Affinity:Chaos

'Fusion State'

This was the name of the technique that appeared in Grey's mind.

Just like when he got the technique for elemental fusion, this technique also appeared in his mind. He was sure this had something to do with the pearl he absorbed and the Chaos Element.

When he got the technique for elemental fusion, he just broke through to the Arcane Plane. From the details of the technique, it seemed like he was supposed to acquire it when he broke through to the Origin Plane.

But he unexpectedly acquired it sooner because of his current predicament.

The technique was similar to elemental fusion in some ways since it also involved fusing the elements. Only, this time, he had to fuse them inside him.

Unlike elemental fusion, the Fusion State required him to fuse each of his elemental beads into one.

According to the technique, for every element, his cultivation stage will increase by a single stage. This means, since he currently has four elements, he could increase his stage by four.

After entering the state, he could use elemental fusion instantly since all the elements were already fused inside him, and he could also use each element separately. It was just that, he couldn't keep the state for long.

After entering the Fusion State, all his injuries will start healing automatically just like the time he accidentally entered against the mercenaries. Only, at that time, he had no control over the state. But now, he will be fully conscious of everything, and can also exit the state whenever he wants to.

He wouldn't need to pay any price for using the technique nor will he enter a weakened state after using it. Once he enters the state, all his injuries will heal up almost instantly. What more could he ask for?

But unfortunately, his body was still too weak to maintain the state for long. Given his current body strength, after one minute, his body will start cracking up from excess energy. If he still doesn't exit the stage after two minutes, there is a high chance his body might blow up.

With a renewed hope, he used his willpower to keep himself awake and study the technique properly. Now he was faced with a major issue, the technique explained the process of fusing his elemental beads, but because he was still in the Arcane Plane, he still hasn't formed his elemental beads yet.

Now he had to come up with a way to use the technique on his chaotic essence orb. The essence orb was currently divided into four parts.

He tried using the same method for the elemental beads on it, but it failed.

Still lying on the ground, he started trying various methods he could think of to fuse the elements in his essence orb.

After two minutes, there was a slight change. The elements in his essence orb trembled slightly, but then they stopped after some seconds.

Seeing this, Grey's heart was filled with joy, and his previously motionless body twitched.

Swoosh!

Bam!

Another arrow was shot towards Grey's body.

When the Elemental Warrior noticed the movement from the previously motionless body, it didn't hesitate to shoot out another arrow.

The arrow pierced Grey's leg and pinned it to the ground. What was worse about all this was that since the Elemental Warrior was of the fire element, each of its weapons was made from fire. So, whenever the weapons came in contact with Grey's body, the fire burns his flesh.

Grey steeled his mind and endured the pain, he didn't try to make any more movements hence he will be on the receiving end of more arrows.

The fire arrow extinguished after thirty seconds, to the relief of Grey.

He was already having a tough time keeping himself awake, added with the pain from the arrow piercing his flesh, and the fire burning his flesh at the same time, some people might have fainted from the pain. But fainting now would be fatal since it might lead to death due to blood loss.

The technique he was using to fuse the elements in his essence orb was almost exactly the type for the elemental fusion, and that was by slowly guiding the elements into one.

This process is more tiresome and was longer, he had to be extra careful, so there wouldn't be any mistakes. Compared to when he was fusing the elements outside his body, this one was almost three times harder.

He managed to get the elements to start fusing after three minutes, but the attempt failed. He didn't give up, it wasn't like he was going anywhere. The only thing that gave him a sense of urgency was the loss of blood which was already starting to take effect.

Another five minutes went by, and this time, he was already halfway through fusing the elements. He had failed in two other attempts, before this one.

As the seconds slowly ticked on, the elements merged bit by bit. After another minute, it was already eighty percent fused. In one more minute, he will be able to fuse it completely and then heal.

The fact that after entering the Fusion State, he could heal almost instantaneously excited him. This was like having an instant healing ability, and in his opinion, it was nothing less of an overpowered ability.

With this, he wouldn't need to fear any injuries, as long as he wasn't dead, he could heal up. But that didn't give him the idea of just standing still and not protecting himself though, or tanking attacks, so he could use the opportunity to hurt his opponent.

