Beside that massive stone, the Heaven Mending Goddess was smaller than an ant. Yet boundless power seemed hidden in her tiny body. She gave the stone a light flick with her tail, and it tumbled across the ground.
Under Fang Chen's and the myna bird's astonished gazes, the Heaven Mending Goddess flew above the stone again and circled it, seemingly studying it. After a while, she appeared to grow interested. She flew close and began striking it with her tail.
Smack!
A tremendous crack rang out as the Heaven Mending Goddess's tail struck the stone. Fang Chen saw a five-colored halo appear where it had landed. Like ripples on water, the halo spread across the stone's surface as the stone rolled along the ground.
Fang Chen and the myna bird noticed that this time, the stone shrank as it rolled.
The Heaven Mending Goddess kept striking it with her tail. Each time the stone completed a turn, it grew much smaller.
In fewer than ten breaths, the stone, which had been over ten thousand zhang across, had shrunk to around one zhang. Its surface was now smooth as carefully polished jade.
The Heaven Mending Goddess stopped. She reached out with a slender, fair hand and picked up the Black Stone. She now held the Five-Colored Divine Stone in her right hand and the Black Stone in her left.
After picking up the Black Stone, she examined it closely again. Seemingly satisfied, she finally flew back behind Fang Chen.
"That worked?"
The myna bird came to its senses and stared at Fang Chen in shock.
Fang Chen was just as astonished. He had planned to inscribe Seal Runes on the Black Stone, but the moment he released the Goddess Mends the Heavens Manifestation, the Heaven Mending Goddess had taken it.
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