I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Where is the sound source?

"In the mountains, twenty miles from the battlefield."

Yan Shan raised an eyebrow. Wasn't this exactly the same place where his niece was? How could it be such a coincidence?

But he quickly came to terms with it. Things had developed to this point, and the truth was already clear: the Qilin was definitely the Grim Reaper's primary target!

He immediately picked up the communicator and called Yan Ziming:

"You bastard, if you can hear me, say something!"

"Hey, I'm here, Uncle!"

Yan Shan took a deep breath and asked:

"I'm asking you, is the awakening of Death related to...it?"

"...That's right."

"Okay, stay as far away as possible. We're moving the battlefield there."

"..."

"Uncle, I've placed an extra Qilin whisker at the very top of the highest mountain. Give it to the deputy commander-in-chief."

Yan Shan was taken aback, then laughed and scolded:

"You're kind enough to give it to him. Don't worry."

"Ah."

After hanging up the call, Huang Tao rolled up his sleeves, his eyes flashing with cold light. He leisurely watched Death, who was like a cockroach, constantly crawling out of the deep pit only to be slammed back down by the giant hand. He took out a box from his pocket and swallowed the Qilin whiskers inside.

"Roar--"

A loud roar of a strange beast came from Yan Shan's mouth, suppressing the boundless explosions for a moment. It spread throughout the entire battlefield, as if a sovereign had descended upon the world, causing the mutated species that were already lying on the ground unable to move to kneel even lower.

Chapter 174 The Mountain!

The sudden roar of the beast shook the battlefield. Those who heard the sound were momentarily stunned, and the fear they felt due to the Sequence level vanished without a trace.

They turned to look at the source of the sound and saw Yan Shan standing under the city wall with his arm muscles bulging and writhing from time to time. His breathing sounded like the beating of drums, and his body began to change little by little.

The further he went, the more obvious the changes became. His muscles had ripped his clothes, his fiery red eyes were brighter than lanterns, a pair of antlers grew on his head, his face became wider, his body was covered with patches of yellowish-brown scales, a tail resembling a cow's tail appeared behind him, his hair was like a dragon's, his walking posture changed to walking on all fours, his body gradually became thicker, and then he started running forward.

After running for nearly a thousand meters, its body, which was originally less than three meters tall, became a behemoth over one hundred and seventy meters tall, standing proudly in the middle of the battlefield!

The overwhelming pressure clashed with the aura of death, and countless lower-level mutated species were crushed to pieces by these two forces. Even some powerful ones suffered multiple bone shattering throughout their bodies and were unable to lift their heads.

This is the unique sense of awe and power that belongs to them, like ferocious beasts.

"My God... what kind of monster is this?!"

Li Hao stared wide-eyed at the colossal creature that Yan Shan had transformed into on the battlefield, and couldn't help but feel a surge of reverence.

The behemoth before them resembled a deer, with antlers on its head and scales covering its body. It was a combination of deer antlers, dragon head, elk body, dragon scales, and ox tail. Its tail was hairy like a dragon's tail, and one of its antlers was fleshy. Its voice was like thunder, and its power was overwhelming!

Kirin!

The strange beast that Yanshan transformed into was none other than the Qilin, the auspicious beast described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which is familiar to the world.

With just one step forward, the ground undulated like waves, as if welcoming the king of the earth, extending a path leading underground. At the end of the path, the Grim Reaper appeared, his body charred black, with lava clinging to him and burning, looking quite wretched.

Upon seeing Yan Shan, who had transformed into a Qilin, it roared to the sky, ready to unleash its fiercest attack.

It had suffered too much humiliation before, constantly being suppressed and beaten by Huang Tao in the sky. Although it hadn't suffered any major injuries, being beaten into a state of utter despair was a truly unpleasant feeling. If it could fly, it would have already used the vicious blade on its arm to tear Huang Tao to pieces!

Now that Yanshan has come to provoke it, it naturally has no reason not to fight back. It can't hit things in the sky, but what can it do about things on the ground?

Perhaps it was its nature, but this Qilin before it was a giant beast, and its existence always aroused its most primal sense of killing, just like a battle for racial supremacy, wanting to prove which side was stronger, which was the pride of these towering giants!

However, Yan Shan knew nothing about the pride among giant beasts; he only knew that he was now more powerful than ever before!

His superpower is beast transformation, which, in terms of type, is inferior to other types of superpowers.

The reason why beast-like abilities are at a disadvantage is because they have extremely demanding requirements on bloodlines.

The stronger one's bloodline, the more powerful the ferocious beasts that can be transformed into by their beast-transformation ability. They can even surpass other mutated species of the same level in terms of physical strength. Conversely, those with weak or no bloodline can only transform into some low-level beasts, which are completely useless.

Yan Shan was an outlier among them.

Because his bloodline is not like the ferocious beast bloodline of other people, but originates from the ancient auspicious beast Qilin bloodline - the Mountain Qilin!

Mountains, in the Five Elements theory, belong to Earth. Where there is Earth, there are the Five Elements, representing that they control the endless Earth element.

Although Yan Shan did not inherit all of the Qilin's abilities and could only utilize the earth element, his power was still unparalleled. When unleashed at full strength, it was enough to sink the boundless earth and destroy the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

He couldn't maintain this state for long, and could only do so for a shorter time than Huang Tao. But the presence of the Qilin whiskers gave him the confidence to go all out.

After consuming the Qilin whiskers, he felt as if every cell in his body was about to explode, and he possessed inexhaustible power, even stronger than before!

He stared defiantly at death, a provocation to a powerful adversary!

The narrow road meets the brave to win!

