Origin Seeker Chapter 249: Giants

"A foot! The blood level has reached a foot!"

When Dream and Vela walked back into the evaluation center, they could hear cheers and cries of surprise. Dream took a look at the space where lody was fighting.

The previously dead desert was now a sea of blood. lody stood within this blood that reached her shins. In her hand was the sword that Dream gave her, the roses of blood on it glowing with vibrant vitality as if it had absorbed the lives of the enemies it killed.

lody's breathing was calm. She stood across from an army of creatures. So of these creatures were rely humanoids wearing armor and wielding weapons like swords, spears, bows, or axes. Others were giant and burly. So were smaller and looked like tigers, while so flew in the air with brilliant wings.

All these creatures stood opposed to lody, drowning the space with roars and screeches. Waves were kicked up as they charged toward her, the only thoughts in their minds to kill her.

lody dashed, sprinting into this horde of enemies. With a sweep of her blade, a dozen were cut in half. Then, after diving into the fray, she danced.

Her blade traced the throats of humanoids and pierced the skulls of giants. Birds seed to throw themselves toward her blade as their wings were chopped off. Tigers and lions could only let out roars of unwillingness as their heads were lopped off like trophies.

lody flowed through these bodies, trails of blood being traced in the air as she reaped lives. She was elegant yet lethal. Her blade was ruthlessly efficient as it went from one body to another. Her dance seed fancy, but there were nearly zero wasted movents. She was like a river current, never stopping, constantly moving forward.

Seeing this, Vela revealed a look of surprise. As blood was spilled, it pooled within the space. lody had already killed thousands, their blood flooding the wasteland. To get up to a one foot blood level was already impressive, but it didn't seem like lody was having a hard ti yet.

However, Vela knew that the worst had yet to co. Sure enough, as soon as lody felled another army of hundreds, all the chaos ca to a halt. lody stood among the sea of blood that was a bit higher than before.

"The Asura Giants are coming!"

There was a shout, and everyone was even more attentive than before. By now, there were hundreds of asuras in the evaluation center, filling the building to the brim. So were flying in the air to get a better look, stacking on top of each other.

lody stood silently, waiting for the next enemy. Dream watched her. Suddenly, the blood around her started to swirl, forming 7 whirlpools around her. These whirlpools condensed, forming a single red bead in their center.

The beads glowed with power as flesh and muscle started to form around them. After several seconds, the beads beca the cores of 7 30 foot giants.

lody watched the giants form around her. The giants, contrasting to the sea of red around them, had pure white skin as if they were ford of pure marble, not unlike statues. They each held a different item. A sword, a bow, a spear, a shield, a hamr, a knife, and a book.

These 7 beings looked identical, genderless, and majestic. After forming, the red beads within them moved to their forehead where it beca a red third eye. The giants had their normal eyes closed, and this third eye open.

Suddenly, lody felt a vast power wash over her. This power shook her soul, making known the majesty of these 7 giants. Without much suspense, the 7 giants quickly struck out. lody was also prepared to react, dodging a spear that was thrust at her neck.

The crowds of asuras watched as lody dashed toward the giant with the bow. However, before she could reach the bow giant, the shield giant dashed in front of her. The speed of the shield giant surprised her, and she was forced to raise her arm to block the shield bash.

*Bang!*

The shield knocked into her, sending her flying. However, there was a noticeable crack on the shield that hit her.

"She cracked the shield! What a disgusting defense!"

One asura couldn't help but exclaim. There were definitely others who had gotten to this stage, so the power of these 7 giants was well known. Naturally, as the giant with the shield, the shield giant had the highest defensive power, able to take the hardest hits. However, just by hitting lody, its shield had been cracked. lody's bare body was tougher than the shield! This ant she wasn't just a glass cannon and could take hits.

anwhile, Dream was nodding, as if this were expected. lody had fought against his bots, and she received no shortage of beatings. Against his bots, there was no avoiding getting hit and injured, so she needed to figure out how to boost her defense. The result was a hardened body and skillful use of mana that could not only protect her, but strike back. lody's combat sense was through the roof, and she knew just how to handle all types of attacks.

After being slamd away, lody gracefully recovered, landing on her feet. She looked at the shield giant that stood in front of the bow giant and the book giant. The other giants that wielded a hamr, sword, spear, and knife also moved.

The bow giant knocked an arrow, drawing it back before letting it loose. As for the book giant, it cast a spell, magical lines flooding the sky and mana condensing. The sword and hamr giants charged forth, and the spear giant took up a defensive position in front of the shield giant. As for the knife giant, it actually disappeared, shrouding itself in plain sight.

lody was surprised a bit before smiling. She had finally t a reasonable challenge!

Under this all encompassing attack, lody dashed forward, eting the sword giant head on. Before she reached it though, an arrow ca flying toward her. To this, she smirked before raising her sword. She pointed the tip of the sword at the tip of the arrow, thrusting forth.

