"En en." Zhou Hong immediately set off for the city of the giant race.
His current realm had reached the Mahayana stage, so he no longer needed to use the Immortal Slaying Formation. Anyone with a realm lower than his would be directly received into the sub-world. This way, Zhou Hong could quietly and without a trace collect 900,000 Nascent Soul stage giants.
However, given the large number of people, Zhou Hong would still need some time to capture so many.
Thus, time slowly passed.
One year passed.
Two years passed.
Finally, after two years, Zhou Hong successfully collected all 900,000 Nascent Soul stage giants into the sub-world.
Naturally, the disappearance of 900,000 giants from this giant kingdom attracted the attention of the king.
At this moment, in the royal palace hall of the giant kingdom's capital, a group of cultivators above the Tribulation Crossing stage were attending court.
"Your Majesty, the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of our giant race are becoming fewer and fewer, and no one knows where they have gone. For example, in Angel City where I am located, there were originally tens of thousands of Nascent Soul stage powerhouses. However, in the past year, I suddenly realized that the Nascent Soul stage cultivators in Angel City seem to have all disappeared." One of the Tribulation Crossing stage powerhouses said to the Emperor of the giant race.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The same situation is happening in Tianfeng City where I am. In the past two years, it seems that Nascent Soul stage cultivators have been disappearing without anyone noticing. Originally, I thought they might have gone out or to other cities. However, I recently discovered that Nascent Soul stage cultivators in other major cities have also quietly disappeared."
In the royal palace hall, hundreds of so-called city lords, one after another, reported the strange occurrences of the past two years to the king.
Zhou Hong had collected those Nascent Soul stage cultivators quietly, so it was only after two years that the city lords of the giant kingdom suddenly felt something was wrong.
"How could this be?" The Giant King, seated at the uppermost position, frowned deeply.
"Your Majesty, most of the Nascent Soul stage cultivators in our hundreds of cities have disappeared. This is definitely not a trivial matter."
"Could they have gone into the mountains to cultivate?" another minister said.
"Across the entire country, in hundreds of cities, it's impossible for so many Nascent Soul stage cultivators to have quietly gone into the mountains to cultivate. Something must have happened. Your Majesty, the last time so many Nascent Soul stage cultivators disappeared was three years ago, when a lowly human, using some unknown means, captured 100,000 of our Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Now, over a million have disappeared, could it be…!"
"Impossible." The Giant King quickly shook his head. No one knew better than him how solid his seal was. Even if that Zhou Hong had left the immortal mansion, he could not have broken his seal.
"Then how could so many have disappeared?"
"That lowly human, even though he hid in the immortal mansion, the entire immortal mansion has been sealed by me. There is no one else in this giant kingdom who can break my seal. That lowly ant is still trapped in the immortal mansion right now, I can guarantee this." The king said with great certainty.
Seeing the king's firm assertion, the others had nothing more to say.
However, what they didn't know was that at this moment, standing on a beam on the ceiling of the grand hall, was a man. This man was none other than Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong hadn't expected that as soon as he arrived at the palace, he would see the ministers of the giant kingdom attending court, and they were discussing the disappearance of 900,000 Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Zhou Hong's visit today was naturally for revenge. After capturing the 900,000 Nascent Soul stage giants, he had already refined the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation in the sub-world. Now, all he needed to do was unleash the sword formation, and any giant below the Mahayana stage would instantly turn to ash.
At this moment, in this grand palace hall, five to six hundred giants were attending court. Among them, at least 500 were at the Tribulation Crossing stage, and the remaining dozens, including the king, were at the Mahayana stage.
Today, Zhou Hong only needed to unleash the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation here to annihilate all the civil and military officials.
Zhou Hong had decided that he would kill all the giants here, only then would it be worthy of the hundreds of billions of humans who had been exterminated by them.
"Hahaha, hahaha!" Zhou Hong burst into laughter.
The giants attending court heard the laughter coming from above and quickly looked up. Although Zhou Hong's body on the beam appeared small, he was still clearly visible.
Even the king of the giant kingdom's expression changed. He seemed to find it unbelievable how Zhou Hong, whom he had sealed, could appear here.
"Your Majesty, isn't that… the one you sealed?" Hundreds of ministers recognized him at a glance and looked at their Majesty.
The king felt a burning sensation on his face. Just moments ago, he had confidently guaranteed that no one could break his seal, and in the next second, he was proven wrong.
"It's you, you lowly human, how could you possibly escape?" the Giant King roared.
"Your broken seal trying to trap me? Still too naive." Zhou Hong said with a cold smile.
At this moment, the king seemed to have discovered that Zhou Hong's realm had broken through to the Mahayana stage.
At the Mahayana stage, there were no longer distinctions between early, middle, and late stages.
Cultivators at this level were waiting for the call to ascend. Whenever the call came, they could ascend to the immortal realm.
Some might not receive the call for thousands of years, while others might receive it within a few years. It all depended on fate.
"You've actually broken through to the Mahayana stage?" The king's expression changed drastically. He had to admit that he had underestimated this human earlier.
The hundreds of Tribulation Crossing stage ministers in the hall, upon hearing the king say that Zhou Hong had broken through to the Mahayana stage, felt incredulous.
"You have some eyesight to recognize at a glance that I've broken through to the Mahayana stage." Zhou Hong snorted slightly.
"Even if you've broken through to the Mahayana stage, you're just a Mahayana stage ant." The king didn't seem to take Zhou Hong seriously.
"Is that so? Then you'll just have to wait and see. Originally, I had no ill will towards your giant race. I merely wanted to fight for a place for humanity on this deep sky continent. But I never expected you to exterminate so many of our humans. Since that's the case, then it's a battle to the death. Not a single giant here will be spared. I will kill all the giants here, and from now on, this continent will belong only to humanity." Zhou Hong vowed, regardless of how much sin he accumulated.
"Hahaha, what an arrogant ant." The king laughed disdainfully.
"Then keep your eyes wide open and watch." Zhou Hong, too lazy to waste more words, instantly unleashed the million-level Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
The next second, the entire hall vanished into nothingness. The more than 500 Tribulation Crossing stage giants also instantly turned to ashes, leaving only the dozens of Mahayana stage giants, including the king.
Originally, the king would also have been reduced to fragments, but Zhou Hong reduced the killing power, letting him live for now. Zhou Hong wanted him to witness firsthand how the giants were annihilated.