Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 331 Immortal Sacrificial Spell

After Alex and Alina stepped out of their house, both of them immediately flew forward as they scanned their surroundings.

After a few minutes of scanning, both of them suddenly stopped. Both of them then frowned, as if they just saw something that made them unsettled.

They flew down to the ground, with their eyes concentrated in front of them.

"This is worse than I thought." Alex murmured as he realized that the whole explosions that they felt were not only just explosions. They were actually a prelude to something worse.

"Alex... what the hell is that?" Alina managed to say as she and Alex stared at a massive creature, which was now looming all over the area.

This creature was as large as a mountain, which made it look extremely imposing. Its skin looked to be impervious, which coupled with the armor that it wore, just added to its domineering image.

To the worry of Alex, this massive creature appeared to be a human, although it was lacking a head.

Only its torso and limbs were visible, but that did not diminish this giant’s dangerous appearance.

It wore no clothes, as it was only its full-body armor that was covering its body.

On its right hand, the giant held a cudgel the size of a boulder, while on its left, the giant held a sword that was as large as a building.

Both of these weapons were letting out killing intent, making the people nearby scream in terror.

"...."

Right now, this giant was silent, as if it was waiting for something to happen. For Alex, this is a good sight, as she was not sure if he wanted to see this giant have a rampage in this place.

But unfortunately for Alex, this giant made a move a second later.

"Roar!" Even without a head, this giant still managed to let out a roar, which made even the very earth tremble.

This roar of the giant produced massive gusts of wind, which immediately spread outwards.

"Whooosh!" Countless more structures fell down from these winds, which added more chaos to the already chaotic situation.

"Roar!"

The giant continued to roar more and more, which resulted in more damages all around him.

The TimeMasters, who were all congregated around the giant, started attacking it, with all of them doing their best to kill it quickly.

But from the way that the situation looked, it was apparent that this giant won’t be going down that easily.

As he watched what the giant was doing, Alex narrowed his eyes as he observed it warily.

"Alina... that thing right there is bad news." Alex said as he pointed to the giant, who was now using its cudgel to defend itself from the TImeMaster’s attacks.

"Whizz whizz whizz!"

No matter what kind of attacks the TimeMasters dished out on the giant, they were all weakened by the cudgel. Even if these attacks were something like time stop or time acceleration, their effects were all weakened under the cudgel’s presence.

By the time these weakened attacks landed on the giant, the best thing that they can do was only scratch the giant’s full-body armor.

"Roar!" While its cudgel was preoccupied with defense, the giant’s sword was focused on attacking the TImeMasters.

The giant zealously swung its sword towards the TimeMasters, who in turn did their best to dodge it.

"Boom boom boom!"

Their initiative to dodge was certainly acceptable, as the giant’s sword attacks were extremely devastating.

"Splat!"

"Swish!"

"Puchi!"

"Boom!"

Everything that was in the sword’s line of path were either crushed, sliced, pierced, or smashed into oblivion. Even the very space around the sword was not spared too.

This kind of description might sound impossible, but Alex was sure that everything that he was seeing from these sword attacks were all true.

These sword attacks, in Alex’s eyes, showed the very essence of swordsmanship. Every swing and hack of this sword erupted with the power of the sword, making even Alex feel entranced by it.

"..." As he looked at the sword, Alex could only look at it with discomfort as he knew that even he will not be able to receive these sword attacks with ease.

As for the TImeMasters who were hit by the sword, of course they did not go unscathed. obtained injuries, with only a few getting scrapes, and with the majority obtaining serious ones.

"Alex! Why are we still observing this fight? Shouldn’t we look for Kiera and Annie right now?" Alina abruptly said to Alex as the battle between the giant and the TimeMasters raged on. "If we only watch these fight, our chance to retrieve Kiera and Annie might be lower!"

"You don’t need to worry about them Alina." Alex replied calmly as he forced himself to look away from the battle. "I already saw where they are."

"You saw them already? Where?"

"Right there, Alina." Alex replied calmly as he pointed his finger at the giant. "My power... sensed Kiera, Annie, and the old man inside that giant’s body. "

"You’re kidding." Alina blurted out as she glared at Alex. A second later, and that glare turned into disbelief as she looked back at the giant again.

"So you saw that I am telling the truth, right?" Alex replied levelly as he put down his arm. "Those three are really inside the giant right now."

"Yes, I can see that you are telling the truth..." Alina replied as her eyes started to glow. "However that is not just the truth, right?"

"Well, what do you see on that giant, Alina?" Alex replied as he crossed her arms. "Surely your eyes can show you the ’truth’ better than me."

"..." In response to Alex’s challenge, Alina only remained silent as she concentrated her gaze on the fighting giant. Alex did nothing to stop her, as he only observed calmly beside her.

"Alex, it’s not only those three that are inside the giant right now." Alina said as her eyes started to glaze. "A lot of people... are inside that giant’s body. 10, 304 to be exact."

"Damn, that’s a lot of people." Alex exclaimed as he shook his head. "And here I thought this spell can only hold at most 5,000 people. It seems like I have underestimated it."

"A spell?" Alina, who seemed to be shaken with what she just saw, whipped her head at Alex as she stared at him intently. "What do you mean by that?"

"...Alina, I thought you made your own research about this world’s history?" Alex asked as he stared back at Alina. "If you did that, you will understand what I am talking about."

"Alex, this is not the time to be joking around." Alina said through gritted teeth. "Just say what you wanted to say so that we can get over with it! We’re already wasting time by talking idly here. If we continued dilly-dallying for longer, those three will surely be in danger!"

"..."

"I mean, look at them! They are inside a murderous giant! Do you think this will go well for everyone involved?"

"Of course not."

"Then get talking! Why are you even stalling like this, Alex?"

