160: Chapter 159: Coffin and Divine Stone Melt into a Seven-Colored Exploding Candy! The Ragged Man Was Stunned and Wanted to Follow Me.
Lin Feng stood before the stone coffin, staring at the pitch-black space within.
The coffin lid had already been pushed halfway open, revealing the void inside.
There were no corpses, no white bones, only a stone—a seven-colored divine stone.
It lay quietly at the bottom of the coffin, emitting a soft light; seven colors flowed slowly within the stone, like seven small fish swimming.
He reached out and took the stone.
It felt warm to the touch, like jade, like the warm sun, like a baby's skin.
It was exactly the same as the previous one.
No, it was the very same one.
His consciousness had entered, taken the stone, and come back out.
Now the stone was in his hand, and the coffin was empty.
He placed the two seven-colored divine stones side by side in his palm.
The one on the left, the one on the right, they were identical.
They were the same size, the same color, and even the swimming motions of the seven little fish inside were the same.
They were like twin brothers, like a reflection in a mirror, like a person's left and right hands.
He stared at them for a long time, and a thought formed in his mind.
He looked up at the coffin.
It was made of stone, very large and heavy, with the lid covered in runes.
The runes were glowing, very faintly and softly, like breathing.
Around the coffin, chains extended from it, nailed into the walls, the floor, and the dome.
The runes on the chains were also glowing, but they were much dimmer than those on the coffin, as if they were about to extinguish.
He reached out and touched the coffin lid; it was cold and smooth, like touching a block of ice.
He knocked on it, producing a dull sound, as if knocking on something solid.
"What is this coffin made of?" he asked.
The black mass floated behind him, not daring to approach. "Extraterrestrial meteorite iron. That person brought it back from the Void Realm. It took three years to forge this coffin."
Its voice was very low and deep, as if speaking of a very distant matter.
Lin Feng nodded. "Good stuff."
He sat down cross-legged and placed the two seven-colored divine stones in front of him.
He took the coffin out from his wanxiang ring—no, the coffin was too big to fit in the ring, but it could be fused.
His Fusion Talent could fuse all things.
Fuse herbs, fuse equipment, fuse skills, fuse books, fuse Materials.
The coffin was also an object, so why couldn't it be fused?
He took a deep breath, held his hands over the coffin and the two stones, palms facing down.
"Talent—Activate."
Pale golden light surged from his palms, enveloping the coffin and the two stones.
The coffin floated up in the golden light; it was heavy, but in the golden light, it felt like a feather.
The two stones also floated up, orbiting the coffin like planets around a sun.
They were rotating, colliding, and undergoing Fusion.
The black mass screamed behind him. "You! What are you doing?!"
Lin Feng ignored it, focusing intently on the golden light.
The coffin was melting, not into liquid, but into light.
Black light, very thick and dense, like ink, like asphalt, like congealed blood.
The two stones were also melting, turning into colored light—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple—seven colors intertwined together.
The black light and the colored light collided, intertwined, and merged within the golden light, like two snakes fighting, like two rivers converging, like two bolts of lightning colliding.
[Detected items for Fusion: Extraterrestrial meteorite iron coffin (Red), seven-colored divine stone x2 (Colored)]
[Super Fusion]
[Warning: Fusion object quality is extremely high, risk is extremely high, success rate is less than 20%]
[Suggested consumption: 2.5 million - 5 million mana]
[Fusion direction: Special item]
Lin Feng looked at the warning and gritted his teeth.
2.5 million mana; he had over three million now, enough.
The success rate was less than 20%, but he had no way back.
He took a deep breath. "Inject 2.5 million mana!"
The golden light surged, stinging his eyes.
The coffin melted completely, turning into a mass of black light, like a black hole, like an abyss, like the end of the Universe.
The two stones also melted completely, turning into a mass of colored light, like a rainbow, like an aurora, like a dream.
The two masses of light spun wildly in the golden light, faster and denser, like a pair of lovers waltzing.
They were closing in, touching, and undergoing Fusion.
The black light was devouring the colored light, and the colored light was illuminating the black light.
They were like fighting, and yet like making love.
The black mass watched from behind, dumbfounded. "This... what kind of technique is this..."
It muttered, its voice trembling.
Lin Feng ignored it.
His mana was dropping frantically.
Sweat beaded on his forehead, his hands were shaking, but he gritted his teeth and persisted.
