For the rubble beneath his feet, Xu Ran did not guard against it. In just an instant, the rubble, like a riverbed, gathered beneath Xu Ran’s feet.

Immediately, a massive uplifting force lifted Xu Ran’s body, suspending him in mid-air.

In response, Xu Ran stepped on the rubble, directly crushing part of it into powder. With a single leverage, he made his body float in the air, unaffected by the stone giants and the swathes of rubble.

His face was still grave as he first glanced at the expanse of rubble underfoot and then looked toward the stone giant not far away, emanating a gray aura.

"It seems the trial’s instructions to kill everything before you or living creatures must refer to these stone giants!"

Xu Ran’s tone held a bit of doubt. The mysterious feeling lingering in his heart had not disappeared, even now.

But before Xu Ran could think it through, the ten stone giants not far away started walking toward him with heavy steps. Each step caused the valley ground to tremble, like a minor earthquake.

These ten stone giants moved in unison, like well-trained soldiers.

Where they passed, the gray aura radiating from their bodies compressed and distorted the surrounding air.

And the floating rubble seemed to be influenced by the stone giants, as if enchanted, suddenly attacking the stone giants.

Some of these rubble pieces were as small as fingernails, while others were fist-sized, tracing arcs in the air like iron filings attracted to a magnet.

The smaller stones first adhered to the stone giants’ legs, making crisp impact sounds, then firmly embedded in the giants’ rugged surfaces.

Following that, slightly larger stones arrived one after another. They collided and rubbed against each other, seeking their position on the giants, gradually stacking and assembling.

With more and more rubble attaching, the stone giants’ bodies became increasingly solid and strong. Their originally somewhat smooth skin now encased in layers of rubble, turned more rugged and jagged, as if draped in an impenetrable armor.

The rubble still flying in the sky glimmered in the sunlight, like bright meteors in the night sky, continuously converging toward the giants, adding power to their forms.

The aura of the ten stone giants surged again, the gray aura spreading out and relentlessly attacking Xu Ran.

This gray pressure began to condense and clump during its flight, gradually forming into a huge gray fist.

This enormous gray fist was well-defined, each knuckle composed of separate stones.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

...

The sweeping gray fist compressed all the surrounding air, producing sonic boom sounds.

In the face of such pressure, Xu Ran had no intention of retreating.

"The pressure from the previous ten stone giants had no effect on me. Do you think adding a few rubble pieces would make a difference?"

Xu Ran muttered lowly, without backing down, stepping forward with a fierce expression in his eyes.

"Let’s see if your fist is harder than mine!"

With that, the physical strength of the Great Success [Innate Saint’s Sacred Body] was unleashed with full force. Xu Ran’s small, tender hands instantly swelled, veins popping, each blood vessel protruding on the skin’s surface.

The Great Success [Innate Saint’s Sacred Body] provided a tremendous and unimaginable physical amplification to Xu Ran.

If, in the face of these ten stone giants, it couldn’t withstand them head-on, then this Great Success [Innate Saint’s Sacred Body] would be meaningless.

So quick was the moment! With Xu Ran’s swelling arms punching out, the gray stone fist was right at his front.

"Boom!"

At the moment Xu Ran’s fists collided with the stone fist, sonic boom sounds echoed in the air, reverberating through the valley.

And at the spot where Xu Ran stood, a thick smoke rose, obscuring the scene inside.

The soul bodies in the dueling arena craned their necks at this sight, trying to see through the smoke, but unfortunately, the dense fog lingered for a long time, even the three ethereal soul bodies in the front couldn’t discern the exact scene within.

"What happened, what’s going on?"

"Is the newcomer in the trial alright?"

"The aura those ten stone giants emitted just now might not be inferior to this newcomer..."

...

The soul bodies chatted back and forth, unable to see the true scene inside the smoke but continued to speculate based on their experiences.

Most of the soul bodies were worried for Xu Ran, after all.

The aura those ten stone giants emitted was comparable to Xu Ran’s, especially with the addition of rubble, the aura now faintly surpassed Xu Ran’s.

This slight distrust towards Xu Ran was also normal.

"Shut up!"

While the soul bodies continued to speculate, a strong voice boomed from the front, and suddenly, the dueling arena fell silent.

"There he is!"

As these three words were uttered, from the smoke in the mirror, suddenly appeared a small, tender figure.