Chapter 1302 - Contest in Physical Strength

At the moment of impact, Liu Wuxie felt as though he had crashed into an unyielding mountain. The violent backlash sent him flying; he twisted mid-air and landed a hundred meters away.

A'Lei pulled his fist back and staggered from the same backlash. The shockwave from their clash expanded outward, affecting everything within tens of thousands of meters of them.

"Come again!" Liu Wuxie bellowed. His battle spirit flared. He performed a somersault and charged ahead again. He had used only about sixty percent of his strength earlier. Now, he was ready to unleash more.

"Seventy percent!" A'Lei roared. He slammed his right foot down and threw a punch. The immense power shattered the surrounding space into countless shards and ripped open an even greater spatial abyss. Neither of them worried; A'Lei knew that Liu Wuxie could handle it.

Friction screeched through the void, and massive flames erupted. Liu Wuxie turned into a fiery streak of flames, a phenomenon elicited by intense friction.

However, the Divine Glazed Cloth shielded him.

Spatial shards surged away from A'Lei, clearing a path and creating a vacuum around him. They were only meters apart when they collided.

A'Li and A'Ya covered their ears, still dazed from the previous impact that nearly burst their eardrums.

The commotion attracted people from afar. Moreover, the giants were so massive that they could be spotted from tens of thousands of meters away.

"It's Liu Wuxie fighting the giant clan!" someone shouted after sensing his aura. More races gathered, with many dwarves merging into the crowd.

"This Liu Wuxie is practically asking for death. How dare he challenge the giants!" others hissed. Except for the dwarves, no one would dare confront the giants, not even the faceless clan.

A giant's primordial spirit was far beyond a human's, making it impossible for the faceless clan to control them.

The humans who arrived hesitated to approach, wary of what could come next.

Just then, the two exchanged another move.

Thunderous rumbling erupted as an earth-shaking punch was thrown. The impact spread over a radius of thirty thousand meters. Even those ten thousand meters away felt the ground shake, as if a storm was moving toward them.

Liu Wuxie twisted mid-air and placed his feet in the void.

His eyes brightened, and his fighting spirit surged.

A'Lei's blood raced. It had been a long time since he had relished in such a thrilling battle.

"Great! Come again! Ninety percent of my power this time!" A'Lei shouted. He rubbed his clenched fists; his strength neared its limit.

"Come!" Liu Wuxie exclaimed. He shook the numbness from his arm, and the aura he radiated intensified. He had only used eighty percent of his physical strength before and hadn't even accessed his true essence.

With A'Lei using ninety percent of his strength, Liu Wuxie knew he couldn't endure only with his physique. For this third clash, he would channel his true essence. Giants held the advantage in constitution, but his true essence would double his strength instantly.

He delivered a simple punch; no sound echoed, but the surrounding space caved in.

The mere sight of it stunned the onlookers.

"How does Liu Wuxie train? His strength is terrifying," the spectators muttered. From ten thousand meters away, they couldn't make out the details; they could only sense the power emanating from him.

Space within a thousand-meter radius vanished as a spatial abyss formed between them. They ignored the pull and clashed again.

"Quick, retreat!" A'Li shouted. Sensing the danger, he yanked A'Ya back.

The moment Liu Wuxie and A'Lei collided, the world froze. No sound came from their clash, leaving the onlookers puzzled by the silence.

Liu Wuxie's fist bore a layer of golden material that expanded to encase him, forming a golden shield. No explosive force occurred. Instead, the space around them trembled, buzzing like swarms of flies moving at once.

A'Lei jerked, and he stepped backward. Then, his right arm drooped. The spatial abyss consumed all energy and sound, explaining their silence.

"A'Lei, run!" Liu Wuxie ordered. He formed seals and executed the Grand Spatial Mythical Art, opening a vacuum passage for A'Lei to escape.

A'Lei did not hesitate. The passage lasted but a fraction of a second. Liu Wuxie's figure trembled as he slipped from the spatial abyss as well.

Without any new impact, the pressure of the spatial abyss faded, but fear lingered on their face.

Once Liu Wuxie and the giants had retreated to a safe distance, they exhaled in relief and laughed heartily, especially A'Lei, whose felt invigorated. From afar, several elves sped toward them at an incredible pace.

Liu Wuxie turned. He recognized a few and spotted Xiao Lan among them.

"Young Master Liu, I've finally found you!" Xiao Lan landed before him, her anxiety palpable. The other elves hurried behind her.

Liu Wuxie scanned the group, but Vanya wasn't there. A chilling premonition gripped him.

"Where's Vanya?" he asked, furrowing his brows.

