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 ### Chapter 1896: If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them

As soon as the soul power entered the Sun Thunder Rune, it began to vibrate violently.

The amplitude and frequency of the vibrations were much stronger than any previous attempt.

The difference was especially noticeable compared to the Sinking Water Rune. If the Sinking Water Rune was like a calm lake with no wind, then the Sun Thunder Rune was like an ocean in a violent storm. Under these conditions, stabilizing the soul power was much more difficult.

"It's because of the thunder rune. It contains thunder laws, so it's more violent."

"It's not just because of the thunder rune. The Sun Thunder Rune is also one of the more powerful advanced runes."

"So it seems that the more violent the laws contained in a rune, and the greater its power, the harder it is to fuse."

"From this, we can also deduce that as more and more runes are fused together and the power increases, the difficulty of fusion will increase dramatically."

"Perhaps that's why there are currently only six-rune fusions."

While pondering, Lin Moyu did not stop controlling his soul power. He continued adjusting it constantly.

Multitasking had long since become second nature to him.

Lin Moyu had extremely strong control over his soul and was incredibly sensitive, able to detect even the slightest changes.

Now he encountered some problems, and his brow furrowed slightly.

The Sun Thunder Rune was simply too violent. The thunder laws inside it never quieted down for a moment, causing his soul power to vibrate constantly, making it impossible to synchronize.

Unless he used his powerful soul to forcefully suppress the Sun Thunder Rune, but that would defeat the purpose.

"Fusing runes naturally can't be smooth sailing. Take it slow, there's always a solution."

Lin Moyu reassured himself as he continued adjusting his soul power and searching for the correct method.

After all, there was no time limit for the challenge, so he wasn't in a hurry.

If he couldn't find it in an hour, he'd take a day. If not in a day, then ten days or a hundred days.

In Divine City, several Saints watched the projection, knowing that Lin Moyu had encountered a difficult problem.

Saint Hao's consciousness returned from the Human Emperor Network. "I just checked the Human Emperor Network. Historically, no one has ever achieved perfect fusion with a thunder rune."

In human history, almost every instance of perfect rune fusion was recorded.

Who fused it, what level of rune master they were, under what circumstances, what runes, and what the effects were after fusion.

Human rune masters had been trying to find patterns in perfect rune fusion, but unfortunately, they had never succeeded.

Among the numerous records of perfect fusion, there had never been a case of perfect fusion with a thunder rune.

It could only be said that thunder runes were too difficult.

Now even Lin Moyu was encountering difficulties, let alone others.

Rune Saint said, "Just because others can't do it doesn't mean he can't. I have faith in him."

Sky Saint chuckled, "Where does Rune Saint's confidence come from?"

Rune Saint replied, "We are all rune masters. I saw the result in his eyes. He will definitely find a way."

The look in Lin Moyu's eyes was determined and full of confidence.

Just as Rune Saint said, Lin Moyu also firmly believed he could find a way.

Lin Moyu tirelessly explored and carefully felt every minute detail.

Time passed slowly, and Lin Moyu gradually gained understanding.

After a day, Lin Moyu's eyes suddenly lit up. "I understand now."

"Why do I have to stabilize the vibrations? I can make the other rune vibrate along with it."

"If you can't beat them, join them!"

Lin Moyu's eyes shone brightly as he thought of this and immediately put it into action, beginning to manipulate his soul power.

The Sun Thunder Rune constantly vibrated the soul power, making it impossible to stabilize.

Since that was the case, he would make the Sinking Water Rune vibrate as well.

As long as the frequencies of the two were consistent, it would work.

In the past day, Lin Moyu had felt the vibrations of the Sun Thunder Rune countless times and had grasped the pattern.

Now he controlled the soul power in the Sinking Water Rune, making the originally quiet Sinking Water Rune begin to vibrate.

Lin Moyu's control over his soul was so strong that he quickly brought the two runes to the same vibration frequency.

