Lin Changheng sank his consciousness into his sea of awareness and looked toward where the [Fire Crow Treasure Seed] had previously been.
There, he saw only emptiness.
There was no trace of any Treasure Seed or Dao Fruit.
Just as it had been at the beginning.
"I wonder whether this vacant slot can be used to Spirit Snatch [Mortal Tainted Bloodline] again?"
With a thought, Lin Changheng pulled out a pile of dark-green blood vials from his storage pouch.
They contained the essence blood of [White Spirit Sparrow].
He had bought them from the Spirit Fox Beast Pavilion last time, but had first Spirit Snatched [Earthfire Lizard]. With no vacant slots left, he had been unable to continue Spirit Snatching.
Now that a slot had opened up, it was worth trying.
A moment later.
The essence blood of the [White Spirit Sparrow] in his hand merely trembled faintly, without diminishing in the slightest.
"It doesn't work?"
Lin Changheng frowned.
This was vastly different from his predictions, something he had never anticipated.
Could this vacant slot... simply go to waste like this?
His heart sank slightly as Lin Changheng withdrew the essence blood of the [Flame-Tailed Spirit Fox] from his storage pouch.
There were still more than ten vials remaining.
"Now that the [Fire Crow Dao Fruit] has completed its Life Transformation, whether I can Spirit Snatch higher-grade essence blood again will be revealed at this very moment."
As his thoughts connected with the Origin Cauldron, his fingers had already dipped into the remaining essence blood.
Whoosh!
A streak of azure radiance flashed repeatedly, and the essence blood before him vanished completely.
"It worked?"
The gloom on Lin Changheng's face was swept away, replaced by delight. He immediately looked toward the mouth of the Origin Cauldron.
Then he saw a phantom