God Relic

The giant serpent, Four-Star Low-rank God, perished. Tagore extracted the dark crystal core from the serpent's body and devoured it.

The oppressive aura emanating from the beast's corpse, along with its blood, spread out, deterring many beasts below the fourth star from approaching, even though they coveted it.

"Next, it should be Five-Star Low-rank God." Gu Ding knew that the flesh and blood of this giant python would definitely provoke the beast of the Five-Star Low-rank God, and might even directly lure out the guards of the Three-Headed Demon Dragon. "Bigge, take Lily and the others away from this sea area."

"Gu Ding, you're all alone..." Liliath was a little worried.

"Let's go. The next enemy is at least Five-Star Low-rank God. If we stay, we'll only be a burden to him." Bigge also knew the current situation. Only Gu Ding could handle it. "Even I can only fight Mutated Demon Beast with the Combat Strength of a seven-star. After that, I'll become a burden."

"Don't worry, I can handle it myself. Once I activate Heaven's Blaze, I have no rivals below the Mid-rank God." Gu Ding's words were not an exaggeration at all. He was extremely skilled in close combat, and after activating Heaven's Blaze, his body would be transformed into a state of flame energy, and his basic Combat Strength would directly soar to the peak of the seven-star level. Among the Low-rank God, there really was no one who could match him.

Liliath and Elsa were reluctantly taken away by Bigge, and Tagore also jumped off Gu Ding's shoulder with some reluctance and onto Bigge's shoulder.

At this moment, a powerful aura finally began to emanate from the seabed, causing many monsters below the five-star level to flee quickly. The intensity of that aura was no less than that of Queen, and there was more than one releasing it.

"Eighteen behemoths comparable to the peak of the Seven Stars Combat Strength?" Gu Ding's fighting spirit soared. "Let me annihilate you all and further enhance my Combat Strength!"

Gu Ding extended both hands. Two flames, one blue and one black, rose from his palms. Gu Ding clasped his hands together and uttered two words: "Burning Heaven!"

In the next instant, a bluish- Black Flame spread from between his palms, radiating outwards from his body. In a short while, Gu Ding's entire body transformed into a bluish-black flame form.

At this moment, more than ten enormous figures surged rapidly from beneath the sea, creating waves thousands of meters high. These waves piled up from eighteen directions, carrying divine energy of various natures, and crashed down on Gu Ding, seemingly intending to completely submerge him.

Gu Ding showed no sign of panic. He clenched his fist, his feet firmly planted on the water, and his powerful fist, carrying with it a bluish-black flame, shot into the sky.

"Boom!"

With a deafening roar, the terrifying force of the fist shot out, while the eighteen cascading waves, like punctured balloons, completely lost their momentum, turning into mist and dissipating in all directions.

The eighteen colossal beasts, each nearly a thousand meters tall, appeared somewhat disheveled under the energy shock. Gu Ding, however, stood rooted to the spot, not moving an inch, yet the water beneath his feet rippled gently like pebbles falling into the water.

With this one move, the difference in skill was immediately apparent.

The eighteen giant beasts knew they had likely encountered a formidable opponent.

"Who exactly are you? What makes you want to slaughter the creatures of our seas?" A behemoth resembling a whale suddenly spoke. Its voice was extremely deep and resonant, and it emitted a strange, vibrating energy that subtly affected Gu Ding's body.

Gu Ding was somewhat surprised that the creature could speak. He had encountered many infected individuals, but the only one he had ever met who could talk was Kepu. He hadn't expected to encounter a second one this time. However, he quickly stopped finding it strange. After all, these creatures were already close to the level of Mid-rank God, and their intelligence was clearly not low, so it wasn't surprising that they could learn human language.

Gu Ding didn't intend to waste time arguing with them. But then he suddenly thought that he might be able to get information about Kepu from them, so he asked, "Have you seen a human man wearing glasses? He is also infected with the virus, just like you. He appeared on this planet ten days ago."

"Hmph, what do you want to tell me? You haven't answered our questions yet. What do you mean by killing our people?" At this moment, another giant beast spoke. It was a huge squid, and even one of its tentacles was much larger than the giant python that Tagore had killed earlier.

"It was that bespectacled man who kidnapped my friend and made me kill the three -Three-Headed Demon Dragon and cut off its head before he would tell me where he had hidden my friend." Gu Ding told the truth to provoke the beasts' anger and reveal more information to him. "He also told me that as long as I killed the Three-Headed Demon Dragon's eighteen guards, his lord would appear."

"It's that bastard Kepu, he's shameless, he's eyeing our..." A giant crocodile, nearly a thousand meters long, was only halfway through its sentence when it was slapped aside by a giant whale's tail.

"I never expected him to collude with humans. It's a disgrace to our new species." The giant whale interrupted, still expressing its dissatisfaction with Kepu.

"So, you really do have a grudge against him?" Gu Ding continued. "Perfect timing, I also want to kill him. Do you know where he's hiding?"

"That creature vanished from this planet four or five days ago. It either fled to another planet or retreated into its own territory." The giant whale seemed to be the leader of this group of behemoths. "Human, let's end this small talk. You are not weak, but this time, you shouldn't have provoked us. Even if we have a common enemy, you have slaughtered many of our kind. Those who slaughter our kind are mortal enemies to us."

