Slaying Ye Mei

Gu Ding was prepared for Ye Mei's move. He reached out and placed his hand on Hake's shoulder, pulling him away. A gentle force was transmitted from his palm, sending Hake flying. He then used the recoil to escape the range of Ye Mei's Blade Force.

Hake was sent crashing toward the location of Liliath and the others by Gu Ding's palm strike, while Gu Ding, propelled by the recoil, flew toward the skeleton of the five-star Half-Step True God.

"Foolish! Trading your own life for someone else's!"

Ye Mei let out a cold laugh. He saw that Gu Ding's landing point was exactly within the attack range of the five-star Half-Step True God skeleton, and in his opinion, Gu Ding was definitely going to die now. He immediately turned back and accelerated towards the treasures scattered all over the warehouse.

Liliath and the others were horrified, not understanding what Gu Ding was doing. Gu Ding had said before that he was no match for the two skeletons, and falling into the attack range of the five-star Half-Step True God skeleton would definitely result in an attack.

Scarlet's long, dark brown hair instantly turned snow-white, her hair tie snapped, and she took a step forward, ready to support Gu Ding.

"Take Hake away, don't worry about Gu Ding!" The Sea Emperor's voice immediately reached everyone's ears.

Scarlet hesitated for a moment before turning and rushing towards Hake.

Despite the Sea Emperor's words, Liliath still looked towards the direction where Gu Ding was with a hint of worry.

At this moment, Ye Mei had already darted to the pile of treasures. With a wave of her sleeve, she stored everything except a few spiritual items into her Storage Space. Then, she slashed her palm with her longsword and scattered the contents onto the spiritual items. Spiritual items don't recognize their owners; they can't be taken away.

Upon seeing his actions, the skeleton, a Four-Star Half-Step True God, immediately abandoned Gu Ding, flapped its wings, and soared into the air, pouncing towards Ye Mei.

At the same time, Gu Ding had already fallen into the attack range of the five-star Half-Step True God skeleton. The pet skeleton stared intently at Gu Ding with its pair of Black Hole eyes, and then suddenly moved with lightning speed. It actually opened its white bone maw and bit down on Gu Ding.

Gu Ding seemed to have no time to react before being instantly engulfed by the giant maw. A spray of blood spurted from the skeletal maw, its crimson color standing out starkly against the platinum-colored skull.

On the Human Race Camp, some onlookers couldn't help but gasp in surprise. After all, Gu Ding had already made a name for himself when he was still a demigod. Everyone knew that in this era, even if Gu Ding wasn't the number one prodigy, he was definitely among the top ten. Such an unparalleled genius had actually died at the hands of the Dark Race, leaving many feeling a sense of regret.

Liliath and the others were all somewhat stunned, even Scarlet and Hake were a little dumbfounded.

"How could this happen?!" Elsa bit her lip, trying to hold back her tears.

"Gu Ding!" Liliath screamed hoarsely, "You said you'd lead us across the Great Universe Sea! You can't just die like this!!!"

"Gu Ding ..." Although Miko couldn't see it, he could guess what had happened from everyone's reaction, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Gu Ding... has fallen?" Dokter was somewhat incredulous. He had always looked up to Gu Ding as his role model, but he never expected to see this. However, he also knew that the blood spilling from the Platinum Skeleton's mouth couldn't be fake.

Karrot and the others, who had been in contact with Gu Ding, were also stunned. Gu Ding had almost single-handedly suppressed all the other young people of their generation. But having just ascended to godhood, he had perished in this secret realm without even a chance to challenge anyone.

Just as everyone was looking in Gu Ding's direction, Ye Mei had already completed the binding of a spirit object to its owner, and he immediately put it away. The Platinum Skeleton beside him had already caught up, and he hurriedly flew towards the group's location, clearly trying to lure the skeleton over so that the others could act as shields for him.

Scarlet and Hake had already returned to the Human Race Camp, and the group coldly stared at Ye Mei charging towards them.

Many people from both sides saw the Platinum Skeleton flying towards them and immediately scattered and fled.

"Gu Ding is dead, and the rest of you will die too, because this Platinum Skeleton won't just hunt me down!" Ye Mei shouted at Liliath and the others from afar, his tone tinged with smugness. His smugness stemmed not only from obtaining a spiritual artifact, but also from witnessing the fall of Gu Ding, the super prodigy of the Human Race Camp.

As he spoke, he had already approached the location where everyone was.

Just then, a sword beam shot into the sky, blocking Ye Mei's escape route Ye Mei. The one who made the move was none other than Scarlet with white hair. Then, Liliath and her group launched their own attacks one after another, targeting Ye Mei and forcing her to retreat several steps.

"Hmph, you think you can stop me!" Ye Mei sneered. "Dark Race Clan members, today we will slaughter all these humans!"

At his command, the powerful members of the Dark Race finally made their move, rushing towards Liliath and her group. Even members of the Non- Gu Ding Team were attacked by the Dark Race, which led to powerful members like Dokter joining the battle as well, and the scene quickly descended into chaos.