*Ting!*

The two clashed, releasing a powerful shockwave that divided the blood below them. Not only was the arrow stopped, but lody's sword actually pierced through it, separating it in two!

*Woosh!*

The two pieces of arrow sailed past her. lody let out a breath before stepping forward once more, her figure shooting toward the sword giant at an even faster speed than previously. She was like a ghost as she appeared in front of the giant. However, the giant's reflexes weren't to be disregarded. It was able to deftly respond, raising its own sword with alarming speed that contrasted its large size.

*Bang!*

The two swords collided. In this exchange, the sword giant was the one to be pushed back. Not only that, but the sword giant's sword blade was chipped. lody rode this montum, pushing the sword giant back more and more as she spun around with slashes.

However, the sword giant wasn't the only fighter. Soon, the hamr giant joined the fray, throwing its hamr at lody with tons of force. To this, lody only dodged, not bothering to directly take such force. Unfortunately, the hamr giants attacks weren't so simple.

Upon missing, the hamr slamd into the floor. lody had only sidestepped the hamr, expecting that to be it. The next mont though, a horrifying shockwave of mana and blood was released. This shockwave slamd into lody's body at point blank range, sending her flying.

"Pfft. Idiot. Where do you think that force was gonna go? It's like she's learned nothing in this past decade."

Dream chuckled before shaking his head, totally making fun of his sister's pain. As he spoke out loud, a few dozen spectators turned to him with odd looks. Vela was one of them. She couldn't help but smirk though. Dream would wield the power of an entire clan to help train his sister, but he would also make fun of her like this. They really were siblings.

Several asuras who had beco lody's fans though wanted to retort. Seeing Vela who stood next to Dream though, none of them did. They could tell that not only was Dream a powerful man, but he was related to lody in so way. They just let him be.

lody continued to battle after getting blown away by the unexpected attack. However, she was quickly bombarded with more arrows. anwhile, the book giant who had been casting a spell was finished. As lody dodged an arrow, the book giant brought down its hands.

*Rumble!*

The ground and sea of blood shook. lody quickly looked up toward the thousands of magical runes and lines in the sky. Suddenly, everything lit up.

Hundreds of circles of light congealed into figures. These figures wore black armor, had wings of blood and bone, and were adorned with halos of white. They looked like fallen angels corrupted by endless slaughter.

These hundreds of angels suddenly shot toward lody with their spears and swords. This onslaught combined with the attacks of the other giants just made things far more difficult.

lody didn't panic though. She shot toward the angels that descended from the skies, eting them with her blade. In two exchanges, she was able to kill one. She was then rapidly surrounded, forced to fend off attacks and counter with her own.

Like this, she was faced with another army. Her killing speed was high as blood spilled. However, she quickly discovered that the angels weren't so simple. Whenever one was killed, their blood fused into another, strengthening their comrades!

"Tedious."

lody clicked her tongue as she continued to kill. The pressure quickly rose as she killed more and more. At the sa ti, she was occasionally faced with one of the giants who snuck in their own attacks.

This went on for half an hour. lody constantly killed off the army, and now, they were reduced to a re dozen. These dozen angels were only weaker than the giants though. Faced with their coordinated attacks, she was put on the defense.

By now, lody wasn't so pleased. Over ti she had gotten more and more annoyed. As she said, it was a tedious battle. And those giants kept annoying her.

Finally, when the sword giant snuck his sword into a gap and toward her leg, she snapped.

"Fuck off!"

She yelled, summoning her power and slashing at the sword giant's weapon. The two swords t, only this ti one was fueled by an exploding rage.

*Clang!*

As the two collided, lody put as much strength into it as she could. And with a turn of events, the sword giant's sword actually shattered!

lody's sword didn't stop as she pushed herself toward the sword giant. The tip of her sword sailed to its head. The sword giant could only punch out.

"Just die!"

She shouted again, throwing out her own punch. Her fist collided with the sword giant's. The result was the sword giant's entire arm exploding!

"No way!"

Everyone watching was stunned. In just two moves, lody had turned the tables.

She swung her sword, the blade burying itself into the sword giant's head and chopping its third eye. The third eye exploded with blood, and the entire sword giant lted away, turning into a blood fog that lingered in the air.

After that, lody went back to fighting the angels. She killed a few more, and then after that, she turned her attention to the hamr giant. Like the sword giant, she pumled its body before destroying its head, forming an even denser blood fog.

lody then moved on to the rest of the giants, ignoring the angels. She first t the spear giant, intending to kill it with a few moves. However, she was taken off guard by the knife giant who acted as an assassin. Like this, she had to defend against the two, one elusive, one direct.

After putting in a bit more effort though, lody was able to beat both down, destroying their heads one after the other. With that, she focused on the shield giant who stood to guard the arrow giant.

By now, the shield she cracked had actually healed. She didn't care though, rushing to attack the arrow giant. Unfortunately, the shield giant was fast and got in her way every ti.

