Chapter Eighty-four: The Butterfly's Metamorphosis

  Just like what Ho Hai thought, the blood-red dragonfly would not leave the water's edge too far. At least in the places where Ho Hai had been to, he could still make out some of the blood-red dragonfly's tracks. The only pity was that there were too few of them. Moreover, the blood-red dragonflies flew too fast, and often before the star hook could even fly over to their side, these blood-red dragonflies would already have flown away with spread wings.

  All the way, Huo Hai only got a small amount of blood red dragonflies. His own share of Bone Tempering Dan was still slightly short. It wasn't until near dusk that Huo Hai once again found a large group of three-eyed toads by the riverbank.

  Dealing with the three-eyed toad, Huo Hai already had some experience. Let Xing Huang rush up and let the three-eyed toad eat it directly. When most of the toads had eaten Xing Huang, Huo Hai ordered Xing Huang to start attacking from within.

  Internal attacks are often the most dangerous and easiest way to get what you want. As long as you can keep yourself from dying, any living thing is powerless against an attack from within. In an instant, a large number of three-eyed frogs turned into eyeball specimens in Ho Hai's water bottle. Unfortunately, Ho Hai didn't even know what these eyeballs were used for.

  The eyeballs of the three-eyed toad can emit highly toxic light, and the toxicity they possess is not low either. Every time he sees these eyeballs, Xiaojin will send out a wave of longing signals, which can be seen from here.

  But these are all the contributions of the college, and they can't be let Xiao Jin eat them casually. What Xiao Jin can get is only the poisonous sac left by San Yan Chan. These poisonous sacs, even if they are eaten by Xing Huan, are a waste.

  "Hmm, Xiao Die, you're going to transform." Ho Hai, who was in a hurry, suddenly felt Xiao Die land on his shoulder and emit a strange aura. Soon, Ho Hai understood that Xiao Die had reached the time for transformation. Because Xiao Die had been his pet for a relatively short period of time, it hadn't accumulated enough energy. Without following Ho Hai to break through, it was undergoing its first transformation.

  However, by today, the large amount of spiritual energy absorbed has finally allowed Xiaodie to reach the point of transformation. In that case, they can't rush on their journey today. Huo Hai stopped and took out Xiaodie, who was no longer hiding, from his shoulder and placed her on a clean leaf.

  Soon, the transformation of the small butterfly began. Unlike other Gu worms' transformations, the small butterfly was a directly controlled insect and not a Gu worm at all. The way it transformed was naturally different from the traditional cocooning of Gu worms.

  Transformation began, and the small butterfly's spiritual power started to fluctuate. Soon, a large amount of spiritual power contracted and entered the small butterfly's body, and its mental strength was completely retracted. Losing the spiritual pattern, the small butterfly's wings fell off first.

  Huò Hǎi picked up the fallen wing, from the small butterfly. Huò Hǎi had already known that this wing was useless. Just like a snake sheds its skin, it's useless after falling off. "This thing is something that fell off the body of a mystical butterfly, I don't know if it has any effect on the spirit." Huò Hǎi held the wing and thought carefully, maybe this thing can be used to make some kind of medicine.

  It's better to carefully put away the wings for now. Using special paper, as if dealing with a blood-red dragonfly, Huo Hai carefully placed the small butterfly's transformed wings in the corner of his backpack. Then he refocused his attention on the small butterfly.

  After the wings fell off, the butterfly's body began to soften gradually. Eventually, it became something like a worm. From a distance, no one would believe that this was a butterfly, but rather take it for a caterpillar or a silkworm.

  "This, it seems like the caterpillar before becoming a butterfly." Huo Hai's face was filled with confusion, could this not be evolution, but rather a kind of devolution? But he clearly felt that the small butterfly's insect bloodline was constantly being purified, and its own soul was also becoming more and more resilient. What on earth was going on, Huo Hai couldn't understand, and could only continue to watch from here.

  At this time, the star moth had fully dispersed around and was protecting itself and Xiao Die with all its might. Compared to those academy contributions, Xiao Die, this rare insect, was obviously more important. So, Huo Hai set up his tent on the spot and decided to rest here for today.

  There is no movement of the small butterfly, because he worries that running into the small butterfly will bring about some unfavorable change. Remember when the little chick comes out of the eggshell, it can't be helped. Otherwise, after hatching, the little chicken won't live for long.

  When the tent was set up, Huo Hai suddenly received a message from Xiao Die. The message was very simple, just one word: hungry. Xiao Die was now very hungry, extremely hungry. Huo Hai was taken aback, then reacted immediately. Xiao Die's transformation required a lot of energy consumption. Xiao Die and other Gu insects were different. Gu insects usually stored energy, which was already sufficient during their transformation.

  The star gu is even more terrifying, the more things you eat normally, the more it stores. So, Huo Hai has never thought about this problem all along. The small butterfly is not just a transformation, but an evolution, an evolution from its very essence.

  The energy consumed by the transformation of a cocoon is even greater, but it itself has no storage. This is why there are so many insects on the mainland, but powerful insect species rarely appear. As soon as evolution occurs, most will die due to insufficient strength.

