In the mountains.
Flames surged, incinerating everything within a radius of tens of meters, and a massive deep pit appeared on the ground.
The surroundings seemed to have been baptized by the apocalypse, desolate and ruined.
Zhou Xingwen's broken and shattered body fell to the ground, still burning with clusters of fire, eventually emitting a faint smell of burnt flesh.
Lan Man's cherry-like mouth was wide open, and her entire person had completely fallen into a daze, as if she hadn't emerged from the unimaginable shock before her.
"Lin... Lin Xiaodi..."
After a long while, she finally opened her mouth.
Lin Sheng, on the other hand, searched Zhou Xingwen's broken body before slowly turning around, all the raging flames burning on him surged into his body.
His originally massive body, like an ancient fierce beast, also rapidly shrank, quickly returning to normal.
At this moment, his face was still full of paleness and listlessness, looking as if his condition was extremely poor, his entire person seemed exhausted, as if he could fall into a coma at any moment.
On his pale face without a trace of color, he exhaled softly with all his might, forcing out a reluctant smile.
"Xiaodi, how could you be so..."
Lan Man's condition was not good at this moment either. After all, simultaneously fighting two experts who were not inferior to her, and having fallen into a trap, she was already severely weakened. However, the vitality of a God-Form Martial Artist is extremely strong, and she was not in any life danger. Given some time, she would recover soon; this is also the strength of a God-Form Martial Artist.
As if knowing what the other party wanted to ask, Lin Sheng sighed, his body trembled and swayed, and he directly sat down on the ground.
"I pushed my ancestral Bloodline to its limit. Fortunately, the result didn't disappoint me. It's also thanks to Lan Jie's exhaustion of the two of them; otherwise, it would have been impossible to keep them both."
Lin Sheng spoke softly, his words filled with unspeakable fatigue.
Although Lan Man was somewhat puzzled by these words, the only one she truly exhausted in her fight with the two was He Lanjiang, and after he swallowed the Dragon Demon Great Pill, his exhaustion had basically recovered by eighty to ninety percent.
However, seeing Lin Sheng's weak state, she clearly couldn't bother with these matters.
She was very clear about the power of the ancestral Bloodline, but using such powerful strength also came at a price. Forcing this power to its limit before reaching the appropriate Realm would cause extremely severe damage to the host, very likely crippling the host's Bloodline Power.
Thinking that the other party did this to save her, Lan Man's always firm Dao Heart couldn't help but be deeply moved at this moment.
"Lin Xiaodi, don't move around. There must be residual strength from the two of them in your body. Let me first help you eliminate it, and you will feel better..."
Saying this, she endured her injuries, took a few steps to Lin Sheng's side, and was about to examine his injuries and begin treatment.
And at this moment, streaks of nearly transparent white light appeared on the broken corpse burned by flames a dozen meters away.
As the white light emerged, the flames on the corpse, which were about to extinguish, rapidly went out, and the broken limbs slowly gathered together.
The next moment, a charred figure shot up from the ground and darted into the mountains at an extremely fast speed.
This scene completely exceeded the expectations of both Lin Sheng and Lan Man.
"Not good, the art of feigned death, Zhou Xingwen isn't dead yet!!"
Lan Man quickly reacted and exclaimed, immediately wanting to force herself to chase, but she was powerless and could only shake her head slightly.
"Never mind, if he ran, he ran. Lin Xiaodi, let's..."
Bang—
Before she finished speaking, several deep cracks had exploded on the ground, and the listless figure beside her shot out like a cannonball.
As he shot out, his body rapidly expanded.
A violent aura that even startled her emanated from him.
Before she could say anything, the figure had already darted out dozens of yards.
Bang bang bang...
Then she saw the massive figure bathed in fire arrive later but catch up first, overtaking the fleeing Zhou Xingwen in a few breaths.
Without even giving the other party a chance to react, a palm as large as half a normal person's body had already smashed his charred figure.
And this was just the beginning; the two large hands continuously smashed down like Wanjun heavy hammers.
"Scum, still trying to run..."
Finally, only a charred skull remained, held by two fingers of the large hand.
"You're good at feigning death? What about now..."
Snap—
Amidst the sinister laughter, the charred skull was already crushed into a wisp of black ash powder by the two fingers.
Amidst the tyrannical laughter, the massive figure suddenly paused as if he thought of something, the laughter stopped abruptly, and his originally huge body also quickly shrank back to normal.
Lin Sheng's complexion returned to pale, he turned to look at Lan Man, who was already dumbfounded, and spoke calmly.
"Lan Jie, I compressed my potential and activated my ancestral Bloodline once again. This should be the last time..."
"You..."
Lan Man only reacted at this moment, tilting her head and widening her eyes.
Both were speechless for a moment.
