Two New Abilities

Gu Ding returned to his room but didn't immediately enter a meditative state. He had been on edge all day, hadn't rested properly, and was feeling tired after two consecutive battles, so he planned to take a short nap first. Besides, he was waiting for Elizabeth to return to Dragon Dock Star and send him a message, as he would then need to release the six people trapped in his domain.

After a short nap of two or three hours, the communicator finally rang. The number was Elizabeth's encrypted number, and Gu Ding answered the call directly.

"Gu Ding, I've already arrived on Dragon Dock Star. Forget-Worry Star is still under lockdown. However, I just contacted Congress and received two pieces of bad news. One is that the Death Penalty Application against you has been Federal Government. The other, even worse news, is that your companion has been captured. I think his name is Dokter? After being captured, he was directly sent to the Federal Court, where the trial ended a little over an hour ago—a death sentence. The execution will take place on Dragon Dock Star, and the execution date is fifteen days from now."

"I estimate that the death warrants for you will be issued on Dragon Dock Star early tomorrow morning, and the execution notice for Dokter will also be issued at the same time. I advise you not to come; this is clearly a trap. The reason for waiting fifteen days to carry out the executions is to allow enough time to gather more powerful individuals to arrive."

"I understand, thank you. I will release the six guys in my territory immediately." Gu Ding said, and then hung up the call.

After activating the domain, Gu Ding stepped into it.

As soon as he entered, all six people stared at him, waiting for his answer.

"Elizabeth has returned to Dragon Dock Star, you can leave now." As Gu Ding spoke, he swept his hand across the void, and a spatial opening appeared not far in front of the six people.

The six of them quickly rushed inside and escaped from Gu Ding's Exclusive Domain.

"Why not keep these six people as hostages?" the Sea Emperor couldn't help but ask.

"Because those six can't get Dokter back. According to Elizabeth, those people in Congress are determined to take our lives. Even Queen Elizabeth can't stop them, so how could they easily compromise because of a few hostages? Besides, I promised before that as long as Elizabeth heals Bigge, I'll let them go. My Old Dad used to say that a man either doesn't make promises, or he has to keep them, otherwise he's not a man." His Old Dad's way of educating him certainly had a very important influence on Gu Ding's upbringing.

"I've rested for two or three hours, now I'm going to start [the treatment]. Wake me up if anything happens." Gu Ding said, taking out a jar of Beast Blood and opening it. "I wonder how effective this Beast Blood will be?"

Black divine energy slowly overflowed from Gu Ding's hands, transforming into two straw-like threads that probed into the Beast Blood jar. Under the absorption of the divine energy, the bright red Beast Blood continuously flowed into Gu Ding's body. The instant the Beast Blood entered his body, Gu Ding clearly felt that every cell in his body seemed to be joyfully chanting; his Cell Comprehensive Index began to skyrocket, doubling from its original base of one hundred million to two hundred million in less than a few minutes.

While cells were evolving, another force surged into Gu Ding's genetic level, beginning to frantically attack the innate Gene Shackles that blocked Gu Ding's genetic advancement.

About half an hour later, Gu Ding's Cell Comprehensive Index rose to over 400 million points, and the Gene Shackles finally succumbed to the impact and crumbled. A brand new Gene Chain rapidly condensed at a visible speed, and in just a few minutes, the fifth Gene Chain in Gu Ding's body was completely formed. Gu Ding had finally officially become a Ninth-Order Gene Body.

Just after Gu Ding's gene level was advanced, the Sea Emperor's advanced unlocking privileges were finally activated.

However, the changes in Gudin's gene chain did not end there. After the fifth gene chain was fully formed and entered a stable state, one segment of the gene chain began to mutate rapidly. Poseidon also noticed this change in Gudin's gene chain, and he knew that this change meant that new abilities were about to emerge within Gudin's body.

"This is... a natural-type... fire ability?!" Sea Emperor compared the information in the gene pool and discovered that this segment of the gene chain was a fire ability, specifically the most Destruction Flame. However, he wasn't quite sure what kind of flame Gu Ding would acquire. Gu Ding's situation was unique because he already possessed a divine fire seed within him. Once the divine fire seed reached a certain stage of growth, it could be manifested as a fire ability. But Gu Ding's divine fire seed hadn't yet reached that level, and acquiring a fire ability at this time made it somewhat puzzling what kind of flame would appear.

But the Sea Emperor quickly discovered that after Gu Ding's segment of the Gene Chain completed its transformation, it didn't stop. Instead, it extended outwards, guiding adjacent segments of the Gene Chain to change as well, much like a viral infection. The other segment of the Gene Chain changed very slowly because the black energy separated a stream of Beast Blood and transmitted it into Gu Ding's Soul Space.

Seeing that the first jar of Beast Blood had been exhausted, the Sea Emperor quickly took out the second and third jars. Gu Ding's two streams of divine energy directly penetrated the seal and entered the jars of Beast Blood.

