Life Back on Track

(The second update is almost an hour late... Today is Qixi Festival, wishing everyone a happy festival~~)

Willis gave Gu Ding ten hours because he needed ten hours to reinforce the barrier around the Giant Wood Forest.

Ten hours seem exceptionally short during such a bountiful harvest; they pass in the blink of an eye.

Gu Ding and his group regrouped at the entrance, and Willis soon appeared as well, but Queen was nowhere to be seen. She was a deity herself, and Dragon Dock Star wasn't far from Forget-Worry Star, so returning to Dragon Dock Star posed no obstacle for her.

Gu Ding had long since broken free of his flame form and returned to his original boyish appearance.

When Willis saw him, he was taken aback at first, but then he realized what was happening and, after looking him over carefully, said with obvious surprise, "I didn't know you were so small!"

"You're not a child anymore, you'll be sixteen next month." Gu Ding really dislikes being treated like a child.

Willis couldn't help but mutter to himself, "What are kids eating these days? They're all so incredibly strong..."

"Uncle, can you take us directly to the port of Dragon Dock Star?" Gu Ding asked without any politeness.

Willis didn't say much, simply waving his hand, and moments later, everyone appeared at the port of Dragon Dock Star. This was Willis's special ability, allowing him to perform short-distance interstellar teleportation. Gu Ding and his group had been teleported to Forget-Worry Star by Willis in the same way.

"Young man, let's part ways here." After saying this, Willis suddenly transmitted his Way of Sound Gu Ding alone, "Don't tell anyone about the Sacred Giant Tree Fruit. Even High-rank God would try to steal it. If anyone finds out you have it, you'll be in big trouble."

Gu Ding nodded. "Uncle, until we meet again!"

Willis's figure quickly faded away in front of Gu Ding and his group, clearly indicating that he had teleported himself away.

Just then, as the group was heading towards the spaceship's location, they heard the Sea Emperor's voice, "I have bad news and good news. Which do you want to hear first?"

"Could our spaceship have been destroyed by the Federal Government?" Gu Ding offered his guess when he heard the Sea Emperor say this at this time.

The Sea Emperor was silent for a moment. He hadn't expected Gu Ding to guess correctly. "Congratulations, you answered correctly, but there is no reward."

"Then can we steal Elizabeth's Phoenix?" Liliath asked with a wicked grin.

"I agree too!" Elsa immediately raised her hand in agreement, because the two women had fallen in love with the Phoenix when they first saw Elizabeth's Phoenix.

The group wasn't too concerned about losing the spaceship because Gu Ding had mentioned before arriving at Dragon Dock Star that there was a high chance the spaceship had been deliberately destroyed, and everyone had prepared themselves mentally for that.

"Forget about the Phoenix, it's too conspicuous, and Elizabeth's ship has undergone professional modifications. No matter where it's docked, the Federal Government will recognize it immediately." Gu Ding shook his head, casting a negative vote. "Sea Emperor, tell me the good news, have you found a replacement ship?"

"Our original Golden Eagle was smashed to pieces by two demigods shortly after we left port, and I haven't had a chance to tell you about it until now," Sea Emperor explained. "However, in the few hours we've been away from Dragon Dock Star, someone disposed of our ship's wreckage and left behind a brand-new Golden Eagle where we left it. This new ship is the latest model, V18. It's the eighteenth generation of the Golden Eagle series. Its capabilities are several times stronger than our previous fifteenth generation. I checked, and this ship is unclaimed; it was probably a gift from Elizabeth and the others."

Gu Ding and his group had reached the original landing site of the Golden Eagle and saw the brand-new Golden Eagle. This spaceship was mainly decorated in ice blue and white, and its size was about 20 percent larger than the original Golden Eagle.

"So cool!" Dokter's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He already thought Gu Ding's Golden Eagle was pretty cool, but this one was clearly much better.

"Whether it was given to us by Elizabeth or not, this spaceship is ours now." Gu Ding walked straight toward the spaceship.

Sea Emperor easily unlocked the hatch, and everyone stepped inside with practiced ease.

Everyone was quite satisfied with the fully equipped facilities and the already furnished bedrooms.

"It seems the Queen is quite fond of us," Liliath said, winking at Gu Ding. "It would be great if she could really join our team. She's strong enough, beautiful, and so far, she's handling things well."

Gu Ding completely ignored Liliath's teasing, "Sea Emperor, let's go."

