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Chapter 357 Awakening [Part ]

now.

The three people on the motorcycle took off their helmets.

The stern man in the lead glanced at him calmly and spoke.

"Well done. Once this mission is successfully completed, you will definitely get some benefits."

Hear the words.

The smile on the one-eyed man in blood-stained clothes became even more intense.

"No way! Catching this kind of traitor and cooperating with you, sir, is what we should do!"

However, he was humble in words.

But the look in his eyes when he looked towards the gathering place of rotten leaves was full of joy and greed.

He has fought with Tiexiong more than once and dreamed of getting rid of him.

Unfortunately, his own strength was limited, and Iron Bear's hard membrane was like iron sheet, which was difficult to break.

In every confrontation, he was suppressed by the opponent, suffered a lot, and felt extremely aggrieved.

Until one time when he went out, he found a wanted poster for Tiexiong.

Only truly large gathering bases are qualified to issue this kind of wanted order.

Only then did he know Tiexiong's identity - he was from a large gathering base called Panshan a hundred kilometers away.

He defected here because he offended a big shot.

No wonder Tiexiong is so powerful. After learning the news, he reported Tiexiong without any delay.

Regardless of whether Tiexiong is eventually captured or killed, all resources of the Rotten Leaf Gathering Area will belong to him.

In addition, the other party promised to give him a reward after the mission was successful.

A blood cloud fruit.

Think of this.

He felt warm in his heart.

For an evolver who wants to improve his own strength, there are only two ways to go.

One is to let it grow freely and then train it in a certain way.

Another way is to take the meat of powerful wild beasts and some spiritual fruits that are very beneficial to oneself, so as to promote the improvement of one's own strength.

In comparison, the first type is completely dependent on talent and cannot be compared with the second type at all.

Even if it’s just a powerful wild beast.

Or spiritual fruit.

This kind of thing is hard to come by, and only large gathering places have the conditions to grow and cultivate it.

The quantity is extremely rare and it is simply not something that a first-level evolver like him can enjoy.

I didn't expect that this time I could get one with the help of my archenemy, Tiexiong.

He is now at the peak of the first level. As long as he obtains the Blood Cloud Fruit and consumes it, it won’t take long for him to enter the second level.

The strength of the man at the Black Stone Gathering Base was almost the same as his.

We won’t be his match even if he breaks through.

By then, there will only be one thorn gathering place in this area.

Even, when you are strong enough, you can go to those large gathering places to develop.

As he thought of this, the greed in his eyes became more intense.

As for whether he could take down Tie Xiong, he was not worried at all.

He couldn't figure out the strength of these three people, but they were at least second-level evolvers, which was more than enough for them to capture an Iron Bear.

"Hurry up, tell your leader to come out and see us! If he doesn't, I will kill you all!"

At this time.

Miao Xu at the side spoke first, breaking the silence. He looked at the people in the rotten leaf gathering place with disgust.

It was like looking at a bunch of garbage.

The voice was calm, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

Hear the words.

Everyone at the rotten leaves gathering place looked at each other in bewilderment.

This guy is too arrogant.

"Fuck him, who does this guy think he is? He wants to see the leader? And he wants to kill us all!"

A guard saw this, spat to the side and cursed under his breath.

His voice was not loud, and under normal circumstances, only people around him could hear it.

However, what was strange was that Miao Xu, who was a hundred meters away, instantly turned his gaze to him.

"court death!"

A cold light flashed in Miao Xu's eyes.

puff!

next second.

The guard's eyes became dazed, and he stuffed the muzzle of the gun directly into his mouth, accompanied by a muffled bang.

Blood splattered everywhere and the man fell straight to the ground.

This sudden scene shocked everyone present.

Xu Qing couldn't help but look at Miao Xu deeply, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.

"As expected of an evolver who is inclined towards the spiritual system, his methods are indeed weird."

