66: Chapter 66 Ancient Giants

In the distant darkness, as this massive creature moved, the ground echoed with one thud after another—

Each sound felt as if it were striking directly against everyone's heart.

The entire battlefield jolted violently, countless faces instantly turned pale, and some of the weaker soldiers even collapsed to their knees.

Thud—

As the second sound rang out, large cracks appeared on the surface of the city wall, gravel fell in rustles, and everyone's ears began to ring.

Qin Chuan's face turned pale.

"What the hell is that?"

No one answered, as everyone's gaze had already been drawn to the figure slowly approaching from the distance.

Dark clouds churned, and a fierce wind howled.

As the distance closed, everyone finally saw its appearance clearly.

The air seemed to solidify, and everyone's breathing stalled for a moment.

It was a massive skeleton that stood between heaven and earth, its body having long since lost all flesh.

Countless ghastly white bones were exposed, with huge ribs spreading out to the sides like pillars holding up the sky.

Jet-black long hair hung down, covering the surface of the skeleton like a waterfall.

On its long, narrow head grew two sharp ears.

Its crimson eyes were cold and ruthless, its split mouth extended to the earlobes, and its mouth was filled with layers of interlocking fangs.

It was hair-raising, and the most bizarre thing was that it had no legs at all.

Its lower body seemed to have been forcibly severed by something, leaving only a broken skeleton dragging along the ground.

Two arms, long to an exaggerated degree, hung down, their sharp bone claws carving trenches dozens of meters deep into the ground.

Even without standing, its height still exceeded a thousand meters.

Viewed from afar, it was like a terrifying entity from mythology descending into reality.

"This..."

"What on earth is this thing..."

Mecha Captain Zhao Tiesheng stared blankly at the scene, his face devoid of color.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something. His pupils contracted sharply, and his body began to tremble.

"Impossible..."

"Impossible..."

"The Divine Tomb..."

"That thing actually exists..."

The next second, the Ancient Giant slowly opened its mouth.

Boom!!!

A terrifying suction force suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, a fierce wind formed instantly, and countless sand and stones shot into the sky.

On the battlefield, the bodies of many ordinary giants left the ground, struggling in terror as they flew toward the sky.

One.

Ten.

A hundred.

A thousand.

Endless giants were swept into mid-air and then flew into the mouth of the Ancient Giant.

Crunch.

Crunch.

A hair-raising chewing sound rang out; those giants seemed to be nothing more than its food.

Not only that, but the corpses of giants, broken bones, and shattered flesh littering the ground, and even the wreckage of destroyed giant mechas, began to be forcibly sucked into the sky.

The entire battlefield seemed to have turned into a massive vortex.

"Oh no!"

Jiang Ruoxue's expression changed drastically.

"It's devouring the giants!"

Everyone clung tightly to the city wall, and many soldiers had already been swept away, letting out shrill screams.

And just at this moment.

On the other side, Shen Xin, who had been laughing wildly, suddenly paused.

"Huh?"

"Hahaha—"

"What kind of ability is this?"

The two-hundred-meter-tall body of the forbidden mecha also began to be slowly dragged.

The ground was plowed into a massive trench, and even though the forbidden mecha resisted with all its might, it still couldn't break free.

"Boss!"

"Let me go over!"

"I'm going to beat it to death!"

Shen Xin's eyes shone with excitement.

However, the next second, the entire forbidden mecha lifted off the ground and flew toward the Ancient Giant.

Mecha Captain Zhao Tiesheng's expression changed drastically.

"It's over!"

"Even the forbidden mecha can't hold on!"

Just when everyone was in despair.

Boom—

A giant hand reached out from the side and grabbed the forbidden mecha tightly.

It was Lin Yan.

At this moment, standing four hundred meters tall, he had planted his feet deep into the earth, dragging out cracks hundreds of meters long behind him, forcibly resisting that suction force.

"Come back!"

Lin Yan growled.

Boom!

The forbidden mecha was forcibly yanked back.

Inside the cockpit, Shen Xin paused for a moment, then became as happy as a child.

"Boss is amazing!"

"Hahaha!"

Qin Chuan: "..."

Does this woman have any idea how dangerous that just was?

However, in the distance, the devouring continued.

More and more giants flew into the mouth of the Ancient Giant—not just those on this battlefield, but also giants in the wild or those currently attacking other cities in the distance.

Changes began to appear on the surface of the skeleton; massive amounts of bright red flesh grew wildly, and muscle fibers spread like living things.

They covered the bones layer by layer, wrapping around the ribs, filling the shoulders, and plumping the chest cavity; the originally degenerated body began to recover.

Rumble—

Two new leg bones grew from the lower body, and flesh quickly covered them.

Knees.

