# Chapter 41: Friend of Giants
Inside the small wooden cabin, Su Xiao looked at the [Divine Judgment] ring floating before him. After consuming two [Divine Energy Crystallized Bodies], this equipment's growth had reached 100%, and it was now advancing toward the Holy Spirit rank.
Su Xiao had six days remaining in his stay. He planned to explore the world's final secrets three days from now, as he was waiting for his Demon Blade ability to recover.
Previously, when assassinating the old king in Tallinn's royal capital, Su Xiao had activated the Demon Blade ability to ensure a one-hit kill. Each time he used Demon Blade, the Blade Demon Spirit within Dragon-Slaying Flash would hibernate for 5 natural days. After three days, the Blade Demon Spirit would recover.
Su Xiao didn't go out. Bubu Wang and Baha had been scouting the nearby area continuously. According to Baha's investigation, the Giant King had been lingering near the Abyss, seemingly wanting to do something but hesitating.
Exploring this world's final secrets had two known benefits: first, obtaining an S+ comprehensive evaluation, and second, having the chance to push World Source above 150%. Although after using the Qin and Ni dual souls, World Source was only about 7% short, Su Xiao was also trapped within the Divine Realm.
Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed. Before entering this world, he had used the [Ancient Scroll] obtained in exchange for one page of the [Book of Gates], thereby enhancing his Melee Combat Grandmaster ability.
This scroll didn't take immediate effect but would reach its enhancement limit within 6 to 15 natural days.
Since entering the Source World, Su Xiao had experienced many battles, especially his encounters with the Tianba Clan, which had significantly improved his technique-type abilities.
By now, the Ancient Scroll's enhancement had reached its limit. Su Xiao's Melee Combat Grandmaster ability had increased by a full 14 levels, nearly reaching the maximum enhancement cap of 15 levels.
[Melee Combat Grandmaster: Lv.36 (Passive Skill)]
Skill Effect: Increases melee combat attack power by 564% (increase of 112%), neural reflex speed by +79% (increase of 35%), dynamic vision by +79% (increase of 35%), and greatly enhances melee combat techniques and reaction abilities.
Initial Additional Ability: Physical defense increased by 25%, immune to all physical control effects derived from attributes lower than own Strength and Agility. When forcibly breaking free from physical control effects, judgment correction increased by 30 points.
Lv.10 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration (Passive)...
Lv.20 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration: Kick Technique Enhancement (Passive): If a kick technique hits an enemy and causes body stiffness, paralysis, dizziness, etc., the enemy's physical defense will be greatly reduced during this period.
Lv.30 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration: Kick Technique Secondary Enhancement (Passive): If a kick technique hits an enemy, it ignores true Strength attribute differences within 20 points, forcibly knocks back the enemy, and greatly reduces the enemy's physical defense (this reduction stacks with the Lv.20 Ultimate Ability, reducing the enemy's physical defense by a total of 62.5% for 1.1 seconds).
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Su Xiao wasn't surprised by the enhancement of Melee Combat Grandmaster. This was his ability, and before checking the data, he had already roughly sensed it.
The gem on Dragon-Slaying Flash was mainly for armor shredding, while the kick technique was for control + physical defense reduction, one internal and one external.
Combining the two, if a seventh-rank super-heavy main tank fought Su Xiao, a few quick slashes would stack the [Secret Relic Gem]'s armor-shredding effect, one kick to the weak point would knock them down, and the following 1.1 seconds would be execution time.
With nothing else to do, Su Xiao began meditating. Over ten hours later, the [Divine Judgment] floating before him showed signs of activity.
Black radiance converged inward. [Divine Judgment] slowly descended, and Su Xiao caught it in his hand.
[Divine Judgment]
Quality: Holy Spirit Rank (Originally Legendary Rank)
Category: Ring
Durability: 46/50 (Increased by 20 points)
Equipment Requirement: None
Equipment Effect 1: Soul Life (Passive) — Each point of the wearer's Soul Strength increases Life Value by 130 points (increased by 30 points) and neural reflex speed by 0.7% (increased by 0.1%).
Current Soul Strength: 290 points.
Increased Life Value: 37,700 points (this equipment can increase Life Value by up to 40,000 points).
Increased Neural Reflex Speed: 150% neural reflex speed (this equipment can increase neural reflex speed by up to 150%).
