Chapter 1180 - 929: You Are Not an Outsider

Beneath, on a not-so-large Floating Island, a group of people was busy, for below the Floating Island there was an immensely huge fragment of a Cosmic Stone! And naturally, the energy source of the so-called Lord of Yellow Sands originated from here.

Elsa was descending rapidly when suddenly, an inexplicable pressure came from the front, causing Elsa to brake urgently. Despite her efforts, she still collided with an invisible Space Barrier. Fortunately, she had already slowed down beforehand, so she wasn’t injured. However, this collision alerted the people below, who looked up in shock to see Elsa herself and were immediately scared out of their wits. Desperately, they triggered their Magic, attempting to make the Floating Island escape. But now that Elsa was here, how could she possibly let them slip away?

Elsa transformed her body into a semi-energy state and adjusted her energy frequency, spreading her hands and directly attaching them to the barrier. Not only that, Elsa was also continuously absorbing energy from the barrier!

This sent the people on the entire Floating Island into a state of utter terror! The once mighty Lord of Yellow Sands quickly dissipated, turning into a sandstorm that swept around, trying to force Elsa away. However, Elsa opened a set of pure white Light Wings, which exploded, transforming into countless Light Spears that interwove to form an immensely large Array!

"Space Barrier!"

Boom!

The moment the Space Barrier formed, the Floating Island slammed heavily upon it. Since the blockade existed on the spatial level, it was utterly impossible for something as heavy as the Floating Island to break through the barrier. The surrounding sandstorm couldn’t penetrate it by an inch!

"Now, it’s just you and me left," Elsa said as her opponents’ Magic Barrier grew increasingly weaker. Finally, in the last moment, the Magic Barrier completely shattered!

However, at the same time, a very thin but incredibly bright beam of light swept up from below. Elsa reacted swiftly, avoiding the strike. The beam hit the Space Barrier, creating arcs of lightning!

Meaning, this attack was also a space attack, for it to interfere with the Space Barrier!

"You bastards are more stubborn than I thought," Elsa became somewhat impatient. "It looks like you’re intent on fighting to the bitter end." This time, black wings grew out of her back, and then exploded, transforming into numerous black spears that rained down like a deluge!

The people below let out howls, hastily deploying a Magic Barrier in an attempt to withstand the assault. But the rashly erected Magic Barrier couldn’t even block one black spear, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of the people below were dead or injured!

"Please stop attacking! We surrender! We surrender!" The people below dropped their defenses and raised their hands high to show they were harmless.

Elsa descended and finally got a close look at the people before her.

They were tall in stature, seemingly like the Giants described in records. But by the looks on their faces, they seemed to have no connection with the legendary Giants.

"Now, I will ask the questions, and you will answer them. Based on your answers, I will decide what to do with you," Elsa stated.

"We understand, please ask," said a person who seemed to be the leader.

"Who are you, where do you come from, and why did you attack me?" These were Elsa’s most important questions.

"We are Mountain Giants. My name is Old Stone Fist, and I am the leader of these people. We come from the Lower Plane. As for why we attacked you, it’s because we were entrusted by the inhabitants of the planet, who helped us in our time of greatest need, compelling us to protect them for thirty years," Old Stone Fist explained.

If Long Yi were here, he would recognize that this man was indeed the leader of the Black Rock Tribe of Mountain Giants, Old Stone Fist, with his son Stone Fist standing behind him.

"Good, I have plenty of time. I suggest you start telling me everything from the beginning," Elsa said.

"Let me explain, it was my trouble that started all of this," Stone Fist came forward and spoke.

Then, Stone Fist described the whole story about how the Mountain Giants grew bored of mining, how they eventually excavated a huge Cosmic Stone, then traversed time and space to the upper Plane decades ago, and how they accepted the task from a Prophet to aid them.

"We really thought we could stop you, but we didn’t expect you to be so powerful," Stone Fist said.

"Since you’ve already promised the Prophet to protect them, letting me in like this, isn’t it a mistake on your part? Moreover, you’ve told me all your secrets, aren’t you afraid that I’ll kill you all and seize this Cosmic Stone?" Elsa said with a smile.

"Of course not, because there’s one name that will make you consider us as your own," Stone Fist said with full confidence.

"Oh? Let’s see then!" Elsa was intrigued.

