Chapter 317: Egg Worm and Spirit Turtle Clone
Translator: Hcnyce Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The wound was as thick as an ordinary person’s thigh, and it was one to two meters deep.
Lin Yan temporarily pressed down on the Essence Origin Holy Flame. He stretched out his hands at the edge of the wound and opened it to the sides to look inside.
In the depths of the wound, there seemed to be a few fist-sized white balls in the scarlet blood.
There was an extremely sticky and slippery liquid on the surface of each white ball, making it different from the surrounding blood, like a rice cake ball soaked in blood.
After comparing the distance, Lin Yan reached into the depths of the hole and grabbed left and right. Soon, he touched one of the white balls.
Unexpectedly, a gnawing force bit his hand and was blocked by the Black Tortoise Divine Armor.
Then, one after another, all the white balls inside bit him.
Coincidentally, Lin Yan took the opportunity to pull his hand out. At the same time, he pulled the white balls. Halfway through, the white balls released their grip and wanted to shrink back, but Lin Yan grabbed them. The Black Tortoise Divine Armor formed a cage and ignored the slippery mucus on their surfaces, catching them out.
“This is… the Gadfly Demon’s egg?!”
The few white balls in his palm were clearly several pale and bloodshot worms that looked like tadpoles that had grown a hundred times fatter!
They had no ears or eyes. There were three of them, only squirming balls of meat. As for the remaining two, a mouth grew out of their heads. Although they did not have teeth, they were already constantly biting the Black Tortoise Divine Armor, wanting to burrow into his palm.
Lin Yan had never seen a Gadfly Demon s egg worm, but other than the three balls of flesh, the remaining two were exactly the same as what was recorded in the book.
Lin Yan’s expression was a little ugly. “Didn’t they say that the Gadfly Demon won’t split before leaving the flesh? Then what’s with this egg worm?”
The Turtle Spirit Holy Mother’s golden ball also kept jumping beside Lin Yan’s hand. It seemed to be extremely surprised and did nor know what was going on.
“In the past few hundred years, the Gadfly Demons have been inexhaustible. The fundamental reason is that after killing a Gadfly Demon, there will be several eggs left behind?”
This thought popped up in Lin Yan’s mind, bur he found it hard to believe.
The Turtle Spirit Clan could be said to be engaged in a life-and-death battle with the Gadfly Demon. How could they not have discovered something that could be discovered so easily after hundreds of years?
However, on second thought, this unbelievable conclusion was somewhat credible.
If those people in the Turtle Spirit Clan had planted the Spirit Marrow before and were affected by it, they would naturally completely lose control of their rationality. They could easily let go of these suspicious points and leave behind eggs!
Lin Yan rightly sealed the eggs in his hand and turned to look at the dark and shrunken sunken wounds around him.
Every time these silver-armored soldiers killed a Gadfly Demon, they would immediately splash the flesh with sulfuric acid to shrink and carbonize these wounds to prevent it from bleeding.
Because of this, no one would investigate if there were still Gadfly Demons left inside this wound.
If there were a few traitors affected by the Spirit Marrow…
It was completely possible that the more Gadfly Demons they killed, the more they would be unable to be exterminated!
“Therefore, before the Gadfly Demon leaves its flesh, it might split! ”
The golden ball trembled.
“Big Brother, Little Turtle said that once the Gadfly Demon splits, its body will instantly split into countless parts. It’s impossible for it to only split into a portion!
“Even if you cur it with a knife, its two parts will instantly split into countless egg worms and explode. It won’t split into two parts.”
Lin Yan frowned slightly. After all, the Turtle Spirit Holy Mother had dealt with the Gadfly Demon for many years. Her understanding of rhe Gadfly Demon s habits was definitely deeper than his.
“Then, is there any special situation that will split rhe Gadfly Demon into separate parts? Or have you seen it before?”
The golden ball swayed, but it did not answer immediately. Moreover, its entire body emitted a faint light, like a swaying ball of light.
Lin Yan also knew that although the Turtle Spirit Holy Mother’s current memory bank was small, it did not mean that its original memory bank had disappeared. It could still retrieve memories from the original memory bank.
However, the process was time-consuming and laborious. Moreover, it was a huge burden on the Turtle Spirit Holy Mother s current subconscious.
After a while, the golden ball trembled again and sent a message.
“Therefore, you have indeed seen a situation where a Gadfly Demon split into a single egg worm!
“You’ve only seen it a few times in hundreds of years.
