"What is this thing? It can remain completely unharmed amid such dense Purple Crystal spiritual currents!"
Gazing at the Milky White Cocoon, which was utterly unmoved by the purple spiritual currents sweeping over it, Chong immediately grew curious.
"D-Did I stumble upon some treasure?"
However, this exciting thought had only just arisen when a sharp spike suddenly extended from the white cocoon toward him.
Chong was instantly startled by the sudden movement. Before he could recover his senses, a tremendous force abruptly struck him.
It dragged him straight toward the spike on the cocoon!
Faced with such a sudden change, Chong naturally screamed in terror. Yet no matter what methods he employed, he could not break free in the slightest.
Seeing that he was about to slam into the spike, Chong could only hope that his Insect Armor would withstand it. Otherwise, he would surely die here today.
To his shock, just before the collision, the tip of the spike suddenly opened and transformed into something resembling a hand.
S-Someone was inside the cocoon!
"Senior, spare my life! This junior merely stumbled—"
Chong reacted swiftly this time, but the being inside the cocoon ignored his cries. Without a second word, it grabbed the crown of his head through a layer of milky white silk membrane.
Immediately afterward, a strange force invaded his primordial spirit. In this perilous situation, he suddenly became drowsy, and in his daze, memories of the past began to surface.
However, just as Chong was about to fall completely asleep, a burning pain suddenly came from his chest. Right after that, an incomparably fierce roar exploded within his primordial spirit, instantly jolting him awake!
"Oh? I never expected a mere low-tier Mayfly equivalent to a core formation cultivator to possess something so good. You picked it up