However, what happened next was completely beyond his expectation.
Amidst the surging black mist, the black-scaled monster's body split open, actually separating a portion of its body to chase after the direction Lin Sheng had left.
Huang Quan had the intention to stop it, but just as he was about to act, he was already enveloped by an extremely thick black mist. The remaining monster body had frantically attacked him, leaving him no time to attend to anything else.
He could only watch that portion of the body quickly disappear from his sight.
"Kid, you can only pray for yourself."
Seeing this scene, Huang Quan was also helpless. He muttered to himself, and the green light around his body flared up, fighting with the black-scaled monster.
On the other side, Lin Sheng's figure quickly shuttled through the mountain forest.
Larger towns have ways to send signals to the nearest County Town. This is to provide early warning and request support in case of any major unforeseen circumstances.
So, as long as he went to the town and informed the local authorities about the Phantom Demon Beast, he thought it wouldn't take long for experts to arrive. After all, this place was no longer too far from Linjiang Prefecture City.
While he was deep in thought, a sudden alarm blared in his heart. A strong sense of crisis came from behind him. Without any hesitation, his rapidly moving figure twisted to the side with an unnatural reaction.
A black sharp claw, flashing with cold light, brushed past the back of his ear. He could even clearly feel the biting coldness from the sharp claw, which directly cut off a few strands of his messy hair near his ear.
And this was not the end. The sharp claw's attack did not succeed, but its hand claw suddenly bent, leaving several blood marks on the side of Lin Sheng's cheek. If Lin Sheng hadn't reacted in time, this blow would have probably directly exploded his head.
"Whew... that was close."
Lin Sheng rolled on the ground in a sorry state, then stood up and panted heavily. Although it was only a brief moment, it made him feel an unspeakable pressure. It was the first time he felt the threat of death.
As the fear in his heart dissipated, it was replaced by an indescribable rage.
"It actually chased after me..."
He reached out his hand to wipe away the blood flowing down the side of his cheek, looking at the black monster in the bush that was gathering into a human form.
Although it wasn't in Du Long's appearance, he could tell at a glance that this thing was the Phantom Demon Beast, or rather, in some sense, it was the Phantom Demon Beast.
The Phantom Demon Beast, which had now gathered into a human form, raised its sharp hand claws, stained with some blood, which was Lin Sheng's blood.
Looking at the bright red blood stained on its hand claws, the black monster seemed quite interested. A forked black long tongue extended from its oval mouth and rolled all the blood into its mouth.
A hint of greed actually appeared in its eyes, which originally had no emotional fluctuations.
"As expected, it's coming for me."
Seeing this scene, Lin Sheng's original guess was basically confirmed.
When he saw the Phantom Demon Beast, he was extremely surprised and had never expected to encounter this terrifying demon beast here, as this place was already quite far from Yangping Mountain.
Initially, he thought he was just unlucky. Now, seeing that the other party was relentlessly chasing after him and seemed very interested in his blood.
Obviously, this was definitely not just a coincidence.
Thinking of this, he had already given up on the idea of escaping.
"Although I don't know why you're targeting me, I will kill you..."
Looking at the Phantom Demon Beast slowly approaching him, Lin Sheng spoke softly.
Before his voice fell, his body inflated as if it had been blown up.
"Body Integration: Silver-patterned Black Crocodile..."
"Body Integration: Blood Demon Centipede..."
"Ape Demon Transformation..."
"Talent: Earth Affinity!"
With the Body Integration of two powerful exotic beasts, and the simultaneous superposition of the secret technique and talent, Lin Sheng only felt an indescribable swelling sensation in his body, as if endless power was gathering within his body.
At this moment, his appearance had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to before.
The sudden change also made the Phantom Demon Beast stop in its tracks.
What he saw at this moment was a blood-colored giant with a height close to two and a half meters, a strong and heavy physique, like a giant tower.
As the blood-colored giant moved, blocks of muscle constantly twisted, like pieces of blood-colored armor, attached to the entire body, giving a sense of indestructible heaviness and vitality.
The surrounding air was filled with a hint of bloody smell, and even the temperature rose by a few degrees.
This was the temperature emitted by the extremely vigorous and boiling blood energy.
"Come on, you piece of trash, let me see what you've got!"
In this state, Lin Sheng also felt an unprecedented sense of comfort. Looking at the motionless black monster, he bared his teeth, revealing a mouth full of sharp white teeth.
