Chapter 448: The Collapsing Giant

In the wake of the modified warhead was a burning trail of fire, distorting the surrounding space with its intense heat, warping the air into a shimmering mirage.

The trail extended hundreds of kilometers.

This trail, created within a second by the missile's rapid movement, was just one of the effects of the warhead targeting the King of the Giants.

The surrounding heat of over three thousand degrees made the missile glow with a layer of molten crystal.

The incredible speed of the missile was due to York's intricate theoretical guidance, creating a vacuum kinetic channel, similar to the principles of quantum tunneling.

To illustrate, it was like compressing a spring to its utmost limit.

Additionally, the telekinetic drill encasing the missile increased its penetrative damage while allowing it to break through the air resistance.

All these factors combined enabled the missile to seemingly teleport across hundreds of kilometers within a second, arriving right in front of the King of the Giants.

The immense impact left a thin black line beneath the missile.

Yet oddly, it made little noise, producing only a faint, piercing sound.

"What is this thing?"

The King of the Giants' crystalline pupils contracted slightly, instinctively wanting to swing its massive stone axe.

However, its towering body, though powerful and imposing, made it a larger target and naturally slower.

Air and gravity exerted invisible pressure.

As the giant king swung its axe, its eyes fixed on the tiny drill, and it clenched its empty left hand tightly.

Realizing it couldn't block in time, it could only brace for impact.

Boom!

From its chest, wide as a football field, a giant stone column emerged, thrusting toward the incoming missile.

"I am the King of the Giants! All mountains bow to my command!"

With a thunderous roar, the giant king's stone column collided with the missile.

Boom!

The column's tip began to melt under the intense heat, turning into a lava-like state, which was essentially liquid rock!

The missile drilled through the molten lava, continuing towards the solid parts.

"Science doesn't lie. When the temperature exceeds three thousand degrees, the mineral composition and structure of the rock undergo a drastic phase change. This change reduces the rock's strength and rigidity, causing thermal expansion and contraction, creating stress and new cracks. The continued heating evaporates water and gases from these cracks, exacerbating the stress and structural changes. At such high temperatures, the rock quickly melts into lava, destroying its solid structure and weakening the bonds between mineral particles, greatly reducing its hardness..."

York smiled slightly. Since delving into particle physics, he had fallen in love with science, appreciating it as a systematic body of knowledge. Humanity's quest to understand and harness everything is the essence of science!

That's why he used telekinesis to heat the missile, reducing its hardness before drilling through the giant's body!

"Of course, if you knew science like I do," York mused, his gaze crossing the vast distance to the giant. "Although the nature of rocks like granite and limestone differ, they still can't withstand this heat and penetration."

Meanwhile.

The King of the Giants watched the strange object melt through its stone column, finally showing emotion in its crystal-like eyes. It couldn't understand how something so small could unleash such power.

As this thought flashed, the missile breached its defenses and pierced its chest.

At that moment, York snapped his fingers.

The missile embedded in the giant's chest exploded.

Boom! The explosion rocked the giant's chest, dislodging huge stones that fell, creating deep craters below.

"Roar!"

The giant roared in pain.

A hole over twenty meters wide and long appeared in its chest.

The edges of the hole melted into red-hot lava, forming a molten, hollowed-out wound.

For a human, this would be fatal, but not for the giant.

"Olaf! Come out and fight!"

The King of the Giants, maddened by pain, ignored the gaping, molten wound and charged toward its enemy, even as lava flowed from the edges.

"It reminds me of Malphite, the molten beast from the game," York thought, watching the charging giant. 

In his view, the giant's rushing wind had cooled and solidified the lava into lava rock.

As it ran, stones gradually filled the hole in its chest, eventually restoring it.

"Huh? Could it be..." York raised an eyebrow, considering a possibility.

"Could it be that as long as there are stones, as long as the earth or even the entire planet exists, this stone giant king will never die as long as its essence remains?"

York instinctively looked at the shaking ground, the tremors growing stronger, and mused.

