Help Me Kill Someone
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In this auction, Gu Ding's five-star divine armor alone fetched a staggering 300 million source stones. With the auction proceeds of other items added in and a 2% handling fee deducted, the final amount he received was over 385 million source stones.
Their team spent less than 30 million Originium Stones in total when they participated in the auction, which is less than one-tenth of what they earned this time.
Gu Ding was naturally satisfied with the result; as both the buyer and the seller, he was undoubtedly the biggest winner of the Auction House.
After storing the Divine Armory Pavilion's golden token in his Storage Space, Gu Ding led Liliath and the others away from the Auction House. He planned to let everyone rest on Ju Fu Star for another day, gather the necessary supplies, and then head directly to the Great Boundary River.
As soon as Gu Ding stepped out of the Auction House, he sensed something was wrong. Almost instantly, his body became completely immobile, and the scene before him began to slowly change.
Gu Ding's pupils suddenly contracted; he knew this was probably a method only Peak-rank God possessed.
At this moment, a figure finally appeared in front of Gu Ding. It was an extremely tall man, even half a head taller Bigge, and much more robust. His fiery red hair, which flickered like flames, and his strange eyes, which faintly shone with fire, were also very eye-catching features.
His appearance came without any warning, completely beyond the perception of all of Gu Ding's senses.
At this moment, Gu Ding was completely helpless. Apart from his eyes being able to move, the rest of his body seemed to be sealed off by space, unable to move at all.
The man walked closer and closer, stopping when he was less than a meter away from Gu Ding. Then he stretched out a hand as large as a fan and placed it on Gu Ding's head.
Almost instantly, Gu Ding's mind went blank, and countless fragments of memory surged forth like an unstoppable tide.
From infancy, every moment became vividly clear in my memory.
The memories flowed back and forth, starting from the moment his Old Dad picked him up from a trash can as an infant, to his admission to the Hai Lan Star Basic Military Academy. Then his Old Dad left, he became the Sea Emperor, dropped out of school to become Interstellar Pirate, met Liliath and the other members, and everything that happened on his journey.
Finally, the scene in my memory shifted to the Oul Ruins and the Or Auction House. As the scene transitioned to Gu Ding retrieving the stone carving from the Auction House, dripping blood onto both carvings, and then turning to the moment their eyes met, a cold snort echoed from the distant horizon, and the scene suddenly shattered as if the end of the world had arrived.
"Ah!"
Gu Ding then heard a piercing scream. He, who had been immersed in his memories, finally awoke. Almost at the same moment, his previously imprisoned body regained its freedom, and the domain of the Peak-rank God who had trapped him completely collapsed, and the person had vanished without a trace.
"What exactly happened?" Gu Ding was puzzled. He felt as if he had just woken up from a dream, reliving his entire life. But he quickly realized that it must have been the work of that Peak-rank God.
"Are you alright? That guy was just reading your memories. His forceful method of reading could easily turn the person whose memories were being read into an idiot or even cause brain death. But he seems to have been attacked suddenly and fled at lightning speed." The Sea Emperor had witnessed everything that had just happened, but since the enemy was a powerful Peak-rank God, he couldn't help at all and could only watch anxiously from the sidelines.
When Gu Ding reappeared, Liliath and the others gathered around. Gu Ding's sudden disappearance had indeed startled them.
"Everyone, go back to the spaceship and prepare for departure. I have something to do and need to leave for a bit, so you don't need to wait for me." After saying that, Gu Ding disappeared from everyone's sight with a few leaps.
On the eighty-first floor of a high-end hotel, Gu Ding rang the doorbell.
The door opened automatically, Gu Ding stepped inside, only to find that the hotel's luxury far exceeded his expectations.
Upon entering, one is greeted by a vast reception room, spanning over a thousand square meters. Above the reception room, hundreds of lantern-like chandeliers hang densely, their shades made of pure gold, bathing the entire room in a golden glow under the light.
A handsome young man, wearing a bathrobe, came out of the room and into the living room. "Make yourself at home!"
Gu Ding was taken aback, wondering if he had entered the wrong room. "Is this room 8108?"
"You're not in the wrong room. You must be Gu Ding, right? I've heard of you from Uncle Owen. My name is Bin Li." The young man lit a cigarette, then offered one to Gu Ding, but Gu Ding refused.
When Gu Ding made the transaction with the Divine Armory Pavilion before, the person who gave him the token was indeed an older man, not the young man in front of him, which is why Gu Ding had some doubts before.
"Is the Uncle Owen you're talking about a Bald Head, muscular middle-aged man with a thick beard?" Gu Ding asked rhetorically.
Bin Li paused for a moment after hearing this, then said, "Then it must be him! You came here this time to use that token?"
