Beastification!

Houses collapsed, streets split apart, and the entire county town seemed to tremble. It was a feast of destruction.

In an instant, the entire county town was filled with lightning and horrifying killing intent. Jiang Yin, Bai Hu, and the others were also sent flying by the shockwave created when those two powers collided.

At the center of the explosion,

After their first clash, both men were blasted backward.

However, Bai Tianyang was a late-stage Deity Transformation expert. He quickly steadied himself, revealing a ghostly face on his chest.

More than a dozen iron chains shot out from the ghost face's mouth, hurtling toward Qin Hao at incredible speed.

Qin Hao also stopped his backward flight. Yet just as he had steadied himself, he saw several chains lashing toward him.

Qin Hao gathered lightning power in his left hand and swept it forcefully, shattering every chain.

Just when Qin Hao thought the danger had passed, the fragments of those chains shot at him once more.

Qin Hao could only retreat, but the fragments still caught up with him and surrounded him from all sides.

"What is this?" Qin Hao found it strange to see the chains behaving as though they were alive.

While Qin Hao was deep in thought, the chains gathered together again as if possessed by life. They instantly wrapped around him, rendering him unable to move.

"Hahaha, brat, let's see what you can do now!"

"Locked by my Soul Devouring Chains, let's see where you can run! Just wait for my Soul Devouring Chains to drain you dry of your life!"

"Hahaha! Your surging vitality will surely take my strength another step forward!"

Bai Tianyang had also arrived above Qin Hao. Looking at Qin Hao bound by the chains, he burst into laughter.

However, Bai Tianyang looked somewhat bedraggled as well. The clothes on his upper body had already been shredded beyond recognition in their previous battle.

Qin Hao noticed a ferocious ghostly face on Bai Tianyang's chest, and those chains extended from that very face.

Moreover, Qin Hao discovered that the chains were continuously devouring his life force.

"Hmph! Old bastard, do you think this is enough to trap me? Let me show you my trump card!"

"Ah!"

With that, Qin Hao suddenly let out a furious roar. His body began to swell rapidly, while black scales slowly emerged across his back!

Before long, the scales covered Qin Hao's entire body, forming flawless defense.

Qin Hao continuously exerted force, his muscles swelling to an exaggerated degree.

"Ah!"

Accompanied by that roar brimming with boundless fury and killing intent, waves of black lightning swept out from Qin Hao's body in every direction. The chains were instantly vaporized by the terrifying lightning.

"What?"

Seeing the Soul Devouring Chains he had painstakingly nurtured destroyed in an instant by Qin Hao's lightning, Bai Tianyang stared at the scene in shock before rapidly retreating.

He sensed a terrifying aura of destruction within that black lightning.

Having broken free of his shackles, Qin Hao stood in the air like a humanoid demonic beast, his aura undergoing a qualitative transformation.

At this moment, Qin Hao was covered from head to toe in black dragon scales, and his hands had transformed into a pair of sharp dragon claws. Other than that, there were no major changes.

This was the change brought about by Qin Hao's increased bloodline concentration—Beastification! He could use dragon scales to further strengthen his attack and defense.

Feeling the power brought by Beastification, Qin Hao was incomparably excited. His strength, defense, and recovery had all received a comprehensive boost.

However, this form also had a flaw: it would make him bloodthirsty and frenzied. Qin Hao's eyes were crimson now; calling him a demonic beast would be more fitting.

"Whew..."

Qin Hao drew a deep breath and looked toward Bai Tianyang with bloodthirsty eyes, his gaze radiating brutal killing intent.

Seeing Qin Hao become like this, Bai Hu, who stood not far away, was greatly startled!

"How can this be? How could he wield the power of Beastification so quickly?!"

"It seems this man truly is a favored child of heaven. Perhaps he may even attain the Dao and ascend during the Great Tribulation in the future."

Jiang Yin, beside him, merely watched Qin Hao, his eyes filled with yearning. Was this not what they longed for?

This was a talent that countless people dreamed of. Even those favored children of heaven who possessed bloodlines needed years of hard work before they could wield Beastification.

Yet the young man before them had reached such a level at the age of fifteen. Though it was only initial Beastification, it was still shocking.

At the same time, Jiang Yin and the others were equally stunned.

Not far away, Ge Wengong had also witnessed Qin Hao's transformation.

As the local magistrate, he naturally understood what the change occurring in Qin Hao's body signified.

He stared at the figure in the sky in astonishment, filled with emotion. He had never expected his old schoolmate to possess such fortune as to have a favored child of heaven like this.

"Hehe, what a blessing bestowed by heaven. I never expected it to fall into the hands of your Qin Clan."

Ge Wengong looked at Qin Hao with envy written across his face. There was no jealousy in his eyes; instead, he was happy for his friend.

Still, he was somewhat worried. The Qin Clan was too small to support a genius possessing Bloodline Power. But when he remembered that Qin Hao had already joined the Heavenly Dragon Guard, he no longer worried too much.

Seeing Qin Hao's transformation, Bai Tianyang's expression darkened. He naturally knew what had happened to Qin Hao.

He absolutely could not let this brat go. If the brat left alive, he would become a tremendous hidden danger!

But this brat was too hard to put down. No matter how he had attacked earlier, the brat had remained completely unharmed!

At that thought, Bai Tianyang erupted with ghostly aura that soared into the sky.

That was right. Bai Tianyang was prepared to use his full strength and kill Qin Hao completely!

His body began to change drastically. A ghost head slowly emerged from his neck—a blue-green ghost head with a mane of red hair, a bluish face, and protruding fangs.

His body also began to transform, rapidly growing from seven feet to nearly three meters tall. A pair of long horns grew from his head, while another pair of arms emerged from beneath his ribs.

The ghostly face on his chest became increasingly ferocious. It slowly crawled out from his chest and exhaled a murky breath.

Ghostly aura unique to the ghost race radiated from his entire body, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet.

"Brat, next year today will be your death anniversary!"

Having revealed all his strength, Bai Tianyang glared fixedly at Qin Hao.

"Hahaha, it might be the death anniversary of an old fossil like you instead! Hahaha."

Though Bai Tianyang had revealed his strength, Qin Hao did not panic in the slightest. It was still uncertain who would be the deer and who would be the hunter.

Perhaps due to Beastification, the bloodthirsty nature in Qin Hao's heart grew ever more restless.