"Is this why Saint Olaf II chose to seal this creature?"

York suddenly understood.

He realized why, despite the slaughter of nearly all Norse gods, this giant king remained.

Given Saint Olaf II's ruthless purge of Norse gods, a giant causing such devastation and eliciting worship couldn't have survived.

"I get it now," York murmured.

"What did you realize, Uncle York?" Alesha asked, her eyes narrowed.

"It's still alive despite everything! So strong!"

"Because as long as its essence endures and there are stones in this world, it won't die," York replied calmly.

"Like I used to be?" Alesha asked in surprise.

"Yes, similar. You relied on the faith of your people; it relies on stones. We're essentially fighting on its home turf."

York acknowledged Alesha's words. She used to survive on the faith of Native Americans, but now, having accidentally broken free, she possessed a body and was different.

As he spoke, York saw the giant approaching, its impact growing stronger, and waved his hand.

Behind him, nearly two hundred missiles floated out of their truck beds, hovering above him and Alesha.

Alesha looked up at the floating missiles, recalling how she had watched Uncle York control countless warheads before.

But now, these two hundred missiles seemed fewer, not filling the sky as they once did.

"Penetration!"

"Heat!"

"Kinetic energy!"

"Amplification!"

"…"

York modified all two hundred missiles, making them more powerful against the giant than even nuclear weapons.

Floating above, the missiles distorted the surrounding space, making it uninhabitable for ordinary humans.

Even vehicles below began to melt into molten metal and explode, and tents had long since vanished.

Shielding himself and Alesha, York breathed softly.

"Go!"

At his command.

In the silent void, the two hundred missiles vanished.

Leaving behind clear trails of fire.

The missiles had pierced through space, heading straight for the giant king.

Indeed.

As Alesha stood on tiptoe, hands forming makeshift binoculars, the missiles reached the giant.

The giant also noticed the swarm of missiles occupying the entire space before it.

Dense and ominous.

One side was a two-hundred-meter-tall stone giant, every move shaking the heavens. The other side was two hundred missiles, distorting space with silent menace.

The scene was both magnificent and terrifying.

"Roar!"

But the giant knew these objects were dangerous, having learned from the previous missile. Now, two hundred of them triggered a sense of crisis.

Prepared from the previous encounter, it had already braced itself while running.

Swinging its massive stone axe, its power shook the sky.

The giant didn't just rely on its axe. As it swung, its right foot stomped down.

Boom!

The ground beneath its foot formed a deep pit, with thick cracks spreading like dragons.

A wall of stone surged up, blocking the missiles.

The thick stone wall was instantly penetrated by the missiles, leaving molten holes.

York, watching, raised an eyebrow, impressed by the giant's tactics.

"Impressive, King of the Giants. But stone walls can't withstand such heat."

True to his words, no matter how thick the wall, the missiles burned through, leaving molten cavities.

The giant's goal wasn't to block, but to delay the missiles momentarily.

With a roar, the giant's axe finally struck the missiles.

As the axe grew larger, it slammed into the missiles.

The axe and the missile shield collided, creating a powerful shockwave.

"Roar!"

But as York anticipated, the stone axe couldn't withstand the combined heat and penetration.

The axe melted instantly upon impact, and without its force, it couldn't breach the missile shield.

The giant, failing to grasp this, watched its axe melt and resorted to punching the missiles.

The result was the same; the giant's fist melted under the intense heat.

In the end, the giant's axe and fist both melted away.

Unobstructed, the missiles crashed into the giant's chest, legs, head, and eyes.

"A pity. Just a stone creature with no special skills. As long as it's stone, it's severely limited, though it won't die."

York snapped his fingers again, detonating the missiles.

Boom, boom, boom!

Explosions erupted on the giant, forming bright fireballs.

"Roar!"

The giant roared, unable to withstand the assault, its body riddled with holes.

Its legs were blown off, its chest a gaping void, and its head partially melted into lava.

Boom!

Missing key parts, the giant collapsed like a toppling skyscraper, raising a cloud of dust.

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