Fa Te Eliminated, Gu Ding Enraged
In the Boulder Zone, several kilometers away from Fa Te, Gu Ding stood on a pile of rubble, silently watching Fa Te's video projection not far away.
When he was teleported there, he was not far from Fa Te, but he did not choose to meet up with Fa Te because that was not Fa Te wanted.
When Fa Te encountered trouble, he rushed to the vicinity, but did not intervene; he simply observed from a distance.
In this Boulder Zone, Fa Te's strength was greatly suppressed. Under normal circumstances, he would not have been a match for his opponent. Now, under these circumstances, he had to exert a lot of effort to even move his feet, let alone fight.
Therefore, the video projection showed nothing but images of the Golden-haired Youth mocking Fa Te.
"Why don't you lend a hand?" Sea Emperor seemed a little anxious. Normally, Gu Ding would not allow anyone to harm his companions, but this time he chose to stand by and watch.
"Fa Te said before entering the game that he didn't want anyone to help him. I didn't know he could hold on this long, but he did. If I intervene now, it will only make him feel that his perseverance over the past twenty days has been meaningless." Gu Ding shook his head. "This battle is Fa Te's battle. He doesn't want anyone to interfere. Did you see the expression on his face? Although he was in pain, his eyes were very determined. The hardships of these past twenty days have made his heart stronger and stronger, and this battle, win or lose, will only make him stronger." "Well, let's just watch." Gu Ding looked at Fa Te, who was completely powerless in the projection, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
"However, the difference in strength is too great. This Golden-haired Youth is called La Bi Ci, and he is a powerful figure ranked thirty-eighth on the Demigod Prodigy Ranking. Fa Te will be eliminated," the Sea Emperor warned.
"That outer realm ruin is more than ten times more dangerous than this virtual world. Fa Te's elimination may not be a bad thing. Dying in this virtual world doesn't have much of an impact on a person, but if you die in that outer realm ruin, then you have truly perished."
After a moment of silence, Gu Ding revealed his true thoughts.
"Actually, I let Fa Te and Miko in just so they could experience real combat. I didn't want them to get the spots to enter that outer realm ruin. It's not that I lacked confidence in the two of them, but I know that a ruin that allows high-ranking officials from two races to talk and negotiate is definitely not a simple one. I'm not even sure if I can survive in that ruin, let alone Fa Te and Miko."
After listening, Sea Emperor said nothing more; he understood perfectly well that Gu Ding's concerns were indeed valid. The Federal Government's meticulous selection process for the spots clearly demonstrated the perilous nature of the ruins. Furthermore, the complete erasure of relevant information from the SkyNet further indicated that these ruins were far from ordinary. The more dangerous the ruin, the higher the mortality rate—this was common sense. Therefore, Gu Ding didn't want Fa Te and Miko to get a spot; he didn't want to see them perish within the ruins. In the projection, Fa Te's body was kicked away by La Bi Ci. This was already the umpteenth time he'd been kicked like this. His round body tumbled several times after hitting the ground, eliciting a mocking taunt from La Bi Ci.
"No matter how you look at it, you fatso are utterly useless. I really don't know what the Gu Ding Pirate Crew saw in you. Could it be your spherical body, rolling around like a bowling ball? Hahahaha!" La Bi Ci slowly walked towards Fa Te again, stepping on his face. "In my eyes, you're just a fat piece of trash, a waste of food. Everyone says the Gu Ding Pirate Crew are so powerful. I never believed it. After seeing you, I'm even more convinced of my thoughts. With a member like you, the others can't be much better. That Gu Ding, I wonder what methods he used to kill that five-star Peak-rank God, and that Dokter, I wonder what scheme he used to cheat the Buddha's points..."
"You're not allowed to speak ill of them!" Fa Te managed to reach out and grab La Bi Ci's other ankle.
"I'm warning you, let go, or I'll crush your head!" La Bi Ci hadn't expected that the other party would still have the strength to resist.
Fa Te completely ignored his threat and continued to hold his ankle tightly.
"I told you to let go!" La Bi Ci raised the foot that was originally pressing on Fa Te's cheek high, and then stomped down hard on Fa Te's head.
With that kick, Fa Te's head slammed heavily into the ground, and his head began to spin. He knew he was close to being eliminated, but he still didn't let go, muttering incoherently, "Don't talk bad about my teammates, don't."
"Let go, you pig-headed idiot!" La Bi Ci stomped down again and again, and in just a few stomps, Fa Te's head was swollen beyond recognition, his entire face was covered in bruises, and his features were somewhat distorted, but he still did not let go.
"You won't let go, huh? No problem!" Seeing that Fa Te still held him tightly, La Bi Ci drew his longsword from his waist, his face contorted with rage. "Then leave your hand here!"
