The Terrifying Heaven Burning First Form

Before the dust had even settled, Queen vaguely saw a figure still standing proudly. Without a second thought, she knew it was Gu Ding. Within her domain, there was no one else besides herself and Gu Ding. The moment she saw that figure, she knew things hadn't gone as she'd imagined. Gu Ding hadn't been killed; in fact, he seemed to have grown considerably stronger.

Queen watched from afar, waiting for the dust to settle completely. She did not act rashly; when faced with unknown events, one should not act blindly—this was a lesson her teacher had taught her many years ago.

Gu Ding remained standing still, which intensified her unease. Meanwhile, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and she finally saw clearly the changes that had occurred in Gu Ding.

"What is this?!" Queen had never seen the effect of a human body becoming elemental before. At this moment, Gu Ding looked like a fire elemental; his entire body was semi-transparent, though his features were still recognizable. Countless bluish-black flames emanated from his body and spread to his surface, his feet hovering about an inch off the ground. Queen could clearly sense the terrifyingly powerful energy contained within Gu Ding's body.

Gu Ding was still adapting to his new body. After acquiring it, his basic Combat Strength was directly boosted to the peak of a Five-Star Low-rank God, a thousand times stronger than a newly ascended Five-Star Low-rank God, and infinitely close to the strength of a true god. His body, too, was in an extremely unstable state, yet under the influence of the "Burning Heaven" technique, it maintained a delicate balance. It not only possessed the physical strength of Five-Star Low-rank God -level god but also the characteristics of two types of flames. His body had a layer of flame defense; attacks that couldn't penetrate it would be directly destroyed and devoured, turning into pure energy that was fed back to his body. The attack Queen had just launched was thus devoured.

While his body had become much stronger, it also brought some limitations. Aside from forbidden abilities, all other abilities and techniques unrelated to fire were unusable. Even the Golden Armament automatically retracted into his body, and all of Gu Ding's amplification abilities lost their effect. However, this wasn't a major problem for Gu Ding. With this powerful body, he could maximize his close-combat abilities. Although Limitless Body Technique no longer provided an amplification, the techniques themselves could still be used normally.

Not far away, Queen's eyes flashed with determination after she saw the changes in Gu Ding. She could clearly feel that the energy fluctuations emanating from Gu Ding's body were no less than those of her own true self. She knew that if she held back any longer, she would likely be the one to lose.

She took a deep breath, calmed herself, gripped the hilt of the longsword with both hands, and frantically poured her divine energy into it.

A moment later, the originally silver blade turned golden, and the gold grew increasingly intense, as if light was emanating from within the longsword, transforming it into a golden lightsaber. It flew directly from Queen's hand and shot towards Gu Ding's location.

The entire area seemed to be disturbed by this attack, with strange rumbling sounds echoing through it.

Gu Ding finally came to his senses. He looked up and saw the golden sword light. Without hesitation, he clenched his fist and delivered a powerful Steel Fist without any fancy moves.

"Boom!" The moment the sword light collided with the fiery fist, the entire domain space seemed to explode as if countless nuclear bombs were exploding simultaneously. The deafening sound reverberated through every corner of the domain.

Not only was the ground trembling and collapsing under the intense energy impact, but the entire sky also felt precarious, as if it might collapse at any moment. And this was only the first wave of energy impact.

The energy surge from the impact was more intense with each wave, creating a continuous, deafening roar.

When the second wave of attacks arrived, the ground finally couldn't withstand it and collapsed first.

The third wave of impact swept out, and cracks appeared in the sky, which continued to expand under the impact of energy.

After the fourth wave of impact passed, the unhealable gaping holes in the sky were finally torn apart and collapsed.

Under the fifth wave of impact, the entire domain finally began to collapse, and the aftershocks of energy dissipated from the cracks in space.

On the execution ground, several spatial rifts suddenly appeared, and a powerful force rippled out through them, blowing many demigods off balance.

"What happened?!" The sudden energy surge was utterly terrifying.

But soon everyone saw where the energy aftershocks came from: black spatial rifts were being torn apart and expanded, and streams of energy were constantly dissipating.

Many people know that this is a harbinger of the impending collapse of the domain.

As expected, under the impact of the sixth wave of energy, the domain space completely collapsed, and two figures slowly appeared from the black spatial rift.

