The surviving heavenly prides fled in all directions.
Chu Qing sneered and chased them down without a word.
However:
He had barely pursued one when he noticed something was wrong;
Because:
From behind him came the screams of the fleeing heavenly prides.
"What's going on?"
"Could it be that someone had lain in ambush nearby, hunting these heavenly prides?"
Chu Qing could no longer be bothered to chase the other heavenly prides. He spun around and went back to investigate.
Following the screams, he witnessed a horrifying scene:
That giant had grown larger, then;
It stretched out its huge hands, seized heavenly pride after heavenly pride, and stuffed them haphazardly into its belly.
With every heavenly pride it swallowed, the giant grew a little larger.
Chu Qing was stunned.
The coins woven into his hair turned scorching hot. Some even melted, turning into drops of golden liquid that fell to the ground.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A wild wind howled.
The giant's body twisted, sometimes illusory, sometimes real.
Seeing Chu Qing approach, the giant abandoned the heavenly prides and charged at him.
Chu Qing threw a punch.
The result:
His fist passed through the giant's body.
The giant swung its fist.
Chu Qing was sent flying with a single blow.
"An anomaly?"
"As long as you're an anomaly, I can destroy you!"
He grabbed the coins from his hair and flung them all out at once.
When the coins landed on the giant and exploded, they transformed into strands of golden thread, seeking to carve the giant apart.
The result:
The anomalous giant's flesh writhed and emitted black smoke.
Heads emerged one after another, baring their teeth and gnashing their jaws as they devoured every last golden thread.
While the anomalous giant was chewing through the golden threads, Chu Qing shot