On a mountain peak that towered into the clouds.
Halfway up the mountainside, a team of five was doing everything it could to kill the humanoid rock monster ahead.
The Commander Level Rock Giant was as massive as a small hill. Over fifty meters tall, it was made entirely of rock, with a barrel-shaped body of immense weight.
Among mages, the most common and most offensive elements were the two powerhouses: fire and lightning.
Yet earth-element demon beasts like the Rock Giant feared lightning and fire the least.
At Commander Level, ordinary lightning and fire could not even penetrate its defenses.
Moreover, they were halfway up a mountain, with soil beneath their feet. Apart from mages of the plant, water, and ice elements, the other elements offered practically no advantage!
"Roooar!!!"
The Rock Giant roared, shaking the earth and air and sending flocks of birds fleeing through the valley.
Its scarlet eyes locked onto the Japanese trio at the front. It clasped its hands into a hammer, raised them high, and smashed them down!
The enormous stone hammer descended from the sky with crushing force, carrying the oppressive might of a Commander Level creature. The sight alone was terrifying.
The Japanese trio was led by their captain, Shao He Gu. With earth as his primary element, he naturally had little fear of such an attack.
"Crystal Sand Soil—Rock Demon Eye—Earth Dragon Spike!"
Shao He Gu's earth magic was even stronger.
Wherever he fixed his gaze, the soil suddenly swelled. A spine-like slab of rock thrust out of the once relatively level ground, impossible to miss!
Crack!!
Crack!!
Several more spine-like rocks soon broke through the surface, forming a line ahead of the first spike.
Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack!!!!!!
More rocky spines erupted from the ground, each taller than