The sky was dark, and in the cracked world of the earth, a figure stood shakily.
"Where is this?" A dry voice slowly emerged, and the figure looked up, revealing a face that was somewhat innocent, around seventeen or eighteen years old.
The boy's facial features were delicate and handsome, but at this moment, his lips were pale, indicating some weakness.
His clothes were torn at the chest, with a large hole stained red by blood around it, exposing a grim wound where ribs could vaguely be seen beneath.
The wound had stopped bleeding, and granulation tissue was growing at an impressive speed, appearing rather eerie.
However, these things didn't matter to Jiang Hou; what mattered was, where is this place?
Jiang Hou turned his head to survey the surroundings: faint black mist filled the air, limiting visibility to a hundred meters, and looking up, he saw endless dark clouds, oppressive in nature.
The surrounding land was cracked like a long-dried riverbed, lifeless, with no signs of vegetation or life.
About a hundred meters in front of him, there were vaguely a few building remains, long since collapsed; but the ruins were too far for Jiang Hou to see clearly.
He stood on a stone more than ten meters high, about a hundred meters long, high at both ends and lower in the middle... No, it wasn't a stone, it was shaped more like a gigantic leg bone!
Jiang Hou was instantly dumbfounded.
The gray, rock-textured skeletal bone was enormous, from some unknown creature, just a section of leg bone over a hundred meters long, with dark red patterns covering its surface.
These patterns gathered like blood vessels at Jiang Hou's feet, forming a ten-meter wide Blood Array, with faint glows flowing among the patterns, eventually disappearing into his body.
Hiss! Jiang Hou's head throbbed in pain, and he instinctively covered his forehead, as scattered memories appeared in his mind.
Leaving the house, a dark alley, black mist appearing out of nowhere, a monster...
He remembered, tonight he went to the park for a walk, planning to head home around eight.
But unexpectedly, the streetlights in the alley he passed daily suddenly went out, a swirl of black mist came, and as his vision went black, he found himself here.
Before he could react, a monster enveloped in black mist pierced through his heart!
The heart!
Jiang Hou instinctively pressed his chest, immediately feeling a handful of sticky blood, slightly uncomfortable, but not as painful as expected.
"I… didn't die." Staring at the wound on his chest that had already healed to skin-level, Jiang Hou was astonished.
Having died once before, Jiang Hou's will was more steadfast than most; few things had shocked or amazed him over the years, but today everything was different, dying and resurrecting on the spot, unlike suddenly becoming an infant over ten years ago.
Over ten years ago, Jiang Hou had transmigrated to this world similar to Earth, starting anew as an infant.
But in this life, Jiang Hou's family was still ordinary, with experiences not much different from his past life, elementary, junior, senior high school...
Then today he was engulfed by black mist, dying once again; fortunately, the monster enshrouded in black mist was gone, otherwise, he might have died again.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hou breathed a slight sigh of relief, and a transparent page slowly appeared before his eyes.
Name: Jiang Hou [An ordinary terrestrial creature who just embarked on the path of beast evolution]
Strength: 21 [10 points equal the strength of an average person]
Agility: 15
Defense: 10
Beast Form
Bloodline: Through-Back Giant Ape [Juvenile, ordinary giant beast, current size five meters]
Talent: Furious Roar [Anger ignites the blood, activating the latent power in the bloodline, increasing current strength fivefold along with certain other attributes]
Unique Talent: Devour Evolution
Evolution Points: 0/100 [Evolution points, when full, can unlock evolution]
"This..." Jiang Hou looked at the familiar interface, and deep memories within his soul were awakened.
In the past life, before his death, he was working overtime developing a web game called Mountain and Sea, spilling coffee on himself and dying by electrocution while perfecting the personal attributes interface.
Unexpectedly, this had transported with him, and 'awakened' with this demise and resurrection.
However, he seemed to recall, the attributes page only had personal data change records, and the 'Devour Evolution' talent added before his death?
Where did this giant beast bloodline come from…? Jiang Hou looked down at the Blood Array under his feet, now completely dim.
Resurrection, including the Through-Back Giant Ape bloodline, was highly likely related to this skeletal bone and Blood Array.
When the monster killed him, piercing his heart, the blood that flowed activated the Talisman Array inscribed on the skeletal bone, invoking the power of the Blood Array...
It's probably because of this… right?
Just as Jiang Hou was unsure whether his guess was correct, he suddenly sensed something, instinctively looking ahead.
From the dark depths in the distance, a monster was seen slowly crawling out from behind the building ruins.
