Chapter 759: Chapter 598: The Simple Battle for Possession
"Then try this punch!" Long Yi’s contempt easily enraged Hua Gang, who stormed toward him, his fist condensed with the power of stone!
"You can’t handle this punch either!" Long Yi punched simultaneously, but he dispersed the power of stone evenly across his punching arm, shoulder, waist, and thigh.
Boom!
They exchanged a punch and Hua Gang stepped five paces back!
"That really hurt!"
Long Yi shook his hand vigorously. Not having used the stone power to protect his body, his wrist was somewhat scratched. But the power of the stone quickly healed the injury.
Hua Gang wasn’t injured, but clearly, he felt humiliated for taking more steps back. As Mountain Giants, merely injuring the opponent has no real significance. As long as the Mountain Giant can touch the earth, the inexhaustible stone power can heal all injuries inflicted.
They could even revive from death!
Fury flickered in Hua Gang’s eyes!
"Rock Armor!" Hua Gang roared, heavy granite armor fused to his body. Then, with another roar, he dashed straight at Long Yi.
Long Yi also roared, and rushed toward Hua Gang. Then, with a swift turn, he kicked out with all the power of the stone concentrated in his leg. His heavy kick left Hua Gang frozen in his place, while Long Yi spun a few times in mid-air before landing.
"Damn...that really hurt!"
Half of Long Yi’s leg and waist got sprained from the collision. It healed instantly, but the force of impact was quite astonishing. Naturally, it couldn’t be compared to fighting with Stone Fist.
Having been immobilized by Long Yi’s kick, Hua Gang was stunned. He couldn’t believe what had just happened. His heavy assault had been withstood by Long Yi. Now, he had a golden opportunity to attack Long Yi while he spun mid-air! He could’ve finished him!
Hua Gang was filled with regret, but he missed the opportunity. Long Yi wouldn’t dare to give him another.
"Now, it’s my turn."
Long Yi chuckled, as the power of Lava surged within him, flames soared, the giant Crystal Stone burned with roaring flames, wrapping around him to form a Crystal Stone Armor.
"Mere bluster!"
Hua Gang charged fearlessly. In the previous unarmored situation, he wasn’t afraid of Long Yi, let alone now with armor. He threw a punch, their fists collided heavily, and the crystal exploded. Hua Gang was overturned, whereas Long Yi rushed and stomped his foot heavily!
"Opportunity!"
Hua Gang endured Long Yi’s stomping on his chest and held onto Long Yi’s foot, simultaneously kicking towards Long Yi’s supporting leg! Long Yi couldn’t let him connect, so he jumped with one leg, dodging Hua Gang’s kick.
"Ah, Long Yi is losing," muttered Old Stone Fist who was watching the battle. "He’s not paying enough attention to protect his feet!"
As Hua Gang saw Long Yi leap, a smile crossed his face.
You’re losing! You bastard! You lost the moment you made that move! Where do you get your power with your feet off the ground!
Hua Gang roared, standing up straight from the ground, even hoisting Long Yi up!
"You lost!"
"Are you dreaming?"
Long Yi laughed loudly, his free leg shot towards Hua Gang’s head. Since Hua Gang was holding onto Long Yi’s leg to prevent him from landing, he couldn’t dodge. Long Yi’s kick landed directly on Hua Gang’s neck. With a blast, Hua Gang’s rock armor shattered, his head inclined to one side, losing control of his hands. Long Yi broke free and landed, gathering all his energy, he pushed both fists!
Boom!
Hua Gang, unable to take a defensive stance, had his rock armor completely shattered. His chest was charred, and he flew far, fainting.
Looking at Hua Gang who didn’t get up, Long Yi deactivated his Crystal Stone Armor.
"I guess this means I won, right?"
Long Yi asked the elders watching from a distance.
But none of the elders spoke, they were all astounded.
Leaving the ground results in immediate loss of power, a principle thousands of years old. And when you have rock armor and leave the ground, it just disintegrates. Long Yi had been off the ground for so long, yet his armor did not disintegrate. In fact, he shattered Hua Gang’s head armor, turning the tide! How did he do it?
It was a burning question in everyone’s mind, whether they were adults or children, ordinary people or elders.
"Hey, elder? Uncle Old Stone Fist!" Long Yi spoke again.
This time, Old Stone Fist came to his senses.
"Yes, yes, you won! You won!" Old Stone Fist repeated.
And with that, the competition for the Sacred Rock ended, lasting less than three hours. Everyone still had time to go home for lunch.
Long Yi and two others were awarded the Sacred Rock. Although Long Yi’s piece of Sacred Rock was smaller, he didn’t mind. As an outsider, being generously permitted to participate in such a competition was a joyful thing in itself, and he wasn’t bothered about much else.
Hua Gang returned and stared at the Sacred Rock in Long Yi’s hand, seething with barely concealed rage. However, he said nothing. He had lost, and as much as it bothered him, there was nothing he could do about it.
