Chapter 99

It is said that calling it a giant is not quite accurate, as this thing is merely a pile of huge stones shaped into a human form. Someone roughly carved a few lines on the fire-red giant mineral, and those deep cuts served as the giant's mouth and eyes.

Chu Feiyue cautiously observed the enormous stone giant before him. His subconscious told him that this thing could move and would be his enemy.

"Poof!"

At that moment, the flames on the wall suddenly flared up. Countless flames enveloped the stone giant, and the red color on its body grew deeper, exerting an increasingly oppressive pressure.

"Thud..."

Finally, countless flames filled the gaps within the stone giant. Its eyes, mouth, and the joints of its body were connected by threads of red light.

The activated stone giant shook its head and, with a powerful thrust of its hands, a large section of the stone wall behind it collapsed with a "boom." After standing up, it stretched and let out a loud roar to the sky. Although no sound was heard, Chu Feiyue still felt a wave of mental energy sweep over him.

"We have returned!"

Chu Feiyue caught the subtle information contained in the mental energy wave. He looked around in confusion and then carefully focused on the stone giant before him.

This thing is just a war puppet!

A body made of a few stones, with organs carved on the top stone, connected by a magical flood, and powered by burning magic to operate—these are undoubtedly the characteristics of a war puppet. Although it is much larger, this flame-covered war puppet felt much weaker to Chu Feiyue than those he encountered in the Flower Courtyard, which is why he didn't recognize it at first.

However, Xue Piao Siji and the others had never seen such things before. They were now staring at the over ten-meter-tall war puppet, dumbfounded.

"Reactivated Flame Stone Puppet: Level 30 Bronze Boss. Description: A war puppet that has slept for countless years, already an old model, but still very powerful. It seems to be connected to something. HP: 1,000,000 (8,500). Skills: 1. [Flame Stone Throw]: Throws a huge flame stone, causing massive impact damage. 2. [Heavy Punch]: Attacks with a stun effect. 3. [War Puppet]: Has extremely high magic resistance and very sturdy armor. It will not die unless its core is destroyed."

So, it's an old model from who knows how many years ago. No wonder... Chu Feiyue closed his eyes and carefully searched for the core of the war puppet.

"The chest, huh? Hmm?"

While detecting the location of its magical core, Chu Feiyue also noticed a thin red light band extending from his feet into the ground. Following the light band, he was surprised to find that it connected to the bottom of the large stone slab.

And on that large stone slab, the light bands were as numerous as hair!

Could it be that all these light bands need to be cut to lower the stone slab?

At this moment, the flame stone puppet, which had just finished its third set of calisthenics, finally noticed Chu Feiyue in the air.

"Guard mode activated. Intruder detected, eliminate, eliminate!"

After a voice devoid of emotion, the flames in the eyes of the flame stone puppet suddenly flared up, resembling the hot breath of an angry bull.

The activated flame stone puppet pointed at Chu Feiyue in the air and said in a muffled voice.

"Intruder, you will pay for your ignorance."

With that, it inserted its hand into the rock wall behind it. When it pulled it out, a large clump of fire-red stone had formed on its hand, with flames still burning, looking like a large bomb.

Flame Stone Throw!

The flame stone puppet suddenly threw the stone, which was several times larger than a cannonball, at Chu Feiyue.

Unfortunately, even with the strength of a war puppet, it could only throw a few such large stones at a time. Chu Feiyue easily dodged the stone and its fiery tail.

"Hey, big guy, you need to practice your aim if you want to hit me~"

While drawing S and B in the sky, Chu Feiyue taunted the stone puppet boss and quietly gathered his elemental star finger.

Burst Wind Slaughter is not very effective against a puppet made entirely of stone, especially one made of flame stone. This thing's fire resistance must be incredibly high.

At that moment, a large amount of flame suddenly spewed from the nearby mountain wall. Another flame stone puppet pushed aside the rocks blocking its path and walked out.

Two war puppets!

And this war puppet was clearly a different model from the other one, as one of its arms was connected to a cannon-like structure. It seemed that these two war puppets had different roles, with the other one being a close-combat type and this one being a ranged attack type.

"Reactivated Flame Stone Puppet: Level 30 Bronze Boss. HP: 1,000,000 (7,500). Description: A war puppet that has slept for countless years, already an old model. But still very powerful, it seems to be connected to something. Skills: 1. [Fire Grenade Cannon]: Fires a large number of flame stone fragments, causing widespread explosion damage upon landing. 2. [Flame Spray]: Releases a large amount of flame to burn a wide area, with a chance to cause burning. 3. [War Puppet]: Has extremely high magic resistance and very sturdy armor. It will not die unless its core is destroyed."

Sure enough, this one's skills are all ranged.

"Guard mode activated, intruder detected, eliminate, eliminate!"

"Intruder, you will pay for your ignorance."

With the same activation sound, the ranged attack flame stone puppet also pointed at Chu Feiyue. The only difference was the cannon on its arm.

Flame Spray!

Just like a real flamethrower, the arm of the flame puppet suddenly spewed out a large amount of flame, even turning the sky red.

A large area of flame "poof" engulfed Chu Feiyue, who couldn't dodge in time.

...

"!!!"

On the other side, Qinyue, who was watching the battle, took a few nervous steps forward. Thanks to the anxious cries of the little white phoenix in her arms, she remembered that she was standing on the edge of a cliff. If she took two more steps, she would fall off.

Xue Piao Siji was also startled. They had been so engrossed in the battle that if Qinyue fell, they wouldn't have time to pull her back. Xue Piao Siji, with a look of fear, pulled Qinyue to her side. Bathing in the Fire Phoenix also glanced over, with a hint of panic.

"Xiaoyue, Xiaomeng will be fine. Look, her health bar in our team information is still green."

Saying this, Xue Piao Siji brought up her mercenary group panel. Indeed, the health bar under [Meng] was still at 100%.

At that moment, the wind started to pick up.

The wind grew stronger from all directions, with the eye of the storm being Chu Feiyue in the flames.

The wind grew stronger, gradually suppressing the fierce flames. Flames were continuously sucked out by the whirlwind and extinguished instantly.

"Damn, get lost!"

With Chu Feiyue's clear shout, a silver light instantly exploded from the pillar of fire. In the sky, Chu Feiyue stood calmly with his Freya, the colorful light behind him making him look like a celestial deity.

"Master, how could you be so careless? If it weren't for Freya protecting you, you would have turned to ashes by now."

In Chu Feiyue's mind, Freya was excitedly scolding him. Clearly, she was happy to be able to scold Chu Feiyue.

Chu Feiyue, with a bitter face, dealt with Freya's nagging while resolving to improve his defensive skills. That was too dangerous just now. If he hadn't recited "Dream's Page," he would have really been in trouble. This was the first time Chu Feiyue had summoned Freya with just a phrase without reciting a spell, a significant improvement.

Perhaps, Ruo Hua might have suitable defensive magic for him.

Chu Feiyue glanced at the Dream Codex at his waist, gritted his teeth, and started thinking about how to deal with the two giants before him.

The ranged war puppet was too troublesome. Its flame range might be even farther than his 30-meter magic attack range. And its fire resistance must be incredibly high, so even a Bursting Magic Cone might not defeat it.

At the very least, let's take out one of them first...

Chu Feiyue focused his gaze on the close-combat war puppet. This one, which kept throwing stones, was much easier to deal with than its companion.

The key is, how to take it out?