novelden Chapter 388 - 340: Damaged Black Banner (1)
Chapter 388 - 340: Damaged Black Banner (1)
He stood his ground.
The Giant had a green face, long fangs, crimson hair, and red eyes.
Its face was savage and terrifying.
And in the very center of its eyes, the pupils were a dark gold.
From the corners of its mouth extended two enormous, bone-white tusks.
Flames surged from its mouth and nose with every breath.
This Giant was none other than Hu Qi.
This was completely different from before, when he had simply swelled in size and torn his clothes.
Now, he was using one of the Traits that came with the Crimson Sun Demon Elephant Flame Prison Skill—Heaven and Earth.
Heaven and Earth.
It wasn’t a simple physical enlargement, but a method of growth where one’s body emulated and resonated with the laws of heaven and earth.
His clothes also grew along with this miraculous transformation, perfectly fitting his now-massive frame.
The moment he appeared, a powerful, invisible pressure instantly enveloped the entire island.
In that instant, the surrounding space seemed to freeze solid.
The island appeared to lose all its color, turning dim and gray.
Only Hu Qi’s colossal figure remained, standing out starkly amidst the dead, gray silence.
「At the same time.」
Waves of invisible pressure, like a tangible storm, billowed and surged outward from his body in a circular torrent.
A suffocating sense of oppression bore down with physical weight.
Those shadowy figures, all at least at the Controller Level, were like ants before him.
Before they could even react, their bodies were slammed flat against the ground, some even driven deep into the soil. No matter how much they struggled, they couldn’t get up.
Sensing the power surging within his body, the red light in Hu Qi’s eyes grew even more intense.
This was the first time he had ever used Heaven and Earth.
Using this technique didn’t just increase his size; his physical strength, defense, speed, and all other aspects grew along with it.
’Heaven and Earth... so this is how it works.’
’Emulate the laws of heaven and earth to manifest the Demon Elephant Body.’
That was the true nature of Heaven and Earth.
No wonder the myths on Blue Star said that those who used Heaven and Earth would transform to have crimson hair, red eyes, a green face, and long fangs.
’This appearance might very well originate from the Demon Elephant...’
A flash of understanding suddenly struck Hu Qi.
「The next second.」
He looked down upon the island below.
As he raised his hand, his five fingers clenched into a fist.
BUZZ!
A dazzling golden corona of light appeared over his fists, like a vortex that seemed to devour, absorb, and gather all the light between heaven and earth.
As if sensing Hu Qi’s intentions, the Nightmare auras around the shadowy figures flared. They roared and lifted their heads, trying to rise and stop him, but it was useless.
「The next moment.」
Under the gazes of all the shadowy figures, Hu Qi’s mountain-sized fist came crashing down.
Along its path, the air was compressed until it cracked like a mirror, then instantly healed itself.
It was like a brilliant sun plummeting from the heavens.
「In that instant.」
The world fell deathly silent.
All sounds were hushed. The darkness was abyssal, without a single noise.
Not a glimmer of light could be seen. It was as if an invisible giant hand had pressed the mute button and sounded lights-out for the world.
It was like the suffocating silence just before a nuclear bomb detonates, where despair hangs like a tangible, heavy fog, clogging every wisp of air and making it almost impossible to breathe.
BOOM!!!!
Only then did a horrifying, muffled boom, like that of a nuclear explosion, erupt.
The sound was loud enough to instantly shatter eardrums. The shockwave, like a furious tidal wave, crashed outwards in all directions as if to sweep away everything in the world.
An irresistible ocean of gray-blackness came surging forth.
Wherever it went, everything was mercilessly covered, submerged, devoured, and ultimately crushed to dust.
The ground shook violently. At the island’s edge, the sea churned and rose.
The entire island sank several feet with a deafening rumble.
The shadowy figures were blasted off their feet before their bodies exploded on the spot.
The island’s trees and mountain peaks were snapped in half in an instant, losing all their color.
Revealing the cracked earth beneath.
On the surrounding sea, monstrous waves nearly a hundred meters high surged outward with overwhelming force, sweeping into the distance.
Yet, Hu Qi didn’t stop. He threw two more punches.
The entire island quaked violently. The ground turned scorched black and cracked, like a building block shattered into pieces.
More than half the island was already submerged, with only a small portion remaining above the sea.
Crimson, distorted lava flowed within every fissure.
「The next instant.」
A streak of red light shot through the air.
It burst from one side of the island and fled into the distance.
Enveloped within it was a white coffin.
It was the Rebirth Coffin.
The coffin was now damaged, covered in a web of cracks.
And lying inside was a miserable, blood-soaked figure.
Who else could it be but Wei Fan?
His expression no longer held its previous composure.
It was filled with absolute terror.
He stared at the terrifying Giant, which stood like an Ancient Divine Mountain.
Earlier, he had entered the Rebirth Coffin.
His consciousness had fallen into a state between waking and sleeping.
In this state, he could clearly feel his body undergoing a constant transformation, a reforging.
However, this didn’t last long.
He was struck by a violent tremor.
The fissure in the Cold Pool was instantly crushed shut.
Even with the protection of the Rebirth Coffin, the shock almost killed him outright.
Before he could even react, two more tremors struck.
He understood that staying meant certain death, so he used his Dream Realm to envelop himself and escape.