After ensuring the frequencies were completely consistent, the Sinking Water Rune began to approach the Sun Thunder Rune.

Throughout the process, Lin Moyu remained extremely cautious, not relaxing for a moment.

Finally, the two runes came into contact.

The soul formed a bridge, and the two runes merged together like water and milk through the soul bridge.

Soon, the rune turned to jade, with a layer of translucent jade-like substance forming, with faint lightning still flickering inside.

"Success!"

Lin Moyu let out a sigh of relief and pushed the rune towards the void.

In Divine City, Rune Saint's eyes lit up. "Success!"

Kill Saint muttered, "How did he do it? I should go ask him."

"Come back!" Saint Hao pulled Kill Saint back. "What's the rush? We can ask Lin Xiaoyou when he returns."

Sky Saint laughed, "That's right. You don't even study runes, why are you so anxious? If anyone should be anxious, it's Rune Saint."

Rune Saint shook his head, "We rune masters have no shortage of patience. Let's wait for Lin Xiaoyou to return before asking."

"I still need to set up the challenges for eighth and ninth-level rune masters. It's giving me a headache. I don't know what else I can challenge him with."

Saint Hao said softly, "Lin Xiaoyou just broke through to seventh-level rune master. He shouldn't be able to break through to eighth-level rune master so soon, right..."

Rune Saint shook his head, "Who knows? Lin Xiaoyou is different from others."

[Congratulations on completing the challenge. You have been awarded 10,000 Divine City merit points, access to eighth-level rune master materials, and access to fused rune materials.]

Lin Moyu received the reward information from the Human Emperor Network.

The first two were the same as before, nothing new.

The last one added access to fused rune materials.

Fused rune materials are very precious, summarizing data from countless experiments by human ancestors.

The materials record which two runes fuse to produce what kind of rune, what it's used for, how powerful it is, and so on.

There are too many runes, with countless combination methods.

Without these materials, Lin Moyu alone would not know how many years of research it would take.

With these materials, he could save a lot of time.

The scene before him changed, and Lin Moyu left the assessment room.

Lin Moyu found himself on the seventh floor, where all the seventh-level rune masters were.

They all had stable auras and were high-level Divine Sovereigns.

The minimum requirement for a seventh-level rune master is Divine Sovereign realm, but usually those who can reach seventh-level rune master are basically high-level Divine Sovereigns.

Lin Moyu was an absolute anomaly.

Lin Moyu's sudden appearance also attracted the attention of some high-level rune masters.

They all recognized Lin Moyu. His performance in the previous challenge was too shocking to go unnoticed.

Seeing Lin Moyu, they exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, it's you?"

"Junior Brother Lin has actually become a seventh-level rune master. Congratulations!"

"Junior Brother Lin's promotion speed is really too fast. Compared to Junior Brother Lin, this old man feels like he's lived a dog's life."

"Indeed, this old man took over 400 years to advance from sixth to seventh level. Compared to Junior Brother Lin, we're really not even as good as dogs."

Just over a hundred days ago, Lin Moyu had just become a sixth-level rune master, and now he had become a seventh-level rune master.

In just over a hundred days, he had walked a path that took others hundreds or thousands of years. This speed was so fast that people didn't even dare to feel jealous. When the gap reaches a certain level, one can only sigh in admiration.

Now these high-level rune masters only felt admiration and joy that such a genius could be born in the human race.

Everyone is human, and nothing is impossible.

Lin Moyu was multitasking with three hands, drawing runes.

At first, the drawing speed decreased again, but as he became more proficient, it steadily increased.

Eventually, it stabilized at seven seconds per set, averaging less than 2.4 seconds per rune.

Compared to multitasking with two hands, it was an improvement.

This was still under the premise of ensuring each rune was perfect; otherwise, the speed could be even faster.

Maintaining the perfection of runes is the most basic pursuit of every rune master, and Lin Moyu would not sacrifice the basics for speed.

