Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

"Hah, just how big is this garden anyway..."

Pushing aside the leaves, countless flowers and bushes appeared ahead, the height of these plants posing a significant obstacle for Lake and Polo's navigation.

The trees were several times taller than the ground.

Any tree, even the thinnest, was as thick as three people could embrace, and the shrubs, thorns, and flowers that should have been low-lying had been transformed into lush thickets by some inexplicable magic.

"Ah, it seems we're a bit lost."

"Polo, is the scent of blood you smelled earlier gone?"

"It's gone. Although this floating island is located at the top of the vines, its various parts are drifting on the clouds."

Polo looked around and said slowly.

This floating island was not a single piece of land, but composed of countless land fragments of various sizes, slowly flowing on the sea of clouds.

This was also why Lake and Polo lost track of Jack after climbing up the vines.

"However, the plants here all carry some magic."

Polo reached out a paw, plucked a petal from a flower next to him that was larger than himself, sniffed it lightly, and said, "It's the same as inside the magic vines."

"The same?"

Lake's eyes widened, "Then does that mean we don't need to look for the vines and can choose these plants instead?"

"But the magic within these plants is far inferior to that in the vines—both in concentration and quality."

The Giant's Garden was shrouded in dense clouds.

Under the moonlight, it displayed a mercury-like shimmer.

It was beautiful, but under the cover of these clouds, even if Lake and Polo climbed to the top of the trees, they couldn't see any further. As for finding someone, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

As for the possible Giant's Castle, there wasn't even a shadow of it.

"The fog is getting a bit heavy at night."

Polo took a deep breath. There were only a few hours left until dawn. It would be better to wait until daytime to search. When the sun came out, both the light and the fog would be much less.

"Yeah."

Lake also nodded. They found a tree that was about five people could embrace, and with a flash of Star Killer Sword's light, they cut out a hole in it.

Entering inside, Polo lit some wood strips at the entrance of the tree hole and went inside.

Green and red vines rose from the ground, wrapping around the entrance of the hole, blocking the moisture from the outside.

"Let's eat something first. We might have to wander around in the forest for a while tomorrow."

As Polo spoke, various foods appeared on the ground in front of him.

This floating island was far larger than Lake and Polo had previously imagined, much wider than the part they saw when looking up from the ground.

Perhaps due to the influence of magic, these floating islands undulated on the sea of clouds.

But they didn't block too much sunlight.

If they were to search this floating island using a traversal method, it would take too much time and be too inefficient.

"Let's rest for a while, there are only a few hours left."

After finishing dinner, Polo and Lake leaned against the tree hole. In the dim environment, Polo suddenly saw something in his bag light up.

His pupils shrank, and he opened the bag, gently taking out the glowing object.

No… there wasn't just one light, but two lights of different colors.

Two gems.

They were the gems found on Seven from the battle in the capital of Bo Ren, one was a spherical orange-red gem, and the other was a slightly sharp green gem.

Their light quickly disappeared after Polo took them out.

"Hmm? Why is this?"

Polo subtly sensed it. He couldn't feel anything unusual about the green gem, but the orange spherical gem still had the Bo Ren-style formation inside operating normally.

Polo had analyzed the formation used to control the Giant Corpse Guard after obtaining it.

It wasn't generated in the gem, but made by someone.

The most important thing was the energy contained within the gem. In other words, the combination of the gem's own special nature and the Bo Ren formation gave it the ability to control the Giant Corpse Guard.

But where did this gem itself come from?

What did the color and the energy within it represent?

Why would Seven have it?

But the journey had been very tight, and Polo had never had time to analyze the magic within.

"It's just, I don't know if the flash just now is related to the Giant King."

Polo thought for a while, put the gems back in his backpack, leaned against Lake, and slowly closed his eyes.

They had been traveling for a long time and knew that in an environment like this, they couldn't fall completely asleep, so even when resting, they were in a light sleep.

As long as there was any disturbance, they could wake up instantly.

But for some reason, this time, the clouds outside the tree hole became denser, and Lake and Polo's spirits seemed to be drawn to the depths of the floating island along with the clouds…

One orange-red and one blue-green, the two gems were shining faintly in the darkness like stars.

"Hmm? Where is this?!"

Polo opened his eyes instantly, and seeing Lake beside him, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"This seems to be a dream, some kind of mental space."

Polo spoke. From the mental construction formation in the magic book, plus the previous Abyss of Wild Dance, Lake and Polo had a sense of déjà vu about their current situation.

The surrounding environment appeared dim, but more details gradually emerged.

An extremely tall palace, as the shadows dissipated, Lake and Polo saw that the red and white dome above, covered with murals, was located hundreds of meters high.

Around them, large pillars covered with carvings, each one thicker than a human tower.

They were neatly arranged, extending into the mist in the distance.

This is the Giant's Palace!

The thought immediately appeared in Lake and Polo's minds.

But why would they be here?

Polo calmed himself. He felt that this summoning was not particularly forceful.

It seemed that he could leave by simply releasing his divine sense, which made him feel a lot more relaxed.

"Boom—Boom—"

Lake and Polo were vigilant, and just then, the ground began to tremble within the distant clouds, and huge footsteps were heard.

Behind the mist, a huge figure gradually revealed its shape.

Its upper body was still hidden in the heavy clouds at the top of the sky, looming and unclear. Lake and Polo could only see two pillars-like legs exposed under the rolling clouds!

Giant King!

Lake and Polo instantly understood the identity of this black shadow. Lake tightly grasped the Star Killer Sword at his waist, and the sword body slowly came out of its sheath.

It flashed with silver starlight as if it had met an old enemy.

That mountain-like figure slowly leaned over, pressing down, like a heavy mountain pressing down on the top of their heads, and a black sun-like head began to emerge from the shadows of the dome.

Two moon-like scarlet and white stars broke through the curtain—

Those were two eyes belonging to the Giant King, under the chaotic and surging cloud threads, they could not see the slightest emotion or expression.