In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. During that time, Huo Hai had continued absorbing spirit energy crystals, but he had only consolidated his tenth star core and had yet to form the next one.
The main reason was that Huo Hai had sent a large number of Spirit-Gathering Insects to undergo metamorphosis, leaving his short-term production of spirit energy crystals insufficient. Still, he was not worried. Cultivation at the Spirit King Realm could hardly progress too quickly in the first place.
Once the Spirit-Gathering Insects completed their metamorphosis, Huo Hai believed his cultivation speed would remain beyond the reach of ordinary people, provided he had enough spirit jade and spirit crystals. Besides, wasn't an excellent opportunity right before him?
Apart from refining Beast-Taming Pills, Huo Hai spent most of his remaining time observing the Water-Fusing Insect. It truly was no ordinary insect. Through his observations, he discovered that it also seemed to be undergoing metamorphosis, only in a different way. What actually transformed were the tiny particles inside it.
As their intrinsic nature continued to improve, those tiny particles grew smaller and more numerous. Yet the form they manifested on the surface showed no change. Huo Hai knew that the Water-Fusing Insect's manifested body was actually an illusion.
That form appeared only when the Water-Fusing Insect gathered all its crystalline particles together. However, that was also the only opportunity to kill or capture it. Huo Hai had been lucky enough to encounter precisely such a moment.
Otherwise, capturing a Water-Fusing Insect was virtually impossible. It could abandon its other crystalline particles at any time. As long as a single particle remained, it could use that particle to continuously produce more.
It did not matter even if spirit beasts swallowed these tiny crystals, because they could not