The Path of the Flaming Sword!

Within Crystal Valley, the white giant god and the crystal-like dark-blue giant spider collided and grappled fiercely.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Continuous explosions erupted. Completely crystallized trees were reduced to powder beneath the biting gale stirred up by the Aether Tide, while even the ground reinforced by Ort's Authority cracked apart.

Rumble...

Magma buried beneath the tectonic plates was forced out through fissures in the earth by the movement of the crust, erupting forth.

Yet before the scorching magma could fully erupt, it was instantly crystallized under Ort's Authority, becoming clusters of blooming fiery trees and silver flowers, breathtakingly beautiful.

But in the next instant, thousands of light spears descended from the heavens and plowed the surface seven or eight times over, causing the land that had only just fused back together to split apart once more.

Ort, bearing the brunt of the attack, let out a miserable shriek beneath the spreading dust clouds.

As crystal dust fell, that hard carapace made of no substance found on Earth was riddled with light spears, leaving her like a porcupine in a pitiful state. Blue-green blood, like burning crystals, seeped continuously from her wounds.

Her eight pairs of compound eyes glared furiously at the blazing white figure in the sky, yet deep within her pupils lay profound wariness.

The monster that had suddenly intruded upon her territory was like a porcupine crashing into a spider's web, effortlessly breaking through layer upon layer of barriers she had reinforced.

The prey and the hunter were not on equal footing at all.

Yet the pride of a life-form at the top of the food chain kept Ort from retreating in the slightest. Instead, the repeated heavy injuries had stirred the ferocity in her genes.

In an instant, a vicious gleam flashed through the giant spider's