Chapter 2371: Chapter 1056: Remote Duel of Magic (Part 3)

"Gelugalan is our Eternal Lord; with the Aobidai Crown on his head, whether above or below Enrui, all Giants should honor him as our King. He will lead us in rebuilding the Nidheim Kingdom and revive the glory of the Giants."

From the expressions of these Undead Stone Giant Chieftains, they not only regard Duokong as their King but also as their God.

The desire to rebuild the Nidheim Kingdom and restore the glory of the Age of Giants has become their greatest obsession and belief.

Calling them the remnants of the Giant Kingdom Nidheim is not an exaggeration at all.

It’s just that this remnant is far stronger than Gaven imagined.

As these Undead Stone Giant Chieftains chanted, an invisible force spread out, establishing connections with dark underground passages and countless Undead Spirits, concentrating this immense power onto the Great Chieftain of the Undead Stone Giants.

Not only did the previously chaotic dark force regain stability, it even surrounded from all directions, as if countless invisible hands were reaching towards the War Ravager.

"Ha..." Facing this situation, Gaven was not alarmed but rather delighted. Not only did he not organize a defense to repel them, but instead, he opened the gates wide, allowing the force and soul consciousness of the opponent to rush in.

In the War Ravager, the Undead Divine Power, though ownerless, doesn’t hold the main power; instead, it resides in the Undead Slaughter Territory.

To take control of this force, they must ensure they are stronger than it.

Otherwise, the situation will reverse, and the Undead Divine Power within the War Ravager will transform them, turning them into its servants, becoming part of it.

The Undead Divine Power might struggle against other existences, but against Undead Existences, it has absolute limitations.

At the moment of contact between the two, the Great Chieftain of the Undead Stone Giants sensed something amiss.

The War Ravager was like a black hole; no matter how much power he channeled into it, he couldn’t feel its boundaries, let alone control it.

Instead, all the power he channeled in was completely beyond his control after entry.

This implies that the opponent’s control of the Undead Divine Power is beyond his imagination.

Vaguely, it even felt like they were turning the tables, drawing his soul consciousness entirely inwards.

"Break!"

The power held by the Great Chieftain of the Undead Stone Giants was equally beyond imagination. At that moment, the entire Giant Plains seemed to tremble slightly, numerous runic-engraved passages lit up, forming an immense power.

Not only did it stabilize the soul of the Great Chieftain of the Undead Stone Giants, but it also severed the connection between them.

"It’s rude not to reciprocate; take it back."

The Great Chieftain of the Undead Stone Giants wanted to break the connection, but that didn’t mean Gaven would let them off, directly pushing back the power he had just swallowed.

Then each returned to their own, returning to their own origins.

Only that after wandering around the War Ravager, the nature of that Undead Power had shifted, entirely replaced by the Undead Divine Power.

In other words, Gaven had mixed some sand into the once monolithic Council of Death Chiefs, with Undead belonging to him emerging within.

Even if the Great Chieftain of the Undead Stone Giants wanted to discern them, it wouldn’t be an easy task.

Yet through this confrontation, Gaven gained a clearer understanding of the strength of the Council of Death Chiefs.

These Undead Stone Giants are not simply holding one place; beneath the entire Giant Plains lies a network of their runic passages.

Though only glimpsed in passing, Gaven managed to glean much from it.

These runic passages are not disorderly distributed but interrelated.

Evidently, this forms an enormous territorial magic array, encompassing the entire Giant Plains, including both familiar death attributes to Gaven and some relatively unfamiliar power attributes.

Given the inherent traits of the Giant Plains, it’s not difficult to speculate that this power attribute is likely tightly connected to the giantization law of the Giant Plains.

In other words, the gigantification of the Giant Plains is not due to natural causes but human influence.

The initiators are the Council of Death Chiefs lurking in the Dark Domain.

Their goal is equally not hard to guess; they have always wanted to counterattack the surface, reviving the glory of the Giant Empire Nidheim.

However, for the Council of Death Chiefs, the hardest part isn’t the counterattack on the surface but the population, a vast population of Giants.

Without a sufficient population base, and since Giants are of the Everlasting Kind, breeding is inherently relatively challenging and lengthy.

Even after thousands of years, significant progress would be unlikely.

In contrast, for the short-lived races, thousands of years is long enough; hundreds of generations are born, live, and die, allowing them to develop from insignificant small clans to continent-sweeping major ones, establishing and witnessing the rise and fall of several civilizations.

Wait a few more thousand years, and the entire continent might become dominated by Humans; any attempt by the Giants to make a comeback might find no place for them.

Meanwhile, Gaven also understood the confidence the Great Chieftain of the Undead Stone Giants had when he initially signed a one-year agreement with him.

His reliance wasn’t just on the Undead Divine Power but on this massive underground magic array, harvesting all the souls across the Giant Plains.

It seemed he had underestimated this millennia-old monster lurking in the shadows; at the time of signing the one-year agreement, he was complacent, thinking his delaying tactics had succeeded.

Little did he realize, the opponent was clearly using him as a knife, as a sacrifice.

That was just his speculation about the territorial magic array; who knows what unique functions might be hidden behind it.

Magic arrays at this level will not be overly simplistic.

If it further enhances the gigantification trait of the Giant Plains, it’s something he would welcome, greatly benefiting him in future construction of the Giant Plains.

But there’s a fear that it’ll relate to the Undead aspect, turning the entire Giant Plains into a Guaiyu, where not only would all corpses be revived, but all living things perish, no grass grows, and all life stagnates.

At that time, Gaven truly would be at a loss.

Winning might also mean losing.

Luckily, his development had been rapid enough, achieving a great breakthrough in the Undead Power, possessing the leverage to renegotiate with the Great Chieftain of the Undead Stone Giants, potentially nipping such disastrous situations in the bud.