Chapter 47: Attempt, Divine Skill

No matter how flustered Fu Chen's explanations were, Qin Yumoke buried her face in her arms like an ostrich, refusing to lift her head.

At his wit's end, he sighed helplessly, "If you really want to vent, just beat me up, but please stop crying!"

Torn between tears and laughter, Qin Yumoke raised her head, glared fiercely at Fu Chen, and snapped indignantly, "You're the one who's crying!"

Even after saying that, she still felt her face burning with intense heat, and she immediately buried her head once again.

Fu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as you're not crying. The way you're standing right now looks exactly like a little girl when she cries."

Hearing this, Qin Yumoke stood up, fixed her watery eyes on Fu Chen, and said with shy resentment, "I never expected you to be such a Red Dust, you're simply the worst!"

Fu Chen gave a light cough to ease the awkwardness and offered a solemn, sincere apology, "I'm sorry, Desolate. I was in the wrong just now."

Shooting him a look of absolute allure, Qin Yumoke blushed and scolded, "Who's even blaming you? You really are a blockhead!"

Inwardly, she felt annoyed: *He actually gave me a deadpan, serious apology. How on earth did such a dense straight-guy ever manage to get a girlfriend?*

Thinking of this, Qin Yumoke felt an inexplicable wave of irritation. She glared fiercely at Fu Chen again and said, "Let's fight the monsters. I'll take offense, you provide support."

Fu Chen lagged a few steps behind, following Qin Yumoke as she charged toward the ahead cluster of [Snow Mountain Scarlet-Lined Snakes].

Just as Qin Yumoke was about to unleash her fourth skill, the exact moment before he was about to cast [Dragon Appears], a flash of divine light shone in his eyes. With a swift thought, he activated the innate power residing deep within his mind and directly cast the [Heaven-Seizing] skill.

Fu Chen immediately noticed that a golden-red palm icon had appeared within his personal simplified conversion interface.

The next instant, he unleashed a fierce and peerless [Furious Dragon Appears], instantly obliterating the Snow Mountain Scarlet-Lined Snake.

Fu Chen's eyes locked onto the ground immediately, checking the items dropped by the monster.

Right there, nestled between the gold coins and materials, lay a martial arts skill book with a red cover: [Dragon Appears: Level 2].

"Holy crap, a skill book actually dropped?" A wave of wild elation surged through Fu Chen's heart.

Ever since that innate power had manifested in his mind a moment earlier, Fu Chen knew that the [Heaven-Seizing] skill was finally usable.

Yet, he was still somewhat uncertain about the skill's exact description, which was why he had desperately wanted to test it out in combat.

Based on Fu Chen's understanding and deduction, there were only two predetermined possible outcomes when fighting a monster.

Either a good outcome: a skill book drops, ideally the exact skill book one needs.

Or a bad outcome: coming away empty-handed, a completely empty drop with zero skill books.

Therefore, when casting [Heaven-Seizing], Fu Chen mentally chose "success" as the intended outcome for this skill's effect.

Furthermore, he gave himself a mental suggestion, specifying the exact martial arts skill book he desired.

The result left Fu Chen ecstatic beyond measure; true to his thoughts, the slain monster had indeed dropped the exact skill book he had in mind.

Gathering the items from the ground with lightning speed, Fu Chen shouted at the top of his lungs, "Desolate, switch positions!"

Before his words even faded, Fu Chen's feet flashed with [Swift Cloud Steps] as he surged forward.

He wanted to make the most of the skill's remaining duration, trying it out a few more times to fully understand this innate ability.

Once Fu Chen took over as the primary attacker, his combat style shifted to become concise, razor-sharp, fluid, and effortlessly suave.

To any onlooker, watching Fu Chen fight was nothing short of an aesthetically pleasing and deeply satisfying visual treat.

Gliding on [Swift Cloud Steps] with a dazzling, lightning-fast movement technique, he shifted unpredictably from left to right, delivering strikes that were both crisp and fierce.

