Tomb Raiding: All Things Merge, Starting with 400x Strength

"Fuck!"

When the drought demon's claws struck Zhang Hao, it made a metallic clanging sound.

The claws, sharp as knives, tore Zhang Hao's clothes but left his skin completely unharmed.

Moreover, when the drought demon lashed out with all its might, sparks flew as its claws rubbed against Zhang Hao's body.

Suddenly, with a "bang," the drought demon's claws broke into several pieces and fell to the ground.

The people who peeked out from the coffin were stunned by what they saw.

The fat man rubbed his eyes, his gaze filled with disbelief.

"Am I seeing things?"

"The drought demon's claws are so sharp that they couldn't even break Brother Zhang Hao's skin!"

"I even suspect that the monster in front of me is a drought demon, how come its attack power is so weak!"

The next second, Zhang Qilin flashed forward and slashed the drought demon's arm with his sword.

"boom!"

Another metallic clanging sound rang out.

The immense vibration from the black gold ancient sword nearly caused Zhang Qilin to lose his grip on the hilt and drop the sword.

"Roar!"

With a roar, the drought demon turned and attacked Zhang Qilin.

It leaped up and hovered in mid-air before swooping down towards Zhang Qilin.

Zhang Qilin raised his sword to defend, but the drought demon's claws grabbed the black gold ancient sword.

Sparks flew everywhere from the blade, and afterwards everyone discovered that the drought demon's claws had left several deep scratches on the black gold ancient sword, which could cut through iron like mud.

Only then did everyone realize that it wasn't that the drought demon was weak, but that Zhang Hao was simply too strong; his body was even harder than the Black Gold Ancient Blade.

"My god, is Zhang Hao even human?!"

"Fatty, what are you saying? What is my uncle if he's not human?!"

"Is there anyone as strong as your uncle? He can directly block the drought demon's attack with his body without even a scratch."

……

While the drought demon attacked Zhang Qilin, Zhang Hao kept thinking about how to kill it.

Even with a strength 400 times his own body weight and a punching speed of 250 times per second, he still couldn't harm the drought demon.

It's incredibly powerful.

"Ok?"

Zhang Hao suddenly realized that he seemed to be in a dead end, always thinking about destroying the drought demon's body in order to kill it.

Actually, we can look at it another way: the reason why the drought demon is so strong is entirely due to the corpse energy within its body.

If the corpse energy within its body can be expelled, it will naturally die.

"Brother, I'll restrain the drought demon in a moment. You need to find a way to expel the corpse energy from its body!"

Zhang Qilin was taken aback upon hearing this, not understanding what Zhang Hao was thinking.

A few seconds later, he suddenly realized and understood Zhang Hao's thoughts.

Seeing that Zhang Qilin understood his meaning, Zhang Hao rushed forward, grabbed the drought demon from behind, and bound it, rendering it unable to move.

Once bound, the drought demon struggled desperately, trying to break free.

Zhang Hao immediately increased the pressure on his hand to immobilize it, but the drought demon's strength was immense, and Zhang Hao knew he couldn't hold out for long.

"Hey bro, quick!"

Zhang Qilin nodded, took out a high-powered flashlight from his backpack, chopped off both ends of the flashlight with his black gold ancient sword, threw out the battery, and was left with a hollow cylinder about a foot long.

He gripped the cylinder and thrust it into the drought demon's mouth. Then, he used his "Mountain-Slaying Finger" to attack the drought demon's throat, allowing the hollow cylinder to slide down its throat.

"Zi la..."

When the cylinder could no longer slide and reached the cardia, the drought demon opened its mouth and a burst of corpse energy gushed out.

The almost tangible green stench of death, carrying a strong, pungent odor, instantly filled the entire tomb chamber.

As the corpse energy was expelled from the drought demon's body, Zhang Hao could clearly feel its struggling strength getting weaker and weaker.

Seeing this, he breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the method was effective. As long as he waited a little longer to completely expel the corpse energy from its body, the drought demon would die.

"Cough, cough..."

As time went on, more and more corpse gas was released, and the corpse gas in the tomb became more and more concentrated.

Zhang Qilin was already struggling to cope and began coughing violently.

"Hey buddy, go wait in the passage first, I'll come and meet you in a bit."

Zhang Qilin also understood that the drought demon's corpse energy was extraordinary, and even with Qilin blood protecting him, he couldn't withstand it for long.

Zhang Hao, on the other hand, was completely unharmed. He knew that staying behind would only be a hindrance, so he nodded, turned around, and rushed towards the coffin.

Zhang Hao tightly bound the drought demon, secretly relieved that he was immune to corpse poison.

Otherwise, given the toxicity of the corpse gas spewed from the drought demon's body, this method simply wouldn't work.

The drought demon died from poisoning before it could expel the corpse energy from its body.

Ten minutes after Zhang Qilin left, when the corpse energy in the drought demon's body stopped emanating, it died completely.

"call……"

Zhang Hao breathed a sigh of relief. He was so nervous just now. If he couldn't find a way to deal with the drought demon, his only option would be to run away.

How could he be content with that?

Now that he has finally killed the drought demon, he can't wait to merge with it.

He was incredibly eager to see what abilities such a powerful monster would gain after fusion.

"System, merge with the Drought Demon!"

[Ding, command received, fusion initiation.]

As the system notification sounded, the black-haired drought demon transformed into a ball of black liquid. This ball of black liquid swirled around Zhang Hao's body and then began to spread, forming a thin film that enveloped his entire body.

The membrane slowly tightened until it completely adhered to his body, and then it turned into countless tiny molecules that burrowed into his body.

In the past, fusing anything was almost instantaneous, but fusing the drought demon took several times longer than before.

Not only that, but during the fusion, he actually felt excruciating pain coming from all parts of his body.

It felt like my bones were being shattered and my flesh was being torn apart again and again.

The anomalies that appeared after merging with the drought demon made Zhang Hao even more excited.

Could this anomaly be because the drought demon is extremely powerful, and the benefits of fusion are so great that it takes so long?

As time went on, the number of molecules on his body surface decreased, and at the same time, the pain in his body became more and more intense.

At first, it was pain in the bones and flesh, but now it feels like the pain is coming from inside the cells.

Even with his strong will, he could hardly bear it.

"what!"

Zhang Hao couldn't help but let out a wail.

By this time, he was covered in sweat, and his teeth were clenched so tightly that his gums began to bleed.

Just when he was about to give up, the pain in his body began to slowly subside.

He understood that this was a sign that the fusion was about to be completed.

I wonder what abilities I'll gain from fusing with the Black-haired Drought Demon. I hope all the suffering I've endured so far won't have been in vain.