The few guards who reacted immediately pulled the bolt of their guns, aimed at the people below, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

however.

next second.

The men who pulled the trigger also put the muzzle of the gun into their own mouths and pulled the trigger.

His head burst, blood splattered, and he fell to the ground dead, just like the previous guard.

This scene frightened the remaining guards at the Rotten Leaf Gathering Area so much that they dared not make any move.

Tong Chang was also frightened.

Seeing the other person's gaze, he could only grit his teeth and speak in a trembling voice.

"Everyone, my leader is out and not in the Rotten Leaves gathering area. How about you wait for a moment..."

"Not here? I don't think you'll cry until you see the coffin."

Miao Xu snorted coldly.

"Enough! We are here to carry out our mission, not to act as butchers and kill our compatriots.

It's fine to attack the Evolved, but if we attack these ordinary people, how will other gathering places view us if the news spreads?"

On the side, a stern man frowned and stopped Miao Xu's actions.

Speaking of which.

He looked at Tong Chang.

"Since he's not here, let's go in and wait. Please open the door!"

"Of course there is no problem with this!"

In this regard, since one has to bow his head under someone else's eaves, Tong Chang could only force a smile.

Let someone open the door obediently.

Don't be fooled by the nice words the other party says. If you really take the other party's words of not killing ordinary people seriously, you may not even know how you died.

-

Regarding all that happened in the gathering place of rotten leaves.

Hu Qi didn't know.

now.

He stood on a rock, surrounded by the ochre-colored desert Gobi and dead silence.

Directly in front of them was a huge lake, which the survivors named Rock Lake because of the jagged rocks surrounding it.

"My Lord, I found the wild beast here before and saw it dive into the lake with my own eyes..."

A ragged survivor knelt beside Hu Qi. As he spoke, he seemed to think of the scene at that time and a trace of fear flashed across his face.

Behind him stood a group of hunting team members.

If you observe carefully, you can find that these people look extremely nervous.

"Very good, I will claim the reward when I get back. You should leave here first and wait three kilometers away."

Hu Qi's tone was flat.

"Yes!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions relaxed slightly.

A third-level wild beast is enough to easily destroy any small or medium-sized settlement.

If it weren't for Hu Qi, they wouldn't dare to come here.

They had no confidence at all in really encircling and suppressing a third-level wild beast. With the guns in their hands, they could only barely cause damage to a first-level wild beast.

The second level is useless, let alone the third level.

Now that they heard Hu Qi ask them to leave, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Soon, everyone left.

Hu Qi looked at the huge lake in front of him.

The lake is like a mirror, oval in shape and covers a vast area.

The water at the edge is crystal clear, but as you move towards the center, the water becomes darker in color.

There was silence all around, nothing unusual.

However, being too quiet is inherently weird.

Under normal circumstances, where there is water, there must be living things, even wild beasts need to drink water.

But the lake before him was like a stagnant pool of water, with no trace of any wild beasts or animals.

Bang!
Hu Qi raised his leg and kicked a rock next to him that was more than two people tall.

Suddenly, the rock flew out like a cannonball, fell into the water, and caused huge splashes and noises.

A few seconds passed.

Roar!
suddenly.

A low roar came from the bottom of the lake.

At the same time.

The originally calm lake surface suddenly boiled like boiling water.

Wow!
The surface of the lake bulged, the water rushed up into the sky like a fountain, and the surface of the lake suddenly exploded.

As the water flowed down, a figure slowly appeared.

This was a white bear that was larger than one could imagine, and it slowly stood up from the bottom of the lake. The part of its body that was exposed above the water was at least 50 to 60 meters high, and at first glance, it looked like a moving snow mountain.

What's weird is.

This white bear actually has two heads, each as big as a hill.

The two heads swayed, and the four eyes were deep blue with a faint light flowing.

Water droplets slid down its thick and white hair like steel needles, hit the surface of the lake, and splashed layers of water.

