Gu Ding's Fall?
Inside the Demon Suppression Tower, everyone is located on four different levels.
Apart from Gu Ding, the entire Gu Ding Team was on the sixteenth floor, along with Lolo Li and Gale. However, the fake portal teleported them all to different locations, scattered around the perimeter.
Clark and Brog were on the fourth floor, speeding towards the fifth floor following the coded message left by Gale. He dared not fly too fast, as he had to constantly watch for any coded messages Gale had left behind; he couldn't afford to be careless. Missing a message would make finding the floor's exit difficult, unless they retraced their steps, found the missed message again, and determined the correct direction. But Clark was unwilling to make that choice, because he suspected that Aurora was likely not far behind them.
Aurora was nearing the entrance to the fourth level. His flight speed was far greater than Clark's, as he was entirely guided by his senses of residual auras, unlike Clark who needed to be aware of any coded signals. The reason Aurora hadn't caught up for so long was his bloodthirsty nature. Once he sensed a pack of beasts within a certain range, his killing instinct would guide him to their location, and he would only remember to pursue the two General Beasts.
Gu Ding, meanwhile, lay unconscious beside a pile of rubble on the Sixth Layer, less than ten kilometers from the nearest horde of beasts. This was one of the things the Sea Emperor was worried about. If the wind was favorable, Gu Ding's human scent could easily reach the noses of those monsters, and he might be torn apart and devoured by the Gu Ding before Aurora could even arrive.
When Gu Ding was awake, his peak Combat Strength could reach the peak of Mid-rank God, but Gu Ding cultivation was still below demigod level, and the basic strength of his physical body was only comparable to Two-Star Low-rank God. Even with the thousand-fold boost from the Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body Devil Elephant Realm, his physical strength was only that of Five-Star Low-rank God. In the Sixth Layer, all the demonic beasts were two-star demonic beasts, comparable to Mid-rank God. These demonic beasts could easily dismember Gu Ding 'Gu Ding body while he was unconscious.
The Sea Emperor didn't really have a good solution. He told Liliath he would handle the situation himself, just to put their minds at ease; in reality, he had no idea what to do.
"Gu Ding, wake up! Gu Ding, you must wake up..." The Sea Emperor could only shout loudly in Gu Ding's ear again and again, hoping that he could hear him.
Time passed second by second, and Clark and Brog had already escaped to the fifth floor, while Aurora had completed most of her journey to the fourth floor.
Sea Emperor began to consider, even at the cost of revealing his existence, borrowing Brog's power.
But just as he had this thought, a gust of wind blew from the Gu Ding was, heading towards the direction of the beast horde.
"Damn it!" Sea Emperor noticed the change immediately, but he currently lacked the ability to intervene in such natural phenomena, and could only watch helplessly as it unfolded. "We're only ten kilometers from the horde... Brog and the others simply can't catch up..."
Just as the Sea Emperor had feared, the gust of wind carried the scent of human blood from Gu Ding into the herd of beasts.
That pack of beasts was a pack of Bloodthirsty Mastiff Wolf, whose sense of smell was among the most acute of all two-star demonic beasts. Soon, the first mastiff wolf, after catching the scent, twitched its nose, its body, which had been lying on the ground, suddenly stood up, drool dripping from its mouth as it craved its delicious prey. Then, the second, the third... the entire pack quickly detected that tempting aroma.
A giant blue wolf, twice the size of the other mastiff wolves, suddenly howled. It was the leader of the pack, over twenty meters long, and its aura was clearly much stronger than the other mastiff wolves.
"Unexpectedly, the leader of this wolf pack is a mutated mastiff wolf, showing a slight genetic atavism. It has inherited a trace of the bloodline factor of the ancient divine beast Howling Moon Celestial Wolf. In this Sixth Layer, this guy's strength is probably the undisputed king." The Sea Emperor only scanned it slightly and obtained the information of the alpha wolf, and his mood became increasingly depressed.
After the alpha wolf howled, the pack of wolves began to rush towards Gu Ding's location. In just a few seconds, they arrived at Gu Ding's position and surrounded Gu Ding.
"Gu Ding, wake up!" Under these circumstances, the Sea Emperor could only hope that Gu Ding would wake up.
But his hope was ultimately just wishful thinking, Gu Ding showed absolutely no signs of waking up.
The blue wolf king stepped out from the pack, its icy blue eyes landing on Gu Ding. It walked to Gu Ding's side, sniffed at Gu Ding's scent, and drool began to flow uncontrollably, dripping onto the ground, some even landing on Gu Ding's chest.
