need it in the future, I might as well pull it out and have some fun with it.” Having verified that the item could be imbued with the Elemental Spirit Blade Ling Yi summoned the battle banner back with a thought. “So, next...” He walked over to his desk, sat down, and opened the Shen Lu Forum. There, he began searching for information related to scouting skills...... Early morning. By a little past five in the morning, the rising sun in the East was already shining down on the land of Shen Xia. Early risers had already begun their daily activities. Some were jogging through the mountains teeming with wild beasts; others were holding their breath at the bottom of a lake full of crocodiles; still others were exercising in the neighborhood park.