This was because before he could heal up, he would have to first feel the pain of being hurt, which isn't something anyone would want to feel.

After a minute went by.

Boom!

With Grey's body at the center, a force shot out in all directions. The Elemental Warrior was pushed back by the force.

The previously motionless Grey slowly started standing up, the injuries on his body were healing at an unbelievably fast rate.

Standing up, Grey looked at the Elemental Warrior calmly.

Boom!

Another force spread out in all directions with Grey at the center once again. His stage was increasing by the second. The First stage, Second stage, Third stage, and lastly Fourth stage of the Origin Plane.

In five seconds, Grey went from a Ninth stage Arcane Plane Elementalist to the Fourth stage Origin Plane Elementalist. This was unheard of!

Now he was in the same stage as the Elemental Warrior.

Grey gently floated upwards and stopped at the same height as the Elemental Warrior. Unlike other Origin Plane Elementalists, he could fly.

Looking in the face of the Elemental Warrior, he attacked without hesitation. The time he could stay in this state was limited, he had already spent almost ten seconds already, so time was not on his side.

Boom!

The Elemental Warrior blocked the attack but was pushed back by it. The strength of Grey's attack was almost in the Sixth stage of the Origin Plane since he was using Elemental Fusion in his attacks.

Boom! Bam! Bang!

Grey and the Elemental Warrior started fighting mid-air with Grey obtaining the upper hand.

Within thirty seconds, he had slammed the Elemental Warrior into the ground a total of four times. Its fire wasn't as bright as it was previously, and it couldn't fly properly anymore.

Grey stretched out his hands, and ten inscriptions instantly manifested in the air.

When he used the Fusion State, his stage wasn't the only thing that saw an increase, his spiritual energy also saw an increase which in turn boosted the time he would spend in making inscriptions.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

All ten inscriptions sent out ice spears which shot towards the Elemental Warrior.

The Elemental Warrior raised its flaming sword and the size of the sword increased, from thirty-five inches in length and a width of three inches, it went to over eighty inches in length and over thirty inches in width.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

After managing to fend off three of the spears, the Elemental Warrior was first pushed back from the force of the attacks, before the other seven came at it.

One of the spears exploded at a close range because the Elemental Warrior sent a fist towards it, the effect of the explosion sent the Elemental Warrior towards the ground.

Bang!

It slammed heavily into the ground, and for the first time since Grey came here, a pit formed on the ground of the volcano.

The other six spears, like they had eyes of their shot straight into the pit.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

All six made contact with the Elemental Warrior.

The Elemental Warrior slowly started dissipating.

Grey heaved a sigh before calmly floating down and exiting the Fusion State before the one minute time was up.

The entire battle took Grey a total of forty-three seconds, added with the first ten seconds spent in healing and upgrading his stage, he spent fifty-three seconds in the Fusion State. The Elemental Warrior that almost killed him, had died under his hands in such a short time.

'Hmm, seems like I can't use this state as frequently as I thought', thought Grey.

After exiting the stage, he noticed some energy was still left in his body. This meant that, if he were to use the state in a short period of time, the energy in his body will be too much.

'Although, it can't be said to be a side effect since it wouldn't affect me if I don't use the state anytime soon. I guess it's more of a limitation, so I won't depend on it in every battle, or use it for its healing purposes without reservations', he sighed at the thought of not being able to heal whenever he was injured.

He couldn't really say he felt bad about the limitation though, besides, he rarely got in this sort of situation where he would need a massive increase in strength.

Now, he had a major trump card. With this, he wouldn't need to fear anyone in this place, well, till he could use it again, that is.

After settling his thoughts, he looked around but still didn't see any way to exit this place appearing.

'Maybe I'll acquire the treasure first before the exit will appear'

Thinking up to this stage, he first walked towards his bag. He wanted to get his bag before going towards the floating lotus. Picking it up, he froze.

"Huh! Why is it lighter?", he asked with a confused expression.

There were no items on the ground, so there was no way the items in the bag fell out of the bag.

Gently opening the bag, his expression changed.

'What the hell!'