Chapter 744: Chapter 588: New World
Long Yi carefully observed his surroundings, indeed, he no longer felt that strange sense of separation. Among Long Yi’s Giant armaments, there was one piece called the Giant Mask, which could conceal all of his power. Therefore, Long Yi now appeared as a hefty man without any excess strength, and naturally, no one paid him any attention.
His power level?
Long Yi could feel his power surging within him, but he really found it hard to define his power level.
Because compared to his time in the Human Realm, he was indeed much stronger now.
Although he didn’t know why, these slavers seemed to think he was a Mountain Giant. But this didn’t matter, at least it still had the word ’giant’ in it!
No problem with the power, no problem with the Giant’s talent.
So, what could be the problem?
"Hey..."
Long Yi opened his mouth and softly called to the hefty man from earlier.
"Huh?"
The hefty man, who appeared even more robust than Long Yi, glanced at Long Yi. He was evidently still in a huff.
"The ten in the back are yours, the thirteen up front are mine."
Long Yi said softly.
"What do you mean?"
The hefty man didn’t understand what Long Yi was trying to say.
"What I mean is... let’s get started!"
Crack! Long Yi easily broke the rope around his wrists, and at the same time, he kicked the wooden stake keeping the hefty man captive. The stake broke upon impact, causing the hefty man to fall flat on the ground together with the stake.
"What are you doing!"
The hefty man roared, but he immediately realized that his feet were actually touching the ground!
Roar!
A roar full of endless power surged through his body, freeing the hefty man from the ropes. He picked up the wooden stake and swung it with all his might!
Following his lead, Long Yi yanked out the wooden stake that had once restrained him, and violently swept it out.
In the blink of an eye, those who couldn’t escape fast enough were turned into minced meat.
The humanoid beings around started screaming as mysterious energies began emanating from the whips in their hands, charging straight at Long Yi!
Such speed! It certainly exceeds more than ten Dragon Marks!
But, I am stronger!
Crack!
The whip wrapped around Long Yi’s wrist, the energy quickly seeping in. But with a sharp yank, Long Yi pulled the creature right in front of him. He grabbed the creature’s head with a big hand, and with a crackling sound, the creature’s jaw was crushed.
Seeing the situation turning against them, the surrounding creatures immediately scattered and ran.
"Bastards! You think you can run!"
The hefty man roared and stomped on the ground. An energy wave surged into the ground, followed by ripples of magical array spreading out.
Then, huge stone spikes burst from the ground, impaling all the creatures!
"Tsk!"
The hefty man pulled his foot from the ground, sneered disdainfully, and then turned to look at Long Yi, opening his mouth in a big smile:
"Not bad bro! Which tribe are you from?"
Long Yi shrugged:
"I have no idea."
Long Yi dared not answer randomly. Suddenly appearing in this unfamiliar place, who knew what their customs were.
Together, the two of them freed the other Mountain Giants who were held captive.
Obviously, the lack of clothes was making everyone uncomfortable.
Long Yi refrained from pulling out clothes from his private space, until the hefty man pulled out a worn-out robe from his own private space. Long Yi then realized that in this world, private spaces were probably not anything extraordinary.
In Long Yi’s private space, there were also some old clothes. Long Yi casually picked one with the least distinguishable style to put on.
"I am of the Black Rock Tribe, you can call me Stone Fist."
The big guy got closer again.
"I can’t really remember anything right now, my head is killing me." Long Yi shook his head and pretended to have a headache. Pretending to have amnesia was the best strategy for time travel.
Undoubtedly.
"Could it be that you’re suffering from amnesia? I noticed there’s a wound on your head, your face is covered in blood." Stone Fist said.
What?
Long Yi took out a mirror from his private space, only then did he see that an injury had appeared on his head at some point, and blood was covering his face.
"These damn goblins! How dare they torture my brother like this! I think they must have wanted to know the locations of more brothers from you, right? You must have been beaten up because you refused."
Stone Fist clenched his fists, and his mighty voice rumbled in Long Yi’s ears.
"I... I don’t know, I don’t really understand... who I am..."
Long Yi felt his acting skills were way too exaggerated, but clearly, Stone Fist didn’t think the same.
"It’s alright! I know who you are! You are a Mountain Giant! Our brother! Since you can’t remember which tribe you belong to, then just come back with me to my Black Rock Tribe. Our witch doctors will take care of you!"
"Alright..."
Long Yi had no better options, he was yet to find a place to settle down, following someone else, should be the best plan for now.
