The rock giant monster flew into the air, its entire body already disintegrating into countless specks of dust.
Li's single strike instantly subdued these rock giant monsters. They seemed to have been stunned by his attack.
But before long, a massive roar rang out. The rock giant monsters all involuntarily took a step back, and then a huge black creature appeared before them. Its entire body was black, dark and hard-looking. Its body was far from smooth, instead appearing exceedingly rough. Yet there was no denying that Itachi sensed an enormously powerful aura emanating from this massive rock monster.
This thing stood over twenty meters tall. It looked as though one slap from it could turn them into meat paste.
"Y... you..." The creature that appeared to be the leader of these rock giant monsters hesitated for a few moments before finally making sounds resembling human speech.
Then, this creature calmly began communicating with them. According to it, the Rock Demon clan were the rulers here and its only masters. Long ago, the Rock Demon clan had fought a great battle against Moonlight Princess. Their Summoning Realm had been torn apart, and the Great Sage had died in battle. However, an ordinary Sage had survived—the very creature now speaking with them. Generally speaking, they did not survive by absorbing free energy from the air, so they had not undergone that sort of degeneration.
Their clan could be said to be the true overlords of this place. No summoned beast could contend against them. In fact, because their true forms were rocks, no summoned beast had ever taken an interest in them. But several hundred years ago, someone suddenly arrived and seized the valley ahead. That valley was, in truth, the lifeline of the Rock Demon clan.
Though Rock Demons possessed