Giant Dragon Lord: Starting from Daily Intelligence

Chapter 657: Chapter 470: ”Giant’s Sleep” Valley and the Mountain Giant

Gu pointed to the vast valley below.

”Its Law is this: it was born in this mountain range, so everything within this range—the mountains, the rivers, the rocks, even every speck of dust—is its private property.”

”We have entered its territory, which makes us invaders in its eyes. That Alchemy Workshop grew from its ’body,’ so naturally, it belongs to it as well.”

”It refuses to let us enter, and it absolutely refuses to let us take any of its ’private property’ from its domain.”

Raylo’s worst fear had come to pass.

The path of peaceful negotiation was completely blocked.

His gaze fell involuntarily upon the Ice Wind Demon Serpent beneath his feet, which was coiled and ready to strike.

The world-destroying Power connected to his will was so clear in his perception, so alluring.

’Perhaps... I could give it a try?’

’Use this newly completed Catastrophe Level Puppet to test the mettle of this ”King of the Mountains”?’

The thought spread like wildfire in his mind, growing uncontrollably.

However, Grand Elder Gu’s next words were like a bucket of ice water, dousing his flame to the core.

”Put those thoughts away, boy.”

Gu spoke faintly, as if he had seen right through him.

”This Mountain Giant has not yet reached the Peak of the Catastrophe Level, but it’s very close. Its Power originates from the entire Black Stone Mountain Range beneath our feet. If we fight it here, it will have a virtually endless supply of Power.”

Gu patted the serpent’s head beneath him and continued.

”This Demon Serpent Puppet of yours is impressive. But ultimately, it has only just entered the Catastrophe Level. If a real fight breaks out, it won’t last half an hour before that big rock smashes it into a pile of ice shards.”

”Every Catastrophe Level combatant is hard-won. There’s no need to waste one here just to test the waters.”

Raylo fell silent.

He looked down at the Mountain Giant, standing tall like a Demon Deity, then back at the magnificent and powerful Ice Wind Demon Serpent beneath his feet.

’Am I really going to give up just like this?’

Phillips’s Mobile Alchemy Workshop, a supreme treasure capable of changing the future of the Black Stone Territory, was right before his eyes yet just out of reach.

The Mountain Giant stood there, gazing from afar at the two uninvited guests who had trespassed on its territory.

It seemed to have great patience. Or perhaps, in a life that spanned tens of thousands of years, a brief standoff like this was simply insignificant.

Raylo’s mind, however, was spinning.

’Give up?’

The thought flashed through his mind for an instant before he mercilessly extinguished it.

He couldn’t give up.

And if he couldn’t give up, the only option left... was to fight.

But Grand Elder Gu’s words still echoed in his ears.

The Ice Wind Demon Serpent was no match for it.

That didn’t leave him with many choices.

Raylo’s hand subconsciously reached into his robes.

His fingertips brushed against a smooth, hard scale.

The Original Dragon Scale of the Flowing Wind Giant Dragon.

”When I sense your call, I will follow the guidance of the wind and come to your side at once.”

The Flowing Wind Giant Dragon’s words seemed to reverberate in his ears.

This was the most powerful trump card he held.

He could ask the Flowing Wind Giant Dragon for help, making it a two-on-one fight.

A Catastrophe Level Flowing Wind Giant Dragon, plus a Catastrophe Level Ice Wind Demon Serpent... with their combined power, driving away the Mountain Giant might not be difficult.

Raylo’s gaze then fell on the stooped figure beside him.

Grand Elder Gu.

A living Legend, the guardian of the Hill Giants.

His strength was unfathomable.

Judging by his casual assessment of the Junior Catastrophe Level Ice Wind Demon Serpent and his calm demeanor in the face of the Mountain Giant, his strength was definitely greater than the giant’s before them.

Asking him to intervene was, by all appearances, the most direct and reliable solution.

’But on what grounds?’

’Asking him to fight another Catastrophe Level being for my sake...’

