System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

As he spoke, the fat man walked into the tomb chamber to prepare to open the coffin.

Zhang Hao followed the fat man into the tomb chamber. The moment he stepped inside, a system notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Special item detected: White-haired Drought Demon. Defeat it to fuse with another creature.]

Sure enough, there was a drought demon inside the coffin made of Phoebe zhennan wood.

Legend has it that where the drought demon appears, the land is scorched and plagues rage; it is a synonym for evil.

Not only that, they are also extremely powerful, being high-level beings among the zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), making them very difficult to kill.

The drought demon is not only impervious to swords and spears, but also immune to water and fire, and its entire body is covered in corpse poison.

The drought demon cannot be killed unless its head is cut off.

However, once the drought demon's head is cut off, the corpse's energy will instantly gush out, and the person who killed the drought demon will also die from the corpse poison.

Therefore, most of the time the best way to deal with a drought demon is to seal it away.

But Zhang Hao would definitely not do that. The Drought Demon is a special item. Not only can fusing with it increase the evolution progress of the Qilin bloodline, but fusing with such a powerful monster will definitely bring many benefits and grant powerful special abilities.

Such a monster cannot be let go.

Even if it's in great danger, you must open the coffin, release it, and kill it, making it a special item that you can fuse with.

"Fatty, what are you doing?"

Once inside the tomb, the fat man took a candle from his backpack, lit it, and placed it in a corner.

His actions caught Wu Tianzhen's attention.

"Humans light candles, ghosts blow them out. I use the methods of tomb raiders. When opening a coffin, a candle must be lit in the southeast corner. If the flame changes or goes out, it means there is danger and the coffin cannot be opened."

Before the fat man could finish speaking, the candle flame suddenly flickered a few times, and its color changed from yellow to an eerie green.

"Damn it, Fatty, look at the candle flame!"

Wu Tianzhen pointed at the candle and exclaimed loudly, "According to Fatty, if the color of the candle flame changes, it means there is danger and the coffin cannot be opened."

"Wow, this is the first time Fatty has encountered a situation like this. It seems there is indeed danger. Just to be on the safe side, let's observe for a while longer."

Zhang Hao smiled when he heard this. The fat man had spoken with great conviction at first, saying that the coffin could not be opened once the candles changed color.

Now that there's a real situation, he says he needs to observe first, which shows he still can't bear to part with the treasure in the coffin.

But this is fine too. He was going to open the coffin anyway, regardless of whether there was any danger or not, so this way we can avoid having to explain it later.

He walked over, picked up the candle from the ground, blew on the flame, and the candle went out instantly.

"No need to observe anymore. What danger could be in the coffin? It's just traps, mechanisms, or zombies. Are we, a few living people, afraid of a dead person?"

The fat man was already somewhat regretting lighting the candles.

The coffin was made of top-grade golden nanmu wood, and the burial goods inside were even more valuable. How could they give up the opportunity to retrieve the treasure just because of a candle?

As soon as Zhang Hao opened his mouth, the fat man nodded repeatedly in agreement.

“That’s right. Brother Zhang Hao is so powerful, what can’t he handle? Let’s not waste any more time and just open the coffin.”

After the fat man finished speaking, he took out an entrenching tool and walked to the coffin to prepare to open it.

He first inserted an entrenching tool into the gap between the coffin and the lid, and then pressed down hard on the handle of the entrenching tool.

With a loud "bang," the coffin lid separated from the coffin.

"Wow..."

The moment the coffin was opened, a stream of black water gushed out from it.

"Holy crap, what the hell is this?!"

The fat man hurriedly retreated to avoid the black water.

"Look, there seems to be something moving in the water!"

Wu Tianzhen pointed at the black water and said.

Zhang Hao glanced at it and saw many black spheres the size of soybeans in the black water. After the spheres surged out of the coffin with the black water, they quickly cracked open, and tiny black fish emerged from them.