Formless Transformation! A Great Escape Through Heaven and Earth

"Still not dead?"

Above ground, Tang Hao frowned deeply.

He could clearly sense that the weak life force underground, though heavily wounded, had not disappeared. Instead, it was fleeing farther away at an even faster speed.

That brat's vitality was far more tenacious than he had expected.

"Let's see where you can run to!"

Tang Hao's patience had run out.

He no longer held back and clenched his right hand in the air.

Buzz!

A massive jet-black hammer covered in savage patterns appeared in his hand out of thin air.

The hammerhead was as large as a water vat.

Nine soul rings silently emerged around the hammer's handle.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!

When that final glaring red light appeared, the colors of heaven and earth seemed to dim.

Haotian Hammer!

The continent's most powerful tool-type martial soul!

Tang Hao raised the Haotian Hammer high and aimed it at the ground beneath his feet.

This time, he would smash this entire mountain range—along with that damned rat underground—into powder!

Yet just as he was about to swing the hammer down, that aura beneath the earth suddenly... vanished?

"No!"

It had abruptly shot from underground into the sky!

Tang Hao jerked his head up.

A black shadow burst from a cracked fissure in the earth, spread a pair of wings in midair, transformed into a black crow, and desperately flew into the distance.

"Another one of those shape-changing tricks!"

Tang Hao's gaze sharpened.

He was now certain that this strange youth possessed some special ability that allowed him to freely change his form.

From human, to marmot, to crow.

Such an ability was unheard of!

"You think taking to the sky means you can escape?"

Tang Hao sneered. His body flickered, and he shot into the sky like a cannonball, moving even faster than the crow!

A breathtaking chase immediately began in the skies.

The crow Lu Ming had transformed into was flapping its wings so hard they were nearly throwing sparks.

As he flew, he cursed the system and Tang Hao bloody murder in his heart.

I just got my cheat, and I already ran into the strongest Titled Douluo? Isn't this just sending me to my death?

He could feel the terrifying killing intent behind him rapidly closing in.

He did not even need to look back to imagine Tang Hao's face, plainly screaming, "I'm going to smash you to pieces."

No, he could not outrun him in the air.

He had to transform again!

Thoughts raced through Lu Ming's mind.

What should he turn into?

It had to be fast! It had to shake off pursuit!

He looked down at the forest rushing past beneath him.

Got it!

His Crow Eye locked onto a stream winding through the forest.

There!

Lu Ming abruptly folded his wings and plunged straight down toward the stream like a stone.

"Trying to dive into the water?"

Tang Hao saw through his intentions at once.

He raised the Haotian Hammer and aimed it at the stream. The forceful wind stirred up by the hammer alone was enough to evaporate the creek and all the fish and shrimp within it!

But Lu Ming moved faster than Tang Hao had expected. Just before his body hit the water's surface, his form changed once more.

This time, he did not turn into a fish.

His body stretched and narrowed in midair, ultimately becoming an emerald-green water snake no thicker than a little finger!

Splash!

The water snake silently slipped into the water and instantly vanished into the rushing stream, swimming swiftly downstream with the current.

Boom!!!

Tang Hao's attack arrived almost at the same time.

Violent energy struck the stream, instantly blasting it dry. The riverbed was exposed, vapor surged into the air, and the surrounding trees were uprooted and reduced to dust.

A terrifying crater more than fifty meters across appeared where the stream had once been.

Tang Hao hovered in midair, his frown deepening further.

His spiritual power swept over the area below, yet he could no longer find that familiar aura.

He escaped?

No.

Tang Hao could sense that the other party's aura had not vanished. It had merely become extremely faint and mixed with the countless traces of moisture and plant life in the forest, making it almost impossible to distinguish.

"Good brat. You've got some skills."

A trace of solemnity appeared in Tang Hao's voice.

This youth not only had an absurd soul ring configuration, but his soul skills were completely unheard of.

Illusions, transformation, aura concealment...

With one trick after another, even he, a battle-hardened Titled Douluo, found him somewhat troublesome.

If there had not been such an overwhelming gap in their strength, the boy might truly have escaped today.

But that was all.

"You think this is enough to escape my grasp?"

Tang Hao slowly closed his eyes. His vast spiritual power spread in all directions like spilled mercury.

This time, he meticulously distinguished every trace of energy fluctuation in the area. Even an ant crawling or a drop of dew evaporating could not escape his senses.

He would slowly dig that cunning "bug" out of this forest, inch by inch!

Ten li downstream.

A tiny emerald-green snake poked its head out of the water and warily looked around.

After confirming that there was no danger, it swiftly swam ashore and crawled into a dense patch of bushes.