"Yes, I need you to kill someone for me!" Gu Ding said, taking out the golden token.
"Kill whom?" Upon hearing this, Bin Li stubbed out his cigarette, looked up at Gu Ding, and seemed quite interested.
"I don't know his name." Gu Ding also didn't know whether the people from the Divine Armory Pavilion would accept the mission without complete information.
"Let's start by talking about the characteristics."
"His cultivation level should be that of Peak-rank God, a fire-attribute cultivator, extremely tall, nearly four meters. He has hair like flames, and his pupils also flicker with firelight." Gu Ding's description made Bin Li's brows furrow even more.
"You're not talking about that guy Tai Bo, are you?" Bin Li said, projecting a figure onto his Smart Watch. "Is it him?"
The person in the projected image was none other than the man who had attacked Gu Ding earlier.
"That's right, it's him!" Gu Ding nodded immediately after seeing the projection.
Bin Li looked troubled. "This is a bit difficult to handle."
"But that Bald Head uncle told me before that you can kill anyone who hasn't broken through the divine barrier." Gu Ding felt that the people from the Divine Armory Pavilion were a bit of a bluff.
"Young Master Bin Li, please clear the people out of the room first. We'll talk about this later!" At this moment, a voice suddenly appeared.
Gu Ding turned his head and looked. The person who came was the Bald Head uncle he had traded with.
Bin Li reluctantly returned to his room. After a while, seven or eight young and beautiful women, half-naked, ran through the living room and headed for the door.
Gu Ding then realized why Bin Li was wearing pajamas when he first arrived.
After all the women left, Owen still seemed to feel that it wasn't a complete secret, so he waved his hand and pulled the two of them into his own domain.
"The security is better within the domain space. If some information were accidentally leaked, it could be a huge disaster for you, Gu Ding," Owen said, pausing for a moment. "Let me tell you about Tai Bo's situation first."
"Tai Bo started out as Interstellar Pirate when he entered the Universe Sea. There were three brothers, with Tai Bo being the youngest. All three were exceptionally talented and powerful High-rank God, so they quickly made a name for themselves in the Universe Sea. Later, they were granted titles by the Federal Government. The three of them chose a place to settle in the Universe Sea and settled down as local overlords."
"But Tai Bo, the Third Brother, found this kind of life too boring. He broke away from the organization and resigned his title from the Federal Government to start his own Pirate Crew. Their Pirate Crew was notorious in the Universe Sea. But no one dared to touch him. Because if anyone did, his two older brothers would intervene. The most important point is that it is said that the second brother among the three brothers has already broken through the first divine barrier."
"While our Divine Armory Pavilion is not afraid of such a powerful figure, we must still give him some face. If we kill his brother, he may not be able to retaliate against our Divine Armory Pavilion. But you are the client. He will definitely find out. Once he finds out, his anger will likely be directed at you."
"My mind is made up, Tai Bo must die! I don't care if you take this job or not, here's your token back." Gu Ding threw the token away. "Get me out of here."
Neither Owen nor Bin Li had expected Gu Ding to be so resolute. He was determined to kill Tai Bo, and they were somewhat helpless about it.
After passing Gu Ding out of the domain, both Owen and Bin Li remained somewhat silent.
"Young Master Bin Li, about this matter..." Owen was still somewhat undecided.
"He returned the tokens to us, so we had no choice but to accept them." Bin Li remained silent for a long time before finally speaking. "That guy Tai Bo was a scoundrel to begin with, so let him be."
Meanwhile, Gu Ding rushed towards the port.
But then he heard the Sea Emperor's voice in his ear, "Gu Ding, they've accepted this mission!"
"I understand." This was actually within Gu Ding's expectations. He deliberately left the token there to force the people of the Divine Armory Pavilion to make a choice.
The people of the Divine Armory Pavilion had two choices. One was to quietly reclaim the token and pretend the task entrusted to them by Gu Ding never happened. The other option was to accept the task. Clearly, they were unwilling to let the reputation built by the Divine Armory Pavilion be lost, and even if outsiders didn't know, they themselves wouldn't allow such a thing to happen, so they made the second choice.
"Let's set off for the Great Boundary River tomorrow!" On Ju Fu Star, Gu Ding had finished dealing with all his matters and there was no need for him to stay any longer.
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Finally, I've surpassed 1 million words... I actually finished this chapter around 11 PM last night, but the first draft was completely just talk, and it didn't depict the power of the Peak-rank God. No matter how I revised it, I couldn't satisfy myself. Because this chapter is the ending of this volume, I wanted to make the story more engaging. Around 3 AM, I made the difficult decision to delete the entire chapter. This current update is a rewrite I did this morning.