Chapter 1127: Space Giant King

Soon after, on a large island not far from the Black Sun Royal Court, a scene of desolation unfolded. The island, once covered in towering ancient trees and dense vegetation, was now shrouded in rolling black necrotic energy, which had caused all plant and animal life to perish.

“We’ve arrived,” Jiuxiang said, taking a deep breath and sniffing the air for thousands of miles. A look of relief appeared on her face. “There’s no ancient giant aura here; it’s completely safe.”

She was the first to land on the island. With a flick of her sleeve, she split the inky black necrotic energy, creating a long passage that led directly to the island’s center. There, a colossal corpse, continuously emitting black necrotic energy, came into view. It wore a bronze mask and chain-link black armor. Its exposed skin was bronze, and its bulging muscles exuded a sense of immense power. At first glance, it gave off an impression of extreme ferocity. Even Jiuxiang couldn’t help but feel a chill, saying with a tremor in her voice, “What a truly perfect weapon of slaughter. If activated, it would be no less formidable than a Giant King.” As a Nine-Aperture Asura, she felt a profound fear facing this motionless corpse.

Zong Chaosheng’s eyes gleamed with fervor. “The Divine Transformation Corpse! That’s it! If we bring it back, I wonder how Venerable Evil Crow will reward us!” Excitedly, he followed the passage to stand before the Divine Transformation Corpse. He took out the black coffin and eagerly activated it. The Divine Transformation Corpse resisted for a moment, but ultimately couldn’t withstand the black coffin’s suction power and was drawn inside.

“Hahahaha! It’s ours!” As the coffin lid closed, Zong Chaosheng couldn’t help but laugh excitedly. “Jiang Fan risked his life to sneak into the Black Sun Royal Court. If he knew I obtained the Divine Transformation Corpse so easily, wouldn’t he be so angry he’d slap himself?”

Jiuxiang nodded slightly. At last, Zong Chaosheng’s efforts were compensated. Her mission was complete…

Suddenly, she took a slight sniff, and her expression drastically changed. “Where did this ancient giant aura come from? It wasn’t here just a moment ago!”

The next instant, her pupils constricted sharply. The Central Plains martial artists around her also looked behind Zong Chaosheng and gasped! Zong Chaosheng suddenly felt a shadow fall over him. A massive figure loomed behind him, casting a shadow that enveloped him. From behind him emanated a primal and oppressive aura! His heart lurched. He painstakingly twisted his neck to look behind him. Behind him, where there had been nothing, a giant over sixty meters tall now stood! It stood with its arms crossed, looking down at him with amusement. On its forehead, an Origin Star shimmered faintly!

A Giant King! Zong Chaosheng’s heart abruptly stopped in terror. Without hesitation, he activated his spatial imprint, then warned the others, “Run!” As if waking from a dream, everyone activated the spatial imprints within their souls, attempting to teleport back to the Sky-Connecting Black Pillar. Jiuxiang’s face was ashen, and her aged body trembled uncontrollably. “It’s no use,” she whispered. “To bypass my sense of smell, there’s only one possibility: He teleported here!” This meant that the Giant King before them was a Spatial Giant King!

Sure enough! Just as Zong Chaosheng and the others activated their spatial imprints, they were met with an invisible suppression. Everyone remained rooted to the spot, unable to move. The Giant King wore a half-smile, and the inky black Origin Star on its forehead pulsed with spatial ripples! It truly was a Spatial Giant King!

“This King has been waiting for you for a long time!” The Spatial Giant King threw a colossal cloth bag onto the ground, a playful look on its face. “Will you go in yourselves, or shall I kill you and then put your corpses inside?”

No sooner had it spoken, than a sect expert renowned for his speed decisively used his movement technique to flee. The astonishing speed he burst forth with startled even Jiuxiang, a Nine-Aperture Asura. Anyone capable of performing reconnaissance missions surely had some hidden abilities. The Spatial Giant King’s massive vertical eye gazed indifferently at the fleeing figure. The Central Plains expert, who had already reached the edge of the horizon, suddenly exploded with spatial energy within his body. His body was immediately torn apart, exploding on the spot. Not even his soul escaped, shattering instantly. This display terrified several martial artists who had been preparing to escape, leaving them frozen in place, afraid to move.

“If you encountered another Giant King, you might be lucky enough to escape,” the Spatial Giant King said, watching them indifferently. “But with me, you have no chance. Since you chose to flee, then I shall kill all of you.” Instantly, everyone, including Zong Chaosheng and Jiuxiang, felt their bodies fill with destructive spatial energy.

Zong Chaosheng, pale with terror, quickly begged for mercy. “Wait! I—I know there’s another team that has also infiltrated nearby. They’ve most likely already entered the Black Sun Royal Court!”

The Spatial Giant King listened for a while before understanding his meaning. Its massive vertical eye narrowed. “Is that so?” A dangerous glint flickered in its eyes. “Infiltrating is fine; they’ll just fall into my trap like you. But if they disturb the King, dying a hundred times wouldn’t be enough!” It immediately snorted, “Get in. I’ll spare your lives for now!”

Everyone had no choice but to brace themselves and enter the cloth bag. Zong Chaosheng was the last to grudgingly enter. But just before he entered, the Spatial Giant King extended a hand and said, “Aren’t you going to hand over the Divine Transformation Corpse?” Zong Chaosheng’s heart trembled slightly. He had thought he could slip away with it. Reluctantly, he handed over the black coffin.

After capturing them, the Spatial Giant King immediately turned its gaze towards the Black Sun Royal Court, activated its spatial origin, and teleported away.

***

Meanwhile, an endless, ruined continent appeared before Jiang Fan’s eyes. He couldn’t help but mutter, “The Chaos Lake is truly massive; we’ve been traveling for two days just to leave it.” At the speed of a Nine-Aperture Asura, two days would be enough to cross an entire continent and back. The immense size of the Chaos Lake was thus unimaginable.

Mingye shook her head. “What you’ve seen of the Chaos Lake is only a small part.” Jiang Fan thought carefully; she was right. The place they first arrived might not have been the center of the Chaos Lake. However, Mingye’s next words still astonished him. “My grandfather said that the Chaos Lake is boundless; even Divine Transformation Venerables cannot cross it. That’s because it might be the very part that your Central Plains’ ancient sages dug out. It could potentially be half the size of the Central Plains World.”

Jiang Fan’s brow furrowed. Were the ancient sages so ruthless? It’s one thing to shear a bit of wool, but they directly carved a huge hole out of the Southern Heaven Realm. Compared to the ancient sages, Jiang Fan felt he was ridiculously honest. He needed to change this overly honest habit in the future.

“That continent ahead is the Black Sun Royal Court,” Mingye said. “You all have invisibility techniques, right?”

Jiang Fan nodded and decisively performed the ‘Art of Pure Selflessness.’ Unless a Giant King personally arrived, it would be difficult to see him. Bai Xin also decisively performed her technique. A wisp of black smoke emerged from her chest, enveloping her. As the black smoke dissipated, she too became invisible.

The last time Jiang Fan saw Bai Xin use this technique, he hadn’t thought much of it. But after Jiuxiang’s reminder, he realized that Bai Xin’s secret art was unusual.

“Officer Bai, is this a technique from the Imperial Astronomy Bureau?” he asked curiously.

Bai Xin shook her head and said, “It’s innate.”

“Innate?” Jiang Fan was momentarily stunned. He had only heard of demon races possessing innate divine abilities inherited through their bloodline. Could humans also inherit techniques through their bloodline?