There were many ways to combine Laws, but in the end, it all boiled down to two things.
Combining Laws.
Infusing one Law into another.
One worked on the level of the Laws directly, while another one worked on their Essences.
Kyle had created his Law of Meteor by combining Laws.
This time, he would use Infusion.
Some time ago, he had wanted to fuse the Laws and then take their Essence, but he had decided against it.
Instead, he would fully go with the Infusion route.
His choice had changed after he had seen more Complex Laws and after thinking about how he wanted to fight.
The most important distinction between the two was one thing.
Complexity during combat.
Fusing two or more Laws created something new.
In a way, Kyle's Law of Meteor could be viewed as a completely new Element, and Elements had different uses.
Fire, for example, could heat things, create movement, explode, and so on.
Meanwhile, what could Kyle's Law of Meteor do?
Make him go fast and strike really hard.
That didn't seem as versatile as what any other Element could do.
But that wasn't exactly true.
It was just that Kyle hadn't looked into the other aspects of his Law of Meteor.
Theoretically, Kyle could further refine his Law and uncover more aspects of it.
For example, he could analyze the explosive capabilities of his Meteor, essentially creating a Fragment for his self-created Law.
This would allow him to strike even harder by giving the impact of his hammer explosive capabilities.
A Fused Law could be further enhanced by creating Fragments for it, which would be like creating techniques.
Back when Kyle had been a Mortal, he had used many different techniques.
Pile Bunker, Fire Trail, Air Current, and so on.
He had stacked all of these techniques on top of each other to create a powerful fighting style.
Yet, ever since he had created the Law of Meteor, he hadn't created a single technique.
He used it the same way in any given scenario and situation.
This meant Kyle hadn't fully taken advantage of his self-created Law.
In gaming terms, he had created a build with 80% strength, 10% intellect, and 10% faith, but he had only made use of his strength aspect.
If he fully wanted to make use of it, he also needed to create some Spells and Rituals or whatever said hypothetical game used.
Kyle remembered how the 500 Initiates had used their Complex Laws.
Their Complex Laws hadn't been strong, but they had used them with great versatility.
Naturally, the participants in the Star Seeking had also used more different techniques.
Meanwhile, Kyle just went fast and went boom.
There was no complexity to it.
And that was not how a Fused Law was supposed to be used.
However, that was exactly how an Infused Law was used.
While a Fused Law was all about the adaptability and flexibility of a Law, an Infused Law was only about its raw stats and powers.
When Kyle had designed his Law of Meteor, he had aimed for pure stats. In essence, he had created a Fused Law like it was an Infused one.
In gaming terms, again, creating a Fused Law was like unlocking a new part of a skill tree that could unlock more abilities.
Meanwhile, creating an Infused Law was like simply getting a huge chunk of raw stats.
Both had their strengths and weaknesses.
A competitive fighter on Earth could probably take down a very casual fighter that weighed a lot more.
However, if that competitive fighter had to fight a brown bear, no amount of technique would help, unless they cheated and used a weapon.
There was a point where technique became meaningless just due to the raw difference in power between both parties.
After thinking about how he wanted to fight, Kyle had come to the realization that he was much more of an Infused Law kind of guy.
Figuratively, he didn't want to enter a boss fight, buff himself with a ritual, summon a couple of one-time use flying swords, buff himself with another sorcery, put sparkly lightning powder on his weapon, and then fight.
No, he wanted to go in and smash the boss with his hammer.
No fancy techniques.
No Spells or whatever.
Just raw violence.
Essences gave the Infused Law their properties, and these properties were already all fully understood.
The Law that received the Infusion would retain its original properties while also receiving the properties of the Essence.
If the Law of Metal were Infused with the Essence of the Law of Fire, any equipment made by this Law would have the properties of the Law of Fire.
A spear would become inherently explosive, hotter, and faster, while not hurting the user.
That spear would turn into a missile that wasn't used up or destroyed when it exploded.
Since Kyle was planning to use his Law of Body as the base, the three Fused Essences would be directly integrated into his body.
His physical power would shoot through the roof, while he also received several other aspects.
In a world where powerful Seekers used all the mysteries of the world to create magical techniques that gave them the power to fly through the skies and between worlds, Kyle would just run really fast.
Where other Seekers created countless useful, complex, and magical Spells to destroy the world, Kyle would just smash.
He was the Bulk to their Ratman.
He was the Divinezilla to their Strength Rangers.
He was the Intestine to their Griffonth.
He was the space-creature to their space-hunter.
He was the roid-rage monster to their monks.
He was the stupid billionaire heir to their self-made millionaire.
He was the strength build to their try-hard min-max build.
He was the dragon to their white knight.
He was the checkers to their chess.
He was the power lifter to their gymnast.
He was the alcoholic father to their karate child.
He was the Vlogger to their investigative journalist.
He was the generic pop artist to their classical composer.
He was the slop-writer to their poet.
He was the club to their rapier.
He was the Fart to their pirate.
He was the reason why there was a Latin choir in the boss music, not them!
'I don't fucking need all your fancy techniques. I tried that once, and I fucking hated it. Too much to keep track of.'
'I just want to smash things!'
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