Is That A Wisp?

The clone immediately began to fly away as Krune witnessed the hand that had emerged from the pond fully extend until a head peaked out. The head seemed to be a mixture of water and rocks, taking on the appearance of a coagulated giant. 

Then again, just its head alone was 20 meters long. It was humanoid in shape, extending its hand to grab hold of the flying clone. Moreover, a faint suction force was generated from it as the column of fire that had been unleashed by the bird-type clone before was absorbed towards it. 

As it closed in on it, the flames and other effects in it died out as the remaining Godly Energy in it was sucked into the giant. In the meantime, the clone containing Krune managed to distance itself enough from the giant.

Krune's heart thumped in fear as he peeked out through the clone's mouth, making eye contact with the giant. The giant seemed intent to devour him whole. From the looks of it, it seemed to be able to sense the tremendous reserve of Godly Energy in him. 

Just when he thought he had escaped, followed by a rumble, the giant fully peaked out up to its hips. With that, it was now a tremendously huge behemoth. Just its sheer size caused Krune to sweat in tension as it was the worst opponent he could face. 

Attacks imbued with Godly Energy were practically useless against it. Unless the attacks could disintegrate its body, they wouldn't be able to destroy it. Instead, the Godly Energy in them would further fuel the giant and cause it to grow even bigger. 

So, the only option to destroy it would be physical attacks. But even then, Krune had no idea if getting ground to dust would stop it. Nevertheless, doing so was immensely difficult. After all, he didn't have the necessary physical might to damage the massive giant. 

Its internals was full of rocks, forming a rigid defensive structure thanks to the weight and structural integrity of the forming rocks. Moreover, the water acted as a fluid that absorbed all the unnecessary shock transmitted within them while moving. 

All along, they seemed like one individual. The water and the rocks were sentient and formed the massive giant. Krune could guess the giant was just a patch of rock that contained a bit of water within it initially. 

When the unfortunate cultivator used his Godly Energy, it absorbed them all and had grown to such an extent. It was scary because this was just a single piece of rock. So, as long as enough Godly Energy was supplied, any piece of rock could grow without any limits. 

Krune shuddered when he wondered just what would happen if a piece of rock was sent to the God Realm. By absorbing all the abundant Godly Energy in the air, wouldn't it grow and transform into a calamitous entity in no time?

'I don't even have appropriate tools to deal physical damage to it,' Krune thought to himself as the clone continued to fly forward, escaping the reach of the giant. 

'102 shields…it's time I change my tactics.' He shook his head, not having the time to do anything he sought at present. 

Though, just when he thought he had escaped from its range of action, the floating island it was on rumbled. Then, as if it was a living entity, it started to move, startling Krune. 

With that, the clone changed forms in an instant, becoming a bird-type demon beast with the best maneuverability in the air. It was the very same one they had boarded to escape the sea of Predominated Vines. 

"I'll just call you the Escapist," Krune muttered as he nodded from inside its stomach as the bird-type demon beast clone, Escapist, flapped its wings and shot forward at tremendous speeds. 

The floating island also accelerated accordingly, staying right on its track. The giant didn't just stare at the flying clone. Rather, it poised its index finger towards the clone, resounding a faint hum before unleashing a sphere of water. 

The sphere of water was only a centimeter in radius. Its size wasn't even threatening. All it possessed was the speed thanks to its launch. Nevertheless, Krune dared not take it lightly. The tail of Escapist morphed into its head, keeping an eye on the giant and the approaching floating island. 

It then noticed the tiny sphere of water launched at it. The Escapist swerved in the air and dodged the attack.

Krune's heart thumped with increasing intensity. He immediately guessed the thoughts of the giant. The size of water it unleashed wasn't threatening. But even so, that was a part of its body. In other words, when it fell on the Escapist, it would begin absorbing Godly Energy from it, growing in size.

Soon, it would become big enough to suck the clone dry of all Godly Energy. Moreover, it was in a state of liquid. It wasn't easy to get rid of something in that state through physical means alone. The moment they used any Godly Energy to fend it off, it would be fuelling its growth. 

Moreover, the giant didn't suffer any loss from launching it. After all, its body was colossal. It could shoot tens of thousands of such spheres and still wouldn't notice any difference in its size. 

