Chapter 64: The Giant

"You... how is this possible!"

"You actually broke free from her mind control?"

"What is this guy's background?"

The witch was stunned for a moment, then quickly retreated in panic after realizing what had happened.

"When I got close to you, you were already dead."

Rhode quietly looked at the witch, his dark eyes gazing at her as if she were a corpse.

"Why is he just standing there motionless?"

"And where did his armor go?"

Her gaze fell on the blood-dripping chain blades in Rhode's hands, and the witch showed a puzzled expression.

"When did he take out those two blades?"

Her mind was in chaos. The witch opened her mouth, wanting to say something but couldn't utter a sound.

She raised her hand to touch her cold neck, and a scarlet color met her eyes.

So, she was already dead.

"What a terrifying guy!"

Thud!

The witch's body slowly fell to the ground, blood staining the earth red.

Rhode walked forward slowly and wiped the blood off his Chaos Blades onto the witch's clothes.

"Sacrifice!"

The undissipated soul and body were directly sacrificed together.

Rhode closed his eyes, feeling the surging mental power and the unfamiliar memories that suddenly appeared in his mind.

A witch proficient in dark magic and alchemy.

No wonder she could create something like magic beans.

Unfortunately, these memories didn't seem to be of much use to him.

After all, in pure dark magic and alchemy, he was stronger than this witch.

He could also use alchemy to make magic beans; the only troublesome part was gathering the materials.

To use alchemy to create a vine that reaches the heavens would require an enormous amount of alchemical materials.

Among them were several rare materials that were hard to find.

If he were to collect them slowly, it would take at least ten days to half a month.

However, with this witch who came knocking on his door, he saved a lot of time.

"A trade?"

"Foolish. Killing you means your things are mine all the same."

Rhode picked up the cloth bag on the ground, opened it, and saw five lonely pea seeds inside.

Seeds of the sky-reaching vine.

They looked no different from ordinary pea seeds, but he could feel a vigorous life force and terrifying magic power from them.

This witch's power was not weak; if they fought under prepared circumstances, it wouldn't be easy for him to deal with her.

Unfortunately, a mage dared to get so close to a warrior.

Isn't this courting death?

"What's wrong?"

At this moment, Jack hurried over in a panic. Seeing the fearful eyes of the surrounding villagers, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Why are these people looking at us like that?"

"Did something happen here?"

Jack's gaze swept over Rhode and was quickly drawn to the blood on the ground.

"What happened?"

"Someone in this village actually dared to offend a knight?"

Jack shook his head, feeling not a bit of sympathy.

Daring to offend a knight—death is well-deserved.

Moreover, he was now Rhode's squire, so naturally, he stood on Rhode's side.

"Is the matter resolved?"

Rhode, now clad again in armor, mounted his warhorse.

His imposing figure looked down at Jack from above.

"Then let's go!"

"Keep up; don't get left behind."

Rhode didn't say much, flicked the reins, and the dark warhorse sped up.

Jack was stunned for a moment, then quickly ran to follow behind.

"Runs quite fast."

After a dozen minutes, Rhode glanced back.

Although Jack was panting heavily, he was barely keeping up and hadn't fallen behind.

With such speed and endurance, no wonder he could escape the pursuit of giants.

The warhorse came to a sudden stop. Rhode looked around at the empty grassland and showed a satisfied expression.

"This is the place."

He took out a seed from the cloth bag and threw it directly into the ground.

As the seed touched the soil, a green sprout broke through the earth.

The next second—

Boom!

Like dense green hair, vines burst out from beneath the ground.

The ground trembled violently. The area occupied by the green vines grew larger and larger, eventually forming a sky-reaching giant pillar that crazily extended toward the heavens.

"What... is this?"

Jack looked at the vine soaring into the sky, utterly shocked.

"Have you heard of the City of Giants?"

Rhode looked up at the endless green vine, and his armor instantly transformed into the shape of the Chaos Blades.

"Wait for me here."

Under Jack's shocked gaze, Rhode gently swung the chain blades, throwing them upward.

Whoosh!

The chain blades sliced through the air, and the terrifying force instantly propelled Rhode dozens of meters upward.

Thud!

With a flick of the chain blades, the sharp blade embedded directly into the vine.

After stabilizing himself, Rhode repeated his previous actions: first throwing the chain blades to find a fixed point, then using arm strength to climb dozens of meters.

A few minutes later, Rhode turned around and looked down. He was now at least several thousand meters above the ground.

If he were to fall, he estimated he would be seriously injured.

