Qu Jianlei spotted the Storage Bag and grew even more eager. "The fifteen days will be up soon. We won't wait for you."
But the world was full of coincidences. On the thirteenth day, after another wriggle, the bright red sphere actually cracked open.
A tiny, bald head poked out from within, looking somewhat like a newly hatched chick.
Only after the Fire Essence had completely crawled out did Qu Jianlei realize that this thing looked a bit like... a slime?
Aside from the vaguely defined head, the rest of it resembled a puddle of sludge, with no fixed shape at all.
Its entire body was blue-black. And as it successfully hatched, the bright red shell around it actually vanished.
If they had not witnessed it with their own eyes, no one would have imagined that this blue-black Mud Monster was actually a Fire Essence! The newborn Fire Essence kept squirming and making gurgling noises as it looked around.
Ruler flew back and forth above its head, wildly excited. "Hey, little one, look over here."
The little fellow looked up, then ignored it outright.
It had no idea that it was only because of Ruler's painstaking efforts that it had been born.
Ruler shook twice, and two bright red stones fell from the air—Sunset Glow had even taken out Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
The moment the Spirit Stones hit the ground, the little fellow clumsily wriggled over. Then, the blue-black sludge covered both stones.
"It eats Spirit Stones?" Tian Yin watched curiously. "Isn't there a Gathering Spirit Array here?"
Ruler trembled. "It's instinctive. In a couple of days, we can take it with us."
"Its temperature..." Claire frowned. "Could it burn the starship?"
"It can control it," Sunset Glow replied casually. "But it would be best to build some rapport with