—Several seconds ago— The Multi-Armed Giant floating in the sky spread its numerous arms, its massive vertical Cyclops eye scanning every inch of its surroundings. Atop those open arms, countless red eyes twisted around, from which oppressive and terrifying red beams shot forth. The red glow, like a scarlet paintbrush sweeping across the heavens, densely covered every inch of the sky, reflecting off the volcanic landscape below. Standing on the rapidly extending vines, He Ao controlled Hao Yi’s clone, leaping onto a higher vine. A streak of crimson light passed through where he had just been standing, incinerating the protruding vines into ash. With every moment, verdant vines were cleaved by the red gleam, only to be replaced by new growth. Now he was incredibly close to the Multi-Armed Giant in the sky, so close that with a bit more advance, the Giant’s arms would be able to reach him. Once again dodging a red beam with a leap and roll, He Ao, grasping the Shadowless Sword, gazed at the towering Giant before him. At such a close distance, the red beams from the arms’ eyes had become exceedingly intense, with gaps between many beams less than ten centimeters apart. In front of He Ao was an especially dense barrage; where he could previously dodge the beams through narrow cracks, moving forward now would make dodging nearly impossible. Even if He Ao could avoid them, Goya’s slender vines could not, which meant that Goya could no longer send him further in. At this moment, the Giant in the sky seemed to have noticed He Ao’s ’predicament,’ its vertical Cyclops eye’s crimson pupil slightly curved as if the air echoed with its sharp ’laughter.’ It raised its arms from behind, distorted weapons like knives, spears, clubs, and staves starting to extend from the palms of those arms. One end of these huge weapons was directly fused with the flesh of the arms, their edges glinting with a cold sharpness. Glancing at Li Cheng, who had also drawn quite close in the sky, and He Ao below, it slowly raised the weapons in its hands. Just then, the entire world seemed to brighten for a moment. Together with the Giant in the sky, everyone was slightly stunned, subconsciously lifting their heads, as a dazzling radiance forcefully slashed through the heavy volcanic ash in the sky, revealing the mottled starlight in everyone’s field of view.He Ao, looking at the sky, swept his peripheral vision over the thoughtful Li Cheng above, then quickly shouted out in Central Earth language, "Now!" Li Cheng swiftly snapped back to reality, retracting all his thoughts, and raised the long spear in his hand, the glittering spearhead’s energy converging within it. The Cyclops Giant also heard He Ao’s shout, but it was a step too slow, for the thunderous force was already gathering in Li Cheng’s hand. It lifted its head, raising the weapons in its grasp, as countless crimson lights flashed across the sky, preparing to meet the raid from above. Li Cheng’s position had always been slightly behind He Ao, so the Giant had kept its focus on He Ao instead of Li Cheng. However, now it realized the one above seemed more dangerous. Just as the Cyclops Giant shifted its focus on Li Cheng, He Ao had already raised the Shadowless Sword in his hand, throwing the blade forward. The slender blade instantly transformed into an illusive illusion as it surged ahead. Simultaneously, the heavens filled with thunderous roars as dense lightning, sprawling like a vast radiant coral, filled the space before the Cyclops Giant. At this moment, He Ao, standing on the vines, had already leapt into the air. Some vines tried to continue supporting his body forward but were shattered by the diffusing red light. The eyes on the Cyclops Giant’s arms noticed He Ao approaching and bent slightly, accompanied by sharp laughter. He Ao’s distance from the Cyclops Giant was all a matter of perspective. A simple leap simply couldn’t cover such a vast distance. Beams of light burst forth from those eyes, sealing off the area below He Ao, where he was about to fall, while other nearby crimson beams similarly swept toward He Ao’s body. At this moment, He Ao could only barely adjust his body to dodge these beams, but luckily, everything happened in an extremely short period of time, and those eyes didn’t have enough time to adjust. Yet still, several beams of light were rapidly approaching He Ao in midair. And at this time, the flickering electricity in the sky also swiftly gathered, transforming into the most brilliant beam of light converging at the tip of the Thunder Spear. Li Cheng raised the spear high, with countless hurricanes swirling above his head, like a Divine Being who masters thunder, a bright light suddenly burst out from the spear tip. The Cyclops Giant in the sky immediately raised various weapons, the crimson light covering their tips, together blocking the thunder in the sky. At this moment, the beams of light flying toward He Ao in the air flickered briefly, seemingly running low on energy. Then He Ao raised his hand, and an invisible shadow appeared in his palm, coalescing into an invisible blade, the very Shadowless Sword he had just thrown. He Ao lifted his head, gazing at the immense form that was within arm’s reach. The Shadowless Sword in shadow state didn’t consume energy, meaning that the sword still retained the kinetic energy with which He Ao had initially thrown it. The invisible blade carried the youth’s body like lightning through those flickering beams. The light of thunder in the sky and the Cyclops Giant’s array of weapons also collided. There was only a loud boom, and then nothing else. The flickering, brilliant light of thunder disappeared quickly upon impact with the weapons. Then Li Cheng, who had been holding his spear aloft in the sky, somehow widened the distance from the Cyclops Giant, wiping the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth, and shrugged his shoulders at the Cyclops Giant. Meanwhile, He Ao’s figure had already reached beside the Cyclops Giant’s abdominal arm, the sharp Shadowless Sword piercing through the eye that had just faced He Ao, with the greatest arch, looking ’the happiest when smiling.’ The light burst forth from this eye instantly dissipated; blood composed of red light flowed out. At this moment, the Cyclops Giant seemed to realize the pain below, lowered its head, and its immense single eye looked towards He Ao, who had plunged the blade into its body. He Ao looked at its giant single eye, smirked, and stepping on the hilt of the Shadowless Sword, burst upwards, reaching near the Cyclops Giant’s chest. Then he raised his hand, and the Shadowless Sword, now an illusion, flew back to his hand. Following the momentum, he pierced another eye on the arm next to the Cyclops Giant’s chest with the sword, and with splattering blood, secured his position. Seeing all this, the Cyclops Giant’s massive blood-colored eye began to shake uncontrollably. It was rage that could neither be suppressed nor controlled after being mocked. The weapons that had been reaching into the sky instantly reversed, with red light shining, they cleaved towards He Ao, who had already reached in front of him. Countless red beams burst forth from the pairs of eyes on those arms, scraping indiscriminately towards He Ao, clinging closely to the giant’s skin. Is this guy really that short-tempered? He Ao leapt up, dodging those crimson beams, which then struck the Cyclops Giant’s own body. The beams shining onto the eyes on those arms seemed not to cause much damage; they were directly absorbed. But those shining onto the flesh directly charred the Cyclops Giant’s own flesh, then new flesh rapidly formed, pushing away the charred remains. From He Ao’s observation, the beams shining onto the flesh weren’t few in number. The Cyclops Giant seemed to hardly care about that, the incoming radiance grew denser, as if he was willing to suffer some damage himself, just to strangle He Ao to death on this spot. Although the Cyclops Giant was huge, his reaction speed wasn’t slow at all, in fact, it was much faster than He Ao. He Ao had been avoiding the radiance by relying on his combat instincts to make a prediction, then dodging in advance. But under such dense radiance, even if He Ao could predict, the chances to dodge were becoming smaller and smaller. Li Cheng in the sky continuously summoned lightning to strike the Cyclops Giant, but the Cyclops Giant only used some of his arms to block the lightning, focusing more energy on He Ao. Soon, He Ao dodged forward, bypassing a longsword that sliced down with a width of a few meters, and stabbed the Shadowless Sword into the Cyclops Giant’s body, preparing to leap upward when he encountered a luminescence. He dodged to the side to avoid the luminescence, but he was quickly grazed by a subsequent radiance at his rib, the flesh on the surface of his rib instantly charred, with no time for blood to flow out. He Ao had no time to feel pain or react, the warm strength that constantly flowed into his body from Goya was quickly channeled by him to his ribs, beginning the restoration of his charred injuries. Then, without a pause in his movement, he continued to leap upward. This time, he jumped onto the Cyclops Giant’s shoulder, standing beside his skull. Almost the moment he stood beside the skull, the flickering dense red glows grew significantly thinner. He Ao’s soul had arrived early on, and he had been observing the Cyclops Giant’s body structure. This Regicide and Cyclops Giant, just like the previous Radiant Evil Spirit Angel, had three energy convergence points, located in the skull, lower abdomen, and chest. At the same time, his body was also adorned with fragmented souls. His soul strength was the greatest among the three Evil Spirit Angels, and his power was the strongest. The seemingly careless crimson glows that shot out indiscriminately, just a slight hit on He Ao or Li Cheng could seriously injure or even kill them. He Ao side-stepped and avoided a meteoric hammer swiping toward him. Although after leaping onto the shoulder, the Cyclops Giant was afraid of accidentally hurting his own head, making him less reckless with the crimson glows, the weapons on each arm still continued to greet He Ao. For such a gigantic giant, its shoulder was as wide as a mountain ridge. He Ao dodged the weapons and substantially reduced red glows while looking up at Li Cheng in the sky. He lifted the Shadowless Sword, stood at the edge of the giant’s shoulder, the Shadowless Sword hanging down in his hand, and lightly opened his lips, mouthing the word, "Dizziness." Li Cheng dodged away from the arm the Cyclops Giant swung at him, swiftly understood He Ao’s intent, and rapidly but silently replied, "Time." Then he increased his distance dramatically, a blinding stream of lightning converging in his hands. He Ao averted his gaze, performed a backward somersault to dodge a giant sword sweeping at him, then turned his head to look toward the Cyclops Giant’s skull, sprinting madly