Testing, Part One (Thanks to Crimson Moon Alliance Leader Shenhongyue)

The Existence Force vanished like flowing water. Before Lin Hui could even feel the pain, he began to absorb the massive amount of cultivation technique information poured into him from the Blood Seal. Transparent, dragonfly-like creatures with colorful, golden edges constantly appeared and swam around him.

This is Authority Shadow.

Each one represents a power, which is a power that can be used innately without consuming or with very little consumption. Lin Hui opened his eyes and looked at these Authority Shadow. He could feel that at this moment, the Wind Energy and soul in his body were being rapidly absorbed by these Authority Shadow.

Along with this absorption, a large amount of relevant information flowed into his mind.

"The Authority Codex provides a total of nine Authority Shadow, each of Authority Shadow can be filled with any small-scale rule power as needed." "Note: Power filling cannot achieve time warping on extremely long scales."

"Nine Authority Shadow... can be filled in with any power rules?" Lin Hui pondered to himself.

This is equivalent to giving him a tool to freely fill in the blanks.

This requires us to clearly identify what we are lacking and what we are missing, and then fill those gaps.

He didn't immediately fill out the Authority Shadow, but instead sat quietly in place, pondering and organizing his thoughts.

"I've mastered enough sword techniques for killing. My energy level has only just increased, and I can't expect to improve further anytime soon. Right now, I lack nothing. It's time to return to the very beginning..."

"What is my purpose in cultivating?"

Become stronger to protect yourself, and to win back the person you want to win back.

This is the core purpose of everything he does.

Life is like a sandcastle, vanishing with the wind. To hold onto the people you want, you have only two choices: stop the sandstorm or strengthen the sandcastle. My mind was filled with countless thoughts, but soon everything returned to its starting point.

"No matter what, let's try first. Rescue people first. If we can pull them out of the Wind Disaster, everything will be much easier." Lin Hui made a decisive move, pulling out a Authority Shadow and pointing his hand at it, channeling his will into it.

The next moment, Authority Shadow was enveloped in golden light, then released and moved on to the next one.

The nine articles were quickly filled in. This was not a one-time event, but rather something that could be changed later. This is the core of why the Authority Codex needs the Existence Force —its ability to be constantly modified as needed.

The nine rules that Lin Hui filled out were all part of a system built around restoring cognition and consciousness.

Can External Source- level methods, combining amplification with Wind Energy conversion, forcibly pull back the Fusionist?

Lin Hui stood up after all nine Authority Shadow had been filled out.

After leaving Guangxin Hall and Thunder King Sect, this time he didn't just test things out nearby. Instead, he first sought out Hongyu Chun and asked for a map of the entire sect's branches.

Floating on the black earth outside the sect, countless blue Disaster Energy swept past him.

Interspersed among them are tiny, dust-like monsters filled with Disaster Energy.

These monsters, which were once quite powerful to him, are now negligible in comparison to his current size.

Clutching the map bead given to him by Hongyu Chun, strands of images flowed into his consciousness.

Apart from the two major powers occupying the vast majority of the territory, this entire court also includes the Falling Star Abyss he had visited, the Blacksoil Plain beneath his feet, Wind Spirit Island, and finally, the Sea of the Electric Mother.

All of these combined constitute the entire public area of the courtyard.

The entire courtyard, excluding the smaller spaces within it, is roughly the size of three Thunder King Sect.

If you follow the portal, you can cover almost the entire area in a day.

At this moment, Lin Hui checked the list and realized that the place he had just arrived at was the Blacksoil Plain.

The area was home to a large number of wandering people, and it posed the least danger, which met his requirements for the test.

The map also marked several gathering points of independent cultivators familiar to the Thunder King Sect. These were all points connected to the Thunder King Sect, responsible for screening and recruiting newcomers.

In fact, after staying in the Thunder King Sect for a long time, Lin Hui gradually realized that the entire sect was actually quite loosely structured, and everything was built around the mining of Primordial Corpse.

Aside from matters related to the mining of Primordial Corpse, the sect leader didn't care about any other trivial matters. He was in seclusion all day long, never even showing his face, only meeting with newly emerging geniuses of the sect every three hundred years, nothing more.

As for the other branch halls, they are simply functions that naturally arose as more and more Fusionist gathered there.

Lin Hui guessed that Myriad Stars Tower was probably in a similar situation.

Coming to his senses, he followed the map, chose a gathering place for lone wolves, shrunk his body, and instantly returned to his original ordinary height and size, then teleported away at lightning speed into the distance.

After teleporting dozens of times in succession, he gradually slowed down.

Below, the black plains began to gradually reveal undulating mountains, and flocks of birds with blue feathers ran across the ground. Occasionally, a bird would take flight, circle a few times, and then land again.

Lin Hui sensed the radiation and quickly locked onto an elderly man with a white beard sitting cross-legged on a mountaintop.

The old man was dressed in a green robe and carried a long sword with a white sheath on his back. He seemed to be meditating.

In Lin Hui's eyes at this moment, the old man's spirit was like a candle flickering in the wind, as if it could be extinguished with a single thought.

With just a sweep of his divine sense, Lin Hui could tell the mass concentration of the Disaster Energy within the other party's body; it was probably just a small fellow at the high-energy aggregation level. For him now, with his divine sense reaching an immeasurable size, he felt he could even decide the life or death of an ordinary materialized cultivator with a single thought. Let alone a high-energy aggregation level below the materialized stage.

