dognovel Chapter 423 - 362: The Giant’s Heart and the Complete Form of the Giant’s Grip
Chapter 423 - 362: The Giant’s Heart and the Complete Form of the Giant’s Grip
Coal Ball stared at the mountain of Treasure before it, its obsidian-like eyes instantly widening. Drool nearly dripped from the corner of its mouth.
It let out a cheerful cry and dove headfirst into the pile of supplies. A spatial rift expanded along with it, like the gaping maw of a Giant Beast, and began to frantically devour the spoils of war.
Raylo focused his attention on the matter at hand.
With a thought, he retrieved another item from his Spatial Bag.
It was a metal Glove, forged entirely from metal, its design simple yet exuding a sense of power.
It was none other than his Sub-Divine Artifact, the Giant’s Grip.
In Raylo’s current Giant form, this Glove appeared somewhat miniature, like an exquisite toy.
This Sub-Divine Artifact had been with him for a long time. Its power was considerable, but Raylo had always known that it was incomplete.
At the Glove’s core was an empty socket, surrounded by five smaller sockets. Embedded within them were five Tier Three Magic Stones, which were merely there to maintain the Glove’s basic functions—better than nothing.
Today, it would finally achieve its true, complete form.
Raylo carefully pried out the five Tier Three Magic Stones and casually tossed them aside.
Then, from the loot Kado had just finished inventorying, he selected five energy-rich Tier Five Magic Stones.
Holding his breath, he precisely embedded the five Tier Five Magic Stones into the Glove’s corresponding sockets, one by one.
CLICK.
As the last Magic Stone settled into place, the entire Glove vibrated slightly. The Magic Patterns on its surface lit up in sequence, shimmering with a magical glow. The aura it emitted was now more than ten times stronger than before.
Simply changing the Energy Source had already resulted in a qualitative leap.
The final step, and the most crucial one.
Raylo extended two fingers and plucked the Giant’s Heart from the stone box.
An aura as heavy as a mountain range washed over him, and the Elements within the stone house seemed to boil in an instant.
With focused eyes, Raylo slowly pressed the Giant’s Heart toward the largest socket in the center of the Glove.
The moment before they made contact, the Giant’s Heart erupted with a brilliant light. The Magic Patterns on the Glove’s surface flashed wildly in response, emitting a resonant humming sound.
Raylo’s Fighting Spirit flared. With the muscles in his arm knotting, he pressed the Giant’s Heart down.
HUMMM!
A long, droning hum, as if from the primordial past, echoed throughout the stone house.
Inside the stone house, Raylo felt it most keenly of all.
The Giant’s Grip was no longer an inanimate object. It was as if it had come to life, possessing its own heartbeat and breath.
Waves of incomparably pure Power poured back up his arm, nourishing his entire body.
Something even more miraculous happened.
The Glove, which had seemed so miniature in his giant hand, rapidly extended, transformed, and expanded within the light, its metal structure emitting a grating KRAK-KRAK sound.
In the blink of an eye, a ferocious Glove that perfectly fit his current massive wrist had taken shape.
It was no longer a simple Glove. It now extended to his forearm, its design more domineering. Dark Gold patterns covered its surface like the veins of a Giant, filled with a sense of savage, profound power.
"I succeeded..."
Raylo muttered to himself. He could feel an unprecedentedly close connection being forged between himself and the Sub-Divine Artifact.
He clenched his fist, and the metal joints made a muffled grinding sound.
"Lord, this..."
Kado watched from the side, completely dumbfounded.
He could sense that the aura coming from the Glove had faintly reached the Domain Level.
Raylo looked at Kado, a fighting spirit rising in his eyes.
"Kado, come on. Trade a punch with me."
"Huh?"
Kado froze for a moment, then grinned, revealing a set of white teeth.
"Alright! Lord, you’d better be careful!"
He straightened his body, and the intimidating pressure of a Domain Level Powerhouse erupted from him.
He didn’t use the power of his Domain, only channeling his physical strength.
