Defective Godhood

The Ross Child family's coming-of -Coming-of-age ceremony attracted a considerable number of powerful figures. The Child Family certainly had considerable prestige, having invited two demigods, in addition to the existing demigod within the family, making it a three-person demigod-governing ceremony. Furthermore, there were twenty-three thirteenth-tier experts and over a hundred Twelfth Order experts.

If such power were to coalesce into a force, it would likely be second only to the king's personal guard in the entire Fei Me Universe Country.

However, this force is not a cohesive group, but rather a collection of dozens of small cliques, each with its own agenda and motives that are not entirely pure.

News of Gu Ding's arrival on Red Shield Star spread quickly. The powerful individuals invited to the Coming-of-age ceremony finally learned that the Child Family's enemy was none other than Gu Ding, one of the most famous newcomers in the entire Fei Me Universe Country.

These people had all heard of Gu Ding, as his name had been frequently in the media recently. In particular, the video of him appearing in a tavern with Grand Duke Roland more than half a month ago had over 10 billion views, ranking among the top 100 most-viewed videos of the year in the Fei Me Universe Country. It would be difficult for him not to become famous.

Most of the people attending the coming -Coming-of-age ceremony had seen the video. Unlike ordinary people who only read gossip news, these powerful individuals were mostly focused on Bigge's strike. Although the two who were killed hadn't had time to retaliate, making it impossible to determine their Gene Level, and the media in the video didn't provide any commentary, many of them judged from the speed of the strike Bigge Big possessed Combat Strength comparable to a demigod.

The other members of Gu Ding Team, in previous videos, had only encountered opponents at most Twelfth Order gene entities. But that was more than a month ago, and no one dared to speculate on how much the strength of Gu Ding Team members had changed.

At the Child Family, in the Repentance Tower, Ross remained seated quietly. His back was still ramrod straight, and his impeccably tailored suit was without a single wrinkle.

The heavy tower door was pushed open with a dull thud. Ross, who had his back to the door, slowly opened his eyes after hearing the footsteps and asked without turning his head, "What, it's you again?"

"How did you know it was me?" Lucia asked, somewhat puzzled.

"You can tell from the footsteps; the servants take small, high-frequency steps and try their best to remain silent," Ross explained, turning around. "Besides delivering food, you must have something else to do, right? Have Gu Ding and the others arrived?"

"You guessed right," Lucia said irritably. "They arrived, but instead of coming to our door, they leisurely ate breakfast at a breakfast shop near the port and then strolled around. It's as if they weren't here to cause trouble at all."

"They're waiting for their coming- Coming-of-age ceremony," Ross replied without hesitation.

"In that case, can we send them away before your Coming-of-age ceremony begins? So they don't cause trouble," Lucia thought simply.

"Didn't you want to see Gu Ding?" Ross teased with a smile.

"I just admire him, but I'm not a die-hard fan. For people like us, family comes first. If necessary, we'd even sacrifice our lives, let alone anything else." Lucia shook her head.

Her words silenced Ross for a moment before he spoke again, "Getting Gu Ding out of here won't be easy. Before they cause trouble, the family's experts can't intervene. Otherwise, outsiders will think that our Child Family doesn't welcome visits from Interstellar Pirate and is hostile towards Interstellar Pirate. Some of our family's businesses are closely related to Interstellar Pirate, and we can't leave that impression on our clients."

"Then we can always have someone else do it, right?" Lucia dismissively, pursing her lips.

"The old man has probably thought of everything you can think of. You don't need to worry about this; they've definitely made arrangements." Ross pointed to the food plate that Lucia was carrying. "Aren't you tired after carrying it for so long?"

At the market near the port of Red Shield Star, Gu Ding and his group strolled leisurely. Just as Gu Ding had predicted, the Child Family did nothing more than send people to secretly monitor their movements. They didn't bother to shake off their pursuers, because there was no need.

Moreover, they realized that there was more than one force monitoring them. Gu Ding guessed that at least one other force was the military. But he didn't care about this, because the military's decision not to act immediately had already shown their stance: they didn't want to get involved in his feud with the Child Family.

But Gu Ding also knew that the fact that the military wouldn't intervene and the Child Family wouldn't take direct action didn't mean that the Child Family couldn't instigate others to do so.

At that moment, they were also stopped in the road by a young man.

"Hey, isn't this Gu Ding Team? What a coincidence to run into them in a place like this." The young man looked to be around twenty years old, about two meters tall, with bulging muscles all over his body. He wasn't carrying any weapons, clearly a close-combat martial artist like Gu Ding.

