Evolve from a Tree

1Su Mu's tree roots quickly wrapped around every part of the Stone Giant's body. Just as he exerted his strength, the mud surrounding the deep pit instantly collapsed and caved in.    1

    

The soil turned into fine, quicksand, and rough gravel buried the pit.    

    

Su Mu didn't relax at all. If it was a human or any other living creature who was trapped by so much quicksand and unable to move, it would be hard for them to escape death.    

    

But the one buried in the deep pit was not a human, but a Stone Giant.    

    

It did not need to breathe to survive. At most, it just felt a little stuffy.    

    

Squeak squeak squeak!    

    

A sound that would make one's teeth sour continuously came out from the deep pit, the quicksand on the surface of the crater trembled non-stop by the sound, this kind of force was enough to squash steel into a round shape, but it was still unable to do anything to the Stone Giant.    

    

With the help of the tree root, Su Mu saw that the Stone Giant's body had a layer of yellow light. It was this light that helped the Stone Giant avoid being dismembered.    

    

Su Mu frowned. This earthen yellow halo was the same as a tortoise shell. If it couldn't break through this layer of hard tortoise shell, it would be difficult for Su Mu to do any substantial damage to it with just the power of his root hair.    

    

"As expected of an existence that can become a Aperture Stage. You truly have two hands."    

    

This seemingly monotonous turtle shell was not simple. At first, Su Mu thought it was made up of spiritual energy, but later he realized that it wasn't. The spiritual energy was just a primer, pulling the earth element onto its body surface to form a shield.    

    

There were countless of these earth elements, the Stone Giant only needed to consume a bit of spirit energy to be able to gather a lot of earth elements. As long as it remained in the earth, this protective shield would never disappear.    

    

As time passed, the defensive strength of this barrier would continue to increase.    

    

After Su Mu realized this, he did not hurry to drag the Stone Giant out of the quicksand. No matter how strong the Stone Giant was, it would not be able to cause any substantial harm to him.    

    

Aperture Stage was a rare sight, he might as well use it as an opportunity to test his own strength.    

    

That's right, Su Mu thought of the huge Stone Giant as a reliable tool to measure his strength. If the Stone Giant knew Su Mu's thoughts, it would have immediately cut itself off without saying a word.    

    

Su Mu's roots continued to increase in strength.    

    

From three to five, the Stone Giant's outer shell did not budge at all.    

    

This ironclad man's struggle was still very strong. It was obvious that five points of strength was not enough to make him feel pain or itchiness.    

    

Su Mu was happy instead of being surprised. The stronger the Stone Giant's defensive ability, the better it was. Su Mu really wanted the Stone Giant's armor to be beaten up so badly.    

    

It would be such a pity if he accidentally squashed this Ironheart with a little force.    

    

Six percent of strength, the Stone Giant remained unmoved.    

    

With seventy percent of his strength, the earthen yellow halo rippled like water. The Stone Giant was no longer as composed as it was before.    

    

Obviously, Su Mu's seventy percent strength was a threat to it.    

    

Su Mu increased his strength by a little bit and the earthen-yellow tortoise shell immediately emitted a crackling sound. Fine cracks appeared on the hard tortoise shell.    

    

"The limit is eighty percent of strength." Su Mu muttered in his heart and was a bit disappointed.    

    

He still had not used his full strength yet, and the Stone Giant was already starting to run out of steam.