This monster resembled an ant, over three meters long, with four legs and two claws beneath its abdomen, its entire body covered in black scales, crawling on the ground.
Looking at Jiang Hou standing atop the skeletons, the monster opened its large mouth, revealing sharp fangs. In the oppressive darkness, this scene was akin to a demon from hell, sending shivers down one's spine.
And as the monster roared, shadows swayed behind it, and more monster figures emerged from the darkness.
It was the first time seeing such monsters, and in such numbers, even Jiang Hou, who had died twice, felt his heart race.
So many monsters!
What should I do?
Am I going to die again? And be torn apart and devoured by monsters?
Looking at those hideous monsters, Jiang Hou's first reaction was like most people's: first a bit nervous, then indescribably angry.
This anger arose inexplicably, instantly boiling his blood.
Especially Jiang Hou's originally pitch-black pupils, which turned red under this anger, filled with fury and brutality, while his skin flushed red and emitted heat.
Hoh hoh!
Smelling the richer scent of flesh and blood, the monsters became restless. Suddenly, the ground vibrated slightly, dust billows as more than a dozen monsters charged toward Jiang Hou twice as fast as a full human sprint.
And as those monsters charged, Jiang Hou, emitting white heat from his whole body, let out a non-human roar.
Boom! The air shook.
A wave surged and exploded from Jiang Hou's center, and a creature, five meters tall and covered in a layer of black fur, appeared amidst the howling wind.
This creature had a burly frame, explosive muscles, resembling an ape. However, unlike an ape, its mouth and nose protruded, ears were sharp and long, and its head was densely covered with hair, appearing both eerie and strange, somewhat similar to a Saiyan giant ape.
Yet there was no tail behind it.
The spontaneously appearing giant ape and the oppressive presence emanating from it instantly made those monsters pause.
Bam! The petrified skeleton collapsed, forming a distinct gigantic footprint, as the powerful rebound force made the black giant ape leap several dozen meters high.
Amidst the howling wind, the giant ape descended like a cannonball from the sky, crashing heavily in front of those monsters.
Boom! As the giant ape landed, the ground shook, soil splattered, kicking up dust.
Roar! The giant ape raised its arms, and its muscles expanded again, explosive power converging toward its fists, mercilessly smashing down at the nearest monster.
Bang bang!
Under the fist imbued with immense power, the air exploded, and two monsters' heads instantly collapsed, their flesh exploding and splattering, bodies crashing to the ground.
Hah!
Blood splattered onto the surrounding monsters, and stimulated by the gore, those initially intimidated monsters' eyes turned red, filled with reckless madness.
The nearest three monsters roared and lunged at the black giant ape, only to be met with a thick arm covered in black fur.
Bam!
The heavy sound of a collision echoed; the first monster in midair was punched into a fold by the black giant ape, some fragments spewing from its large mouth, and its body crashing onto the other two monsters.
Bang bang bang! The three monsters were swept up by the black giant ape's arm, flying over a dozen meters, and rolled quite a distance after landing before coming to a stop.
Roar!
The foul scent of blood made the black giant ape even more savage, its eyes blood-red as it roared furiously, charging into the monster horde with violent force.
Crunch!! A monster's neck was gripped by the giant ape, its bones crushed.
Sizzle sizzle!
As the black giant ape crushed the monster, surrounded by the herd, it couldn't avoid all attacks; two claws landed on its stone-like thick legs.
But the black giant ape's skin was tough, and the claws couldn't break through, leaving only a few white marks.
The monsters' attack made the black giant ape even angrier, suddenly turning around to grab the two monsters, unleashing power in its hands.
Bam bam!
The two monsters' heads instantly shattered and collapsed, their bodies used as weapons by the black giant ape, frantically smashing into the surrounding monsters.
The wind roared, and the air was filled with the monsters' wretched howls.
Under the punch that dented the ground into a small pit, the monsters were injured on contact, and those hit directly were blown apart.
With the giant ape transformed, its speed was even faster, agile and nimble, crushing these monsters even with instinctive combat, crazily beating everything to pulp.
This overwhelming battle lasted only a short time, and calm soon returned, leaving only the torn and contorted monster corpses everywhere.
And the black giant ape, with red eyes, stood in the midst of the corpses.
At this moment, the giant ape's entire body was dyed dark red with blood, gripping a mangled monster corpse in each hand, standing on the earth, emanating a bloody evil energy.
Roar! The black giant ape roared to the sky, eyes blood-red, venting the fury and brutality within.