The other two, holding the Sacred Rock, immediately began to absorb its power. Long Yi could clearly feel their strength increasing. Apparently, the Sacred Rock not only provided raw power but also boosted the Mountain Giants’ ability to store energy. Long Yi watched from the sidelines until they had fully absorbed the power of the Sacred Rock, which then crumbled into dust.
Stone Fist sidled up, looking at Long Yi with obvious envy.
"Brother, wouldn’t you want to absorb the power of the Sacred Rock too?" asked Stone Fist.
I would like to study it first," Long Yi answered truthfully.
"Study? What’s there to study? Power’s what’s useful!" Stone Fist couldn’t comprehend what there could be to examine about the Sacred Rock.
"I don’t know what I’m looking for either, but it feels wasteful to just absorb its power directly," Long Yi replied.
"Well, it’s your Sacred Rock. You can use it however you wish," Stone Fist said, shaking his head.
Long Yi nodded, watching the two who had just absorbed the power of the Sacred Rock summon their Rock Armor. Predictably, their Rock Armor turned a jet black color, similar to that of the Sacred Rock. However, there was no power within these slates of black rock.
So, absorbing the power of the Sacred Rock turns Rock Armor into Black Rock?
Such a characteristic...
Long Yi, clutching the Sacred Rock quietly returned to his stone hut, sat on his stone bed, and began thinking.
This attribute resembled a certain type of magic.
Instead of absorbing its power, Long Yi poured his Giants’ Strength directly into the Sacred Rock. Giants’ Strength, known for its adaptability, could reveal the structures of many types of energy.
This time, when he infused the Sacred Rock with his Giants’ Strength, the power within the rock did not return to him as more Giants’ Strength. Instead, it merged with the Giants’ Strength.
Then, Long Yi widened his eyes in shock.
There was a series of magical structures recorded in the Sacred Rock!
This magic was simple. Even a fingernail-sized piece of Sacred Rock could contain the complete structure. This so-called absorption of power from the Sacred Rock was essentially only imprinting this magic onto oneself!
Using his Giants’ renowned magic interpretation abilities, Long Yi executed the magic precisely. His internal Stone Power immediately changed its mode of operation. It moved faster but occupied significantly less space. This meant that while the destructive power increased, more Black Rock power could be stored in the body!
So that’s how it works!
Almost simultaneously, the Stone Power entering Long Yi’s body from the earth immediately transformed into Black Rock Power, doubling as usual. Using the same method, he filled his body with Black Rock Power again. In this manner, the constantly increasing doubled Black Rock Power had reached an astonishing level!
Then, Long Yi looked at the Black Rock in his hand and chuckled bitterly. If he had known it was this simple, why had he bothered to waste time offending people? Borrowing and taking a look would have sufficed! However, this did save him a lot of trouble. After all, borrowing a rock to take a look and seizing a rock were two completely different things, right?
Holding the Sacred Rock, Long Yi left his stone house. Just as he stepped outside, he saw Hua Gang standing there.
Seeing the Sacred Rock in Long Yi’s hand, Hua Gang seemed to let out a sigh of relief.
"Long Yi! I want to challenge you again!" Hua Gang shouted.
"Why?"
"I must have the Sacred Rock! There’s an indescribable reason I need it!"
"Do tell!"
"I want to kill all the slave traders on this planet!"
This was an interesting claim.
All this time since Long Yi had arrived at the Black Rock Tribe, it seemed no one showed any sort of hostility towards the slave traders. Whether they came and went, or captured people, or freed themselves, everyone acted like it was no big deal. Yet now, Hua Gang presented him with a different perspective.
"My brother was taken away by slave traders, and I was the only one who managed to escape. I don’t know where they sent my brother to fight. I absolutely cannot tolerate this!" Hua Gang growled.
"I’ve been curious, it seems like you all don’t have much hatred for the slave traders. Why is that?" Long Yi asked.
"Because it’s profitable, one can go to more advanced planets, or even more powerful Planes!" Hua Gang replied, his expression filled with pain.
"So, I can interpret it this way – most people here don’t actually hate slave traders. Some even hope to be taken away?"
"Yes."
Long Yi finally understood.
Stone Fist had told him that their planet was very peripheral. Mountain Giants led a primitive hunter-gatherer lifestyle, so developing a sophisticated civilization, let alone understanding magic, was near impossible. The few Mountain Giants who had returned from fighting wars on other planets often told their stories of adventures, attracting countless young people who dreamed of leaving.
No wonder!
Finally, Long Yi could understand why no one had seemed anxious when Stone Fist originally returned home – they thought leaving the planet was a blessing!
"I think you’ve got a very promising idea. Consider this challenge a loss on my part," Long Yi said, tossing the Sacred Rock to Hua Gang and leaving. (To be continued. If you enjoy this novel, I’d appreciate your vote of confidence on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read on m.qidian.com.)
