'No wonder the field of evolution has always advocated for specializing in one direction instead of being a jack-of-all-trades. Is this also to account for future skill fusion?'
Skills of the same type naturally have higher compatibility and are easier to fuse.
For example, Mr. Ya's set of defensive and survival skills were very easy to combine.
If you tried to cover all your bases and pick up a few skills of every type, fusing them in the future would be a real headache.
This wasn't just about the hurdle of ascending to godhood. Even if you had god-tier extracts to absorb, skill fusion was still a necessary step to advance to higher life forms after completing the seventh evolution.
Of course, this first step was the hardest. Once the seventh evolution was complete, you'd get a massive, all-around boost, making it much easier to fuse other skills into divine skills later on.
Time ticked by. This time, Su Ze spent a full five days to complete the skill fusion!
