Chapter 1080: The God of the Cloud Giants

Bang—bang—bang…

After a deafening barrage of gunfire and clashing metal, hundreds of Cloud Giants lay dead on the spot, and blood turned the palace main hall, which houses a teleportation array, into a river.

"Manno is above!"

"Help!"

The Cloud Giants screamed in terror; the moment they saw the Extreme Warrior, they paid no heed to these foes only half their height, and launched a reckless charge, while some Cloud Giants hurled spells at the enemy.

But the front‑line Cloud Giants were hit head‑on after only a few steps; a flash of fire erupted before their eyes, and regardless of their power level, they were instantly blown to pieces.

This storm‑like assault also exploded, turning the surroundings into a sea of fire.

The Cloud Giants' racial trait "Mist Body" can turn their bodies into gas, reducing physical damage by over ninety percent and even granting attack immunity. Yet against these terrifying foes, the Mist Body could not be activated in time.

The front‑line Cloud Giants fell, and the ones behind were exposed to the muzzles; their spells were unfinished, and they were blown apart in the blink of an eye.

The quicker‑reacting Cloud Giants shifted to gaseous form, yet still could not escape the disaster.

In a single breath, most of the Cloud Giants were dead.

The surviving Cloud Giants' souls fled, their defenses collapsed at the slightest touch, and they turned into Mist Body, abandoning their kin to flee.

The Extreme Warrior showed no mercy and kept firing.

Explosive Shells were fired at the Cloud Giants, piercing their bodies before detonating. The high‑temperature flame shockwave ignited clumps of mist; the Cloud Giants shrieked as they revealed their true forms, only to be instantly blown apart by a hail of bullets, and the sound abruptly ceased.

The giant legion that had just stormed into the temple was terrified by the gruesome sight.

The Cloud Giants' strength is not weak.

At least, the Cloud Giants' power is comparable to that of Frost Giants and Stone Giants, only slightly below Storm Giants, and there are over a thousand of them, not to be underestimated. Yet the Cloud Giants are being slaughtered by the Extreme Warrior, without even a chance to approach him!

If one were to face the Extreme Warrior oneself, the outcome would not be much better than the Cloud Giants'.

"Damn it!"

A terrifying roar rang out.

The Cloud Giant Titan was originally activating the teleportation array, assuming the kin could hold out, but a single misstep led to heavy casualties.

He finally activated the teleportation array, his body swelling to nearly twenty meters tall, standing before his kin.

In an instant, hundreds of bullets concentrated on the Cloud Giant Titan, spraying countless fragments of flame. At first they left only white marks on his skin, but as the firepower focused, they quickly pierced the flesh, spilling blood, and the relentless impact forced the Titan Giant to stagger back half a step.

The Cloud Giant Titan ignored the wounds, raised his hand to cast, instantly summoning a wind wall dozens of meters high that split the palace main hall in two.

The wind‑wall technique has nine rings and is over ten meters thick.

The Extreme Warrior's bullets struck the wind wall, penetrating it, but before fully passing through they were shredded by countless air currents, the resulting holes instantly sealing.

The Cloud Giants behind the wind wall could catch their breath, and the Titan Giant said in a deep voice, "Move quickly!"

The teleportation array has been activated.

However, the Cloud Giants were pushed to one side of the palace by the first wave and could not step onto the teleportation array immediately. Still shaken, they rushed to become streams of gas toward the array, when a cold sneer rang out: "No one will escape the Storm Plane today."

Axi Na has arrived!

As she spoke, her body expanded wildly, her left hand wielding the Aegis Divine Shield, her right hand gripping the "Soul‑Burning Great Sword" given to her by Lei En; the black greatsword increased her power by two levels, pushing her strength to the Level 20 limit.

With the dual effects of Titan divine power and immortal battle spirit, in the blink of an eye Axi Na's stature swelled to over fifty meters, her head nearly touching the palace dome.

No giant present was left utterly terrified.

At this moment Axi Na was surrounded by lightning, her skin a strange dark‑gold hue, her aura wildly ferocious, as if the Giant God had descended!

When the words fell, Axi Na surged forward; her speed was so great she seemed to flash.

Thunder Charge!

In the next instant, Axi Na leapt hundreds of meters, her massive body slamming into the wind wall; the nine‑ring wind wall collapsed instantly, offering no resistance to her stride. The Cloud Giant Titan was caught off guard, watching helplessly as the Aegis Divine Shield loomed larger in his view.

Bang!

A deafening blast sent the Cloud Giant Titan flying, struck by the round shield.

Axi Na planted her right leg forcefully on the ground; the teleportation array beneath her shattered into pieces, and her body suddenly shrank to about twenty meters tall, yet moved even faster, using that momentum to catch up with the Cloud Giant Titan. The Soul‑Burning Great Sword flashed with a blinding electric light, slashing at the enemy.

