You All, Come at Me Together
At the execution ground, everyone looked into the distance, because the video showed that Gu Ding Team was not far from the execution ground.
After leaving the port, Gu Ding and his group encountered no further interception. Everything that happened at the port had been observed; any attempt to intercept them would only result in them being humiliated and sent to their doom.
About three hundred meters from the Execution Platform, atop a hundred-story building, Gu Ding stood proudly, expressionless as he looked down. He saw that Dokter was still unharmed on the Execution Platform, then his gaze shifted to the direction where Elizabeth and the others were, where he also saw the woman sitting to Elizabeth's left.
The woman looked up and met Gu Ding's gaze. A powerful aura emanated from her, and everyone present felt immense pressure. However, her aura abruptly subsided, and she shifted her gaze Gu Ding Gu Ding Team.
With a light step, Gu Ding leaped from the nearly 300-meter-high building, followed by the other five members, who glided towards the Execution Platform like six owls, their clothes billowing.
Almost simultaneously, some demigods lurking in the shadows finally made their move. The empty space, with nowhere to draw strength, was perfect for a long-range attack.
Several gunsmiths and telekinetic practitioners had locked onto Gu Ding and his companions, preparing to strike, only to find themselves decapitated in the next instant. The one who made the move was a terrifyingly fast black shadow.
After beheading six demigods in succession, Tagore's slender figure landed lightly. He then fixed his gaze on Queen, flicking his tail slightly before looking away. Since becoming a demigod, his strength had increased dramatically. In the vast execution ground, he only felt pressure from the woman named Queen; he paid no attention to the others.
The crowd surrounding the execution ground finally witnessed firsthand the immense power of Gu Ding Team. Even a mere cat was so powerful it seemed insurmountable. The six demigods, having repaired their heads, had also exhausted seventy or eighty percent of their energy and dared not attack again.
Gu Ding and the others finally landed at this moment. The intense fall created several deep craters in front of the Execution Platform.
Gu Ding, who had been half-crouching, slowly stood up, his feet already surrounded by rubble.
His gaze fell on the middle-aged man seated to Elizabeth's right, for the Sea Emperor had already told him that this man was the Speaker of the Council of the Senate. He slowly spoke, "Today, anyone who wants to obstruct us may do so. Everyone has one chance to act. If you lose, please step back. If anyone attempts to act a second time, we will kill them on the spot!"
Many demigods were stunned by these words and dared not act rashly, for fear of making a fool of themselves.
Seeing that no one moved, Gu Ding took a step forward.
At that moment, a figure suddenly darted out—it was Medea, dressed in a Black Suit. Medea hadn't expected that in just six months, Gu Ding would grow to such a terrifying level. Just six months ago, he was merely a boy she could easily toy with in the Virtual Arena. But now, he possessed the terrifying power to annihilate gods.
Seeing Medea leap out, Elsa, standing beside Gu Ding, was about to attack, but Gu Ding stopped her, saying, "Medea, I was indeed no match for you six months ago, but now..."
"Gu Ding. You have your principles, and I have mine. If you want to save people, you'll have to get past me first." Medea's figure was still alluring, but all her charm had turned into helplessness.
"Since that's the case, then let's fight!" Gu Ding took a step forward, facing Medea directly.
Medea twitched her left little finger, and dozens of chains appeared without warning, extending towards Gu Ding's location. Her right hand lashed out with a long whip, the whip's shadows leaping like small black snakes, biting down at Gu Ding. The strength she displayed now was more than twice that of her previous battle with Dokter; clearly, she hadn't unleashed her full power during Dokter fight.
Gu Ding, however, remained completely calm. A burst of black flame suddenly seeped from his body, frantically engulfing the whip shadows and chains. After a moment, the flames gradually dissipated, the whip shadows vanished completely, and the chains disappeared as well.
This was the first time that Gu Ding had shown his fire abilities to everyone. Apart from Gu Ding and the Sea Emperor, no one else, including Liliath and her group, knew what his new ability was until now.
Liliath's eyes widened even more, because Gu Ding's flame form was very similar to her own flame form, both being black, but unlike her own cursed flames, she could feel heat from Gu Ding's flames.
"It even has a Logia-type ability..." Queen became even more interested in Gu Ding.
