Chapter 168: Shadow Maggot
Although it is very cheating, but these difficulties alone are not enough to make punk give up, after all, the most suitable material for cultivating the ghost moth is found by someone, since there is no way to get ready-made experimental results, then you can only experiment step by step.
After careful analysis and reflection, Punk discovered that there were about three types of magical insect larvae that he could now obtain.
The first is a shadow maggot, the second is an arcane devourer, and the third is an abyssal worm.
All three of these larvae can be used as raw materials for cultivating Wraith Moths, and most of their larval magic energy is around one standard unit.
But the Abyssal Worm needs to be crossed off the experiment list, because if you want to catch the Abyss Worm, you have to open the Abyss Portal, and it's not a wise idea to do this kind of thing in Sunset City, think about the disturbance in the small town of Nialand, as long as you are not blind, you can see it.
In the end, Punk intends to start with the shadow maggot, which is the best to obtain and the least easy to make a big move, how to say it - persimmon picks soft pinch?
Shadow maggots are a kind of creature born in the shadow plane, although they are real magical creatures, but they belong to the type at the bottom of the food chain, and their status in the shadow plane is equivalent to the weeds on the ground, and when they become adults, they are larger bugs, and there is no so-called combat power at all.
To be honest, Punk doesn't think that creatures like shadow maggots have any ability to adapt, after all, there is no such thing as climate in the shadow plane, and you can hardly expect a creature living in such a place that will not change for thousands of years to evolve to adapt to such a thing.
But Punk isn't worried about adaptability, and if he puts the test subject within the influence of "Hetezta's Nurture Fluctuations" during catalytic fusion, isn't the power of legendary magic enough to make up for the gap in adaptability?
Now that he has made up his mind, there is no need to hesitate, and Punk immediately sets out to catch the shadow maggots.
For a formal mage, the shadow maggot is very easy to catch, and it only needs to gather a dense dark element in the shadow plane, and it can attract dozens of silly shadow maggots in less than a day, and the shadow plane is not as aggressive as the abyss, just opening a small opening will not cause a large amount of shadow energy to leak, so the punk can safely open a spatial crack in the basement.
What, you ask me what if I am discovered by the powerhouse of the Shadow Plane, then I still need to ask, run, if a shadow hunter really pops out after the crack is opened, the punk will definitely run without saying a word to activate the "Arbitrary Door", anyway, the sky will fall and there will be a high top, and there will naturally be "good Samaritans" from the Dylan Kingdom to help deal with the aftermath at that time.
In fact, most of the creatures of the Shadow Plane are very disgusted with the Main Plane, and they are mostly reluctant to enter the Main Plane, so as long as the punk closes the rift, they don't have to worry too much.
Extinguishing the only magic light in the basement, Punk stood next to one of his well-carved magic circles, as dots of black powder flew out of his palms, and an ethereal hazy crack appeared in the center of the circle.
Soon, the punk completed the release of the magic, he raised his staff and pointed at the black crack suspended in mid-air, a large amount of magic power gushed out, these azure magic energy lit up one by one on the magic array of your runes, and finally, after all the runes were lit, the crack in the center of the circle began to expand little by little, and soon reached the level that it could accommodate a child to pass through.
"It's done, the shadow energy in this position is not active at all, and the opening of the rift should be the border area of the shadow plane."
Punk gently dissipated some of the shadow energy that overflowed through the cracks, and said secretly in his heart.
Under the effect of the room isolation circle, this bit of shadow energy will not emit any anomalies at all.
Seeing that the crack had stabilized, Punk silently took out a dark black crystal ball from the storage ring, which was filled with black clouds, which were the dark elements gathered by Punk.
He placed the crystal ball in the doorway of the rift, allowing the slightest trace of the dark element to be extracted into the shadow plane.
"The next thing is to wait patiently."
Punk was motionless and provided magic power for the magic array, while staring blankly at the crack in the darkness and irrelevant light, although he didn't like to wait, but the experiment was not in a hurry, such a wait was destined to be repeated many times.
The process of collecting shadow maggots lasted from morning to the next afternoon, and the benefits of building a base in the slums were realized at this time, and the hungry people had no intention of visiting their neighbors who never went out, and in the life of the hungry people, even the children had to go to the garbage mountain to find food wholeheartedly, and there was no leisure to be curious and exploratory, so the punk was not disturbed in any way.
If he had chosen to live in the city disguised as a normal person, he would not have been as safe as he is now, and even if the punk didn't care about the noise on the streets, a person who didn't go out for years would be suspicious.
After a day and a night's hard work, Punk harvested dozens of shadow maggots, among which there were about five larvae that met the requirements, which was enough for the initial experiment.
In the dim light of the magical light, Punk could clearly see the shadow maggots locked in the glass jar squirming violently and trying to find an exit, but the magically enhanced jar was not something that a group of shadow maggots could escape.
These little creatures are like leeches with a headless body and swarthy smooth skin, and although they look quite large, they don't weigh even a milligram in actual weight, and they can even float in the air.
In fact, shadow maggots do not have such a thing as a head, they are semi-energetic creatures, and the way to absorb energy is to swallow free matter and energy through their skin, so it can be said that this thing is not much different from plants on the ground except that they can move.
"Very good, looks very energetic, I hope you can surprise me, right?"
Punk shook the transparent bottle in satisfaction, separating the five entangled shadow maggots, and then used a pair of alchemical twitches to pull out one of the most lively shadow maggots.
The shadow maggot that was caught in the clip clearly didn't like to be caught by things, so it began to twist and struggle desperately, its long body completely coiled around the tweezers, and at the same time emitted clouds of shadowy mist that looked terrifying.
However, punk is not intimidated by a little fog, the smoke released by the shadow maggot looks black and poisonous, but these fogs are just a façade, and no one with a little common sense will be intimidated by it.
Creating a breeze to blow away the smoke, Punk walked to the test bench in the center of the hall with tweezers.
On that bench lay a young man with brown skin, unaware that he had become Punk Subject One.