Chapter 908: Regional Border (1/2)

The clone immediately began to fly away as Krune witnessed the hand that had emerged from the pond fully extend until a head peaked out. The head seemed to be a mixture of water and rocks, taking on the appearance of a coagulated giant.

Then again, just its head alone was 20 meters long. It was humanoid in shape, extending its hand to grab hold of the flying clone. Moreover, a faint suction force was generated from it as the column of fire that had been unleashed by the bird-type clone before was absorbed towards it.

As it closed in on it, the flames and other effects in it died out as the remaining Godly Energy in it was sucked into the giant. In the meantime, the clone containing Krune managed to distance itself enough from the giant.

Krune's heart thumped in fear as he peeked out through the clone's mouth, making eye contact with the giant. The giant seemed intent to devour him whole. From the looks of it, it seemed to be able to sense the tremendous reserve of Godly Energy in him.

Just when he thought he had escaped, followed by a rumble, the giant fully peaked out up to its hips. With that, it was now a tremendously huge behemoth. Just its sheer size caused Krune to sweat in tension as it was the worst opponent he could face.

Attacks imbued with Godly Energy were practically useless against it. Unless the attacks could disintegrate its body, they wouldn't be able to destroy it. Instead, the Godly Energy in them would further fuel the giant and cause it to grow even bigger.

So, the only option to destroy it would be physical attacks. But even then, Krune had no idea if getting ground to dust would stop it. Nevertheless, doing so was immensely difficult. After all, he didn't have the necessary physical might to damage the massive giant.

Its internals was full of rocks, forming a rigid defensive structure thanks to the weight and structural integrity of the forming rocks. Moreover, the water acted as a fluid that absorbed all the unnecessary shock transmitted within them while moving.

All along, they seemed like one individual. The water and the rocks were sentient and formed the massive giant. Krune could guess the giant was just a patch of rock that contained a bit of water within it initially.

When the unfortunate cultivator used his Godly Energy, it absorbed them all and had grown to such an extent. It was scary because this was just a single piece of rock. So, as long as enough Godly Energy was supplied, any piece of rock could grow without any limits.

Krune shuddered when he wondered just what would happen if a piece of rock was sent to the God Realm. By absorbing all the abundant Godly Energy in the air, wouldn't it grow and transform into a calamitous entity in no time?

'I don't even have appropriate tools to deal physical damage to it,' Krune thought to himself as the clone continued to fly forward, escaping the reach of the giant.

'102 shields…it's time I change my tactics.' He shook his head, not having the time to do anything he sought at present.

Though, just when he thought he had escaped from its range of action, the floating island it was on rumbled. Then, as if it was a living entity, it started to move, startling Krune.

With that, the clone changed forms in an instant, becoming a bird-type demon beast with the best maneuverability in the air. It was the very same one they had boarded to escape the sea of Predominated Vines.

”I'll just call you the Escapist,” Krune muttered as he nodded from inside its stomach as the bird-type demon beast clone, Escapist, flapped its wings and shot forward at tremendous speeds.

The floating island also accelerated accordingly, staying right on its track. The giant didn't just stare at the flying clone. Rather, it poised its index finger towards the clone, resounding a faint hum before unleashing a sphere of water.

The sphere of water was only a centimeter in radius. Its size wasn't even threatening. All it possessed was the speed thanks to its launch. Nevertheless, Krune dared not take it lightly. The tail of Escapist morphed into its head, keeping an eye on the giant and the approaching floating island.

It then noticed the tiny sphere of water launched at it. The Escapist swerved in the air and dodged the attack.

Krune's heart thumped with increasing intensity. He immediately guessed the thoughts of the giant. The size of water it unleashed wasn't threatening. But even so, that was a part of its body. In other words, when it fell on the Escapist, it would begin absorbing Godly Energy from it, growing in size.

Soon, it would become big enough to suck the clone dry of all Godly Energy. Moreover, it was in a state of liquid. It wasn't easy to get rid of something in that state through physical means alone. The moment they used any Godly Energy to fend it off, it would be fuelling its growth.

Moreover, the giant didn't suffer any loss from launching it. After all, its body was colossal. It could shoot tens of thousands of such spheres and still wouldn't notice any difference in its size.