System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

After emerging from the giant egg, the Breath of Earth continued to expand and grow, enveloping not only Zhang Hao and his companions but also the entire cave.

The original size of a basketball, the Xirang, suddenly became larger than a football field.

Not only that, it also absorbs and integrates what it envelops.

Those human-skin puppets have now merged with the Breath of Earth, becoming unkillable monsters.

Because of his flying ability, Zhang Hao can avoid touching the Breath Soil with any part of his body, but others cannot do that.

Although they were constantly jumping around, this only delayed their absorption by the Breath Soil.

If a solution isn't found soon, they too will be absorbed by the Breath Soil, just like the human skin puppets in the cave, and fused into unkillable monsters.

While Zhang Hao was still thinking about how to solve his current predicament, the human skin puppet that he had previously shattered had already returned to its original form and attacked him again.

The human skin puppet was originally so fragile that it would break easily, but after being fused with the Breath of Earth, it was covered with a layer of icy white frost, which made it hard.

Zhang Qilin drew his black gold ancient sword and slashed at the head of the human skin puppet.

A loud "bang" of metal clashing was heard as a head rolled to the ground.

The human skin puppet's head fell to the ground and disappeared instantly, and then an identical head quickly grew out of its neck.

One human skin puppet was already troublesome enough, but several more human skin puppets rushed over.

They chased after Zhang Hao and his group like glue.

It's so frustrating that you can't kill it or drive it away.

"Damn, this thing is disgusting! If this keeps up, even if it's not absorbed by the Breath of Earth, we'll be exhausted to death sooner or later!"

"Uncle, do you know how to deal with the Breath of Earth?"

Zhang Hao shook his head; he didn't know much about the Breath of Earth.

Such legendary things as the Breath of Earth are rarely mentioned, let alone seen.

Even in legends, it is only said that it can grow and expand indefinitely and can be used to control floods; there is no other information.

"We'll have to try a lot more to figure out how to deal with it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Hao rushed towards the outer edge of the cave, and the others followed suit.

When they reached the outer edge of the cave, Zhang Hao stopped in front of the cave wall and, without saying a word, raised his fist and smashed it against the cave wall.

His force of over a hundred tons erupted instantly. Such a powerful attack could pierce even a steel plate a few centimeters thick, let alone the Breath of Earth.

With a single punch from Zhang Hao, a large hole was instantly pierced through the Xirang soil.

Those behind them breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

"Great! Brother Zhang Hao punched through the Breath Soil with one punch. It seems that the Breath Soil is not very solid. We can escape by digging a hole in the cave wall."

"Everyone hurry up, let's widen the opening together and escape!"

As he called out, the fat man took out his entrenching tool and prepared to widen the hole that Zhang Hao had just made.

He picked up his entrenching tool and started digging.

"boom!"

A loud metallic clang rang out, and the vibration from the entrenching tool made the fat man's hand go numb, almost causing him to drop the tool.

"Holy crap, this Breath Soil is as hard as steel! Even steel would be marked if I shoveled into it, but this stuff didn't leave a single white mark!"

Everyone around was astonished by what they saw.

I just saw Zhang Hao punch a hole right through it. I originally thought that the Breath Soil was similar to other soils, and that I could dig a hole in it to escape.

It seems I was overthinking it; the Breath Soil is as hard as steel.

Zhang Hao was able to pierce through the soil with a single punch not because the soil was soft, but because his strength was truly terrifying.

After realizing this, the group's previously relaxed hearts were filled with anxiety again.

"Look! The cave entrance has disappeared!"

A wave of unrest, a wave of up again.

Just as everyone discovered that the Breath Soil was as hard as steel, they found that, just like in the legends, it could grow indefinitely.

In the blink of an eye, the hole Zhang Hao's fist had pierced was filled in again.

"What should we do? If we can't make a breakthrough, we can't get out. Before long, we'll become unkillable monsters like those human skin puppets."

The fat man looked down at his feet and saw that the white frost had reached his calves.

Wu Tianzhen, Zhang Qilin, Yi Sa, and Ding Yudie weren't much better off.

Zhang Hao was more shocked than the others.

To others, he only threw one punch at the Breath of Earth, but in reality, he threw hundreds of punches in succession. However, because the speed was so fast, it appeared to outsiders that he only threw one punch.

At first, he only punched the soil, and it did indeed pierce a hole.

However, the amazing growth potential of the Breath of Earth allowed it to recover instantly.

Zhang Hao soon discovered that once he broke through the Breath Soil, even before he could widen the opening, more Breath Soil would immediately grow and fill the opening.

So he threw hundreds of punches in a row, which slowed down the rate at which the soil was replenished.

Even so, after he stopped causing further damage, the Breath of Earth filled the hole in the blink of an eye.

In addition, and more importantly, Zhang Hao discovered that the Breath of Earth seemed to have its own consciousness and its own wisdom.

When he destroys the Breath Soil, the Breath Soil will focus on moving closer to this side, causing more Breath Soil to gather here.

The repaired cave walls were more robust than before, making them much harder to breach.

The endless growth and expansion of the Breath Soil, coupled with its inexhaustible properties, makes it extremely difficult to deal with.

Furthermore, its own consciousness and intelligence make it even more difficult to deal with.

Everyone is trapped inside. If we don't find a way to deal with it soon, the only consequence will be that we will be absorbed and merged into it.

Just then, Zhang Hao suddenly realized something.

He punched the cave wall again, piercing through the Breath Soil, and then released a peculiar sound wave.

Once the sound waves reflected back, the scene outside clearly appeared in his mind.

He just used his sonic positioning ability to investigate the outside situation and discovered that the Breath Soil does not seem to grow indefinitely.

The soil stopped growing and expanding once it had completely enveloped the cave.

Its growth and expansion do not seem to be without limits; it may require some kind of substance to grow and expand.

In the past, Yu the Great used the Breath Soil to control the floods. According to mythology, he only threw a fist-sized piece of the Breath Soil into the water.

Then the soil continued to grow and expand, eventually forming a dam thousands of meters long to block the flood.

It appears that no other supplies were provided during this period, except for the flood.

In other words, the growth and expansion of the soil likely require water.

Although there was no water source in the cave, there was plenty of moisture in the air.

After emerging from the giant egg, the Xirang must have absorbed moisture from the air to grow rapidly.

It has now absorbed all the moisture in the air, and with no water source to continue providing it with the energy to grow, it has stopped expanding.

After figuring this out, Zhang Hao had a way to deal with the Breath of Earth.