Chapter 173: Battlefield of the Great Canyon
The exaggerated stats left Li Meng silent.
Once he became the Goblin King, it would probably be difficult to level up.
Li Meng had a strong feeling about this.
After becoming the Goblin King, the score required to level up would likely multiply several times over.
"Vanessa, let's go!"
Li Meng squatted down and stretched out his hand.
Vanessa stepped forward onto Amon's palm.
Then, following Amon's arm, she climbed up to his shoulder.
"Wangwang, come here!"
"Wangwang!"
Wangwang bounced and ran toward Li Meng.
Its round body leapt into the air and jumped into Li Meng's hand.
"Vanessa, hold on tight!"
On the mountaintop, Li Meng planted his feet and began running.
After a quick sprint, he took a step forward and leapt.
"Boom!"
A loud crash echoed.
The rocky ground cracked.
A shockwave exploded under Li Meng's feet.
His massive body soared into the sky.
This leap was shockingly high, sending him hundreds of meters into the air.
His enormous body began to descend toward another mountain peak.
Sitting on Li Meng's shoulder, Vanessa was stunned.
She could feel the explosive power within Amon's body.
She couldn't comprehend why Amon had suddenly become so strong.
"Amon, what just happened?"
Facing the rushing wind, Vanessa asked into Amon's ear.
At that moment, Li Meng landed heavily on the mountainside.
Amidst the rumbling impact, he leapt once more.
Li Meng had truly transformed into a green giant.
"I don't know either. When I saw the undead calamity, I think I got scared. Then I thought, 'If only I could get stronger,' so I could charge into the mountains and rescue Benben. Then, I evolved!"
Just like that?
Vanessa sat speechless on Amon's shoulder.
Her expression shifted as though she had thought of something.
"Could it be that a god has been born among the goblins?"
Amon had been chosen by the gods to become a hero.
Could that be the case?
Vanessa wasn't certain.
After all, aside from possessing great strength, heroes didn't have any distinct characteristics.
Only a few powerful individuals could sense divine energy within a hero.
During the following time, Li Meng continued bounding across mountains.
Like a flea, he leapt from one peak to the next.
"Wangwang!"
Just as Li Meng landed heavily on a small mountain's summit, Wangwang barked loudly in his hand.
"Wangwang, which direction?"
Wangwang said it could smell the ogre's scent.
"Wangwang!"
Wangwang barked again in Li Meng's hand.
Li Meng grinned and began running once more.
His massive body leapt into the air again, bounding quickly into the distance like a flea.
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Ogre Mountain Range
Deep within the Death Cloud lay a vast canyon.
At the canyon's depths, a battlefield stretched far and wide.
Across the canyon, green flames burned in an endless blaze.
Amidst the sea of fire was an unending ocean of white bones.
At the far end of the canyon stood an almost vertical cliff wall.
Beneath the cliff was a massive cave entrance.
Outside the cave, it was chaos. Roars echoed everywhere.
Gigantic figures were fighting fiercely with the undead creatures.
These were cave ogres, each standing nearly three meters tall.
They were similar to ogres—subspecies of the ogres.
They were smaller in stature and leaner in build.
Their figures resembled humans more, lacking the ogres' burly bulk.
"Roar!"
Amidst nearly a hundred cave ogres, there was one even larger figure.
It wore iron armor and wielded a spiked club.
Every swing of the giant spiked club shattered several undead creatures.
But the number of undead was simply overwhelming.
Skeletons surged forward, crawling onto the giant ogre's body from behind, the left, and the right.
The giant ogre roared angrily, swinging its club once more.
Another batch of skeletons was smashed to pieces.
It used its left hand to slap at the undead crawling over its body like ants.
But more and more undead creatures climbed onto the giant ogre.
From a distance, it seemed as though the giant ogre's massive body was about to be swallowed.
"Roar!"
Seeing this, the cave ogres nearby charged forward.
They swung their stone hammers, smashing undead creatures with every strike.
But the number of undead was too great.
Some cave ogres were even dragged to the ground by the undead.
Once a cave ogre fell, its death was certain.
The undead would swarm it, attacking with their weapons relentlessly.
"Whooo!"
At that moment, the sound of an urgent horn echoed from the cave.
Furious roars followed closely behind.
Silhouettes surged from the dim cave entrance.
One after another, cave ogres roared as they charged out.
Among them were weak ones and strong ones.
There were small ones and large ones.
Hundreds of cave ogres fearlessly charged into the sea of white bones.
Their massive bodies were like heavy tanks.
Wherever they passed, bones shattered.
Hundreds of cave ogres launched an unstoppable charge.
They charged all the way to the giant ogre surrounded by undead.
The cave ogres swung their stone hammers, preventing the undead from approaching.
With the help of the cave ogres, the giant ogre quickly cleared the undead from its body.
However, their position had pushed too deep into the sea of undead bones.
Although the cave ogres had reached the giant ogre, their retreat was now cut off.
From all directions, countless undead creatures surrounded the cave ogres.
On the battlefield outside the cave, the cave ogres fought like an isolated island.
Each cave ogre fought desperately.
With every hammer swing, bones flew in all directions.
But the endless undead were slowly compressing the cave ogres' fighting space.
More and more cave ogres were falling.
Amidst wails, their bodies were torn open and killed piece by piece.
In the center of the battlefield, Benben's massive figure stared helplessly at the endless sea of undead.
The green flames filled every inch of the canyon.
It was tired—so very tired.
After days of battle, the spiked club in its hand felt unbearably heavy.
Every swing of its arms was painful.
But it couldn't stop.
If it stopped, the skeletons would overwhelm it.
"Roar!"
Benben let out a roar.
It lifted the spiked club and swung it horizontally at the human skeletons before it.
The moment it swung, its grip loosened.
The spiked club fell from Benben's hand, crashing to the ground.
Benben's body stiffened.
It lowered its head, staring blankly at the spiked club on the ground.
"Benben, pick up the spiked club!"
At that moment, a thunderous voice echoed from the sky.
The familiar sound made Benben's body tremble.
It raised its head to look toward the sky.
Above the battlefield, a massive ice spear came hurtling down.
It was enormous—over two hundred meters long and more than thirty meters in diameter.
Standing atop the ice spear was a tall, green-skinned figure.
That figure was none other than Li Meng.
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