Misty Rain of the Old Times

An invisible barrier of true essence blocked their way. At a distance of only one zhang, the huge and rough fingers could not advance an inch further and could not touch Chen Xuan and the others no matter what they did. This greatly surprised the giants around them, who squealed and cried out in great curiosity, as if they had encountered something interesting.

They seemed unable to understand why, even though the little one was right in front of them, they couldn't reach him.

The giant who made the move was really into it, trying his best to break through the barrier. He strained so hard that his face was contorted and his feet sank into the ground a meter or two deep.

Seeing this, the giants around him made all sorts of noises and squeaks, as if they were cheering him on, jeering him, or even mocking him. At the same time, they reached out from all directions, eager to find out what was going on.

Su Roujia was terrified. Surrounded by giants, their enormous fingers were attacking, and they felt like tiny insects that could be crushed at any moment.

Du Juan remained relatively calm, but she was still terrified. She knew that with her current cultivation level, she would not be able to withstand those fingers pressing on her body. If Chen Xuan hadn't told her to keep her emotions in check, she probably would have attacked.

She was, after all, a person with innate cultivation. It was one thing that her small body couldn't withstand the pure violence of these giants, but it didn't mean she was afraid of them. It wasn't like she hadn't killed large creatures before.

Chen Xuan, as calm as a rock, found it amusing. He wasn't there to play with them, nor did he want to be treated like a toy.

It must be said that the strength of these giants is quite terrifying. Just by poking them with their fingers, they are equivalent to the full-force attack of someone who has just entered the Innate Realm. Moreover, this power is not explosive, but continuous. It means that their physical bodies alone can continuously output attack power comparable to that of an Innate Realm master.

No skill involved, just pure violence.

Logically speaking, Chen Xuan and the others should have been pressed into the ground like a ball, but the power transmitted by the giant was silently dispersed to a large surrounding area, making it seem as if the giant was struggling against the air.

We can't communicate for the time being, and this can't go on forever. We need to get them to calm down.

In a flash of thought, Chen Xuan's playful side was also aroused. You greet each other like this, right? Fine, I'll play along.

Seven or eight enormous fingers were poking into the invisible barrier of true essence. The terrifying power emanating from all directions made even Chen Xuan slightly nervous. These were clearly monsters the size of mountains. Fortunately, he was a Grandmaster and could easily neutralize these terrifying powers. If it were someone at the Acquired Realm, they would probably be swarmed like flies in an instant. As for someone at the Innate Realm, these giants might have hit a nail.

Just as the giants were straining with all their might, Chen Xuan, along with Du Juan and Su Roujia, flashed through the gaps between the giants and left their original spot.

In a flash, the little one disappeared, and without a target to pull on, they all lost their balance and crashed into each other. Although they didn't suffer any serious head injuries, the sound of their bodies colliding was enough to make one's teeth ache, like thunder.

Chen Xuan and his companions escaped the giants' encirclement in the blink of an eye and landed on a prey as big as a small mountain, two or three hundred meters away from the giants. They found it amusing to watch the giants colliding with each other.

However, even though the giants were grimacing from bumping into each other, their thick skin and flesh made them completely indifferent to the pain. They pushed and kicked their companions, their eyes wide as they scanned the surroundings for Chen Xuan and the others, as if they couldn't let such a fun little thing get away.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan found it amusing. These giants were clearly very simple-minded, just like children.

Okay, that's just a euphemism. To put it bluntly, it seems like they've grown tall but not smart.

Perhaps God is fair. He gave them exaggerated physiques but took away some of their intelligence. But from another perspective, with such terrifying physiques, it seems that brains are not so important. They are just growing normally, which is enough to put them at the top of the food chain!

"Brothers, can you shut up for a second? We came with good intentions, not to play around and be fooled by you," Chen Xuan said loudly again, attracting the attention of the giants who were searching for them.

Soon the giants locked their gazes on them and charged forward in a swarm, yelling and screaming. They pushed and kicked each other, clearly using heavy force, as if afraid of being beaten to the punch. The giants who were pushed and kicked fell to the ground, causing the ground to tremble.

Being stared at by a group of menacing giants with gleaming eyes would send shivers down anyone's spine; the scene was incredibly oppressive.

In the short time that followed, the giant city also learned of the situation here. The news spread rapidly, and more giants surged towards this place, causing the earth to tremble and the dust to billow with each step they took.

