The group made full preparations on the road. As the avalanche began, they reversed direction and retraced their steps.

Although the path below was already covered by flowing snow, the terrain remained unchanged.

The group quickly ran to the bottom of a particularly steep spot where rocks protruded to shield them from falling stones above.

From afar, the entire bright white mountainside trembled as the thick snow collapsed.

It was as if half the mountain had fallen.

The snow slope went berserk, rushing down with ten times the flow speed, destroying all life on the path along with the falling stones.

Rumble...

The mountainside shook.

Bang... Bang... Bang...

Giant rocks descended from the sky, tumbling and rolling on the snow slope, even rolling into massive snowballs.

Under the spell power of the terrifying wind, those snowballs wrapped around the giant stones, gradually hardening into ice and growing larger.

Tens of thousands of large snowballs rolled down the snow slope, like an army, a tide of magical beasts, crashing into the world.

Suddenly, a scream was heard.

A snowball over a hundred meters in diameter crushed a giant on the snow slope, pushing the giant downward as it crushed.

The giant's body scraped against the ground, continuously sliding downwards.

The uneven icy ground tore open the giant's skin, shredded its flesh, and squeezed its bones with the massive snowball.

Eventually, the large snowball rolled over the giant and moved on.

Amidst the snow, a bloody giant corpse was left, frozen into solid ice.

Another scream rang out as a figure was struck by a large snowball, sent flying before hitting the ground, then repeatedly struck by the rolling snowball until they were crushed to death.

A full half-hour passed before the avalanche finally calmed.

Zhou Leng and the others set off again to climb.

The good news was the snow flow had halved in thickness.

The bad news was the wind was much stronger.

"Move forward!"

Without hesitation, the group pressed on.

Soon, they reached the mountainside.

At over twenty thousand meters in altitude, the air grew thinner.

Everyone's breathing became heavier and more prolonged.

Zhang Xinglie's body was unique and could cope by forcibly deepening his breath.

He glanced questioningly at Zhou Leng.

Everyone else was struggling to breathe, their chests visibly heaving, breathing loudly.

It was icy cold here, their exhaled breath resembling thick smoke.

Zhou Leng's breathing was indeed deeper than before but not noticeably so, and it was longer and softer, as if he were using a special inner power technique.

He exhaled very little white mist.

"Zhou Leng, can you hold on? You seem to be breathing insufficiently," Zhang Xinglie said.

"I've mastered a mild form of the Fetal Breathing Technique, allowing me to breathe a little through my skin," Zhou Leng replied.

"I see." Zhang Xinglie nodded, feeling reassured.

The others behind them looked at their backs, feeling slightly surprised.

Zhang Xinglie was larger than Zhou Leng, extremely robust, with a well-developed trapezius, latissimus dorsi, and erector muscles significantly stronger than Zhou Leng's.

Yet, when moving forward, Zhang Xinglie sweated more heavily on his back.

In contrast, Zhou Leng's sweat was less than half of Zhang Xinglie's, often not sweating for half a day.

Zhang Xinglie constantly drank water to replenish, while Zhou Leng drank less than half of what Zhang Xinglie did.

Mountain and River Origin found it very strange, as Zhou Leng's body seemed unaffected by the cold.

The team leader rotated continuously.

After the avalanche, the team accelerated again.

Due to the danger of avalanches, rushing through quickly was the best way.

The higher up they went, the smaller the snowballs; the lower down, the larger the snowballs.

The team continuously climbed, twenty thousand meters, thirty thousand meters, forty thousand meters...

Suddenly, the mountainside trembled.

"It's an avalanche! We must retreat!" Zhou Leng shouted.

The group looked worried.

Because this time, the safe spot was far away, and a round trip would take at least ten minutes.

Moreover, they might not reach it before the giant stone snowballs arrived.

With no other choice, the group decisively turned and jogged downhill.

One hand swung to maintain balance, and the other protected the back of their heads.

Mountain River Oak, who was the tallest, kept looking back to watch the chaos of rocks.

Behind them, stones flew chaotically, striking their backs.

Suddenly, a large rock struck Molten Hammer behind his knee, causing him to collapse and roll into a ball.

Zhou Leng sensed something wrong, turned back, and lifted Molten Hammer with one hand.

Molten Hammer, with a bleeding head, grinned and said, "It's nothing, just a small accident."

Zhou Leng put him down and continued running.

"Watch out!" Mountain River Oak suddenly showed a startled expression and shouted loudly.

Zhou Leng and the others stopped quickly, turned their heads, and saw a large snowball strangely change direction in midair, slamming towards them at an angle.

The large snowball, wrapped around giant stones, charged fiercely, crushing a large area. It was impossible to avoid, with no way to accurately predict its landing spot.

"Get down!" Mountain and River Origin suddenly roared, taking a deep breath. His whole body surged with Qi Blood, his skin and muscles swelling like a deity.

The other five in the team didn't hesitate, immediately lying flat, trusting their comrade.

Mountain and River Origin stepped forward, surpassing them all.

The stone-ice snowball weighing over a hundred tons, like a small mountain, was crashing towards them.

Mountain and River Origin stood in a bow stance, lowered his body, his hands hanging down, then slowly raised them as if holding two balls of water.

True Qi surged, his skin turned crimson.

At the moment the large snowball arrived, Mountain and River Origin let out a explosive shout, the power of Giants and Martial Arts surged from his body like a reversed waterfall.

He suddenly lifted both hands, pushing the large snowball upwards from below.

Human strength and natural disaster collide.

Mountain and River Origin's body shook violently, blood spurted from his mouth, and he fell down.

