Time was pressing, and they had to reach the region of the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits as quickly as possible.

Liu Wuxie repeatedly flew into the sky, circling above the valley like a hawk. His eyes shone brightly as he scanned the entire valley. Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes, sensing a faint fluctuation of aura beneath a dense cluster of trees in the distance.

"So that's it! The Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves are all hiding inside tree caves!" Liu Wuxie said as he dropped sharply from the sky.

"Young Master Liu, did you find something?" A'Wu asked.

"A large number of Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves are hiding all around us, and they have concealed themselves inside tree caves. That's why we couldn't detect them before," Liu Wuxie replied, sharing everything he had discovered.

The moment they heard that a large number of Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves were lurking nearby, every giant tensed.

Though the wolves were enormous, they could shrink themselves and curl into tight balls. If not for Liu Wuxie, the Giant Clan would have had no way of discovering their hiding places.

"What should we do then? Are we supposed to sit here and wait for the Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves to ambush us?" A'Lei asked anxiously.

They were fortunate to still be only in the outer region. If they had already gone deep into the valley, the Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves would surely have caught them completely off guard.

As he spoke, A'Lei turned to look at Liu Wuxie and waited for him to decide.

"It's better to strike first than sit and wait," Liu Wuxie replied. With his current strength, he did not even fear immortals, much less a pack of Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves.

Even if an army of quasi-immortals came, he would still slaughter them without hesitation, let alone wolves whose strongest member was only comparable to the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm.

When Liu Wuxie activated Ghost Pupil again and swept through the trees, more than a hundred Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves came into view.

"Get ready!" Twenty giants immediately raised their longbows in unison.

Liu Wuxie's task was to point out the trees where the wolves were hiding. Since the giants had no means comparable to Ghost Pupil, he could only act as their eyes.

The Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves seemed to realize that the Giant Clan had found them, and they began crawling out of the tree caves. But before they could fully emerge, a volley of arrows tore through the air and shot toward them.

Every arrow resembled a tree trunk piercing through the sky. They split through the air and slammed into the trees along with the wolves hiding inside them.

One tree after another exploded, and blood sprayed everywhere. The wolves hiding in the remaining tree caves quickly burst out, baring their fangs as their bodies rapidly expanded to full size.

More than seventy Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves let out furious roars. This was the greatest loss they had ever suffered in a single exchange. They had already lost so many before even reaching close combat.

The giants immediately drew their longbows again and unleashed a second volley of arrows.

The wolves darted left and right in an effort to evade the arrows. Their speed was terrifying, and in only one-thousandth of a breath, they crossed a thousand meters and reached the giants.

A'Lei and the others quickly drew their blades and threw themselves into battle. The clash erupted at once, with blood and flesh flying in every direction.

Liu Wuxie wanted to end the battle quickly, so he sent the Heretic Blade to the fight as well.

One Heavenly Howling Moon Wolf after another dropped dead, and he wiped out another batch in the blink of an eye.

Liu Wuxie floated quietly in the air. With a single thought, he summoned the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron and devoured all corpses.

"Awooo!" The Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves began retreating the moment they noticed Liu Wuxie. They did not fear the Giant Clan, but they feared Liu Wuxie, whose killing power was simply too terrifying. The battle ended in only five minutes, something that had never happened before.

"Young Master Liu, thank you for exposing the Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves' trap," A'Wu said gratefully.

If Liu Wuxie had not been here over the past two days, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"There's no time to delay! We have to move out quickly! I'm worried the Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves have already discovered the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits, and that's why they set up blockades to stop us," Liu Wuxie said. His unease was growing stronger by the moment.

Based on what A'Lei had said earlier, the Heavenly Howling Moon Wolves rarely staged ambushes like this. That meant they had likely discovered the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits. That was why they had set up blockades to delay the Giant Clan's advance.

The valley was too vast, and even after scanning it, Liu Wuxie still could not locate the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits. Only the Giant Clan knew their exact location.

The group continued advancing and passed through another layer of forest before their view finally opened ahead of them.

"It's up ahead!" A'Wu said, pointing forward.

However, when everyone looked up, they found nothing ahead of them except a bare rock wall. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"We used boulders to seal off the area, so that no ordinary astral beasts would discover the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits behind it," A'Wu explained.

With a flicker, Liu Wuxie slipped through the rocks and saw a large tree completely enclosed in stone. Fourteen massive fruits hung from its branches, each one as large as a water vat.

"It's really the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits!" Liu Wuxie's eyes glowed with excitement at the sight of all fourteen fruits.

With these fruits, not only would he be able to reach the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm, but he would also be able to help everyone from the two teams reach the Quasi-Immortal Realm.

Originally, helping everyone in those two teams reach the Quasi-Immortal Realm within six months would have been difficult, as it would have required unimaginable resources. But with the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits, he could shorten that timeline by a great deal.

A'Lei and A'Li were left dumbstruck as they looked at the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits, which were nearly ripe.

"They haven't fully ripened yet!" A'Wu stepped forward and quickly discovered that the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits still needed more time.

