### Chapter 6: Spores (3)
At the same time, Little Musashi, who was engaged in a fierce battle with the Guild Leader of the Qilin Guild, suddenly felt something was off.
Strange, I clearly chopped off his finger just now! How in the blink of an eye did his hand go back to normal?
How are we supposed to fight? This enemy clearly has a body that just won’t quit!
To test her theory, after dodging the giant’s attack, Little Musashi harnessed the might of her Tianba Slash and chopped off the giant’s entire arm.
With such a massive injury, he should take a while to recover, right?
But to her surprise, amid the giant’s howling, he somehow grew a brand new arm right before her eyes.
This left Little Musashi dumbstruck, and for a moment, she couldn’t figure out how to deal with the giant.
It wasn’t just her; the entire Demon-Slaying Squad, after some initial bravado, suddenly faced an inability to completely finish off their enemies. Even if they sliced them in half, the enemies turned into new giants in no time.
Little Musashi gritted her teeth. “Chop off their heads from the neck! I refuse to believe we can’t find their weakness today!”
The Bald Man leaned against the giant’s shoulder and laughed heartily, “Little Musashi, I respect you as a formidable person, yet you still haven’t gone for the k*ll.
I advise you, if you have any sense, surrender quickly. I might just spare your main consciousness, which means you’d still know you’re you! So, what do you say? A deal?”
In response, a booming “Two-Sword Style! Gale Slashing Array!” rang out.
A rapid whirlwind spun around her. As Little Musashi leveled up to Platinum rank, this move unleashed an incredible might.
Moreover, the fierce wind changed direction at her will, slicing into any part of the enemy she desired.
“Crack…”
There was a crisp sound akin to slicing through an apple, and the giant’s head rolled off.
Little Musashi dove in, delivering another wicked Tianba Slash, smashing the giant’s head into pieces as if it were a watermelon hitting the ground, juices splattering everywhere.
No head? This time, he must be dead, right?
However, when she looked up at the giant’s body that still hadn’t fallen, she was left utterly flabbergasted.
With the Bald Man’s piercing laughter, a new head sprouted from the giant’s neck where it had just been severed.
At this point, Little Musashi was at a complete loss.
At this rate, even if the Demon-Slaying Squad was full of top-tier fighters, against enemies that could regenerate, they would inevitably get worn down!
Just a moment ago, a couple of team members had sustained minor injuries.
Faced with these regenerating giants, the team was exhausted, and the slightest misstep ended with them getting hurt from the enemy’s counterattacks.
Little Musashi glared at the Bald Man, who was becoming more and more obnoxious.
If only the Witch were here; she could definitely find a crack in the enemy’s defense.
There are no perfect beings in this world! They may seem formidable on the surface, but surely they must have weaknesses.
The tough part is, where exactly are those weaknesses?
Meanwhile, in the ruins of Sky Void City…
Li Xiaocong was firmly trapped by two giants, and in terms of raw power, he couldn’t hold his own against the duo.
One of his legs had even been brutally yanked off from his body.
Though it quickly grew back, their attention immediately shifted to his other leg.
“Ahhh…”
Li Xiaocong desperately tried to break free.
“Zraa!”
His other leg was ripped apart and cruelly smashed into a pulp by the enemy.
“Li Lang!” Si Yan cried out in vain.
The pain in her abdomen hadn’t subsided, forcing her to helplessly watch as the giant version of Li Xiaocong was abused in various ways by the enemies.
Bastards, bastards!
If only she could return to her prime self, those giants wouldn’t stand a chance against her! Bastards!
Si Yan’s nails unconsciously dug into her palm, bl**d flowing down without her realizing it.
Strong Brother and Cold Little Rain were still trying to break through, but the other giants were blocking them fiercely. Were they really just going to watch and do nothing as Li Xiaocong was treated this way?
Suddenly, Jing Feng, who was observing from the sidelines, said, “Wait a minute, those two giants seem to be looking for something?”
Strong Brother paused, “Looking for something? What’s that?”
Jing Feng replied, “If I’m not mistaken, whatever it is might be linked to how the giants stay alive.”
As soon as the words left her mouth, Si Yan felt another intense cramp in her abdomen, worse than before.
At that moment, Li Xiaocong suddenly seemed to gain some sort of power and wrenched free from the two giants’ grasp. With a fierce black tiger’s heart-pulling strike, he plunged straight into one of the giants’ stomachs and pulled out a black creature the size of a basketball, resembling a child.
Then, he swallowed it whole and started chewing wildly.
The giant who had lost its core crashed to the ground, unable to rise again.
Seeing this, the other giant tried to flee, but Li Xiaocong kicked it down and then broke its right arm, extracting the same child-like creature it had inside, gobbling that one down too.
“Core!” Jing Feng shouted, “Only by completely destroying it can the giant stop moving!”
“Dog, you and Cold Little Rain hurry back and tell Little Musashi; I suspect they’re having the same trouble. As long as I’m here, Si Yan will be fine.”
As she spoke, Jing Feng waved her hand.
Suddenly, a shallow green light radiated around Si Yan, and to her astonishment, the pain quickly began to lessen.
Li Xiaocong had now swallowed two giant cores, and his form was visibly expanding.
With a booming roar, the surrounding giants would no longer dare to stay close, fearing the same fate as the other unlucky ones.
Finally, when all but a few giants had dispersed, Li Xiaocong suddenly went “thud,” dropping to his knees, violently tearing at his hair in pain.
Two visible lumps were writhing on his body, as if they were desperately trying to break free.
“Is it a rejection reaction?” Jing Feng quickly cast him a pain-reducing spell.
While he didn’t seem to frown as tightly anymore, with the appearance of yet another lump, it looked like the three cores were waging war inside Li Xiaocong’s body, vying for control.
“Zraa zraa…”
His skin kept ripping apart, bl**d gushing out like a fountain.
In just a minute or two, Li Xiaocong looked as if he had been pulled out of a bloodbath, his face obscured and unrecognizable beneath the mess.
Si Yan, parched with anxiety, called out, “Miss Jing, you must have a way, right? Help him!”
Jing Feng, however, shook her head. “I can’t interfere recklessly. This is the most dangerous moment for him; a slight misstep could send him into irretrievable doom. All we can do is trust him. We’re together in this.”
Si Yan touched the slight bulge in her abdomen and nodded with difficulty.