Against this, lody scoffed. Taking a step back, she pointed her sword at the shield giant. Then, she stepped forward, piercing her sword straight like a duelist.

*Shing!*

The sword tip pierced through the shield. Not only that, but the power of the sword extended forth, poking a hole in the shield giant itself. After this, lody backed away before piercing forward again. This ti, she thrust out a dozen tis, poking a dozen holes in the shield and shield giant.

lody did this until the shield was poked full of holes. While the arrow giant tried to shoot her during this ti, she was able to dodge or break the attack every ti.

Finally, after turning the shield into a sieve, she let out one last attack. This attack hit the shield, but instead of piercing through, the energy was released into the shield through a shockwave

*Boom!*

The entire shield exploded, unable to withstand the attack. lody smiled before going on to dice the shield giant into hundreds of pieces. This shield giant's body turned into a blood mist, making the lingering blood fog even denser.

After that, there were only two more enemies. The arrow and book giants stood next to each other. lody gazed at them like a predator to a fresh piece of at. She dashed toward them, dodging the arrows thrown at her.

*Slice!*

With a sword slice, the arrow giant's head was split in half, exploding into a blood mist. With that, the book giant was the last one. However, it wasn't attacking lody. It just stood there. Not even its third eye was open.

"Hm..."

lody was curious, but as the angels continued to harass her, she didn't think much. She quickly sliced the book giant's heat in two. This ti, it exploded, but it didn't release much blood mist.

Surprisingly, the angels who continued to attack her didn't go away with the book giant's death. lody turned her attention to the remaining 6 angels, killing them one by one.

Finally, After obliterating five angels, the last one stood alone, strengthened by the deaths of those before it. It stood opposite to lody. But it didn't attack. Instead, it opened up its arms.

The next mont, all of the blood fog that lingered in the air started to surge. lody watched as it all shot toward the remaining angel, filling its body with the power of all the 7 giants.

In re seconds, this vast power condensed. Under this power, the angel grew 3 more pairs of arms, making 8 total. Each of the 8 arms held the items of the 7 giants plus one extra weapon.

This angel, upon fully forming, released a vast and glorious aura as it stood 50 feet tall. Now, lody was smiling. It wasn't a playful smile though.

Faced with this enemy that was stronger than any other she had ever faced, she was exuding a sense of arrogance. She wanted to show this enemy what real power was!

The two stood 300 feet from each other. Suddenly, lody closed her eyes. Then, all the ripples in the sea of blood around her ca to a halt. The surroundings beca deathly still, ominously silent.

"Third eye!"

The spectating asuras gawked as they looked at lody. On her forehead, a third eye had opened. This eye was a deep red, like a ruby crystal. However, the pupil of this eye was black as an abyss. It released a horribly sharp aura.

The aura of this eye far surpassed the angel who had evolved from the giant asuras. lody's third eye remained the only eye open as she brought up her sword, pointing the tip straight at the angel.

"Let's see, this is her first stance?"

Dream made a guess as he watched his sister. He had seen her use the Blood Drop Stance, her ultimate skill, many tis. There were a variety of stances that encompassed different modes of attack. This looked to be the first stance.

The peculiar thing about lody's skill was that the different stances didn't actually get more powerful than each other. They were all equal. The thing that determined their power was the power and application of the fighter. As one comprehended the stances, their power would also rise accordingly.

The first stance was the most direct of the stances. A frontal thrust with the full power of the asura behind it, all centered onto the single point of the sword. There was nothing more direct than this.

This attack would reach the extre of all aspects of an attack. Extre speed, extre power, extre piercing. This was an attack that embodied the very essence of offense.

However, before lody shot forward, she spotted sothing in the distance behind the angel. She looked over with her third eye.

"Dream?"

"Don't mind . Just changing things up a little."

Dream, who now suddenly stood within the totem space, waved before releasing a string of his power. lody wasn't the only one who saw this. Outside the totem space, Vela's eyes bulged when she Dream behind the angel. Her eyes then looked at the now empty space next to her where Dream used to be.

Other than Vela and lody though, nobody else could see what was going on.

After Dream appeared, he flicked a bit of his power into the giant angel. Then, so of the blood sea was actually sucked up into the angel. This was clearly visible to all the spectators, and it baffled them.

"I've never seen the angel do that. What's going on?"

"Sothing special is happening!"

Everyone was excited to see sothing out of place. The angel beca even stronger than before, and lody felt the angel's aura gradually increase until it matched hers. Then, it surpassed hers, though not by much.

"A little extra challenge. Let's see if you can't draw out so extra power from your soul."

Dream smiled after the changes took place. He then disappeared, reappearing next to Vela who was shocked. The totem space was a separate, isolated space. Only soone who could bend space was able to enter the area, otherwise it would take brute force to pierce through. But that would be incredibly obvious. Dream had slipped in and out, even altering the totem enchantnts without anyone noticing what he did. This display of skill rivaled the creation of the halberd not that long ago. If anything, this told Vela just how deep Dream's comprehensions ran.