Experiment One

One demon egg after another hatched. Demonic worms of all shapes and sizes emerged and slowly crawled out.

Most of these demonic worms had tentacles growing from their bodies and shells on their backs. Some even retained physical traits from before their souls became fragments.

For example, demonic worms transformed from ordinary humans might have a face on their bodies—their face from when they were alive. At a glance, it was horrifying, enough to send a shiver down one's spine.

Some demonic worms transformed from ordinary animals might bear other physical traits.

Overall, they looked as strange as could be, and a few were downright disgusting.

After they were born, the demonic worms first crawled out of their eggs, then instinctively sought out other demonic worms.

Driven by instinct, they began slaughtering one another.

Tiny demonic worms fought across the ground, facing off in pairs and staging one bizarre scene of slaughter after another on the black beach.

The brutal fighting continued until the strongest were the last ones standing, devouring the defeated one by one.

Arthur watched it all with a calm expression.

He observed the demonic worms fighting before him.

The bodies of the demonic worms that had just hatched were unusual.

Ordinary lifeforms, even demons, had bodies made entirely of flesh and blood—real, tangible flesh.

But these newly hatched demonic worms were different.

Rather than being made of flesh and blood, they were composed entirely of souls.

Their entire structure was sustained by pure Soul Power. Their outward forms were simply shapes condensed from their Soul Power, not real bodies of flesh and blood.

That was why they could devour one another. By eating the corpses of other demonic worms, they nourished their own Soul Power.

At this stage, all the demonic worms were essentially souls. Their