NOVEL NEXT Chapter346-Battle with the Headless Giant
Natasha couldn't help but feel a trace of worry.
She was considering whether she should act now or if it might trigger some kind of taboo.
But since she had already ventured this far, she was already entangled in it.
To face a potential opportunity and then abandon it was not the behavior of a true explorer.
"He... should be able to handle this, right?"
Natasha thought to herself.
At that moment, the Elemental Assassins had already reached the edge of the giant gate.
On the Gold Giant Gate, endless ancient divine script and countless mysterious runes were engraved.
Majestic patterns, such as divine beasts coiled, boundless starry rivers, and the creation of worlds, adorned its surface.
In the center of the gate, a sacred light suddenly grew intensely bright!
The advancing Elemental Assassin immediately halted.
Beyond this point was a forbidden zone.
Cyriel and the True God entity also sensed the anomaly, and their powerful mind power pierced through layers of space, locking onto the sacred light.
Cyriel's eyes narrowed.
Blood Lion Reo reminded them,
"Master, the Divine Spring of energy is located in the mountain range to the right."
"Don't worry about the impenetrable giant gate. It's better to be practical," it suggested.
Natasha did not respond, deciding to head toward the Divine Spring first.
She turned her attention toward the mountain range that stretched to the right.
The group quickly crossed the void and stopped at the outskirts of the mountains.
Natasha, Cyriel, and the others looked down.
There, scattered throughout the mountains, were countless enormous bones.
These bones had miraculously survived the ravages of time.
"This..."
Zach's pupils contracted in shock.
"These are the bones of the Giant Elephant Demon Race!"
"The Giant Elephant Demon Race?"
Natasha was also surprised.
The Giant Elephant Demon Race was a powerful and mysterious species from the Demonfeather domain.
Their rumored strength surpassed even that of the Demonwing Empire and the Dawonru Empire.
Having come to the demon realm, she had studied these creatures in detail.
Now, countless bones of the Giant Elephant Demon Race lay below them.
Boom!
At that moment, a hostile mind power locked onto the group.
Cyriel and the True God entity had already entered the mountain range and brought Blood Lion Reo and Zach with them.
Natasha stood within the protected dimensional domain, observing.
She saw that within the mountains, dozens of divine peaks surrounded a starry Divine Spring about ten miles in radius.
The liquid in the Divine Spring appeared to be directly condensed from the radiance of stars, shimmering with a dreamy light.
Even Blood Lion Reo's eyes showed a hint of greed.
This was the Divine Spring of energy!
In the past, it had secretly come to the edge and absorbed quite a bit of the spring's waters.
Though eventually discovered, its strength had increased considerably as a result.
A headless giant stood beside one of the divine peaks.
It stood over a hundred meters tall, with its body covered in grayish-blue muscles.
Its severed neck continuously oozed thick black blood, as if it had long rotted.
Yet within this decaying shell was a terrifyingly pure power.
It wielded a weathered ancient battle axe, and an overwhelming sense of pressure enveloped Cyriel and the True God entity.
The Elemental Assassins quickly retreated, sealing off the area from all directions.
Cyriel shot an arrow.
The icy arrow flew through the air, and the world seemed to freeze with it, attempting to freeze the headless giant.
The headless giant swung its battle axe to strike, ripping apart space with a giant tear.
The frozen world shattered, and the icy arrow was sliced in half.
Its strength was roughly at the True God 3rd to 4th level.
Boom!
The headless giant entered a frenzied battle mode, rapidly closing the distance to Cyriel.
Its battle axe, filled with raw power, seemed capable of cleaving through anything as it swung directly at Cyriel.
"Even if you were strong in life, now only a fragment of your will controls this decaying body!"
The True God entity also moved, swiftly circling behind the giant and unleashing a holy light imbued with destructive power.
The headless giant was extraordinarily violent, striking back with a palm to crush the holy light attack from the True God 8th level entity.
Boom!
The palm shattered the holy light, and even the surrounding space was obliterated.
Natasha watched the battle unfold and couldn't help but think of the titans back in the empire.
They, too, were immensely powerful, worshipping absolute strength and using their robust bodies to counter magic and divine arts.
Moreover, their numbers were many.
At this thought, she couldn't help but marvel at the methods of that king.
Blood Lion Reo and Zach tried to assist, but their impact was limited in this situation.
Cyriel soared into the sky, drawing one of the elemental arrows, Arrow of Annihilation.
The killing power of the arrow fused with the essence of the world's origin, summoning Heavenly Punishment Thunder into the arrow.
The small world seemed to be unable to withstand the destructive force of the thunder, and space began to collapse and fracture.
Zach and Blood Lion Reo withdrew in caution.
The headless giant's remaining will also sensed the overwhelming destruction.
It threw its battle axe in a desperate attempt to cleave through the world, but it was blocked by the Void Warlock's spatial reversal technique.
The battle axe, oddly, began to retreat!
"How is that possible?!"
"What is this technique?"
Zach and Blood Lion Reo's eyes widened in disbelief as they watched the scene.
It was as if space itself was reversing, a technique that left them incredulous.
Boom!
A space explosion rang out.
The Arrow of Annihilation, like a beam of light cutting through the heavens, pierced the void and grazed the retreating battle axe, striking the headless giant!
Boom!
The massive giant's body was shattered, with severed limbs and black blood splattering across the divine peaks.
"We defeated it!"
Blood Lion Reo exclaimed in joy.
The battle seemed simple, but he understood that this was only because it was a True God level battle.
Had it been a God General level giant, even if it was only a fragment of the headless giant's will, it would have caused unimaginable destruction.
The Void Warlock quickly began to collect the starry Divine Spring!
There were many precious top-tier divine herbs at the edge of the spring.
In addition to the ancient battle axe, there were several ancient war implements that had not been corroded by time, their quality comparable to legendary artifacts.
Thankfully, the headless giant was only a fragment of its will.
If it had a complete divine body and could use these divine items, the outcome would have been completely different.
Among the divine herbs, there were four top-tier divine objects, two of which were low-level and two were mid-level divine items.
Though not as valuable as the Amethyst Blood Ginseng, they were still incredibly precious.
Zach eyed them greedily, and Blood Lion Reo's three sets of eyes also glimmered with covetousness.
Natasha collected them all.
As for the Starry Divine Spring, it was far more advanced than the one they had obtained from the Ring of the Firmament Church.
Its liquid, pure star origin energy, was the key to nurturing the four divine herbs and numerous top-tier magic potions.
This resource was invaluable in any empire.
Bringing it back to the Crossbridge Empire would greatly enhance its foundation.
Currently, the empire lacked both time for accumulation and resources, and this would fill the gap.
Ignoring Zach and Blood Lion Reo's yearning eyes, Natasha turned her attention back to the Gold Giant Gate.
Though wary of the potential taboos, she was more curious about what lay beyond the gate.
Was the Aetherian Sanctuary truly behind it?
What would it be like?
Her curiosity was piqued, and she was eager to find out.
Others couldn't open it, but she had the key!