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Roar!

In this cold, gloomy woodland, the Hundred-Eyed Giant bellowed furiously.

His muscles rippled like waves, his long hair blazed like flames, and his qi and blood boiled and twisted the air around him, casting shadows under the bright moonlight. With a hatred that called for annihilation, he struck with full force, devoid of any preliminaries.

The grass underfoot rippled outward like waves, falling sideways in circles amidst the trembling roar of the giant grasping his battle axe, advancing toward Su Heng with long strides.

They were still a hundred meters apart, but the battle had already begun.

Hss!

All around the body of the giant, each of his embedded eyeballs rotated in unison, bursting forth with white light. This light converged in the void in front of him, turning even more pale and translucent before hurtling toward Su Heng with inconceivable speed.

Su Heng raised an eyebrow, sensing the bizarre power contained within the beam.

This giant, ancient in origin, also possessed incredible strength.

Even confident in his own power, Su Heng dared not recklessly block it. His figure flickered slightly as he once again used the Divine Skills he’d acquired from the Dragon Maiden sculpture to sidestep the attack. Behind him, a boom resounded as an oak tree several tens of meters high turned to stone in the burst of light, then exploded outright.

Countless fragments were flung into the sky for hundreds of meters, falling like white raindrops, while the surrounding area echoed with noise.

Whoosh!

A fleeting sense of danger crossed his mind.

Su Heng’s brow furrowed slightly as he looked up and saw the giant leaping high into the air.

He had four arms, the upper two gripping a long-handled battle axe, while the lower arms held a sword and shield. With a thunderous bang, the moonlight was blocked by the massive frame of the giant, and then the huge battle axe chopped down directly overhead.

The strong intuition brought by the teachings of the Hundred Buddha Temple played its part. Although Su Heng’s body was bulky, his reaction speed was incredibly fast.

He casually dodged forward, effortlessly evading this powerful strike.

Boom!

The ground heaved violently.

The vast land was as fragile as a sheet of paper.

Large cracks spread and curled, revealing an unfathomably deep abyss below.

Stones and vegetation on either side were swept up by this force, plummeting amid a thunderous intense trembling, producing a chaotic cacophony of echoes.

The ground beneath his feet seemed to come to life, bulging upward.

Two petrified palms, as large as millstones, thrust open, reaching for Su Heng’s lower legs. He lightly stomped downward, causing the palms and the ground beneath his feet to explode simultaneously. Simultaneously, Su Heng shifted to the side under the intense recoil, evading the giant’s following petrifying ray.

After all, it was merely a sculpture, with limited power to exert.

Angry now, the giant had already expended a good portion of his accumulated power, but after a series of combined blows, not only did he fail to injure Su Heng, he didn’t even touch the edge of his clothes. The giant slowly grew more annoyed, his aura becoming increasingly violent.

"Do you only know how to duck and hide?" the giant growled, "You damned mongrel monkeys!"

Bang!

He took two running steps forward, then leaped powerfully.

The battle axe in his hand smashed down on Su Heng’s head from above, unexpectedly, Su Heng did not dodge this time. The tearing wind made his loose hair whip wildly; he looked up, his eyes flitting with a scarlet glow.

Crack!

Su Heng’s palm rapidly transformed.

Engorged and swelled, covered in scales, it turned into a dragon claw, which he thrust upwards fiercely.

Boom!

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It was like a bomb detonating spontaneously.

The massive force compressed the air, forming rings of white filaments under the moonlight.

The ground beneath Su Heng’s feet was lifted layer by layer, the intense vibration spreading to the rising slopes on both sides. The fierce gale swept like a scythe, instantly breaking many ancient trees, while a series of continuous collisions echoed around.

Seeing that Su Heng had chosen not to dodge but to withstand it head-on.

The Four-Armed Giant’s face first showed delight.

But his expression quickly froze, as a tremendous counter-shock traveled up the handle of the axe.

This guy’s physical body was terrifyingly strong, making the Four-Armed Giant feel as if he were not chopping at a body of flesh, but rather striking a divine iron-cast mountain. The battle axe emitted a buzzing metallic tremor, causing the giant’s half body to go numb.

His face slightly twisted, his teeth gritted.

Yet, he did not give up but launched another attack in the nick of time.

The long sword held in his lower arm brought forth a streak of gray light, stabbing toward Su Heng’s heart. Su Heng, sensing the giant’s move beforehand, had already kicked out. The giant used another hand to block with his shield, but to little effect.

Bang!

A formidable force struck, and the shield exploded on impact.

The black gleam of his kick hit the giant’s side, sending stones flying as the bulky body of the giant crashed into a protruding mountain wall with a bang.

Rattle!