  Huo Hai was shocked and quickly ran forward, pouring his spiritual energy into Xiao Die's body. Because the spiritual energy came from the same source, it didn't undergo a huge transformation and was easily absorbed by Xiao Die, who then used it to fuel her evolution. Huo Hai and Xiao Die were different, however - insects had very little spiritual energy in their bodies, whereas Huo Hai, as a perfect foundation builder, had an enormous amount of spiritual energy within him.

  It was like that, when the little butterfly no longer felt hungry, Huo Hai also wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead, with a tired face. "Actually absorbed so much spiritual power, in the future if I raise more insect children, won't they suck me dry?"

  After a moment of self-deprecation, Huo Hai focused his attention on Xiao Die. At this time, Xiao Die had completely transformed into the shape of a silkworm. A caterpillar. The caterpillar nodded at Huo Hai, expressing gratitude.

  Then, under the gaze of Huo Hai, the silkworm began to die. It was a death-like state, just like when normal silkworms undergo metamorphosis, as if it was going to restart the process. "Could it be that Little Butterfly's evolution requires her to go through the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly all over again?" Huo Hai had a puzzled expression. After all, on Earth, such an evolution was almost impossible.

  Or rather, evolution is basically impossible to occur in the same life form, but a long process. Only on the mainland of Tianling, relying on the effect of spiritual power, can insects undergo fundamental changes in a short period of time.

  Just as Huo Hai was lost in thought, the small butterfly had completed its transformation. No, it should be said that it had completed a general transformation. Spinning a cocoon for itself, this is what the small butterfly looks like now. The silk spit out, using a very special technique, completely wraps itself up.

  Form a very large cocoon, this cocoon is different from the one formed by the wasp. It's completely made of silk threads. When touched, it still feels very soft, without any hard feeling at all. But Hao Hai knew that although it looked soft, it was actually extremely tough. Wanting to really break it would be a very difficult thing to do.

  Hu Hai wanted to know the endurance of this cocoon, but he didn't dare to try it out randomly. If he couldn't break the cocoon, he wouldn't be able to distinguish it. But if he broke it, the small butterfly might be in danger. The small butterfly was very important after all.

  It's already rare to have insects with spiritual talents. Moreover, finding such a beautiful butterfly is not an easy task either. How could Huo Hai possibly let Xiao Die get into trouble? The transformation doesn't know how long it will take to complete, at least several days' time, and it's absolutely impossible to escape. Maybe the maintenance time will be even longer.

  In a moment of boredom, Huo Hai suddenly released a stream of spiritual energy. It was as if he had received divine inspiration, and he suddenly knew that with a large amount of spiritual energy supplied, the incubation speed of the cocoon would accelerate, and the transformation speed of the small butterfly would also accelerate.

  "Ah, looks like I'll have to be a laborer again." Huo Hai sighed in frustration. Fortunately, he was currently only a soul and hadn't fully recovered yet. Otherwise, who knows what would happen if he continued to recklessly use his spiritual energy? The consumption of spiritual energy was too great, so it's better to rest and recover first.

  Huò Hǎi drilled into the tent, with Star Guan scouting outside, he was very reassured. He sat quietly on the ground, cultivating his spirit and recovering his soul while operating the family's spiritual mantra, gradually restoring his spiritual power. To say that Huò Hǎi now didn't even know what kind of spiritual mantra he had been practicing. Because he wasn't relying on the family's spiritual mantra to cultivate at all.

  After cultivating the Body and Spirit Array, Huo Hai's spiritual power circulation was completely different from before. The spiritual power circulated throughout his body, and all the spiritual veins in his body could be cultivated, which was far beyond what the Huo family's ancestral spiritual incantation could compare to.

  Of course, this way of cultivating is faster and the recovery speed is also faster, which is a good thing. Anyway, now that I'm cultivating this strange spiritual formula, it doesn't seem to have any bad effects on me, so I might as well continue practicing according to the method.

  Time flew by in the blink of an eye, and a whole night had passed. Huo Hai opened his eyes, feeling the perfect recovery of his spiritual power, and nodded in satisfaction. He casually injected a strand of spiritual power into Xiaodie's cocoon. Then he violently shook off the cocoon, placed it at the very bottom of his backpack, and firmly secured it to himself.

  "Let's go, Little Butterfly needs to rest for a few days, but with you guys around, completing the task won't be a problem." As Hao Hai spoke, Xing Huang and Xiao Jin let out buzzing sounds, indicating their strength. Hao Hai smiled and packed up his things to continue on the road.

  The small butterfly is used to deal with humans or other intelligent beings that may be encountered. In Miga Mountain, whether there are small butterflies or not makes no difference. Anyway, it's not needed, at most it can only increase the strength of one's body a bit.

  Today, I still need to walk along the river and search for the red dragonflies that flew away yesterday. If I can catch all of these red dragonflies, then I won't have to worry about my academic contributions in school anymore. Of course, if I can find some groups of three-eyed toads along the way, that would be even better. My water bottle still has a lot of empty space left.