One figure hovered steadily in the void, while the other figure was sent flying backward as if struck.

After six waves of impact, Queen's divine body was nearly destroyed. If her domain hadn't completely shattered and the spatial rift hadn't absorbed a significant portion of the energy waves, her Will Projection would likely have been annihilated. Without her energy support, the golden longsword finally lost its luster, flew back, and returned to Queen's hand.

Queen, who was being thrown backward, was quickly caught by Elizabeth, who used her quick reflexes to deflect the force from her. However, this Will Projection of Queen's will was completely rendered Combat Strength.

Queen lost!!!

This was an outcome that no one had anticipated.

Many people turned their gazes toward Gu Ding, noticing his Gu Ding no longer in human form. To be more precise, he was more like a fiery spirit, his body semi-transparent and floating in the air.

If it weren't for the fact that his face was still Gu Ding's, no one would have recognized him at all. In this state of flames, his body had swelled to the size of an adult male, nearly two meters tall, and his bulging muscles were still faintly visible even under the flames.

"Gu Ding alright?" Liliath looked at Bigge and Robert with some concern. Besides Gu Ding, they were the strongest, and she couldn't find anyone else to ask. No other member of the team had ever seen Gu Ding in this form before.

"He's fine, don't worry. His current state is just an effect of using a special technique," replied Liliath Sea Emperor.

The Sea Emperor's words put everyone at ease.

"Queen, you've lost." Gu Ding finally spoke. "I don't want anyone else to stop us from taking Dokter away."

Gu Ding's voice echoed across the square, and after a long while, no one raised any objections.

Gu Ding then floated up and flew towards the Execution Platform.

Just then, a purple figure also rose up and blocked Gu Ding's path.

The appearance of that figure caused many people to gasp in surprise.

"Your Majesty, do not go!"

Standing in front of Gu Ding was Elizabeth.

Many people silently mourned for Elizabeth, because even Queen was no match for Gu Ding. Although Elizabeth's cultivation was not weak, there was still a certain gap between her and Queen, and she had not experienced much actual combat.

The two men floated and faced each other less than ten meters from the Execution Platform.

"Are you really going to stop me?" Gu Ding didn't immediately make a move as others had expected, but asked calmly.

"I am still the ruler of the Fei Me Universe Country, while you are wanted Wanted Criminal on death row." Elizabeth forced a smile.

"I'm sorry, I have to take Dokter away with me," Gu Ding said, his figure blurring.

He tried to bypass Elizabeth, but Elizabeth was also quite agile, appearing in front of Gu Ding once more. A soft sword flashed from her waist, its purple light piercing towards Gu Ding's chest.

Without dodging or avoiding, Gu Ding charged straight forward, only to see the sword's edge pierce his chest. Elizabeth was momentarily stunned. But in the next instant, Gu Ding grabbed her by the waist and threw her downwards, crashing into the spot where she had been sitting.

Elizabeth wanted to make another move, but found that all her strength had been completely suppressed. Only then did she realize that her sword strike had not caused any damage to Gu Ding at all.

Gu Ding finally leaped onto the Execution Platform, and Sea Emperor immediately unlocked the shackles on Dokter's body. Gu Ding grabbed Dokter's wrist and jumped off the platform.

Just then, a black shadow, like a whip, suddenly appeared from the void and lashed out in the direction where Gu Ding was.

Gu Ding immediately sensed the danger. He threw Dokter out with one hand, and the dark blue flames around him instantly surged several levels as he threw a punch to meet the attack.

"Boom!" The energy ripples generated by the collision Steel Fist and the black whip shadow instantly spread out, blowing many demigods off balance.

The black whip shadow retreated immediately upon contact, but then two screams rang out from the crowd.

Gu Ding looked up and saw the spot Lei Lute Johnny and Lei Lute were hiding Johnny. Both of them had completely disappeared from sight.

Almost simultaneously, Queen was also attacked. But she managed to block it, and only then did Gu Ding realize that the attackers were the same as those who attacked him—a black whip-like shadow.

"Who is it?! Playing tricks!" Gu Ding's loud shout echoed, clearly reaching the ears of everyone present.

"What happened?" The whip shadow appeared so fast that many demigods didn't even see the attack.

Just then, the black whip appeared again, this time targeting Robert from the Gu Ding Team...