What If You Run Out of Fingers?

Gu Ding didn't spend much time before arriving near the location the Sea Emperor had mentioned. By the time he arrived, the human team had already launched their attack. Seeing this, Gu Ding didn't reveal himself but chose to remain hidden and observe from the sidelines.

That human squad, fewer in number than the Two-Headed Demon Race, consisted of only nine people. Their willingness to attack was clearly due to their familiarity with the Two-Headed Demon Race's habits.

Although the Two-Headed Demon Race have two heads, they are not smarter than humans. On the contrary, their average intelligence is slightly lower than that of the Human Race. They are better at overwhelming their opponents with brute force. Because of their powerful individual Combat Strength, they are more accustomed to fighting alone and are not good at teamwork. Even when they gather in small groups, they basically have no coordination with each other, and occasionally they even injure their own teammates.

Therefore, with no overwhelming numerical advantage on the other side, the nine members of the Human Race Camp launched a surprise attack.

The nine members clearly had some teamwork experience, and their coordination was quite good. They immediately charged towards the smallest member of the opposing group, intending to eliminate one first and weaken the enemy's strength. Two-Headed Demon Race are mostly flesh-and-blood cultivators; at the same cultivation level, the more muscular they are, the stronger they usually are. This nine-person team was clearly aware of this.

Choosing to eliminate the weakest first is because they are the easiest to kill, and it also reduces the number of opponents, having a deterrent effect. Although the Two-Headed Demon Race are brave, they also have a fear of death.

But as soon as Gu Ding saw their first target, he knew that this group of humans had probably hit a tough nut to crack this time.

The smallest of the Two-Headed Demon Race possessed an aura comparable to Peak-rank God, clearly a monstrous talent among the Two-Headed Demon Race. His smaller stature was likely due to the effects of some special cultivation technique, as his physical strength far surpassed that of his Big Guy brethren.

Faced with the onslaught of nine humans, the Two-Headed Demon Race grinned ferociously, his left hand transforming into a thick shield.

The nine Human Race Camp showed no panic, clearly aware of their opponent's fighting style. The nine attacks, each a different color, landed on the shield in a highly orderly fashion.

"Shatter!" The final attacker was a male Sword Cultivator, quite skilled, who had mastered the Subtle Mastery sword intent. His longsword flashed through the air, its tip striking the very spot where the other eight had attacked.

A "ding" sounded. A strong recoil force followed, and the Sword Cultivator's expression changed drastically. He shouted, "Everyone, retreat!"

Before he could finish speaking, he turned and fled. The other eight seemed to know what had happened as well, and without the slightest hesitation, they retreated swiftly.

"Do you think you can escape?" The two heads of the short Two-Headed Demon Race simultaneously let out a somewhat grating laugh. His right hand transformed into a long whip, sweeping towards the Sword Cultivator. At the same time, he turned to the others and shouted, "Form a net!"

The remaining Two-Headed Demon Race transformed their hands into chains, instantly forming several spiderweb-like walls that created a sealed space, completely blocking the nine people's escape route.

At the same time, the Human Race Camp's strongest Sword Cultivator was also pierced through the chest by the short, two-headed man's whip.

The Sword Cultivator, whose chest was pierced by the whip, did not die immediately, but his aura was rapidly weakening, and he would probably die from exhaustion within minutes. He was swept away by the whip without any power to resist and delivered to the small, Two-Headed Demon Race.

"Your squad, is that the one that's been hunting down our people like crazy these past few days?" the right head of the Two-Headed Demon Race asked. That head had Kou Zi Hu and a pigtail tied in a topknot. This hairstyle seemed to be quite popular among Two-Headed Demon Race.

"It's definitely him, this guy is Sword Cultivator with formidable attack power. His attack power is at the level of High-rank God, making him a prodigy among humans. Many of the guys who died before had their heads pierced directly by his longsword. It must be him." The head on the left was Bald Head with a goatee, and he stroked his goatee with his left hand.

"That's right, it's me." The Sword Cultivator knew that he was probably doomed this time, so he might as well admit it and at least have some dignity before he died.

The other eight people were also stopped by the giant net made of chains.

"Your fighting style might give you an advantage against others, but unfortunately you've run into me. While most of us Two-Headed Demon Race are incredibly stupid, occasionally a genius like me with exceptional intelligence will emerge. You can only blame your bad luck," said the short Two-Headed Demon Race with his right braid pointing upwards.

"Actually, neither of us were born smart. It's because we have a special supernatural ability that allows us to acquire memories by devouring other people's brains. You are considered a prodigy among Human Race Camp, and although you are an energy being, we also have the means to solidify energy to consume you. I can't wait any longer..." The Bald Head man on the left stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips.

