In the side room, Xiao Jing was in secluded cultivation.
Jiang Feng held the black fragment in his hand, studying it carefully.
Though the fragment was small, it was extraordinarily heavy in his hand, and its material was clearly anything but ordinary.
He tried many methods, yet none uncovered the fragment's secret.
Jiang Feng was certain that some fortuitous opportunity lay hidden within this fragment. It was simply beyond his current abilities to unlock it.
"Only a head-on clash will do!"
Jiang Feng took out Golden Thorn and murmured.
This was his last resort. He had exhausted every other method, yet the fragment had shown no reaction whatsoever.
Golden Thorn was his final choice.
Golden Thorn was sharp enough to kill even an immortal lifeform like Li. Jiang Feng believed it could shake this black fragment.
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Feng still drove Golden Thorn into the black fragment.
As his force stirred, Golden Thorn sank down. With a sharp crack—
"This is bad." Jiang Feng inwardly cursed. The black fragment had actually split apart directly.
As streams of golden light spilled from the cracks, Jiang Feng discovered that it was not the fragment itself that had split, but the layer of unknown black matter attached to its surface.
Once the black substance cracked open, it slowly began to crumble beneath the impact of the golden light.
The process was like the black substance dissolving and dispersing into the air.
As the black substance dispersed and dissolved, the fragment gradually revealed its true form.
It was a golden fragment covered in mysterious incantations.
Jiang Feng could feel that the hidden fluctuation was growing increasingly intense as the black substance dispersed and dissolved.
When all the black substance had vanished, a beam of golden light suddenly burst from the