"Not bad." But Seven Extinctions revealed a hint of appreciation and laughed. "Like me. Like you, Senior Hei Yin, we were all the same when we were young!" He nodded, quite satisfied with Lin Hui's choice.
"Just do it if you want to. Anyway, for us, the countless monsters in the torrent are doing nothing every day. If you don't guide them, they will destroy everything else they can reach. You might as well take the initiative to lead them to the target you want to deal with."
"Teacher Xie understands. Then, what about the combined forces of the other calamities?" Lin Hui continued to ask.
"If you wish, you can do it, but our Wind Disaster is a primordial Source Disaster, different from smaller calamities. Essentially, if you could contact other Calamity Fusion Faction, that would be a better choice," Seven Extinctions said.
"But I don't know anyone well. I do have acquaintances in Hell, so it'll be easier to talk to them," Lin Hui said.
"That's fine then. Handle your own affairs. Hell, Extreme Cold, and Hai Ming are all considered lower-level derivative calamities. Hell is probably backed by Drought Disaster, Extreme Cold by Cold Disaster, Hai Ming by a flood. It's interesting to see them facing that Endless Divine Realm." Seven Extinctions stroked his beard.
"In your opinion, teacher, what faction do you think the other side is most likely to be?" Lin Hui asked cautiously.
"They're not from any faction," Seven Extinctions shook his head. "If they had merged with any kind of Source Disaster calamity, they wouldn't have been able to create such a method of manipulating other calamity powers for combined experiments. Because any calamity power that can be manipulated simultaneously and at will is merely a derivative power."
He paused for a moment, then continued.
"Someone as deeply integrated with the Source Disaster as I am simply incapable of containing any other Calamity power; they would be disintegrated the moment they got close. Therefore... the other party is most likely Ambitionists who wants to absorb Calamity power for their own use. They have some skill and some achievements, but they are still at a superficial level, nothing more."
"What about that psionic monster?" Lin Hui held out a piece of light golden crystal that he had refined earlier.
The crystal floated away under the influence of the airflow and hovered in front of Seven Extinctions.
"This..." Seven Extinctions caught it and examined it carefully.
"It looks a bit like Immortal Crystal No. 7."
"Immortal Crystal No. 7?"
"Hmm, there are many types of immortal crystals, hundreds in total. I've seen dozens of them. This thing is naturally formed and generally only exists deep within a certain calamity. It's not necessarily the Source Disaster; derivative calamities can also produce it." Seven Extinctions tossed the crystal in his hand.
"So-called immortality is merely the indestructibility of conventional means; it will be dissolved when encountering calamity forces outside of its own environment."
"Then what is the purpose of this, teacher?" Lin Hui asked again.
"This is just a framework. You can take it, infuse it with your own power, and it can revert to its original state, easily becoming a foot soldier charging into battle. The rest is useless." Seven Extinctions shook his head. "You can think of it as a reusable puppet."
"I see." Lin Hui nodded.
"Alright, leave the item here. I'll refine and enhance it for you later, and add a sect mark. This thing is pretty good as a gatekeeper. You can pick it up in about five days," Seven Extinctions said with a smile.
"Thank you, teacher." Lin Hui quickly bowed.
To be fair, Seven Extinctions has been quite attentive to him ever since he was born.
After leaving the Nine Heavens Gate, Lin Hui returned to his Mind Sea. This time, following his previous senses, he located the approximate location of the Purgatory Duke from his sea of consciousness.
The Mind Sea gathers the consciousness of all living beings that transcend countless worlds, dimensions, and realms.
No matter what kind of living being it is, once it develops consciousness, it will inevitably leave its own mark here.
Therefore, direct positioning here ignores all barriers.
By using the Heart Source Demon Palace to move rapidly within his Mind Sea, Lin Hui easily achieved a mode of free movement between different realms.
About half an hour later.
Lin Hui made a single sweeping motion with one hand.
Activating the Heart Source Demon Palace's permissions directly opened a scorching, dark red crack filled with sulfurous flames.
As soon as the crack opened, a massive amount of dark red magma surged out, dripping onto the purple ground surrounding the Mind Sea, emitting a hissing, burning sound.
Lin Hui raised his hand and sensed the mark that the Purgatory Duke had left for him.
"Hahahaha!! You're in luck today! What wind blew you here? I was just chatting with a friend, and when we got to you, you contacted me right away!" The Purgatory Duke's voice quickly rang out from the other side of the rift.
From the countless fissures and magma, a black, heavily armored humanoid figure slowly emerged, continuously spewing forth large amounts of flames from within. It was none other than the long-absent Purgatory Duke.
"I have something to discuss with you this time. Don't worry, it's good news," Lin Hui said with a smile.
Invading the new world together and dividing up its resources would certainly be a good thing.
For the Fusion Faction, what they fear is never death or injury, because as long as the calamity persists, so too will they. What they fear is the inability to find resources—resources to maintain their understanding.
"Oh?" Purgatory Duke had a deep impression of Lin Hui. This guy, although he was not very aware of the situation at first, embarked on the path of merging with the calamity. However, he later relied on his extraordinary comprehension to actually walk a path to heaven that Duke of Purgatory could not have imagined at all.
