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"If it doesn't succeed," An Jing asked curiously, "will it still produce a Heartless Demon Shedding?"
"Yes," Subdue Evil said, "but such Demon Shedding will be similar to Ignorant Ghosts, lacking independence, and will be controlled by the Heavenly Demon that devoured the insect demon to fight."
"Look, the shape of those four Heartless Demon Sheddings clearly show that they were actively shed by that large snake—it's quite unusual. Usually, out of ten insect demons, only two or three can achieve success, but it has succeeded four times in a row and is now on its fifth."
Subdue Evil gestured for An Jing to look towards the Water Mirror, where four snake-shaped Demon Sheddings were slowly moving under the lens of Xi Yin.
The first snake shedding had wings but no horns or claws, and its Demonic Qi was the most intense, obviously remnants from Shuo Yueying's first shedding.