"My original plan was that if you knew where Kepu was hiding and told me, I could let you go." Gu Ding's words were clearly more arrogant now. "But your information is basically useless. So, I have no choice but to kill you and lure out the Three-Headed Demon Dragon."

"Human, you are too arrogant, die!" The sonic waves emanated from the giant whale's mouth, and the invisible shockwave tore countless cracks in space, slicing towards Gu Ding.

This attack was far more powerful than Tagore's attack infused with spatial rifts, though it clearly didn't encompass as many spatial rules as Tagore's technique. If Tagore possessed the strength of a giant whale and unleashed such a spatial attack, Gu Ding would undoubtedly have chosen to temporarily evade it. But a giant whale is not Tagore, so Gu Ding didn't choose to evade. He chose to throw a punch.

Gu Ding took a step forward, his figure flashing repeatedly as he charged towards the attack. His dark blue flames surged forth, colliding with the shockwave energy. A series of crackling sounds, like popping beans, filled the air, amplified countless times, reverberating outwards. When the shockwave subsided, both forces vanished simultaneously.

Gu Ding moved like a ghost, appearing directly above the giant whale's head and slamming down with a powerful punch. The whale, being enormous, had no time to dodge, and the other giant beasts couldn't come to its aid either.

Unable to dodge, he relied on his thick skin and tough hide to try and withstand Gu Ding's attack. However, the power of that punch far exceeded his expectations; his massive skull was even slightly dented by Gu Ding's blow. It was as if he had been crushed by a giant mountain, leaving him dizzy and unable to even muster the thought of retaliating. But this wasn't the end. Gu Ding's second punch, third punch... followed in quick succession, the speed of his punches terrifying. By the time a nearby giant beast lashed out to come to its rescue, Gu Ding had already delivered over a hundred punches. The mutated whale was completely annihilated, its brains splattered.

The strongest beast was thus forcefully suppressed by Gu Ding's fists, a scene that chilled the other seventeen beasts to the bone. But they knew that escape was impossible now; their only hope lay in fighting Gu Ding to the death.

Gu Ding was sent flying by the force of another giant beast's tail, but he wasn't seriously injured; his fire elemental energy was only slightly depleted by one percent. This was no big deal for Gu Ding. He steadied himself and his gaze fell on the giant crocodile that had just lashed out at him with its tail.

The crocodile, somewhat frightened, quickly shouted, "Everyone, join forces to take him down! Don't let him defeat us one by one!"

Gu Ding grinned. Shadow Step forward, his ghostly figure appearing directly above the giant crocodile's head. His sharp, Ghost Foot stomped hard on the crocodile's head, forcing its half-open mouth shut, breaking several teeth, and causing blood to spill from its Gu Ding.

Seeing the attacks from the other sixteen giant beasts, Gu Ding retreated immediately after his attack, then flashed behind another giant beast and unleashed a powerful punch. In an instant, he unleashed over a hundred punches without holding back, killing another giant beast.

After succeeding, Gu Ding reappeared beside the next giant beast and unleashed a series of powerful punches, blasting it apart once more...

In just over ten minutes, another sixteen giant beasts perished. Only the giant crocodile survived, but it was also injured after being trampled by Gu Ding. In addition, seeing many giant beasts of similar strength perish one after another, its fear of Gu Ding had reached its limit.

"Don't kill me... I can give you all my treasures..." The giant crocodile looked at Gu Ding in fear. In his eyes, Gu Ding was simply a god of death.

"Tell me, what exactly does Kepu covet from you?" Gu Ding vaguely felt that what Kepu coveted might be related to his whereabouts, and he was unwilling to let go of this clue.

"If I tell you, will you spare my life?" the crocodile asked hastily.

"Do you have the money to negotiate with me now?" A chilling killing intent flashed in Gu Ding's eyes.

"Hmph, you're going to die whether you talk or not, so why should I let you off easy?" The crocodile knew that Gu Ding wasn't going to let him go.

"Is that so?" Gu Ding stomped down with another Ghost Foot, landing right on the tip of the giant crocodile's tail, instantly crushing it to dust.

"Ah!!!" The intense pain finally made the giant crocodile relent. "I'll talk, I'll talk, please stop attacking me. Deep in this ocean, there's a ruin left by a High-rank God..."

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(One chapter for now, I'll be going into seclusion tomorrow and still owe some updates~~ By the way, let me recommend a good book. Actually, I'm not usually keen on recommending books to readers, as it might affect their reading experience. But I'm recommending this one for two main reasons. One is that the author is a very good friend of mine and a leading figure in traditional Chinese publishing. His books consistently rank in the top three on the traditional Chinese bestseller list, and this new book seems to be consistently number one. The other reason is that he's already published almost twenty volumes, and each traditional Chinese volume is over 60,000 words, so he currently has at least one million words in reserve. I'm currently following this book myself, and if you're looking for something to read, you can check it out. It's a fantasy novel, titled "Di Ba," by the author Yan Bi Xiao Sheng. If you like it, feel free to add it to your favorites.) (To be continued...)