Outside the ruins of Celestial Wheel, enormous figures appeared one after another. There were around two hundred Titan Giants—probably every Titan still remaining on Storm Island.
The giants marched forward with heavy steps, following their golden-red leader as they approached Chen Rui step by step.
The Titan leader with golden-red skin looked at Chen Rui, then suddenly bent one knee and knelt. In an instant, every Titan made the same gesture.
"You have proven your promise through your actions, great Controller!" The Titan leader's voice emerged in a relatively sluggish rhythm. It was Chen Rui's first time hearing the Titans speak. Their voices were deep and heavy, containing a strange power, like muffled thunder.
Chen Rui had destroyed the central life crystal, and the crystal's remaining control over the Titans naturally vanished like smoke in the wind. In truth, his greatest reason for destroying the crystal was that he could not control it, but for the Titans, gaining complete freedom was an indisputable fact. All of it was thanks to the great and benevolent current "Controller."
While thrilled by these powerful Titans, Chen Rui also had a headache. If he could bring the Titans to the Demon Realm, then with the power of Alchemical Civilization added in, they would undoubtedly become the most terrifying force of the three great empires. Yet as living beings, Titans could not be "carried" through the Stellar Gate, so that notion was merely a fantasy. As the pinnacle fighting force of an ordinary world, now free from the restraints of the relic crystal, these giants would spell disaster if they ever left Storm Island—not only for the human world, but for the Titans themselves as well.
As he was pondering this, the Titan leader's thunderous voice rang out again. "Great Controller, to express our gratitude,