Conquest

The Earth Giants were originally famous for their strength and Earth-system spells. Exquisite and precise techniques like the one Kui Tu was currently displaying were very rarely seen.

The wings behind Lei Dong's back immediately moved, his figure flashing as afterimages appeared in succession. Each afterimage looked exactly like the real thing, making it impossible for Kui Tu to distinguish which was Lei Dong's true body in a short period of time. This was the Ghost Shadow Evasion, a signature evasion technique of the Yinsha Sect. Lei Dong had used the Ghost Shadow Evasion for many years, almost reaching the level of perfection, and he had even integrated a trace of his comprehension of the Law of Space into it. Therefore, when he executed the Ghost Shadow Evasion, it was incredibly eerie and difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood.

The overlapping spear shadows only stabbed into Lei Dong's afterimages. His true body had already appeared behind Kui Tu, instantly firing a Nether Fireball. The Nether Fireball was also a basic spell within the Nether system, but many times, when these basic spells were cast by powerhouses, they could unleash immense power.

The Nether Flame was merely a common type of fire in this world, but it was an extremely special one. This Nether Flame possessed an extraordinary restraining effect on the souls of living creatures. Clearly, Kui Tu was not only powerful but also a well-informed Earth Giant. He snorted coldly, and then his massive hand casually slapped out, striking the Nether Fireball like swatting a fly. Kui Tu's expression at this moment revealed disdain; with his Mid Nascent Soul strength, how could the Nether Flame harm him?

A crisp explosion rang out as the Nether Fireball erupted in Kui Tu's palm. The green flames fell onto his rough palm, yet they did not extinguish as Kui Tu had expected. At this moment, the Nether Flame was exceptionally eerie, suddenly flaring up and then rapidly burning up Kui Tu's arm, spreading toward his head.

Kui Tu's face changed drastically. If this Nether Flame burned to his Nascent Soul, even his Mid Nascent Soul cultivation base would suffer greatly. Kui Tu hurriedly channeled his Earth True Essence to push back the Nether Flame, consuming a significant amount of effort before finally extinguishing the fire. At this moment, Kui Tu's mood became serious; this human cultivator dared to wager his life in a decisive battle with him, indeed possessing some methods. Kui Tu could faintly see that when this human cultivator surnamed Lei cast spells, they all seemed to contain a trace of the Law of Space. Moreover, his Nether Fireball also seemed somewhat eerie. Defeating him would likely require a great deal of effort.

"Good kid, I will let you witness the Earth Giant tribe's mastery of the Earth Law."

Kui Tu had also studied the Law of Space, but had not achieved much. However, because Earth Giants possessed an innate talent for the Earth element within the Five Elements, they had a massive advantage when studying the Earth Law. At this moment, Kui Tu's long spear swung again, and a thick, pure, earth-yellow mist instantly appeared around him.

The mist moved with the wind, continuously swirling around Kui Tu, and within just a few breaths, it condensed into a Rock Golem that was no smaller than Kui Tu himself.

The Rock Golem looked extremely similar to Kui Tu, exceptionally robust, likely weighing tens of thousands of catties. Furthermore, after scanning it, Lei Dong also noticed a trace of life force appearing on this Rock Golem. Most importantly, this Rock Golem possessed an incredibly heavy and powerful aura, perhaps even a notch stronger than Kui Tu; its aura had almost approached the Late Nascent Soul Stage.

"The earth is the mother of all things."

Kui Tu proudly glanced at the Rock Golem he had summoned, then said arrogantly:

"By worshiping the earth, one can receive its favor. Human, you have the special privilege of being defeated by the Rock Golem of our Earth Giant tribe; consider it your honor."

The medicinal pills worth one billion Spirit Stones seemed to appear before Kui Tu's eyes, making it hard for him to resist. Therefore, Kui Tu decided to end the battle early to secure the pills.

Only now did Lei Dong understand how this Earth Giant Kui Tu could leap ranks to kill a Late Nascent Soul Demonic Beast. He had long guessed that Kui Tu was an Earth Giant with innate talent, but he did not expect Kui Tu's understanding of the Earth Law to be so profound. The Five Elements Law was originally the most basic law in heaven and earth, and also the most fundamental. From the theory of the Five Elements, all things in heaven and earth were evolved from the Five Elements, so Kui Tu's words were not without reason.

"This Earth-system spell is very unique, actually able to simulate a trace of life force."

Lei Dong also marveled slightly, but immediately let out a cold smile:

"Since you have summoned a puppet, I won't be polite either. Let's see whether my Ghost Servant is more formidable or your Rock Golem is more formidable."

Just as he finished speaking, an object flew out from Lei Dong's Nascent Soul, which seemed to have the appearance of an exquisite, pitch-black pagoda. Subsequently, this object transformed larger and larger, until it stood firmly in Lei Dong's hand, its height already three to four feet.

Lei Dong casually struck out a hand seal, first summoning Ghost King A Chou. Compared to when fighting the Leiji Divine Crocodile, A Chou currently possessed a completely different aura. Clearly, after being nurtured inside the high-grade spiritual treasure, the Soul-Nurturing Tower, and absorbing the highly nourishing flesh and blood of the Leiji Divine Crocodile, A Chou had successfully broken through his shackles, truly advancing to the Mid Ghost King Stage.

"Ghost King?"

With Kui Tu's experience, he could naturally recognize it at a glance. At this moment, Kui Tu could not help but be slightly surprised, but then let out a cold smile:

"Human, I admit you have brought me more and more surprises. I underestimated you too much at first. You actually possess a Ghost Servant that is a Mid Ghost King. However, if you think you can rely on this Mid Ghost King to withstand my Rock Golem, you are still far from it."

