This was an Ice Man who stood over two meters tall, and while his appearance was somewhat strange, one could clearly make out the shapes of the various parts of his body—the head, limbs, and torso.
The Ice Man was very thin, or rather, it would be more appropriate to describe him as slender. His limbs were particularly long, with a much smaller proportion of his body.
On the Ice Man's shoulders and knees were covered with ice thorns that resembled spikes, giving the impression that these parts had high defensive capabilities.
Most astonishing were his arms. He had no fingers; his right arm was entirely a slender ice blade, which looked extremely sharp, and his left arm was even more interesting—it resembled a chainsaw, except that the saw was composed of hexagonal snowflakes connected together.
At that moment, the hexagonal snowflakes were spinning rapidly without stopping, and it was unclear what the source of power was. Probably, these snowflake gears were also a part of his body, and he could freely control their speed.
One arm for slashing, the other for cutting—this was a bona fide humanoid weapon.
Lin Yi then looked towards the Ice Man's feet, where the ground around them had already formed a thick layer of white frost.
Impressive, I thought it was just a physical combat tool, almost forgetting that this fellow was transformed from the Snow Lady's snowflakes. 1 + 1 is far greater than 2; it's impossible that a stitched creature would discard the Ultimate Ice Attributes.
So, this guy could both chop and freeze people!
"Amazing!"
The Little Snow Maiden couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
She wriggled out of the Snow Emperor's embrace and ran towards the Ice Man. Standing beside him, the Little Snow Maiden was only as tall as half of the Ice Man's leg.
"It's just two snowflakes… Hey, what can you do?"
"Little Queen, come back! Be careful!"
The Snow Emperor said anxiously.
However, Ju Zi quickly added facing her, "Senior Snow Emperor, rest assured, I am just a stitcher. Whoever was the original owner of the stitched creature's materials, it is still the same owner now. If this Ice Man has consciousness, it will only recognize your daughter as its master and will not harm her."
The Snow Emperor then breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
Despite the Little Snow Maiden's queen-like interrogation, the Ice Man did not reply, seemingly because he had no mouth.
However, the Ice Man soon made a move.
He crouched slightly and then leapt backward, jumping as high as over a dozen meters!
As Lin Yi had guessed, the Ice Man was definitely an Agility-type warrior. With limbs this long, any heavy movement would make these prominent limbs mere decorations.
After distancing himself from the Little Snow Maiden, the Ice Man began to practice his right arm's sword technique alone, filling the air with sharp, powerful noises. Shortly thereafter, the hexagonal snowflakes of his left arm started to emit a deafening noise, almost as if a motor was indeed inside it.
Chainsaw man? No, Ice Saw Man, Lin Yi murmured to himself.
The Ice Emperor glanced at the Ice Man and raised his arm to push forward. A thick ice column suddenly rushed towards the Ice Man.
Seeing this, the Ice Man immediately swung his serrated left arm at the ice column. The hum generated by the rotating serrations completely overshadowed the sound of the ice column shattering. The thick ice pillar was cut in two as easily as slicing through tofu.
The Ice Emperor was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Not bad at all, pretty impressive. More than enough to protect this little one."
"I, the Queen, need no protection,"
the Little Snow Maiden said with pride, but then she changed her tune, "But this Ice Man was originally mine to begin with, so I'm taking it."
She haughtily stepped forward, took Ice Man's hand, and left with pride, while Snow Emperor shot Miss Orange a grateful glance at this time.
By then, Miss Orange had no more tests to conduct; the two specimens had respectively proven that non-living beings sewn together could result in either a combination or a fusion process.
As for living beings, the risk factor was simply too great...
But just at that moment, a Gua Sha Master within the crowd suddenly raised his arm and shouted, "Miss Orange! Please, you must help me with a favor!"
Miss Orange frowned, not expecting this turn of events, but she had no intention of helping anyone else... After all, after helping one, there would be another, and it would never end.
"I'm sorry, friend, but I was just conducting a field test of the reward, and now that I've finished testing, it's someone else's turn to attack," she replied apologetically.
Miss Orange spoke with a tone full of regret.
"The experiment is done? But you haven't tested on a human yet, have you? I volunteer my body."
The man who spoke stepped forward, and the crowd then noticed he had only one arm; his right arm was missing.
The man appeared to be in his twenties, still young. He seemed not quite accustomed to the state of missing his right arm, suggesting it had been amputated not long ago.
"Can I choose anything to serve as my right arm? I really hate life without it, it's like being useless."
Miss Orange was taken aback and murmured to herself, "Is this... a fusion between a living body and a non-living object?"
It had directly skipped the experiment of fusing two living beings.
Miss Orange expressed her concern, "Senior Lin Yi said that the more complex the sewing, the harder it would be to succeed. Your fusion with a non-living object should also be considered complex, right? Are you sure you want to go through with it?"
The young man was resolute, taking a deep breath he said, "Losing my right arm is no different from killing me; I'm certain."
Miss Orange nodded, "Then what would you like to use as your right arm?"
The young man muttered, "Anything will do. Isn't it said that 1 plus 1 is far greater than 2? Even a rock should be better than my original flesh and blood."
Miss Orange twitched the corner of her mouth.
At the very least, for creating an arm, he should try to use the best material available, right? This guy really isn't taking responsibility for himself.
Strictly speaking, when a person is sewn together with an object, what emerges is not an arm, but a fusion of the person and that object.
However, Lin Yi's reward was quite versatile. In a human fusion with an object, if the needle and thread passed through the heart, then the entire person would be the material used; if the thread passed through the stump of the amputated arm, then the stump would be used, and thus anything that grew would certainly be an arm.
Miss Orange said, "You'd better choose an item that you won't regret in the future to act as your arm. Since 1 plus 1 is far greater than two, the more valuable one of the items is, the more impressive the fusion result, right?"
The young man nodded in agreement, "Yes, I may be useless, but I can't let my arm be useless as well. Right! I need to think of something valuable as the raw material for my arm!"
Immediately, he took out a golden soul coin from his person, pondered for a moment, then the young man stuffed the golden soul coin back into his pocket and pulled out a handkerchief instead.
Miss Orange was stunned, "What is this?"
The young man smiled, "This is a handkerchief that the girl I like deliberately dropped in front of me. She must like me, which is why she intentionally let this thing fall for me to pick up. This handkerchief is the most valuable thing I have on me right now!"
Miss Orange fell silent.