"Ah, still too weak. One mid-ranking King-level Calamity was enough to trigger the mental defenses. You need more training."
Little Whale shook its head.
"Mid-ranking? What does that mean? King-level Calamities have ranks too?"
"Don't get too careless. All you faced before were Level Nine Calamities. Their followers naturally can't compare to the servants of higher-level beings. For example, a Crowned One of the Level Eleven [Eternal Frozen Silence] is comparable to a Level Nine Calamity.
"Oh, you've met a Crowned One of [Eternal Frozen Silence] too: the [Perception Controller]. Its Split Bodies alone can bring tremendous danger to the Frontline. If things go badly, it could even plunge the Present World into Doomsday ahead of time.
"You should have some sense of that yourself.
"The [Hunger King] is the strongest being under the Level Ten Calamity [Seedling Eater]. If you think it's as strong as the [Wind and Thunder King] you encountered before, you're sorely mistaken."
At the mention of the [Hunger King], Little Whale paused. After a few seconds of silence, it spoke calmly.
"The [Seedling Eater] hasn't taken part in this operation. The [Hunger King] is searching for something."
"Searching for something?" Ye Buyu was puzzled. "Does that have anything to do with what's happening now?"
Little Whale remained uncharacteristically calm. Its gaze seemed to pierce through Ye Buyu's Mindscape to the [Hunger King], with its stick-thin body and dark skin.
"It does. It wants to find what it's been searching for here."
"What is it?"
"Death."
Little Whale repeated the word, staring into Ye Buyu's eyes as it uttered it.
"Death."
"What the [Hunger King] seeks is an utter death, an end in eternal sleep. Bringing it down isn't difficult, but killing it is. Ordinary methods can't kill it or fill that empty, starving soul."
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