Liu Wuxie had noticed the same thing. They would have to wait a little longer. If they consumed the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits now, their effects would be greatly reduced.

"They still need another two or three days to ripen, and we'll have to guard this place until then," Liu Wuxie said as he looked at the fruits.

The giants immediately spread out and began patrolling the area, preventing astral beasts from entering. They had brought enough food with them, and Wild Luo Fruits were also abundant enough to replenish their strength.

Liu Wuxie sat atop a boulder and circulated the Desolate Devouring Art, unwilling to waste even a single moment.

A'Lei began teaching the other giants the pressure arrays used to strengthen the physical body. The more pressure arrays they formed within themselves, the stronger their combat power would become.

Meanwhile, A'Li began teaching them how to cultivate true essence, so that in the future, they too could briefly fly by using it. Every single giant began cultivating seriously under the guidance of A'Lei and A'Li.

The two brothers had grown enormously in the past year, and their achievements naturally drew envious looks from the surrounding giants. After all, they had only been at the Primal Origin Realm a little over a year ago. In such a short time, they had grown to the point where even the elders of the Giant Clan could only look up to them. All of it had happened because of Liu Wuxie.

The first day passed peacefully, and no astral beasts came to disturb them. But on the second day, astral beasts began appearing more and more frequently in the surrounding area. They had most likely followed the Giant Clan's tracks.

These astral beasts were enormous, and from a great distance, they could already see the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits. The Giant Clan might not have recognized those fruits, but demonic beasts possessed far sharper instincts. Even if they did not know the fruits by name, they could still sense the powerful energy contained within them.

"Uncle Wu, the number of astral beasts around us is increasing," one of the giants reported.

The giants' patrol perimeter steadily shrank as the astral beasts pressed closer and closer. Their outer ring had already narrowed from a radius of ten thousand meters to only five thousand. Astral beasts could cross that distance in the blink of an eye.

"Don't worry about it. We don't need to fear anything with Young Master Liu here," A'Lei said, reassuring his clansmen.

Liu Wuxie could even kill immortals, so these astral beasts posed no threat to him. With nothing else to do while waiting, A'Lei began recounting Liu Wuxie's deeds from recent years.

The giants listened with awe, especially when they heard that Liu Wuxie had slain an immortal and even fought a powerhouse at the fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

The second day also passed peacefully. Though the astral beasts kept drawing closer, none of them dared to act rashly.

By the third day, the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits released a powerful fragrance that spread over a radius of 3,000 miles. The scent instantly drew the attention of countless astral beasts, and they lifted their heads to look toward the valley.

Though Liu Wuxie had set up a spiritual array around the area, even that could not stop the fragrance from leaking out.

The number of astral beasts around them began to grow explosively. With only twenty giants present, there was no way they could face all those beasts head-on.

The encirclement formed by the astral beasts kept shrinking until it had narrowed to only a hundred meters. Every beast stared at the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits with drool spilling from its jaws.

The largest fruit had already split open slightly, and energy was seeping out of it. It had ripened to nearly ninety percent. Once it had fully matured, it would naturally fall from the tree.

However, Liu Wuxie clearly had no intention of waiting that long. He waved his hand and summoned the largest fruit into his grasp, and a black hole immediately appeared and devoured it.

The moment the Radiant Golden Bull Fruit entered the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, an overwhelming power surged out in all directions. It unleashed a violent force that nearly destroyed the cauldron itself.

Liu Wuxie immediately circulated the Desolate Devouring Art and began absorbing the fruit's energy.

The astral beasts in the surrounding area all began emitting low growls. Such a heavenly treasure had just been taken and refined by a human.

As the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits continued ripening, Liu Wuxie began collecting them one after another, intending to share them with the Giant Clan after they returned.

Golden liquid floated above the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, and the desolate world absorbed it. Once it entered the desolate world, it quickly transformed into a new kind of power and released an ancient aura.

Liu Wuxie had only recently broken through to the eighth-level Heaven Gaze Realm, and now he was about to welcome yet another breakthrough.

At that exact moment, the astral beasts around them finally launched their attack. The rich scent released by the Radiant Golden Bull Fruits drove them into a complete frenzy, and they charged forward without the slightest regard for danger.

Six fruits still hung on the tree and had not yet fully ripened. They still needed more time.

"Hold them off!" A'Wu roared as he led the other giants and moved to stop the astral beasts from getting close.

"Fall back into the spiritual array! There's no need to fight them head-on!" Liu Wuxie ordered A'Wu and the other giants to enter the spiritual array. He told them to ignore the astral beasts even if they attacked the spiritual array. Then, he opened a gap in the array for the twenty giants to enter.

The astral beasts began hurling themselves against the spiritual array, each impact producing a heavy thud.

Liu Wuxie took out a Radiant Golden Bull Fruit and crushed it, then fused the energy directly into the twenty giants.

As the giants absorbed the energy of the Radiant Golden Bull Fruit, their cultivation began to rise, and their bodies underwent a drastic transformation.