CHAPTER 85: CHAPTER 85: ELEMENTAL CORE

Chu Chen looked at the information of the Golden Stone Giant, his expression becoming extremely solemn.

This Golden Stone Giant’s physique had also reached the Commander Level, and its defense capabilities were terrifying. Breaking its body to find the Elemental Core was a challenge akin to hell.

The Golden Stone Giant glared at Chu Chen and the others, letting out an angry low growl.

It was these few individuals who had disturbed its slumber. As an Elemental Life, it had an extremely long lifespan, and to pass the time, it usually chose to sleep, which was also a method of cultivation. As long as it found a place rich in Star Power and Gold Element to sleep, its power would increase each time it awoke.

However, most awakenings were forced by the disturbances from Star Beasts or humans, which is why it harbored intense hatred toward those who disrupted its sleep. It would kill them all, then bury them underground to slumber with it.

The Golden Stone Giant let out a roar and took heavy steps towards the crowd.

Seeing this, Chu Chen quickly warned, "Don’t engage it directly, spread out and avoid it."

Mu Chengxue and the others reacted swiftly, dodging to one side, while the three Guardian Beasts also scattered in evasion.

"The Golden Stone Giant has low intelligence. Xie Licheng, let the Shadow Cat draw its attention, the Golden Armored Bull is responsible for pulling, and Lei Yao will be the main attacker," Chu Chen swiftly set up the battle tactics.

Xie Licheng and the others had no hesitation upon hearing this, immediately executing Chu Chen’s command.

Through their encounters, they had come to greatly trust Chu Chen; many crises had been averted thanks to his ingenious directions.

The Shadow Cat suddenly powered its limbs and leaped onto the Golden Stone Giant’s head, reaching out its claws to scratch at its eyes.

Seeing this, the Golden Stone Giant quickly swung its arms to drive away the Shadow Cat.

However, the Golden Stone Giant’s speed was too slow to block the Shadow Cat’s attack.

The sharp claws left three marks on the Golden Stone Giant’s right eye.

The Golden Stone Giant seemingly felt no pain, continually waving its arms to drive the Shadow Cat off its head.

Although forced to leave the Golden Stone Giant’s head, the Shadow Cat skillfully completed the task.

By now, Lei Yao and the Golden Armored Bull were positioned on each side of the Golden Stone Giant, both gathering their signature skills.

Chu Chen, seeing this, smiled and said, "Take action."

The two beasts acted simultaneously, with Thunder Blade and Golden Radiance both directing their attacks at the Golden Stone Giant.

The Golden Stone Giant’s expression remained unchanged; it merely raised its arms to guard its chest, as if protecting something.

At this moment, the two attacks landed simultaneously on its body.

The violent air currents raised a cloud of dust all around.

Seeing this, Mu Chengxue immediately showed her delight, coming to Chu Chen’s side and smilingly said, "Turns out this big guy is so easy to deal with." After which she ran towards the Golden Sword Grass.

Chu Chen quickly caught her.

"Wait, the Golden Stone Giant’s defense is extremely terrifying; this level of attack isn’t enough to defeat it."

Mu Chengxue was taken aback, immediately looking back towards where the Golden Stone Giant stood.

As the dust drifted away with the gentle wind, the Golden Stone Giant was still standing in place; however, its two arms had been shattered, and cracks appeared throughout its body, seemingly about to burst apart at any moment.

The Golden Stone Giant let out a low growl, and a strange suction emerged from its chest. The previously shattered arms started to recover at a visible rate, and the cracks on its body instantly healed.

Watching the fully restored Golden Stone Giant, Mu Chengxue said helplessly, "How can we fight it?"

"Don’t worry, as long as we break its core, it will die completely. I guess its Elemental Core is in the chest area. Xie Licheng, continue to have the Shadow Cat draw its attention, and Lei Yao, attack its chest," Chu Chen said in a deep voice.

The three Guardian Beasts executed the plan the same way, launching another attack.

With the loud booming sounds, two attacks directly landed on the Golden Stone Giant’s chest.

The golden stone instantly shattered, revealing a metallic-hued orb in front of everyone.

Unfortunately, the power of the attacks had been exhausted and couldn’t damage the metallic orb.

At this point, the metallic orb once again emitted a suction force, and the chest injuries instantly healed.

The Golden Stone Giant felt the threat of death and roared, rapidly gathering rich Gold Element towards it, quickly condensing a golden blade in front of it.

Under the control of the Golden Stone Giant, the golden blade shot directly towards the Shadow Cat.

Seeing this, the Shadow Cat showed a look of horror and vanished into a cloud of black mist in the blink of an eye.

The golden blade shot into the black mist, followed by a loud boom, causing the golden blade to explode instantly, the powerful airwave dispersing the black mist, and the Shadow Cat was blasted several meters away, heavily crashing to the ground.

The Shadow Cat couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood, even its aura weakened significantly.

The speed and power of the Golden Stone Giant’s skills far exceeded other Star Beasts at the same Realm.

Just one attack made the three realize the formidable nature of their foe.

Before, Chu Chen thought he could exploit the slow movement speed of the Golden Stone Giant to sneak past it for the Golden Sword Grass, but it was clearly too naive.

Given the speed of the Golden Stone Giant’s skill release, they couldn’t succeed, and even if they evaded its attacks, it could directly destroy the Golden Sword Grass, leaving Chu Chen and the others empty-handed.

Seeing this, Chu Chen’s expression became grave; the Golden Stone Giant was far more troublesome than imagined, and continued pull tactics were no longer effective. The only way to obtain the Golden Sword Grass was through overpowering the Golden Stone Giant.

"Have your Guardian Beasts retreat and wait for the opportunity to break its Elemental Core," Chu Chen said solemnly.

The two exchanged a glance before immediately executing the command.

"Tell Lei Yao to be cautious," Mu Chengxue softly said.

Clearly, she had already deduced Chu Chen’s plan.

Upon hearing her words, Chu Chen nodded, then sternly ordered, "Lei Yao, use Frenzy."

Lei Yao roared in excitement, its eyes quickly filled with bloodshot threads, and its aura began to accelerate upward.

The Golden Stone Giant sensed Lei Yao’s fluctuating aura, finally showing a hint of change in expression, looking at Lei Yao with a hint of surprise in its eyes.

The Golden Stone Giant let out a low growl and unexpectedly charged towards Lei Yao first, raising its massive fist to smash down.

At this moment, Lei Yao had fully entered Frenzy state, achieving a qualitative leap in power. Confronting the Golden Stone Giant’s attack, it no longer dodged but raised its own fist to meet it head-on.

The two fists, one large and one small, collided directly, producing a humming sound of metal clashing.

Lei Yao was knocked back several steps by the immense power before managing to stop.

The Golden Stone Giant, however, did not retreat a single step, though a series of cracking sounds came from its arm.