Among them were some smaller giants who wanted to come and see the spectacle, but they were held down like chicks by the older giants and could not cross the moat. It was clearly an act of protecting the weak, as if crossing the moat meant danger.

However, a child who is five or six zhang tall is a veritable giant baby, which is too incongruous.

"Master, we can't understand what they're saying, and they're not listening to us at all. What should we do?" the little maid said anxiously and helplessly. Luckily, she had been with Chen Xuan for so long and had seen a lot. If she had been alone, she would have been scared to death long ago.

A speechless Chen Xuan, both amused and exasperated, said, "This can't go on. We need to make them stop."

“How about you leave the task of keeping them quiet to me, sir?” Du Juan pondered, looking eager to try.

In the time it takes to say two sentences, the giants from all directions have already approached, reaching out to grab them like sparrows. Chen Xuan led them to another location, narrowly escaping right under the giants' noses, and said in a daze, "Sister Juan, are you confident? This is no joke."

She nodded and said, "Don't worry, sir, I won't risk my life. I've been observing these giants. They clearly don't know much about martial arts techniques, let alone advanced internal energy cultivation methods, besides their robust physiques. Their speed is also average. I'm confident I can escape unscathed. I also want to test how my martial arts skills compare to these giants."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "In that case, Sister Juan, you should give it a try. Be careful, don't kill anyone. I'll back you up."

"Thank you, sir. I will not act recklessly or make enemies, causing trouble for others," Du Juan said earnestly, holding her short knife.

With a smile, Chen Xuan said, "Alright, Sister Juan, you go ahead."

Actually, Chen Xuan was also a little curious at this moment. What would it be like for Du Juan, a normal martial artist who had only reached the Innate Realm for less than a year, to face these purely violent giants? Come to think of it, Chen Xuan had never seen Du Juan seriously fight before, and he didn't even know much about the techniques she possessed. Of course, this was also because Chen Xuan hadn't actively inquired about it.

Without hesitation, Du Juan, wielding a short knife, flashed towards the nearest giant, unleashing the Qingyun Piaoxu lightness skill. Although she had only recently learned it and was clearly not yet proficient, her more than twenty years of martial arts foundation had already given her a touch of agility, elegance, and unpredictability.

Her figure was already voluptuous and beautiful, with all her flesh in the right places. When she used this lightness skill, her clothes fluttered and it was a pleasing sight to behold. But this was only to Chen Xuan. To others, she was like a phantom, and it was difficult to figure out her movements.

The giant who was attacking opened his exaggeratedly large hand to grab her, but Dujuan flashed through his fingers like lightning. It seemed that the giant could grab her with a clenched fist, which was extremely dangerous. In fact, the difference was slight, but Dujuan calmly avoided the danger.

With a light touch of her toes on the giant's arm for leverage, she instantly found herself on the giant's shoulder. Her innate true energy circulated, and her entire body emitted a faint pink light, as if she were burning with pink flames. Her clothes fluttered, her expression was focused and her gaze was silent, and the short knife in her hand hummed, with an extremely sharp pink light flashing.

On the giant's shoulder, she was indifferent to life. Having been an assassin for over twenty years, she was used to delivering fatal blows to her enemies. Even though the giant's head was the size of a room to her, the neck, eyes, back of the head, and temples were still her preferred targets.

Seeing that she was about to deliver a fatal blow to the giant, which was just a habitual instinctive reaction and not intended to kill him, she decisively abandoned the action in an instant.

However, in that instant of hesitation, the giant instinctively withdrew his arm and reached for her shoulder.

Stepping aside to dodge the grab, Du Juan nimbly circled around the giant's back to his other shoulder, concealing the sharpness of her short sword behind her back. She leaped into the air, her pink true energy surging, and delivered a powerful kick to the giant's cheek.

The force of her kick was astonishing. The skin and muscles rippled like waves as it struck the giant's face, contorting half of the giant's face as if it had been wrinkled by a strong wind.

After the first strike, Du Juan did not hesitate to use the momentum to create distance, dodging the giant's waving hand. She appeared dozens of meters away on the chest of another giant, and swung her hand to strike out. Her true energy transformed into a two-zhang-long crimson handprint, carrying astonishing heat that distorted the air. It slammed into the bone armor on the giant's chest. At the same time, she also paid attention to the reaction of the giant she had kicked in the cheek.