The airborne Cloud Giant Titan spewed blood, turning into a cloud of mist that spread, while Axi Na's sword cut through empty air.

"Ho!"

Axi Na shouted, her body erupting with countless lightning, instantly casting a spell.

Nine‑ring Lightning Storm!

Two lightning forms plus a Thunder Lord not only let her instantly cast the Nine‑ring Technique, but also amplified its power threefold.

The mist spreading throughout the palace was subjected to indiscriminate attack.

The Cloud Giant Titan's figure fell, the lightning striking him caused little damage, but the other Cloud Giants suffered.

In this Cloud Giant tribe, only the leader is a Titan Giant, who has reached mid‑Saint Rank, just one step shy of the upper Saint Rank, yet he is not a demigod‑level Titan elder, lacks divinity, and his strength differs from Sorim by more than one rank.

The Cloud Giant Titans faced Axi Na were crushed, and the other Cloud Giants who had not reached Saint Rank, not even legendary, met an even more tragic fate.

In the blink of an eye, the lightning storm killed dozens of Cloud Giants.

Axi Na swung her sword again, slashing toward the Cloud Giant Titan.

At the same time, gunfire sounded again.

The Extreme Warrior kept firing; without the wind wall's protection, the Cloud Giants were helpless under the muzzles.

Commander Marius and a Titan of the Storm Giants acted together; three Saint Rank forces besieged, and with the Extreme Warrior's fire support, in less than half a minute the Cloud Giant Titan died in hatred, its head severed by Axi Na's sword.

Before it died, the other Cloud Giants were killed cleanly.

The battle halted, over a thousand giant corpses lay on the ground, blood staining the palace floor crimson, the stench of gore made one retch.

Axi Na lifted the Cloud Giant Titan's head, displaying it to the giant legion.

"This is the fate of betraying giants!"

Storm Giants, Frost Giants, Stone Giants, Mountain Giants and One‑Eyed Giants, every giant present watched Axi Na's heroic figure, their hearts swelling with awe, and they shouted loudly: "May the Heavenly Father protect us, Giants triumph forever!"

"Giants triumph forever!"

The giants' shouts rang through the Storm Temple, echoing across the Storm Summit.

Axi Na did not bask in victory; she tossed aside the cloud giant Titan's head and ordered, "Clear the invaders from the Storm Temple, the temple of my lord An He Luo Zi; outsiders shall not defile it!"

"Yes!"

"As you command, Lady Axi Na!"

The giant legion answered loudly, splitting into troops that assaulted the various buildings of the Storm Temple—Extreme Warriors, Thundercast Celestial Soldiers, giants, frost trolls, hill dwarves and frostfolk; a force of over a hundred thousand surged like a tide, sweeping over the massive palace complex.

The Storm Temple had originally housed tens of thousands of Wind Elementals and over a hundred thousand winged people, occupying every strategic point, but they had been dispatched by Luo Ha Xi Ya earlier and fled the Storm Summit.

Thus, the giant legion encountered little resistance.

Moments later.

The enemies inside the Storm Temple were swept clean; Axi Na swiftly assigned tasks, leaving half of the giant legion to occupy the temple under a Titan Giant, while she herself led Extreme Warriors and Thundercast Celestial Soldiers to break out of the temple again.

Although the Storm Temple had been retaken, the greatest foe, Luo Ha Xi Ya, was still alive.

Luo Ha Xi Ya's forces remained relatively intact.

Beyond the temple on the Storm Summit, there were still tens of thousands of Wind Elemental troops, and no Saint Rank winged elites were in sight; they must have fled the temple and will have to be eliminated sooner or later. At least today we must clear the enemies on the Storm Summit!

The first step of the victory in retaking the temple.

Lei En sat on the bridge of the Augustus, watching Axi Na lead her forces sweeping across the Storm Summit; she divided the Thundercast Celestial Soldiers and Extreme Warriors into multiple groups, partitioning the battlefield, killing enemy troops step by step, and after each advance left a giant legion to occupy.

In less than an hour, the forts, strongholds, and all strategic points on the Storm Summit were seized by the giant legion.

The Wind Elemental forces' garrisons and nests were completely cleared.

There were no enemies left on the Storm Summit!

However, more Wind Elemental troops fled the Storm Summit; according to Elder Suo Li Mu's count, the Wind Elemental beings under Luo Ha Xi Ya exceed ten million, about a third gathered on the Storm Summit and surrounding areas, the rest scattered throughout the Storm Plane.

The Storm Plane's area is roughly half an Empire; clearing millions of enemies across such a vast territory is no easy task—this is a protracted war.

"Elder Suo Li Mu hasn't returned yet?"

Lei En looked toward the horizon, at the direction where the two demigods had fled.