"Alina, I am stalling because now is not yet the time to make a move." Alex said as he looked back at the giant. "As long as that spell is still at that kind of state, even I will be unable to swoop in to save our allies. We still have to wait for the opportunity later."

"...So that is the reason why you are this calm? Because you knew that we cannot do anything as of now?"

"Exactly, Alina. That is why you should calm yourself too."

"...Fine. Since you said it, then I will listen to you." Alina said as she took some deep breaths to calm herself down.

The fighting between the giant and the TImeMasters still continued, although the sheer toughness of the giant and the amount of TimeMasters present made it impossible to ascertain the one in the lead.

Only time can tell who will be the victor of this fight.

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Once Alina looked calm enough, she went back to staring at Alex as she said,

"So you have been saying that that giant is a spell. How is that possible? Even my eyes cannot discern it. All i can only see was a living, breathing creature."

"That’s because this spell was all about the creation of a living, breathing, creature." Alex replied quickly as he dodged a stray rubble. "More specifically, it is an Immortal Ability that was focused on materializing a powerful being."

"An Immortal Ability like that... actually exists?"

"It does, but its records have been kept secret after the TImeMasters colonized this place..."

"..."

When Alex started to stay with the TimeMasters, he started to do his own research this world’s history, specifically on the battle between the TImeMasters and the Immortal Cultivators.

To Alex’s surprise, he discovered countless hidden records about the battle which the TimeMasters had kept hidden from the public eye. Alex was only able to access these records by abusing the special treatment given to him.

In these records, Alex saw countless powerful abilities that the Immortal Cultivators deployed in battle. Most of these were definitely domineering, and the ones that caught Alex’s attention were the Immortal Sacrificial Spells.

An Immortal Sacrificial Spell, from what Alex knew, were spells that require a certain amount of Immortal Cultivators to sacrifice their lives in order for it to activate.

This ’sacrifice’ obviously meant killing one’s self to contribute to the spell. There was no other meaning for that in this context.

Different Immortal Sacrificial Spells require different amounts of sacrificed cultivators to activate. Sometimes, even the cultivation levels of the cultivators were also taken into consideration.

The effects of these spells also vary, although the effects were usually extremely powerful.

Some sacrificial spells can summon a deadly strike, or conjure a mighty defense. Some allow the reversal of injuries while others can result on weakening the opponents. Some sacrificial spells also allow the creation of a fleshly being, which can be used to attack enemies.

That last example was exactly what Alex was witnessing in front of him right now.

"Alina, that giant that you see was a fleshly being that was summoned by an Immortal Sacrificial Spell." Alex said as he scratched the side of his arm.

"As for what kind of giant that is, I also know about it, since the TImeMasters had already encountered it before."

"...Since I can see you telling the truth, I won’t interrupt you anymore." Alina slowly said as she let out sigh. "Just keep talking."

Alex was not sure why Alina was acting like this now, but he took her words to heart as he continued talking.

"That giant right there is a Savage Sword Giant." Alex said quickly. "It’s body was extremely tough, and it can survive on extreme conditions. Its fighting disposition lied on its savagery and its miraculous sword abilities. See that cudgel? That’s the savage power of the giant, which allows it to weaken any attacks on it. As for that sword, that’s obviously the weapon that it uses for its sword abilities."

"..."

"...The Savage Sword Giant also was known to have a sup-space inside its body, which it can use to store living things inside it." Alex continued as he pointed at the giant’s navel. "Any living being inside that sub-space can survive, as long as they have food or water. As for why it has something like that, it must have been so that an army can fit in there to help out in fights."

"...Is that all?"

"Yeah, that is all."

"So that thing right there is a powerful being that was created from an Immortal i Spell." Alina said as she slowly unsheathed her katana. "And it has a sub-space inside its body that can store people. I’m going in the right track, right?"

"Yes, you are going there."

"And right now, this giant is fighting an increasing amount of TimeMasters, while keeping Annie, Kiera and the old man inside its sub-space." Alina said as her eyes narrowed in concentration.

"Yep, that’s the scenario right now."

"And you want us to wait until the right time to save them." Alina said, this time with her voice sounding dangerously low. "Are you sure that what you are doing now is the right thing to do, Alex?"

"I am sure about it." Alex replied confidently. "As long as that giant receives massive amounts of damage, we can sneak in on its subspace and bring Kiera, Annie, and the old man out."

"Massive amounts of damage you say?" Alina muttered as she suddenly pointed her katana at the giant. "Since that’s the needed condition, then I will just have to help accelerating it!"

"Hey! Don’t-"

Before Alex could fully shout out his warning, Alina swung her katana towards the giant, creating a massive spatial distortion which hit the giant head-on(not the head of course).

"Skroom!" The giant’s body immediately lurched from the impact, although it did not fully fell down.

A gash however could be seen on its right shoulder, which was the part where Alina’s attack has landed.

"..."

Silence reigned in the area, as the TimeMasters, Alex, and Alina waited with bated breath on what was to happen next.

A few seconds later, and the giant turned its body to Alina.

Even without a face, it was quite easy to see that the giant was extremely pissed right now.

"Alex, what’s the problem?" Alina asked as she saw Alex letting out an exhausted sigh.

Alina actually did not need to ask this question, as a second later, the giant started to make its move.

"Roar!" To the surprise of Alina, the giant, who was engrossed with fighting with the TimeMasters earlier, was now rushing towards Alina with its sword already swinging down on her body!

The giant did not hold back with his attack at all, as anyone could feel the intention to kill with this attack!

"Move!" Alex shouted as he pulled Alina with him. "Now that you attacked the giant, that giant will start attacking us too!"

"What? Why did you just say that now?"

"B-because you did not ask!"

"Argh!"