Calves.

Feet.

Gradually taking shape.

And its body was constantly expanding.

One thousand two hundred meters.

One thousand five hundred meters.

Two thousand meters.

Two thousand five hundred meters.

Everyone could no longer see its full form.

They could only keep looking up.

And look up again.

Dark clouds were constantly pushed aside, the cloud layer churning like ocean waves.

Finally.

The Ancient Giant slowly stood up.

Boom!!!

At this moment.

The entire world seemed to shake, and the sky was completely rent.

The dark clouds dispersed, and moonlight spilled down.

Illuminating that figure of extreme terror.

Three thousand meters.

No.

It was still growing.

Three thousand one hundred meters.

Three thousand two hundred meters.

...

Its head was completely submerged in the clouds.

As if connecting heaven and earth.

Five Super-Large Titans at its feet were not even comparable to infants.

And Lin Yan, originally four hundred meters tall, felt small for the first time.

He slowly raised his head, his neck stretched to the limit, yet he still couldn't see the top of the Ancient Giant.

Looking at that terrifying figure connecting heaven and earth, then looking down at his own four-hundred-meter-tall body.

A thought slowly emerged in his mind. For the first time, he felt that he wasn't big enough.

Scanning the giants that hadn't been sucked into its mouth yet, Lin Yan said to Shen Xin, "Quick, give me Wings of Light!"

Shen Xin seemed still a bit dizzy, and responded, "Oh, oh, okay."

Immediately, she cast the skill 'Wings of Light' on herself.

The moment it was cast, a matching pair of huge wings of light slowly unfolded on Lin Yan's back.

"You fly back first."

Lin Yan flew quickly toward the mouth of the Ancient Giant, intercepting the giants being sucked toward it.

Like swatting mosquitoes, he swatted them to death.

[Tank Engine stacks +5, current 116 stacks. Body size 510 meters.]

[Tank Engine stacks +4, current 120 stacks. Body size 621 meters.]

[Tank Engine stacks +5, current 125 stacks. Body size 793 meters.]

...

His body size grew exponentially, and the roar of the engine in his chest never stopped.

[Tank Engine stacks +4, current 138 stacks. Body size 1494 meters.]

[Tank Engine stacks +6, current 144 stacks. Body size 2003 meters.]

Lin Yan seeing it was still sucking, punched directly into its mouth.

"Still eating! Do you think I don't exist!?"

There were still some giants in its mouth that hadn't been devoured yet, and they were also crushed to death by his punch.

[Tank Engine stacks +9, current 153 stacks. Body size 3107 meters.]

[Level up: Level 15 → Level 16!]

At this point, the Ancient Giant also stopped devouring, but its body size was still slowly growing; it hadn't fully digested everything yet.

A pair of crimson eyes stared at Lin Yan, seemingly very puzzled.

'Where did the creature in front of me come from?'

Lin Yan was furious; in that last wave of devouring, countless soldiers, civilians, and warriors piloting mechas had been swallowed into its stomach.

"What the hell are you looking at?!"

He punched its head again, the Ancient Giant's head tilted to the side, then slowly recovered.

Lin Yan didn't waste time; he spread his wings, launched a fierce attack from above, and drove the Ancient Giant all the way back into the mountains.

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The survivors would never be able to forget this scene.

A body like that of an ancient god, with wings of light nearly six thousand meters long spread out, dispersing the dark clouds and illuminating the entire sky.

"Is... is that a god!?"

"A heavenly god has descended!"

"Great, we're saved."

"A god! A god has descended to the world!"

The survivors wept with joy and embraced each other.

"Holy crap! Boss is so reassuring!" Qin Chuan stared wide-eyed as the two behemoths fought.

"Full of a sense of security!"

Shen Xin held her head and walked over, swaying.

"Hey, Shen Xin, why did you come out?"

"My mind is... a bit... nauseous, urgh..."

Qin Chuan looked at Shen Xin, who was vomiting, and was speechless.

"You had your fun, I want to pilot a mecha too."

Jiang Ruoxue's heart trembled; only at this moment did she truly realize the terrifying nature of Lin Yan's talent. She stared at the god-like figure before her, unable to help but lose herself completely.

'Is this... S-rank Talent!?'

Qin Chuan walked over and looked at the dazed Mecha Captain Zhao Tiesheng.

"It's fine now, my Boss is here!"

He patted him on the shoulder.

"How about that, isn't my Boss fierce!?"

Seeing he was still dazed, he pushed him.

"Hey! What's wrong, are you stunned?"

Mecha Captain Zhao Tiesheng's eyes remained vacant as he muttered: "Aren't you curious about how the giants came to be?"

"It's the Divine Tomb... The Divine Tomb brought them here..."