The second shadow lasted for nine minutes.
But by the third shadow, it only lasted eight minutes.
The fourth shadow, seven and a half minutes.
The fifth shadow, seven minutes.
When Leo's shadow, which absorbed the damage, was replaced by the sixth one, a weak voice came from Benji, who was forcibly enduring the pain.
"Lord Leo, this is as far as I can accompany you."
Countless tiny bolts of lightning struck Benji's body, causing every muscle in his body to twitch uncontrollably.
At this moment, Benji was extremely weak, its three tails drooping listlessly on the ground, and its once beautiful fur was now soaked to the bone.
Benji has reached his limit!
The Hunter nodded and said, "You go back first, wait for me to return."
Benji hung his head, dejected. As Leo's strength increased, the times when he could be used became fewer and fewer.
The Hunter continued forward, and the mountain range they had been facing was now very close, less than two kilometers away.
But the lightning here doesn't need to originate from the void; it Heavenly Capital like a dense net, leaving the Hunter with no other option but to crash straight into it.
The Hunter's strong body emitted a constant crackling sound, almost forcing it to endure the pain and stride forward quickly.
If it used to be a 1.1 point loss, now it's a 10.1 point loss, making the damage ten times stronger than before.
Without hesitation or pause, every minute and second is spent moving forward rapidly.
The higher the attack power received, the closer he is to the God of Giants, indicating that he has not gone astray.
When the shadow was depleted to the tenth level, the Hunter finally reached the foot of the mountain.
Here, the lightning was even more intense, the raging thunder almost forming an ocean that engulfed the Hunter; a shadow could only last three minutes here.
'Five shadows remain, which means fifteen minutes.'
"Little wizard, you actually made it this far. Now let's settle the matter of your deception regarding my offspring."
As the sound resounded throughout the entire demiplane, countless bolts of lightning vanished and reappeared, as if life and death had gone through a cycle of reincarnation.
The Hunter, who experienced the voice of the sixth-level God of Giants at close range, groaned continuously and retreated over a hundred meters before forcibly leaning on the Godslaying Staff to keep himself from falling.
The shadow beneath his feet twisted and distorted, and the eleventh shadow entered his body!
"Revered God of Giants, let's speak frankly. You don't need to frighten me. If you really wanted to kill me, you wouldn't have gone to such lengths to capture me from the Giant World and make me walk step by step to you."
The Hunter endured the pain in his body and grinned maniacally at the mountains before him.
The mountains shrouded in a sea of thunder before us were not mountains at all, but the true form of the God of Giants!
"Hmph"
A cold snort instantly amplified the thunderous roar across the entire demiplane. In the Hunter's perception, a shadow that could previously last three minutes could now only last one and a half minutes.
The God of Giants's every move, even his emotional fluctuations, affect the operation of the demiplane!
Is this what a level six life form is like?
The most advanced life form in the universe?
He is this demiplane, and the demiplane is him!
On the mountain range, a pair of enormous eyes, seemingly containing the power of countless thunderbolts, opened. In an instant, it was as if two suns had appeared in the demiplane, with countless bolts of lightning proliferating and illuminating the demiplane even brighter.
He only glanced at the Hunter.
The Hunter instantly struck as if by a heavy blow, as if a mountain had pressed down on it. Its sturdy body became hunched over, and its strong physique shrank and grew larger and smaller.
Amidst the agonizing struggle and transformation, Leo's Earth form and Hunter Form constantly alternated.
A single glance from the God of Giants nearly forced Leo back from his Hunter Form to his human form on Earth!
"You're too weak; you can't even communicate with me."
This time, the God of Giants softened his tone as much as possible. The giant's eyes looked at the demiplane, and instantly all the lightning power in the demiplane vanished.
"Whoosh"
Without the relentless attacks and harm from the lightning, the Hunter breathed a sigh of relief; he no longer needed to worry about the shadow only lasting a few minutes.
The Hunter forced himself to stay upright, and despite his severe injuries, a smile appeared on his face.
He was right; the God of Giants didn't want to kill him, but rather had something to ask him.
No longer suffering from the power of thunder meant he had passed the test of the God of Giants. He immediately activated the Healing Array on his body and took out a large amount of potion from the Shadow Space and drank it down his throat.
The potion, which had been stored away for over a hundred years without being used, was unexpectedly used frequently in the Giant World. After these two uses, the potion was almost finished.
As the Hunter continued to heal his wounds, the God of Giants Kampas, who had transformed into a mountain range, sat up.