Piles of stones tumbled down the slope.

In the midst of the smoke and dust, with the ground noticeably trembling, the giant, breathing heavily, stepped out.

In front of him, Su Heng stood on the dust-filled battlefield with an indifferent expression. He still maintained a posture with one thigh lifted upwards, but now slowly straightened it by touching his toes to the ground, returning to an upright position. A sense of calmness emanated from him.

"Hiss!"

The giant gritted his teeth, his anger intensifying.

He looked at the shattered shield in his hand and simply threw down both sword and shield.

All four of his arms gripped the long handle of a massive axe. At the same time, his blood-threaded eyeballs came together, and suddenly, a puff of black smoke emerged from his body, and his skin turned a strange dark red with the surge of some power.

"Last strike!" the giant roared.

Su Heng nodded, signaling him to bring it on.

His gaze lingered briefly on the discarded sword and shield, thinking to himself that having two extra arms indeed provided many advantages in combat. It was fortunate that his time spent in training had sharpened his thinking and reflexes; otherwise, he would not have been as composed as he was now.

"The Divine Skills of Three Heads and Six Arms..." Su Heng remembered the secret kings from the Hundred Buddha Temple, "If I have a chance, I must find a way to acquire it."

He made a mental note of this.

In front of Su Heng, the giant had already pushed his power to its peak.

He first stomped forward, and the ground dented and exploded, the grass flattening at the same time. The muscles on his calves bulged, showing thick veins, as the long-accumulated power burst forth, turning him into a streak of black light, and like a tiger preying, he pounced towards Su Heng.

During the sprint, the giant had maximized his power, his body flames even igniting the giant axe.

Su Heng gathered his thoughts and looked on, his face showing a hint of admiration.

Then he released the restraints on his physical body.

Boom!

An extreme surge of gray-black energy, like a volcanic eruption, burst forth from Su Heng.

In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the Yin Wind darkened the sky. Entire swathes of trees were uprooted and tossed hundreds of meters into the air. Just by merely releasing the restraints on his own power and returning to a natural state, he caused such exaggerated and terrifying phenomena.

The rolling force first transformed into a howling gale. Then it further spread outward, like tidal waves, rushing in all directions and destroying everything in its path.

The Four-Armed Giant, charging at Su Heng, instantly felt darkness before his eyes and then saw nothing. A huge resistance formed with the burgeoning energy, and with each step forward, he had to resist with all his might.

Moreover, the corrosive and assimilating properties within the energy relentlessly ground away at his body like sandpaper.

Roar!

From nowhere, another surge of power burst forth within the giant’s battered body.

The dim glow on his body suddenly flared brightly, and his figure surged forward, breaking through the black tidal waves formed by the concentrated energy. His four massive arms, now blood-engorged and swollen, swung the giant axe high and smashed it down towards Su Heng.

The air was thick with black mist, and nothing could be seen.

The giant’s axe should have landed right on Su Heng’s head, but it did not.

"Bang!" A loud noise echoed.

The black mist spread out in a ring, gradually dispersing.

In front of him, Su Heng no longer had a humanoid form. His already massive body had swelled further, reaching a horrifying height of nearly nine meters. His body resembled armored muscles, bristling with spikes, with horns protruding high from his temples, and hot toxic fire spewing from the corners of his mouth with each breath.

Only those aloof eyes, throbbing with blood fire, vaguely revealed his origins.

The giant’s face bore an indelible expression of horror.

His full-powered strike had hit Su Heng’s left side, slightly denting the black Scale Armor and creating fine cracks. To achieve such a result with all his strength was already the limit.

More cracks spread along the giant axe and all the way down the handle.

Crack!

The giant axe shattered, its fragments falling to the ground.

The dull thuds from the grass brought the giant back from his trance.

"You..."

You’re really human?!

The giant opened his mouth wide, his bloodshot eyes filled with confusion, uncertain if his memory was failing him.

In his memory, humans did not look like this. His confusion remained unanswered as Su Heng exhaled a breath of hot gas, merely waste heat generated by the beating of his second heart, which caused the giant’s body to melt like a candle.

"Not bad!" Su Heng nodded slightly, his eyes showing a hint of approval, "But that’s all there is to it."

Bang!

Before his words fell, Su Heng waved his hand.

The giant’s head flew up high, his body shattered explosively, turning into a large amount of rubble and dust, forming a mound on the ground.

Su Heng spread his fingers and made a grabbing motion, and the giant’s head was seized in his hand.

The giant finally recovered from his previous shock.

"This is only the beginning, not the end." The light in the giant’s eyes gradually dimmed, but his voice was thick with hatred.

"Good!" Su Heng nodded calmly, "I’ll be waiting."

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