He did know flying magic, but at most, he could float a hundred meters in the air.

Otherwise, he wouldn't need to go to the trouble of climbing the vine.

"Still half the distance left..."

Looking at the faint outline of the island in the sky, Rhode took a deep breath.

With renewed energy, he climbed directly to the top of the vine.

A few minutes later, at the edge of the massive floating island, a hand grasped the cliff.

"So this is the Sky Fortress?"

The enormous island was filled with towering vegetation.

Rhode looked at a weed taller than his waist, his expression rather peculiar.

"The environment on this Sky Island is really straightforward and crude."

"Everything is ten times larger than below."

"No wonder it's the home of the giant race."

"By the way, where are the giants on the island?"

Rhode cast a levitation spell on himself, and his body slowly floated upward.

He immediately saw a faint black mountain in the center of the island.

A mountain over a hundred meters high, its outline looked like a giant castle.

However, the scale of this castle was absurdly large.

"The giants should be inside."

Rhode landed on the ground and headed directly toward the castle.

"Grunt, grunt!"

A shadow enveloped his vision.

Rhode frowned and turned around. A fierce-looking wild boar with two large tusks protruding from its mouth was glaring at him viciously.

"Tsk!"

"This guy must be at least five meters tall, right?"

Looking at the wild boar that resembled a small mountain, Rhode couldn't help but feel a toothache.

"So, everything on this island has to be this big?"

"Roar!"

The giant wild boar let out a low, hoarse growl, opening its stinking maw and lunging at Rhode.

"Hmm?"

Rhode frowned slightly, reaching out and pressing directly on the wild boar's approaching head.

Boom!

The ground beneath his feet exploded, creating a pit several meters deep.

With a light slap, Rhode pressed the wild boar into the ground.

"Snort, snort!"

The wild boar struggled, limbs flailing, trying to break free from this tiny creature's restraint.

"You're too noisy; I don't like it!"

Rhode raised his hand and punched the wild boar's head directly.

With the sound of bones cracking, layers of terrifying shockwaves shattered the wild boar's brain.

Rhode casually performed a sacrifice, directly offering up the wild boar.

He had come this time to hunt giants and wasn't interested in things like wild boars.

But these creatures seemed to see him as food.

Rhode continued toward the giant's castle, encountering attacks from crocodiles and giant blood-sucking mosquitoes along the way.

Humans, the apex predators of the food chain, had become the lowest creatures on the food chain on this Sky Island.

Everything dared to bully him.

Rhode wielded the Chaos Blades, mowing down everything in his path.

Swinging the twin chain blades like an impenetrable curtain, his sharp slashes cut down the surrounding weeds and trees.

Even the approaching giant beasts were smashed into blood mist in an instant, casually sacrificed by Rhode.

By the time he finished, Rhode was soaked as if he had bathed in blood.

A murderous glance, inadvertently exuding terrifying bloodlust, made the restless beasts show fear.

They dared not approach.

Beasts have keener instincts than humans. Although they had an advantage in size, the strong scent of their kind's blood enveloping Rhode made them clearly understand that this guy was not to be messed with.

"If only you'd been like this earlier."

Rhode spat out bloody saliva and flicked the blood off the scythes.

The collision of the blades produced a crisp sound.

The surrounding beasts scattered like startled birds.

The twin blades in his hands transformed into a necklace, which Rhode wore around his neck.

"The real show is just beginning."

Muttering softly, Rhode took out a big weapon from his portable space.

Four dark barrels, with a drum-shaped magazine under the gun body.

The jet-black gun exuded a killing aura that made one's heart palpitate.

The beasts he dealt with earlier were at most appetizers, not even enough for a warm-up.

But next, he had to get serious.

Rhode looked at the enormous castle close at hand, his eyes showing a bloodthirsty gleam.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The ground trembled as if in an earthquake.

Heavy footsteps grew closer and closer.

Outside the castle, a massive figure twenty meters tall, carrying a stone mace, dragging a giant goat in his hand, was strolling over from a distance.

Upon reaching the castle gate and about to enter, the giant suddenly froze.

He sniffed lightly; a strange yet alluring scent wafted in the air.

Although faint, it was impossible to ignore.

"Humans!"

The giant's eyes showed a look of reminiscence, then suddenly widened as he let out a thunderous roar.

"Humans?"

"Where are humans?"

Hearing this roar, dozens of giants poured out of the castle.

They varied in height and build—some strong, others slender—but all showed the same greedy and eager expression.

"There's the scent of humans here!"

