Chapter 787: Chapter 341: Monster! (Part 2)

Although he still couldn’t use the power of Innate Qi, the Innate Qi clinging to his body could enhance his perception of the surroundings.

To find that mysterious force behind his back, he decided to see if he could uncover it while the stone giant was recovering. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

If the stone giant is really being controlled, then there must be an exchange of aura between the two, and perhaps when the stone giant is assembling, he can find the mysterious force behind it.

Let’s get to work!

Xu Ran stood still with eyes closed, his Divine Sense, enhanced by the Innate Qi, began to diffuse in all directions.

Due to the Innate Qi, his perception of everything around was more precise, and he could even clearly sense the Spiritual Qi in the air.

However, this scattered Innate Qi in the air seemed to be blocked by something, unable to enter his body, and naturally unable to recover.

This valley was filled with dense Spiritual Qi, the Spiritual Qi here was probably hundreds of times denser than the outside!

Xu Ran felt a stir of eagerness!

"I didn’t expect the Spiritual Qi here to be so dense, it makes me want to stay here and cultivate forever!"

"Leaving such dense Spiritual Qi here without absorbing it, isn’t it a waste of nature’s gifts?!"

Xu Ran patted his chest, showing a trace of regret on his face.

After all, the Spiritual Qi here was so intense that even someone like Xu Ran, a Young Divine King, couldn’t help but want to cultivate here.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, from within the dense Spiritual Qi came a faint vibration, so weak that it sounded like a mosquito in a thunderstorm.

Even so, aided by the Innate Qi flowing from within him, Xu Ran could easily notice any anomaly, especially being particularly attentive at this time.

"This vibration is from..."

Xu Ran opened his eyes, shining with a faint golden light, and immediately looked towards the towering mountain peak at the end of the path.

"It’s really there!"

At this moment, in Xu Ran’s eyes, a faint gray thread connected the mountain peak at the end of the path to the stone giant assembling at that moment.

This gray line flickered with a rhythm like a heartbeat, extremely methodical.

Now that the source of the issue was found, he should seize the enemy’s head.

...

Dueling Arena.

"He noticed it!"

The cold senior brother spoke upon seeing Xu Ran’s expression.

"Noticed? Noticed what?"

"What did the newcomer discover?"

"What’s going on, why isn’t the newcomer focusing on the stone giant but staring at the mountain peak instead?"

...

Others didn’t know, but the second senior brother, who fell in this trial, naturally knew what was being said.

"Senior brother, are you saying that the mysterious entity controlling the stone giant is the mountain peak at the end of the path?" the second senior brother asked.

Now, the senior brother did not hide the truth any longer.

"Yes, you just need to slaughter the mountain peak to pass this trial!" The senior brother’s visage was full of ease, as if passing this trial was unbelievably straightforward.

But for the second senior brother, this was an unachievable task, at least when he took the trial, he couldn’t do it; he only felt the mysterious power without knowing its source.

Thus, was the senior brother’s understatement truly that simple?

Clearly, it was not possible.

The stone giant created by the mysterious force saw its defensive power increase each time it reassembled; as the originator of the stone giant, how could dealing with it be so simple?

...

At this time.

In the Dueling Arena.

Clearly, Xu Ran had indeed found the source of the mysterious power. As his golden eyes fixed on the mountain peak, the stone giant currently reassembling suddenly burst forth with potent oppression.

The aura of the stone giant on its third reassembly was more robust than the previous two combined.

Moreover, this third reassembly featured subtleties different from before.

Its stout stone legs were firmly embedded in the earth, and within the hard stone legs, the heavy yellow aura of the earth could be seen clearly infusing into the body of the stone giant.

Wave after wave of yellow air surged towards Xu Ran, continually bombarding his flesh.

Now, even though the stone giant was in its third reassembly, the heavy air waves battered his body without any effect; the protection from the Innate Qi was simply too powerful!

Thus, Xu Ran need not worry at all about the stone giant influencing him; if it didn’t approach, that’s fine, but if it came close, he could still pulverize it with a single punch.

Xu Ran stepped forward, continuing deeper along the path.

Having just reassembled, the stone giant, feeling the heavy power within it, suddenly brimmed with self-confidence, remembering the previous two times Xu Ran easily shattered it, now ready to seek vengeance.

But to his dismay, Xu Ran ignored it and headed towards the mountain peak.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Angered by being ignored, the stone giant pounded its stone arms against its chest in fury, the air current rushing towards Xu Ran becoming increasingly fierce, like the crashing waves of the sea trying to assault him.

Sensing the waves behind him, Xu Ran didn’t turn around, only lifted his left hand gently. Suddenly, the Innate Qi clinging to his exterior emitted a faint white light, softly sweeping back.

"Whoosh!"

Likewise, a white air wave swept forth, as both waves collided sharply behind Xu Ran, but no storm ensued as might be expected.

The heavy air wave instantly vanished into thin air upon contact with the white air wave, disappearing as if it had never existed.

Yet the white air wave Xu Ran swept out went straight towards the stone giant.

"Boom!"

The white air wave collided with the stone giant’s body, resonating like drumbeats, and the surface of the stone giant became rugged, appearing as if weathered through countless eras, pitted and eroded.

At the same time, the white air wave didn’t immediately dissipate upon contacting its body, instead transforming into a white mist encircling its surroundings.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

The white mist gradually formed a tornado, encircling the stone giant, trapping it in the eye of the storm.

The enormous form, further weathered by the sudden white mist, soon shrank by ten feet from its original fifty-foot height!

Feeling panicked as his body diminished, the stone giant began to flail its arms wildly, attempting to disperse the mist.

But the mist was intangible, and such cumbersome beings relying merely on brute force and defense were destined unable to escape.

In the blink of an eye, the white mist shrank more and more, and the body of the stone giant grew smaller and smaller.

Just as Xu Ran reached the end of the path, the white mist in the valley dispersed, and the stones capable of repeated assembly turned into wisps of dust lingering fleetingly in the air!

...

Outside the Dueling Arena.

All spirits witnessing this scene were dumbfounded!

What had they just seen, a stone giant that even the second senior brother couldn’t get past was reduced to dust by a casual gust from Xu Ran?

What sort of attributes does this white mist possess to achieve this??

What kind of monster is this newcomer??

Moreover, not only did the stone turned to dust, but so did the debris on the ground in the valley.

Even if the mysterious force wanted to reassemble the stone giant, there were no materials left.

Now the valley was barren, with nothing remaining except the naked peak!