The Sword Cultivator's face immediately turned even uglier. He originally thought that death would end everything, but it turned out that this Two-Headed Demon Race wanted to eat his brain and obtain his memories.

During their conversation, the other eight humans were also captured. Without the Sword Cultivator's powerful attacks, the eight of them were unable to coordinate effectively and were quickly defeated one by one by the eleven Two-Headed Demon Race, all of them being captured.

"Boss, there are two more women here..." Beneath the long robe, the brim of the hood was lifted, revealing the figures of two women. The largest of the Two-Headed Demon Race, who was over five meters tall, looked at the two women with drool dripping from both heads and shouted, "I've heard that human women are delicious. How about we slice them up and share them?"

"Women?!" The short, Two-Headed Demon Race immediately turned his head and looked at the two women. He frowned. "One head, and so thin, not good-looking. You can eat them if you want, but it looks like these two women don't have much meat on them combined."

Clearly, the aesthetic standards of the Two-Headed Demon Race are completely different from those of humans. By human standards, these two women would be considered beauties. Gu Ding could see their appearances from afar; even if they weren't quite as beautiful as Elizabeth, they weren't far off. As for their figures, Gu Ding couldn't tell because they were covered by cloaks, but in any case, neither of them could be described as "ugly."

"Hehe, there are twelve of us, so we'll cut each of you into eight pieces... wait, no, it should be seven pieces each..." The largest Two-Headed Demon Race counted on his fingers, then muttered after a while, "Not enough fingers, what do we do..."

"If you don't have enough fingers, you still have toes," a voice suddenly rang out.

"Yes, and toes too..." The Two-Headed Demon Race hurriedly reached out to take off his shoes.

But the other Two-Headed Demon Race looked at the human boy who appeared in front of the big man with surprise, and several humans also looked at him.

The boy, dressed in a black and white striped prison uniform, hovered in front of the Two-Headed Demon Race with a grin on his face.

"Barto, get out of the way!" The short Two-Headed Demon Race had clearly sensed Gu Ding's power and shouted at the giant who was nearly ten meters tall.

"Too late." Gu Ding raised his hand and extended two fingers. Two Black Radiance shot out with lightning speed, piercing through the two heads of the Two-Headed Demon Race named Bato before the other party could react.

"Boom!" Barto's enormous corpse crashed to the ground, a sight that shocked the other Two-Headed Demon Race.

"Run!" the short man shouted immediately. He could tell from this one move that his opponent's strength was far beyond his own.

"Can they escape?" Gu Ding shot out ten black Finger Force from his ten fingers, pointing at the ten fleeing Two-Headed Demon Race respectively. Then, he flashed and blocked the way in front of the small Two-Headed Demon Race.

To everyone's astonishment, Gu Ding's ten Finger Force each pierced through two skulls, and the ten enormous figures fell to the ground once more, losing all life.

The short man looked at Gu Ding with a face full of terror, and both heads spoke at the same time, asking, "Who exactly are you? This Outer Domain Battlefield only allows Low-rank God to take action. What you're doing is a violation of the rules!"

"I am Low-rank God, and only at the level of one star," Gu Ding said with a helpless expression.

"How is this possible? How could Low-rank God possess such Combat Strength?!" The short man was filled with disbelief. After a long while, he seemed to remember something. "You... you're someone from the Black Iron Prodigy Ranking?"

"I guessed right. It seems you really have absorbed a lot of people's memories, even knowing the Human Race's Black Iron Prodigy Ranking." Gu Ding was also somewhat surprised that the other party knew about this ranking, because the Black Iron Prodigy Ranking was not open to ordinary people in the Human Race Camp; only gods could see it, so not many outsiders knew about it. "I am Gu Ding, currently ranked number one on the Human Race's Black Iron Prodigy Ranking."

As Gu Ding spoke, he stretched out his hand, pointed out two fingers, and two Black Radiance shot out again, carrying a terrifying force that pierced through the air, and shot towards the opponent.

The short man conjured two heavy shields with his hands, attempting to block the attack. But to his astonishment, two Finger Force strikes struck his shields directly, piercing through them without any resistance, and then penetrating his two heads.

His body fell to the ground, his four eyes filled with terror, for before he died he saw his shield as fragile as paper, easily torn and disintegrated, and then two Black Radiance magnified in his eyes...

"You're Gu Ding?!" Several humans quickly gathered around, initially suspicious upon first Gu Ding. Only after Gu Ding admitted it to the Two-Headed Demon Race did they realize it, their eyes filled with delight.

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Chapter 3 is expected to be released around midnight, so please don't wait up. Merry Christmas, and everyone should get some rest during the holidays. (To be continued)