Raylo’s mind was a battlefield of conflicting thoughts.

Time ticked by, second by second.

The Mountain Giant below seemed to have exhausted what little patience it possessed.

In its lava-like eyes, a tyrannical Flame began to rise once more.

The immense pressure in the valley suddenly intensified.

’I can’t wait any longer.’

Raylo took a deep breath, as if to draw in all his hesitation and uncertainty, and crush it completely.

He had finally made his decision.

He turned around.

”Elder.”

His voice was a little hoarse, but every word was perfectly clear.

”I would like to ask you to intervene.”

Gu’s murky eyes watched him quietly.

Raylo met his gaze.

He slowly held up one finger.

”And I will owe you a favor.”

Gu’s murky eyes stared intently at Raylo.

At that moment, time seemed to stretch on indefinitely.

One second.

Two seconds.

Ten seconds.

Just when Raylo was starting to think his request would be denied...

Grand Elder Gu suddenly laughed.

”Haha... HAHAHAHA!”

”Good!”

Gu extended a withered finger and pointed it at Raylo.

”Boy, you’re a smart one. You should know the price of this favor.”

”Since you’ve taken the initiative to ask, you must have thought it through. Very well...”

His laughter echoed through the valley, actually managing to dilute some of the tyrannical pressure radiating from the Mountain Giant below.

”I accept this ’favor’ you owe me!”

The instant the words left his mouth.

Gu’s aura transformed in a flash!

A terrifying presence erupted from him—ancient, boundless, as heavy as the earth and as domineering as the mountains!

BOOM!

He took a single step forward.

With just that one step, the thousand-meter-long body of the Ice Wind Demon Serpent beneath him let out a strained cry and sank abruptly, unable to bear the weight!

”Boy, watch closely.”

Gu’s voice became as resonant as a great bell, making Raylo’s eardrums buzz.

”This is how a Hill Giant fights!”

The linen clothes on his body instantly turned to ash.

His stooped body began to unfurl in an unbelievable way!

His body was growing rapidly!

Five meters!

Ten meters!

Twenty meters!

In the blink of an eye, Gu shed his disguise as an old human and returned to the twenty-meter-tall Hill Giant form that Raylo had seen in the Giant City-State!

But that was far from the end!

”ROAR!”

Gu tilted his head back and roared, his voice no longer hoarse but filled with a primal, savage Power!

He bent his knees slightly and pushed off with explosive force.

BOOM!

His enormous body shot down from the flying Ice Wind Demon Serpent like a cannonball!

In mid-air.

Gu’s body grew as it met the wind!

As he fell, his body swelled and stretched manically, like an inflating balloon, in a manner that defied all laws of physics!

His bones boomed like thunder!

His muscles bulged like mountain ranges!

A hundred meters!

Three hundred meters!

Five hundred meters!

Eight hundred meters!

Standing on the serpent’s back, Raylo stared blankly at the figure that was rapidly expanding in mid-air.

He knew Grand Elder Gu was strong, but he had never imagined he could be *this* strong!

When Gu’s feet touched the ground once more.

KABOOM!

A terrifying roar, loud enough to drain the color from the sky and earth, erupted!

The entire ”Giant’s Sleep” valley began to shake violently.

With his landing point as the epicenter, the ground rippled like the surface of water after a boulder is dropped in, sending visible shockwaves spreading madly in all directions!

The ground cracked, and boulders were sent flying!

A plume of dust shot into the air, obscuring half the sky!

When the dust slowly settled.

A Hill Giant, also a thousand meters tall and seeming to prop up the heavens, appeared before the Mountain Giant.

The silence of the valley was utterly shattered.

At that moment, the ”Giant’s Sleep” valley had transformed into a gladiatorial arena for two gods to battle to the death.

Faced with the giant that had suddenly appeared before it, one equal to it in height, a flicker of confusion passed through the Mountain Giant’s lava-like eyes, but it was quickly replaced by an even more violent rage.

In its mind, this territory could only have one king.