NOVPUBXu Zimei remembered a young man named Gao Xiong from within the True Martial Holy Sect; he was from deep within the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
After the old man led the two into a room and was about to leave, he was called back by Xu Zimei.
"Elder, I heard that recently, there was a Giant who came from deep within the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Do you know if that’s true?" Xu Zimei asked with a smile.
"I haven’t seen any Giants, but one night recently, as I was sleeping, I was suddenly awakened by a series of extremely loud footsteps," the old man pondered for a moment and slowly said, "The footsteps sounded like thunder, exploding right by my ear.
I was so frightened that I hid in my room and dared not come out until the footsteps disappeared the next morning.
Later, I heard others say that it was a Giant over a hundred meters tall who had come.
It had three heads and six arms, and with just a slight opening of its huge mouth, the entire pond’s water was instantly drunk dry by it."
Watching the old man leave, Xiao Guizi asked with a hint of surprise, "What kind of monster is this?"
"Giants," Xu Zimei replied.
Xiao Guizi was startled and quickly remembered, saying, "I seem to have read about them in a book. I heard that they were the third great race in the world, following the Monster Race and the human race.
However, it seems like they were already extinct during the Wild Desolation era."
"Right, but there are always a few who, due to various reasons, luckily survive," Xu Zimei said.
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A night of silence passed as Xu Zimei cultivated the entire evening, and early the next morning, he was awakened from his cultivation state by an extremely noisy commotion.
He and Xiao Guizi walked out of the room to see all the people of the tribe gathered at the entrance.
The crowd looked up eagerly as a Flying Horse descended from the edge of the sky. The Flying Horse was silver-white all over, exuding a gentle glow.
As the Flying Horse descended from the sky, a pale white trail was drawn behind it across the sky.
Behind the Flying Horse, there was a carriage being towed, made of precious Spirit Tree timber. On the Flying Horse sat an old woman in a white robe.
Beside the carriage, a young man in golden armor was walking on air, gently landing.
"We come from the core area of the Eastern Continent," the young man’s aura surged, and his golden armor shimmered with dazzling light in the sunlight. He seemed like a War God descended from the heavens and said indifferently, "Recently, there have been rumors that a Giant has passed through your Hundred Thousand Mountains. Has anyone here personally witnessed this Giant?"
"My lord, we were so scared at the time that we all hid in our rooms, who would dare to come out," the old man who had received Xu Zimei and his companion earlier hurriedly stood up and said.
"With so many of you here, I refuse to believe that not a single person has seen it," the young man snorted coldly.
"My lord, I did sneak out to see it before," a young man in the crowd stood up and replied, "Only, it was too dark at that time. I only saw a large dark shadow, before I could get a clear look, the shadow had already left."
"Good, now I want everyone in this tribe to go and look for the Giant in all directions," the young man commanded, "If you can find any trace of the Giant, there will be a generous reward for you.
If you don’t find anything, don’t bother coming back."
"My lord, the Giant has been gone for several days now, where do we go to look for it now?" the old man stood up and said anxiously.
"That’s none of my concern, how you find it is up to you," the young man replied indifferently.
Xiao Guizi frowned at the young man in the sky and said, "Brother, they are so domineering."
"If you have the strength, you can also be domineering," Xu Zimei replied with a smile.
"So, what do we do now?" Xiao Guizi asked.
"Help them search for the giants," Xu Zimei said with a smile, "It’s a good show; it would be a pity to miss it."
"Don’t even think about running away; I’m watching all of you," the youth said to the people, "Anyone who dares to run will wish they could neither live nor die."
...…
Hearing the youth’s words, everyone became somewhat silent; the strongest martial artist in their tribe was only at the True Vein Realm.
And since this youth could tread through air, that indicated he was at least at the Empty Vein Realm.
Afterward, everyone scattered in all directions, beginning their search for traces of the giants, but unfortunately, after an entire day, they found nothing.
As evening came, the group returned to the tribe.
The Flying Horse was sitting off to the side, and the old crone was still calmly sitting on the horse’s back, with no one knowing who might be sitting in the carriage behind her.
The youth watched as the people returned and frowned, "You’ve found nothing at all?"
All of them shook their heads.
The youth pondered for a moment, walked up to the horse-drawn carriage, and said to the old crone, "Lord Xueluo, there’s no trace of anything here; could the giant have already left?"
"Impossible, the formation has reacted here; the Essence of Life must be here," the old crone replied indifferently.
The youth nodded and returned to the people, raising his voice, "I feel that searching like this doesn’t put much pressure on you, and I don’t have that much time to waste with you.
How about we set a rule? I’ll give you five days to search. If you still haven’t found anything,
then for each day that passes, I will kill one-fifth of you, so that by the end of five days, all of you will have been killed."
Hearing the youth’s words, the people of the Tiger Tribe started to cause an uproar. The elder from before stood up and said in a deep voice, "Lord, we are a branch of the Tiger Tribe; if you kill us, you will be making an enemy of our Hundred Beast Tribe."
"So what? You are but ignorant people who worship Monster Beasts," the youth said with disdain, "Do you know where we come from?
We are from the Chi Family of the Imperial Rule Immortal Sect on the Eastern Continent.
My name is Chi Lei, remember it well, so at least you’ll understand why you’re dying."
Hearing the youth’s words, the elder’s face changed drastically, and he fell silent for a long while, seemingly struggling.
Just then, a loud boom exploded around them.
"You’re looking for me; it has nothing to do with them."
The voice was incredibly loud, and immediately, the ground began to tremble.
A giant rose from the depths of the earth, his height at least one hundred meters, his body deep brown.
Aside from his massive stature, his appearance was also quite peculiar, his eyes squinted into what was almost a straight line.
His ears, looking somewhat like barriers, were shaped a bit like snail shells, his nose was high and pronounced, and his mouth very thick and large.
"Lord Xueluo, he has come out," Chi Lei, the youth, feeling the imposing aura of the giant, quickly ran toward the carriage.
The old crone walked on air, with True Fate Emergence, revealing herself to be a powerful warrior at the Emperor Pulse Realm.
Snowflakes scattered behind her as the old crone said sternly, "Hand over your Essence of Life, and I will let you leave."
"The Essence of Life is the heart of our giant tribe; if you want it, come and take it yourself," the giant roared, lifting his head to speak to the old crone.
