The old crone didn’t even have time to react before she was torn apart by the Blade Qi, the snow and ice in the sky instantly dissipating as her blood and body fell from the sky.
The long spear made of condensed snow and ice plunged deeply into the giant’s chest, completely piercing through the giant’s entire body.
"Lord Xueluo," Chi Lei, standing by the side, saw this scene and his eyes almost split open, his expression a mix of shock and fury.
Taking advantage of the moment, Xiao Guizi struck Chi Lei’s back hard with his staff, knocking him to the ground.
Chi Lei took a deep breath, trying to stand up, but Xiao Guizi stepped on his head, pressing it into the ground.
Watching Xu Zimei approach, the woman beside him had a solemn expression but showed little panic.
Instead, Chi Lei yelled, "You killed Lord Xueluo, our Chi Family will never let you off."
"Shouldn’t you be more concerned about your own safety right now?" Xu Zimei, holding Tyrant Shadow, slowly approached Chi Lei.
"What do you want to do?" Chi Lei’s face changed slightly, his voice panicked as he asked.
"Tell me your names, origins, and the purpose of your visit here," Xu Zimei said with a faint smile.
"Impossible, just wait for our Chi Family’s retaliation."
No sooner had Chi Lei’s words fallen than he saw a flash of knife light before his eyes, his right arm brutally chopped off, blood spurting out.
"Don’t kill me, I’ll talk, I’ll talk," Chi Lei endured the pain in his arm, his tone filled with dread.
"I thought you had some spine, turns out you’re just a wimp," Xiao Guizi snorted coldly.
"We come from the Chi Family, at the core of the Eastern Continent. You must have heard of us," Chi Lei said, pointing at the woman beside him: "She is the most hopeful contender to become the Saintess of our generation in the Chi Family, her name is Chi Qianxue.
We came here to seek out the Giants and take the Essence of Life from them."
"What do you want with the Essence of Life?" Xiao Guizi asked.
"I don’t know, it’s just that a while ago the Family Head issued an order, saying that whoever could find an object with the attribute of life could become the Saint Heir or Saintess of our family," Chi Lei quickly replied.
"So you set your sights on the Giants," Xu Zimei chuckled: "Then do you know that since the Era of Emperors, it’s been strictly forbidden in the Yuan Central Continent to kill any of the Giants?"
"I know, but everyone understands that it’s fine as long as the killing stays hidden," Chi Lei answered: "I’ve said all I have to say, now let me go, I promise to forget everything that happened today."
The Giants are a very special race on the Yuan Central Continent, starting with the True Martial Great Emperor, each successive emperor has left ancestral instructions not to harm any member of the Giants.
No one knows the intentions of these emperors, nor does anyone understand what is so special about the Giants.
"When did I say I would let you go?" Xu Zimei said with a faint smile, lifting Tyrant Shadow in his hand; Chi Lei’s head exploded like a watermelon, his blood spraying into the air.
Xu Zimei turned and looked at the woman, chuckling, "Chi Qianxue, not a bad name."
"Just kill me if you have to, I won’t tell you anything," Chi Qianxue replied indifferently.
"Even if you don’t say it, I know," Xu Zimei said: "Your Chi Family needs an object with the attribute of life to activate a certain formation.
However, objects with the attribute of life have always been scarce, and over the past thousand years, the life-attribute objects in your family have been depleted almost completely.
That’s why your Family Head came up with this plan in desperation."
Hearing Xu Zimei’s words, Chi Qianxue’s gaze sharpened, and she asked solemnly, "Who are you?"
"That’s not important. How do you think I should deal with you?" Xu Zimei asked with a smile.
"Killing me wouldn’t be of much use, it’d be better to trade me for something meaningful instead.
You can say outright what you want, as long as I can do it, anything can be used to redeem my life," Chi Qianxue said calmly.
The Chi Family was an Imperial Rule Immortal Sect located in the central region of the Eastern Continent, and their ancestors were the Ice Snow Emperor.
One of the Ten Great Forbidden Lands, the Old Land, was located in the central region of the Eastern Continent.
Thousands of years ago, a man known as the Divine Emperor situated his created Divine Gate at the heart of the Old Land.
No one knew his purpose, and very few had ever truly seen a person from the Divine Gate.
The story of the Divine Emperor was filled with legend; after he bore his destiny, he sought to unify the entire Yuan Central Continent.
Unfortunately, with so many Imperial Rule Immortal Sects on the continent, naturally, no one was willing to accept the rule of the Divine Emperor.
Thus, after the Divine Emperor successively destroyed seven Imperial Rule Immortal Sects, this act not only failed to instill fear in the remaining sects, but it also angered the people across the entire continent.
So, on that day, a loud boom resonated through the firmament, and three dark holes appeared in the sky.
Three ancient emperors, only known from legends, descended upon the Yuan Central Continent.
No one knew the details of that battle; people only knew that after the battle, the Divine Emperor never appeared again.
And the Divine Gate he created never again emerged from the Old Land.
The Old Land was revered as one of the Ten Great Forbidden Lands of the Yuan Central Continent, situated on a piece of land forgotten by heaven and earth.
The land was vast, bordering the ocean that surrounded the Eastern Continent to the southeast.
Only to the northwest did it border with land, and to the north of the Old Land was territory ruled by the Chi Family.
The Chi Family was very concerned that one day the people from the Divine Gate would come out of the Old Land, and at that time, their Chi Family would surely be the first to be affected.
Therefore, in the age when the Taoist Array Great Emperor bore his destiny, they requested him to set up a formation at the border between the territory ruled by the Chi Family and the Old Land.
With the existence of this formation, they did not need to worry about people from the Divine Gate breaking through from the north.
However, the operation of this formation required treasures with life attributes to sustain it, and after operating for thousands of years, it had consumed a tremendous amount of life-attribute treasures.
Now the treasures needed for the operation of the formation were once again scarce, and the Chi Family found it very difficult to find more life-attribute treasures.
Meanwhile, the giant who was originally pierced by a spear also slowly stood up, and the wound on his chest had now disappeared.
Light flickered over the giant’s body, and before long, the giant actually transformed into the size of a normal person.
This was a bald young man wearing an especially old and odd-looking long robe.
His entire body was muscular, his skin very dark, and with his bushy eyebrows and big eyes, his smile gave off a particularly honest feeling.
The young man walked up to the group and said with a smile to Xu Zimei, "Thank you for helping me just now."
"So your Giants can actually shrink," Xiao Guizi observed the young man carefully and asked curiously, "What’s your name?"