With the aid of new energy, a second spark quickly condensed within Gu Ding's Soul Space. As energy continued to pour in, the spark ignited rapidly, its flames turning azure and steadily rising until it exceeded ten meters before finally stopping. Meanwhile, the crimson energy was injected into the original Black Flame that were several meters high, causing them to expand rapidly, soon surpassing ten meters and reaching the same height as the azure Black Flame.

The changes in Gu Ding's Gene Chain were not fully completed until this point.

The cell strengthening continued until, more than half an hour later, the Cell Comprehensive Index reached one billion points before finally stopping.

Gu Ding, who had been immersed in the changes within his body, finally opened his eyes. Sea Emperor also displayed the latest physical detection data:

Name: Gu Ding

Gender: Male

Age: 15

[Gene Level: Ninth Tier]

[Cell Comprehensive Index: 1 billion]

[Mental Strength Index: 1 billion]

Special Ability 1: Level 1 Advanced Berserk (Evolvable)

[Special Ability 2: ** High-Speed Regeneration (Evolvable)**

Special Ability 3: Level 1 Advanced Damage Stacking (Curse Ability) (Evolvable)

[Special Ability 4: Absolute Seal (Level Two Taboo Power) (Evolvable)]

Special Ability 5: ** Advanced Iron Block (Evolvable)**

[Special Ability 6: Level 2 Advanced Attraction and Repulsion Force (Evolvable)]

[Special Ability 7: One-Star Martial Dao Domain (Evolvable)]

Special Ability 8: Destruction Flame

[Ability Description: Possesses destructive fire power that can affect all living and non-living things, reducing everything to nothingness.]

[Ability Limitations: Attack power and range are limited by the strength and magnitude of the user's divine source.]

Special Ability 9: Devouring Flame

[Ability Description: Possesses flame power with the attribute of devouring, applicable to all living and non-living entities, returning the devoured energy to the user.]

[Ability Limitations: Attack power and range are limited by the strength and magnitude of the user's divine source.]

"Gaining two abilities at once?" Gu Ding confirmed that his Gene Level had indeed only increased by one rank.

"Your situation is rather special. You only awakened one type of fire ability, but you already had a seed of Divine Fire Seed within you, which caused a chain reaction. This gave you two types of fire abilities, and you also gained an extra seed of fire." The Sea Emperor hadn't expected Gu Ding to be so lucky. Such natural powers are rare, even one is uncommon, yet Gu Ding obtained two at once.

"Three jars of Beast Blood are gone just like that?" Gu Ding then realized that he had absorbed all three jars of Beast Blood in just over an hour. The Sea Emperor had said that, under normal circumstances, one jar should last for a week.

"Your situation was rather unusual, so it's normal that you consumed blood quickly," the Sea Emperor explained. "What you're experiencing is nothing compared to what Tagore absorbed. He just absorbed eighteen jars of Beast Blood in one go, and he'll probably wake up soon."

"That guy is incomparable to humans." Gu Ding heard the Sea Emperor say this, he knew that Tagore should wake up soon.

"Your Combat Strength has increased again, and you've gained two more area-of-effect attacks, but that's still not enough. If you can't pull your opponents into your domain, without considering damage stacking, your current Combat Strength is only comparable to a one-star god. Even with damage stacking, your maximum Combat Strength barely reaches four stars. You still won't be able to handle opponents of four stars or higher unless you can pull them into your domain. But right now, you can only forcibly pull demigods into your domain. Even one-star gods can resist your domain's power. Therefore, your true Combat Strength can only be calculated without considering the domain's amplification effect."

"Of course, you can also cultivate the Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body in the next few days. With this Beast Blood, your cultivation speed will increase significantly, and you still have a chance to enter the Second Level of the Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body. At that time, your Combat Strength will increase tenfold, and your maximum Combat Strength can barely reach five stars. Basically, you will be able to kill everyone except that guy named Queen."

"Just how strong is that guardian named Queen?!" Gu Ding frowned slightly; that woman was probably the most troublesome problem this time.

"Normally, after Five-Star God, there are no further star levels. But judging from the energy fluctuations caused by the previous Will Projection, the intensity of her Will Projection is at least dozens of times stronger than Five-Star God. If there are star levels after five stars, then the intensity of that Will Projection is at least six stars or higher. In other words, the strength of that guardian's true form is at least comparable to a seven-star deity. I even suspect that the woman might be attempting to break through to a Mid-rank God; otherwise, what was dispatched this time shouldn't just be a Will Projection, but her true form. Because Dragon Dock Star and Forget-Worry Star are too close, even if her true form descends, it won't take more than a few minutes, not much slower than the Will Projection, "the Sea Emperor offered his speculation.

"If it's really as you say, then we have absolutely no chance of winning this time." Gu Ding frowned, unable to think of any other way to deal with the situation.

"If you hadn't mastered two fire abilities, I might have truly run out of ideas. But fate is on our side; my database happens to contain a God Skill called 'Heavenly Burning,' which should be enough for you to contend with that woman named Queen..." The Sea Emperor finally brought some good news. (To be continued.)