The mountains fell silent. After a long while, Lin Sheng coughed lightly, got up, and spoke.
"It's not suitable to stay here for long, Lan Jie, let's leave this place first."
"Okay." Lan Man nodded, but her lively eyes kept sizing up Lin Sheng from time to time.
The two quickly cleaned up the surrounding environment, and then disappeared into the mountains.
Lin Sheng first found Sun Hai and Yao Quan, and had them disband the Wind Cloud Gang and Medicine Gang, only taking a small portion of the elites to leave the Congyun Mountains.
At the same time, he had Mei Sanniang and others who had not yet arrived at the Congyun Mountains turn back.
After confirming that there were no omissions, he then left the Congyun Mountains.
Half an hour later, on the periphery of the Congyun Mountains, the Black Eyed Ghost Crow flapped its wings and flew high, rapidly moving away.
On its broad back were Lin Sheng, Lan Man, and Big Yellow, whose claws were embedded in the Black Eyed Ghost Crow's feathers and were trembling.
The atmosphere was somewhat silent; neither of them spoke first to break the silence.
Lin Sheng closed his eyes and focused his mind, as if recuperating from his injuries.
It was just that a pair of burning, lively eyes kept falling on him, making him feel somewhat unnatural.
In the end, he still opened his eyes and couldn't help but speak.
"Lan Jie."
"Hmm, what is it? Want to talk?"
Lan Man seemed to have anticipated this reaction long ago. A cunning smile appeared on her face, and her petite body immediately moved closer.
Her small nose kept sniffing.
"It's just a little secret. Being able to erupt with strength far beyond the ordinary naturally also comes at a great price."
Lin Sheng raised his hand, pushed away the cheek that was almost touching his neck, and said calmly.
"Great price!!? Don't lie to me, I read books?"
Lan Man stroked her chin, looked at Lin Sheng with a strange look, and muttered inwardly.
From the closeness just now, she had already smelled that Lin Sheng's body was full of vitality. There was no sign of any great price; the only price might be his clothes being torn to shreds.
However, she didn't dwell on it too much and shook her head slightly.
"Alright, everyone has secrets; that's normal. If you don't want to tell me, why should I force you? It's just that this secret of yours might be a bit too big?"
"Although your strength after the eruption is very, very strong, not inferior to that of a general God-Form Martial Artist, and even exceeding them in some aspects, you must not underestimate the Divine Form Realm, or you might suffer a great loss in the future."
"I understand, thank you, Lan Jie. However, I don't know much about the Divine Form Realm. Could you enlighten me a bit?"
Lin Sheng nodded, displaying an expression of being enlightened.
God-Form Martial Artists are indeed very strong. It seemed like he succeeded in one blow just now, easily dealing with Zhou Xingwen and the other, but it also contained considerable danger.
Now, he had activated 4 Body Integration marks, integrating with four powerful exotic beasts simultaneously, which could greatly enhance his strength.
But there were still drawbacks.
The most intuitive point was the ability to stay airborne.
After stepping into the Divine Form Realm, one already possesses a certain degree of airborne capability.
The airborne capability of the Divine Form Realm is not like the Sword Control Technique of the Tianxiang Sword Sect, which lacks flexibility; instead, it has extremely flexible reactions in the air, with not much difference compared to on the ground.
Therefore, not fully erupting at the beginning was due to this level of concern. If he fully erupted, coupled with the Dragon Might talent, he could at most kill one of them by surprise.
If the other person chose not to fight him but ascended into the air and fled.
The possibility of him keeping him was very low.
It must be admitted that there is a huge gap between the Divine Form Realm and the Bones Transformation Realm, and the various methods are far beyond what Bones Transformation Martial Artists can compare to.
Hearing Lin Sheng's words, Lan Man just smiled slightly, naturally not meaning to refuse. She immediately sat down cross-legged, crossed her smooth calves, held her chin, and spoke with a smile.
"In the path of martial arts, Blood Transportation, even before Blood Transportation, is just building a foundation so that your Physique and meridians can withstand the power within the Bloodline."
"As for the Bones Transformation Realm, it is a preliminary development of one's Bloodline Power, consisting of seven layers of Bones Transformation. This preliminary development is focused on one's inner self, which is the muscles and bones."
"And the Divine Form Realm is a further, deeper level of development of one's Bloodline, with a total of nine minor Realms, which are the Shen Xing Nine Transformations."
"The two words 'Shen Xing' are the combination of spirit and form, naturally corresponding to both spirit and Physique. Simply put, it is still about excavating and adapting to the Bloodline Power within the body to strengthen oneself, but the degree of strengthening far exceeds that of the Bones Transformation Realm."
Speaking of this, Lan Man paused, seemingly worried that Lin Sheng would find it difficult to understand. She simply extended her hand, and a wisp of faint blue light appeared on her fair and delicate small palm, with white and blue intertwined fur growing from her palm.
