"Hoo!"
"Hoo-hoo!!"
After gasping for dozens of breaths, Mo Zhi finally accepted the fact that the palace was a giant.
Although she had seen various types of giants multiple times, this was the first time she had seen one with such an imposing entrance!
As if sensing Mo Zhi's gaze, the giant slightly turned its head.
Its dark golden eyes were deeper than the stars in the night sky, and with the flames burning on its arms, the outline of the giant's head flickered in the shadows.
It was like a demon god descending upon the world!
The oppressive feeling from its towering presence made Mo Zhi lack the courage to even draw her sword.
She wanted to confront it with her sword.
But her limbs felt as if they were under a restraint, refusing to obey.
'Soooooooo biiiiiig!'
'The giant itself is a fortress!'
'Susanoo, the embodiment of destruction!'
'This is too scary, I don't dare to fight just looking at it!'
'Standing before you is an epic cosplayer (x)'
'Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, it looks so scary!'
'The last giant seems to be several times taller than other giants crawling on the ground!'
'The final giant is practically a divine statue, with lightning and thunder, like a tragic divine retribution!'
...
Different viewers had different reactions to the giant, but Mo Zhi had only one thought: run!
Run as far as she could!
She had to get away from this place of trouble, away from this demon!
Whether it was because she was unaffected by Mo Na's emotions, she instinctively felt a primal fear towards the giant before her, like a natural enemy!
Later, she would realize that perhaps it was because too many souls of Duo Er Ming had condensed within her body, causing her to instinctively fear the giant that suppressed the souls of demons.
The last castle giant, the supreme magician, Malus!
He seemed to be the leader of all giants!
With just a glance, the released souls within Mo Zhi's body became restless.
Mo Zhi knew that as long as the castle giant before her didn't die, killing any number of other giants would be useless. He had absolute suppression over Duo Er Ming!
With him here, Duo Er Ming would absolutely be unable to unleash the ritual's power to help Mo Na revive Wang Daer.
She had to overcome her fear and fight!
Having come this far, even her beloved pony, who had accompanied her all along, had sacrificed itself on the way here.
She had to do something!
*Step!*
Enduring the pressure, Mo Zhi took a difficult step!
*Step!!*
*Step, step, step!!*
With her lips pursed and teeth clenched, Mo Zhi quickened her pace.
As the intruder broke in, Malus showed no mercy. As a mage, he slightly rotated his hands, and a large fireball hurtled directly towards Mo Zhi.
*Boom!*
The blast wave sent Mo Zhi flying four to five meters, and after tumbling a few times, she stabilized herself.
Her health bar in the lower right corner instantly dropped by one-third!
Mo Zhi was utterly shocked. She hadn't even entered Malus's territory yet, and she had already lost a third of her health.
To kill Malus, one not only had to enter his domain but also climb onto his body, find his weak spot, and pierce it with the Sword of Yesteryear.
Currently, she didn't even have the ability to get half a step closer!
Hitting the weak spot seemed as difficult as ascending to heaven!
Getting up with difficulty, Mo Zhi temporarily hid behind a pillar. The moment she peeked out, another fireball would instantly strike.
It was too easy for a full-health, full-mana mage to guard a path!
After repeatedly trying with dozens of lives, Mo Zhi finally gave up on a frontal assault.
Those fireballs, which seemed to have eyes, taught her a harsh lesson!
If a direct charge wouldn't work, she had to be cunning. Using the light of the lightning to survey her surroundings, after hours of exploration, Mo Zhi finally found a hollow cave hidden by a broken cliff on the right.
At the bottom of the cave was a pitch-black passage, and she groped her way forward like a blind person feeling an elephant.
The unknown was the most terrifying.
Mo Zhi's heart pounded violently. In the livestream, besides the crisp sound of the Sword of Yesteryear touching the stone and the deafening roar of fireballs exploding above, there was also the sound of her strong heartbeat.
'Look, the streamer's heart rate is increasing!'
'It seems Mo Zhi is genuinely afraid of the dark, this heartbeat is very realistic!'
'So scared, whimpers!!'
'I can punch a whimperer with one punch~!'
'Tunnel warfare, hey! Tunnel warfare! 233!'
...
Hearing the barrage of comments in her ear, Mo Zhi felt a little more at ease.
After walking for an unknown duration, a hint of firelight at the end of the passage appeared abruptly before Mo Zhi, like a colorful bridge leading to heaven.
She came alive and, as if her feet were greased, instantly rushed to the illuminated area, which was the exit of the hollow.
Above the cave entrance was a row of cover walls.
Watching the fireballs hit the wall, which did not shatter, Mo Zhi knew her method was correct.
She reached the cover wall, and although sparks flew on the other side, Mo Zhi didn't lose a single point of health, which boosted her confidence greatly!
She continuously moved to the right, using the wall for cover. The hollow at the end appeared, and without hesitation, Mo Zhi dove in again.
Perhaps this hollow was closer to the castle giant, as there was faint visibility within the hollow. With this bit of vision, Mo Zhi's speed kept increasing.
*Boom boom boom!!*
The large fireballs above continued to fiercely bombard the ground. Clearly, these fireballs were equipped with GPS tracking systems, specifically targeting Mo Zhi.
The ground in the hollow shook violently, and falling rocks and dust cascaded down. Mo Zhi felt as if she were experiencing an earthquake.
"Good thing I ate less for lunch today, otherwise I would definitely be shaken sick!"
Emerging from the hollow, her body twisted and turned, Mo Zhi arrived at the edge of the cliff at the exit.
Gazing down at the abyss thousands of feet below, she instinctively took a few steps back.
"Sooooo high, damn it's high!"
Like lightning, wind and rain lashed at Mo Zhi's face.
Such weather phenomena were usually depicted on television as occurring when someone had committed an act so outrageous that even gods and men were angered.
It seemed to imply that she was heading into an irreversible abyss.
But, could Mo Zhi be frightened by such a small trick?
She used the lightning to survey the terrain and climbed to the right along the rear cliff face. This should be the giant's blind spot. She couldn't see the castle giant's figure by looking up.
However, from the sound of the fireballs, she could clearly feel the explosions getting closer.
Entering a secret passage again, she continued further along the maze-like tunnels.
After exiting the secret passage, she continued to hide behind the cover walls.
At this moment,
Mo Zhi had entered the castle giant's domain, and was less than fifty meters away from it.
Observing the giant from such close proximity was truly stimulating!
There were stairs leading up the giant's body, but Mo Zhi suppressed the urge to climb them and continued moving towards the cover on the right.
This was clearly a trap!
Jumping into the hollow one last time, the exit was the castle giant's feet.
Standing between the giant's legs, Mo Zhi licked her dry lips, a fierce glint in her eyes.
The opportunity had arrived!
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