Chapter 33: Resurrection

In the aftermath of a blinding light, a towering Mountain Giant knelt on one knee.

The massive figure, nine meters tall, occupied a vast space. It shielded Yu Sheng’an, Aileen, and even the plant-wrapped Doman, who was submerged into the ground, from the Heaven’s Punishment strike!

To the untrained eye, it was simply a spectacle, but to the experts, it was a true marvel.

While the citizens of Willis City were stunned by the Mountain Giant, which dwarfed even the Lava Giant by three times its size,

the magicians were already shocked, their expressions completely changed!

Summoning a Lava Giant was already terrifying.

Who could have imagined that Ajef had also Contracted a Mountain Giant?

How immense must his soul power be?

Even more remarkably, the Lava Giant that had been blasted into a pool of lava began to rapidly reform before their very eyes.

This scene transcended everything the magicians knew about Lava Giants.

It’s important to know that Lava Giants are born in magma, reside in magma, and their combat ability in magma is equivalent to that of a demigod, almost impossible to kill.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that Lava Giants are invincible.

If they suffer a powerful assault that causes their body to collapse instantly, they will still die.

Even in magma, if they are reduced to a residual soul and rely on the magma for protection, it would take hundreds or even thousands of years to slowly reform their bodies, if ever.

Leaving the magma would make this a certain death trap!

Yet Ajef’s Lava Giant forcibly defied all their magical knowledge!

“Roar——”

The Lava Giant let out a furious roar. It opened its mouth and spewed a burst of searing flames toward March, who was hovering in the air.

March quickly dodged, his face pale as he looked at Yu Sheng’an.

As an Archmage, the most powerful spell he commanded was a sixth-level magic, and he had only one: [Heaven’s Punishment]!

If even Heaven’s Punishment couldn’t stop Ajef, what else could he do?

Create opportunities with an endless stream of third to fifth-level spells?

March gritted his teeth and was about to decide on a dangerous close-quarter combat when his legs suddenly went cold!

He instinctively controlled Levitation Magic to swerve to the side and looked down, only to find in horror—his legs had been severed, and his stumps were falling straight from the sky.

At the spot where he had just stood, a Shadow Demon licked its blood-stained claws with a twisted grin, its figure gradually vanishing into thin air.

“No——”

March, terrified, lunged toward the severed limbs, trying to retrieve them.

But before he could reach them, his world suddenly went dark.

A massive palm descended from the sky, smashing him into the ground.

From the outside, the kneeling Mountain Giant suddenly raised its knee slightly, assuming a starting position for a short-distance sprint.

In an instant, it charged forward, leaping high into the air, and slapped down onto March!

“Bang!”

March was slammed into the ground, creating a deep, human-shaped crater.

A Shadow Demon appeared next to the crater, effortlessly lifting him out.

At this point, March was already unconscious, his head drooping, his body limp like a rag doll, clearly with every bone in his body shattered.

If not for the strong soul power and magic of an Archmage sustaining him, he would have certainly been dead by now.

A gust of wind blew through this small part of the world, bringing with it a sense of searing heat.

That was the heat radiating from the Lava Giant.

The world fell silent.

Countless people stared in horror at the scene before them, gaining a direct and clear understanding of the Archmage’s power.

They now looked at Ajef with a newfound sense of fear!

Especially the members of the Willis Magic Plantation Association.

They realized that if they couldn’t deliver a fatal blow to Ajef, no one below the rank of Archmage would be able to defeat him!

And yet, they had provoked such a terrifying figure?

The phrase ‘unable to cry even if they wanted to’ could hardly describe their feelings.

“Ajef, spare him if you can. He has already paid for his mistakes with the plantation. Let him go!”

An eerie voice echoed.

Everyone was startled. At some point, Dundar, the Archmage, had appeared atop the city wall, his black robe flapping in the strong wind.

The crowd was incredulous.

Ajef had not only destroyed someone’s plantation but had also almost beaten them to death.

Most importantly, he had violated Willis’ law against private duels, yet Dundar was now softly asking him to let the man go?

Who is the real Archmage here?

