System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

[Ding, command received, fusion initiation.]

As the system notification sounded, the Candle Nine Yin Demon Eye instantly transformed into a ball of brown liquid, which then broke into countless tiny molecules that enveloped Zhang Hao's entire body.

These molecules seemed to come alive, desperately trying to penetrate his body and fuse with his flesh and blood.

[Ding, congratulations host, 41st fusion complete. Fusion item: Kunlun Divine Wood Coffin.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the fusion item's characteristic: Netherworld Eyes (can see all underground and evil things, control ghost soldiers, and has night vision effect).]

"Ok?"

Zhang Hao did not expect that the fusion of Zhu Jiuyin's Demon Eye would have multiple effects. Not only could he see things that were not visible before, but he also had night vision. More importantly, he could even control the Yin soldiers.

Originally, those ghostly soldiers were invisible; they could only be seen where space overlapped.

Now you can not only see them anytime, anywhere, but you can also control them. It feels amazing!

It's just unknown whether the ghost soldiers, once manipulated, can cause harm to people or things in this time and space.

It should be possible, I'll have to try it when the time is right.

However, the effect of night vision was still very obvious. The originally pitch-black cave was no different from daytime to Zhang Hao, and he could even see it more clearly than during the day. Everything around him was clearly visible to him.

While Zhang Hao was testing the night vision effect, the system notification sounded again.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on fusing the rare item Candle Nine Yin Demon Eye. Qilin bloodline evolution progress +10, current evolution progress 51/60.]

The Qilin bloodline is only 9 points away from advancing to the 4th tier. In addition to all attributes being doubled, it is also getting closer and closer to the 9th tier.

At the same time, the experience of the All Things Integration System also increased by 10 points, reaching 52 points. It only needs 8 more experience points to reach level 6 and unlock new abilities.

Furthermore, at level 10, you can unlock rare items and fuse the Divine Tree Heart.

The Bronze Tree has the ability to materialize, and can perfectly replicate an identical person.

If they could merge and gain the same abilities, that would be absolutely incredible.

After using 1 fusion attempt to fuse the Candle Nine Yin Demon Eye, there are 27 fusion attempts remaining.

It seems like a lot, but it's far from enough.

To increase your strength as quickly as possible, you must obtain more fusion attempts and fuse more items.

Only in this way can they kill the Zhang family members in one fell swoop when their identities are exposed and the enemy comes knocking.

"Uncle!"

"Brother Zhang Hao!"

"Boss!"

……

Suddenly, Zhang Hao heard other people shouting, and he came to his senses.

He thought that Wu Tianzhen and the others were worried because he had been underground with Zhu Jiuyin for too long and that's why they were calling out to him.

In addition to gaining the ability to locate sounds, his hearing also became exceptionally acute; otherwise, at such a depth underground, he would never have been able to hear the shouts.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Zhang Hao patted Zhu Jiuyin's head and prepared to go up.

Zhu Jiuyin didn't seem happy; it kept rubbing its head against Zhang Hao's feet.

"Do you have anything else?"

Zhu Jiuyin twisted its massive body and swam in one direction, turning its head to look at Zhang Hao every now and then after traveling a distance.

Zhang Hao understood that it was leading the way, and there must be something else it wanted to give him.

So he followed, and soon returned to Zhujiuyin's lair.

Zhu Jiuyin took an egg with a diameter of more than one meter from its underground nest and placed it in front of Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao was startled. Aren't animals supposed to cherish their offspring and attack other people or animals when they get close? Why did this Zhujiuyin put its egg in front of him? Could there be some hidden reason?

Although Zhang Hao didn't understand, he accepted it nonetheless.

After all, this is the mythical beast Zhujiuyin. Although it may not be as powerful as in mythology, it is still an extremely rare creature in the world.

He touched the egg and, on a whim, decided to put the Zhujiuyin Egg into his storage space.

The next second, the Zhujiuyin Egg disappeared and reappeared in his storage space.

"Alright, now I'm really leaving."

After receiving Zhujiuyin's egg, Zhang Hao chose to leave. The people above were already anxious, fearing that something might happen to him.

This time, Zhu Jiuyin did not stop him.

As Zhang Hao climbed up, he noticed that all the Zhujiuyin in the nest were looking at him, and the gray eye in the middle of their heads was also open.

However, this time he did not feel uncomfortable being stared at by dozens or even hundreds of Zhujiuyin's demonic eyes.

Instead, he sensed an indescribable sadness in Zhu Jiuyin's eyes.

Zhang Hao understood that Zhu Jiuyin must have had a deeper meaning in handing him an egg; things couldn't be that simple.

However, he accepted Zhu Jiuyin's kindness and would definitely nurture the egg well.

What Zhang Hao didn't know was that after he left the Zhujiuyin's nest, all the Zhujiuyin and the eggs inside turned into fragments and dissipated into the air, as if they had never existed.

About half an hour later, Zhang Hao returned to the shaft.

"Uncle, you're finally back! You scared us to death!"

"Brother Zhang Hao, has that Zhujiuyin taken a liking to you? Why is it treating you so well?"

"Zhang Hao, I'm so glad you're alright."

"Boss, what happened down there?"

……

After Zhang Hao came up, several people surrounded him, all eager to know what had happened underground.

Even Zhang Qilin couldn't help but move closer, wanting to hear what Zhang Hao had to say.

Zhang Hao smiled and was about to make up some excuse when the entire space suddenly began to shake violently.

"Oh no! This shaft is about to collapse! We have to get out of here right now!"

Everyone was aware of the consequences of the shaft collapsing, so they all ran to the bottom of the shaft entrance and desperately climbed up by grabbing onto the bronze chains.

When they returned to the outside of the well, they discovered that not only the vertical shaft, but the entire space where the Bronze Tree was located was shaking violently.

The bronze sacred tree, hundreds or even thousands of meters tall, swayed back and forth and left and right, loosening the stones on the cave walls, and occasionally causing gravel to fall from above.

"Quickly, climb out of the Bronze Tree!"

Zhang Hao shouted and led everyone up the bronze tree, each of them exerting all their strength to climb.

During the climb, the sacred tree swayed more and more violently, and several times some members of the team were almost thrown off.

Twenty minutes later, everyone returned to the altar.

Once you get here, you have two options: one is to follow the original route out of the Ku King's Mausoleum.

The other way is to continue climbing up the sacred tree.

Zhang Hao looked up at the sky and saw twinkling stars in the darkness.

This is one of the most inconspicuous benefits of merging with the Candle Nine Yin Demon Eye: eyesight becomes excellent, allowing one to see clearly hundreds of meters away even in complete darkness.

If you return along the same route, you will have to climb over a pier made of coffins.

If the coffins fall due to the tremors, they will be unable to get out and will end up being buried alive.

Climbing up the sacred tree is not only shorter, but also relatively safer.

Although the divine tree was shaking violently, its enormous size allowed it to hold on for a while longer.

Zhang Hao quickly made up his mind: "Keep climbing!"