When did the fog appear? I didn't notice at all.
"The giant appeared the first two times when the fog appeared! This fog is too eerie, and it must be related to the giant."
I warned, as we were relatively safe in the trees, but Fatty was in more danger, hiding behind the stones on the ground.
"Fatty, Fatty..."
I shouted at Fatty, but we were quite far apart, and my voice was light, so he didn't hear at all.
Qin Qianqiu looked around at the thick fog and frowned slightly. He probably didn't know about the giant's existence, but as a master like him, even if he knew about the giant, he would never leave.
The cave was silent. I patted Ling Qian on the back and said, "Fatty is not safe alone down there, I'll go take care of him. If anything happens, you attack from this side, and I will follow immediately."
After that, I slowly slid down the tree trunk and walked in the direction of where Fatty was.
"How did you come over here?"
Fatty asked in surprise.
"The fog is very strange, if the giant shows up, we can look out for each other for a while. Stop talking, I think that giant is about to come!"
I am now closer to Qin Qianqiu, and my gaze is fixed on the mouth of the cave. It seems like there is nothing in the dark cave, but there seems to be an unknown terror hidden within.
Qin Qianqiu and I both stared at the black cave, sensing three auras, each stronger than the last. The third one was much more powerful than the previous two. The gap was like that between an adult and a child!
As time passed, the surrounding mist grew thicker. I could no longer see Ling Qian, who was hiding in a tree, and could only see Qin Qianqiu and the cave not far away.
"Why hasn't it come out yet?" Fatty said, just then I suddenly felt something in my heart and looked up to see some movement in the cave! A huge figure drifted slowly out like a ghost.
I had always been confused about the difference between earth beasts and ghosts. At least before I got "Mountain Wild Tales," I always thought that ghosts and monsters were almost the same.
But now I finally understood that the former is a ghost, a dead thing, a soul remaining in the world due to resentment, while the latter is a monster, in between living and dead, with flesh and blood yet elusive. The biggest difference between the two can be summarized in one sentence from life to death, ghosts are dead, while people are alive, and monsters are the spirits in between.
Although I had caught some earth beasts, my horizon was not broad enough. There are many strange things in the world, and there is still much unseen.
The three-meter-tall giant in front of me drifted out of the cave like a soul, even though I had encountered it a few times before, I was still startled at this moment!
What is this thing? It looks like a ghost, but doesn't feel like a ghost's gloomy aura. Maybe it's a mysterious earth beast that I haven't seen before! I thought in my mind, but I dared not say it out loud.
Qin Qianqiu naturally saw the three-meter-tall giant as well, frowned, and said, "A soul with little resentment, forming its own spiritual body. I would say you are a monster rather than an earth beast."
The giant stood at the mouth of the cave, and now I could finally see its whole appearance clearly. Looking at it head-on, its whole body looked like a stone man, about three meters tall, with arms as thick as two huge clubs and slender legs. Its head, from a distance, looked like an upside-down pendant, with no obvious features, but the cracks in the front looked somewhat like eyes and a nose... The whole impression was like a sculpture, but not at all safe.
"What is this?" Fatty asked strangely.
I couldn't respond, so I just shook my head.
Qin Qianqiu walked up to the stone giant, looked it up and down, and said, "You should be a monster, although I've never seen one like you before. But if you have a bit of intelligence, you should understand what I mean. Don't struggle if you don't want to suffer, lest you end up like that stupid old tiger."
After hearing his words, Fatty suddenly covered his mouth and laughed, whispering, "Talking to a stone man, and he's so formal."
The nervousness I had felt was dispelled by Fatty's interruption, and I sighed, looking up to see the stone giant shaking its head, walking a few steps forward, its huge hands almost touching the ground, walking without making a sound, seemingly completely ignoring Qin Qianqiu, and heading straight for the ghost tiger and black-horned ox.
"Don't you understand what I said?" Qin Qianqiu turned back and roared, but the stone giant still ignored him. This irritated our "Great Master Qin," who, with a swing of his arms and quick steps, ran towards the stone giant.
"I told you to stop."
He grabbed the stone giant's arm, his face flushed red, showing that he had used his power. After being grabbed, the stone giant slowly turned its head, looked back at Qin Qianqiu and suddenly lifted its arm and violently flung it outwards. Just a moment ago, Qin Qianqiu, who had been able to match the ghost tiger, was suddenly thrown out and crashed heavily into a nearby tree trunk.
"Goodness me! This stone man is too strong," Fatty exclaimed in surprise. I didn't dare to speak, and after being thrown out, Qin Qianqiu, furious, got up and charged at the stone giant.
"Attack!"
I can clearly hear his roar, and there was a faint white smoke rising above his head, but it quickly disappeared in the dense fog. I don't understand what "Three Yang Power" is, but it looks like Qin Qianqiu is using his real skills this time. He suddenly jumped up and threw a punch at the stone man's chest. Qin Qianqiu was really furious and the punch actually made the stone man stagger and slowly fall backwards.
"Hah!"
Qin Qianqiu roared again, and relentlessly continued to punch the stone man. With each punch, the stone man became more unstable. After taking six or seven punches, he finally fell to the ground. However, there was no sound, despite my expectation of a loud noise.
"It's so strange, why is there no sound? There should be a noise when the magnet wrapped around its body hits the ground, even if its original form is a soul, shouldn't there be a sound when the magnet falls?"
I became more puzzled, but the fat man shook his head and said, "What the hell do you care about this for?"
Qin Qianqiu, with eyes wide open in anger, jumped onto the chest of the giant, about to strike again. Unexpectedly, the fallen giant suddenly opened its mouth and made a strange, resonant, and distant roar, echoing throughout the forest and causing discomfort to our ears.
"What the hell? I can't hear anything!"
Both the fat man and I covered our ears, unable to hear each other, but we could see the fat man's mouth moving. Even at such a distance, the situation must have been even more unbearable for Qin Qianqiu standing in front of the giant.
As expected, after the giant roared, blood immediately trickled from Qin Qianqiu's ears. His face was visible to us, and his eyes were bulging with roundness, as if they were about to pop out.
At that moment, the giant suddenly raised its hand. I thought its heavily built stone arm would move slowly, but its speed was unexpectedly very fast. It grabbed Qin Qianqiu from behind.
"Bang!"
Qin Qianqiu's body, tightly clutched by the giant, made a strange sound, possibly from the friction of the stone arm, or maybe the sound of his bones being crushed.
Qin Qianqiu looked pained, constantly pounding the giant's arm. The giant gradually stood up from the ground, lifting Qin Qianqiu high and then pounding on the ground with force. The fog dispersed by the wind from the punches, and the ground produced a loud noise, leaving a small pit-like depression.
"Is he going to die?"
The fat man swallowed hard and asked with trepidation. I couldn't answer, but at that moment, the giant let go, and I saw Qin Qianqiu's body rolling on the ground, his face covered in blood and his body twisted in a frightening manner. Clearly, even if he didn't die, his bones must have been broken.