And thus, while the Martial Sages deployed to the South made their first true world ally despite their terrible ability to lie, the other parts of the continent weren’t quite nearly as lucky.

Amare stood in wait on a coast in the North-East of the Panama Continent, leading sixty Martial Sages and many more Martial Masters, supplied by the Sekigahara Mandate.

The air boiled with tension.

The Martial Sages stood as trepidation bore heavy on their hearts.

Their expressions were hardened with severity as they adopted their stances, ready to launch into action at any moment

Her eyes sharpened with intensity.

“Here they come.”

RUMBLE!!!

The world shook as countless ships of unfathomable magnitude emerged from the direction of the continent of Samarkha.

Boats that stood many kilometers long, wide, and tall, dwarfing even the exquisite ships of the dwarves.

“No…” Sage Shinken murmured with a horrified expression. “Those aren’t ships… they’re just boats.”

Extremely giant boats.

Carrying extremely giant people.

RUMBLE!!!

The Giants sat in massive columns on either side of the boat, manually rowing it with their arms as the giant boat propelled them forward.

Each motion shook the very world around them with great power, causing massive tsunamis to emerge, threatening to destroy the eastern seaboard of the Panama Continent.

“Not on my watch.”

Amare’s voice was as calm as it was certain.

BADUMP!!!

The Martial Sages of human civilization activated their Realms of power, deploying powerful heaven and earth-bending as they halted the destructive waves that threatened to wipe out East Panama.

“If they can cause this much destruction to emerge from such a great distance away, then…” Amare’s expression hardened with grave severity. “Then we cannot allow them to get any closer.”

Her voice grew steely.

“Attack.”

“ATTACK!!!” Sage Shinken and all the other Martial Sages roared with conviction as they surged forth with great power and speed.

Their Martial Embodiments painted themselves across the very canvas of heaven and earth, as it subsumed the very world around them.

They gritted their teeth as they launched a maelstrom of attacks upon the Giants of Samarkha, as countless high principles were deployed with the sole intention.

Amare didn’t even need to inquire about their intentions.

Within their giant eyes lingered hunger and hostility.

They were not interested in peace and harmony.

They had simply come to consume the entire continent.

BOOOM BOOOM BOOOM BOOOM BOOOM!!!!!

RUMBLE!!!!!

The world shook as the mighty boats of the giants were capsized.

And yet, it hardly made any difference.

The giants glared at the Martial Sages with a chilling, inhuman hostility.

“Bedo gadylgy adzikkkr!”

Their voices were filled with rage and emotion.

Each motion they unleashed was one of extraordinary power, even if extraordinarily slow.

RUMBLE!!!!!

The Martial Sages of human civilization circled around the whirling giants, blasting them with long-range and short-range attacks.

BOOOOOM BOOOOOM BOOOOOM BOOOOOM BOOOOOM!!!!!!!

And yet, not even the slightest hint of damage seemed to occur upon the bodies of the Martial Sages.

The giants were stunningly human despite their enormous size, displaying no inhuman characteristics in their bodies and behavior aside from the obvious. They expressed the same sexual dimorphism and secondary sexual characteristics that humans displayed, causing them to express.

And yet, their durability relative to their size was truly extraordinary.

RUMBLE!!!!!

They emerged from the waters of the Great Nam Ocean, standing upon the water with refined technique, deploying just the right frequency of vibrations from their feet to keep even their enormous bodies afloat.

The Martial Sages widened their eyes with shock.

That was a Martial Art technique.

That wasn’t all.

The giants took orthodox martial arts stances, as they surged forth with efficient, trained, and well-honed movements, deploying a systemic sequence of actions that were most suited to their physical configurations.

The attacks of the largest giants proved to be tremendously powerful reaching power levels equal to that of the Sage Realm.

BOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

Their fists flew forward with extraordinary momentum.

The attacks were slow.

And yet, what did it matter when the attacks were larger than mountains?

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!

“Rgh!”

“Argh!”

“Damn!”

Several Martial Sages grimaced from the sheer weight of each individual attack.

And yet, the giants grinned with a very human-like anticipation.

They were just getting started, swiftly following up as they unleashed a maelstrom of powerful attacks one after another with great power and ferocity.

“You will go no further.”

Amare’s tone was absolutely unyielding.

Her open palm surged forth with unfathomable momentum and power.

It tunneled through the very fabric of reality.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!

She effortlessly permeated the sheer power of Her impact across the body of a female giant, whose eyes rolled back, following over into the water unconscious from a single attack.

Amare towered over them, appearing larger than life.

The giants gaped at Her with great fear and awe as they beheld Her Martial Embodiment, brimming with extraordinary power, displaying the millennia of life that She had lived and relived, obtaining a truly astronomical and unfathomable amount of power.

Almost none of them were a challenge for Her.

Almost none of them.

STEP

One male giant emerged before her with a determined expression as his giant green eyes blazed with willpower.What followed shook every single Martial Sage where they stood.

It shook all of them.

BADUMP!!!!!!!!!!

Their eyes widened as blindingly bright blood-red streaks of glowing power emerged from deep within the depths of his body, spreading across his entire body as his circulatory system shined with blinding power unlike anything they had ever seen in their entire lives.

“This…” Sage Shinken whispered with a horrified tone. “This is a…!”

There was no mistaking the phenomenon they were all intimately familiar with.

It was a Martial Heart.

RUMBLE!!!!!!!!

The world shook violently as the male giant unleashed vastly greater power and energy, unlike almost anything they had ever felt.

RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

The sheer weight of the shockwave alone was enough to blast away almost all the Martial Sages, leaving only Amare left to challenge.

She adopted her stance with a serious expression.

And then, all hell broke loose.

RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!