Chapter 930: Chapter 703: The Little Thief
Soro arrived at the armory, furious, only to find that Long Yi wasn’t there. He grabbed someone at random, and they told him that Long Yi had gone to the Imperial Arena, so he immediately set off for the Imperial Arena.
When Soro reached the Imperial Arena, he saw Long Yi sitting leisurely in the middle of the field, barbecuing and chatting with a beautiful, gorgeous little girl beside him.
Upon seeing Soro, Long Yi waved his hand, "You’re finally here! I’ve been waiting for you half the day!"
Little Zi picked up a plate filled with sliced meat, "Here, master, open your mouth! Ah—"
Long Yi immediately opened his gaping maw, allowing Little Zi to place the sliced meat into his mouth.
"You’re Long Yi!"
This was the first time Soro had seen Long Yi.
"Yeah, I’m Long Yi. Are you that idiot?" Long Yi replied and quickly retorted with a question.
"I am Soro—," Soro hadn’t finished speaking when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Bastard! You’re tricking me!" Soro roared in anger.
"No, you’re just too stupid!" Long Yi said nonchalantly as he stood up, stretched, and stuffed everything around him into his private space. "Come on, it’s getting late. I need to finish this fight; I still have to sleep."
Long Yi gestured for Soro to come closer with his fingers.
Meanwhile, Landers also landed, "Don’t be impulsive; this Long Yi is very tricky. Be careful."
"No need for your nonsense," Soro said impatiently.
"Eh? You’re all here? Come at me together then, less trouble!" Long Yi said indifferently.
"To deal with a weakling like you, I alone am more than enough!" Soro bellowed, charging at Long Yi like a cannonball!
"Physical combat?"
Long Yi laughed loudly.
"I just love physical combat!"
Their fists struck simultaneously, colliding with a thud. Soro, who had been moving at high speed, was stopped in his tracks, while Long Yi’s feet dug two trenches in the hard ground. Dust flew in all directions.
"Hahaha! Fool! You actually tried to match fists with me. My fists are the hardest in this plane!" Soro laughed boisterously.
Huh!
A gust of Fighting Aura dispersed the surrounding dust.
"Tsk, tsk. Your fist is indeed hard. But as for the hardest, your fist is still far behind mine," Long Yi flicked his fist and said.
"What!" Soro had assumed Long Yi would have been pulverized by that punch, but there was Long Yi, moving his shoulders nearby, not appearing to be injured at all.
"That’s impossible!" Soro couldn’t believe it.
"Don’t believe it? Try my punch if you don’t believe it!" Boom! Long Yi’s Fighting Aura erupted, faster and more ferocious than Soro’s just moments before.
Soro let out a roar, meeting Long Yi’s fist head-on, and as a result, Long Yi sent him flying a hundred meters, crashing into the wall of the spectator stands!
Then Long Yi stepped back a few steps and shouted from afar, "Are you dead? If not, get up and continue fighting!"
Roar!
A roar like that of a wild beast emerged as Soro, his clothes in tatters, blood in his eyes, charged out of the rubble. His arm was trembling slightly!
Staring at his own trembling arm, Soro looked utterly astounded.
"Bastard! How dare you... how dare you!" Soro was so furious he couldn’t complete his sentence.
"Would you like to calm down first? I think you’re about to die from anger," Long Yi said with a smile.
"I’m going to kill you!" Soro, who had always been learning from Adaman, was no match for Long Yi in a war of words, but he had his way of expressing his rage.
His originally frail body began to swell. He gradually grew stronger, taller, and his body started to glow with an even brighter dark golden light. In the blink of an eye, he had transformed into a five-meter-tall Giant!
"Long Yi! I will crush you!" Soro shouted loudly.
Almost simultaneously, everyone in the arena felt their Mana and Fighting Aura being involuntarily absorbed by Soro. Long Yi was surprised and casually cast a Magic Missile, only to see it shrink as it neared Soro, almost to the point of ignoring the damage by the time it hit him.
Long Yi didn’t test his Fighting Aura; if Magic behaved this way, then Fighting Aura must be the same. But Long Yi laughed, because he felt a Giant’s strength in the opponent’s body. Clearly, the Giant’s strength wasn’t his own, but had been infused into him via a special method. It was this Giant’s strength that had made him so huge. However, Long Yi didn’t yet understand which Magic was responsible for making him grow so much.
"Die!" Soro yelled, his cumbersome body charging directly at Long Yi. Long Yi only felt a tremendous suction pulling him towards Soro. Long Yi immediately ceased all Fighting Aura and Mana, and the suction vanished instantly.
And then Long Yi landed.
"If you can absorb all energy, how about this?"
With the power of stone channeled underground, Long Yi instantly turned into a Crystal Stone Giant of the same five-meter height!
"Heh, just as I thought. You can only absorb energy, but not the stone produced by the energy!"
Boom!
Two five-meter-tall Giants threw punches at the same time, their colossal fists colliding with a crash. Soro staggered, while the Crystal Stone Giant’s arm shattered to pieces.
