"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The earth trembled as Chen Shouyi took each step, covering hundreds of meters. His feet landed with such force that rocks turned to dust, and shockwaves exploded outward, creating a magnitude that felt like a natural disaster had struck.

The giant creature let out a thunderous roar as a warning, its body covered in dazzling blue magic patterns that emitted terrifying energy waves, causing the air to boil and distort.

The survival in the Forbidden Land was extremely harsh, purely an existence where only the fittest survived, like the law of the jungle.

Every creature had its own territory in this land, and any being that stepped into it was either turned into food or an enemy. It couldn't even remember the last time it encountered such a dangerous situation.

Except for a few terrifying existences deep within the Forbidden Land, this was the first time it felt the need to be so vigilant.

In general, creatures of the same level rarely fought.

Just like lions on the East African Savannah, unless necessary, rarely provoked cheetahs, as even victory comes at too high a price. In the natural world, being gravely injured often means death.

Chen Shouyi moved forward step by step, expressionless.

The terrifying shockwaves ahead kept stacking, whipping up a super typhoon of over ten levels. Even with his massive body, it would only take him dozens of seconds to cover the twenty-kilometer distance, even at a slow pace.

The two quickly approached each other, the oppressive aura from the giant felt like a boulder pressing against Chen Shouyi's chest, making it hard for him to breathe.

But in his heart, he knew it wasn't because the opponent was stronger, but because his own will was too weak.

The giant creature grew restless and uneasy: "Foolish creature, you're courting death!"

"The one who will die is you!" Chen Shouyi roared.

The next moment.

Both transformed into afterimages, instantly closing the distance.

"Boom!"

A pain shot through Chen Shouyi's abdomen, his immense body, weighing nearly eight thousand tons, flew backwards like a bent shrimp. Before he landed, the giant creature quickly caught up, unleashing a storm of attacks. Each punch landed on him with a bursting red glow.

Transparent shockwaves rippled through the air.

The giant creature felt a sense of relief replaced by intense shame and anger. Just a moment ago, it was so scared its legs trembled. Anyone witnessing such a colossal being would fear it. Yet, it turned out to be so weak.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

It attacked Chen Shouyi's body furiously.

"Is this all the strength you have?"

Wh... What?

A premonition suddenly hit it, and its body instinctively dodged.

Just as it avoided the strike, a flaming fist brushed past its side, the high-speed airflow it carried felt like a sharp blade, cutting its skin painfully and peeling a layer off.

Before it could catch a breath, another punch came crashing in.

The sky blazed with flames, a massive fist rapidly enlarged before its eyes, and it seemed as if the air would tear apart.

It felt its scalp tingle and quickly dodged again.

This kind of attack was terrifying; once hit, it would probably mean its demise.

Chen Shouyi delivered punch after punch, completely dominating. Yet, he sighed inwardly: His own agility was truly too low.

The opponent's earlier attacks felt like mere tickles to him, but killing it was incredibly difficult.

"Boom!"

A kilometer away, a mountain peak collapsed, shattered by the forceful punches.

Faced with such terrifying power, the giant creature was left with only room to dodge and dared not approach for close combat.

After burning Faith Value, his Intelligence rose to 25 points.

His Strength reached an astonishing 38.2.

Yet, his 22.3 Agility remained his biggest weakness.

But the ferocious strength made up for everything else.

The ground was blasted by fearsome punches, creating craters like meteor impacts, with shockwaves sweeping in all directions.

The retreating giant's bloodshot eyes suddenly gleamed, and soon a blinding beam shot out, reducing the air to disintegrated atomic states wherever it passed.

This was a devastating energy capable of completely disintegrating assembled matter. Even a mountain peak would disappear under its impact, marking it as the giant creature's trump card.

Once the beam is fired, it's impossibly fast to dodge; you see it, and you've been hit.

But there is something even faster.

That is a premonition.

The energy inside him violently surged, reaching an unprecedented peak under the extreme danger.

A magnificent hum rang out like a great bell tolling, resonating as if the entire heavens and earth echoed. The ground within hundreds of meters instantly shattered into dust, while the air within a kilometer blurred from the vibrations.

The red light dimmed quickly as it passed through the air, by the time it reached his brow, it was only a tenth of its original intensity.

But the remaining power was still formidable.

The five-centimeter-thick skin instantly atomized, followed by the nearly half-meter-thick brow bone. Fortunately, by then, the energy was completely exhausted, leaving a massive wound on his forehead.

Narrowly escaping death, Chen Shouyi felt a lingering fear that quickly turned to rage.

"Courting death!"

He roared, covering his forehead and eyes with one hand while charging forward in large strides.

This attack had evidently drained the giant considerably; its blue magic patterns dimmed a bit. Seeing the attack fail, it immediately lost any will to fight and turned to flee.

There was no way Chen Shouyi would allow it to escape.

Think you can just run after attacking?

Unbelievable!

He pursued with a fiery expression and long strides.

Seconds later, Chen Shouyi caught up with it. The giant turned around and shot another destruction beam.

This time, the beam hit the Leather Armor, yet left not a single trace.

The next moment, Chen Shouyi slammed a punch forward.

The giant deftly dodged again, its massive body surprisingly agile.

But Chen Shouyi had been waiting for this moment:

"Imprison!"

The previously turbulent, violent airflow instantly solidified, revealing the texture of the air.

Just as the giant's foot touched the ground, its body halted abruptly, and a chill ran through its heart as terror crossed its face:

"No!"

Though the Air Imprisonment only stopped it for less than 0.1 seconds before it broke free with great force, it was already too late.

A flaming fist zipped past its body.

"Boom!"

A flash of light burst and vanished, followed by a mushroom cloud explosion. Before the dust could settle, Chen Shouyi moved forward again, using Air Imprisonment and stomping down heavily.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

…

After three consecutive stomps, its entire body was nearly turned into a puddle of flesh.

Chen Shouyi spat a mouthful of dust-laden saliva.

He canceled the burning of Faith Value.

This battle had been relatively easy.

Aside from that destructive beam posing a serious threat, he had maintained the upper hand throughout, ultimately seizing the moment for a one-hit kill.

He touched the "small" pit on his forehead, big enough to fit two fingers.

Wondering when it would heal.

He stored the corpse into his spatial space, then headed towards the ruins.

At this point, he was surprised to find that the previous intense battle barely damaged the nearby mountains, but hardly affected the buildings across.

"This building is obviously extraordinary!" he mused inwardly.