Fang Chen knew that at his level of cultivation, advancing any further—whether in soul, physical body, or cultivation itself—was extremely difficult.
To make gains of this magnitude at his current level truly astonished him.
Just then, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm landed on the Black Stone and immediately returned to its true form.
Rumble!
A powerful aura erupted from the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm. Its true form now stretched over five hundred zhang, making it look like an enormous, plump white worm. Countless mysterious runes covered its body.
The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm immediately shrank until it was only a foot long. It landed on the Black Stone and bit down.
Crunch, crunch, crunch...
The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm immediately left a series of tooth marks in the Black Stone, sending chips of stone falling.
"Pah... This Stone tastes awful. It's so hard!"
The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm immediately spat out the Stone in its mouth and could not help cursing.
"Incredible!"
Fang Chen's expression shifted slightly. He had struck the Black Stone with the Floating Immortal Sword earlier, but had left only a faint mark. The Stone itself was completely unharmed. It was like the mark an ordinary person might leave by dragging charcoal across hard rock: the Stone lost nothing. Only the charcoal wore away.
The faint mark Fang Chen had left when he struck the Black Stone with the Floating Immortal Sword had appeared because the sword itself had worn down.
"That's amazing!"
"It really is a Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm!"
Inside Little Crane, the others were stunned to see that the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm could actually bite through the Stone.
The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm had only survived its seventh saint tribulation, yet its teeth were already this sharp. If it survived two more, it would surely grow even stronger.
Fang Chen asked