Chapter 103: The Fearless One

This giant was over four meters tall and looked incredibly robust and powerful. His messy black long hair was tangled, his skin was dark, and he was bare-chested, wearing only an armored loincloth and a black cloak. His body was covered in gruesome scars, radiating an aura that inspired fear and vigilance.

His gaze seemed extremely sharp. Missing his target, he instantly launched himself forward, reaching the mirror image Ace in just a few seconds.

“It would have been better to die quietly. You had to make me go through all this trouble,” the giant said calmly, his eyes unperturbed, as if looking at a dead man.

He slowly walked to the black broken blade. The mirror image Ace condensed Mana, his lips trembling. He launched a probing Wind Blade attack, striking the giant directly.

The giant acted as if he hadn’t seen it, simply bending down to pick up the black broken blade, and with a casual punch, shattered the Wind Blade.

“You seem to have progressed, desecrator! I always knew you weren’t dead. You’ve plagued us all here. I remember you!” The giant charged forward abruptly, raised the black broken blade, and quickly rushed to the mirror image Ace.

The mirror image Ace used Enchanted Martial Arts, condensing a shield, barely managing to parry. After a few exchanges, the giant pressed forward relentlessly, growing fiercer. The mirror image Ace was constantly stumbling and barely surviving.

Meanwhile, the host body Ace, who was secretly observing the battle, suddenly had a cowlick sprout from the iron nail he was transformed into, swaying slightly.

“Comprehend and Deduce!”

Accompanied by the Spirit of the Book’s deconstruction, a torrent of data streams flashed through the host body Ace’s eyes.

“This is genuine supernatural martial arts, a powerful combat technique that only a Hero can use! This giant must intend to torture the mirror image, so he hasn’t used his full strength yet. Drag out the fight as long as possible. I must analyze his combat technique!”

The battle at the high tower was already turning into a one-sided massacre. The crude Enchanted Martial Arts could not cope with the refined supernatural combat technique. Coupled with the difference in rank, the mirror image could not hold on.

“You performed well, young man. If you were a simple Divine Awakened, I would be happy to teach you properly,” the giant’s expression suddenly turned ferocious. “But you are a desecrator, someone who stole unearned glory. Let me end all of this and finish your miserable life!”

The black broken blade in the giant’s hand instantly accelerated. He stopped playing with his prey. The fun was over. It was time for a killing blow.

So fast! A drop of cold sweat fell from the mirror image Ace’s brow. The defensive spell he had prepared instantly activated.

“Five-Layer · Continuous Generation · Defensive Mana-Crystal Ring!”

Accompanied by his rapid, strange cadence, Mana pulsed and gathered. A triangular Mana Crystal ring, large enough to cover his entire body, appeared before him. The triangular ring then rotated, generating new Mana Crystal rings, and moved forward.

“Crack!”

The Mana Crystal ring generated by the triangular ring turned into a square Mana Crystal ring. The ring generated by the square ring turned into a pentagon, and so on, up to a heptagonal Mana Crystal ring.

The Mana Crystal rings grew precisely around the giant, trapping him within the rings.

This was a defensive quasi-spell, which could also be used to restrain an enemy in certain situations.

“Not bad, kid! You have successfully piqued my interest. Let’s have a good chat!”

The giant’s dark face remained unchanged. His body trembled violently. With his trembling, the Mana Crystal rings began to crack.

“Bad sign. I won’t be able to trap him for long. I should try this move first!”

The mirror image Ace shook off the Imperfect Transformation Glycerin Magic Tubes from his body. He closed his eyes, his lips trembling rhythmically, visualizing and tracing several Wind Runes in his mind. Then, he opened his eyes.

“Divine Edge · Wind · Great High-Spin Blade!”

Smoke immediately erupted, obscuring the view. Mana was turbulent!

The three key elements—Divine Edge, Wind, and Great—merged. A gigantic, sharp spiraling Wind Blade began to form in the mirror image Ace’s hands. The spiraling Wind Blade, howling fiercely and cutting sharply, rushed toward the giant trapped within the rings.

In the nick of time, the giant finally broke free from the restraint of the five layers of rings. He vigorously dodged, but was still too late. His left arm was sliced into pieces by the spinning Wind Blade!

“It seems your Torch-Bearer Alliance has developed well. You’ve researched so many new tricks, desecrator! I am growing excited!”

“Roar!”

Accompanied by the giant’s roar, a surge of mental shockwave erupted from his center, knocking the mirror image Ace off balance. The giant immediately leaped, appearing directly behind the mirror image Ace. He raised the black broken blade and struck down directly at the mirror image Ace.

The mirror image Ace had just tried to use Leap to escape but was sliced in mid-air.

“Boom!”

The mirror image Ace exploded. The violent flames and explosive shockwave immediately engulfed the giant.

The smoke was intentionally created by the mirror image Ace. In that instant, the mirror image transformed into powder, and the Imperfect Transformation Glycerin Magic Tube had transformed into his likeness.

The mirror image Ace surfaced from the dust below like a liquid. The transformation-like effect lasted only a few seconds.

He opened his arms, his lips trembling slightly. Before he could utter the strange cadence, his head was suddenly grabbed by a massive hand.

In the host body Ace’s vision, the giant’s shattered left arm was regenerating and slowly crawling. The moment the mirror image Ace appeared, the hand immediately grabbed the mirror image Ace’s head.

The flames that consumed the giant vanished. The giant’s body was scorched black, emitting the smell of cooked meat. His expression was fierce and arrogant.

“Die, you scum who blasphemes the gods!”

With his roar, the massive hand tightened, and the headless corpse of the mirror image Ace fell limply. The severed hand then flew back to the giant, merging back with his body.

“Scum! I, Heracles of the Fearless, swear by the honor of my brutally murdered father to eliminate all desecrators.”

The giant continued forward, raising the black broken blade.

“I have no habit of leaving potential threats alive. Whether you are truly dead or not, I will chop your body into pieces!”

Just as the giant raised his blade toward the mirror image Ace’s corpse, a rune structure suddenly appeared beneath his feet. Several sharp Mana Crystal weapons pierced the giant’s body, temporarily pinning him.

The mirror image’s neck squirmed, and a new head grew back.

The essence of the mirror image is a magical creature. As long as the core soul fragment remains and there is Mana, he will not easily dissipate. Organs created by Mana can be reborn with Mana.

There are three ways to eliminate a mirror image: one is to destroy the host body, the second is to destroy the soul fragment, and the third is to completely exhaust the mirror image’s Mana.

The mirror image Ace seized the moment the giant was pinned by the Mana Crystal weapons. He transformed all the remaining Glycerin Magic Tubes on his body into spiders. They quickly climbed onto Heracles of the Fearless, thousands of them swiftly wrapping around and covering his legs.