"Ha ha ha! Pathetic!" Soro laughed boisterously.
"Try this on for size!" The Crystal Stone Giant’s arm rapidly regenerated, coming back even thicker than before!
Boom! This time Soro took a step back, while the Crystal Stone Giant’s arm merely broke but did not shatter.
"Again!" Long Yi picked up the arm to reform it, covering it with more Crystal Stones, making the arm grow even bulkier!
Boom!
With a terrifying roar, the Crystal Stone Giant actually sent Soro flying backward!
"The same old line! Are you dead? If not, let’s keep fighting!" Long Yi’s head emerged from the crystals, shouting from afar.
"Roar!" Soro let out a deafening roar, rising from the ground. His already formidable body grew once more, reaching a height of eight meters!
"Is this what you call resilient?" Long Yi chuckled.
The enormous Crystal Stone Giant vanished, and Long Yi landed back on the ground.
Soro laughed wildly: "I’m going to crush you, little runt!" His booming voice caused discomfort to the audience in the stands.
"I really don’t believe that."
From a distance, Long Yi beckoned Soro over with a taunting gesture. Enraged, Soro charged toward Long Yi, stomping down heavily! But Long Yi dodged Soro’s attack with agility.
Landers shook his head quietly; Long Yi was definitely doomed this time. Without being able to use Fighting Aura or Mana, Long Yi was no match for Soro! Even with the Crystal Giant, it wouldn’t be enough! Because Soro wasn’t just that—he could keep on growing indefinitely!
As expected, after several unsuccessful stomps, Soro, in a fit of rage, grew again! This time his height surpassed fifteen meters!
At this moment, Long Yi hadn’t gone far but was instead watching Soro grow little by little. As Soro grew, Long Yi suddenly leapt onto Soro’s shoulder and delivered a punch to his neck, a flash of golden lightning in a fleeting moment.
"Ha ha ha, it’s like a mosquito bite! It doesn’t hurt a bit!" Soro laughed heartily, while suddenly swatting at his own neck. With such slow speed, Long Yi easily avoided it and lightly landed on the ground.
"So that’s how it is."
Long Yi had been trying to identify which Magic Soro was using without success, so he decided to take a close look when the Magic was in effect. Unexpectedly, as he neared Soro’s neck, the Greedy Serpent awoke on its own. Long Yi delivered a punch and instantly understood the composition of the spell. It truly was a Giant spell. Its name was very unrefined, called "King of Miners." It was a spell originally created by the Giants for a certain Dwarf Clan, which allowed the dwarves to grow immensely and possess boundless strength, drawing upon the power of the Giants. However, after the Dwarf Clan disappeared, the spell was lost, only to reappear here.
"What did you find out? No! It doesn’t matter what you know, you’re a dead man!" Soro, laughing, charged at Long Yi again.
"I don’t believe that."
Saying so, Long Yi took off his shirt, revealing his muscular torso.
Then, suddenly, Long Yi’s entire body shone with a dark golden light!
"This little trick! It’s not just you who can do it!"
Fifteen meters!
Another Giant, fifteen meters tall, appeared before Soro!
Soro stood dumbfounded, as did Landers in the stands and Emperor Saint Danze in the distance.
Unexpectedly, Long Yi could grow too!
And after enlarging, Long Yi looked even stronger!
"Do you know the biggest difference between you and me?" Long Yi, smiling, walked toward Soro.
Soro’s eyes flickered with madness. "This is just an illusion! You won’t fool me!"
"The biggest difference between me and you is that you’re just a big, wimpy chicken, and I’m a big, strong warrior!"
Soro threw a punch at Long Yi, who met it head-on with his own. The collision of their fists caused a deafening explosion, the barriers around the field shattered, and the Imperial Mage with Divine Armor beside the Emperor had to raise a shield to block it.
After the roar, came the sound of something enormous snapping!
Soro’s entire arm broke under the impact of that punch!
"Ah! My arm! My arm!" Soro cried out in agony.
"Your arm? It’s not just your arm!"
Then, without giving Soro any chance to recover, Long Yi punched him in the jaw, knocking it askew. Soro’s massive teeth flew out into the stands, breaking several chairs, and then he gradually shrank to normal size.
"You’re just an idiot who stole a Giant’s spell! And you didn’t even steal it completely! In the end, you’re just a fool! Even in death, you’re still a dead fool!"
Long Yi pummeled with punch after punch; each one inflicted severe injuries on Soro. Amidst the dreadful roaring, Soro’s body was shrinking little by little! Soro was horrified to realize the Giant’s power within him was being absorbed by Long Yi with each punch!
"No! This is my power! You can’t take my power!" Soro mumbled incomprehensibly, his speech unclear, and no one understood what he was saying. His size had shrunk to five meters.
"No, this isn’t your power, thief! It’s just power you and your thieving mentor stole!"
Boom!
With another punch, Soro’s size completely returned to normal. (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