"I've discovered a great resource location. Interested in trying it out together? I can't handle it alone." Lin Hui isn't yet deeply integrated, so he can't be revived by the Wind Disaster after death. But the Purgatory Duke doesn't know this and assumes that Lin Hui, like himself, has already completely integrated with the calamity.
"If even you can't crack it, then that's indeed a bit tricky. To be honest, I can no longer fathom your current strength," the Purgatory Duke frankly stated. "If even you can't..."
"Then I'll find someone else to work with?" Lin Hui said with a smile.
"No! Then I'll have to use my true form. Besides, if all else fails, I can always go back to the Chaos Emperor." The Purgatory Duke laughed as well.
A world that can even excite Lin Hui, a Wind Disaster Fusionist, must be extremely edible.
Lin Hui had heard of the Chaos Emperor, a supreme being in Hell who was ethereal and claimed to rule and oppress all.
His own self-interest is actually this: if the Purgatory Duke is incapable, then someone behind him will naturally step in and do the work.
He was quite familiar with the power of Hell and the other powers, and they were easy to deal with.
If we rashly switch to other forces, not only will we be unfamiliar with them, but we will also need to re-understand their characteristics, all of which incur costs.
My older sister can't wait that long.
Lin Hui immediately explained his situation to the Duke in detail.
"For the actual operation, we will form a vanguard in several groups, with my teacher overseeing the rest. You can also send your strongest members to handle any emergencies. The final distribution of the spoils will be determined by the amount of effort contributed."
"Now that you mention it, the Endless Divine Realm is indeed a tempting target, governing so many planets, it's almost as big as that great world we wanted to take a bite out of before." Purgatory Duke stroked his chin.
"Did you succeed last time?" Lin Hui asked casually.
"No... We were sent back dozens of times, and in the end everyone gave up. The returns were too low, it wasn't worth it." Purgatory Duke shook his head.
"So this time I also plan to contact the other forces and carry out a comprehensive, simultaneous operation." Lin Hui nodded.
"This is going to be difficult. If they still use the method of opening the door, we might be pushed back immediately," the Duke warned. "This world itself is quite powerful."
"Therefore, we should take a gradual approach, like inching in, and integrate ourselves into the group first. I've already found a safe way to do so," Lin Hui said with a smile.
The reversal of the Nether Hollow, combined with the projection method of the Heart Source Demon Palace, and the continuous cross-space projection of the star power of the Source Disaster, all these insights merged to form the special reincarnation method he is now using.
"We also have some good methods of concealment; we can exchange them later." The Duke nodded in agreement, "Let's try to be as discreet as possible."
"Good."
After contacting the Duke and making arrangements, Lin Hui turned around and headed towards the location of the Extreme Cold.
He was familiar with the Extreme Cold because some of his disciples were early Fusionist of its Extreme Cold. He was already very skilled at dealing with and handling such power.
Soon, after maneuvering the Heart Source Demon Palace a distance through the purple mist, Lin Hui sat cross-legged on the steps in front of the Demon Palace and waved his hand again, slicing through the air.
A dark blue crack suddenly appeared.
A terrifying chill instantly surged from the crack, as the calamity of the Extreme Cold attempted to spread outwards.
But Lin Hui immediately blocked it with the power of the Wind Disaster.
This time it's different from Hell. There are acquaintances Hell who are easy to contact, but there aren't any influential acquaintances in Extreme Cold.
Without hesitation, Lin Hui took a step forward and flew into the crevice.
It would be impossible to achieve cooperation with the Extreme Cold by relying solely on novice Fusionist like the disciples of the sect.
Therefore, he needs to go in personally and find some big guys with enough weight.
The Surrounding Wind faithfully protected him, shielding him from the Extreme Cold.
Crossing the crevice is like entering a Extreme Cold underwater world.
The surroundings were all dark blue, as if I were in the deep sea.
Upon closer inspection, Lin Hui determined that the dark blue color was not water, but extremely dense, Extreme Cold fog.
He judged that he was floating in the air, surrounded by dark blue mist on all sides.
"Searching for someone slowly isn't my forte. I'll just say hello first."
Without hesitation, he slowly reached out, drew the Liangyi Divine Sword, and held it horizontally in front of him.
"Wind!"
Boom!!!
In an instant, pale blue cracks lit up rapidly behind him.
Generally speaking, according to the order of the power of calamity, it takes three stages to invade a world.
These are the infection stage, the fusion stage, and the final cracking stage.
However, those with greater strength can directly tear apart the world space, break through the upper limit of this realm, and skip the first two stages to enter the rift stage.
That's exactly what Lin Hui is doing now.
Ugh!
A violent blue Wind Disaster surged in, forcibly beginning to disintegrate the countless Extreme Cold energies behind Lin Hui.
The lower-level Extreme Cold power was defeated by the Wind Disaster power and was quickly cleared out of a large area around Lin Hui.
The collision and conflict between the Disaster Energy Disaster Energy was extremely violent, and soon a ring-shaped blue ripple formed around them.
However, the ripples neither expanded nor contracted, maintaining a constant balance.
It wasn't that the Wind Disaster couldn't escalate further, but rather that Lin Hui hadn't fully opened up; after all, he was just giving the other party a greeting.