Did Dundar or Ajef hold the Archmage title?

Yu Sheng’an glanced at Dundar and, after a brief moment of contemplation, moved his thoughts, causing a magic circle to light up beneath his summoned entities. Their figures gradually disappeared as the circle’s light intensified.

March was also casually tossed aside by the Shadow Demon, like a piece of trash, onto the roadside.

When the Mountain Giant and the Lava Giant vanished, everyone breathed a gentle sigh of relief.

Not to mention anything else, just the visual impact of the sheer size of those two giants was enough to make people feel immense pressure.

After all this was done, Yu Sheng’an didn’t bother to reply and turned to walk toward Willis City.

Aileen quickly followed after seeing this.

As Yu Sheng’an advanced, the crowd automatically made way for him, their faces filled with awe as they looked at the young man. Various emotions were reflected in their eyes.

Reverence, admiration, fanaticism… The list was endless.

Once Yu Sheng’an passed by, the Wood Spirit element magic apprentices from the Forest of Magic hastily followed behind.

Facing the gaze of the Willis citizens, they unconsciously straightened their backs, lifted their chins, and wore expressions full of pride!

Thanks to the Internet, as they passed through the city, the members of the Forest of Magic walked through the dense crowds of onlookers.

The respectful gazes made their faces flush with excitement!

Look, we are members of the Forest of Magic.

Upon returning to the Forest of Magic, many of the magic apprentices still felt a lingering sense of satisfaction.

When Aileen came over to assign tasks, many were still immersed in the previous awe-inspiring event, discussing it as they tended to their plants.

It won’t be surprising when this matter causes a sensation in Willis!

It might even shake the entire Kewell Empire!

“Mr. Ajef, the experimental tasks have all been assigned,” Aileen reported respectfully to Yu Sheng’an, her eyes showing not only awe but also a hint of fanaticism.

“Hmm, keep an eye on it. I’m feeling a bit tired. Don’t bother me unless it’s important,” Yu Sheng’an said.

“Yes!” Aileen quickly nodded, thinking that commanding two giants in battle must have been exhausting.

Little did she know, was Yu Sheng’an tired at all?

Those summoned creatures were Contracted through soul power. The only thing he had to expend was some elemental source.

The real reason he found an excuse to leave was because the Lava Giant had sent him a prayer!

Yu Sheng’an left the underground lab and sat cross-legged in the side hall of the Forest of Magic, beginning to Meditate.

In reality, his mind returned to his body as he used the God’s Eye view to observe the Lava Giant—Church—that had won him glorious battles.

In a volcanic crater within the Abyss, Church knelt at the edge of the viscous, semi-solidified magma, quietly praying to the Internet God.

“Oh, great Internet God, your divine power is so immense, your strength so unfathomable. Church is willing to expand your dominion, allowing your light to shine across the Abyss!”

As an elemental being, Church’s intelligence was not low.

But living in the Abyss’s volcano for so long, with such a ‘simple’ life, had made their wisdom seem somewhat stiff.

However, stiffness doesn’t mean foolishness.

No one knew that today’s events had awakened Church’s ambitions completely.

To think, at first, Church had been inexplicably summoned to a small, dark room, brutally beaten, and forced to sign an unfair Contract. It had both feared and hated Yu Sheng’an!

Of course, that hatred was buried deep within its soul.

But today’s events made that resentment disappear!

When that terrifying lightning bolt shattered it into pieces, Church’s powerful soul had somehow struggled to remain.

However, surviving is not always a blessing.

Great fear gnawed at its soul.

It knew it was doomed.

Despair, regret, anger, remorse, pain, powerlessness… countless negative emotions tormented it!

At that moment, it hated Yu Sheng’an to the core!

If it weren’t for Yu Sheng’an, it wouldn’t have faced death!

But as it was sinking into absolute negative emotions, a surge of life force suddenly flowed through a mysterious Contract from Yu Sheng’an’s side.

It was resurrected.

Revived on the spot, far from the magma!

And at that moment, joy filled its heart, and the near-death experience awakened long-buried ambitions!