"It seems I still have capacity, why not try multitasking with four hands."

"Let's see if I can get it down to two seconds per rune."

Lin Moyu felt he still had capacity and could continue to multitask and draw runes.

He could achieve this because his soul was strong enough, and he had become accustomed to multitasking through repeated use of the Soul Calming Method.

With a thought, another soul hand appeared beside him.

With both hands and two soul hands, four hands began drawing runes together.

"Multitasking with four hands!"

Everyone was stunned. Multitasking with two hands was already a distant dream for ordinary people.

Multitasking with three hands was already legendary.

Unexpectedly, now he was multitasking with four hands, breaking people's cognition and imagination again and again. Even the Rune Saint couldn't help but want to curse.

Even he could only multitask with three hands at most.

After holding back for a long time, he finally uttered four words, "Truly a monster!"

With multitasking with four hands, the speed decreased again, but as he became proficient, it steadily increased.

Finally, the drawing speed reached eight seconds per set.

Averaging out, each rune took exactly two seconds.

Lin Moyu knew this was his true limit.

Unless he had a further understanding of the way of runes, it was temporarily impossible to improve.

"Two seconds per rune, this speed should not be slower than those high-level rune masters."

Lin Moyu muttered to himself.

His muttering also reached the ears of the onlookers, causing countless high-level rune masters to blush.

Not to mention anything else, just in terms of drawing speed, they were far inferior.

The 600-second countdown ended, and Lin Moyu completed 256 runes.

Averaging out, each rune took 2.34 seconds.

Lin Moyu thought, "It should be fine."

He didn't know the speed of other sixth-level rune masters, so he couldn't compare.

If the challenge could be done again, starting with multitasking with four hands, 600 seconds would be enough to draw 300 runes... Lin Moyu planned to see the situation. If this challenge was unsuccessful, he would try again.

After waiting for half a minute, the Human Emperor Network brought the result.

[Congratulations on successfully challenging, additional reward of 10,000 Divine City merit points, and access to view seventh-level rune master materials.]

Lin Moyu looked at the reward, it was quite good.

After thinking for a while, he gave up on challenging again.

The most crucial reward had already been obtained, so there was no need to continue.

After he successfully challenged, the live broadcast also ended.

The scene changed, and Lin Moyu returned to the Rune Master Association tower.

He was standing on the sixth floor, the area for sixth-level rune masters.

Many people around him looked at him with admiration.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Lin, for becoming a sixth-level rune master."

"Multitasking with four hands, impressive."

"Junior Brother Lin's talent in runes is truly enviable."

"Not only that, Junior Brother Lin's ability to clear secret realms is no weaker than his talent in runes."

"Junior Brother Lin has just become a sixth-level rune master, if there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask. We can help with some common knowledge."

Everyone expressed their goodwill, each looking very friendly.

Rune masters are often scholars.

Their temperaments are usually good, and those with bad tempers generally don't become rune masters.

Lin Moyu also greeted them with a smile. After some small talk, everyone began their own studies and research.

The sixth-floor area returned to quietness, and Lin Moyu chose a corner with no one, sat down cross-legged, and began to look at the seventh-level rune master materials.

Like the Divine Lord, from the seventh level, rune masters are also called high-level rune masters.

The difference between high-level rune masters and ordinary rune masters is no longer limited to drawing runes but involves mastering deeper applications.

At this time, seventh-level rune masters face multiple choices, roughly divided into two directions.

The first direction is to fuse runes, merging multiple runes into one, ultimately achieving the effects of multiple runes with one rune.

The second direction is to combine runes, using multiple runes to form various effects, also known as rune arrays.

Generally, rune masters choose one of the two to practice, although some practice both, but the improvement speed is relatively slower.

This choice must be made after becoming a sixth-level rune master and mastering all advanced runes.

Lin Moyu didn't think much about it. After reading the basic materials, he decided to practice both.

"Using fused runes to set up rune arrays, this is the most perfect method."