Then, his strong thighs, like elephant legs, slightly bent. The next moment, the ground exploded, and the blood-colored giant crashed out like a battle chariot.
At this moment, the black monster seemed to have not reacted, and was directly knocked flying by Lin Sheng. The human form that had just gathered was directly shattered into pieces, completely falling apart.
Although the scattered body parts quickly turned into black viscous liquid and rapidly gathered together in the next moment, reforming the appearance of the black monster, just at the moment of reformation, it was slapped into a pile of rotten mud by a blood-colored giant hand, like a sky-covering demon claw, from top to bottom with a bang.
A large amount of black viscous liquid wanted to quickly gather again, however, Lin Sheng had no intention of giving it a chance.
"Bull Rushing Horn!"
"Ape Demon Ghost Decomposition!"
Under the blessing of his strong physique, even ordinary punches and kicks had immense power. Under the break out of killer moves, Lin Sheng was now smashing punch after punch onto the ground, completely unleashing the terrifying force within.
He actually blasted a large pit several meters deep in the ground in front of him, and the ground on both sides was turned over, as if a small earthquake had occurred at this location.
And at this moment, there was no longer any trace of black viscous liquid on the ground.
Lin Sheng narrowed his eyes and scanned the surroundings. After seemingly confirming that there was no longer any trace of the Phantom Demon Beast, he turned around and walked forward.
The moment he turned around, a black tentacle shot out from the ground where he had just stood, heading directly towards the back of Lin Sheng's head.
The tip of the tentacle was needle-shaped and carried a hint of cold light, obviously extremely sharp.
However, just as the black tentacle was about to reach his neck, it could no longer advance an inch, because a large hand had already tightly gripped it.
"Is this all you've got? You've really disappointed me..."
Gripping the black tentacle, Lin Sheng turned around, revealing a ferocious smile on his face.
"Three Corpse: Soul Severing!"
Amidst the low roar, the blood-colored hand gripping the tentacle suddenly became covered in a layer of grayish-black color.
Looking closely, one could see a wisp of black-gray mist appearing in the palm of the large hand and rapidly entering the black tentacle.
At the same time, the black tentacle seemed to be stimulated and began to twist and struggle wildly.
However, facing the blood-colored large hand, it had no effect. A layer of grayish-white color also appeared on the tentacle, and it rapidly spread towards both ends.
Whoosh!!
The surrounding ground shattered one after another, and tentacles extended from within, heading straight for Lin Sheng.
"Can't sit still anymore!"
Lin Sheng burst into laughter, as if he had long anticipated this outcome. He crushed the tentacle in his hand with a grab, and his two blood-colored large hands constantly waved.
"Three Corpse Soul Severing!"
"Three Corpse Soul Severing!!"
Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm was used repeatedly.
When he was in Yangping Town, his other attack methods had little effect on the hair of this Phantom Demon Beast, but using poison techniques was quite effective. Therefore, he understood that potent poison had a certain restraining effect on the Phantom Demon Beast. So, at this moment, he had completely unleashed the potent poison of the Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm.
The result was indeed as he had expected. Facing the three types of potent poison after the Breakthrough, these black tentacles quickly became weak, until they completely lost their vitality as if they had decayed.
When Lin Sheng crushed the last black tentacle, something unexpected happened. A large cloud of mist suddenly shot out from the exploding black tentacle, directly towards his face. It entered his body through his ears, nose, and mouth without giving him any chance to react.
Immediately, Lin Sheng felt his consciousness become blurred, as if another extremely powerful consciousness was attacking his own consciousness and gradually gaining the upper hand.
"This is..."
Lin Sheng immediately reacted. The most troublesome ability of the Phantom Demon Beast was its ability to control other exotic beasts. In fact, it was not limited to exotic beasts; it could also control humans.
However, comparatively speaking, it preferred to control exotic beasts.
This situation was something he hadn't anticipated. He had originally thought that the threat of the Phantom Demon Beast had been eliminated, but he didn't expect it to still have this trick up its sleeve at the last moment.
At this moment, Lin Sheng stood rooted to the spot, motionless like a wooden sculpture. However, he soon reacted. His body slowly moved. He lifted his leg, just about to step out, but then received an instruction and retracted it again, repeating this contradiction several times.
And on his face, his features were twisted, and his blood-colored eyes occasionally turned completely black, without any emotion, as if he had completely changed into another person, but they quickly changed back again.