The giant, who had taken a kick to the face, only swayed slightly to the side, took a step back to regain his balance, and looked somewhat dazed. He shook his head and his gaze became clear. He subconsciously raised his hand to rub his cheek, grimacing. Du Juan's kick must have hurt him badly. There was a faint trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, and he spat out a huge mouthful of saliva, which contained a yellow tooth the size of a washbasin!
Meanwhile, on the other side, the giant who had taken a blow to the chest from Du Juan's palm trembled, involuntarily taking a step back, and letting out a muffled gurgling sound, as if he had been interrupted.

He subconsciously looked down at his chest and saw a slender palm print, two zhang in size, clearly visible on the thick and sturdy bone armor. It almost pierced through the bone armor, and was scorching hot and black. The burning sensation made him look astonished. There were also clear cracks spreading around the palm print.

The surrounding giants continued to screech and try to capture Chen Xuan and his companions, but the two giants who had been hit by Du Juan were now stunned and stood still, out of place with the scene around them. They were knocked around by their other running and shouting companions and didn't even realize what was happening.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; Du Juan, at the Innate Realm, was incredibly fast.

The two giants who were attacked were clearly unaware of the small cuckoo giant's attack power and were questioning their existence, while the cuckoo giant was in a completely different state of mind, equally shocked.

The two giants who were hit by her, one only swayed and spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, while the other took a step back and was fine. She had a deep understanding of their ability to withstand blows. It was practically equivalent to breaking through their defenses right in front of her.

You have to understand that she is at least a cultivator with innate cultivation. If it were someone else of the same level, even a top-level one, they would be crippled or killed if they were caught off guard and hit by her. But those two giants were like tickling them. They seemed to have intimidated them, but in reality, they were not seriously injured.

Seeing the two giants' reactions, Du Juan did not stop. Using the recoil from her palm strike, she charged towards another giant, but changed her attack strategy. Her figure spun rapidly, and pink true energy rose from her body, like a pink spike, striking the giant's leg with lightning speed.

Under her attack, the giant felt pain in the inside of his foot and couldn't help but groan. He lost his balance and his massive body immediately knelt on one knee, making the ground rumble. Then, the big guy was dumbfounded and grimaced.

But that wasn't all. As if she had found the knack, Du Juan's figure was incredibly nimble and elusive. Ignoring the kneeling giant, her pink figure, brimming with true energy, drew a dazzling rainbow in the void, soared into the sky, and arrived at the shoulder of another giant, striking its ear with a powerful elbow.

After being hit, the guy was clearly dizzy, his eyes were bloodshot and almost bulging out. He staggered a couple of times before regaining his balance, and then frantically slapped his head, looking completely bewildered, like he didn't know who he was, where he was, or what he was supposed to do.

After being struck by Du Juan, the four giants stopped searching for Chen Xuan and his companions and instead stayed put, their eyes following Du Juan's constantly flashing figure.

They were actually unharmed, and remained where they were, seemingly wanting to see their companions suffer. Their astonished gazes held a hint of frenzied fighting spirit, unlike their previous playful squabbles over the arrival of the little one.

As Du Juan's figure flashed and nimbly moved among the giants, one after another, the giants, attacked by her, stopped in their tracks, no longer scrambling and jostling for position as before, their eyes all following the flashing pink figure.

The scene was somewhat eerie, and even the other squealing giants gradually quieted down.

The giants were distracted by the cuckoo, leaving Chen Xuan and Su Roujia with some free time. They stood on a boulder, observing the entire scene.

The little girl stared in disbelief, her beautiful eyes wide with amazement, "Sister Juan is amazing! Those giants were all immobilized by her. Did she use acupressure on them? Then Sister Juan was surrounded by pink light, she's so beautiful!"

To be honest, Du Juan was truly beautiful at that moment. Her looks and figure were already considered exceptional, but now, with the added effect of light and shadow, she looked like a fairy who had stepped out of a painting. Chen Xuan did not deny this.

But she shook her head and said, "Watch and learn carefully. You, Roujia, are also practicing martial arts. Such opportunities... well, they come all the time. But what I want to say is that the situation is not as simple as it seems. Those giants weren't beaten into submission by Sister Juan and couldn't move. They were just hurt, at most suffering superficial injuries. At most, they stopped playing around because of the pain and started to get serious."

"Oh? Isn't Sister Juan in great danger?" the little girl asked worriedly.

Chen Xuan calmly said, "Don't worry, with me here, it's not that Sister Juan can't do anything to them, she just hasn't really gone all out yet."

...(End of chapter)