The giant calmly rested its hands on the hill at the end of the floating island, using it as a stand to prop itself. It then relaxed its ten fingers, pointing them towards the Escapist as it shot forth spheres of water at the same time. 

Its fingers had become guns that launched attacks towards the escaping figures. The hail of bullets was getting increasingly close and was encroaching upon its space of flight. 

Within a minute, the Escapist would suffer from numerous hits. Even though it was already flying at its maximum speed, the floating island was still able to keep up. By the looks of it, there was no use in swerving through the air to throw off their enemy. 

After all, their enemy was a massive floating island. It occupied a large space. So, even taking large turns didn't give them an advantage. Rather, they gave the floating island more time to close in on them. 

Therefore, they had no other option but to fly in a straight line to maximize their speed. Though, once the attacks started, the Escapist had no other choice but to swerve in the air and dodge the attacks. This caused it to fly more distance for a shorter travel line.

Slowly but surely, this reduced the distance between the two. Because of this, the rain of attacks became more and more crowded. Soon enough, it seemed that the Escapist was soon about to enter the giant's range of physical reach. 

Without any hesitation, Krune summoned a Pseudo-Wisp, making it ready to be absorbed into the Escapist. As everything happened within its stomach, there wasn't any external emission of Godly Energy. 

The head-on its back opened its mouth, condensing the sphere of fire once again. The laws of fire, light, wind, and gravity mixed to create a powerful vortex increasing in pressure with every passing second. 

"Even though this would further boost its growth. I have no other choice if I wish to escape from it." Upon his thought, the Escapist unleashed a massive column of fire that caused a tremendous thrust. 

The Escapist rocketed forth with tremendous speeds, disappearing from the giant's view in a couple of seconds, causing it to stop chasing. The floating island stopped moving as the giant retreated into it, turning into a pond once again. 

The tablet of the dead cultivator lay on its shore, getting washed by the waves along the pond at times. Surprisingly, a steady stream of Godly Energy flowed into it, enriching it and seemingly making it even scarier than before. 

The Godly Energy formed a trail as it flowed into the pond, getting fully absorbed after a couple of minutes. It meant the escapers had stopped using the column of fire to thrust themselves out of place. 

Five seconds after it unleashed the column of fire, the Escapist stopped rocketing itself using the flames as the momentum it had built up carried it forth. It didn't even flap its wings now, making a beeline as it was a blur to the eyes of others in the region. 

The Pseudo-Wisp Krune had prepared merged into its body, directly overlaying its godly meridians as the Godly Energy circulating through it spiked. This Godly Energy healed the damage it had taken from the rocketing thrust. After all, ten seconds was its limit, beyond which it would dissipate into specks of godly energy. 

So, moving at that speed for half the duration still crippled it heavily. Therefore, this influx in Godly Energy healed it. Thankfully, it didn't have to flap its wings or make any turns, allowing itself enough time to heal. The momentum from before carried it forward as long as it maintained its extended wings. 

More than a couple of minutes later, its speeds had slowed down to its regular flight speed as the Escapist began to flap its wings once again, moving around as Krune witnessed everything through their shared thoughts. 

Soon, the Escapist had to stop since they could see a wall before them that spanned from the ground and reached the peak. It seemed to be a wall that barricaded the entire space in the Sub-Realm. It was a regional border, one that prevented the cultivators from heading into the other region. 

Krune gazed at the wall, noticing that it was transparent, allowing him to see the other side. The region beyond seemed to be a forest, rather peaceful in fact. Of course, he didn't take it at face value. After all, in his region, there didn't seem to be any dangers other than the lava flowing on the ground.

But, reality proved otherwise. Everything turned out to be like viruses that became sentient when in contact with Godly Energy and actively hunted him. After inspecting his surroundings, noticing the lack of any floating islands in his vicinity, Krune intended to use his Divine Sense to sweep around. 

When he didn't receive any warnings from the Calamity Laws, he heaved a sigh of relief, using his Divine Sense to touch the regional border. Immediately, a set of information was transmitted to him as the dot on his glabella was activated.

It quickly condensed into the tablet as the row of the information displayed on it changed.