Perhaps because he had lost so much blood, Li Wei slept unusually deeply during his brief nap. In the end, he was roused by Remlu's panicked "Mmm-ee!"
She sounded terribly worried and anxious.
The silver beast lying atop the mound of treasure abruptly opened its eyes.
He immediately saw that the Abyssal Demon Egg Remlu was pointing at with a tiny tentacle had withered away, looking like a twisted, shriveled flower. The blood pool in the shallow pit where it had taken root had dried up completely, leaving behind only a layer of dried blood.
"What? How did it suddenly get drained?" Li Wei sprang up, staring fixedly at the Abyssal Demon Egg he had paid dearly to obtain.
He didn't blame Remlu for not waking him the instant something strange happened. He and Remlu had lived together for eight years, and he had long since learned to understand what it meant when she went "Mmm-ee, mmm-ee."
Remlu had just told him that all these strange signs, including the blood pool drying up, had happened only a few seconds ago!
Just as Li Wei was about to pay another price to get more blood and replenish the pool, the shriveled, twisted Abyssal Demon Egg suddenly emitted a series of sharp, crackling sounds. The demon egg was splitting apart.
At that instant, Li Wei felt as if he were splitting apart, too.
The heartache was like watching countless precious Spellcasting Materials and his second pet slip away from him.
But just as Li Wei's heart shattered, a slender, translucent little hand reached out through a crack.
It clung to the hardened shell and, with a light tug, snapped off a large piece as easily as breaking a biscuit. A moment later, the hollow lair filled with a "crunch, crunch" sound, like