"You..."
The enormous dodecahedral crystal spun slowly, its hoarse and deep voice resonating through the silent darkness. The Crystal Giant raised his head—an entirely transparent, featureless crystal head without any 'eyes' or facial features—but He Ao could clearly feel its gaze locked onto him.
In that brief instant, the Crystal Giant had actually moved faster than He Ao, stabbing his crystalline sword through He Ao's body a moment earlier.
He had been concealing his power all along, not nearly as weak as he seemed to be.
Yet, his fatal strike had failed to kill He Ao; it hadn't even slowed him down. In that critical moment, He Ao had erupted with a power far greater than before, completely obliterating the Giant's flaw and detonating the chaotic forces within his body.
"You turned my heroic spirits against me?"
Now, both giants had their weapons piercing through each other's bodies. They were so close that their faces were almost touching.
