Waiting by the Stump for a Rabbit, Dark Crow's Outcome (Double-Length Chapter, Monthly Votes Please)

Beneath the pitch-black rift, there was no light. Only a few scattered ores in the distance occasionally gave off a faint spiritual glow, making its depths seem a little less cold and forbidding.

Now and then, fragments of broken stone fell, yet even they stirred no sound.

At that moment, an almost imperceptible opening stood in one wall, slowly absorbing the violent spiritual energy. It formed a faint vortex that brightened the rift slightly.

This was naturally the opening left by the Grotto-Heaven Stone Spirit.

Since this spot was not deep enough, there were few spatial fissures. The sole one here was fixed in place and thumb-sized, resembling a luminous insect suspended in the air, profound and still.

Ye Jingcheng was currently inside the grotto-heaven. The Heavenly Ghost Spirit-Hiding Art erased every trace of his presence, and he had even put away all his spirit beasts of the third stage and above.

Only the Grotto-Heaven Stone Spirit and the Malachite Stone Spirit remained together, both revealing their physical forms and spirit bodies as they quietly meditated.

To him, this naturally seemed rather wooden, but there was no helping it. The Void-Rending Divine Earthworm was no ordinary spirit beast. Aside from preparing inside the grotto-heaven, he could think of no other way to capture and tame it.

After all, this Divine Earthworm could travel through the void, and presumably even more freely in a place riddled with spatial fissures.

Moreover, if he caught it inside the grotto-heaven, the other sects would never know, giving the Ye Family another layer of secrecy.

Now that all the Spirit Transformation cultivators had left, this was also Ye Jingcheng's best opportunity.

Of course, it was possible his wait would come to nothing.

After all, the Void-Rending Divine Earthworm had probably sensed the Spirit Transformation cultivators.