"What a coincidence! You've been following our pigs ever since we disembarked." Elsa ruthlessly exposed his lie.

In fact, it wasn't just Elsa who noticed; everyone else did too, because this muscular man's skill in concealing his aura was truly lacking. The auras of the other observers were very subtle, like stars on a rainy night, barely visible to the naked eye. But his aura was completely like the moon on a clear night—easily seen by anyone with eyes.

The muscular man blushed slightly, coughed awkwardly twice, then looked at Gu Ding and shouted, "Gu Ding, do you dare accept my challenge!"

Gu Ding didn't agree immediately, but instead asked slowly, "What would I gain from accepting your challenge?"

"If you lose, you must take your team and get out of Red Shield Star, and never be allowed to set foot there again." The muscular man recited the lines that someone else had told him.

Upon hearing this, Gu Ding knew without a second thought that this muscular man must have been sent by the Child Family to make this challenge; no ordinary person would make such a request. "Hey, I'm asking about my benefits, not yours."

"Your share? Nobody told me I was supposed to share my share with you," the muscular man muttered under his breath, scratching his head.

"Since there's no benefit to it, I refuse your challenge," Gu Ding said matter-of-factly.

"How can that be? If you don't dare to accept the challenge, are you even a man?" The muscular man got anxious and shouted immediately.

"Is there a necessary causal link between whether I'm a man and whether I accept challenges? If so, please explain. Also, I don't accept challenges that don't bring me any benefit. Not accepting doesn't mean I'm afraid to accept. There's one more thing I feel I need to remind you of: if anyone attacks me while I haven't accepted the challenge, my team will join forces to annihilate them." Gu Ding's words resonated powerfully in the ears of all the onlookers, and in that instant, many sensed the chilling undertone in Gu Ding voice.

The muscular man swallowed hard; Gu Ding's last words had sent a chill down his spine. He'd seen the video of Bigge in the tavern, and with that kind of knife speed, he knew he had no chance of survival. That's why he only dared to challenge Gu Ding, not Gu Ding's entire team. Because within Gu Ding Team, Bigge was someone capable of killing him instantly.

"Then what do you want in return for the challenge?" The muscular man didn't step aside immediately. After a moment of silence, he asked.

"What's the most valuable thing in your Storage Space?" Gu Ding asked directly.

"This..." The muscular man hesitated upon hearing the question.

"Since you have no intention of challenging us, then move aside and don't disturb our shopping." Gu Ding guessed that what could make Thirteenth-Order Gene Body expert hesitate must be a relatively valuable item.

"Fine, I'll tell you," the muscular man said under Gu Ding's pressure. "It's a Defective Godhood."

"What?!" Not only was Gu Ding stunned, but everyone present was shocked.

A divine position, in essence, is something that condenses in the Soul Space when a demigod ascends to godhood. The condensation of a divine position usually occurs in an instant, and only gods possess divine positions. Of course, a demigod can also ascend to godhood by seizing the divine positions of others, but a seized divine position will not grant them the opportunity for advancement.

"I accidentally stumbled into a secret realm three months ago and found this on the ground," the muscular man explained. "I was teleported out as soon as I picked it up."

"Great, I'll take this one!" Gu Ding immediately agreed.

The moment the muscular man revealed his divine status, Sea Emperor blocked all communication systems on the entire planet to prevent anyone from tipping off some demigods.

For a demigod who hasn't ascended to godhood for a long time, a divine position holds a fatal advantage. Even if that position is incomplete, it will certainly be fiercely contested by many.

In the Fei Me Universe Country, only Elizabeth has ascended to godhood, which gives you an idea of how difficult it is to advance from demigod to godhood. If those demigods knew of her existence as a god, they would probably swarm towards her like moths to a flame, recklessly throwing themselves at her.

However, the Sea Emperor also began to worry about the future. He could keep it a secret for a while, but not forever. If Gu Ding obtained this divine position, the news would eventually be exposed, and at that time, the entire team would be relentlessly hunted down by the demigods.

"Gu Ding, we can't take this divine position." Liliath knew the seriousness of the matter. She grabbed Gu Ding's arm and shook her head at him.

"Don't worry, let's get it first. As for how to handle it, I know what I'm doing." Gu Ding nodded. He was well aware that if this thing wasn't handled properly, it would bring endless trouble to himself and his team. (To be continued.)