He was packed onto a cart when he first arrived, but this time he didn’t have to walk back.
Stone Fist placed his hand on the ground, the soil shattered and a stone poked out from below the surface. It had no head nor tail, it was a flat stone with four legs. Long Yi and Stone Fist sat on it, and the stone immediately began moving towards the opposite direction they had just come from.
Other Mountain Giants around them did the same, they summoned the four-legged stones from underground and started moving in different directions.
All along the way, Stone Fist had given Long Yi many insights, about this planet and the Mountain Giants. But of course, there wasn’t much useful information. After nightfall, Stone Fist went to sleep. Long Yi took out a giant tablet and began researching his own information.
This is a rather peripheral planet even within the multiverse, inhabited by a sentient lifeform known as Mountain Giants.
An adult Mountain Giant is about five to six meters tall, and the group of Mountain Giants that Long Yi had encountered were actually just children.
Mountain Giants have a long lifespan, so even though they are children, these Mountain Giants are not young. They have a unique trait, as long as they are standing on the ground, they can draw infinite power from it and recover their strength remarkably fast. An extreme example on record is a Mountain Giant who was swallowed by a giant beast, only leaving his lower half standing there. However, after less than half a day since the beast left, that lower half regrew an upper half! Furthermore, it didn’t lose any memories at all.
According to the Mountain Giants’ understanding, this should be a very special biological characteristic. But the exact reason was never rigorously studied by the Mountain Giants of the time. This record came from more than ten thousand years ago, when the Mountain Giants hadn’t yet developed enough civilization. Nowadays, they must be much stronger.
Long Yi got some more current information about the Mountain Giants from Stone Fist.
Now there are tens of thousands of different sized tribes living on the planet of the Mountain Giants. The Black Rock Tribe is considered to be of average size. The Mountain Giants here have developed a very unique magic that allows them to draw power from any planet’s land.
However, this very magic had brought disaster to the Mountain Giants.
The planet of the Mountain Giants was relatively peaceful. With a sparse population and rich resources, the Mountain Giants almost never experienced wars. The communities between tribes were very peaceful. But in the wider universe, the shadow of war always looms. War profiteers aimed at the powerful Mountain Giants. As long as their feet are on the ground, they are invincible. Well-nigh impenetrable stone armor combined with master-level stone magic makes the Mountain Giants the dream soldier of every mercenary broker. Hence, some greedy slave traders came here to capture Mountain Giants and train them into mercenaries. It must be said, that the Mountain Giants were born soldiers. After only brief training, they showed great potential in combat. The enemies defeated by the Mountain Giants immediately recognized how powerful such warriors were.
So now, across the entire planet, besides the Mountain Giants, almost all other places were full of slave traders. They set all kinds of traps everywhere, hunting for solitary Mountain Giants. Once captured, they would immediately strip and hang them upside down to keep their feet away from the ground, the basic knowledge to deal with Mountain Giants.
Today was just unlucky for Long Yi. He didn’t know how he managed to end up with a bloodied head, appearing vulnerable enough for those bastards to take advantage of his unconscious body.
After gaining as much knowledge as possible about the Mountain Giants, Long Yi started to seek allies. Obviously, it was a good upper plane here, but it didn’t quite meet his expectations. As a warrior in a strange place, what should you do first?
Scout?
Wrong!
First request backup!
However, Long Yi’s message for allies remained unanswered, and he couldn’t find anything useful from the Giant Tablet either.
It appears that, for now, he would have to rely on himself.
Along with their abilities, the Mountain Giants are also famous for their slow pace. A fashionable way to say it would be that these guys enjoy their unhurried life!
The four-legged giant stone was not slow, but compared to when he was running wildly, it was incredibly slow. However, Stone Fist said, what’s the point of running so fast? Everywhere was the same anyway!
He did seem to have a point.
On their journey, Long Yi and Stone Fist ate fruits and roasted meat. Finally, after four days, they arrived at the Black Rock Tribe.
The Black Rock Tribe’s territory was vast, covering several mountains. However, compared to the bustling Black Dragon Empire he had experienced earlier, Long Yi felt like Columbus setting foot on the new world.
He was surrounded by towering Mountain Giants, which made Long Yi, who was used to tower over others, feel strangely repressed. More significantly, considering the Mountain Giants around him, who were as tall or even taller than him, as ’children’ instilled an indescribable sense of defeat in him. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read this at m.qidian.com.)
