King of Titans and Dragons-Chapter 54 - Leader

Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Leader

Chapter 54 -54 Leader

“What?” On hearing his maid’s words, all traces of sleep vanished from Muria’s face, replaced with a sharp alertness. He quickly rose, “Are you sure about that? A Storm Giant has truly broken through the racial limit?”

“Young Master Muria, what reason would I have to deceive you?”

“Alright, alright.” Excitement filled Muria’s face as he paced back and forth in his room. The news of a Storm Giant reaching the Soul Intent Level held far-reaching significance.

For one, it might mean his influence on the giants was no lesser than that of a genuine Pure-blood Titan. It could also indicate a swift elevation in the strength level of his followers. Where there was one Storm Giant now, others would surely follow suit in the near future.

“Where is the Storm Giant who broke through? Take me to him immediately. I want to personally witness the power of the Soul Intent Level now,” Muria said, his eyes locked keenly onto his maid.

“He’s in the Martial Hall.”

…

Stepping into the Martial Hall, Muria’s gaze immediately homed in on a purple-haired, purple-skinned Storm Giant standing a whopping 21 meters tall, single-handedly holding his ground against ten other Storm Giants.

Muria raised his hand to halt the many giants in the Martial Hall, stopping them from ceremoniously greeting him on sight. He didn’t want their salutations to disrupt the ongoing combat in the martial arts field.

“These are… Soul Intent Circles.” Muria’s attention entirely bypassed the fights, riveted instead on a faint teal ring of light around the feet of the Storm Giant.

Bronze-, Silver-, and Gold-level. Strictly speaking, these three stages of power could be counted as one due to their similarity. Close combat practitioners theoretically could break through to the Golden Peak if they continuously enhanced their bodily prowess.

Similarly, magic practitioners could break through to the Golden Peak theoretically by endlessly meditating and enhancing their mental power. Thus, these three stages of power had no real inherent difference; they merely represented stages in power accumulation.

However, that’s only in theory. Breaking through power limitations in reality was no simple task, with myriad constraints in place. Many creatures were bound and subsequently limited by their bloodline; the same bloodline that granted them their abilities.

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Their power could only grow as far as their bloodline would allow, stagnating when it hit their bloodline’s peak limit. Without seeking alternative means to progress, they were doomed to remain at the peak limit of their bloodline indefinitely. An exceedingly despairing predicament to be in.

Hence, many giants risked their lives to cross the Thunderstorm Ocean, reaching the Titan Islands in hope of offering their loyalty to Prince Mureya. They sought a chance to break through the shackles of their bloodline in return.

And now, one such Storm Giant, long stationed by Mureya’s side and exposed to his Titan Bloodline, had successfully freed himself from bloodline constraints to reach a level of power previously believed unattainable by Storm Giants.

The Soul Intent Level was unlike the three previous stages of power. This stage couldn’t be reached simply by training. To get here, you had to gain insight into your soul and truly understand the essence of your power. The most significant hallmark of this stage was a Soul Intent Circle.

“A symbol of accurately comprehending the true essence of one’s soul and power,” Muria mused silently, his gaze fixed on the faint teal ring of light underneath the giant’s feet. Following that, he began to observe and study the Storm Giant who had reached the First Tier of the Soul Intent Level in battle.

“His physique has been enhanced, his size has increased, his power has magnified, yet his speed has markedly improved,” Muria observed the Soul-intent Storm Giant, each move accompanied by a gust of cyan wind. He contemplated, “One would think the larger the size, the slower the movements, yet he’s completely contradicting this normality. This Storm Giant seems to have achieved understanding in the Wind Soul Intent, typical of the Soul Intent Circles.”

“Hmph!” “Ah!”… The Storm Giant who had already reached the Soul Intent Level completely dominated the fray with his size, speed, power. Every aspect of him overwhelmed the other ten Storm Giants in a full-rounded assault. His opponents fell one by one, clearly outmatched.

“Your Majesty!” It was only then that the victorious Soul-intent Level Storm Giant realized Prince Mureya was watching him.

“Your Highness, Prince Mureya.” The numerous giants who had earlier been stopped also took this chance to pay their respects to Mureya.

“Rise,” Mureya commanded aloofly before turning his attention to the 21-meter tall Storm Giant standing before him. He smiled, “It feels great to have reached the Soul Intent Level, doesn’t it?”

“Very much so, Your Majesty,” replied the Storm Giant with a broad grin.

“Hmm, what’s your name?” Mureya asked. There were many giants in the Dragon Fortress, most of whose names he had yet to learn.

“I am called Terence,” replied the Storm Giant, paying his respects.

“Well then, Terence,” Mureya narrowed his eyes, “how about a spar with me? I’d like a taste of this Soul Intent power.”

“Sure!” On hearing Mureya’s request, Terence had no objections. Even though he’d been bested by Mureya before and the traumatic memory of Mureya’s horrifying strength still lingered, he doubted the odds of winning against Mureya, who was just at the Gold Third Tier, even after reaching the Soul Intent Level.

