It was already night time, an Young boy stretched his body.
It was still extremely early before daybreak at this point. After a long day, the residents of the village would retire to bed fairly early.
The boy decided to go farther into the forest because the energy there was clearly stronger than in his village.
The boy appeared to be at least 12 years old, and had short black hair that was extremely short for someone his age. His most appealing features, however, are his huge, clear black eyes and long eyelashes, which would not go unnoticed by a girl.
At this age, it also appears that this youngster is mature enough to venture into the forest alone.
"What a magnificent aura! So, are there any treasures in the deep forest?" As he walked in, he pondered.
The Boy was a human who had gone into hiding along with his Elder brother and with the humans living here in the Holy Village, to avoid the monsters. After learning that the normal monsters cultivation could not make him stronger, he devised his own unique Cultivation method for a mere human, as there was none. However, he never tested it or anything; it was just a guess that he hoped would work.
The technique the youngster devised for himself was named "The Five Star Technique," after five nights of serious thought and execution, till this night.
The Five Star Technique is a method for cultivating internal Qi by circulating energy from the forest through a variety of meridians until it is fully absorbed and assimilated. The Boy believed that this allows a person to withstand tremendous pressure, poison, and aids in the recovery of injuries and stamina. Daily use of this technique is also thought to widen and remove impurities from meridians, as well as progressively strengthen the physique and enable a person boost their cultivation speed and compress their energy.
It seems, the thinking of this kid and his mental capacity, he was on par with an adult.
His plan was also extremely simple. First, he would try to absorb the energy within the Forest, and if successful, he would strive to cultivate the method created by himself to a higher level as much as possible, in order to gain power. Then learning how to use his power.
He believed that as long as the level is deep enough, self-protection is not an issue if he relied solely on the distinct mentality of his self-developed techniques.
Indeed, by his own experience, even at an early age, he was able to gradually grasp, why humans are so vulnerable in this world that they can only become endangered.
This world, known as the Astral Planet or, more accurately, the Astral Star, has only one continent, the Mother continent, where he is placed, since humanity is on the edge of extinction, with less than a hundred thousand individuals left. Both the monster and spirit races have exceptional abilities. They only need to continuously absorb the aura of heaven and earth in this aura-filled region to strengthen their talents after birth, and they will become extremely powerful. There is no other race that can compete with them.
Humans, in comparison, possess any talents that can be employed in conflict with the monster's might, as well as any cultivation techniques. As a result, the once-greater human domain, the human empire, has been reduced to ashes and divided equally between the Monster race and the Spirit race.
According to legend, mankind had the ability to defeat the Monsters and the Spirit race during the Holy Mother War. But it was the end of the legends, and no other human was able to accomplish what the Human Emperor, Shi Wang, accomplished.
Many believe he was killed by the Demon Gods because of his indestructible powers, which normally the humankind could not possess.
Despite, Shi Wang's sacrifices for the sake of humanity, people despise him and slaughtered his decedents for leaving humanity to a dump, and as a result, only a few of his decedents went into hiding, even from their own species.
The light is very dark in the forest due to the dense flora. There are existences in this universe that are comparable to the moon, but it emanates a peculiar light blue brilliance.
The Boy sat on the edge of a hill, crossed his legs, and began his "Five Star Technique" to absorb the vast energy of the forest.
He didn't close his eyes since, according to what he had read, the chillness of the night sky's light blue radiance could alleviate the damage inside the meridians of any existence.
As time passed, the Boy's eyes flickered with a faint gold light as he felt the energy enter his body.
The energy slowly swrilled inside his meridians, as he could feel that flow inside his body. Although the boy's body began to feel hot, the theory he studied, was indeed the truth. the night sky's light blue radiance really could alleviate the damage inside the meridians of any existence.
At the end, "ahh—k," his heart slowed its beating just as he was assimilating.
Because his twelve-year-old body couldn't take it any longer, he tried to relax by slowly relaxing to relive the hold up.
As the Boy's breathing returned to normal and he regained his breath, his heart began to beat normally again.
Within time, He slowly rose his little torso after.
"hmm! It was a failure. It's all right! Never give up, I'm the mighty Xun Shi after all!" he reflected to himself as he began to walk back to the village, a melancholy expression on his face.
He was walking ahead at the time. With some movement, he heard "Xun! Run away!" and reflexively went to the side of a large tree, suppressing his breath.
"Puff!" A figure tumbled down, dropped to the ground, and rolled twice in front of him.
His breathing was really fast, but it was erratic. He was fighting to get up with big mouths and mouths, but he didn't appear to have enough muscle. He slumped down again after struggling for a time.
"Brother Yan...?" Xun Shi was taken aback because he didn't move, and he was stunned to discover that the man who had fallen to the ground had his brother's voice. He was wearing a mask on his face, so he couldn't see his face, but his figure is obviously human.
It was obviously not an ordinary person, based on the way he jumped over previously. Xun Shi couldn't quit thinking about whether it was his brother or someone else and did he really called his name out.
"Is he my brother?" Xun Shi's eyes shone brightly. There is no one that capable inside the Holy Village, thus seeing such a capable human being came as a surprise to him. However, this person had a heavy smell of blood and a voice similar to his elder brother, and he was clearly hurt.
Heavy footsteps were heard just as Xun Shi was about to take a quick peek and save the man.
The earth shaking footsteps was quite fast, as if the one with that was running.
Just then, Xun Shi, who was just about to go out, hurriedly hid his small figure inside the bushes.
"Roar!! Come over here!" A roar erupted, followed by the appearance of a powerful person out of thin air.
Because it was night, his eyes were a pale yellow, and he was, in fact, a Leopard demon.
The leopard demon raced forward on all fours at breakneck speed. When he stood up, he was more than two meters tall, and his muscular muscles were packed with explosive force.
It was a Leopard demon.