As the Lotus Avatar worked to steadily increase his own strength and undermine Nine-Ren Mountain's prestige, Lu Xiaotian repeatedly probed the Buddhist aura in the area with a portion of his divine sense, which was only slightly stronger than a Celestial Immortal's. Meanwhile, his main Primordial Spirit remained inside the Green Fruit Barrier.
Eight rock giants sat cross-legged in a circle before Lu Xiaotian. The nearby hills and wilderness, with the eight rock giants at their center, had been left in utter ruin. Boulders lay scattered, the ground was scored with deep ravines, and battle-axes and blades had carved furrows everywhere. The giants had clearly made this mess while venting their frustration.
Powerful as they were, the rock giants had never been an easygoing bunch. Trapped here, ignored by everyone and unable to find another living being, they had rested in the Green Fruit Barrier until they recovered their strength. Naturally, they had then started looking for a way out. But no matter how often they charged in every direction, they could not escape the hundred-li radius. Whenever they tried to venture farther, a solid barrier blocked their path.
The transparent barrier looked so faint that a single strike ought to shatter it. Yet the eight rock giants had taken turns attacking it, and even joined forces, trying countless times with more effort than they had spent attacking the Mahā Pure-Spirit Brahma Array. The faint barrier had not budged in the slightest. By now, the rock giants had accepted the fact that they were trapped.
Lu Xiaotian had not forgotten about them. He had simply been too busy before: the rock giants were still in a berserk state, and he himself had fought one battle after another, with no time to spare. Now he had a moment to meet with