Chapter 483 - Killing the Flame Giant

Han Wu wasn’t disheartened in the slightest. After all, he had expected this. There was no way a Desolate Beast that had evolved thirty-five times would go down that easily.

The Black King Sword and the Teeth Cannon continued their attacks.

Han Wu then instructed Steely to fire off wind blades, which swiftly swept forth from the Swordwind ship.

The wind blades crashed into the Flame Giant’s chest with a shower of fiery sparks, but left no damage at all. Its Fire Coat was simply too strong.

“Is it a bloody tortoise? Why’s it so durable?” Han Wu cursed under his breath.

The Flame Giant retaliated, swinging its flaming palm down. The attack was strong enough to injure Sage life forms in a single hit.

Raising its left arm, the Titan Osteomancer defended itself using the Shield Form Golden Catch.

An earsplitting explosion echoed as the Flame Giant’s palm made contact with the shield. The Flame Giant’s palm was reflected backward, and a shallow handprint was left on Golden Catch’s Shield Form.

Han Wu quickly extended his senses to Golden Catch to check its condition. According to it, it could still withstand two more attacks.

At the same time, Jing Jing controlled the Titan Osteomancer to stab relentlessly at the Flame Giant’s arm. The powerful force, combined with the erosion from the Black King Sword, caused the Fire Coat to emit cracking sounds.

But it stubbornly refused to break. They needed to continue pummeling it with attacks.

Han Wu fired even more teeth and wind blades at it.

It took hundreds of attacks to shatter the Flame Giant’s Fire Coat.

Seizing the opportunity, the Titan Osteomancer charged forth, tanking an attack to stab the Flame Giant.

The Black King Sword succeeded this time. It pierced the Flame Giant’s skin and reached half a meter deep into its flesh. While this was but a mosquito bite to the Flame Giant, it was enough for the Black King Sword's passive to activate.

Dark Energy turned into a curse as it surged into the Flame Giant. It eroded it from the inside out.

The Flame Giant, enraged at the destruction of its Fire Coat, didn’t even notice.

It lunged forward and slammed both arms down on the Titan Osteomancer. Golden Catch endured four hits in succession before it reached its limits, detaching itself from the Titan Osteomancer and escaping.

Without a shield, the Titan Osteomancer could tank the attacks with its massive frame, occasionally retaliating using the Black King Sword.

The endless bombardment of wind blades and sharp teeth continued to leave mere surface wounds on the Flame Giant.

However, the true lethal attack was yet to come.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Dark Locust patiently waited for the opportune time to enter the Flame Giant’s mouth and use Self Detonate. Finally, just as the Titan Osteomancer was on the verge of defeat, the Flame Giant roared.

Seizing the chance, Dark Locust flew into its mouth and slid down its throat. The Flame Giant felt something enter its stomach, but didn’t know what it was, remaining oblivious to the grave danger it was in.

The Flame Giant seized the Black King Sword from the Titan Osteomancer, preparing to kill it.

Dark Locust detonated.

The explosion of the Earthsunder life form ripped through the vulnerable insides of the Flame Giant. Its abdomen bulged significantly before bursting open.

Flesh and blood sprayed through the air, turning everything within a 50-kilometer radius red.

The combination of high heat and fresh blood caused a foul stench to permeate the area. Han Wu quickly checked on the status of the Flame Giant and was left in shock.

Its vitality was unheard of. Even with its abdomen ruptured, it still lived, panting and gasping for air as the wounds slowly healed over.

Han Wu wasn’t about to let it recover.

He ordered Steely to use Steelcutter, and the thousand-meter-long massive blade swung downward.

Without its Fire Coat, it could only use its arms to protect its head. Steely used all of his strength to cut through its arms and managed to wound its head with the aftershock of the blow.

It wasn’t enough.

The Flame Giant’s arms had blocked most of the power behind Steelcutter, and the wound on its head wasn’t lethal. Meanwhile, Steely had used most of his energy and had to spend some time recuperating.

As its body rapidly healed, the Flame Giant took advantage of the moment of reprieve to lunge for Han Wu’s ship.

Fortunately, Han Wu still had his contingency plan. He summoned hundreds of Great Dragons to release their breath attacks together. Breath attacks of different elements combined in a brutal blow against the Flame Giant.

A mixture of burning flame breath, freezing frost breath, paralyzing lightning breath, and corroding dark breath engulfed the Flame Giant.

The Flame Giant finally succumbed to this powerful onslaught.

Losing its consciousness, it crumpled to the ground in a motionless heap. It was finally dead.

Han Wu sighed with relief after confirming that it was truly dead. Thankfully, he had prepared for the worst-case scenario, or they would’ve needed to escape.

The result of their careful planning was victory.

A powerful beast like the Flame Giant was like a walking treasure trove. After confirming its death, Jiang Ming and Jing Jing went about sectioning the Flame Giant while Han Wu collected its blood.

The trio soon returned with an abundance of treasures. Jiang Ming had extracted a heart that was the size of a house alongside two scarlet eyeballs.

“The energy within its heart hasn't dissipated yet,” he excitedly explained to Han Wu. “We can refine it into a Rank 6 Sacred Object. These eyeballs are the same. As they come in a pair, there’s a chance they could complement each other, which would result in even higher prices.”

Smiling, Han Wu gestured for him to start working.

Jing Jing, on the other hand, had removed the entirety of the Flame Giant’s skeleton and was preparing to use it as a base for an Earthsunder skeleton.

Han Wu wasn’t sure if she would succeed, but it was worth trying.

After passing the collected blood to the Origin of Mutation for his experiments, Han Wu carved some prime cuts from what remained of the Flame Giant and stored them before ordering his locusts to consume the rest.

He was certain he would get several powerful units from this devouring.