"Young Master Liu, the Grand Unity Sect captured the Saintess, and we've been searching for you for days. You're the only one who can save her," Xiao Lan sobbed, tears flowing down her face.

The moment he heard that the Grand Unity Sect had captured Vanya, Liu Wuxie's overwhelming killing intent erupted and spread outward. He hadn't searched for the Grand Unity Sect, yet they captured his friend.

He had refined the Four Symbols Immortal Talisman mainly to protect himself from a large-scale siege by the Grand Unity Sect; he didn't intend to hunt them at random, but they decided to capture Vanya.

"Slow down. Tell me what happened," Liu Wuxie said, breathing deeply and suppressing his killing urge, waiting for Xiao Lan's full account.

The giants didn't know the details, but Xiao Lan's tone made it clear that the Grand Unity Sect had captured their Saintess. They knew the elven race shared a special bond with Liu Wuxie, and many had witnessed Vanya control the Icebound Expanse Array.

Now that the Grand Unity Sect seized her, Liu Wuxie's target was obvious.

"Three days ago, a group from the Grand Unity Sect attacked us without warning. We were heavily outmatched, and they captured the Saintess," Xiao Lan quickly recounted.

The Grand Unity Sect hadn't harmed anyone else. They only aimed to capture Vanya. Liu Wuxie was their actual target, and capturing ordinary elves mattered little. They wanted to use Vanya to lure Liu Wuxie out; if they captured everyone, no one would be able to notify him.

"Where are they now?" Liu Wuxie asked, his eyes growing colder. The Grand Unity Sect captured Vanya because of him, and he wouldn’t stay idle.

If Vanya hadn't helped him during the blacksmithing event, the divine race would have already killed him. She had also helped him fend off the Grand Unity Sect's harassment, and he would never forget that favor.

"They're in another spatial dimension," Xiao Lan explained. She couldn't provide exact coordinates; they searched for him for days.

"The Grand Unity Sect, you must be courting death! How dare you capture my friend?!" Liu Wuxie snarled, gritting his teeth. His eyes turned bloodshot as killing intent surged out of him like a tidal wave.

"Brother Liu, don't be impulsive. Since the Grand Unity Sect has already captured Vanya, they must've set a trap just for you," A'Lei interjected, urging caution. The giants had pure hearts, but they weren't fools.

After spending days together, he came to understand Liu Wuxie's nature. The Grand Unity Sect had crossed his bottom line, and he would never stand by.

However, if he were to rush in recklessly, he would only activate their trap.

Though Xiao Lan and the other elves were anxious for their Saintess, they nodded in agreement. If they were to charge in blindly without a plan, they would only fall into the Grand Unity Sect's scheme and fail to save her.

"I have to go, even if it's a trap. Since the Grand Unity Sect dared to provoke me, they ought to face my wrath," Liu Wuxie said. His eyes flashed with chilling murderous intent.

The races gathered in the distance planned to capture Liu Wuxie and deliver him to the Grand Unity Sect, but they had witnessed him spar with A'Lei.

Even if they ignored Liu Wuxie's power, they couldn't afford to offend the three giants. They finally realized that they had misjudged the situation, as they assumed Liu Wuxie had a feud with the giant clan.

Seeing that it was just a spar, they discarded the idea. As for Liu Wuxie's combat strength, they couldn't say for sure. Physical strength couldn't represent overall combat prowess, after all.

"We'll come with you. We can watch each other's backs," A'Lei offered. Since Liu Wuxie made up his mind, he would stand by him. This way, they had a better chance of rescuing Vanya, and he could rally more giants to assist.

Though there weren't many giants, each had immense strength, capable of fending off dozens at once.

"I appreciate your goodwill, but this is between me and the Grand Unity Sect. Let me handle it alone," Liu Wuxie said. He gave the three giants a look of gratitude.

He didn't want to drag the giant clan into his personal feud. The giants were a peaceful race, and it wouldn't be fair to make them offend the Grand Unity Sect just to help him.

With that, Liu Wuxie closed his eyes and expanded his divine sense as spiritual runes appeared before him. He had to find Vanya before anything could happen to her. His divine sense moved through the folded space, and a few minutes later, he found her.

Seeing that Vanya was unharmed, he finally felt a weight lift from his chest. He knew the Grand Unity Sect had captured her solely to lure him in; killing her would defeat their purpose.

Many Grand Unity Sect disciples seethed with anger. Vanya had controlled the spiritual array that killed more than seventy of their experts. They wanted to kill her in vengeance, but the elders stopped them. After all, their actual target was Liu Wuxie, and they could always kill Vanya afterward.