Chapter 302: Strong-Armed Giant, Forcefully Breaking Through

On the altar.

"Bring it on!"

Su Hao waved his hand, and the thirty-five Half-Ox and some Five-Headed Bone Dragons beside him split into several squads, rushing toward the base of the altar.

Although the numbers of Half-Ox and Five-Headed Bone Dragons were still far fewer than the giants, for Su Hao, these numbers were more than enough.

Whether Half-Ox or Five-Headed Bone Dragon, their Supernatural Grade had reached Fourth Rank; in a one-on-one situation, their strength was not inferior to the giants at all, and they even had a certain chance of victory.

After all, they were born from Su Hao using the Aberrant Mutation Clone skill to fuse multiple Hellish monsters or Pale Bone Dragons.

More importantly, as an Aberrant Blood Demon, Su Hao excels at prolonged battles.

Even if the Five-Headed Bone Dragons and Half-Ox are not a match for these giants, as long as they can kill a few giants, that can slightly turn the tide, because……

As long as Su Hao is present, the enemies' deaths not only reduce their numbers but also increase our own combat strength.

In the blink of an eye, before long, the Five-Headed Bone Dragons and Half-Ox became entangled with the giants, sparking fierce combat.

Especially the Half-Ox side, the commotion was enormous; although the Half-Ox were huge with robust muscles, a single punch could send a giant even larger than themselves flying.

But in fact, their strongest attack method is not physical; it is the pumpkin heads on their bodies.

When the Half-Ox engaged the giants in close combat, the pumpkin heads on their bodies were ignited by an invisible force, and as time passed, the flames within the pumpkin heads grew increasingly vigorous.

After about two or three rounds of combat, the flames inside the pumpkin heads seemed to have reached a certain limit.

To the giants, this flame seemed like a buff that could strengthen the Half-Ox's physical power and boost their combat strength, but in reality it was not so.

Once the flames inside the pumpkin heads reached their limit, the Half-Ox suddenly exerted full strength, sprinting forward and tightly grabbing a Supernatural Fourth Rank giant, slamming him into the midst of the giant crowd.

Immediately after, a tremendous boom sounded, and a massive mushroom cloud erupted centered on the Half-Ox, rising among the giants and releasing scorching heat and a powerful shockwave.

The Half-Ox's ultimate move is the self-detonation of the Hellflame Pumpkin Head.

Moreover, after the Aberrant Mutation Fusion, this self-detonation's power became even greater, able to release all the Half-Ox's internal energy in an instant, exceeding the total limit.

At close range, even a thick-skinned, flesh-heavy Supernatural Fourth Rank giant would not die without being flayed.

Such a scene also occurred with the other thirty-four Half-Ox.

In an instant, thirty-five beautiful mushroom clouds appeared consecutively around the altar; the scorching, blinding light burst from the centers of the mushroom clouds, inflicting massive casualties on the surrounding giants.

After the mushroom clouds settled, thirty-five giant pits tens of meters deep appeared on the ground.

At the bottom of these pits, countless giant corpses lay scattered; among them, a few were Supernatural Fourth Rank, while the rest were Supernatural Third Rank.

After all, giants are among the strongest races in the world; even if both are Supernatural Fourth Rank, once the distance is great, the Half-Ox's self-detonation cannot effectively harm them.

But if the distance is close, it's a different story; those fourth-rank giants who died were all located at the blast's epicenter.

Upon first contact, the Half-Ox used their self-detonation skill, wiping out sixty or seventy fourth-rank giants.

As for third-rank giants, there were even more; after this round of self-detonation, hardly any third-rank giants remained alive on the battlefield.

Thirty-five Half-Ox being able to inflict such massive casualties in such a short time can be called a brilliant record.

More importantly, this is the Hell Plane; as a Hellish monster, the Half-Ox will not die as long as its core remains intact, and can slowly recover.

An important feature of the Hellflame Pumpkin Head's self-detonation skill is that it does not damage the core.

