"Flesh, digestion..."
The flesh floating above the white digestive fluid had been chewed and digested within Zhang Chen's body, transforming into a lump of rotten meat fused into a ball. The vital blood flowing within had been obtained by Zhang Chen through the Tomie Blood Fetus. During the coming digestion process, all of this vital blood would be refined. It was impossible to know how much would remain afterward.
The white digestive fluid below appeared liquid, but it was actually composed entirely of white worm-like creatures that existed alongside Zhang Chen. These white worms had soft bodies, and vast numbers of them gathered together to form this pool of white fluid-like digestive solution.
The Body Devouring Heart Sutra contained an explanation of these white worms.
—White Navels, also known as Devouring Worms, are a core component of Devouring Ghosts. They grow alongside every Devouring Ghost and resemble droplets, living in colonies. Each possesses a mouth capable of breaking down any substance into energy and supplying it to the host for absorption. The number and digestive ability of White Navels increase along with the Devouring Ghost's rank.—
These little fellows were of immense importance to Zhang Chen. If they all died, his Devouring Ghost abilities would be crippled as well.
"These things have no self-awareness and act entirely on instinct, devouring and breaking down any substance that touches their bodies. Even I, their host, am no exception. However, the insights left behind by Senior Devour Hunt contain detailed records on how to control them."
Zhang Chen came to the edge of the digestive pool. His thin body gradually bent down as he extended his right arm toward the White Navels swimming in the pool.
"Kid Zhang Chen, you're an incorporeal consciousness right now. These little things won't recognize you