It stood in the lake with its heads slightly raised, and its roar resounded through heaven and earth like a huge bell.

The huge roar made the air buzz and the ground shook slightly, with amazing power.

Simultaneously.

An astonishing chill spread from it, and the water droplets and waves that were originally exploding and splashing instantly condensed in the air.

"Ok?"

Hu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly when he saw this.

"Yes, this kind of power is definitely not an ordinary third-level wild beast. It must be at least at the peak of the third level."

If the first and second level wild beasts are only physically strong, then the third level wild beasts can already display some extraordinary powers.

At this moment, Hu Qi clearly felt that with the appearance of the white bear, the surrounding heaven and earth vitality was stirred up.

At this moment, the two-headed white bear locked its eyes on Hu Qi, then raised its huge paw and slammed him down.

Boom!

Accompanied by a loud bang.

The place where Hu Qi was originally standing collapsed like tofu the moment the bear's paw fell.

After lifting.

A shocking huge bear paw print appeared in its place.

However, seeing this scene.

Instead of stopping, the two-headed white bear looked around with its two heads, as if looking for something.

At the same time, a dazzling blue halo with a terrifying chill condensed on his body.

suddenly.

It seemed to have sensed something and turned its head to look in a certain direction.

at this time.

A flash of black light flashed by like lightning.

The white bear paused, and the blue light in its eyes and on its body was instantly choked.

Followed by.

With a loud "boom", the two-headed white bear that looked like a towering snow-capped mountain appeared.

The four azure eyes suddenly lost their luster, and the huge body fell straight to the ground, hitting the ground heavily with a dull sound.

The huge noise was clearly visible to the members of the hunting team who had retreated three kilometers away.

Their faces changed instantly because of the pressure coming from creatures higher up in the food chain.

It filled their hearts with fear.

Some people even began to wonder whether they should run further away, doubting whether the leader could really defeat such a terrifying monster.

However, before they could react, the huge wild beast fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Everything happened too quickly, from the moment it appeared to the moment it ended.

Less than ten seconds passed.

The strength displayed by the new leader far exceeded their imagination.

Thinking of this, the members of the hunting team looked at each other with a strange look on their faces.

This situation is not a bad thing for them, quite the opposite.

The stronger their leader is, the safer and more secure their gathering place will be.

……

The original place, beside the Rock Lake.

The two-headed white bear's huge body, as big as a hill, lay on the ground, motionless.

And on its body.

A tiny figure stood there, holding a tattered black banner tightly in his hand.

As the flags fluttered, the silhouette of a two-headed white bear seemed to disappear and fade away.

at this time.

Hu Qi's face was slightly pale, but compared to when he first arrived in this world and used the black flag, the backlash he suffered was obviously much smaller now that his qi and blood were complete.

Hu Qi looked at the corpse at his feet and waved the black flag in his hand.

In an instant, the extremely hard membrane on the surface of the two-headed white bear was easily torn into a huge hole as if it were paper.

He looked down and clearly saw the giant bear's huge bloody heart that was still beating.

Thanks to the powerful vitality of the third-level wild beast, although the soul of the giant bear was extracted by the black flag, its body was not dead yet.

Still maintain a certain vitality and activity.

Seeing this, Hu Qi jumped into the wound without hesitation and came to the location of the heart of the two-headed white bear.

He tore a hole with the black banner, crawled in, and let the blood wrap himself.

The heart was extremely large, as big as a house, and was more than enough to accommodate Hu Qi.

At this moment, his heart was still beating strongly, and surging blood and energy enveloped Hu Qi.

He immediately stopped breathing temporarily and entered a state of tortoise rest.

"Whether you can awaken successfully depends on this one move!"

Hu Qi closed his eyes and began the awakening ceremony according to the method he learned from Tiexiong.

He calmed his mind and sketched a simple hexagonal pattern in his mind.

According to Tiexiong, this is an essential ritual for awakening.

