The deeper transformation of the forbidden release was a manifestation of Zhang Chen's devouring path ascending to a higher level, a Form Change occurring atop the original forbidden release.
His limbs, sprawled against the ground, had grown beastlike and massive compared to his original human body, especially his two exceptionally developed hind legs. The white hair atop his head had grown long and hung messily over his shoulders. The mouth on his face had split all the way to his ears. The teeth inside remained human in form, but their number had increased to forty-four.
At the same time, seamlessly connected mouths had grown all over Zhang Chen's body, just like the form he had taken when devouring the townspeople in Moon Creek Town in his previous life. The ghostly shadow on his back had not attached itself to Zhang Chen's body yet. It had not reached the point where Zhang Chen wanted to use it; it was an important trump card. All he needed to deal with now were some blood source underlings.
Though Zhang Chen looked like a beast, his consciousness was actually perfectly clear.
The human form held certain advantages in solo combat, but when facing an army of such enormous numbers, Zhang Chen naturally needed to display the form best suited for area attacks.
His thick legs exerted force, and a wave of air spread from where Zhang Chen stood. The power launched his body tens of thousands of meters into the air, reaching the summit of the blood clouds within the Blood Heaven Burial Ground created by the blood source.
"Hiss! Hiss!" In the instant he hung motionless among the clouds, Zhang Chen's torn mouth exhaled dense white mist.
When every vampire infected by the blood source turned their gaze toward the center of the