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Gain in the east, lose in the west.
Lance had just unlocked the [Isagi Yoichi] template and thought he could still draw an S-rank Golden Legend. It turned out that the 10-pull did yield gold, but after hitting the guaranteed draw, the banner continued to be off-focus.
[Obtained Template: Qian Long (Super Intelligent Football) - A]
[Obtained Template: Madman Higuita (Legendary Star) - C]
[Obtained Template: David Beckham (Legendary Star) - B]
[Obtained Template: Mbeumo (Active Star) - C]
[Obtained Template: Xiao Junguang (Captain Tsubasa) - C]
[Obtained Template: Maro Shoei (Blue Lock) - B]
[Obtained Template: Kunio (Hot-Blooded Soccer) - B]
[Obtained Template: Nagi Seishiro (Blue Lock) - S] (Already owned)
[Obtained Template: Ødegaard (Active Star) - B]
[Obtained Template: Wayne Rooney (Legendary Star) - B]
"This..."
Lance scratched his head. He got happy for nothing. He had looked up and seen a golden light flash, thinking it was a new S-rank template, but it turned out to be [Nagi Seishiro].
What, a second Constellation Nagi Seishiro?
Wait!
It really was a second Constellation! Lance glanced at the [Nagi Seishiro] character card; since drawing the same character, an extra line of description had automatically appeared.
Nagi Seishiro - S (Fusion Value 100%)
Skill: Full Level Ball Control
Skill: Hardcore Shot
Skill: Mirror Learning
Rage Value: 0%
Awakening Intensity Level: One (One ~ Six)
Six Constellations! Did this crappy system copy its settings from Genshin Impact? Where's the designer? Come out and talk!
Glancing at the enhancement description for Constellation One, it was better than nothing.
[Nagi Seishiro — Awakening Intensity Level One: Increases Soul Resonance by 25%. When Rage Value is 100%, Soul Resonance is 100%.]
After studying it for a long time, Lance could roughly conclude that "Soul Resonance" was probably muscle memory. In other words, even without equipping the [Nagi Seishiro] character template, he could utilize the character's muscle memory, enhanced by 25% at Constellation One! Furthermore, when the Rage Value reached 100% (full rage), even if he equipped a different template, he could still utilize 100% of [Nagi Seishiro]'s strength!
This was really convenient; there was no need to specially equip the template. All of [Nagi Seishiro]'s abilities could practically become passive abilities, integrated with himself.
Lance was about to check out the other templates — such as [Xiao Junguang] from Captain Tsubasa, [Maro Shoei] from Blue Lock, and other characters — when he suddenly noticed a small button within the large [Wishing Pool] section, shaped like a small hammer paired with an anvil.
???
[Character Template Fusion]
What did this mean?
With no explanation provided, Lance could only try it out with a random template. From the many B-rank and C-rank templates, Lance chose the most inconspicuous green C-rank template — [Kunio] from Hot-Blooded Soccer.
To be honest, even in the Hot-Blooded Soccer game, Lance preferred controlling other characters over the protagonist, Kunio. Kunio's special moves and dribbling were truly ordinary. If he was bumped by strong opponents like the Cameroon, Argentina, or Germany players, he would quickly turn into a meme. Kunio's special moves were also easily saved by the goalkeeper, posing no threat.
Moreover, Lance usually wouldn't equip these templates. They were like the 4-star filler characters players draw in card games — they wouldn't consume any resources, and even upon quitting the game, these characters would still be at Lv.1.
[Character Template Fusion]!
Lance dragged the [Kunio] template onto the fusion button, slightly anticipating the changes after the system update.
The result... his body just felt a slight jolt, and while it seemed like something was added to his mind, nothing obvious happened.
"Let's try it."
Lance quickly stopped the treadmill, turned, walked through the gym and the courtyard, and arrived at the vast backyard behind the mansion. Besides some landscaped gardens, the backyard also contained a small private 5-a-side football field. When Lance was bored or thinking, he usually juggled the ball here.
He casually picked up a football from the goal box. Lance tried placing the ball on the turf, and with a bang — the football unsurprisingly smashed into the goal. But there were no special effects; the shot was just a normal shot.
"Wait, how do you pull off the super move in Hot-Blooded Soccer?"
Thinking about the method used in the game, Lance grabbed another ball and tried to chip it up. Immediately after —
Bang!
A volley shot. The football flew toward the net with a strange spin! The speed, arc, and erratic trajectory of the spin were clearly different from the previous normal shot!
Lance estimated that a shot of this caliber, taken from about 35 meters away from the goal, could create an extremely threatening long-range cannon shot! If [Kunio]'s special move were combined with the power generation of the [Tiger Shot], who knows what kind of long-range cannon that would produce! Goalkeepers would definitely have an even bigger headache!
"When the break ends tomorrow, I must let Oblak try it."
Thinking of the distressed expression on Brother Oblak's face when facing him, Lance couldn't help but want to laugh.
"Not bad!"
Lance instantly grasped the meaning of the system's newly upgraded feature, [Character Template Fusion]! It meant fusing unused templates from inventory into his own passive abilities via muscle memory!
"Brilliant!"
So what was he waiting for? Lance quickly fused the templates from his previous inventory one by one, including [Jingo Raichi], [Anthony], [Cannavaro], and others.
The result...
[Fusion Successful!]
[Fusion Failed!]
[Fusion Successful!]
[Fusion Successful!]
[Fusion Failed!]
[Fusion Failed!]
[Fusion Failed!]
Stop! Stop! Stop!
Lance realized that the system designer, just like certain unscrupulous online games, loved to set success rates for equipment enhancement. Previously, when Lance played Dragon Nest at launch, he watched a weapon get enhanced to +13! The next second, the enhancement failed, and the weapon was destroyed. Lance was so angry he quit the game on the spot.
This was one of his few online gaming experiences. After that, he focused seriously on football, and after joining Bayern's youth academy, he had no time for games, usually just playing the FIFA series with teammates.
The templates consumed due to fusion failure included [Anthony], [Jingo Raichi], [Aoi Weto], [Tzolis], [Liuxing], [Mbeumo], and others. The successful ones included [Bukayo Saka], [David Beckham], [Cannavaro], [Xiao Junguang], and others.
After 10 fusions, the little anvil icon temporarily turned gray. It seemed the template fusion had entered a cooldown state, and he didn't know when it would open again.
Lance could only continue testing the muscle memory brought by the remaining four fused templates on his private football field. If he truly inherited 100% of David Beckham's abilities, Lance figured that even if he lost all other abilities, peak Beckham alone would be enough to establish himself in European football.
People often focused on Beckham's looks and the superstar's off-field gossip, underestimating the true strength of the former Manchester United No. 7! He didn't just have one Crescent Moon Scimitar shot. Beckham's midfield organization and distribution, timing of long passes, game-reading ability, and even defensive skills were all considered top-tier in Europe.
However, on a 5-a-side field, it was difficult to truly assess the effect of these templates.
"Training starts tomorrow; we'll see what I'm made of then!"
If this worked... Lance couldn't wait to fuse the S-rank templates!