System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

Chapter 246

"call……"

"Suck……"

Suddenly, the sound of breathing filled the hall.

"That's the sound of breathing. Could these brides still be alive?"

"The sound seems to be coming from over there. Let's go check it out."

Zhang Hao and his group followed the sound and found a tall, classically beautiful woman in the third row.

Her chest was rising and falling, clearly indicating that she was still breathing.

"Yes, this is it. The breathing sound is coming from this bride."

"Could she be the bride who disappeared before? Where is the matriarch of Shan Gui Lou?"

Several people gathered around the breathing bride to study her.

Suddenly, Zhang Hao noticed that the bride's eyes started to move when they mentioned the ancestor of Shan Gui Lou.

"I understand!"

"Brother Zhang Hao, what have you figured out?"

Zhang Hao smiled and asked the bride, "You must be the ancestor of Shan Gui Lou?"

Before she finished speaking, the bride's eyes started darting around.

"Holy crap, it really is the ancestor of Shan Gui Lou! Wasn't she supposed to be a hundred-year-old woman? How come she's a young and beautiful woman?"

"Fatty, watch your mouth."

"Alright, Brother Zhang Hao, but how did you figure out that she was the Ancestor?"

"Of all the brides here, only this one is breathing and her eyes are moving, which means she is not completely controlled by the water spirit."

"But the bride who was captured by the cave god had only recently come down, so why couldn't it be her?"

"You think the water sprite's control abilities are so easy to resist?"

Previously, they were affected by the water spirit and fell into an illusion. Only Zhang Hao and Zhang Qilin were able to resist it. Even someone as strong as Zhang Qilin had to fight desperately to resist it.

In other words, the water spirit's power is so great that ordinary people have no way to resist it.

Therefore, the bride who fell into the cave was probably already under the control of the water spirit, and only someone as capable as the Mountain Spirit Ancestor could resist her.

Zhang Hao carefully observed the Mountain Spirit Ancestor and saw that her eyes were glazed over and her expression was pained.

It seems it hasn't been completely controlled by the water spirit yet. Time is of the essence; if it's any later, it will be too late.

He took out a dagger, cut his finger, squeezed out a drop of blood, and smeared it on his ancestor's lips.

The instant the blood touched her lips, her eyes immediately lit up.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Suddenly, a violent cough erupted, and the ancestor coughed up a large clump of dark blood, in the middle of which was a light blue, egg-sized object that kept wriggling.

"Shh!"

Suddenly, that thing shot into the sky.

With a thought, a seed appeared in Zhang Hao's palm and shot out.

With a "bang," the thing turned into dust and disappeared.

Just as Zhang Hao finished dealing with a small clump of water essence, the ancestor fully woke up.

"Who are you, and why do you know that I am the patriarch of Shan Gui Lou?"

"It was the newly appointed Mountain Ghost King, Meng Qianzi, who sent us here. They are water demons, and they need to break through the mountain to extract the gallbladder in order to find the truth behind the water demon mutation. They want to ask for your opinion."

"Ah……"

"It's good that she was smart not to come here herself. I wouldn't have agreed to you if she had introduced you, but since you saved me, I'll agree."

"What? Ancestor, you agreed so easily?"

Yi Sa and Ding Yudie were overjoyed.

Now, all that's needed is the consent of the last ancestor to break through the mountain and extract the gallbladder, bringing us one step closer to uncovering the truth.

"You think saving me is a simple matter? I was destined to die here, and being saved by you is a turning point."

Actually, we mountain spirits always have a sword hanging over our heads. The mountain spirit's sacred object, the Mountain Gallbladder, is the only thing that can restrain the water spirit.

Therefore, we mountain spirits have always been under the watchful eye of the water spirits, and we will suffer the water spirits' revenge if we try to break through the mountain to take their gall bladders.

There's a saying that mountain spirits and water spirits never meet, and that's why.

If the mountain spirit decides to break through the mountain to steal the water spirit, it will suffer its revenge if it fails to completely eliminate the water spirit, and the mountain spirit will surely suffer a catastrophic disaster.

This is also why the extraction of gall from the mountain required the consent of all nine ancestors of the Mountain Osmanthus Pavilion.

I've already witnessed your skills. Don't laugh, but you're the most formidable person I've ever met in my eighties and a hundred years.

If even you, with your help, cannot successfully extract the mountain gall and destroy the water spirit, then no one else has any chance at all.

Only then did everyone understand why the patriarch of Shan Gui Lou had agreed to the request so easily—it was because of Zhang Hao's extraordinary strength.

“Take this back and exchange it. When they see this, they will know that I have agreed to their request.”

As they were talking, the old ancestor took a hairpin off his head and handed it to Zhang Hao.

"he he he he he……"

Just then, a strange laugh echoed through the hall.

Everyone looked around and saw that the pupils of the hundreds of brides around them turned red at the same time, and a strange smile appeared on their faces.

Their fingers and hair grew rapidly, and their scarlet nails looked like sharp blades.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, with a roar, the brides pounced on Zhang Hao and his group.

"Holy crap, these brides are turning into dumplings under the control of the water spirits!"

The fat man yelled and immediately pulled out an entrenching tool and placed it in front of him to defend himself.

"boom!"

The bride's fingernails made a metallic clanging sound when they touched the entrenching tool, leaving several nail holes in the tool.

"Holy crap, these brides are too fierce! They're way stronger than regular rice dumplings! Everyone, attack together!"

Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, Yi Sa, Ding Yudie, and Zhang Qilin all unleashed their strongest attacks on the brides who were rushing towards them from all sides.

The ancestor had not yet fully recovered and was surrounded and protected by the crowd.

These brides were exceptionally fierce, and even Zhang Qilin found them difficult to deal with.

With a thought, Zhang Hao used his devouring ability to absorb life force from these brides.

"Such a strong vitality!"

As soon as he activated his devouring ability, Zhang Hao felt a powerful life force emanating from the bride.

His depleted energy was instantly restored, and the remaining vitality continued to strengthen the cells throughout his body.

As vitality is continuously strengthened, the cells begin to slowly evolve.

As the body's cells evolve and bodily functions continue to improve, the proportion of cells also increases.

An increased cell density means that the same volume is heavier.

In just over ten seconds, all the hundreds of ferocious brides around them were drained of their life force and turned into dried corpses lying on the ground.

Zhang Hao felt the powerful force within his body.

The evolution of all his cells just now increased his body weight by at least 10%, meaning his strength has been greatly enhanced once again.

The ancestor, who was protected in the middle by everyone, originally thought there would be a fierce battle, but it ended in no time.

She looked at Zhang Hao thoughtfully: "These cave women are all extremely powerful. I fell for their tricks. What methods did you use to kill them so easily?"