# Chapter 3: Shadow Hunt
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Su Xiao chose to fuse the talents of "Soul Devourer" and "Blood Beast." According to what Tuanzhang said, the higher the level of the chosen talents, the greater the subsequent physical enhancement gained. One talent was SSS, the other was SSS++++.
Su Xiao could clearly feel that the two familiar powers within his body began to draw closer to each other under the attraction of some strange force, and they started to merge. According to Tuanzhang's original words, a friend who had undergone fusion said the experience was quite terrible — like fire devouring the heart, with countless blades slicing through various organs.
Su Xiao calmed his mind and found that the talent fusion ability indeed brought waves of intense pain within his body. But compared to mastering the Law Destruction system abilities...
If the pain of mastering Law Destruction system abilities was 30, then now, it was about 1.5 to 2 in intensity. It could be described as quite calm and composed.
Fusing talents was only the first step. What came next was the key — after the talent fusion reached 80%, a "Sacrifice Ritual" had to be performed. The newly fused talent ability would be sacrificed, thereby breaking through the current physical attribute barrier while also obtaining a higher physical limit.
As an individual, even a powerful one, performing the ritual required a sufficiently powerful ritual target. This target could be a world, the entire Star Realm, or even Elemental Power or Abyss Power. The important thing was to receive a response, as this would determine the degree of success.
As long as a response was obtained, the physical barrier could be broken. However, how much "Initial Body Energy" could be gained through sacrificing the talent ability — and thus how high the physical limit could be raised — depended on the following three points.