The next moment, light in two colors burst from the surface of the white crystal stone. Blue light accounted for eighty or ninety percent of it, dazzlingly bright, but faint threads of yellow light mingled within it, exceptionally sparse and weak.
"The demon core's attributes really have changed. A low-level demon beast like the Iron-Head Crocodile should primarily have an earth attribute, with water as its secondary attribute. Now they've been reversed. No wonder this beast could display such extraordinary water-control ability before its mutation was even complete," Uncle Li said excitedly as he watched the reaction of the Spirit-Testing Stone in his hand.
"Uncle, is this sort of mutation a good thing or a bad thing?" Wang Yu couldn't help asking.
"That's hard to say. We must wait until this beast finishes mutating before we can draw a conclusion. But as far as I know, spirit beasts undergoing a second mutation generally don't fare very well.
"After all, mutation itself is a departure from a normal form, let alone going through it twice. You'd best prepare yourself for that possibility, Martial Nephew," Uncle Li replied with a smile.
"What exactly do you mean by 'don't fare very well'?" Wang Yu asked with a slight frown.
"I mean both that the innate talent produced by the second mutation might be poor, and that it could fail midway, never completing its second mutation at all," Uncle Li answered firmly, lowering his head to look at the giant egg.
"Uncle Li, you've studied spirit beasts for years. Is there any way to halt the mutation? After all, I've raised Little White for years and invested quite a few spirit stones in him," Wang Yu asked again after some thought, his heart sinking.
"I do indeed have a way to halt a mutation,