The pale-gold greatsword of protection felt weightless in Tu Hu's hands.
Ahead, an Earthshaking Giant Beast, shaped like a rhinoceros and covered in heavy stone armor, roared as it charged.
Every step of its thick hooves made the ground tremble slightly. The earthen-yellow energy gathering at the tip of its nose was rapidly building toward a ferocious impact capable of splitting mountains and shattering stone.
Facing this ferocious charge, Tu Hu's gaze remained calm.
Block.
He held the greatsword horizontally.
The next second, the Earthshaking Giant Beast slammed into an invisible barrier with overwhelming force.
Boom!
A tremendous crash erupted.
Tu Hu remained where he stood, but the Earthshaking Giant Beast seemed to have rammed into an ancient mountain range. Its violent impact was entirely dissipated into nothing.
Its massive body lurched backward violently from the recoil. The earthen-yellow energy gathered at its nose instantly dispersed, and fine cracks appeared across its stone armor from the collision. Its enormous eyes were filled with bewilderment and pain.
Tu Hu turned his wrist, smoothly thrusting the horizontal greatsword forward.
Strike.
The movement was simple, swift, and decisive.
The instant the blade pointed forward-
Pfft!
The Earthshaking Giant Beast's enormous body suddenly stiffened, its vitality seemingly extinguished in an instant by an invisible blade.
The light in its eyes rapidly dimmed, and it collapsed with a crash.
It dissolved into specks of starlight that gathered into mist, leaving only a single horn material as proof that it had ever existed.
[Challenger Prompt: Killed monster "Earthshaking Giant Beast." Sacrificial power gained: 2,820 points.] [Challenger Prompt: Sword of protection momentum comprehension +8.3.]
Tu Hu slowly withdrew his sword, sensing the elusive power of the sword path. His use of sword of protection momentum was becoming increasingly effortless.
Throughout his journey, whether he faced