toward the head. The Cyclops Giant immediately retracted his arms, blocking in front of him. At the same time, seeing the lightning flashing in the sky from Li Cheng, who was increasing the distance, the Cyclops Giant who had been suspended in the air without moving suddenly lunged forward, instantaneously appearing before Li Cheng. He Ao violently threw out the Shadowless Sword, the sharp blade piercing the position of the Cyclops Giant’s temple. The Cyclops Giant’s movements stalled, and Li Cheng immediately seized the opportunity, quickly widening the distance. The lightning he was amassing in his hands grew more and more abundant, and the volcanic ash swirling in the sky like clouds also started to spiral, creating a massive vortex. The Cyclops Giant was obviously aware that Li Cheng was serious this time, trying constantly to ’squash’ He Ao who landed on him while quickly approaching Li Cheng, attempting to kill him. Li Cheng, meanwhile, maneuvered the lightning around the volcano, quickly retreating, increasing the distance between him and the Cyclops Giant, while the energy glow of the spear in his hands grew stronger and stronger. The sky roared with raging winds, molten lava spilled from the volcano’s mouth, and the entire earth and clouds began to shake violently. Blood spilled from the corner of Li Cheng’s mouth, and the Thunder Spear raised in his hands seemed to become the center of all the surrounding elements of nature. In the huge vortex formed by the volcanic clouds, dazzling lightning shots flickered, with both electric light and starlight converging into Li Cheng’s palm. A terrifying oppressive feeling, carrying distorted ravings, spread between the wind and the clouds as if it was the roaring of the lightning or the fury of nature. While watching Li Cheng not far away, raising the spear, the Cyclops Giant no longer tried to pursue; instead, he raised an arm, creating a huge bow, drawing the bowstring. A crimson light arrow formed on the bow. The radiant arrowhead was aimed at Li Cheng in the sky, ready to launch. At this time, He Ao had drawn close to the giant’s head, immediately raising his sword to slash at the Cyclops Giant’s neck, attempting to sever it. And the moment He Ao’s sword pierced the neck, the Cyclops Giant’s arm, holding the bow and arrow, trembled slightly, yet did not move away from the bow and arrow. Countless arms wielding weapons slapped towards He Ao’s body, trying to drive him off, but he dodged them all. He slowly ascended, preparing to climb towards the Cyclops Giant’s head. A sharp blade grazed He Ao’s back, opening a huge wound from which blood spurted out like a fountain. The young man in black said nothing, enduring the pain, lifting the Shadowless Sword as he leaped upwards, further climbing towards the top of the Cyclops Giant’s head. Meanwhile, behind the terrifying Cyclops Giant, a thin-faced middle-aged man was standing at the edge of a boiling volcano’s crater, lifting his head to watch the battle between He Ao and others and the giants in the sky. After a brief hesitation, he slowly raised his hands. At this moment, the crimson long arrow and Thunder Spear above the firmament had also almost simultaneously reached their peak strength. Li Cheng raised Andaville’s Spear high, gathering all the strength of his body. He Ao stood atop the Cyclops Giant’s head, back against the countless giant weapons passing by, watching the massive "shadow" that covered the Cyclops Giant’s body. A powerful Soul Power directly struck that fragmented shadow. Even having suffered enormous damage without flinching, the Cyclops Giant’s body shook for a moment, his hands holding the long arrow twitched, its radiance dispersed, and it shot forth. At this time, Li Cheng also hurled the long spear in his hand. The crimson long arrow and the Thunder Spear collided almost instantaneously. The once-silent volcano erupted once again with huge waves of fire, the ground began to shake violently, and winds spread invisibly. The glowing long spear scattered the crimson long arrow, charging toward the Cyclops Giant below. The longsword transformed into radiance that dispersed in all directions. By now, the Cyclops Giant had no time to care about this. The moment the long arrow was loosed, he had already retreated, preparing to dodge. He Ao’s Mental Disturbance had caused just a momentary stupor, not enough to make him freeze. But as he tried to dodge, two ferocious winds following the trembling ground had already howled towards him, carrying the great force of nature, pulling at his body. He Ao lifted his head to see the middle-aged man standing amidst the surging lava, controlling the hurricanes with raised hands, and lifted his Shadowless Sword. The power of the two hurricanes was not enough to control the Cyclops Giant for long, only briefly affecting his movements, but that was already sufficient. The dazzling Thunder Spear pierced the Cyclops Giant’s abdomen, along with a ten-meter diameter wound, with spreading electric light instantly enveloping the Cyclops Giant’s body. The Thunder Spear, enveloped in lightning, sank into the rocks below, the dispersing electric light gradually fading, as if its strength was exhausted. And the massive giant in the sky finally stopped moving, falling rigid amidst the flickering electric light. He Ao watched the chaotic, momentarily ’dazed’ fragmented soul, gripping the Shadowless Sword in his hand. The twisted, terrifying corruption burst forth as a shadow from the invisible blade.
