"It has been almost a year, and you don't need to blame yourself anymore. After all, it was not intentional. Your original intention was just to expand human territory and allow more humans to come here to cultivate."
"But now, I am trapped here, unable to receive the heavenly tribulation, and can no longer continue cultivating."
"So, I've come. I'll take you away now," Ruo Lan said.
"How will you take me away?"
"Of course, I'll take you away the same way I came. It's just a pity that this immortal mansion has to be left here."
"That doesn't matter. As long as I can gather another 9 billion giants and form the million-level Immortal Slaying Array, I am confident I can destroy the entire Giant Kingdom," Zhou Hong said, his eyes filled with rage.
"We'll talk about that later. We must leave immediately. There's no time to delay. I am, after all, a lone star of misfortune. The longer you stay with me, the more unlucky you will become. By then, forget about leaving, you won't even know how you died."
Zhou Hong nodded and immediately followed Ruo Lan out of the immortal mansion.
Ruo Lan was also at the Mahayana stage. Although her strength could not compare to the Mahayana stage giants, her realm was equivalent. She could use her realm advantage to help Zhou Hong resist the perception of the Mahayana stage giants. Furthermore, breaking the seal here was also Ruo Lan's help. Otherwise, Zhou Hong would not have been able to break it at all, and even if he forced it open, he would have been discovered instantly.
Thus, under Ruo Lan's cover, Zhou Hong successfully escaped from the immortal mansion.
Upon reaching the surface, Zhou Hong quickly burrowed underground and left from there.
A day later, Zhou Hong and the others were already far from the Giant Kingdom's imperial palace.
"Zhou Hong, we part ways here," Ruo Lan said to Zhou Hong.
"Why the hurry?"
"I am a lone star of misfortune. The longer I stay with you, the more unlucky you will become. If I stay any longer, I'm afraid you'll be captured. Remember last time, we were only together for a few days, and you either stepped on dog feces or sat on a wet bed."
"This...!" Zhou Hong didn't know what to say.
"Then I'll be going now." Ruo Lan left immediately, not wanting to burden Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong looked at her departing back, his heart filled with complex emotions.
"Ruo Lan, thank you. My successful escape this time is all thanks to your rescue. Otherwise, I really can't think of any other way," Zhou Hong shouted.
"You're welcome. Hurry up and go. Don't provoke the Giant Race again in the future. Even if you cultivate to the Mahayana stage, you won't be a match for Mahayana stage giants of the same level."
Zhou Hong nodded. Indeed, even if he cultivated to the Mahayana stage, he wouldn't be a match for them as they were on the same level.
If he wanted to defeat the giants here, there was only one way: capture another 900,000 giants in the Nascent Soul stage or above and form the million-level Immortal Slaying Array.
But now, even if Zhou Hong cultivated to the Mahayana stage, capturing 900,000 giants wouldn't be easy, and could even be said to be impossible, because every city in the Giant Kingdom had Mahayana stage existences.
This was why Ruo Lan had told Zhou Hong not to get involved with these giants anymore, but to cultivate diligently and ascend to the immortal realm in the future.
After parting ways with Ruo Lan, Zhou Hong immediately headed for the main camp.
After an unknown number of days, Zhou Hong finally arrived at the original main camp.
It was a pity, however, that the main camp had long since become ruins. The mountain that was there before had been leveled, and the passage from the main camp to the Tianyang Continent was also completely blocked.
It would not be easy for Zhou Hong to return to the Tianyang Continent below through this passage.
"Damn it." Zhou Hong felt a surge of anger. He hadn't expected to suffer such a crushing defeat this time.
Just then, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky above. Zhou Hong's face lit up, as he sensed the first heavenly tribulation was about to descend.
"Haha, the first heavenly tribulation is finally coming!" Zhou Hong laughed heartily. Once one reached the tribulation-transcending stage, cultivation was no longer an active pursuit, but rather when the heavenly tribulation descended, one could break through, provided they could successfully pass it.
A few minutes later, the first bolt of heavenly tribulation descended, striking Zhou Hong fiercely.
With Zhou Hong's strength, passing the heavenly tribulation was naturally not a problem. Even if his body couldn't withstand it, he could channel the lightning into his sub-world, much like grounding lightning with a lightning rod.
As expected, Zhou Hong easily passed the first heavenly tribulation.
Zhou Hong's realm finally broke through from the waiting period of tribulation transcendence to the early stage of tribulation transcendence.
However, what difference did it make?
Facing the giants here, breaking through to the early stage of tribulation transcendence was no different from before, so Zhou Hong had nothing to be happy about.
Just then, two giants suddenly arrived from a distance.
Zhou Hong quickly burrowed underground to hide.
"Strange, there was a trace of tribulation transcendence here just now. Could it be? A giant is undergoing tribulation here? Or, another human is undergoing tribulation here?" one of the giants said doubtfully.
Both of these giants were at the Nascent Soul stage. Although Zhou Hong's realm was higher than theirs, he was still no match for them unless he used the Immortal Slaying Sword Array.
"It must be a human undergoing tribulation here. Giants wouldn't come here. This is a desolate land. These lowly humans are truly like cockroaches that can't be killed. They managed to crawl up even though we sealed the entrance." another giant said.
"Then let's search for him."
The two giants immediately began to search.
Zhou Hong hid underground, knowing that it was only a matter of time before he was found.
Since that was the case, he might as well stop hiding and destroy them directly. Zhou Hong didn't put two Nascent Soul stage giants in his eyes.
So Zhou Hong quickly emerged from the ground.
"Stop searching, I'm here," Zhou Hong shouted.
"Indeed, there's a human here." The two giants quickly surrounded Zhou Hong, and with their height advantage, Zhou Hong could not escape from any angle.
"Hmph," Zhou Hong snorted coldly.
"Damn human, quickly tell me how you got up here? The entrance is clearly sealed," one of the giants demanded, seemingly unaware that this human before them was the notorious one from the Giant Kingdom, who had been trapped in the immortal mansion.
Zhou Hong was too lazy to waste words and instantly unleashed the Immortal Slaying Sword Array.
"Ah?" The two giants' expressions changed when they saw the Immortal Slaying Sword Array. They seemed to realize who the person before them was.
"It's you? How is this possible, escaping...!"
Before the two giants could finish their words, their bodies turned into fragments.
Under the power of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array, giants in the Nascent Soul stage were no match at all. Even giants in the tribulation-transcending stage would only meet their demise.