The wooden titan slowly lifted its massive hand, revealing the huge crater left behind by its attack. Dust covered the entire area for a moment.
"The punishment has ended," the screeching voice echoed. The tree giants seemed to believe that the two sinful humans had finally been judged.
"There was too much noise," another wooden titan said, glancing around before its gaze landed on the girl standing at the center of the island on the mountain ridge.
Seeing that nothing had happened, it let out a sigh of relief. Then all of them began returning to their places, intending to revert to tree form.
But to their shock, as the dust settled, a completely unharmed figure stood in the middle of the crater. His white hair swayed in the wind, his mask covering his face, hiding any expression.
His clothes were a bit dusty, but there was no blood anywhere, not a single sign of injury—as if nothing had even happened.
"You? How are you still alive!" one of the wooden titans shouted with a frown, fear lacing its voice.
All of their eyes locked on the human. Seeing him without the slightest wound made them scowl, but fear also crept into their black eyes.
They were certain the strike had killed him. Yet this human stood unscathed, not even scratched.
How could this be possible? No matter how strong a human might be, a body like this should be impossible.
"That was all you had?" Daniel said softly. His voice carried mockery and sarcasm.
The tree giants grew furious, the ground shaking beneath them. Their terrifying aura filled the sky.
"Human! How dare you! You should have died under that strike! Now we’ll make you regret ever being born!"
"You sure talk a lot. Talk talk talk. Do you even know how to act? Just a bunch of rotten old trees. Trash like you doesn’t even deserve to stand in front of me." Daniel said coldly. He rose into the air, calmly standing in the sky.
His gaze swept across the titans glaring at him with killing intent. Not the slightest trace of fear appeared in his eyes.
One of them finally lost its patience, reaching out with its massive hand to grab him. The roar shook the sky.
Under that enormous hand, Daniel looked smaller and weaker than an ant. Yet without the slightest hesitation, he activated the Law of Death, death energy flooding over the blade of his sword.
The moment the giant’s hand drew close, Daniel swung his sword, starting his attack. His speed was so great that his movements couldn’t be seen with the naked eye.
Even the titans’ eyes couldn’t follow what happened.
Boom!
When he finally lowered his sword, the body of the giant that had attacked was already split apart, crashing to the ground.
"Huh?" Even the wooden titan itself hadn’t realized what had happened. The last thing it remembered was reaching for the human.
The next moment, its body was scattered across the ground in pieces. A black energy spread over the fragments, turning them all to ash.
Nothing remained of the massive titan but ashes.
"What? What just happened?"
"What did this human do? He didn’t even move?"
"You! What trick did you use?" The titans stepped back in fear, not daring to charge recklessly.
"Trick? This is called swordsmanship." Daniel laughed. He hadn’t done anything special, only used his sword to cut the giant into pieces.
But he had unleashed his full speed, which made his movements completely invisible.
Although these wooden titans seemed strong, most of them were only at Half Step S Rank, with one or two at False S Rank.
There wasn’t a single true S Rank among them. He had no reason to be afraid. But there was still one problem.
"Human, we admit we underestimated you! But so what? There are many of us while you’re alone! No matter how strong you are, you can’t defeat us all!"
"Who said I was alone?" Daniel said playfully. Under their shocked and confused stares, an ocean of blood spread beneath his feet.
Moments later, hundreds of the Fallen emerged, bowing respectfully to him.
"Help me crush these useless giants."
"As our Lord commands," the Fallen answered in unison. A moment later, they all prepared to attack.
The wooden titans grew even more uneasy at the sight of the Fallen, but there was no turning back.
They exchanged glances, nodding at one another. Then a screeching roar shook the sky as they charged at Daniel and his Fallen army.
The Fallen also charged, clashing with the titans. Their attacks struck one after another.
But unfortunately, the results were minimal. Among all the Fallen, only one had power beyond Rank A. The rest were between Peak Rank A and Rank B.
Naturally, they stood no chance against titans who were all Half Step S Rank.
But Daniel didn’t care. All he wanted was for the Fallen to distract them so he could do what he had planned.
"Now’s the time." His eyes lit up as the battlefield grew chaotic.
He raised his hand, and a black sphere appeared in his palm, formed from the Law of Death.
Even holding it, he himself felt a trace of danger. He glanced at it one last time, then activated it.
The sphere detonated, and black energy swept across the land for several kilometers. Everything withered instantly.
Even the wooden titans felt their bodies decaying, their forms withering. Terror twisted their faces, and some even thought about running away.
But Daniel would never give them that chance. Now that they were weakened, it was the perfect time to slaughter them all. He raised his sword and vanished.
In just a few seconds, tens of thousands of strikes landed. The next moment, he appeared far away, right in front of the last standing titan.
The wooden giants were confused, not even sure what had happened. Then they realized they couldn’t feel their limbs anymore. Their bodies collapsed into pieces on the ground.
Death energy consumed their remains. This time, they didn’t even turn to ash.
Daniel stood calmly in the sky, mocking eyes looking over the fallen titans. He was a bit curious how much stronger he would become after devouring them.