Suddenly, the giant maw snapped down on Gu Ding, swallowing Gu Ding whole with its tongue without even chewing. After swallowing Gu Ding, it licked its lips with a hint of satisfaction before leading its pack towards a nearby small herd of beasts.
In less than ten minutes, the small pack of animals was devoured by the wolves and then returned to their den.
The blue wolf king lay atop a black boulder, basking in the sun within the giant tower. The thought of having eaten humans that day filled it with joy—an opportunity that only came once every thousand years. The comfortable sunlight and the warmth emanating from its fur quickly lulled it into a deep sleep on the boulder.
Gu Ding was submerged in a layer of viscous liquid, which was the Wolf King's gastric juice. The Sea Emperor could only watch helplessly as Gu Ding's body began to corrode at a visible rate.
"Has my journey with Gu Ding finally come to an end?" The Sea Emperor silently watched Gu Ding's body rot until his head revealed white bones, devoid of any life.
Time passed second by second, and the white bones, corroded by the gastric juices, did not last long. In less than half an hour, they were softened by the gastric juices and slowly disappeared.
The Sea Emperor, who had been hoping for a miracle, stared blankly at the scene, muttering under his breath, "Gu Ding is really dead..."
Just when he was in despair, a jet of blood suddenly gushed out from the viscous stomach sac against the stomach wall. Then, a second, a third... The scarlet blood condensed into a sphere in the stomach sac. The sphere seemed to have its own will and floated in mid-air, constantly absorbing more and more blood.
The Sea Emperor also saw that the giant blue wolf had died without him noticing.
Its enormous body was transformed into nutrients for the blood sphere in the void in less than three minutes, leaving no trace.
Upon seeing this change, the wolves all howled at the blood orb.
The blood sphere suddenly began to spin, creating a terrifying attraction that drew in hundreds of thousands of wolves.
In less than half an hour, the largest horde of beasts on the Sixth Layer had completely disappeared, and the blood sphere in the sky was still spinning.
The Sea Emperor also discovered that the Storage Space had opened on its own, and all the remaining Beast Blood the Crimson Blood Beast stored inside was swept away by the blood orb. Even the blood-nourishing pills, including the bottle of Phoenix Blood Nirvana Pill, were all taken into it.
Meanwhile, Clark and Brog had already reached the Sixth Layer. The moment they stepped into the Sixth Layer, they clearly felt a terrifying aura permeating the entire Sixth Layer. The aura was not particularly strong, but for some reason, it made both of them feel terrified.
"Did you feel it too?" Clark knew that Brog's expression had turned as ugly as his own when he saw Brog's face turn pale instantly.
Brog nodded. "Don't cause any more trouble, get out of this level as soon as possible! Aurora is already a headache enough, and now an unknown powerhouse has appeared."
"His release of his aura like that will definitely attract Aurora, which is a good thing for us!" Clark nodded in agreement. "Normally, I would really like to see such a clash of strong individuals, but that strange aura gives me the feeling that I will die if I get close."
"I feel the same way. This aura is even more dangerous than Aurora's!" Brog felt the same way.
"Let's go!" In the end, the two of them didn't plan to join in the fun. At their level of cultivation, their senses were usually very accurate, so they naturally didn't dare to approach the source of that aura. Instead, they headed straight for the entrance to the Seventh Layer.
Not long after the two left, Aurora appeared where they had just stood, but he immediately sensed the aura emanating from Gu Ding. He glanced at the direction Clark and the other had fled, but instead of giving chase, he turned and sped off in Gu Ding's direction.
The Sea Emperor naturally noticed this scene as well, and he became slightly worried for Gu Ding. After all, the Death Evil Sword in Aurora's hand was something created by the Death Monarch. The Sea Emperor didn't know exactly what level of power the Death Monarch possessed, but he was certain that the Death Monarch was at least Third Level life form. Items created by such a powerful being would naturally not be simple.
In the sky, the blood sphere slowly rotated, like a powerful monarch, spreading a terrifying aura in all directions, causing all the demonic beasts on the Sixth Layer to tremble in fear.
Meanwhile, Aurora was also rapidly approaching after a high-speed chase.
In less than twenty minutes, he appeared in a flash less than a hundred meters away from the blood orb, his black longsword gripped tightly in his hand, the tip of the sword pointing directly at the blood orb.
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A friend is coming from Qingdao tomorrow, and I'll need to spend time with them. So I won't be home early tomorrow morning. I'll schedule the first chapter for release tomorrow, but the second chapter won't be available until I get back tomorrow night. (To be continued...)