A flash of light appeared. The little snake vanished, and Lu Ming's human form reappeared. He leaned against a large tree, gasping heavily, his face as pale as paper.

"Phew... phew... I finally shook him off."

Lu Ming looked back with lingering fear.

That had been far too close. If he had been even a tenth of a second slower, he would already have been smashed into pulp by the Haotian Hammer.

Using Formless Transformation twice in succession had drained an enormous amount of his spiritual power. This kind of precise mimicry transformation was even more exhausting than reconstructing a human body had been.

His head felt hollowed out, and waves of dizziness washed over him.

"But this Formless Transformation really is a divine skill!"

Lu Ming could not help but marvel.

Being able to freely alter his form was simply the perfect method for escape, infiltration, and assassination!

As long as he used it properly, where in the world could he not go?

Of course, that was assuming he did not run into an unreasonable monster like Tang Hao again.

"My soul power is almost dry..."

Lu Ming checked his physical condition.

Only a thin layer of soul power remained in his body. Activating Gluttonous Sea of Light had nearly drained more than half of it, and the subsequent transformations had only made things worse.

Right now, he was nothing more than a fragile shell with twenty levels of soul power. Even a hundred-year soul beast could probably take him down with ease.

I need to find somewhere hidden and recover as soon as possible.

Lu Ming surveyed his surroundings.

This was an unfamiliar mountain forest, thick with trees and tangled thorn bushes. It seemed to be deep within the mountain range near Saint Soul Village.

That lunatic Tang Hao had chased him all the way here, forcing him from the outer edge of the valley into this place.

I wonder if he's gone yet?

Lu Ming felt uneasy.

Being targeted by a Titled Douluo was no small matter, especially when he had "eaten" that Titled Douluo's wife.

This grudge had been thoroughly forged.

"Forget it. I'll deal with him later. Surviving comes first."

Lu Ming shook his head and prepared to find a secluded cave to hide in and restore his soul power first.

However, the moment he took a step, an extreme sense of danger instantly spread through his entire body!

He abruptly raised his head and looked toward the sky.

There was nothing there.

Blue sky, white clouds, and dense canopies.

Yet the feeling of being locked onto only grew stronger!

It was as though an invisible eye was coldly watching him from ten thousand meters above.

Tang Hao!

He had not left!

He was still looking for him!

Lu Ming's scalp went numb, and a chill shot from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

How was that possible?

He had already transformed into a water snake, escaped so far downstream, and even used Formless Transformation to imitate the aura of an ordinary aquatic animal.

How had Tang Hao found him?

Could a Titled Douluo's spiritual senses truly be this powerful?

Even after changing species, he could still be locked onto?

"Monster... that guy is a complete monster!"

Lu Ming gritted his teeth. Not daring to linger for even a moment, he turned and sprinted in the direction opposite Tang Hao's senses.

He had almost no soul power left and could not activate Gluttonous Sea of Light or Formless Transformation again.

The only thing he could rely on was this newly reconstructed body, which was at least somewhat tough!

Run!

Run with everything he had!

But how could a two-legged human possibly outrun a Titled Douluo who could fly?

Almost the instant he began running, a tiny black dot in the distant sky rapidly grew larger.

That heaven-shattering pressure descended once again!

"Brat, you really are unusual."

Tang Hao's voice boomed over Lu Ming's head like rolling thunder.

"You're the first person to last this long against me."

"But this ends here."

Before his words had even faded, an enormous shadow had already covered the entire sky above Lu Ming.

It was the Haotian Hammer!

The giant hammer wrapped in nine soul rings descended directly toward him, carrying boundless killing intent and destructive power!

This time, Lu Ming clearly saw Tang Hao's ninth soul ring—the glaring red one—light up!

A hundred-thousand-year soul skill!

He was actually using a hundred-thousand-year soul skill against a mere level-twenty soul master!

That lunatic!

Lu Ming's pupils contracted sharply, and his mind went blank.

Before this strike, any struggle was futile.

He could not even form the thought of fleeing. His body seemed nailed to the spot, and he could only watch helplessly as death descended.

Was he going to die?

Would he still be unable to escape in the end?

He was unwilling...

Truly unwilling!

Just as Lu Ming had completely fallen into despair and was about to close his eyes to await death,

the system in his mind, which had remained silent for so long, suddenly sounded a string of urgent notifications.

[Detected that the host has encountered a fatal threat!]

[System self-protection program activated!]

[Forcibly unsealing the Blue Silver Emperor soul power stored within the host!]

[10%... 30%... 50%...]

An unimaginably vast surge of life energy erupted violently from the depths of Lu Ming's body like a volcanic explosion!