“Moreover, the Gadfly Demon didn’t split voluntarily every time?”
The golden ball drooped, looking very dejected. She had even gotten the basic information wrong about the opponent after hundreds of years of war.
“No, you’re nor mistaken. 1 think that rhe Gadfly Demon probably can’t split into one or two eggs alone. Otherwise, the efficiency of its spread would be more than ten rimes higher than now.
“Therefore, the question is, what kind of stimulation would make rhe Gadfly Demon split into a separate body?
“This method must be very hidden. Otherwise, it would be impossible forthem to not discover ir after so many years.
“However, it must be very common. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to not find anything abnormal after so many years…”
“Brother, you’re talking as if you’re talking. What’s the stimulation?!”
Lin Yan shook his head. “I don’t know yet. Forget it, we’ll stay here for the next period of time. Since we’ve realized this problem, we can always observe the flaws. Compared to this…”
Lin Yan looked at the five egg worms in his hand. Originally, only two of them had grown mouths, but now, a third had grown mouth too.
“Let’s try the water of these Gadfly Demons first and see what they are! ”
Because they had not eaten flesh for a long time, the two egg worms with mouths were already a little weak and began to wilt.
Lin Yan looked around at the flesh walls.
If he fed its flesh to the Gadfly Demon, there was a high chance that the Turtle Spirit Holy Mother would not object…
But he had a better idea.
A large amount of blood had already flowed out of the thigh-thick wound, almost filling the entire column-shaped wound.
Lin Yan reached out and pressed his hand into the pool of blood, activating the special effect Formless True Self.
The Formless True Self could turn a drop of blood essence into a clone.
However, there was no rule about how big this drop of blood essence was.
To the Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, the size of a drop of blood essence was completely comparable to the size of an ordinary adult.
With the special effect activated, Lin Yan immediately felt his stamina, energy, and spirit being exhausted. It was indeed difficult to transform such a large drop of blood essence into a clone.
However, he was no longer the same as before. With multiple cultivation techniques and special effects, his body’s foundation and strength had greatly increased.
The huge ball of blood spread from his palm and floated in the air. Then, ir slowly transformed into a turtle that was half the height of a person!
This turtle s head and horns were towering. It did not look like a turtle’s head, but more like a dragon’s head. There seemed to be two horns on its forehead, and only a small bump protruded. It seemed to really have the bloodline of the Black Tortoise True Dragon.
Lin Yan heaved a sigh of relief. It was only his first attempt. The Spirit Turtle clone was not big, but ir could barely raise two to three Gadfly Demon egg worms.
At this moment, the golden ball was extremely excited. It danced around Lin Yan and sent all kinds of noisy messages.
“Big Brother, Little Turtle said that you’re indeed her mother! Did you give birth to a younger brother for her? Or a younger sister?”
“…Get lost! This is a puppet clone!”
Lin Yan struck while the iron was hot and circulated the Formless True Self again to create a larger Spirit Turtle clone. Only then did he feel that it was a little difficult to continue. He hurriedly lit up the Essence Origin Holy Flame and healed rhe wound of the Turtle Spirit Holy Mother.
As for the other charred and shriveled pits, Lin Yan did not touch them.
Not to mention that the wound had already been sealed, even if there were still Gadfly Demon eggs under the wound, they would probably have already burrowed elsewhere to parasitize.
After all, the Spirit Turtle clone had four legs. It was much easier to control than the Mud Fruit clone that was wrapped around his body. He directly threw a listless egg worm into the shell of the Spirit Turtle clone.
With the help of the perception of the Spirit Turtle Clone, the egg worm immediately came to life the moment it came into contact with the aura of the Spirit Turtle Clone. It opened its fangs and burrowed into the Spirit Turtle Clone!
Although the clone was a puppet, it also had a basic reaction. It immediately knelt down and trembled non-stop.
With the help of the clone’s perception, the egg worm was extremely domineering. It tore into the Spirit Turtle clone’s body crazily and found a place in the softest part of its abdomen. It occupied it and leisurely devoured flesh and blood.
Compared to the Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, the Spirit Turtle clone was small and could clearly detect the movements of the egg worm. However, there was little flesh and blood, and it was not real flesh and blood. It would probably not be able to withstand the egg worm’s bite for long.
Lin Yan hurriedly picked three egg worms and threw them into the bodies of the two Spirit Turtle clones. He focused and looked at the remaining egg worm in his palm..