System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

When faced with the fat man's probing questions, Fourth Grandfather gave an awkward smile.

"Perhaps I'm getting old and can't keep up with the times. Modern high-tech methods can solve many problems that couldn't be solved before."

"Good to know, you're such an old-fashioned person."

The fat man muttered something, which immediately drew the attention of Fourth Grandfather.

The moment he saw that look, he felt as if he were being stared at by an ancient ferocious beast, and his back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

It took the fat man several seconds to come to his senses. He immediately walked quickly to Zhang Hao's side to avoid Fourth Grandfather's fierce gaze.

"You're such a chatterbox, now you're scared."

"This is the first time I've ever seen such a terrifying look in someone's eyes. I have no idea how ruthless he was back then."

"Alright, now that most of his men are dead, he won't act rashly since he needs our help."

No matter how powerful Fourth Grandfather was, he was just an old man in his twilight years; no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't stir up any trouble.

"Cuckoo..."

While Zhang Hao was talking to the fat man, a strange cry suddenly came from the sky.

The next second, he felt a huge black shadow rapidly approaching. He looked up and saw a giant bird, larger than an adult, swooping down from mid-air towards them.

This large bird resembles an owl, but is much larger.

As you get closer, you can see that its mouth is a bloody mess, and it seems to be holding a hideous and terrifying human face in its mouth.

At this moment, Zhang Hao suddenly remembered the mercenary corpses he had seen hanging on the beam of the Heavenly Gate earlier, two of which seemed to have their entire faces peeled off.

Others have obviously noticed this as well.

The fat man pointed at the human face inside the giant bird's beak and exclaimed, "What kind of twisted taste does this bird have? It actually likes to eat human faces!"

"This is a human-faced owl. They have a strong body and sharp claws similar to eagles, but their heads are shaped like human faces. They are both fierce and eerie, and very difficult to deal with."

"Xiaohua, you know so much about these strange birds, you must know how to deal with them, right?"

Xie Xiaohua rolled her eyes at the fat man. What else could she do but take action?

He pulled a few iron pellets out of his pocket, and with a wave of his hand, they flew out like bullets.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

With three muffled thuds, the iron ball embedded itself into the human-faced owl's body.

After flapping its wings twice, it fell directly from the sky to the ground, and after a few more flaps, it could no longer move.

"That's it? Quite difficult to deal with?"

Xie Xiaohua pointed to the sky: "Fatty, why don't you look up at the sky?"

Upon hearing this, the fat man looked up and saw dozens of human-faced owls circling in the sky. Each of them was larger than an adult, with a human face and a bird's body.

Suddenly, they let out a bird call and launched an attack at the same time.

It swooped down from mid-air, raising its sharp, blade-like claws.

Fourth Grandfather and Xie Xiaohua immediately pulled out their iron balls and fired them with a wave of their hands.

As soon as those iron balls took to the air, the swooping human-faced owls immediately changed direction and dodged to the side.

Everyone was stunned when they saw this.

"I didn't expect this strange bird to be so smart and even know how to dodge!"

Zhang Hao also realized that this human-faced owl seemed to be able to anticipate danger and always managed to dodge attacks at just the right moment.

However, their ability doesn't seem to be particularly strong. When Xie Xiaohua first killed the human-faced owl, it couldn't dodge more than a dozen iron balls at once.

"What are you all standing there for? Attack already! Do you want them to peel your faces off?!"

Just then, Fourth Grandfather suddenly shouted.

He seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of iron pellets, shooting them into the air one handful after another.

Having learned from his previous experience, he no longer throws out iron pellets in a scattered manner, but concentrates them in one area, so that each iron pellet can kill one or two human-faced owls.

But that was far from enough. The human-faced owls were very fast. Although they had killed a few, dozens more were already in front of them.

Seeing that no one else had reacted in such a dangerous situation, he anxiously shouted for help.

Seeing that the time was almost up and the human-faced owls had all gathered, Zhang Hao focused his mind, and dozens of seeds appeared in his palm. With a flick of his wrist, the seeds shot out like bullets.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

A dozen or so muffled thuds followed, and with each thud, a human-faced owl disappeared.

In just a few breaths, the dozens of menacing human-faced owls vanished completely.

Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, Yi Sa, Ding Yudie, Xie Xiaohua, Huo Xiuxiu, and Zhang Qilin are all alright, having already witnessed Zhang Hao's methods countless times.

Fourth Master and his two subordinates were seeing this method for the first time.

He was completely dumbfounded. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that such a thing could actually happen.

He had been secretly plotting something, but now he didn't dare to do it anymore.

Fourth Grandfather secretly rejoiced, glad that he hadn't done anything outrageous to Zhang Hao and the others. Otherwise, he would probably be a cold corpse by now, or like those human-faced owls, he would have simply disappeared, leaving behind a thin mist of blood that would soon dissipate into the air.

At the same time, he was also glad that he had managed to get such a powerful figure as Zhang Hao into his team by paying only the price of a snake-browed bronze fish.

He has decided that from now on, all he needs to do is follow Zhang Hao and ensure his own safety.

This way, we can definitely learn the secrets of the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds and gain immortality.

"Zhang Hao, I didn't expect you to be so amazing. I was wrong about you before."

Zhang Hao was taken aback. From the beginning, Fourth Uncle had always called him "Zhang Family Boy," but now that he had just shown his strength, he had changed his address from "Zhang Family Boy" to "Zhang Hao."

"Fourth Grandfather is too kind. You've studied the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds for decades. You should continue to lead the way."

"Hey, okay."

Fourth Master responded and walked to the front of the group, with his two subordinates guarding him on the left and right.

"Fourth Master, who exactly is that person, and how is he so powerful?"

"Don't pry into things you shouldn't know. In short, if you want to get out of here alive, then stick close to his coattails."

"We understand, Fourth Master."

……

Fourth Grandfather led Zhang Hao and the others to continue along the sacred path, and at the end of the path appeared a grand hall.

His two men split up on either side, pushed open the doors of the main hall, and went inside.

The group also discovered the corpses of mercenaries hanging from the beams of the main hall; their faces had been peeled off by the human-faced owl.

"Holy crap, now I understand why the Human-Faced Owl is called the Human-Faced Owl!"

The fat man slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "They're called human-faced owls not because they have a human face, but because they like to peel people's faces off!"

"Da da da..."

No sooner had the fat man finished speaking than footsteps echoed through the main hall.

Those in the group who had flashlights immediately turned them on and shone them in the direction from which the sound came.

The pitch-black hall was instantly illuminated as if it were daytime, and several figures appeared within it.

"Who's playing tricks there!"