In the space, Xiao Fei's body, cultivated with the "Overlord Body Art," had grown to over ten zhang tall. When he clenched his fist, it was larger than a millstone.
Fei Yu, who had witnessed Xiao Fei's transformation from beginning to end, was so terrified that he repeatedly begged for mercy.
"Master, if you grow any larger, I won't be able to bear it."
Thinking of having to carry a person as heavy as a giant mountain to fly in the future, a sense of despair and powerlessness welled up in his heart.
"Hahaha! This is just the beginning. In the future, I will have my feet on the earth and my head in the sky. A single strand of my hair will be thicker than your waist."
Xiao Fei's laughter shook the leaves of all the trees in the space.
More than half of the giant's body remained, and the fellow still showed no signs of waking up.
He couldn't help but admire the ruthlessness and decisiveness with which the giant had attacked him back then.
However, upon closer thought, it seemed that in the circumstances at the time, if it hadn't been for that, he would have been drained dry by Xiao Lan.
With such a seal, if it had fallen into the hands of his own kin, there might have been a glimmer of hope.
It was just that his luck was a bit poor, falling into Xiao Fei's hands, and he was directly decomposed into materials.
In a corner of the space, there was a sealed hut made of spiritual energy. At this moment, another Xiao Fei and Huang Feifei were in seclusion and cultivation within it.
Xiao Fei had previously harvested over 50 wood spirit fruits, of which he had used a little more than half to refine a large batch of wood-attribute marrow cleansing pills.
Among them, there were over 60 high-grade wood-attribute marrow cleansing pills, as well as numerous mid-grade pills and a small number of low-grade pills.
With his current alchemy level, he rarely encountered low-grade pills.
His original wood-attribute spiritual root aptitude had reached over 160. After consuming another batch of mid-grade pills, his aptitude points directly increased to 200.
At this point, it seemed to have reached a certain limit. Even with high-grade marrow cleansing pills, his aptitude could not advance further.
The moment his wood-attribute spiritual root aptitude reached 200, something similar to what happened last time occurred again.
An endless stream of spiritual energy poured into his body, and his cultivation surged upwards as if he had gone mad, unstoppable.
Soon, this body broke through the early stage of Nascent Soul and reached the middle stage.
This time, Xiao Fei was mentally prepared. He had meticulously refined his mana to be extremely pure beforehand, and there were no signs of unstable foundations yet.
Then, he let his cultivation continue to break through. In just a few months, his cultivation broke through again, reaching the late stage of Nascent Soul.
At this point, Xiao Fei could no longer bear it. If his cultivation continued to advance rapidly, it would affect his foundation.
Spiritual energy was still pouring in incessantly, and he could not refuse it. The previous body had solved this by cultivating the giant race's techniques. He did not intend to follow the same path with this body.
To prevent his cultivation from growing uncontrollably, Xiao Fei simply emptied the spiritual energy in the room and spent his days tempering his mana in an environment devoid of spiritual energy.
Meanwhile, in Huang Feifei's cultivation room, a jade bottle and a jade slip suddenly appeared.
Huang Feifei picked up the jade bottle in surprise and opened the cap to take a look.
With just that glance, she almost died of fright on the spot.
This jade bottle was filled with mid-grade wood-attribute marrow cleansing pills, totaling several dozen.
Only then did she pick up the jade slip beside it, from which a message recorded by Xiao Fei was transmitted.
"Thank you, Young Master!"
Huang Feifei said a word of thanks before pouring a pill into her mouth.
To prevent Huang Feifei's cultivation from surging and causing an unstable foundation like his own, Xiao Fei had only given her 50 mid-grade marrow cleansing pills this time.
This could raise Huang Feifei's wood-attribute spiritual root aptitude to 150 points, far exceeding that of ordinary geniuses.
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The giant invasion of the Southern Wasteland Continent posed a great threat to the entire Tianyuan Realm.
If the giants could not be driven back in time and the gap in the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Great Array could not be sealed, after ravaging the Southern Wasteland Continent, the giant race would inevitably migrate to other continents.
At that time, it might lead to a disaster for the entire Tianyuan Realm.
Facing a common enemy, the major powers of the Tianyuan Realm united as never before, dispatching their strongest cultivators to the Southern Wasteland Continent.
This time, a total of 40 Integration stage cultivators were gathered, almost all the Integration stage powerhouses in the entire Tianyuan Realm had come.
The two sides fought fiercely on the Southern Wasteland Continent, causing mountains to collapse and rivers to flow backward.
Most of the living beings left on the continent who did not evacuate in time were annihilated by the aftermath of the battle.
Xiao Fei, within his space, also sensed the turmoil outside. He had released puppets to scout several times, but they were all shattered by the residual shockwaves of the battle.
The first wave of giants invading the Southern Wasteland Continent numbered over twenty. Later, another twenty-odd arrived successively. In terms of overall combat strength, the giant race had the advantage.
However, while the individual strength of the giant race was formidable, they had a fatal flaw: their minds were generally not very sharp.
Although absolute power could break all techniques, it was only effective if the opponent was also foolish enough to engage in a head-on clash.
But in this world, there was the human race, a species full of cunning.
The human race in the Tianyuan Realm was the strongest. This time, the counterattack against the giant race was led by the humans.
Even if you were strong, I wouldn't fight you head-on.
The cultivators of the Tianyuan Realm always avoided direct confrontation with the giants, instead seeking opportunities to hunt down isolated giants.
Today, they would ambush and kill one; tomorrow, they would quietly eliminate another. With only forty to fifty giants, how could they withstand such attrition?
And when the giants were enraged and wanted to seek revenge on the cultivators of the Tianyuan Realm, the cultivators of the Tianyuan Realm would flee.
Gradually, the cultivators of the Tianyuan Realm gained the advantage in the power comparison between the two sides.
The giant race fought fewer and fewer battles, until only a dozen or so remained. They finally realized that the Tianyuan Realm was not to be trifled with and retreated back into the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Great Array.
"Fellow Daoists, the giants have fled into the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Great Array. What should we do next? Let's discuss it together."
Due to the proper command and the giants' lack of intelligence.
In this battle, out of the 40 Integration stage powerhouses of the Tianyuan Realm, only eight were seriously injured, and a dozen were lightly injured. Not a single person died, which could be considered a great victory.
Now that the giants had retreated, the original plan was to re-seal the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Great Array. However, many people now had different intentions.
"Of course, we must continue to pursue them and annihilate the giants to eliminate future troubles."
"Yes! I think it's best to kill our way into the giant realm and expand our territory!"
"Destroy the giants, and the Tianyuan Realm will have one less major threat!"
After this battle, everyone realized that the giants were not as difficult to deal with as they seemed.
Therefore, the powerhouses of the major factions quickly reached a consensus and decided to pursue the giants.
A few days later, 30 Integration stage powerhouses passed through the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Great Array to pursue the giants.
Only ten people remained to guard the Tianyuan Realm.
Ancestor Ji and another demon race Integration stage cultivator were responsible for guarding the entrance and exit of the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Great Array.
The rest went their separate ways to garrison various locations. The Tianyuan Realm was vast, and many places required strong cultivators.