Elder Suo Li Mu's strength was comparable to Luo Ha Xi Ya's; originally, I proposed a joint strike against Luo Ha Xi Ya, but Suo Li Mu declined, saying he could handle it. It's been over an hour, and Suo Li Mu still hasn't sent word.

If the Titan elder capsizes in the gutter…

Lei En couldn't help shaking his head.

Although this seemed more advantageous for me—through Axi Na I could control the giant legion and the entire Storm Plane—Elder Suo Li Mu's noble character makes him an excellent ally, and his great power promises deification; both publicly and privately I do not wish him to suffer misfortune.

Five Star Destroyers slowly approached the Storm Temple, hovering above it.

Lei En opened a portal and stepped out, appearing before the towering Sky Sanctuary at the center of the temple.

On the steps at the entrance of the Sky Sanctuary, Axi Na and several other Titan Giants, as well as the leaders of the subordinate races' forces, were gathered.

Marius and the Extreme Warriors pounded their chests in unison.

"Your Majesty!"

A few Titan Giants and the leaders jumped in surprise.

Two of them were Storm Giants, and the other two were Frost Giants and Stone Giants respectively; they had never seen Lei En before, yet this did not diminish their awe of him. The Star Destroyer's might, along with the Extreme Warriors and Thundercast Celestial Soldiers, had already explained everything.

"Salutations, Your Majesty!"

The Titan Giant offered its respect to the human emperor before him.

The surrounding giants also bowed in turn.

Lei En's gaze swept over the hundreds of giants half‑kneeling before him; he nodded, "No need for formalities, please stand."

The giants rose, then dared to size up Lei En, their eyes full of curiosity and admiration.

Axi Na came forward and said, "Lei En, the elder—"

Lei En sensed his soul‑mate's worry and reassured, "Don't worry; since the elder dares to chase Luo Ha Xi Ya alone, he must be confident."

Hearing Lei En's words, the giants let out a sigh of relief.

For millennia, Elder Suo Li Mu has sheltered the giant tribes and the northern sanctuary; he is the giants' spiritual pillar and the last hope for their revival, revered as a deity. They cannot imagine what would become of the giants if Suo Li Mu fell.

In truth, Lei En himself was uncertain.

The cloud giant tribe had been fine within the Wind Elemental Plane, but suddenly pledged allegiance to Luo Ha Xi Ya, helping it seize the Storm Temple; there must be a reason.

According to Suo Li Mu's speculation, it likely involves the cloud giant god Manno.

Perhaps it is Manno's plot.

So when the two discussed battle plans, they agreed on a swift, decisive strike—to retake the Storm Temple and eliminate the cloud giants as quickly as possible, leaving Manno no time to react or intervene. So far the plan proceeds smoothly; Manno has yet to appear…

Before Lei En could finish his thought, he suddenly sensed a terrifying great power descending.

He stared up in astonishment, gazing at the sky.

In the high air above the Storm Summit, a passage dozens of meters wide was forming, tearing open the void and plane boundaries; a massive silhouette, perhaps a giant with bluish‑gray skin, could be seen, its height indeterminate.

The cloud giant god Manno!

The divine aura spread, shaking the entire plane.

As it descended, Manno cast its gaze upon the Storm Summit; its target was the Storm Temple.

The giants present were instantly horrified; a Titan Giant whispered tremblingly, "Manno! It's about to descend upon the Storm Plane!"

Axi Na's face also turned ashen.

No matter how strong they were, they were still mortals, while Manno is a god! Even the mightiest mortal has no resistance against the weakest deity.

Only Lei En remained calm, saying lightly, "It won't come in."

The larger the plane, the harder it is to enter or exit, increasing the barrier to a deity's arrival. Though the Storm Plane is not the Prime Material Plane, it is not a minor plane either; a god cannot simply appear or depart at will, and forced descent would cause massive upheaval.

If a deity blocks the way within the plane, the difficulty of descent doubles, even risking a fall.

Yet there are no deities within the Storm Plane.

The Titan Giants didn't grasp his meaning; Manno was about to descend, likely to seize the Storm Plane—how could His Majesty still say "It won't come in"?

But they hadn't even asked yet, the Star Destroyer above them moved.

Five Star Destroyers swiftly shifted from horizontal hover to vertical, raising their main guns to aim at the passage in the high sky, and began charging.

At the same time, all 256 Electric Light Cannons lit up, ready for a volley. The warship's sides flipped open rows of panels, and from the pitch-black openings shot out Thunder Spear Missiles, one after another; every four to five, they fired a round, the missiles trailing lightning tails shot up into the sky, like countless fish swimming in the heavens racing toward the passage.

Lei En's figure also disappeared, and the next second he appeared in the high sky, both hands gripping the Thunder God's Hammer and the Dragon-Slaying Sword!

(End of chapter)