Death swung its hundred-plus legs, which were densely packed like centipedes, but at an unknown speed. Its massive body created a gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye, it had shortened the distance by nearly half.

The Qilin that Yan Shan had transformed into roared, and with each step it took, it dug its claws into the ground and pushed off with all its might, causing the road surface to rise automatically, as if the earth itself was helping it run.

This is one of the core abilities of the Mountain Kirin, and it also reflects its unparalleled mastery of the earth element.

When it was a thousand meters away from death, the mountain unicorn suddenly leaped from the ground beneath its feet, soaring hundreds of meters into the air. It raised its sharp right claw and brought it down with destructive force.

Death raised its forequarters while its hind legs gripped the ground firmly. The indestructible, translucent bone blades stung the eyes. With a single strike, a milky-white shockwave arose, tearing through the air and traversing space.

The two terrifying behemoths unleashed their full power from the very beginning.

They are getting closer and closer.

Those watching felt their hearts almost stop beating, the air became as thick as grease, and breathing became difficult.

This was the oppressive feeling that came before a powerful collision, forcefully surging into everyone's hearts.

Finally, they collided violently.

For a moment, the world seemed to fall silent. The next second, endless explosions resounded through the sky, turning everything within a radius of several kilometers into dust. Mutant species, tanks, and other things, along with large swaths of magma that were already showing signs of solidification, were blown away, and the billowing dust engulfed their figures.

"This is an unparalleled duel between forces!"

Li Hao was shocked. He knew very well that his absolute defense would only result in the annihilation of his body and soul if it encountered such an attack, and would not be able to stop it for even a moment.

As the smoke cleared, two colossal beasts remained locked in a standoff. The Grim Reaper appeared shorter, and the mountain unicorn's claw strikes seemed heavier than mountains and longer than endless mountain ranges. Its right-hand bone blade was immobilized, and its entire body emitted crackling sounds.

At first glance, it seems that the mountain qilin has the advantage, but that is not the case. The earthen-yellow scales on the mountain qilin's body have been damaged in many ways, revealing its strong muscles, from which blood is flowing.

That was caused by the bone blade of the Grim Reaper's left hand. Its movements were too fast. In just a moment of impact, it attacked the mountain qilin a hundred times. Fortunately, the mountain qilin's defense was as thick as its name suggests. If it were Huang Tao, he would have been dead long ago.

The reason why the Rank 1 sea serpent was able to instantly kill the ninth-tier powerhouses from the United States and Russia is because of its attack power, which far exceeds that of ordinary species.

In the first round, Death had a slight advantage.

“Ouch—Ouch!”

The mountain qilin roared, containing boundless rage, its fury erupting like a volcanic eruption!

With its free left claw slashing out, Death was sent flying dozens of meters away with a deafening roar, as if it had been struck head-on by a mountain. The bone blade left a terrifying abyss-like crack in the ground.

A yellowish-brown ball of light appeared in the mountain qilin's mouth, shining on its body. Its damaged scales quickly recovered, and its aura was as vast as the sea, as deep as the abyss, as deep as the prison. It stood up straight, raising the ball of light high with both hands, its posture rather comical, like a human surrendering.

However, Death dared not underestimate it in the slightest, because every move of the mountain unicorn was filled with explosive power, like a super bomb that could explode at any moment, unleashing world-destroying power.

"Roar--"

This roar was longer than ever before, and the mountain qilin slammed its raised claws down onto the ground, dissolving the yellowish-brown light into them.

The next instant, a powerful shockwave passed under Death's feet, sending his body flying. The ground did not collapse under the mountain qilin's slap; instead, it lifted a large chunk of earth thousands of meters high. The mountain qilin stood on it, and the falling earth accelerated several times over, crashing down on Death, who was being sent flying by the shockwave!

boom--

Another earth-shattering roar followed. This time, Death felt as if he had been struck by a colossal mountain, his body nearly falling apart, and several of his legs broken off.

Chapter 175 Shifting the Battlefield

Despite suffering such a severe blow, it only lost a few legs, which shows how terrifyingly strong sequence-level mutated species truly are.

Death abandoned its intention to conserve its strength and began to unleash its full power, revealing its truly sharp fangs.

The bone blades on its hands suddenly became exceptionally bright, shining through the thick earth and onto the mountain qilin, causing it to feel a strong stinging sensation. Sensing something was wrong, the mountain qilin withdrew.

But in the next second, the huge piece of land was directly divided into several large pieces, and a scorpion tail connecting heaven and earth wrapped around the huge body of the mountain qilin. Death suddenly twisted his body and the mountain qilin was thrown into the sky, just like the figure that flew out when Death pretended to collapse the city wall.

"Laoshan!"

Huang Tao was terrified. He could even fling away a mountain-like Qilin that was as heavy as a mountain. Just how strong was this beast?

Two towering hands emerged from the tornado, one catching the falling mountain unicorn, and the other slamming down on Death as before.

However, this time the result was reversed. Death simply swung his bone blade and nothing happened, but the cloud-like hands that blotted out the sky collapsed as if they had encountered the most terrifying pressure.

A moment later, as if there was a network delay, a milky white shockwave finally appeared in the space where the bone blade had cut through, carving a black slit in mid-air before disappearing directly into it.

The air in front of him trembled rapidly. Huang Tao sensed something, mustered his strength, and instantly condensed a new cloud hand to block in front of him.

As it turned out, everything Huang Tao did was absolutely right. The Cloud Hands technique had barely taken shape when a milky white wave of energy suddenly appeared from a space hundreds of meters in front of him. The intense killing intent made Huang Tao's hair stand on end. The Cloud Hands technique, which had previously been able to withstand the energy wave, only lasted for a moment before it exploded.