The Half-Ox, formed by the Aberrant Mutation Fusion of the Hellflame Pumpkin Head and the Tyrannical Demon Ox, also possesses this trait in its self-detonation skill, and Su Hao specially strengthened their core.

Thus, after the self-detonation, besides the giant corpses at the pit's bottom, there is a red crystal resembling a heart, absorbing surrounding energy and gradually producing new flesh and blood.

Give them a little more time, and they can fully recover, then unleash another self-detonation.

Although the giants here seem to be under the control of some unknown entity, their minds remain completely intact.

The surviving giants nearby instantly spotted the core in the pit and immediately raised their weapons, charging toward the pit.

Knowing that the Half-Ox cannot be revived no matter what, they must, while the Half-Ox has only a single core left, find a way to completely eliminate them.

What the giants can think of, how could Su Hao possibly not know?

Just as these surviving giants made a move, the Five-Headed Bone Dragons circling in the air swooped down swiftly at them.

The Five-Headed Bone Dragon's stature is no less than that of the giants, and combined with the impact force from its high-speed dive, at the moment of close combat, the giants' bodies were blown away hundreds of meters, toppling numerous buildings and being buried under the rubble.

But that's not all; the Bone Dragon's true role is that of a mage, and their strongest attack is not a ram but their breath.

After blowing the giants away, the Bone Dragon flapped its wings into the air, dense death energy gathering in its chest, surging toward its throat, and finally exhaling five streams of green breath imbued with death energy.

This death breath cannot harm surrounding structures, but upon contacting a living being, it causes their body to rapidly decay.

Just as the giants now, having just struggled free from the rubble and brandishing their weapons, they sought to confront the Five-Headed Bone Dragons.

But in the next moment, they saw a murky green breath descending from the sky, striking their bodies directly.

At first, they felt nothing, not even any impact.

But soon they smelled a foul stench; lowering their heads, they discovered that their robust flesh, under the assault of these breaths, had actually suffered severe rot, like a corpse dead for many years. 'Roar!'

But they are, after all, Supernatural Fourth Rank famed for their physiques; unless it's a close-range self-detonation by a Half-Ox, killing them is no simple matter.

With their angry roar, circulating their qi, the trend of bodily decay was visibly alleviated, and even some areas grew new flesh and blood.

Thereafter, they no longer paid attention to their injuries; bending their knees slightly, they erupted with tremendous force, shattering the ground beneath them and instantly shooting forward to face the Five-Headed Bone Dragons.

Raising their weapons, with a bang they slammed the Five-Headed Bone Dragon to the ground, creating a large pit in the earth.

Such scenes occurred across the battlefield; even some of the Five-Headed Bone Dragons had a head blown apart, lying on the ground unable to move for a moment.

However, a large portion of the giants did not choose to pursue, but instead ran toward the pit.

In their view, the Half-Ox's self-detonation posed a greater threat, and they also knew that even if they temporarily gained the upper hand, killing the Five-Headed Bone Dragons would still require considerable time.

Rather than that, it would be better to finish off this formidable foe while the Half-Ox has only a single core left, possessing neither combat nor defensive capability.

But just then, the bottom of the pit underwent another sudden mutation.

See, the giants' corpses, as if melting away at some point, had their flesh and bones fuse together, forming massive lumps of flesh.

The few still-living giants stared at this scene, momentarily stunned.

Then they grew even angrier, considering this a desecration of their kin's corpses; their steps quickened slightly, yet they did not perceive it as an attack method, after all these giants were already dead beyond death, their cores completely shattered.

The giants here are called Hell Giants, influenced by some power to become a kind of giant capable of living in Hell, possessing the traits of Hellish monsters.

They also have a core inside their bodies, just like the other giants; as long as this core is not damaged, they will not die no matter how many wounds they suffer.

Conversely, it's the same; once this core is destroyed, they have only a dead end.

In the Half-Human Ox's self-explosion, it was precisely because their core suffered damage that led to their death.

That is why they are so confident in believing that these corpses will not cause them any harm.

