Just as Ji Jue discovered during his fourth miserable death — against such earthly abominations, his little bit of Mutated Transformation was useless.
The most terrifying aspect of the Nether Sea Worm was not its life force, but its assimilation.
Even the whole world was eroded and rooted by it.
Once polluted by its spiritual essence, it became part of it, and any work that extracted its spiritual essence for refining would be like throwing a meat bun at a dog — gone forever.
Moreover, the worm itself excelled in quantity; it was impossible to outweigh it within its own body.
Therefore, ensuring the stability of one's creation was paramount.
As the examiner had hinted.
It must be just right.
A perfect match and fit between material and spirit, even a bit more or less, would leave gaps for the worm's erosion.
In other words, if your creation couldn't withstand even a round of Dissociation Technique, don't bring it out to waste time in such a high-pressure environment.