Within thirty seconds, he successively slaughtered four Snow Mountain Scarlet-Lined Snakes, and four corresponding skill books dropped onto the ground.

Qin Yumoke followed close behind to pick up the loot, starting with the martial arts skill book left where the first monster had fallen.

At that moment, her heart held only delight: "Another skill book. This is fantastic."

Immediately following that, she picked up a second skill book from the spot where the second monster had perished.

Qin Yumoke felt a tinge of surprise: "Huh? Another martial arts skill book, and it's Level 3 Inch Force?"

Then, astonishingly, she picked up yet another martial arts skill book from the third monster—Level 3 Dragon Appears.

Finally, from the fourth monster's death spot, she picked up [Golden Bell Shield: Level 2].

Shock rippled through Qin Yumoke's heart: "What on earth is going on here?

Having four skill books drop consecutively is already unheard of, but what are the odds that all of them are martial arts skills?"

Connecting this to Fu Chen's sudden, temporary request to swap main attack roles and his urgent, abnormal behavior just moments ago, Qin Yumoke could not help but make a bold assumption: "Could all of this be caused by Red Dust? That would be utterly terrifying."

With that thought in mind, Qin Yumoke decided to keep observing and continued trailing behind to "sweep the floor."

Sure enough, when it came to the fifth monster, a skill book dropped, but it was an orange Feather Spirit skill book instead.

Even so, a sense of shock still lingered in Qin Yumoke's mind: "Could it really just be a coincidence? Pure, sheer luck?"

At that very moment, Fu Chen, still immersed in combat, felt a slight trace of dissatisfaction.

After consecutively killing three monsters and confirming that this innate skill was indeed terrifyingly overpowered, Fu Chen immediately realized that having the exact desired skill book drop every single time was simply far too conspicuous.

Thus, he quickly altered his mental intent, hoping that the next two monsters would drop absolutely no skill books.

In short, Fu Chen wanted to change the effect of the [Heaven-Seizing] skill to "guaranteed failure."

Yet regrettably, despite trying twice in a row, no matter how much he wished for the monsters not to drop skill books, it failed.

Strange—didn't the description of [Heaven-Seizing] explicitly state that it could force an outcome to definitely "succeed" or "fail"? Why couldn't he switch the effect mode halfway through?

Promptly, Fu Chen could not help but mock himself inwardly: *I'm simply being too greedy. Not knowing when to be satisfied is a recipe for failure.*

Summarizing the actual results after testing out the innate skill:

First, this skill completely bypassed the original drop rates of the monsters.

As long as it was within the skill's active duration, a purely probabilistic event was directly forced into a certainty.

That was utterly insane—it was an absolute, heaven-defying super divine skill! It truly lived up to being a unique active innate skill!

Second, once a specific state effect was chosen for the skill, it could not be toggled mid-way.

That wasn't really a problem, though. The only reason he had wanted to switch effects was simply to avoid drawing too much attention.

Fu Chen told himself unconcernedly: "If I ever get exposed, I'll just brush it off as pure lucky coincidence. And taking it a step further, worst-case scenario, I'll simply use this skill only when I'm completely by myself."

Having verified it through practical testing, Fu Chen was certain that this was a heaven-defying divine skill capable of defying probability entirely.

Naturally, this led Fu Chen to associate it with another endeavor tied to probability.

"If my hypothesis proves to be entirely feasible, soaring to greatness in the future will be effortless for me. Haha..."

A look of extreme excitement spread across Fu Chen's face at that thought, and he wished he could immediately run off and put his theory to the test.

Alas, that was impossible right now; the duration of the [Heaven-Seizing] skill was only 60 seconds, and it had already expired.

To use the skill again, he would have to wait a full hour, leaving Fu Chen with no choice but to patiently continue grinding monsters.

Because he was far too excited, Fu Chen even forgot to switch back to his previous supporting attack role.

Ironically, this tacitly erased any lingering suspicions Qin Yumoke held against him.

After all, as Fu Chen continued fighting monsters normally from that point onward, practically no more skill books dropped at all.