Shield-Armored Giant-Headed Turtles laid very few eggs.
The four females had laid only ten eggs.
Their incubation period was also far too long; ordinary Yellow-Throated Spirit Turtles took only about three months.
But perhaps this was a common problem when breeding high-grade Spirit Beasts.
The higher their grade, the harder it was for them to produce offspring.
Still, when Wang Ba saw the newborn Spirit Turtles struggling to poke their little black claws out of their shells, their tiny eyes cautiously examining the outside world through the cracks, he could not help feeling joy from the bottom of his heart.
These were among his few moments of relaxation now.
Whenever he saw these tender little creatures, brimming with vitality, come into the world, he felt as though he were being healed.
The eggshells were pried apart with difficulty.
The newly hatched Spirit Turtles looked almost no different from ordinary Yellow-throated Stone Turtle hatchlings. They were weak and crawled very slowly.
But once the yolk at their navels gradually absorbed...
These hybrid Spirit Turtles soon began displaying their extraordinary traits.
Although they were still pitch-black, the markings on their shells gradually grew distinct. Wang Ba pressed down gently and discovered that, small as these hatchlings were, pressing on them felt like pressing on lumps of iron.
They were astonishingly hard.
Some of the little turtles could even spit slender, feeble water arrows from their mouths.
"Have they combined the strengths of both?"
Wang Ba was pleasantly surprised.
But not every turtle could release water arrows.
Wang Ba checked and found that only three males could do so.
He tested them with a Spiritlight Talisman. Unsurprisingly, they were all high-grade Spirit Turtles.
He waited patiently for several days.
After eating plenty of Jadefire Spirit Pulpberries and Spirit Chicken meat, the little creatures