La Bi Ci flicked his wrist, and a Silver Radiance flashed across Fa Te's wrist, severing Fa Te's hand instantly. The severed wrist turned into energy and completely dissipated.
But Fa Te no longer had enough divine energy to repair this injury. The intense pain in his wrist made him let out a cold snort, and he reached out with his other hand to grab the other person's ankle.
"Looks like you don't want this hand anymore!" La Bi Ci smirked, and his longsword slashed again, severing Fa Te's second hand.
Fa Te's swollen eyes stared intently at the other person, refusing to back down.
"Looks like you don't want your eyes either." La Bi Ci slowly squatted down, the tip of his sword pressed against Fa Te's eyelids, then smiled and said, "As long as you beg for mercy and shout three times that everyone in the Gu Ding Pirate Crew is trash, you can not only keep your eyeballs, but I will also let you leave safely. You know, although this is a virtual world, all the pain is exactly the same as in reality."
"Pah!" Fa Te spat out a mouthful of saliva.
La Bi Ci was caught off guard and got his face covered in spit.
"You're asking for death!" La Bi Ci flew into a rage, thrusting his longsword with tremendous force. The sword pierced directly through Fa Te's eyeball, the tip emerging from the back of Fa Te's head.
Fa Te's entire body gradually disintegrated and vanished into the air.
La Bi Ci cursed, "Damn it, he deliberately provoked me. I was hoping to torture him a little longer!"
"You seemed to have had a little fun earlier. Let me keep you company."
Just then, La Bi Ci heard a voice behind him. He immediately turned around and saw a face that horrified him.
That was Gu Ding. He hadn't expected that Gu Ding would see his actions. But then he thought that Gu Ding might have just caught a glimpse of the corpse dissipating and probably hadn't recognized Fa Te. Otherwise, he would have definitely made his move before he killed Fa Te.
"Gu Ding, is there anything I can help you with?" La Bi Ci calmed himself down. He assumed Gu Ding was after his points. "I'm Interstellar Pirate too. We're all Interstellar Pirate, so let's not fight, I can concede."
"Admit defeat?" Gu Ding narrowed his eyes slightly and remained silent for a moment. "Alright! Transfer the points over."
La Bi Ci cautiously opened the surrender page and pressed the button. His original 15 million points were immediately halved.
And Gu Ding's points immediately surged by more than seven million.
La Bi Ci saw that the transfer was complete and was about to turn and leave when Gu Ding spoke again.
"Did I tell you to leave?"
"You—" La Bi Ci's face immediately turned somewhat ugly. He hadn't expected that Gu Ding wouldn't let him leave. But he also knew the rules of the game: there were three chances to concede. Gu Ding clearly wanted him to concede three times in a row.
He stood there, carefully weighing the difference in strength between himself and Gu Ding. Finally, with a heavy heart, he opened the surrender page again and clicked the surrender button twice. His original 15 million points were instantly reduced to only 1.9 million, and his ranking plummeted to just over 900, almost falling out of the top 1000.
After conceding three times in a row, La Bi Ci glanced at Gu Ding, who remained silent, and asked, "Can I leave now? I have less than two million points left, and each person can only concede three times."
"No." Gu Ding shook his head.
La Bi Ci noticed a terrifying killing intent emanating from Gu Ding after he finished speaking, and he said in alarm, "How could you go back on your word?"
"I never said from the beginning that I would let you go if you admitted defeat, did I?" Gu Ding slowly walked towards La Bi Ci, his killing intent increasing with each step he took. "Besides, many people know that anyone who dares to mess with our Pirate Crew will die a horrible death."
"You saw it?" La Bi Ci was utterly desperate. He never expected that Gu Ding would see him kill Fa Te.
"That's right, I not only saw it, but I saw it very clearly. If Fa Te hadn't told us beforehand not to interfere in his fight, do you think you would still be alive today?"
As Gu Ding approached, La Bi Ci saw a black Demon Face rapidly materialize above his head. That Demon Face, thousands of meters tall, resembled a demon from hell, its features grotesque and terrifying, emanating a chilling killing intent and an aura of death. Even the previously bright world suddenly dimmed; not just as dark clouds obscured the sky, but as if Night Falls.
The immense pressure made La Bi Ci feel as if the gravity of the entire Boulder Zone had increased tens of thousands of times, making it impossible for him to even move a step. He could only watch helplessly as Gu Ding raised his right hand less than three meters away from him and then extended a single finger.
"Die, you scum!"
As Gu Ding's pronouncement fell, the finger strike that shot out from his Finger Force turned into a dazzling crimson color, piercing directly through La Bi Ci's skull.
Before La Bi Ci's body began to disintegrate, he saw the Demon Face above Gu Ding's head suddenly open its eyes as the Finger Force shot out. Two dazzling Red Radiance pierced through the entire sky, and the entire virtual world trembled.