"Look, when God-Form Martial Artists make a move, especially when going all out, they will basically exhibit beast transformation features. This is the manifestation of the excavation of the Bloodline Power within the body."
"Therefore, the physical quality of God-Form Martial Artists will undergo a near-qualitative improvement. At the same time, the original Bone Strength will also undergo a qualitative change, condensing into True Qi that only God-Form Martial Artists can control."
"As God-Form Martial Artists cultivate more deeply, the degree of beast transformation will become less obvious. Generally, Martial Artists who have just entered the Divine Form Realm will exhibit the most obvious beast transformation when fighting others, while Martial Artists who have entered the Late Stage of the Divine Form Realm will not show significant beast transformation even when fighting others. This can be considered a point to judge the strength of God-Form Martial Artists."
Lan Man's gaze fell on Lin Sheng, her tone suddenly became much more serious, and she earnestly instructed him with a solemn expression.
"Like He Lanjiang and Zhou Xingwen, they are Martial Artists of the second transformation of Shen Xing. Of course, I am too. Before the third transformation of Shen Xing, they belong to the Early Stage of Divine Form, and when fighting or fully erupting, they will exhibit relatively comprehensive beast transformation phenomena. And your strength after the eruption should be around the third transformation of Shen Xing, although in some aspects it may exceed that."
"The fourth transformation of Shen Xing belongs to the Middle Stage of Divine Form. Strength will significantly improve, and the beast transformation situation during combat has reduced significantly. Reduction does not mean disappearance, but rather that their control over their own Bloodline Power has reached a good level. When encountering a Martial Artist in the Middle Stage of Divine Form, you must be careful and cautious, and try not to have any conflicts with them."
"As for the Late Stage of Divine Form, starting from the seventh transformation of Shen Xing, this Realm has extremely precise and skilled control over Bloodline Power, and the beast transformation situation is greatly reduced, especially at the Peak of Divine Form, where there are almost only a very few beast transformation features. If you encounter one, just run away quickly."
Lan Man directly explained the division and situation of the Divine Form Realm to Lin Sheng, which was full of valuable information for him.
"Shen Xing Nine Transformations. Lan Man personally saw me make a move, so my strength after going all out should be around the third transformation of Shen Xing, but in some aspects, it still exceeds that quite a bit."
Lin Sheng calculated and pondered in his heart.
Many of his methods had little effect on God-Form Martial Artists.
Even the Bone Strength he painstakingly cultivated was weak when facing True Qi, appearing ineffective.
After all, the gap between Realms was too great, and he was only at the first layer of Bones Transformation.
Toxins were also greatly limited. Although they had good effects on the Bones Transformation Realm, they were even less effective than Bone Strength when facing the Divine Form Realm.
Therefore, his methods for causing effective damage to God-Form Martial Artists were quite limited.
Strength was one. To be precise, it should be the absolute strength stacked to the limit after integrating with 4 powerful exotic beasts, coupled with the Giant Strength talent and secret technique enhancement.
After integrating with the exotic beasts, his strength had already reached an extremely powerful level, even surpassing ordinary strength-based Divine Form Martial Artists. Coupled with the third-level Giant Strength and secret techniques, his strength was stacked to an unimaginable degree.
The second was the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon's flames. This type of flame originating from a powerful demonic beast had a good killing effect on God-Form Martial Artists.
Especially after breaking through the protective True Qi, the damage to their physical body would greatly increase.
After activating the talent, the temperature of these flames was greatly increased, making their power even greater.
These two were the only things that could truly pose a threat to God-Form Martial Artists.
Besides these 2 points, the most unignorable thing was his powerful Physique.
The highest among all attributes was the Physique attribute.
Extremely tough muscles, scales, coupled with terrifying recovery ability, were the key to him being able to kill God-Form Martial Artists.
Otherwise, with the terrifying killing power of God-Form Martial Artists, he would definitely be unable to withstand it.
"Oh right, with the deaths of Zhou Xingwen and the other, let alone Tiannan Prefecture, I'm afraid it will definitely cause a huge uproar even throughout the entire Volong Road, and it might even alarm the Imperial Court. We really need to hide well this time."
Lan Man suddenly spoke up to remind him at this moment.
"There's also a Special Envoy from Tianhong Pavilion in Tiannan Prefecture City. I heard Sister Qi say he's a master of the fifth transformation of Shen Xing. He'll probably get the news soon and rush over here. Although those perverts from Tianhong Pavilion aren't great people, they are all very strong..."
Hearing this, Lin Sheng's heart also tightened.
It seems that whether it's the people from Seven Forms Sect or Lin Hong and others, they must be properly arranged to avoid being affected.
After thinking about it, he patted Little Black, accelerated again, and sent out a message at the same time.