Chapter 657: Metamorphosis and the Life-Bound Insect Gu
The fat silkworm devoured like a starving ghost reincarnated.
In the blink of an eye, it finished an entire Thousand-Hand Spider Fruit and still licked its lips, unsatisfied.
Once all the Thousand-Hand Spider Fruits had been harvested, the tree fulfilled its purpose. It withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, its branches and leaves turning yellow, eventually drying up and dying completely.
This was why natural treasures were so rare.
Whether a new Thousand-Hand Spider Fruit Tree would sprout here again in the future, Qin Sang had no way of knowing.
After swallowing the unripe fruit, the fat silkworm gave a full belch, then returned to Qin Sang’s palm and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Just as Qin Sang was about to put it back into the insect basket, he suddenly noticed a faint silver glow emanating from the silkworm’s body. The light grew brighter and brighter, almost outshining its original colorful skin.
Eventually, the silver light pulled into fine threads that wrapped around its body, gradually forming a plump silver cocoon.
"Is this metamorphosis?"
Qin Sang was surprised. "It can undergo metamorphosis just by eating an unripe Thousand-Hand Spider Fruit? What a strange creature. Judging by the signs, this should be its second metamorphosis. After their second metamorphosis, other spiritual insects usually possess strength comparable to Foundation Building cultivators. This one was so useless before. Let’s see if it actually improves after this."
Despite having captured the fat silkworm for quite some time, Qin Sang had yet to determine what kind of spiritual insect it was, nor could he gauge the extent of its metamorphosis.
Now that he had witnessed it form a cocoon with his own eyes, he could finally confirm that it was undergoing its second metamorphosis.