“Watch out then.” On hearing Terence’s agreement, Mureya surged forward with fist clenched. Without any unnecessary frills, he sent a straightforward punch flying at Terence.

Terence saw an approaching fist from the teen Titan, who stood eleven meters taller than him. He didn’t dare to take it lightly, crossing his arms to block in front of his chest, “Boom!” Terence blocked Muria’s punch.

However, the force on the fist made his arms numb. He couldn’t help but back away a few steps. With each step he took backward, large slabs of White Jade Stone shattered beneath his feet.

“Not bad!” Muria saw that Terence was not like those ordinary Storm Giants, who could be taken down by one of his punches, and praised him aloud. Afterwards, he swung his fist and charged once again.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”… The many Storm Giants watching the battle gawked as Muria kept pressing Terence, a Soul-intent level Storm Giant, their faces filled with shock and awe.

Although Muria appeared much larger than Terence, he was, after all, only at Golden stage three. Yet, he was able to suppress a Soul-intent level fighter. This utterly shattered the Giants’ perception of combat and gave them a new understanding of the strength of the Titan Bloodline.

As the battle between Muria and Terence continued, the Martial Hall floors, reinforced by the Mountain Giants, were covered in debris. From time to time, a hole big enough to fit a Cloud Giant was made by their attacks. The slabs of the entire Martial Hall were shattered.

The Giants watching the battle had to retreat to the corners of the Martial Hall to avoid the aftershocks of their fight. Eventually, the Giants had to vacate the Martial Hall.

“Boom!” Muria stretched out his hand and grabbed Terence, who tried to dodge him by using Wind Soul Intent to speed up. With a dominating force never experienced by Terence before, Muria smashed him into the wall of the Martial Hall.

“Smack!” The nearly five-meter thick wall was broken through by Terence. Yet, it only alleviated part of the force applied by Muria on him, and his momentum continued unabated, breaking through four more walls before he finally embedded into the sixth wall of White Jade Stone.

“Soul Intent Level, huh?” Muria looked at the rubble “passage” he had forcefully created using Terence and smacked his lips, “Not bad, at least you can take my punches, allowing me to use the martial arts inherited from the Titans.”

“… Your Majesty.” Terence, who had been smashed into the wall, was still a bit dazed but managed to weakly call out, using Muria’s title.

“What’s wrong? Not convinced?” Muria smiled as he walked toward Terence, stepping on the debris.

“You haven’t even used the Lightning and Storm power possessed by the Titans, yet I’ve already lost.” Terence looked at Muria in a daze and said, “Why is this? I have practiced day and night, weathered countless life-and-death ordeals, yet I still can’t break through the bloodline restriction.

And yet, I came to your side, serving you, and without doing anything else, only standing guard in the castle and accompanying you every day, was able to break through to the Soul Intent level.

But even so, I, with the strength of the Soul Intent level, couldn’t even force you, who is still at Gold Stage Three, to use the real power of the Titans.”

“…” Muria looked silently at this emotionally collapsing Storm Giant, and then at the Giants around him, whose expressions had dampened upon hearing his words. Only then did he speak:

“The number of Giants on Taiji Island has already exceeded fifty thousand, but you are the first one to break through the bloodline restrictions.

You could claim that you were able to break through to the Soul Intent level due to the influence of my bloodline, but there were more than three hundred Storm Giants who had been following me for a long time, yet you are the only one who broke through.

In the castle, the number of Cloud Titan Guards and Handmaidens exceed a thousand, but not one of them has broken through to the Gold Second Tier. You, on the other hand, managed to break through from Golden Peak to Soul Intent Level.

I was initially wondering how a Soul-intent level Storm Giant had appeared under my command so soon. Now, I understand.

The influence of my bloodline on you was just a catalyst. The main reason for your breakthrough is the sweat you’ve shed and the countless trials you’ve been through. Among all the Giants in the castle, you were the first to break through. This already explains everything. Why are you disappointed?

You have only just formed a Wind Soul Intent. The road to cultivating your Soul Intent is still long. And after Soul Intent, there is the Legend. As long as you remain resolute, you may well stand shoulder to shoulder with the Titans in the future.”

“Your Majesty!” Terence stared blankly at Muria, he hadn’t expected Muria to accept him so fully.

“That’s all I have to say.” Muria looked at the deeply grateful Storm Giant and waved his hand to dismiss him. Turning around to leave, he suddenly remembered something and turned back: “My personal guard has long been lacking a leader. From today onwards, you will take up this post!”

“Oh, right.” Muria glanced at the ruins of the Martial Hall, and the several broken walls, then instructed the team of Mountain Giants that had hurried over: “Could you please repair this place? It might be a bit of a big job.”

“No problem, Your Majesty.” The Mountain Giants, who every now and then had to carry out repair work since their arrival at the Five-Color Dragon Fortress, responded in unison. They had become used to it.

“Also, inform the Giants in the Giant City to build a martial arena that could accommodate battles at the Soul Intent level. The arena at Dragon Fortress is no longer sufficient.”

“By your command!”