High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 1753: Chapter 497 Giant 03 Under the Moon

When the Primordial Qi descended from the sky, the stars across the sky dazzling, and the sound of grand bells echoed around the battlefield.

In front of the inner castle.

Beside the collapsed prison cell.

Giant Zero Three had just released its true form moments ago.

It was a giant skeleton more majestic than the true forms of all the Big Wizards present and even larger than the Multi-Armed Giant KOTOS, just standing there like a steep mountain, giving the sense that it would burst the Black Prison Castle apart.

Its smooth skull was like a gigantic playground, stained with silver-white moonlight; each shoulder bore a curved, sharp horn, complete and hideous, revealing a profound color.

Its hollow chest was filled with vines, the spine like a towering pine, with thick ribs spreading to the sides like two neat rows of spruce, inscribed with intricate gold and silver runes, resembling columns of ants, crawling along the slender bone textures, evoking layers of halos, as if made of flesh and blood, filling the giant skeleton’s hollow structure.

Its hands hung beside its knees, the right hand slightly curled, holding an engraving knife scarcely larger than a finger; the left hand held a scroll of books, each bamboo slip thicker than the largest bamboo Zheng Qing had ever seen, bound by heavy leather straps, with golden rays shooting through the gaps like sharp arrows or the keen edge of the knife, sharp and piercing.

The bone relic formed after the Rat Immortal’s skeleton burned out was embedded on the giant skeleton’s forehead like a grayish-white pebble, inconspicuous. But driven by it, Giant Zero Three, like a blazing sun, was dazzling and remarkable, its powerful aura soaring skyward, tearing through the moonlight veil over the battlefield, unmatched even against Legend.

Even if that bright moon was not truly legendary.

”Are you ready?”

Giant Zero Three overlooked the entire battlefield, its gaze sweeping past low walls and broken towers; over the dark council members, the deans of the First University, the Big Sea Monster, and the Great Wizard Demon; over the struggling sheep within the dark cocoon and the Multi-Armed Giant KOTOS, who had no notion where to stuff the Xuanhuang Fruit, finally resting on the light gray barrier beside the shallow pit at its feet.

Pause briefly.

Then the giant withdrew its gaze, took a deep breath, as though a hurricane gust swept through the ’spruce,’ ’tall pines,’ and vines in its chest cavity, reverberating thunderously as if thunder:

”Are you all ready to listen to the sounds from the cracks of the world?”

The entire battlefield, all wizards, and demons fell silent under that vast figure, even the battle in progress subconsciously slowed down.

The answer to Giant Zero Three was the second spell from the bright moon in the sky:

”Decree!”

”Day wanes and moon diminishes, leading to demise!”

Silver-white moonlight fell from the sky again, only this time, unlike the previously hazy and gentle moonlight, the moonlight fell like invisible sharp blades.

These blades did not truly slash the giant skeleton.

Rather, they were cutting away the intangible concepts upon Giant Zero Three—like destiny, like blessing, like longevity, even gaze, thoughts, presence, etc.

The Rat Immortal, controlling Giant Zero Three, could clearly feel the magic power of the giant skeleton dissolving every moment in the moonlight; the aura that originally flourished like bamboo shoots after rain was being stripped like peeled bamboo, layer by layer; even it felt its thoughts were being obliterated one by one under the moonlight.

Is this the power of legendary magic?

The bone relic on Giant Zero Three’s forehead emitted a faint halo, resisting the moonlight’s cutting; the Rat Immortal quietly comprehended, its thoughts not thrown into chaos by the disintegration, instead, as those thoughts were continually extinguished, it felt a sense of ease and liberation, like a bird soaring after the rain, with pleasant chirping in the fresh air.

Initially, it was still striving to withstand the encroachment, but as the freedom birdsong grew louder in its heart, it felt as if a balloon was inflating within its chest, swelling larger and larger, almost choking it to the point of needing a vent to release the air.

With this urgent thought, Giant Zero Three shook its hand, unfolding the scroll of bamboo slips held in its left, pulling out one slip, and throwing it into the air.

The engraving knife in its other hand immediately fell onto the bamboo slip, inscribing two incantations that had circled in its mind for long:

”Longevity coexists with heaven and earth, with the sun and moon sharing splendor!”

”If not to relinquish braveness and abandon filth, why not alter this measure!”

Once the spell was uttered, the dwindling destiny, magic power, and even lifespan under the moonlight ceased at once.

The bamboo slip floating in midair emitted an unnamed clear brightness, spreading in all directions, covering Giant Zero Three’s entire body in a brief moment, then extending over the entire inner castle battlefield.

Under that clear brightness, the sensation of cutting from the moonlight vanished, restoring its lightness and gentleness, as if a new rule replaced the old one.

The sound of the incantation lingered, and its echoes were endless.

The ordinary wizards and demons on the battlefield, captivated by the battle between the two ’legends,’ had ’ceased the fight’; while the higher-tier Big Wizards and Great Demons silently comprehended the intertwining legendary aura above the battlefield, each with their insights.

”This spell already possesses a touch of true legendary charm.”

The acting dean of Alpha Academy, Tilda Strange, looked solemnly at the moonlit giant, especially at the bone relic on the giant’s forehead, with an extraordinarily serious expression.

The possibility that the Dark Council might gain another legend is not good news for the current Black Prison Battlefield.

In contrast, the Mist Captain’s expression was more complex: ”It is closer to that realm than the others... even without consuming the fruit.”

The Rat Immortal, who hadn’t eaten the Xuanhuang Fruit, was on the verge of breaking through the legendary barrier, while the four Big Sea Monsters, who fought tooth and nail for the Xuanhuang Fruit, hadn’t even snatched a single fruit, let alone achieved legend.

Could there be anything more ironic?

At the same time, the members of the Dark Council were astonished by Giant Zero Three’s action.

”Is it using fragments of the forbidden curse?”

Anglafell, a member of the Ghost Tribe, felt the concepts wafting through the air under the moonlight, more keenly perceptive than other members, finding it somewhat unbelievable: ”Can forbidden curses be used this way?”

The forbidden curse the Dark Council attempted to showcase to the wizards and demons in the Black Prison was a result of collective effort from all members, Anglafell always believed that using that spell required the sacrifice of a powerful wizard, never expecting to witness fragments of it right now.

In contrast, the Wandering Wizard looked towards Giant Zero Three with a few complex feelings.

”Is it because finding the juice resolved its inner conflict?”

Compared to others, the Wandering Wizard evidently understood his old friend’s state better at this moment, looking up at the towering Giant Zero Three, and for a moment couldn’t remember why he initially wandered.