But just as they were walking past these masses of flesh, suddenly a thick, enormous hand tore through the flesh on the surface of the mass with a 'Puff—', extended out from within, grabbed their waists, and slammed them hard to the ground.

Numerous thin, elongated cracks spread beneath their feet, extending upward over a thousand meters outside, showing just how powerful this strike was.

Giants of the Supernatural Fourth Tier are generally over 150 meters tall; the fact that this giant hand could grab their waists in one grip shows how enormous it is.

But it wasn't over; immediately after came another 'Puff—', and another equally large hand tore through the flesh on the surface of the mass, extended out, and punched the giant's head.

The fist of this hand was slightly larger than the giant's head; one blow left them dazed, their eyes swimming, and their heads deeply embedded in the ground.

The mass of flesh also began to violently swell and expand at this moment, chunks of its surface flesh falling away, and a Flesh-and-Blood Giant over 300 meters tall appeared before these Hell Giants.

These Flesh-and-Blood Giants are sturdy and muscular all over, with especially thick arms that, when standing upright, can hang down to the ground; their height and thickness can compare to the Hell Demon Creatures of the Supernatural Fourth Tier.

This is one characteristic of the Aberrant Blood Demon: in sustained battlefield combat, he essentially has no chance of losing.

Others on the battlefield kill opposing warriors, which merely reduces the enemy's combat strength.

But if this person is a Necromancer, the outcome is different: while reducing the enemy's combat strength, they can also transform the corpses of enemy warriors into Undead Creatures, thereby strengthening their own side.

This is also why Necromancers are called team battle weapons.

When fighting a Necromancer, if you cannot kill them instantly, the eventual result is only one: no corpses remain on the battlefield, all having been transformed into Undead Creatures.

The Aberrant Blood Demon's ability is even more exaggerated than that of a Necromancer; Su Hao can not only turn enemies' corpses into his own combat power, but also perform Aberrant Splicing on these corpses, enabling them to exert combat strength greater than when they were alive.

For example, now, the giants originally blown up by the Half-Human Ox are mostly of Supernatural Grade, Third Tier; beneath a giant pit, there are usually only one or two Fourth Tier giant corpses.

But after undergoing Aberrant Splicing, the corpses of all Third Tier Giants were spliced together with those of Fourth Tier Giants, producing an aberration that ultimately became this current form.

Not only did their size increase and their arms become thicker, but their combat power also saw a tremendous boost.

If it were a Necromancer, the Undead Creatures summoned from these corpses would be far weaker than the corpses were in life.

But after Su Hao undergoes Aberrant Splicing, he not only makes these corpses serve him, he can also unleash even greater combat power, beating the similarly Supernatural Fourth Tier Giants to the ground with a heavy beating.

Under the pressure of their size and immense strength, a Fourth Tier Giant who entered the giant pit alone had no room to resist, being pinned to the ground by the Strong-Arm Giant and unable to rise.

Eventually, their cores were blown apart one blow after another; this same scene occurred in the other thirty-four giant pits, each of which gave birth to a Strong-Arm Giant.

Except for a few giant pits where multiple giants could enter together, the giants in the other pits all died without any doubt under the ambush of the Wall Giants.

These dead corpses, under the effect of Aberrant Splicing, will become a new Wall Giant.

At the moment when the numbers between the two sides became unbalanced, the battle's outcome was already decided; Su Hao no longer looked, turned over and rode on the head of the Three-Tailed Ring, and slowly descended from the altar.

After he came down, although there were still many giants on the battlefield, they no longer attacked him but were under his control.

Without these giants as obstacles, entering the Third Layer posed no problem.

But as the third layer is also the final layer, its danger level is certainly the highest; moreover, these giants are corpses of Supernatural Fourth Tier, and there are so many of them, Su Hao has no intention of letting them go—his avatars still have many vacancies.

If these corpses could undergo Aberrant Splicing to give him an additional Fifth Tier avatar, his strength would see a tremendous increase, and he would be more confident in exploring the final leg.

(End of Chapter)