Chen Fei looked up at the black shadow. He could not tell what kind of living creature it had mutated from. Its mouthparts were astonishingly large, yet the head and body behind them were exceptionally short.
It was as though, when it had mutated, its mouthparts had been the focus of its development, while every other part of its body had collapsed and been absorbed, forming its current bizarre appearance.
Zhu Shiyu vanished from where he stood. When he reappeared, he was already in front of the monster, and the shield in his hand slammed into its mouthparts.
"Boom!"
An explosive roar rang out. The monster's body shuddered, then burst apart into a mass of inky fog. Within the fog, a huge Great Dao Stone could vaguely be seen.
Zhu Shiyu's eyes lit up slightly. So this was what Chen Fei had meant—the Great Dao Stones were inside these monsters' bodies.
With a rough glance just now, the Great Dao Stone inside this monster was roughly equivalent to two standard Great Dao Stones refined under normal circumstances. Judging from the difficulty of killing it, it was much easier than killing an Early Realm Lord monster.
Zhu Shiyu reached out with his left hand, preparing to retrieve the Great Dao Stone within.
But before Zhu Shiyu could take hold of the Great Dao Stone, the mass of inky fog churned violently, and the monster that had clearly died just moments ago re-formed.
The monster's aura had weakened somewhat compared to before, but only somewhat.
"Roar!"
The re-formed monster let out a loud howl, its enormous roar echoing in every direction. At the same time, the swamp below surged violently, and one black shadow after another broke through the swamp and appeared behind the monster.
In the blink of an eye, nearly