A simple action caused the entire demiplane to tremble violently, and even the demiplane's crust emitted cracking sounds as if many layers of the earth were breaking apart.
Leo suspected that if the God of Giants increased his power even slightly, the entire demiplane would collapse instantly.
Although the God of Giants appears to be incredibly powerful, reigning supreme in the entire Giant World and even devouring other World Lord, Leo believes that the God of Giants is pitiful, as his power has already surpassed that of the Giant World.
Being stuck in this demiplane makes it impossible to move; even breathing requires extreme caution.
He was like a tiger trapped in a cage, possessing immense strength but unable to unleash it.
Powerful yet pathetic, mighty yet useless.
Instantly, the Hunter's frantic gulping of the potion slowed down. From the God of Giants's cautious movements just now, and from the associations in his mind, he seemed to guess what the God of Giants wanted to do.
"Honorable God of Giants Kampas, I never expected to meet you today. I have not prepared anything, but here is the head of World Lord from another world. Please accept it."
If we are 60% certain we can guess the thoughts of the God of Giants, then we need to change our approach.
The Hunter's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of the best way to break the deadlock.
It's never wrong to be polite; giving gifts is often the best way to make a good impression.
"Oh? The head of World Lord from another world?"
The God of Giants Kampas carefully lowered his voice, even forcibly concealing his aura, for fear that he might accidentally kill the young wizard before him.
This behavior is similar to adults carefully observing ants on the ground, afraid that they might accidentally step on and kill a few.
This isn't about adults being heartless; it's just that ants are so small that adults need to pay them constant attention.
The same principle applies to the God of Giants; if he were to accidentally release his aura, it could instantly kill Leo is right in front of him.
Even though Leo was already outstanding, the huge gap in life level was still an insurmountable barrier for Leo.
The Hunter retrieved the head of Diana, Goddess of Darkness from the Jeft World, from the Shadow Space and placed it a thousand meters in front of the God of Giants.
This was the closest the Hunter could get, even though the God of Giants had already concealed his aura and oppressive presence.
However, the changes in the surrounding aura still prevented level-one creatures from getting close.
It's already quite good that Leo was able to get within a thousand meters. If it were any other level-one life form, it would explode and die instantly if it got within two thousand meters.
As for the head of the Diana, Goddess of Darkness, it was what Leo had left after dismembering and using all of Diana's body. (As mentioned earlier, this is a small foreshadowing.)
At the time, Leo was thinking that once his strength improved a bit more, he would study the Goddess of Darkness's brain in detail.
The brain is unlike any other part of the body; it contains all the essence and secrets of a World Lord.
Leo estimated that he should be able to study Diana's brain at the third level, and kept it treasured at the bottom of the Shadow Space.
I never expected to need it here!
"It really is the head of a World Lord. Although she has been dead for a long time and most of her energy has dissipated, this aura from another world cannot deceive me."
The God of Giants Kampas gently pinched Diana's head with his fingers. Even though the head was over ten meters long, it still felt as small as an ant when the God of Giants pinched it.
With a wide-open mouth, the God of Giants threw Diana's head directly into its mouth, and with a crisp sound of bones cracking, it devoured Diana's head.
The Hunter's brow twitched, not from fear of the God of Giants eating Diana's head alive, but from the fact that the God of Giants Kampas had crushed Diana's head without any apparent effort.
It's important to know that Leo's Godslaying Set is derived from Diana's skin and bones. This is his proudest equipment, and it can be used up to level Fourth-Level Stigmata.
Although the Godslaying Set hadn't been with him for long, its power was constantly on display, amplifying Leo's strength by half.
As a result, in the mouth of the level six God of Giants, the Godslaying Set, which Leo considered incomparably powerful, was probably as simple as a peanut to an Earthling.
The vast difference in their life levels means that the world they see and experience is completely different, and their ways of thinking are also entirely different.
"Although I'm not full, the taste of this other world, which I've never experienced before, is quite nice."
"Little wizard, now that I've eaten your food, let's talk a bit more. Tell me the truth: can you keep the promise you made to Wakeda?"
The God of Giants dared not look directly at the Hunter Leo, for fear that his gaze would kill Leo.
However, Leo could still feel the pressure emanating from the God of Giants. This pressure did not come from a conscious release, but from a passive and unconscious action, which meant that the God of Giants was watching him.
Furthermore, the fact that the God of Giants spoke directly about things that Wakeda already knew means that Leo had long been within the God of Giants's purview.
Leo felt immense pressure. In his self-satisfaction, he was unaware that he was seen as a clown by others!