The spaceship quickly took off, and the group began to talk about their gains in the Giant Wood Forest.

"We extracted eighty-seven bottles of Beast Blood, sixty-three of which were two-star and two were three-star. We also picked twenty-six spirit fruits." Liliath felt that this amount was already quite substantial, considering that she and Dokter did not have enough strength to help, and only Robert was fighting alone.

"We extracted 118 bottles of Beast Blood, 12 of which were two-star and 3 were three-star. We only had six spirit fruits, and we didn't pick many." Bigge scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly. None of his group had picked any fruits; they had only picked those six because they were so close by.

"Gu Ding, what about you?" Liliath thought Gu Ding must have made a lot, and everyone else thought so too. "You didn't actually make more than all of us combined, did you?"

"I didn't pick any spirit fruits," Gu Ding said, then had the Sea Emperor take stock of his spoils and reported the data compiled by the Sea Emperor: "586 bottles of four-star Beast Blood and 83 bottles of five-star Beast Blood."

"And there are 114 Energy Knot of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine!" the Sea Emperor added, but he didn't mention the fruit of the Sacred Giant Tree.

"How did you manage to obtain so much Beast Blood? Is there some kind of technique?" Liliath genuinely felt that Robert had already killed those giant beasts very quickly, but Gu Ding's amount of Beast Blood was several times that of the other two.

"My flame transformation lasted for less than two hours after I entered the forest. During those two hours, I only hunted four-star beast packs. I charged straight into the packs, beat all the monsters to a pulp, and then bled them one by one." Gu Ding nodded and shared his secret. "After the flame transformation ended, I could only kill them one-on-one, just like you guys, so my hunting speed decreased a lot."

This trick left Liliath speechless; it was clearly something others couldn't learn. Let alone a group of Four-Star Low-rank God, even just one would be difficult for them to handle.

"The Energy Knot of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine, are they the energy spheres we mentioned before?" Elsa asked another question. "Why did that old man give them to you?"

Gu Ding then recounted what had happened, omitting the part about the Sacred Giant Tree giving away the sacred fruit.

From the battle with Boti onward, many members suffered heavy losses, Gu Ding and the others never had a moment of peace. Initially, their task was to find a doctor for Bigge and treat Bigge. After Bigge woke up, Dokter was captured again. To rescue Dokter, everyone entered a frenzied training phase, culminating in the battle on Dragon Dock Star.

Only then did all the team members finally get together again. The tension of the past few days was relieved on this day. Everyone chatted about their own topics until it was late at night. Everyone felt tired and went back to their rooms to rest.

The next morning, everyone's lives finally returned to their original course.

Bigge got up early as usual and started preparing breakfast for everyone. The refrigerator on the spaceship was crammed full of all kinds of food. Almost anything Bigge might need was in the refrigerator.

However, when Bigge discovered that the door wasn't properly closed. Also, two animal legs were missing compared to when he checked the previous night. He knew without a doubt that Tagore had sneaked into the kitchen again in the middle of the night to steal food. Clearly, even after advancing to demigod status, that guy's bad habit of stealing food hadn't changed at all. He felt weak all over, a side effect of using the "Burning Heaven" technique. In fact, after yesterday's ordeal, Gu Ding's Combat Strength had been significantly weakened.

The use of "Burning Heaven" comes at the cost of fire energy. For the next ten days, Gu Ding will be unable to use his two fire abilities, let alone use "Burning Heaven" to transform.

The power of Absolute Seal had already been used, and it was on Elizabeth. Under the circumstances at the time, Elizabeth, as the ruler of a nation, had no choice but to intervene. Gu Ding didn't want to fight her, so he had no choice but to seal her away.

The Weakening Shackles will remain in effect for two more days. Once the Weakening Shackles wear off, Gu Ding will be at his lowest point in Combat Strength. He sat up abruptly, rubbing his aching head.

"Most of the topics this morning have been about us," said the Sea Emperor, projecting the news articles about the Gu Ding Team onto the screen.

"Our raid on Dragon Dock Star yesterday has become common knowledge throughout the entire Fei Me Universe Country," the Sea Emperor added. "The news of Dokter's death sentence was released long ago, causing many to wonder what the outcome would be. And our successful escape yesterday has also surprised quite a few people."

"What I'm most concerned about right now is whether the death sentence against us will be revoked. If it isn't, then we must leave the Fei Me Universe Country as soon as possible..." Gu Ding's head throbbed even more at the thought of this.