Chapter 536: Old Friends and Monsters
Night, slightly cool.
The bright moon hangs high in the sky, casting a quiet and pure white light, slightly illuminating the earth.
The sky is full of twinkling stars, casting dots of starlight, colorful and gorgeous.
A cool breeze blew through the forest, shaking the green leaves and stirring the branches.
The sturdy trees were still hundreds of meters tall. Li Yuan was sitting cross-legged among the grass leaves. If one looked down, he looked like an insignificant ant.
A cool breeze blew, and the leaves rustled.
How quiet it is under the night.
When Li Yuan opened his eyes from a nap, he sensed a certain...bloodthirsty aura.
He seemed to sense something and looked up at the dark branches above his head.
In the dim night, under the light of the moon, a tall black human figure stood on a tree branch.
It appeared out of nowhere, with a body nearly four meters tall, extremely strong, and scarlet eyes. It stared at Li Yuan like a hunter, motionless, like a sharp nail.
Combined with the silent night, it gives people a weird and terrifying feeling.
Li Yuan stood up, looked up, and frowned.
In the thick darkness, there seemed to be some obstructing force activated, and he could not see the appearance of the "monster" on the tree.
"Is that you...Brother Jiang Shi?"
Li Yuan's voice was a little hesitant, with anticipation and complexity.
He hoped that this "monster" was Jiang Shi, but he was also afraid that it really was Jiang Shi.
Because... he had already seen endless bloodthirstiness and desire for killing in the 'monster's' scarlet eyes.
Li Yuan's voice broke the silence of the night. The dark shadow on the tree raised his arms slightly, leaned down, and pounced over like a shadow.
During the process, endless terrifying corpse gas is emitted, which is enough to corrode everything.
If an ordinary creature faced this thick corpse aura, it would have been fixed and unable to move.
Even Li Yuan felt a little oppressed.
He made a hand seal and unleashed a Qi-restricting technique.
The immortal power activated the free original energy between heaven and earth, instantly fixing the tall black shadow in mid-air.
With the help of the quiet moonlight, Li Yuan stared intently, and after seeing the monster's face clearly, his body couldn't help but shake.
Although he had a premonition, this bloodthirsty monster was actually Jiang Shi...
In other words, it is Jiang Shi who was resurrected after death, between life and death, in an indescribable state.
The face is pale and blue, the eyes are red and the fangs are fangs. The skin is dry and hard, but it has thick light black hair. The fingers also have claws, which are full of bloodthirstiness...
"Brother Jiang Shi, how could you become like this..."
Li Yuan used a summoning technique to attract the monster transformed by Jiang Shi to his side.
And when he got closer, as if he sensed some breath instinctively, Jiang Shi broke free from some of the restraints of the Qi Confinement Technique, roared with red eyes, fangs exposed, and scratched around with sharp claws, constantly trying to get closer to Li Yuan.
Li Yuan looked at the old friend in front of him. Seeing his ferocious appearance, he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.
"You've been looking for me...right?"
Li Yuan looked at the monster that Jiang Shi had transformed into and his sudden excitement, as if he understood something.
The familiar scent on him triggered a sense of intimacy in Jiang Shi's bones. It was one of the scents that he was closest to and trusted the most in his life.
But when he turned into a monster and became manic and bloodthirsty, this aura would only attract him more until this feeling was completely torn apart.
Even after a thousand years, this immortal monster is still searching instinctively.
Jiang Shi roared, his fangs were stained with blood, his face was ashen and lifeless, his eyes were dull and lifeless, and he had long lost the consciousness he had before he died.
He was extremely excited and kept scratching Li Yuan, as if he wanted to get close to Li Yuan and then devour him completely.
Li Yuan sighed, a little sad: "If I hadn't resisted Canglong in the initial battle, maybe I could have fought with you to the end..."
"You must have been through a lot to become like this... I'm sorry..."
He spoke softly to Jiang Shi in front of him, even though he knew that the other person was no longer a familiar old friend.
But Li Yuan is like this. He values emotions, but is also easily bound by emotions.
Even though the battle was fierce at that time, there was nothing that could be done.
I still feel that if an old friend encounters a disaster, I must have my share of responsibility.
The monster that Jiang Shi transformed into was extremely manic, with all the hair on its body standing up like steel needles, as if it was determined to completely tear apart the living creature in front of it that particularly attracted it.
"Now, let me see...what exactly happened..."
Li Yuan took a deep breath, and a faint but heart-pounding light flashed from his fingers.
It's like devouring the soul and invading the mind.
For the first time in his life, he used a technique to explore memory.
This kind of magic is not rare, but in the three realms of later generations, immortals and gods cannot use it interchangeably, so it basically has no presence.
Li Yuan invaded Jiang Shi's brain with his spiritual consciousness.
If the monster that Jiang Shi turned into was between life and death and was immortal, then some memories would always be retained in this flesh and blood body.
He wanted to see what had happened to Jiang Shi back then.
The magic glowed faintly, and Li Yuan's consciousness turned into a beam of light, forcibly shining into the long-forgotten memories in Jiang Shi's mind.
The memory is a bit fragmented, but the important things are still remembered by Jiang Shi's instinct.
The first scene is when I was young.
The frail mother used all her belongings to keep her children warm. She was frozen to death in the severe winter and turned into an ice sculpture.
When the severe winter passed, Jiang Shi, his father and sister buried his mother.
During that period, Jiang Shi cried for a long time and also had to take care of his younger sister.
The second scene was still when I was young, in fact, it was the second year after my mother passed away.
The strong father was unfortunately injured during the last big hunt of the year and did not survive the harsh winter.
Jiang Shi dug up the cold soil and buried his father in the ground.
He held his sister's hand but didn't cry because he knew it was time for him to grow up.
In the third scene, Jiang Shi has grown into a strong young man.
He has a strong body and almost unlimited energy. Due to his outstanding talent, he performs very well in hunting and is widely loved by the tribesmen.
Everyone said that he was the best warrior and could hunt the most food, and his sister would definitely live the happiest life.
During that time, Jiang Shi rarely smiled.
He looked at his lovely sister and thought to himself that he must make sure that his sister would have enough food and warm clothing for the rest of her life.
But fate is cruel and the winter is ruthless.
Tens of meters thick ice collapsed Jiang Shi’s house.
Jiang Shi's sister died in the ruins.
He didn't know what emotion he should be feeling, he just felt endless sadness.
That period of time.
Jiang Shi fell into an extreme silent madness.
He isolated himself, went on frequent hunts, and said nothing.
It was not until he was nearly killed by a primitive giant beast and the witch and shaman who had foreseen this sent their tribesmen to rescue him that he stopped his almost suicidal behavior.
From then on, he began to protect his people and became the youngest 'Hunter'.