One SSS Affix per Level: My Novice Club Can Slay Gods!

After transmigrating, he had entered a virtual-reality game.

Under normal circumstances, the game merging with reality was practically inevitable sooner or later.

But bringing Strength into the real world before every other player...

This was the first time John had ever seen such a development.

He looked at the Fire Crystal Staff in his hand.

The next moment, the God-Rank Affix transformed into a cluster of dazzling golden light and hovered above his palm.

All he needed to do was embed it into a weapon.

Then find a Boss.

He would become the first person in this world to possess genuine supernatural power.

The golden Affix floated above his palm.

Yet John did not move for a long time.

His fingers were trembling slightly.

This world was already beyond saving.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of people died from radiation sickness, organ failure, and immune-system collapse.

The United Council’s hibernation program appeared to offer everyone a path to survival.

But no one could guarantee that they would live long enough to enter a hibernation pod.

[Reality Merge] was different.

As long as he could bring his in-game Strength into reality, everything would change.

If his Constitution became high enough, perhaps he could walk directly through the black snow.

Without a gas mask.

Without an air purifier.

Without worrying every day whether he would live to see the next sunrise.

And if he extracted a skill—or even a Talent...

He would become the first true superhuman in this world.

"Are you okay?"

Zoey’s voice pulled John back to reality.

She stared at his faintly trembling hand.

"Did leveling up give you a seizure?"

John closed his fingers around the golden Affix.

"I’m fine."

"The reward was just a little too good."

Zoey gave him a suspicious look.

Before she could question him further, another system notification appeared.

[Player has reached Lv.20!]

[Critical level milestone rewards have been calculated!]

[You have additionally obtained the SSS-Rank Item: Weapon Fusion Stone!]

A silver crystal the size of a fist appeared in front of John.

Inside the crystal, the silhouettes of two differently shaped weapons continuously intertwined.

[Weapon Fusion Stone]

[Quality: SSS-Rank.]

[Effect: Select two weapons of different types and randomly fuse them into one entirely new weapon.]

[The fusion is not restricted by Class or weapon type.]

[The fused weapon will fully retain the original weapons’ base attributes, attached skills, and all Affixes.]

[The fusion process is irreversible.]

John’s eyes lit up sharply.

Weapon fusion!

Only moments ago, he had been troubled by the Affixes scattered between the Novice Club and Irene’s Fire Crystal Staff.

During melee combat, the Affixes on the staff could not take effect.

While casting spells, the Affixes on the club were equally useless.

If every Affix could be concentrated into a single weapon, the resulting strength would be far greater than a simple one-plus-one combination.

He had never expected the system to deliver the solution into his hands the moment he reached Lv.20.

John immediately took out the Novice Club and Irene’s Fire Crystal Staff.

[Please select the weapons to be fused.]

[Weapon One: Novice Club.]

[Weapon Two: Irene’s Fire Crystal Staff.]

[Begin fusion?]

"Confirm."

The Weapon Fusion Stone shattered abruptly.

Blinding silver light enveloped both weapons.

The Novice Club disintegrated first, transforming into countless tiny particles of light that surged into the Fire Crystal Staff.

Immediately afterward, the red crystal on the staff’s surface also began to melt.

Black and golden light intertwined.

The entire underground chamber was illuminated.

The radiance erupting this time was even more brilliant than when John had obtained the God-Rank Affix.

Zoey instinctively raised an arm to shield her eyes.

"What are you doing now?"

"It looks like he stuffed two weapons together."

Nonoa narrowed her eyes and observed seriously.

"You can stuff weapons together?"

"No idea."

Several seconds later—

All the light suddenly contracted inward.

An entirely new weapon slowly descended into John’s hand.

Its shaft was black and gold from end to end.

The surface was no longer wooden, but made from a cold, heavy metal.

The shaft was perfectly straight and sharply defined, covered in intricate golden patterns.

At its top was a partially closed ring of black metal.

A dark-red crystal hovered at the center of the ring, surrounded by tiny spatial cracks that opened and closed from time to time.

The entire weapon was as tall as a person.

It resembled a staff.

Yet it also looked like a heavy war club designed specifically for smashing people.

John gripped the shaft with one hand and casually swung it.

Whoosh!

A heavy sound of displaced air followed.

It felt even more comfortable in his hands than the Novice Club.

It could cast spells.

And it could also beat people senseless.

A strange image suddenly appeared in John’s mind.

A white-bearded old man raised his staff and shouted, "You shall not pass!"

Then, instead of casting a spell—

He smashed the Balrog to death with a single blow.

[Weapon fusion successful!]

[You have obtained the S-Rank Special Weapon: Void Staff!]

[Void Staff]

[Quality: S-Rank.]

[Type: All-Class Weapon.]

[Physical Attack +180.]

[Spell Power +220.]

[Wisdom +50.]

[Cooldown of equipped skills reduced by 20%.]

[Trait: Can be used as both a melee blunt weapon and a spellcasting weapon.]

[Inherited Skills: Holy Enchantment, Fire Serpent, Binding Chains.]

[All weapon Affixes have been inherited!]

The Affixes that had originally been embedded separately into the two weapons all appeared beneath the Void Staff.

[Cleave] [Overcharge] [Impact Guard ×2] [Bloodthirsty Strike] [Lethal Damage] [Mana Conservation] [Projectile Amplification] [CD-- ×2] [Unbound Projectiles] [Double Bind] [Chains of Silence] [Mana Reflux] [Coldblooded Strike] [Domain Expansion ×2]

For the first time, his melee and spellcasting Affixes had been gathered on the same weapon.

From this moment onward—

When John cast Fire Serpent, it could trigger Overcharge.

Casting Fire Serpent or Void Spear could also trigger Impact Guard.

Meanwhile, the Cleave produced when his spells struck could similarly benefit from projectile, area, and damage enhancements.

Before John could finish examining everything, a new notification appeared.

[A special evolution occurred during the fusion of the Void Staff!]

[You have obtained the Weapon-Exclusive Combat Skill: Void Spear!]

[Void Spear]

[Quality: S-Rank.]

[Effect: Condenses void power and launches a tracking spear at a designated target.]

[Void Spear will automatically track its target and cannot be avoided through conventional evasion methods.]

[Damage: Deals Void Magic Damage equal to 1,000% of Wisdom. This damage ignores the target’s Magic Defense.]

[On hit, inflicts Healing Prohibition, preventing the target from recovering HP for 10 seconds.]

[On hit, increases the caster’s Agility by 30% for 10 seconds.]

[Base Cooldown: 30 seconds.]

Tracking.

A 1,000% Wisdom multiplier.

Ten seconds of healing prohibition.

And a thirty-percent Agility increase.

Even more absurdly, the two [CD--] Affixes on the Void Staff had already reduced the skill’s cooldown to zero.

As long as he had enough MP, he could continuously cast Void Spear.

Meanwhile, [Mana Reflux] allowed his attacks to restore mana.

MP was not a problem either.

John pressed the God-Rank Affix in his palm against the Void Staff.

[Embed the God-Rank Affix "Reality Merge" into the Void Staff?]

"Confirm."

Boom!

An unprecedented pillar of golden light erupted from the Void Staff and shot toward the sky.

The entire root chamber of the sacred tree began trembling faintly.

A golden pattern resembling a crack in reality appeared across the black-and-gold shaft.

[Void Staff has obtained the God-Rank Affix: Reality Merge!]

Zoey and Nonoa stood nearby, completely dumbfounded.

Zoey finally could not resist asking,

"This game lets you fuse weapons?"

John held the Void Staff.

"Apparently, it does now."

"Why do you have everything?"

"Good luck."