Medea was also deeply shaken. Others might not know the special nature of Gu Ding's flames, but she knew very well that her attacks, once entering the range of those flames, had their divine energy rapidly devoured and decomposed, causing her attacks to automatically disintegrate due to the lack of energy support. But that attack just now was almost her strongest move. If even such a move was ineffective against Gu Ding, then she had essentially been defeated without a fight.
But she felt things couldn't end there. Gritting her teeth, she decided to use a final move she hadn't even mastered. Gripping the whip handle with both hands, she frantically channeled her inner energy into the whip.
Seeing her actions, Gu Ding roughly knew what she was planning to do, but he didn't intend to stop her.
This energy input is used to summon the Artifact Spirit. Unlike the sealed divine axe that Gu Ding obtained before, Medea's whip is not sealed, so summoning its Artifact Spirit is much simpler.
Medea poured almost all of her energy into the whip, which then flew out of her hand and began to undergo a rapid, visible change.
The black leather whip quickly transformed into a giant black python nearly a hundred meters long, its eyes emitting a blinding white light.
The giant python raised its body high and scanned the crowd, but then fixed its gaze on Gu Ding.
This giant python was at least Three-Star Low-rank God in its previous life. Gu Ding could sense that its aura strength was roughly between Johnny and Lei Lute, weaker than Johnny but much stronger Lei Lute.
Once it locked onto its target, the giant python's thick tail lashed out at Gu Ding with lightning speed.
Gu Ding the attack with a quick movement, but the giant python's tail relentlessly pursued him, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
"Since that's the case, let's go head-to-head!" After several unsuccessful attempts to dodge, Gu Ding suddenly turned around and stopped, unleashing eight powerful punches in quick succession that collided violently with the snake's tail.
Gu Ding's Cell Comprehensive Index has increased tenfold, and his Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body has also increased from tenfold to one hundredfold, making him hundreds of times stronger than before. Even without using his domain, he possesses the Combat Strength of Two-Star Low-rank God. With his damage multiplied by one hundred and twenty-eightfold, he now possesses the Combat Strength of a four-star god.
Upon impact, the tail of the black python, which possessed only a three-star Combat Strength, disintegrated and began to crumble from the tail. The disintegration spread rapidly upwards at a speed visible to everyone, and within seconds, only half of its body remained. Several more seconds passed, and the once terrifying python completely disintegrated and vanished, leaving only a long black whip in Gu Ding's hand.
Gu Ding flicked his finger, sending the whip arcing through the air and landing in Medea's hand. Medea lowered her head and remained silent for a moment. "I have lost."
Although she was unwilling, she still frankly admitted her defeat, and a complete one at that. Putting away her whip, she looked at Elizabeth and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to resign from my position in the military."
"You dare?!" Sen Na was so angry he almost stood up. His daughter, Medea, was the leading candidate for the next ruler, and the one Elizabeth had strongly recommended to the Federal Government. Elizabeth also hoped Medea would succeed her, and Sen Na had poured countless efforts into ensuring his daughter's succession. The reason he had gone to such lengths to suppress the "kidnapping" of Elizabeth was to ensure his daughter's record remained unblemished. But now, she was resigning from her position in the military, which meant giving up the race for the throne.
Medea didn't even glance at her father, but continued to Elizabeth, "Your Majesty, I have felt deeply inadequate in my strength recently. I wish to find a place to cultivate in seclusion and break through to the God-rank. Afterwards, I will go to the Universe Sea to continue my training as an Interstellar Wanderer. I will sever all shackles and only seek to become stronger."
"Your Majesty, you cannot agree to her request. She has acted rashly." Sen Na quickly intervened.
Elizabeth was silent for a moment before nodding. "Medea, your decision might be impulsive. I can give you three months to consider it. During these three months, you can temporarily relinquish your position and do what you want. If you still decide to leave after three months, we will then meet with Congress to discuss it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Medea bowed to Elizabeth, then turned and disappeared into the crowd, never once glancing at her father.
Sen Na didn't object to Elizabeth's approach, because Elizabeth couldn't possibly disregard Medea's feelings entirely; this method had taken both sides' perspectives into account. He simply watched his daughter leave, his eyes filled with helplessness.
"Anyone else want to join the fight?" Since they were already old acquaintances, Gu Ding wisely refrained from interrupting Medea's resignation application until this moment when he spoke again. "If you think you can't win alone, I don't mind if you all come at me together."
The arrogant attitude in these words thoroughly provoked the anger of many demigods.
(Both updates tomorrow will have to be in the evening... I'll only have time to write after I see my friend off...)