Su Fan followed Sister Zhen across the moss-covered bluestone path and arrived at a valley within the secret realm.
The cave at the end of the valley had been tidied up and remodeled by Sister Zhen into Ghost Crow's nest in the Portable Secret Realm.
The two entered the cave and saw Ghost Crow's enormous Demonic Body lying sprawled on the ground, with dark golden patterns faintly showing beneath its black feathers.
Every time it shuddered, it stirred up a gust of bloody wind, and fine cracking sounds came from the ground.
Su Fan's gaze sharpened, and his Spiritual Sense slowly probed into Ghost Crow's body like spider silk.
He saw a Demon Core radiating a strange violet light spinning frantically, while shattered fragments of Spiritual Sense streaked around it like meteors.
Ghost Crow was currently undergoing a mutation of its Spiritual Sense. No one could help it through this process; it could only grit its teeth and endure it on its own.
If Su Fan's process of devouring and merging the bloodline of the Ink Feather Corpse Vulture King could be described as agonizing from start to finish,
then Ghost Crow's process of devouring that mutated demon bird's Demon Core could only be described as surviving nine deaths by a thread.
This Demon Core contained the life's essence of the Ink Feather Corpse Vulture King. The energy within it was enough to destroy heaven and earth,
so there was still a certain risk that Ghost Crow might not be able to completely merge with it after devouring the Demon Core.
Of course, compared to Su Fan's devouring of Essence Blood to merge a bloodline, Ghost Crow would also gain far more from devouring and merging with the Demon Core.
Based on his recent investigation with his Spiritual Sense, Ghost