Nine Origins City, Mount Xu Tuo.
Mount Xu Tuo wasn't too tall, but the mountain range stretched on endlessly. There was also a long river winding along the mountain range. The mountains were accompanied by water, and the water surrounded the mountains. The mountains and the mountains were interdependent, creating a unique charm.
Hu Jiu was born in a mountain village on Mount Sutuo. He had eight older brothers and sisters. The people in the mountains didn't pay much attention to their names, so they called him Hu Jiu.
Although he had eight older brothers and sisters, he was the only one left in his family. Two years ago, his father caught a Three-tailed Spirit Fox in the mountains and caught the eye of the chief of the mountain village. His father refused to give it to him and even got into a conflict.
In the end, when they went hunting in the mountains, Fort Master Hu Ya brought people to kill Hu Jiu's entire family. Hu Jiu was smart and lucky, so he managed to escape.
For the past two years, he had been hiding in the mountains. Hu Jiu had been hunting in the mountains since he was young, so he was very familiar with Mount Sutuo. Although he didn't dare to go deep, he could live quite well just by moving around the periphery. From time to time, they would have to go to the surrounding villages to exchange for necessities such as salt.
He hated Hu Ya to the bone. However, Hu Jiu also knew that Hu Ya knew martial arts and even knew some spells. Although he dared to fight a real tiger, he had no chance of winning against a tiger fang.
When Hu Jiu was young, a wandering warlock came to the village and touched their bones. He said that they didn't have the foundation to cultivate and that they were not fated to enter the immortal sects in this lifetime.
Hu Jiu did not care at that time, but when he wanted to take revenge, he suddenly realized that he was not strong enough. He had spent a great deal of effort to enter Nine Origins City, which was several hundred kilometers away. He had also spent all of his savings to find a sect to take the test.
Sure enough, he didn't have a Dao bone, so he couldn't cultivate. That person told him that unless he had a heaven-defying panacea or a fortuitous encounter, he would never be able to possess great power in his lifetime.
Hu Jiu was once in despair, but he had a tenacious personality. He had heard that there was an immortal abode left behind by an immortal master in the depths of Mount Sutuo. He had been wandering around the mountains, hoping to find an immortal abode one day and obtain great power.
Unfortunately, his martial arts were too weak. They could only circle around the outside of Mount Sutuo, unable to go any deeper. He had tried twice and almost lost his life.
The demonic beasts in the depths of Mount Sutuo were each more powerful than the last. After two years, Hu Jiu's blood had cooled down a little. However, his hatred did not disappear. Instead, after two years of burning day and night, his hatred had penetrated deep into his bones and became the only firm belief that kept him alive.
The sun rose high above the mountain. Sunlight shone through the gap at the entrance of the cave and fell on Hu Jiu's eyes. The strong light made him frown uncomfortably, and he woke up from his deep sleep.
Hu Jiu sat up in a daze. According to his usual habit, he would have woken up a long time ago. It was relatively safe in the mountains during the day, so he would wake up early to catch fish and birds. In the past two years, he had never slept as long as he did today.
All of this was because of the strange dream he had last night.
In his dream, there was a man wearing a snow-white Daoist robe who taught him the Northern Dark Star Absorption Technique. This spell could absorb the flesh and soul of living beings and turn them into its own power.
Hu Jiu sat there and felt that yesterday's dream was very strange. Because dreams were fake, most of them would be forgotten when they woke up. However, the secret technique that the man taught him had tens of thousands of words, and he remembered every single word clearly. Moreover, he completely understood the meaning of these words.
"An immortal imparted a technique in a dream?" Hu Jiu had heard of this legend, and he quickly convinced himself that it was an immortal imparting a technique in a dream.
After Hu Jiu understood, he excitedly turned over and fell to the ground, kowtowing hard, and muttering something. He didn't know who to thank, but he said all the names of the immortals he knew.
After the excitement, Hu Jiu couldn't help but want to try this spell. If it was really like what the immortal said, then he would be able to take revenge soon.
He took a short knife and a hunting bow, and climbed out of the narrow entrance above the cave. He first drank some water by the nearby river, and then found a short tree to hide on.
All kinds of small beasts often came to the river to drink water, so it was a good place to hunt.
As expected, not long after, a few goats ran over. These goats were about the size of domestic dogs, and they were all thin and agile. They could jump six to seven feet away with a strong leap.
Hu Jiu held his breath and slowly pulled the hunting bow. With a whoosh, the arrow pierced through the neck of a goat. The goat jumped up in shock, but it only ran a few steps before its body tilted and it fell into the grass.
The other goats had long dispersed and disappeared without a trace.
Hu Jiu came down from the tree and ran to the side of the goat. He hesitated, and according to the method he learned in his dream, he extended his index finger and middle finger into the wound on the goat's neck.
He had no magic power in his body, so he could only silently chant the spell. As expected, he felt the tip of his finger heat up, and the goat quickly shriveled. In just a few breaths, the goat had shrunk to the size of a rabbit, and its skin and flesh had turned grey, like a dried corpse that had been left for many years.
Hu Jiu was also shocked. He had never seen such a strange change. But he quickly became happy. This was because he could clearly feel that there was a warm current circulating in his body.
This warm current filled him with energy, and he wasn't even hungry anymore.
"It really works!"
Hu Jiu was extremely excited. He was a man of action, and when he realized that the secret method was indeed effective, he couldn't wait to take action.
At night, Hu Jiu hunted a total of more than ten prey. There were also two huge green wolves among them. These prey were all absorbed by him for his own strength.