The big-nosed giant who first detected the scent suddenly lay on the ground, carefully sniffing.

Sniffing as he crawled forward, the faint human scent became clearer.

The giant showed an expression of enjoyment, as if recalling the taste of humans.

"It's been hundreds of years!"

"He hasn't eaten humans for hundreds of years. He couldn't forget this familiar scent even in his dreams."

"Absolutely unmistakable; this scent is definitely human."

"Now, humans have appeared on the island again."

The giant lying on the ground suddenly paused, his head slowly lifted.

"What are you looking for?"

Rhode tilted his head, one foot stepping on the giant's head.

His gaze was full of interest as he looked at the giant crawling on the ground.

"Human!"

After a brief daze, the giant's face showed a ferocious smile.

Boom!

His dirt-covered hands spread open like two large nets, grabbing toward Rhode.

Bang!

A thunderous roar erupted as flames burst from the four dark barrels.

A terrifying storm-like impact instantly shattered the giant's head.

"Sacrifice!"

Rhode casually performed a sacrifice, his face showing a look of pain.

Violent vitality and power surged like raging dragons within his body.

Despite the pain, Rhode could clearly feel his muscles, bones, and internal organs rapidly strengthening.

It was as if the power and muscles of a twenty-meter giant were forcibly compressed into his small body.

Muscle density skyrocketed, the functions of his internal organs were enhanced.

All his bodily functions and hormone secretions were at least several times what they were before.

"So this is the power of giants?"

Rhode took a deep breath, feeling an indescribable comfort throughout his body.

He thought the power of werewolves was already terrifying, but compared to giants, werewolves were just kids.

After all, one was a low-level magical creature, and the other was a true high-level magical creature.

There was an absolute difference in rank.

In front of the giant race, stepping on a werewolf was no different from stepping on a dog.

Witnessing their companion's death, the other giants immediately let out furious roars.

"Kill this human!"

"Eat him!"

"I want his hands!"

"Give me his thigh!"

Dozens of giants clamored and quarreled, each with a fierce expression, arguing over who would get the most meat.

They didn't care at all about the giant who had just died or this human.

"So, I'm being ignored?"

Rhode helplessly scratched his head. He didn't expect that there would still be times when he was underestimated.

Although this wasn't the first time.

But since he became powerful, the number of fools who dared to act recklessly in front of him had greatly decreased.

Facing this situation suddenly...

"It's a bit infuriating."

Rhode smiled slightly, but there was no hint of warmth in his eyes.

Cold as ice blades, just meeting his gaze made one's heart palpitate.

At this time, the group of giants who had finished their discussion began to surround Rhode.

"I want the legs!"

"The left hand is mine."

"I'll take the right calf."

The giants, like people buying vegetables in a market, mumbled as they reached out to grab Rhode.

"How should I put it—you brainless idiots."

Rhode muttered softly, lightly pressing his forehead.

He raised his hand and shot, directly shattering the heart of the giant at the front.

Expressionless, he looked up at the group of giants who were stunned.

They really didn't see the giant he had just killed?

How dare they?

"What a powerful little man!"

"Let's kill him first!"

Whoosh!

A gust of wind tore through as a rough stone axe, hewn from rock, came crashing down toward Rhode.

The accompanying gale was like a storm, making it hard for Rhode to keep his footing.

Boom!

The wind howled, and the axe fell!

"Is he dead?"

The giant wielding the axe widened his eyes, suddenly feeling a huge force from under the axe.

The giant's face turned red as he pressed down on the axe, but no matter how much strength he used, the stone axe was slowly being lifted.

"Didn't eat enough?"

Rhode held up the stone axe with one hand, looking at the giant whose face was flushed.

He grinned, his smile ferocious.

Boom!

With a casual flick, the giant holding the stone axe was lifted into the air like a doll and smashed into the ground.

His legs bent slightly, and in an instant, his muscles bulged, muscle fibers protruding like worms.

With a sudden leap of twenty or thirty meters...

Rhode looked at the giant's head close at hand and casually swung a punch from the side.

Bang!

A dull sound of flesh colliding; the giant's skull instantly caved in.

His entire head twisted in a 360-degree rotation, twisted like a pretzel.

His bloodshot eyes bulged out.

"Speed is power?"

"Isn't density also?"

Compressing the power of a giant into a human body.

The explosive force concentrated at one point was not something ordinary giants could compare to.

It's like an ant possessing human strength.

A casual punch, with force concentrated at one point.

Bones could be punched through.

Swish!

The chain blade wrapped in chains pierced directly through a giant's head.