His Tail touched Blue Lake once more and dissolved again.
This was already his third attempt, but there was no helping it. The serpent formed by the Transformation Spell could not withstand this azure Encircling Belt.
If not for the Spatial Core's own pull, he would likely have been devoured by now.
This was a forbidden domain, belonging solely to the Spatial Serpent.
Jones burst out of Blue Lake with a fierce dive, and within his open mouth, the remains of a little serpent could faintly be seen.
He had already begun imitating the Devouring Serpent, swallowing things whole, as though demonstrating a path by which a Devouring Serpent could evolve.
"Come down, Li Ziran. If you cannot even manage this step, never talk about devouring a Devouring Serpent's stomach again. The things found along the shore are all discarded defective goods. The truly good stuff lies at the very heart of this Encircling Belt. I can feel it—this time, a true Devouring Serpent may be born." Jones spoke excitedly, then plunged into the still lake again.
Li Ziran stopped at the edge of the Spatial Core. He knew Jones was right, because he could see Space Fragments constantly falling into the blue mist.
Clearly, the mother of these hatchlings was using her Devouring Curse to draw those fragments from Razorblade Sea. Every fragment passed through the Encircling Belt and was stripped away layer by layer, leaving behind the purest crystals. The closer one came to the center of the Encircling Belt, the stronger the pull and the purer the crystals obtained.
If Devouring Serpents fed on these fragments, then the true hatchlings were surely gathered in the region where the fragments were at their purest.
Like the one he had picked up on the Spatial Core—it truly was a