"Little Crane, Huahua, are you all right?"
Fang Chen asked Little Crane and the myna bird in his mind.
"Master, I'm fine. My head just hurts badly. I must have suffered a backlash!"
Little Crane's voice rang out in Fang Chen's mind. He looked at her and saw that her glow had dimmed. The burst of energy from the Red Stone had clearly hurt her.
The myna bird had lost many feathers, and those still on its body had lost their luster. But in the next instant, its body shuddered and blazed with black light. Every feather drifting through the air flew back and settled into place. With one shake, its plumage was bright and glossy again.
Seeing that, Fang Chen felt relieved.
By then, Fang Chen had returned to human form.
He looked up at the Red Stone and beckoned. The enormous Floating Immortal Sword shrank rapidly and flew back into his hand.
As he gripped the Floating Immortal Sword, a vast power surged into his body. Though he was no longer in the form of a Chaos Devouring God Bee, the terrifying devouring force of his Foundation Establishment Dao Platform remained. Most of the power pouring from the sword into him flowed to his dantian, where the platform devoured it.
The myna bird and Little Crane flew up beside Fang Chen. Together, they looked up at the Red Stone.
Within a hundred miles of the Red Stone, space had grown distorted. Colored light flickered inside the warped, spherical pockets of space. Fang Chen felt that the pressure radiating from the stone was even stronger than before.
The myna bird tilted its head as it stared at the Red Stone. "Fang Chen, the pressure coming from that stone has grown stronger!"
"Yes!"
Fang Chen nodded, then had the Heaven