While Kui Tu was speaking, his Rock Golem and A Chou had already clashed in battle without a word. That puppet, true to the characteristics of the Earth Giant tribe, used powerful strength as its primary combat style. Meanwhile, A Chou was also proficient in various close-combat methods, so the two clashed in one place, every move clean and decisive, meeting force with force, causing the ground in the entire area to kick up dense dust and flying rocks.

At a glance, unfortunately, the Rock Golem possessed far greater strength than A Chou, gradually gaining the upper hand in the battle. Meanwhile, Kui Tu also took the opportunity to cast his Innate Gravity Art on Lei Dong's body, firmly locking and restraining Lei Dong not far away. With his feet planted on the earth, Kui Tu's massive long spear flew across the sky, accompanied by various exceptionally exquisite Earth-system spells to attack Lei Dong.

Lei Dong was completely suppressed by Kui Tu at this moment, continuously executing his movement art to fly and dodge Kui Tu's attacks with all his might. Every time Lei Dong wanted to soar high into the air to facilitate his actions, he would be pulled back down by Kui Tu's Innate Gravity Art. Clearly, although Kui Tu had a Mid Nascent Soul cultivation base and knew how to fly, that was not his specialty, so he did not want to abandon his advantage on the earth to battle Lei Dong. For an Earth Giant, as long as their feet remained firmly planted on the ground, the earth's energy would continuously provide them with support.

Thus, it could be seen that during the ancient era, the Giant tribe was known as the King of Land Warfare for a reason. And the Earth Giants seemed to have developed the method of land warfare to the extreme. Kui Tu fought with increasing vigor, while Lei Dong could only continuously dodge Kui Tu's attacks, sometimes only able to counterattack once every dozen moves.

The heart of the Earth Giant Yan Shi seemed to have leaped to his throat. Emotionally, he still leaned toward his brother Lei Dong. Lei Dong's formidability had indeed far exceeded Yan Shi's initial expectations; he thought to himself that if he were the one enduring Kui Tu's attacks right now, he would have been unable to bear it long ago. A pity, truly a pity; Kui Tu was an extremely rare genius within the Earth Giant tribe, and in terms of both knowledge and strength, Kui Tu far surpassed the vast majority of other Earth Giants.

Witnessing Kui Tu's fierce and ruthless aura firsthand, Yan Shi vaguely harbored a thought in his heart: if he and Kui Tu cooperated, it was not something unacceptable. The concept of the strong being respected had also deeply penetrated Yan Shi's bones, not to mention that Yan Shi was a member of the Earth Giant tribe and a patriarch himself; deep in his heart, he also hoped the Earth Giant tribe could truly have a safe piece of land belonging to themselves to continue surviving and developing in the future.

Even Yan Shi had this kind of mentality at this moment, let alone the other members of the Earth Giant tribe. Waves of cheers echoed in the sky; currently, not only was Lei Dong being suppressed by Kui Tu, but even A Chou was being relentlessly pressured by that Rock Golem. The entire crowd watching the battle at this moment was likely pleased by the situation, everyone believing that Lei Dong was bound to lose.

Just as the Earth Giants believed Kui Tu had surely defeated Lei Dong and perhaps only needed a bit more time, Lei Dong suddenly became exceptionally agile. The demon wings behind his back flapped, forcefully tearing through the gravity shackles Kui Tu had established. In just the blink of an eye, Lei Dong soared several miles high, then looked back at Kui Tu and laughed loudly:

"Kui Tu, I have finished letting you have those few moves just now. Now, I will put forth my full strength to deal with you."

The combat just now was merely Lei Dong testing a few moves he had recently comprehended. Since advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, Lei Dong had felt many areas to be obscure and difficult to understand; now, after a round of combat, he felt he had comprehended a lot. When he fought Demonic Beasts, he did not encounter these kinds of problems, so Lei Dong used Kui Tu's hand to temper some of his new moves, thereby finding errors to continue improving.

Having said that, Lei Dong did not wait for the Earth Giants to recover from their surprise. He immediately controlled the Soul-Nurturing Tower, chanting under his breath and forming hand seals. The divine sense generated from his Nascent Soul instantly connected with Gui Ci inside the Soul-Nurturing Tower, subsequently summoning it outside. As soon as Gui Ci appeared, Lei Dong controlled it to join forces with A Chou to deal with the Rock Golem. As for Kui Tu, Lei Dong was not in a hurry at all; he had prepared a deep, unforgettable lesson in life for Kui Tu.

After the two Ghost Kings joined forces to battle the Rock Golem, the two sides instantly entered a stalemate, making it difficult to determine the victor. Although A Chou and Gui Ci had just broken through, advancing to the Mid Ghost King Stage, this Rock Golem was also extremely powerful, its strength having stepped one foot into the Late Nascent Soul Stage; fighting two Mid Ghost Kings alone was slightly strenuous but it could still hold out for a long time.

After Lei Dong summoned another Ghost King, Kui Tu could no longer remain calm. That human cultivator Lei Dong was as slippery as a loach; even his exceptionally powerful Innate Gravity Art could not lock down the opponent. Just when Kui Tu thought he was about to defeat Lei Dong, Lei Dong easily escaped the prison using his wings. All of this made the surrounding Earth Giants watching the battle incredibly astonished, staring with open mouths at Lei Dong in the sky.

Not only that, but at this moment, Lei Dong also proceeded to take out the Nether Flame Ghost Banner. This innate spiritual treasure was filled with an ancient, evil aura, fluttering in the wind in the sky. On the surface of the banner, a black demonic dragon bared its fangs and brandished its claws, while countless aggrieved souls and vicious ghosts howled from deep within the Nether Flame Ghost Banner, seemingly wanting to rush outside, incredibly terrifying.