He waved his hand, and a burning banner appeared, suddenly driving into the floor of the operating room. Shortly after, the Candle-Holding Crow emerged from the Buried Sacred Place, landing on Huai Shi's shoulder.
"CAW, CAW!!!"
It cawed, tilting its head as it looked at Huai Shi, seemingly unsure of what was happening.
Huai Shi raised his hand, pointing decisively at the test subject in front of him. After the Candle-Holding Crow cawed, the flame on the candlestick at the corner of its mouth suddenly jumped, expanded, and engulfed the entire raven within it.
Immediately after, as the light of the flame went out, the Candle-Holding Crow turned from its physical form into a wisp of gray mist. Under Huai Shi's command, it drifted towards the empty husk below.
And sank into it.
In that instant, the massive rat's eyelids twitched—the Source Substance signature, previously a flat line, suddenly pulsed with new ripples.
Struggling to open its eyes, that was as far as it could get.