"Don’t you know? Long Yi and I are good brothers!" Stone Fist declared.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Elsa’s whole body relaxed and her energies dissipated. This time her face was filled with a sincere smile, "You’re right, you are one of us. But how could you be sure I would react positively to the name Long Yi?"

Stone Fist immediately retorted excitedly, "Haha! You didn’t see that coming, did you? Long Yi and I had a great relationship back in the day; he told me a lot about himself, including about a girl named Elsa! Just now, I was guessing, with your strength, who could you be? It was only when I realized, your combat style is too much like Long Yi, and more importantly, you are part of the Celestial Clan. Who else but you could put these facts together?"

Stone Fist boasted, speaking quickly.

Elsa nodded. Stone Fist was right, but she didn’t care about that. What she truly cared about was the person far away in the Lower Plane, "Is Brother Long doing okay?"

Stone Fist curled his lips and said, "He almost has no rivals in the Lower Plane; he has always been looking for a way to enter the Middle Plane."

Elsa immediately smiled sweetly, true to Brother Long’s nature, he was so strong, no matter where he was!

"So, what are you doing here?" Stone Fist asked.

"Since you know I am Elsa, then of course I am here because of that prophecy," said Elsa.

Old Stone Fist slapped his hand on Stone Fist’s head, and Stone Fist felt he had asked an unnecessary question and embarrassedly smiled.

"You won’t kill them, will you?" Old Stone Fist asked with some concern.

"I shouldn’t, because as far as I can see, her prophecies are very accurate. But I want to ask for some details, can you help me find them?" Elsa said.

"I do know where the entrance to their city is, but as for how to get in, we have no way."

"No problem, you take me there, and I will handle the rest."

The huge crystal moved at an astonishing speed. Despite flying at high speeds, neither gravity nor the flow of the air changed. Old Stone Fist took Elsa above a certain position, from where she could see a metallic structure resembling a circular mountain, with metal gates right at the center.

Elsa thanked Old Stone Fist, then spread her wings and jumped down.

She saw the location of the main gate while in the air, so she flew straight towards it and gently landed on top.

"Is anyone there?"

The volume of Elsa’s inquiring voice wasn’t loud, but she believed that someone must be monitoring this place, especially since the recent battle had been so earth-shattering.

The enormous metal gate did not respond, and the click of Ai Lin’s heels on it produced a crisp sound. It indicated that the metal gate was extremely thick. Even though Elsa had used some force, she still could not make the metal gate vibrate in the slightest.

Not only was it thick, but it also contained magic—Elsa came to such a conclusion.

Just as Elsa was considering whether to take some special measures to open the gate, a deep rumbling sound suddenly came from beneath the gate. It was like metallic structures meshing together very rhythmically.

Then, the immensely large metal gate began to sink downwards, moving at an extremely slow pace. Elsa simply got a chair out of her private space and sat there, waiting.

As the gate descended, the originally huge entrance above started to shrink, but a constant flow of fresh air came through the surroundings of the passage, which meant there was no need to worry about ventilation.

Finally, when the distant massive entrance seemed to be only the size of a bowl, the gate stopped. A side door in front of her opened, and several elders in black robes looked at Elsa nervously.

"The Eye of the Ancestor has foreseen your arrival, Princess of the Celestial Clan," said the leading elder.

Elsa took such words as the obligatory preamble of old frauds: You just stand there, and they tell you they’ve long known of your arrival. Don’t ask whether you believe it or not—at the very least, it seems very impressive.

"Then, has the Eye of the Ancestor foreseen why I am here?" Elsa asked.

"In fact, the person you’re seeking has also been waiting for you," said the leading elder.

Following the elders in front of her, Elsa truly stepped into an astonishing underground world.

This was a massive kingdom completely built underground, with various buildings distributed along the inner wall of a sphere. Standing here and looking up, you would see the rooftops of the structures above, and that’s where the prophets were hiding. The air was fresh, the breeze gentle, and resources were abundant. It was clear that despite having moved entirely underground, their quality of life had not changed at all.

"This place is really magnificent," Elsa said.

"You may not believe it, but this planet was once a half-completed project transformed by the Giants. What it was originally meant for, we no longer know. However, when our ancestors, the prophets who first discovered this place, came here, they knew it would become our sanctuary. Thus, all of our people settled here up to this point. In fact, we have been continuously building and improving this place without any outsiders knowing," said the leading elder, very proudly.

"Given that, you still let me in?" Elsa asked with a smile.

"Because you are not an outsider," said the elder. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)