For ordinary people, drawing runes is not an easy task. Just one stroke can exhaust most of their energy.

Besides, the blood of wild beasts is not an ordinary liquid, each one contains unique power.

Just like the blood of this two-headed white bear, it is extremely cold, enough to freeze an ordinary person's body stiff, and may even cause necrosis of body functions. In this case, it is extremely difficult to concentrate on drawing runes.

But this was no difficulty for Hu Qi.

His Qi and blood are already perfect, his body is comparable to that of a second-order evolver, and he also has the essence of an apostle.

Even if it is just a ray, it is far beyond the reach of ordinary people.

At the moment when this pattern was successfully outlined in my mind, an invisible suction force emanated from the pattern.

A special power in the blood around began to slowly gather inside the body.

This situation continued for a few seconds.

The suction force suddenly increased by dozens of times.

Hu Qi's body seemed to turn into an invisible vortex.

The reason for this was that Hu Qi discovered that the suction effect of this pattern was too slow, so he directly used his soul-devouring talent.

dong dong dong-

The white bear heart that had been calming down and wrapped around Hu Qi suddenly began beating violently.

If one could see through, one would find that the blood and vitality in the white bear's body were continuously flowing towards its heart, and its originally huge body was actually beginning to shrink rapidly.

Like a deflated ball.

A few minutes later.

The two-headed white bear that was originally as big as a hill disappeared without a trace.

Instead, there was a shriveled bear skin.

puff!
The bear skin cracked, two palms tore the bear skin, and a bloody figure stood up from it.

The figure looked down at the blood splattered all over his body, and without hesitation, he leaped up and plunged into the lake on the side with a "plop".

The water splashed, and after a while, the lake gradually returned to calm.

Soon, a figure slowly walked out of the water.

It is like a small hill, about two meters and twenty-three meters tall.

Just standing there brings with it a suffocating sense of oppression.

He had a muscular build and was naked from the waist up. Every inch of his exposed muscles looked like carefully carved rock, intertwined with each other.

The originally black hair had grown a little longer and turned completely white, cascading down on both sides of his broad shoulders like a waterfall, sparkling with a hint of cool luster under the sunlight.

And his eyes completely turned into a deep dark blue.

Like two pieces of ice that have been frozen for thousands of years, the cold air they emit seems to be able to freeze everything around them, making people shudder.

“Is this the Evolver?”

Hu Qi stretched his body.

Suddenly, there was a crackling sound.

At this moment, he clearly felt the wonderful changes taking place in his body.

Every cell, every inch of skin, and every bone in the body is filled with unprecedented activity and strength.

At the same time, there is a cold and terrifying chill lurking in it.

The source of all these changes is the chest, which is where the essence and spirit were originally stored.

Now, this place where the essence of the soul was hidden is no longer there, and instead, there is a ball of constantly wriggling silver light.

As he breathed, Hu Qi could keenly sense countless granular points of light swarming in from all directions.

Most of it entered the silver light, and a small part stayed in his body, strengthening his body.

These light spots are colorful and varied.

However, the most numerous of them were grayish-white spots of light.

As for the light particles of other colors, the reaction was relatively flat, without much movement.

"Aether fan?"

Hu Qi's eyes moved slightly.

It was not until this moment, after he truly became an evolver, that he truly realized the difference between the ether lost in this world and the ordinary vitality of heaven and earth.

Ordinary vital energy of heaven and earth originates from the origin of the world and is translucent, which ordinary people cannot perceive at all.

Although this etheric lost child also possesses some functions of the vital energy of heaven and earth, its attributes are divided more finely.

Just like those red particles represent burning, the khaki color represents heaviness, and the grayish-white light spots that he swallowed represent the attributes of coldness and extinction.

"My current strength seems to have far exceeded the limits of a first-order evolver..."

Think of this.

Hu Qi's gaze subconsciously summoned the scarlet panel.

(End of this chapter)