Chapter 75 – Functions (2/2)

“How can this be?!”

“Does anyone here have other ways to deal with this stone giant?!”

“No! No! I don’t want to die!”

The stone giant landed on the ground, and no hopeful faces could be found on the field. Some were crying and while others were screaming as it approached.

“I can’t just die here!” Ye Wei bite his lips in a panic. ‘That was all I had, what else can I do?’

Just as Ye Wei was coming to the conclusion that there was nothing at all he could do, the silhouette of his cousin appeared in his mind. ‘It’s true I don’t have answers at this moment, but cousin Zhong fought till he dropped to save my life and I shall do the same!’ Ye Wei’s fighting spirit was relit, and his tired eyes were brightened.

Ye Wei took out his interspatial bag and began searching.

There were Qi stones, herbs, pills, and some rare metals in the bag but all of the items he found in the stone houses with Lin Zi Yan were useless.

The most valuable things in his bag would be the Sliver Moon pills and then the scrolls he was given. Taking the pills won’t help in such an urgent situation. There were one offensive and two defensive scrolls remaining, but they had proven to be insufficient…

“No, not this!”

Ye Wei’s bloodshot eyes looked hysterical as the stone giant was closing in but after going through his whole interspatial bag, he could not find anything that would help him.

The giant’s fist was in front of him now, and he had no time, ‘Screw it!’ Ye Wei grit his teeth, he was ready to take out all three remaining scrolls

“Ouch, that burns!” Just as he pulled the scrolls out, his hand came in contact with something hot.

“It’s the iron talisman?!” Ye Wei took the talisman out together with the scrolls. The last time he laid his hands on the talisman it was as cold as ice, but now it left a mild burn mark on his skin. He was confused, but there was no time for him to think about it.

“Watch out!” As Ye Wei was distracted by the burn, the stone fist was only a meter away from him. Everyone gasped as it did not look like he had enough time to dodge.

A second ago he was wondering why the talisman was so hot and the next second all he knew was that an enormous stone fist was in front of him.

At this critical time, he made a split decision to tear the offensive scroll. Hundreds of glittering runes appeared, and the temperature around him dropped. The runes then turned into small icicles, and the icicles merged together forming a sword. It was the low-level Myst stance, Black Icicle Sword.

As Ye Wei was ready to strike the giant with the icicle sword, the talisman in his hand heated up and started vibrating causing it to slip out of his hand. Immediately the talisman flew above the stone giant and created a black vortex.

Having absorbed the energy of over two hundred puppets, twelve of the eighty-one grooves were lit up. Now more and more of those groves were lighting up as it absorbed energy from the stone giant.

‘The talisman is… absorbing the giant’s power?’

‘It’s draining the giant!’

Ye Wei’s eyes widened, he could hardly believe how slow the giant’s punch had suddenly become due to the talisman. It took no effort for him to jump to the side and dodge the attack.

Observing the talisman’s mysterious abilities, Ye Wei was just as confused as he was happy to stop these puppets.