Although the two consciousnesses were in a stalemate at this moment, Lin Sheng could feel that the Phantom Demon Beast's consciousness was significantly stronger than his own.
In the problem, the control that originally belonged to him was now becoming increasingly blurred.
On his face, the time the emotionless expression appeared was getting longer and longer.
In just a quarter of an hour, Lin Sheng felt that his consciousness had completely fallen into a disadvantage.
More than half of his body had completely lost control.
"I can't let this go on..."
Realizing that his consciousness was simply unable to contend with the other party, Lin Sheng decisively gave up on a purely conscious struggle. Thoughts flashed through his mind one after another, wanting to drive the other party's consciousness out from other aspects, but he had no clue.
At this moment, black patterns had appeared on more than half of his body, and they were still gradually encroaching on other parts of his body.
Seeing this scene, the fear that was originally in Lin Sheng's heart dissipated, replaced by an indescribable ferocity.
"Since you want me, then I'll give myself to you..."
Lin Sheng immediately gathered his consciousness, concentrating most of it in his Dantian and chest.
The moment he gathered his consciousness, his limbs and most of his torso were occupied by the Phantom Demon Beast.
Just as Qi Xiang was about to further compress Lin Sheng's consciousness and completely erase it, an indescribable violent force suddenly surged out from within his body.
The violent and surging power directly caused his body to constantly bulge and swell.
This power was not from fat, but the power of the earth drawn in under the Earth Affinity talent.
At this moment, Lin Sheng completely unleashed his limitations and absorbed the power of the earth to the maximum extent, allowing it to roam and wreak havoc within his body without restraint.
This situation seemed to be completely beyond the Phantom Demon Beast's expectation, and a hint of surprise appeared on its expressionless face.
It immediately wanted to drive its body to suppress this power of the earth.
However, before it could do so, black, red, and gray patterns resurfaced from its body.
These were the three types of potent poison from the Three Corpse Soul Severing, which at this moment were fearlessly merging together, making the already extremely strong toxicity significantly stronger.
The riot of these two powers made the Phantom Demon Beast even more surprised, but it had no intention of giving up. Instead, it mobilized the surging blood energy within its body to frantically suppress them.
With the Body Integration of two Spirit Beasts, Lin Sheng's physical strength had reached an extremely powerful level. Coupled with the fact that the Phantom Demon Beast seemed to have further strengthened his physique after controlling his body, he could still suppress the outburst of two powerful forces at this moment.
A hint of mocking smile seemed to appear on his indifferent face, as if mocking the fearless struggle of an ant.
However, very soon, the smile on his face completely disappeared, replaced by a look of horror.
"Cancel Blood Demon Centipede Body Integration."
As Lin Sheng's consciousness moved, the original blood-colored giant quickly shrank like a deflated balloon in an instant.
The powerful blood energy within his body, which was like a sea, also instantly evaporated by more than half. This change was completed in an instant.
It didn't give the Phantom Demon Beast any time to prepare. This sudden drop completely caught it off guard. The two forces that could still be suppressed just now were already completely on the verge of going berserk.
And this was not the end. At this moment, the outbreak time of Ape Demon Transformation was also approaching, and then his body became increasingly weak.
At this moment, Lin Sheng's body was constantly swelling, like a monster covered in boils, and streaks of blood flowed out from his skin, clearly having reached its limit.
The Phantom Demon Beast residing within also realized the danger. The two forces, poison and the power of the earth, could not be suppressed, which also significantly affected its consciousness. It immediately wanted to separate from Lin Sheng's body.
However, Lin Sheng's consciousness, which had been enduring all this time, suddenly erupted, frantically pulling and entanglement with the Phantom Demon Beast's consciousness, preventing it from leaving.
The two consciousnesses began to entangle again, but this time the roles of offense and defense were reversed.
After a while, just as his Physical Body was about to collapse, in the Sea of Consciousness, a vertical eye condensed in the black mist representing the Phantom Demon Beast's consciousness. It coldly glanced at Lin Sheng, who was relentlessly entangled with it, and then the black mist rapidly dissipated until it completely disappeared.
And Lin Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately took control of his body without any hesitation.
"Body Integration Blood Demon Centipede!!"
As his thoughts turned, a large amount of blood energy surged out from within his body, pouring into his muscles, which were like dry and cracked land.