After a day, Hu Jiu clearly felt that his strength had increased a lot. Including his speed, eyesight, and so on, they all had obvious improvements.
On the second day, the third day, and the fourth day, Hu Jiu began his crazy killing mode. He was too familiar with this place, but he didn't dare to kill too many before. First, it was hard to preserve the prey, and second, it was easy to make other hunters dislike him.
But with this secret method, he could continuously absorb strength to become stronger, so Hu Jiu didn't have any worries.
On the tenth day, almost all the large beasts in the area had been killed by Hu Jiu. He glared with bloodshot eyes, steeled his heart, and set off towards the depths of Mount Sutuo.
Three months later, a nine foot tall man arrived at the main entrance of the tiger stronghold.
This man had a piece of animal skin wrapped around his crotch, and he held a stone rod that was over ten feet long in his hand. His pitch-black muscles looked like they were cast from copper and iron, and they shone under the sunlight.
The nine foot tall man was more than two feet taller than a normal person. He also looked so fierce, which made the people of the tiger stronghold very nervous.
The stronghold chief, Hu Ya, led a group of people out of the main entrance. They held blades and shields, and there were even a few master archers with their bows drawn, looking like they were ready to fight at any time.
Hu Ya was also a burly man, but compared to the other party, he was at least a foot shorter. He cautiously sized up the other party, and discovered that the other party's eyes were bloodshot, and his heart tightened.
More than three months ago, everyone in this area of Nine Origins City received pointers from the white-robed Deity in their dreams, and learned a secret art called the Northern Dark Star Absorption.
This secret art could absorb the life force of living creatures, and turn it into one's own strength. It was extremely domineering.
Of course, Hu Ya also practiced it, and he improved quite quickly. But there weren't many living creatures that could use it. The tiger stronghold was, after all, a stronghold with more than two hundred people. Almost all the prey they killed had to be kept as food.
Although the Northern Dark Star Absorption was good, it would destroy the prey. After using the secret art, the prey would rot, and it couldn't be eaten at all.
In these three months, Hu Ya had also led people to hunt everywhere, but the surrounding strongholds had also learned the secret art. The competition was very intense, and there were often fights.
The various powers were about the same, and they restrained each other. No one dared to act recklessly. Moreover, the Northern Dark Star Absorption secret art wasn't without limits. If one absorbed too much energy and couldn't digest it, they would explode and die.
After a few incidents, everyone became more cautious in their cultivation.
Hu Ya had also thought of leading people into the depths of Mount Sutuo, but the mountain was too dangerous. If they weren't careful, they would die inside. He wasn't willing to take the risk. He wanted to advance steadily, and it wouldn't be too late to enter the mountain when he was stronger.
Today, someone suddenly came to find him. He thought that it was an expert hired by another stronghold, so he was very cautious. Especially when he saw the other party's red eyes, which were the characteristics of cultivating the Northern Dark Star Absorption.
Hu Ya asked cautiously, "Who are you? What's the matter?"
Hu Jiu had been staring at Hu Ya the whole time. Seeing the other party's weak and cautious appearance, he felt delighted. He had risked his life for the past three months just for this day!
He laughed like a wolf. "Hu Ya, look carefully. I'm Hu Jiu!"
Hu Ya was shocked. Hu Jiu was a thin and weak youth. When did he become a fierce and burly man? But looking closely, the other party really did look like Hu Jiu.
He hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up and kill him!"
Hu Jiu sneered, raised his staff, and smashed it down. The stone staff in his hand weighed several hundred kilograms. It was unknown which cultivator had left it behind, but it was hard and heavy.
The staff smashed down quickly and fiercely. Hu Ya didn't even have time to retreat. Just as he raised his saber to block, he was smashed into pieces along with his saber!
At this time, a few archers also released their arrows. The arrows hit Hu Jiu's body, but they didn't even scratch his skin before they bounced off.
When the group saw this, they were so scared that they almost peed their pants. An honest-looking middle-aged man hurriedly shouted, "Hu Jiu, we're all relatives. Don't fight. If you kill Hu Ya, you'll be the stronghold master in the future! "
Hu Jiu coldly looked at that person. This guy really seemed to be one of his uncles. But why didn't he say anything when his whole family died?
"All of you, die!" Hu Jiu ruthlessly swung his staff. Amidst the thunderous roar of the staff, four people were smashed into pieces. Blood and flesh splattered everywhere.
Hu Jiu became even more excited. He howled and swung his staff, smashing the remaining people to death. Then, he rushed into the tiger stronghold and killed everyone he saw.
In just a moment, more than two hundred people in the tiger stronghold were turned into meat paste.
After killing so many people in one go, Hu Jiu didn't know how much blood and Qi he had absorbed. The red light around his body flickered incessantly, and his whole body seemed to explode.
But after a while, the red light slowly dissipated. Hu Jiu's tall body became half a foot shorter. It was just that his muscles and muscles had become more compact.
The originally heavy and comfortable stone staff now felt as light as a straw stick. He was ecstatic. After killing so many people, his strength seemed to have increased by several times.
This time, he could be considered to have avenged his whole family. But when he thought of the humiliation and suffering he had suffered in Nine Origins City, he felt incomparable hatred.
He looked at the blazing sun in the sky and bared his white teeth. "If the heavens don't let good people live, then they can all die!"
Two months later, Hu Jiu broke into Nine Origins City, and millions of people in the city died.
From then on, Hu Jiu's might shook the world!
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