Although Raylo’s power had greatly increased, he was, after all, not a true Giant.
The two took their stances, making the space inside the stone house feel somewhat cramped.
Raylo took a deep breath, and the Fighting Spirit in his body surged into the Giant’s Grip on his right arm like a bursting river.
An unimaginably terrifying Power fed back from the Glove, instantly flooding his entire body.
He felt his Power increasing exponentially!
One ton...
Two tons...
Five tons...
Ten tons...
His muscle fibers trembled, his bones groaned, and what coursed through his veins felt not like blood, but like molten lava.
This was pure, absolute Power!
Raylo even had the illusion that if he wished, he could shatter the ground beneath his feet with a single punch.
"Hah!"
With a sharp cry, Raylo put his whole body into it, his right fist shooting out like a cannonball. It shrieked as it tore through the air, hurtling violently toward Kado.
Where the fist passed, the air was intensely compressed, forming a visible white shockwave.
Kado’s pupils contracted sharply.
He sensed a terrifying Power from Raylo’s fist that was in no way inferior to his own!
With no time to think, Kado roared and met the attack with a punch of his own.
He pushed his Power to its absolute limit, the muscles on his arm bulging like blocks of granite.
THUD!
The two fists collided solidly.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only an incredibly muffled boom, as if two mountains had collided at high speed.
A violent shockwave erupted from the point of impact, centered on the two of them.
The entire stone house shook violently.
Amidst the swirling dust, both figures retreated simultaneously.
Raylo stumbled back three consecutive steps, each one leaving a deep footprint in the hard rock floor before he managed to stabilize himself.
He felt his entire right arm go sore and numb, his blood roiling within him.
On the other side, Kado also staggered back three steps, his face a mask of utter disbelief.
He shook out his somewhat numb fist and looked at Raylo as if he were staring at a monster.
"Lord... this... where did you ’steal’ this Power from?"
Kado cried out, his voice cracking.
He was a Domain Level Hill Giant!
Renowned for his strength!
Even without using his Domain, the power in that punch was enough to sunder mountains and shatter stone.
This completely upended his understanding of the world.
Raylo slowly exhaled a turbid breath, suppressing the roiling blood in his body. Despite this, an excited smile spread across his face.
He looked at the ferocious Giant’s Grip on his right arm, feeling the terrifying energy contained within.
’A Sub-Divine Artifact, indeed!’
’Wielding the power of a Giant in the body of a Mortal!’
’However, this power doesn’t come without a cost.’
In that brief instant, nearly twenty percent of the Fighting Spirit in his body had been completely drained.
He could feel that with his current total amount of Fighting Spirit, he could maintain this Domain Level power burst for about ten seconds at most.
Ten seconds might seem short, but in a true life-or-death battle, it was enough to decide the victor.
This was a powerful hidden trump card, an ace capable of turning the tide of battle.
And if he didn’t push the power to its limit, merely maintaining the basic power amplification, the duration would be greatly extended—long enough to handle most conventional fights.
Raylo retracted his power. The Dark Gold glow on the Giant’s Grip faded, and it returned to its simple, archaic appearance.
Raylo unequipped the Glove, which reverted to its original size and lay quietly in his palm.
He casually tossed the Giant’s Grip to Kado.
Kado fumbled to catch it.
He turned it over and over, his huge fingers carefully stroking the patterns on the Glove, his eyes filled with curiosity and fervor.
This Sub-Divine Artifact had just given the Lord the power to match his punch head-on.
"Lord, this... can I use it too?"
Kado’s voice was tinged with eagerness.
"Give it a try,"
Raylo said.
He was also curious to see what terrifying might this Sub-Divine Artifact, forged for the Giant Race, could unleash in the hands of a true Domain Level Giant.
Kado was overjoyed to hear this, and immediately tried to slip his massive hand into the Glove.
As if it were alive, the Glove began to automatically extend and transform as his hand approached, preparing to conform to his arm.