Baby with Daoist Monarch System

He suddenly turned his head, seeing the source of the sound.

He saw.

The originally massive rocks piled on both sides of the road began to tremble without any warning, like a sieve being shaken.

”This...”

Xu Ran looked at the trembling rocks with a grave expression, unsure what might happen next. After all, the unknown is always the most nerve-wracking.

”Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!”

In the blink of an eye, Xu Ran’s mind barely had a moment to think before the slightly trembling rocks began to shake more violently. The small rocks seemed to be awakened by some invisible force, breaking free from the earth and slowly floating in the air, about a meter off the ground.

These levitating rocks flipped, collided, and rubbed against one another in the air, creating crisp collision sounds. Sparks even flew from the friction between them.

Simultaneously, the floating, vibrating rocks caused the rubble beneath Xu Ran’s feet to tremble at the same frequency. However, unlike the stones, the rubble did not float but kept shaking on the ground as if celebrating.

”What exactly are these rocks doing? Is there some mysterious power controlling them, or...”

Xu Ran’s gaze fell upon the mountain peak hundreds of meters away, his eyes tinged with a bit of gravity.

”Crackle!”

The next moment, the sound of rocks colliding once again caught Xu Ran’s attention, his gaze shifting back.

Then.

The rocks floating in the air began to gather in an orderly manner, with the slightly larger ones first finding their positions. With a ”boom,” they landed firmly on the ground, forming the torso of a giant, as if bearing the entire structure.

The remaining smaller rocks quickly filled the gaps around the large rocks, emitting ”tap tap tap” light sounds in the process, resembling the tight stitching sounds when carefully weaving armor for a giant.

”Are these rocks going to form a stone giant?”

Xu Ran observed the large rocks standing on the ground, recognizing it as a humanoid torso, while the smaller rocks around it began to transform gradually.

Before long, the scattered rocks formed ten mighty stone giants through constant collisions and friction.

These ten stone giants exuded a formidable aura from head to toe, advancing toward Xu Ran.

”They really are stone giants, and there are ten of them!”

With these words, the powerful aura emitted by the newly formed stone giants rushed forward toward Xu Ran.

Xu Ran made no significant movement, simply stepping forward slightly, unleashing a pale golden aura from his body that robustly blocked the oncoming heavy aura in front of him.

”Buzz!”

The two auras collided in the air, producing a muffled sound rather than a major commotion.

Before Xu Ran, though there seemed to be nothing blocking his way, two opposing air waves stood invisible in front of him.

A pale golden air wave firmly blocked the front, facing a gray air wave opposite it, with a channel constantly supplying the air current from its back.

The end of this air current channel was precisely the ten stone giants.

Yet even so, the gray air wave released by the ten stone giants stood no chance of advancing against the pale golden air wave from Xu Ran.

Feeling the pressure from the ten stone giants pushing toward him, Xu Ran remained quietly standing in place. Though the stone giants posed no threat to him, the anxiety in his heart persisted.

...

In the Dueling Arena.

On the seats, the Soul Bodies saw Xu Ran’s somewhat grave expression in the mirror, feeling puzzled.

”The aura of these ten stone giants can’t get close to this newcomer, so why does he have such an expression on his face?”

”Does the newcomer have some hidden injury, explaining his expression?”

”Something’s wrong; it seems likely this newcomer will stop here.”

”When walking the White Jade Stairs with the flesh body, one might break through physical limits but leave internal injuries?”

...

The Soul Bodies discussed why Xu Ran’s face showed such an expression.

After all, for a prodigy, how could one show such an expression facing such a huge advantage?

”Senior Brother, why does this newcomer have such an expression? Could he really lack confidence in the upcoming trial?” The Little Sister, though experiencing this trial herself, was eliminated early on, not knowing what might happen after, hence her speculation.

”No!” Before the Senior Brother could speak, Second Brother chimed in, ”This newcomer has an exceptionally strong perception of unknown dangers!”

Second Brother’s words instantly drew the Little Sister’s attention, though she remained puzzled. However, having gone through this trial himself, his experience was richer than anyone’s but the Senior Brother’s.

”These stone giants, once shattered, would quickly regenerate. I have mentioned this to you before.”

”But this regenerative trait is not inherent to these stone giants; rather, some mysterious power sustains it!”

As he spoke, Second Brother recalled the trial’s scene.

”Back then, I shattered these stone giants several times before realizing this point.”

”However, I never discovered the source of this mysterious power!”

His tone was full of regret, feeling as if he was just one step away from seeing the trial’s final aspect.

Meanwhile, Second Brother glanced at the Senior Brother, seeking some insight from him.

But he remained cold, saying nothing.

Thus, all Soul Bodies, understanding why Xu Ran’s face showed such an expression after hearing Second Brother, grew increasingly impressed by him.

”This newcomer actually sensed a hidden mysterious power in the trial from the start!”

”This newcomer’s danger perception ability is incredibly strong!”

”Is this the strength of the Great Success Innate Saint’s Sacred Body?”

...

The Little Sister now harbored no previous prejudice against Xu Ran, sitting upright with eyes filled with gravity, watching Xu Ran in the mirror.

”Is this newcomer really that strong?”

...

The focus once again shifts to the valley.

”Boom!”

The ten stone giants, seeing their overwhelming aura causing no harm to Xu Ran, retracted the gray air wave.

Immediately, a fierce wind swept through the valley toward the stone giants, pulling back a faint gray air wave into their bodies.

Visibly, the ten stone giants’ bodies suddenly expanded.

At this moment.

Xu Ran finally saw the complete appearance of these ten stone giants.

The ten stone giants stood tall, with distinct, powerful lines, and each stone piece interlocked perfectly.

As the gray air wave returned to their bodies, a powerful aura blossomed, sweeping across the hard surface in the gray valley, producing a gentle ”woo woo woo” sound.

These ten stone giants saw Xu Ran standing with arms folded and simultaneously took a step forward, a fierce wind roaring from their bodies, and their own gray Spiritual Qi burst forth within.

”Boom!”

”Boom!”

”Boom!”

”Boom!”

......

In an instant, the ground under Xu Ran’s feet shook with mountain-quaking force...

Xu Ran lowered his head and saw rubble scattered on the ground strangely beginning to vibrate in unison!

What a terrifying sight this was!