The gap between several major energy levels has widened the gap between him and his opponent to the point where an ant is compared to the ocean.

With a flash, Lin Hui suddenly appeared in front of the other party.

"Senior!" The old man was startled and quickly stood up.

"What's your name? How long have you been Fusionist?" Lin Hui asked casually.

"This junior Bai Chongzi. I became Fusionist approximately 3,500 years ago," the old man replied quickly, afraid of displeasing Lin Hui if he was too slow.

Fusionist are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of being ambushed and repeatedly killed. Especially in this small area of the court, it is not difficult for powerful figures with far superior abilities to ambush them seriously.

After all, everyone started with speed; putting everything else aside, speed is definitely not an issue.

"Very good. Stand still." Lin Hui was too lazy to explain, so he reached out with one hand and struck the other person's forehead with lightning speed.

Puff!

In an instant, countless Wind Energy surged into Bai Chongzi's brow, starting from his head and transforming all the Disaster Energy within his body.

At the same time, all nine colorful, gold-edged Authority Shadow instantly appeared beside Lin Hui and began to exert their power together.

"Cognitive recovery!"

The limited rules of the Authority Codex take effect immediately.

The old man Bai Chongzi's aura quickly broke free from the state of fusion with Disaster Energy and completely transformed into Wind Energy that filled his entire body.

At the same time, his soul also became increasingly clear due to the effect of the Authority Shadow.

Lin Hui repeatedly released his Authority Shadow while simultaneously replacing all the Disaster Energy within his body with Wind Energy.

This is equivalent to using the Authority Shadow to pull the opponent's soul back from the Source Disaster, while simultaneously using Wind Energy to completely transform the opponent's body into Wind Energy Fusionist.

This was the first time he had taken the initiative to try and rescue people from the Wind Disaster.

Time ticked by, second by second.

The old man Bai Chongzi's eyes revealed even more ecstatic joy; he had seen through what Lin Hui was doing.

but.

BOOM!!

The old man suddenly exploded.

It exploded into countless fragments of Wind Disaster and Disaster Energy, scattered in all directions, leaving no trace.

Lin Hui's expression froze, and he stood still, slowly withdrawing his hand.

Just a moment ago, the Wind Energy he poured into the other party was forcibly suppressed by an incomparably powerful Wind Disaster Energy.

Immediately afterwards, Authority Shadow's regained consciousness seemed to have touched a powder keg, exploding instantly.

In the blink of an eye, the old man vanished completely. It was unknown whether he had died permanently or had been resurrected and gone elsewhere.

Lin Hui remained silent for a long time after leaving the spot, then turned and flew towards other areas of the plain.

Soon, he found another lone human-headed bird.

This monster, covered in blue feathers and surrounded by a faint blue light, had a blue head and skin, but it had a human-like face with similar facial features.

Lin Hui teleported close and pointed a finger.

Laugh!

The Wind Energy began to replace the Disaster Energy within the opponent's body, and then the soul was restored along with the Authority Shadow.

Moreover, this time, he added an extra one.

"The Supreme Omniscience Seal!"

Lin Hui gently tapped the bird-headed creature, forcibly applying the Supreme Seal Technique once.

It's not a once-a-year super-enlightenment effect, but simply a forced transfer of the usual permanent intelligence enhancement to the other party.

In theory, the other party must consider themselves a member of Clear Jade Mountain to receive this enhancement, but this is no challenge for Lin Hui.

The Sentient Fangsheng Art instantly entered the Gray Dimension, adjusting and modifying the monster's perception.

The revised version incorporates the points from the Supreme Omniscience Seal.

hiss.

This time, a dramatic change truly began to occur before Lin Hui's eyes.

The human-headed bird's body began to be surrounded by colorful light, and then quickly melted like a wax figure.

It melted and transformed into a humanoid figure about 1.8 meters tall, roughly the same height as him.

"I... I remember now!!"

"I am Yu Chenglong... I am not reconciled!! The hatred of my clan's extermination has not yet been avenged! I..." The humanoid figure clutched his head and squatted down in agony, letting out a roar. Clearly, this was yet another pitiful person who, in pursuit of power, actively borrowed the Disaster Energy, and was then gradually corrupted and devoured.

At this moment, the nine Authority Shadow beside Lin Hui began to exert their power continuously, forcibly restoring his original consciousness.

The colorful light on the humanoid figure gradually faded.

The permanent enhancement of his intelligence seemed to have stabilized his consciousness.

"Thank you so much, senior, for pulling me out of my daze!!" The humanoid figure, now regaining its senses, bowed deeply to Lin Hui.

Lin Hui did not respond, but continued, rapidly replacing his entire body with Wind Energy.

By this time, Wind Energy had essentially replaced 80% of the area where the human-shaped structure was located.

And we'll start with the most complex part: the head.

As time went on, gradually, the proportion began to reach 90%.

Lin Hui's heart tightened even more.

Boom!

But the next moment...

His expression changed drastically, and he withdrew, teleporting away in an instant.

On the Blacksoil Plain, a blue light explosion covering tens of thousands of miles around erupted with a deafening roar.

Layers of terrifying, petal-shaped, bluish-black fragments of the Wind Disaster, carrying an aura of destruction far beyond Lin Hui's imagination, scattered from where the humanoid figure was. He didn't know what they were, only that his spiritual perception gave him an extremely dangerous judgment: he had to stay away and not touch them.