He could not stop; stopping meant all previous efforts would be wasted.
The black light and the colored light finally merged, turning into a mass of Chaos-colored light.
It was gray and hazy, like the sky before dawn, like the clouds before a storm, like the first ray of light at the beginning of Chaos.
The mass of light was shrinking, compressing, and condensing.
From the size of a basketball, it shrank to the size of a fist, then to the size of an egg, and finally to the size of a piece of candy.
The golden light dissipated.
The object fell from mid-air into Lin Feng's palm.
It was a piece of candy.
Round and small, like a marble.
The surface was colored—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple—seven colors intertwined together, like a rainbow candy.
The inside was black, like ink, like asphalt, like congealed blood.
It was very light, as light as a feather.
It was very cold, as cold as a block of ice.
It was very quiet, as quiet as if it were sleeping.
[Obtained: Seven-colored Explosive Candy (Colored)]
[Quality: Colored]
[Effect: ???]
[Description: The ultimate item created by fusing the Extraterrestrial meteorite iron coffin and two seven-colored divine stones. The specific effect is unknown, but the contained energy is enough to destroy the world.]
Lin Feng looked at the description, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Seven-colored Explosive Candy?
Who came up with this name?
He stared at the candy for a long time, unable to see anything.
But he knew this thing was not simple.
The coffin was made of Extraterrestrial meteorite iron, and the seven-colored divine stone was used by Nüwa to patch the sky.
Could two such things fused together be simple?
He carefully put the candy into his wanxiang ring, placing it in the safest spot.
This was the key to killing Taotie.
As the old man said, he would know when the time came.
He stood up and patted the dirt off his body.
The black mass floated over and stopped before him. "You... what was that technique just now?"
Its voice was trembling, not from fear, but from excitement.
Lin Feng looked at it. "Fusion. My Talent."
The black mass fell silent.
It looked at him as if looking at a monster. "You... you can fuse all things?"
Lin Feng nodded. "Pretty much."
The black mass fell silent again.
After a long time, it spoke. "Could you... could you do me a favor?"
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow. "What favor?"
The black mass hesitated for a moment. "Help me... reshape my body. I no longer have a body, only this mass of consciousness remains. If you could help me find suitable Materials and fuse a body..."
It did not continue, but the meaning was obvious.
Lin Feng looked at it. "Why?"
The black mass lowered its head. "Because... I don't want to be like this anymore. Just a black blob, not even looking like a person. I want to be like a person, to walk, to talk, to eat, to sleep. I want to... live."
Lin Feng fell silent.
He thought of that old man, the old man with white hair, a hunched back, and unable to even lift his sword.
He sat here alone, waiting to die.
His Disciple had left, the trees had withered, the cranes had flown away.
Only this artifact spirit remained, guarding this place.
Guarding an empty coffin, guarding a stone, guarding a Seal that was about to break.
Ten thousand years.
It had guarded for ten thousand years.
It had no body, no hands, no feet, no face.
It was just a black, blob-like thing that didn't even look human.
But it had guarded for ten thousand years.
Lin Feng sighed. "Fine. When we get out, I will help you find Materials."
The black mass raised its head. "Really?"
Lin Feng nodded. "Really."
The black mass stopped trembling.
It hovered there, motionless.
Then it spoke, its voice very light and soft, like the wind. "Thank you."
Lin Feng waved his hand. "Don't thank me. I'm not helping you for free. You have to help me."
The black mass was stunned for a moment. "Help you? Help you with what?"
Lin Feng looked at it. "Help me kill Taotie."
The black mass fell silent.
It lowered its head and did not speak.
After a long time, it raised its head. "I... what help can I provide? I don't even have a body, I can't even clench a fist. What can I use to help you?"
Lin Feng looked at it. "You have Formation. Your Formation is very powerful. Back at the entrance of the Library Pavilion, those people couldn't get in; that was a Formation set by you, right?"
The black mass nodded. "Yes. But that Formation cannot stop Taotie. It is too strong; even the person from ten thousand years ago could not defeat it and had to use their life to Seal it. My Formation, in front of it, is like paper."
Lin Feng smiled. "Paper is still paper. It's better than nothing. You set the Formation, and I will fight. We can drag it out for a second, we can wound it by a fraction."
The black mass looked at him for a long time.
Then it nodded. "Okay. I will help you."
Lin Feng smiled. "It's a deal."