That terrifying large snowball was slightly diverted, jumping slightly, grazing past everyone, whistling away.

Zhou Leng and the others quickly rushed down to grab the unbalanced Mountain and River Origin.

"How are you?" Zhou Leng asked.

Mountain and River Origin spat out a mouthful of blood and smiled: "Just a minor injury, not serious."

Zhang Xinglie pointed to a place above, and said: "It's too slow to go back to that shelter point now. There's a vertical steep slope diagonally ahead, stones can't hit it, snow rarely falls there, let's go there and have Mountain and River Origin recuperate."

"Okay!"

Everyone changed direction, moving against the avalanche.

The rushing snow impacted, rocks flew around, everyone was battered and bleeding but continuously climbed, climbed.

Soon, everyone reached the steep place.

The rocks above flew past, falling in the distance.

Mountain and River Origin sat cross-legged on the ground, recuperating.

Zhou Leng took out canvas from his Magic Spirit Bag and spread it over Mountain and River Origin's head to block the debris.

Mountain River Oak watched his brother with a worried expression.

Zhou Leng whispered: "Mountain and River Origin's martial arts are very strong, since he took the initiative to do it, he must be confident. He obviously used finesse, not just directly hitting."

Mountain River Oak nodded, his brow still not relaxed.

After a full half hour, Mountain and River Origin opened his eyes and exhaled deeply.

"How is it?" Mountain River Oak asked.

"No problem, just muscle bruising, it'll heal soon." Mountain and River Origin laughed and leaned back.

Crack...

The mountain wall cracked.

Everyone hurriedly retreated.

On close inspection, this cliff seemed to have been sealed by someone.

Mountain and River Origin reached out to pull and clear away the cracked mountain wall, revealing a damaged cave.

The entrance was over three meters high and two meters wide.

Inside it wasn't deep, probably only about ten meters.

"Should we go inside for shelter, eat and then continue climbing?" Mountain and River Origin asked.

"Okay!"

Everyone waited for a while for the air inside to fully change before going inside.

A very ordinary cave, without traces of others, faintly with some beast scents and marks.

"No one has been here for many years."

"It was probably originally a Magical Beast cave, but after being driven away by examiners, deliberately sealed with stones."

"Possibly."

Molten Hammer and Black Barrel were full of doubts; dwarves lived underground, familiar with cave architecture.

It didn't seem natural here, more likely dug out by intelligent life, indeed hadn't been visited for years.

Everyone sat down, Zhou Leng and Zhang Xinglie took out small electric stoves, connected them to power, heated food, and shared it.

As they ate hot meals and drank, everyone's strength quickly recovered.

After filling up, everyone rested, Zhou Leng looked at Mountain and River Origin and said: "Thanks to you this time, otherwise everyone could have been injured."

Molten Hammer nodded: "Almost left here like that Giant corpse."

"It's all nothing." Mountain and River Origin said indifferently.

Zhang Xinglie sighed: "That move just now, I kept replaying it in my mind. If I did it, it would lead to fractured arms and torn meridians. Your body is truly formidable."

"My brother is a genius." Mountain River Oak proudly said.

As everyone progressed through hardships, their relationships grew closer, speaking with less concern and more sincerity.

Molten Hammer said: "The last part of this route has the strongest winds, potentially more dangerous. We should wait, wait for the next avalanche and then rush up."

"Not bad." Everyone nodded lightly.

Zhou Leng glanced at Mountain and River Origin, and said: "How's your injury? Do you need us to help with blood circulation through qi manipulation?"

Mountain and River Origin hesitated and said: "We're all friends, I don't need to hide. Actually, I do have some inner injuries, but I'm not sure of the specific condition."

"Do you need pills? I have them all here."

Mountain and River Origin said: "I've taken everything I could."

Zhou Leng took out a Fierce Beast Medicine Fruit: "Try eating this, it also has healing effects."

Everyone looked at it, like a cluster of blueberries together, fist-sized.

"Okay." Mountain and River Origin didn't hesitate, put it in his mouth and ate it whole.

"Hmm?"

Mountain and River Origin paused, immediately started meditating to cultivate.

After a while, he said: "This medicine is strong, close to a pill worth a million."

"Not bad." Zhou Leng thought Fierce Beast food must be strong.

Mountain River Oak thanked: "Thank you, Brother Zhou Leng, for offering such a precious medicinal fruit."

"It's all nothing."

Mountain River Oak said: "There's not that much 'nothing', in the Giant Tribe they didn't miss a chance to ostracize my brother."

Zhang Xinglie asked: "Are you two real brothers or cousins?"

Mountain River Oak said: "Cousins, my dad died in battle, my uncle, who is also my brother's father, raised me, so we're like real brothers."

"I see." Zhang Xinglie said.

Molten Hammer glanced at Mountain and River Origin, and said: "The Giant Race is a people of all soldiers, always on guard, their customs are naturally exclusive, can't help it. Wait till you're stronger, they won't dare say a thing."

Mountain River Oak angrily said: "Except for the top few, my brother could beat them all until they search for their teeth on the ground."

Mountain and River Origin said: "After so many years, I'm used to it, too lazy to argue with a bunch of wild men."

"Brother, why don't you stay with the Human Race, don't come to this broken place." Mountain River Oak said.

Mountain and River Origin was silent for a long time, sighed deeply, and said: "I don't know where I should go, in the Giant World, they treat me as human, in the Human World, they treat me as a giant. Since childhood till now, I've always been confused about what I truly am."

Everyone's hearts trembled, in Mountain and River Origin's words, they felt a strong sense of confusion and loss.

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