Several people rushed towards Scarlet, but he killed them all with a single sword stroke. He stood steadily in the void, coldly looking at Ye Mei.

"Just focus on dealing with him. I'll take care of the rest of the minions." Hake finally spoke up, his words directed at Scarlet.

"Do you think you can stop me?" Ye Mei's lips curled up slightly. He knew that the white-haired Swordsman in front of him was extremely strong, and his attack power was even higher than his own, but his overall Combat Strength was not as good as his own.

"I don't know if I can stop you, but I can definitely drag you down to hell with me. That Platinum Skeleton with the Combat Strength of Four-Star Half-Step True God at its peak can definitely destroy you..." Scarlet also knew that she had the highest attack power in the team, and only she could avenge Gu Ding.

"Look everyone, that Platinum Skeleton that ate Gu Ding looks like it's about to collapse!" a voice suddenly shouted from the crowd.

In astonishment, everyone turned to look at the Platinum Skeleton.

"Boom!" The Platinum Skeleton with the Combat Strength of a five-star Half-Step True God suddenly fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust, and at the same time, a figure shot out.

"Gu Ding isn't dead?!" Liliath and the others exclaimed with joy.

"I knew he wouldn't die so easily." Karrot smiled and muttered to himself as he saw Gu Ding reappear.

"How could this be? Even Platinum Skeleton with the Combat Strength of a five-star Half-Step True God was killed?!" Ye Mei was utterly shocked. He had originally thought that Gu Ding's Combat Strength was inferior to his own, but now it seemed that Gu Ding was much stronger than him after ascending to godhood. He found this hard to accept.

Just after the five-star Half-Step True God skeleton fell to the ground, the Platinum Skeleton that had been chasing Ye Mei suddenly turned around and pounced on Gu Ding.

To everyone's astonishment, Gu Ding leaped high into the air, and a black chain appeared out of thin air, wrapping around the neck of the Platinum Skeleton. In the next instant, Gu Ding and the Platinum Skeleton vanished simultaneously.

"Using a domain in a battle of this intensity? What an idiot!" Ye Mei was initially shocked, but after seeing Gu Ding disappear, he scoffed disdainfully. He had a point; Gu Ding was only at the initial god level, his domain level was definitely low, and he would be torn apart by that Platinum Skeleton in an instant.

What he didn't know was that after being bound by the Weakening Shackles, the Platinum Skeleton's Combat Strength was reduced to one-tenth of its original strength. Then, when Gu Ding pulled it into the domain, its Combat Strength dropped to one-fortieth. In other words, its Combat Strength was weakened to one-four-hundredth of its original strength, equivalent to only a two-star Half-Step True God. Meanwhile, Gu Ding, within the domain, received a forty-fold increase in combat Combat Strength, directly boosting his Combat Strength to the peak of Four-Star Half-Step True God.

Within the domain, Gu Ding unleashed his strongest attack without hesitation, summoning the Demon Face, which instantly annihilated the Platinum Skeleton's consciousness with a single strike. The Platinum Skeleton Skull didn't even have time to bombard Gu Ding's domain.

As the domain dissipated and Gu Ding and the Platinum Skeleton reappeared, Ye Mei scoffed again, "I told you, the domain lasted less than a second before being shattered by that Platinum Skeleton..."

But then he saw the Platinum Skeleton that had just entered the domain with Gu Ding collapse with a crash, and his expression froze for a moment.

"How is this possible? A peak Four-Star Half-Step True God was killed instantly... in less than a second..." Ye Mei's face was full of disbelief.

"Nothing is impossible. Gu Ding has always been a miracle worker!" Scarlet looked coldly at Ye Mei.

"Exactly! Just because you can't do something doesn't mean others can't!" Liliath shouted over as she took a moment to speak.

"Hmph, since he's not dead, then I'll kill you all!" Ye Mei couldn't accept that someone was actually stronger than her.

He drew his sword, ready to strike at Scarlet others. But Ye Mei noticed a black chain had somehow wrapped around his ankle, the same chain that had bound the Platinum Skeleton before. At the same time, a strange sense of weakness washed over him; he could clearly feel his Combat Strength had drastically decreased.

Suddenly, Ye Mei's vision blurred, and he found himself on a desolate land. His heart skipped a beat; he had been pulled into Gu Ding's domain, and the weakness he felt intensified. He felt his Combat Strength was less than one percent of what it used to be. At that moment, he finally understood why Gu Ding had been able to slay the Platinum Skeleton. Looking at the Demon Face above Gu Ding's head in the distance, Ye Mei felt a strange sensation he had never experienced before—he knew it was fear.

In the next instant, he saw a Red Radiance flash in the eyes of that Demon Face, and everything went black before his eyes. His last thought was, "I was actually killed by Gu Ding in one move..."

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[After this site is completed, the book will enter a turning point in the plot. Don't rush, take your time reading. The story will only get more and more exciting. I must say that from the beginning, setting up this site to enhance the Combat Strength of the Gu Ding Team was not the biggest purpose, nor was recruiting Hake into the team... The biggest purpose was to unfold the story that follows...] (To be continued...)