Growth Condition: After killing an extremely evil deity, this equipment can absorb divine energy to grow. The growth range depends on the rank of the evil deity killed (extremely evil deities are mostly Ancient Gods).
Rating: 1000++ (Holy Spirit rank equipment rating is 700-1000 points).
Description: Survive, then... hunt.
Price: Cannot be sold.
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Putting on Divine Judgment, Su Xiao immediately felt his life force greatly strengthened. He also experienced a sensation where everything around him seemed to slow down, which would take some time to adapt to.
As an equipment, Divine Judgment's bonuses had limits. Su Xiao had long thought of this — nothing was infinite. He was already satisfied with Divine Judgment's current bonuses.
Moreover, Divine Judgment was a growth-type equipment. Its growth condition still existed, which meant there were equipment more powerful than Holy Spirit rank, exceeding 1000 rating.
Taking out the remaining 9 [Divine Energy Crystallized Bodies], Su Xiao controlled Divine Judgment to absorb 5 of them, leaving 4 for emergencies.
After advancing to Holy Spirit rank, Divine Judgment's energy absorption speed greatly increased. Before long, it had absorbed the 5 [Divine Energy Crystallized Bodies] into residue.
Checking this equipment's growth, it had just reached 10.7%. The path to another advancement was long and arduous. He hoped to encounter more Ancient Gods in the future — aside from everything else, Divine Bones were truly too useful.
Boom. Boom, boom~
The ground began to tremble. Su Xiao walked out of the small wooden cabin. A hundred meters away, a figure over thirty meters tall was approaching — it was the Giant King, with Bubu Wang standing on his shoulder.
"Friend, you, look for, Giant, have business?"
A booming but muffled voice came through the helmet. With a thunderous crash, the Giant King sat down in front of Su Xiao, his curved blade sword stuck in the ground beside him.
The Giant King's arrival was unexpected for Su Xiao. He had only asked Bubu Wang to try negotiating with the Giant King, never thinking he would actually bring the Giant King here.
"Nothing for now."
"Hmm~, Giant is hungry, needs to hunt. The running beasts here, too small."
"..."
Su Xiao signaled Baha to catch some wild beasts. An hour later, the Giant King sat before a bonfire several meters high, roasting a snake. The food that could hold the Giant King's focused attention was naturally not small — this was a giant python.
The Giant King took off his helmet, revealing a scar-covered face. His skin was as rough as rock.
"Friend... you, eat."
The Giant King tore off a large piece of meat from the python skewer and tossed it toward Su Xiao. Su Xiao leaped backward.
With a crash, the roasted meat hit the ground. This large piece of roasted meat was about the size of the small cabin behind them. It could only be said that the Giant King was unexpectedly generous.
After a full meal, the Giant King wiped the grease from his mouth and sighed.
"If only there was wine."
The Giant King really wanted to drink, but unfortunately, he had forgotten how many years it had been since he last saw that spicy but intoxicating liquor. The place he had been staying in stank terribly, causing his sense of smell to severely deteriorate. All his joints felt rusted. If only he could have a drink~
"Hey, Giant."
Baha stood on an iron tank. This thing was originally used to store fresh water, but now it was filled with strong liquor.
The Giant King looked down somewhat puzzled, picked up the large iron tank like a wine glass, sniffed it, but smelled nothing. Trusting his friend, he took a gulp.
"Ba gu yi" (Giant language, no specific meaning, expressing joy).
Before long, the Giant King had downed several large tanks of liquor, his mood clearly much improved. He sat cross-legged on the ground, staring at the dark clouds in the sky.
Su Xiao sat cross-legged under the parasol tree, meditating. Beside him were Amu, Bubu Wang, Baha, and Liu.
After a while, Liu secretly opened her eyes and elbowed Baha. Bubu Wang also opened his eyes. The three of them sneaked off to wander around.
A day later, Amu wandered away hungry, leaving only the Giant King and Su Xiao. The surroundings were very quiet, only the rustling sound of wind blowing through leaves.
In a meditative state, Su Xiao could maintain a tranquil state for one or two days, or even half a month, sensing nature and sensing himself.
Three days later, Su Xiao opened his eyes. The Giant King was lying on the ground, snoring loudly.
"Giant."
"Whoosh~!"
Somewhat ear-splitting snoring came. Su Xiao took out [Qin's Soul] from his storage space. Suddenly, the snoring stopped.