The black stone had seemed like a dead object before, but now it suddenly felt alive.
It seemed the Blood Puppet's origin had always been this black stone's artifact spirit.
Otherwise, even a magic artifact with a damaged artifact spirit could not devour other spirit races and strengthen itself so quickly.
There had to be a process of slowly digesting and growing stronger; it could not be accomplished in one stroke.
Moreover, when the weak devoured the strong, it was very likely to suffer a backlash instead.
During that process, the two remnant spirits would also struggle fiercely, causing an enormous commotion.
Yet the black stone had not made much of a fuss, and the whole process had lasted only a very short time.
It was more like a gentle fusion than mutual devouring.
Wang Daoyuan used divine-sense transmission to communicate with the black stone.
But the moment his divine sense entered it, the black stone shook violently.
A beam of black light flashed out, knocking Wang Daoyuan's divine sense back.
Returning Origin Sword Immortal relished the spectacle. "This little stone has quite the personality. It really does not take you, a Child of Destiny, seriously.
"Show it what you are made of. Release the Yinglong Phenomenon and suppress it directly.
"If you can force it to pledge allegiance, that would be even better.
"I heard long ago that Yinglong was an ancestor-level big shot among the spirit races. Ordinary spirit races could be scared to death at the sight of it.
"I would like to see whether it is really that miraculous."
Since Returning Origin Sword Immortal enjoyed watching the fun, Wang Daoyuan, as his disciple, could only satisfy his request.
He released the Yinglong Phenomenon from his Sea of Consciousness. The instant Yinglong appeared, before it even released