Reforging

But just as her finger drew near, a strand of blood suddenly snapped taut. With a "whoosh," it pierced her index finger.

A sharp pain struck, and Chen Meiyu hurriedly pulled her hand back.

She looked at the strand of blood from before and found it still floating lightly in midair, drifting gently like dust in the sunlight.

Chen Nan grabbed her index finger and tore off a strip of cloth to wrap around it.

The fire seeds Chen Nan had given Jiang You back then had been as thick as strands of hair, and she could still clearly distinguish them one by one.

Now, these strands of blood floating in the air were even finer, so fine that they were as elusive as wisps of smoke.

Chen Nan said solemnly, "They're thinner than before, but I can sense that they're even more terrifying.

"Back then, I could use man-eating ant eggs to seal the fire seeds, but if it were now, the man-eating ant eggs wouldn't be able to form an insulating layer at all.

"They can't be sealed."

"You mean they've become thinner not because they've weakened, but because they've grown even stronger?"

Chen Meiyu was somewhat confused. After all, in the normal understanding of things, the larger a creature was, the more terrifying it would be.

But Chen Nan said that the smaller these things became, the more terrifying they were...

Chen Meiyu thought for a long while before saying, "So, the bodies of these fire seeds have been compressed..."

Chen Nan said, "Yes, but I think this still isn't their limit..."

As time passed, the air in Chen Family Village gradually took on a deeper and deeper red hue. Those blood threads, finer than spider silk, floated through the air like dust.

Third Uncle-Grandpa crouched behind