"Alright, next up, it's time to properly explore this Deep Sky Continent. Speaking of which, it's been three and a half years since I arrived on this Deep Sky Continent. I've been cultivating the entire time and haven't even seen a Giant yet." Zhou Hong chuckled. In these three and a half years, he had changed mountains a few times, but he had never encountered any of the Giant race on the Deep Sky Continent. Zhou Hong was eager to see them.
However, before he came up, Zhou Hong had learned that in terms of strength, when at the same cultivation level, the humans below were no match for the Giants. The difference in strength was about three realms.
This meant that even though Zhou Hong had reached the Tribulation Transition Waiting Period, his strength was only equivalent to a Giant at the Out-of-Body stage, which was three realms lower.
Given this, Zhou Hong was currently in great danger on this Deep Sky Continent.
Zhou Hong left the mountaintop. He didn't know his current location and could only blindly move in the direction he came from, traversing through the forest.
The forest here was also different from below. The trees in this forest were about 100 times taller than those below. Zhou Hong looked up at the trees that were constantly a thousand or two thousand meters tall, marveling inwardly. If Earthlings discovered this, cutting them down to make furniture would be perfect.
Thus, Zhou Hong traveled through the forest for a day and a night. Suddenly, Zhou Hong heard unusual sounds coming from the mountain forest ahead, sounds from both males and females.
"Huh?" Zhou Hong felt something was off upon hearing these sounds. They sounded like a man and a woman fighting.
Zhou Hong immediately crept closer. As expected, below the trees ahead, two Giants, each nearly two hundred meters tall, were fiercely fighting beneath the trees. The sounds of their struggle filled the air.
"Holy cow." Zhou Hong was greatly shocked. What shocked him even more was that the male fighter's weapon was also 100 times larger. Zhou Hong felt terrified, on the verge of nightmares.
These two fighting Giants were roughly at the Nascent Soul stage. Giants at this level, if facing humans below, could contend with those in the Integration stage.
Fortunately, Zhou Hong had already stepped into the Tribulation Transition Waiting Period.
"Grandpa, should I go and kill them?" Zhou Hong asked.
"Forget it, don't create unnecessary trouble. Your most important task now is to quickly find a senior from the Primordial Academy here."
"Okay."
Zhou Hong followed his grandfather's advice and quickly left the scene of the two Giants' battle.
Zhou Hong walked and walked. Finally, after five days and five nights, Zhou Hong suddenly saw an area ahead with very low spiritual energy and almost no immortal energy.
"Grandpa, I feel like this area might be where the humans from below live."
"Indeed. The spiritual energy in this area is very low, and there's almost no immortal energy. The Giants would certainly not want to come here, so humans who have come up from below would be safest here."
"Then I'll go in and search. Let's see if I can find any seniors from the Primordial Academy."
Zhou Hong immediately entered the area.
Zhou Hong's guess was correct. This area was the safest for humans who had come up from below because the Giants disdained such places.
Upon entering this area, Zhou Hong noticed that the forest trees had all become shorter. Before, they were often thousands of meters tall, but here, the trees were mostly only four to five hundred meters high.
After walking in this forest for about half a day, Zhou Hong suddenly saw signs of human activity.
"There's a footprint here." Zhou Hong immediately crouched down. He could tell that the footprint on the ground could not belong to a Giant. It was clearly a human's footprint, and judging by its size, it looked like a woman's.
"Walking in this direction should lead me to encounter humans active here. Once I do, I can just ask around and find a senior from the Primordial Academy. Although the spiritual energy in this area is low and there's almost no immortal energy, compared to the continent below, it's still countless times stronger."
"Mhm." Zhou Hong immediately walked forward in the direction of the footprint. After about ten minutes, Zhou Hong suddenly saw a man and a woman sitting on a large rock in the forest ahead, seemingly resting.
What Zhou Hong didn't expect was that the woman was actually Lu Qianqian.
"Whoa!" Zhou Hong's heart was overjoyed. He hadn't expected to find Lu Qianqian so easily.
Just as Zhou Hong was about to emerge, the young man suddenly said, "Qianqian, come on. No one is here, just the two of us. Let's do it right here on this rock."
Zhou Hong immediately stopped, not rushing to come out. He seemed to want to see what the young man intended. What did he mean by inviting Lu Qianqian onto the rock?
"I'm sorry, I can't agree to that." The next second, Lu Qianqian refused without hesitation, her tone laced with anger.
"Qianqian, we were classmates before. And I remember back at the Primordial Academy, you admired me so much." the young man said.
"That's right. I did admire you greatly back then. You were the most monstrous genius of our generation, reaching the Soul Separation stage by graduation, and you even graduated early. If you had paid a little more attention to me back then, I might have already been your woman."
"But it's not too late now. Now, we are of similar age, and I have cultivated to the early stage of the Integration period. At my age, I am still someone you can admire, aren't I?"
Lu Qianqian nodded and said, "Indeed, as classmates, you have now cultivated to the early stage of the Integration period. It is truly something to admire."
"Then what are you hesitating for? Being a patrol officer on this Deep Sky Continent, we are in pairs. I feel a bit bored every day. Come on, let's take off our clothes and put them on this rock, so it won't be uncomfortable to lie down." The young man then made a gesture as if to take off his clothes.
"Long Peng, don't be like this. You and I are just patrolling partners. I already have someone else in my heart now. To me, you are just a former classmate. I hope you can show me some respect," Lu Qianqian said, very angry. Su Dan Novel Network
"Is that so? Who is it?" The young man seemed a bit unable to comprehend. In his memory, he had always been an unattainable existence among all his classmates of the same generation. He could easily win over any girl. Now Lu Qianqian was saying she already had someone else in her heart.
"You don't know him. Anyway, my heart already belongs to someone else. I'm not the type to fall for someone else, so I'm sorry."
"Heh, I'm quite curious then. Is the person you like as strong as me?" the young man asked, a hint of defiance in his voice.