Devouring Cosmic Fruits
Cabensis was filled with shock. He recognized the other person as Gu Ding, and knew that he was the number one super strong person on the Black Iron Prodigy Ranking. But seeing a Two-Headed Demon Race strength surpassed his own being instantly killed at such close range still filled him with shock.
He had always believed that ranking in the fifties on the Black Iron Prodigy Ranking meant he wasn't too far behind the top ten in terms of strength. Even if he couldn't defeat them, he shouldn't be easily killed. Only now did he realize how incredibly naive he had been. Gu Ding's strength was such that even a hundred of him would be instantly annihilated.
Gu Ding ignored Cabensis's gaze behind him. He simply flicked his finger, and a divine source extended out, collecting the smart device on Munster's body and placing it into his Storage Space. Only then did he turn to look at Cabensis, "Name your price for that fruit in your hand."
Cabensis was taken aback. He didn't actually know what the fruit was, but Gu Ding had saved his life and hadn't tried to take it, which already made him feel very lucky. He quickly took out the Cosmic Fruit, "No need, you saved my life, so you can have this fruit."
Gu Ding glanced at him and thought the kid was alright. Bigge flicked the Way of the Blade Intent Memory Crystal that Big had given him from his Storage Space and said, "Keep it. I don't like owing people things."
That Memory Crystal was a birthday gift from Bigge Gu Ding, Gu Ding had seen many times before. However, Gu Ding's Martial Dao Intent has now reached the Enlightenment Realm, even higher Bigge recorded the crystal, so keeping it is no longer of much use. It would be better to give it to someone who needs it more.
After putting away the last Cosmic Fruit, Gu Ding turned and left.
Cabensis, somewhat curious, activated the Memory Crystal. He saw Bigge's demonstration of swordplay, and after watching it once, his face lit up with excitement. "It's actually Bigge's swordplay projection from the Gu Ding Pirate Crew! My strength is on the verge of another breakthrough!"
In the Universe Sea, crystals recording battles of powerful individuals are extremely valuable, with a single piece costing as much as a divine artifact of the same rank. As for this kind of instructional mental cultivation practice, it is rarely circulated in the Universe Sea, except for members of major forces who can obtain it at a certain cost.
When Bigge was recording this crystal, his swordsmanship was at the peak of the Spiritual Affinity Realm, belonging to the second major realm. For someone like Cabensis, who had only recently reached the Micro Realm, it was simply priceless.
After reviewing it once, Cabensis carefully put away the Memory Crystal and left with a look of delight.
Gu Ding, having obtained the nine Cosmic Fruits, returned to the vicinity of the Universe Fruit Tree under the guidance of the Sea Emperor.
According to the Sea Emperor, many more people are heading in this direction, including quite a few Two-Headed Demon Race. Gu Ding could easily wait here for a day, accumulate over three thousand kills, and then return to the Gate of Purgatory.
Over the next day, crowds gradually arrived. Gu Ding concealed himself and was not discovered by the humans. He only attacked and killed the Two-Headed Demon Race when they appeared.
When the ten-day deadline arrived, Gu Ding had already racked up over 3,300 kills. He didn't linger and headed straight for the teleportation point. After registering with the Order Keeper at the teleportation point, he stepped into the teleportation array.
After Gu Ding was teleported back to the Gate of Purgatory, he walked directly toward the Silver-Armored Man at the teleportation point.
"You're back quite punctually, exactly ten days, less than an hour ago," the Silver Armor Order Keeper said with a smile. He was the one who registered Gu Ding ten days ago.
"There's no other way, there's an arena match tomorrow, so I have to get back early today." Gu Ding nodded and smiled. "Could you help me convert all my kill points into regular points?"
"Your kill count should be over a thousand, right?" the Silver Armor Order Keeper said, projecting the page onto the screen.
After Gu Ding performed a scan and docking, the number of kills below Gu Ding's name on the projected page began to surge rapidly. It quickly surpassed one thousand, and then, to the Silver Armor Order Keeper's surprise, rapidly exceeded two thousand, then three thousand. The final kill count stopped at 3367.
"More than three thousand three hundred?!" The Silver Armor Order Keeper was shocked. If the other party wasn't Gu Ding, he might have suspected a machine malfunction. He had also read some information about Gu Ding and knew that Gu Ding's Combat Strength was terrifying. In the Outer Domain Battlefield at the one-star level, he was basically invincible.
"I was lucky," Gu Ding smiled and didn't say anything more.
The Silver Armor Order Keeper didn't ask any more questions. Everyone has their own methods, and it's not surprising that a prodigy like Gu Ding might be hiding some kind of secret. He immediately started exchanging points for Gu Ding.
"For every 1,000 kills, the score doubles once. If you kill more than 3,000, the score will double three times, for a total of 14,367 points."
On the projection screen, Gu Ding's kill count quickly became zero, while his total score, which was originally zero, clearly became more than 14,000.
"It seems like I can use it for a while." Gu Ding felt that the speed at which he could gain points was easier than he had imagined.
"This is only a portion of the points. Your points will increase dramatically after you finish the arena matches," the Sea Emperor laughed.
"How many people are taking on the challenge?" Gu Ding asked hurriedly.
"More than 130,000 people have already challenged you. It seems you're quite the hot commodity. Do you want to accept all of them? If not, those people can still unilaterally withdraw their challenges. But once you accept the challenges, they'll have to give you points if they want to withdraw." The Sea Emperor's tone sounded wicked.
"Of course we should accept them all. Let's just set it to automatic acceptance so that the next person can't cancel it." Gu Ding also had a mischievous grin on his face.
After leaving the outer realm teleportation point, Gu Ding, guided by the Sea Emperor, headed towards the Cultivation Tower. He had now obtained nine Cosmic Fruits and wanted to absorb them as soon as possible to improve his cultivation level. He needed to find a safe place to cultivate in seclusion.
The Cultivation Tower is a giant black tower with nine floors.
The First Level has no time acceleration effect and consumes 1 point per day.
Second Level. Double time acceleration effect, consumes 4 points per day.
Third Level. Five times the time acceleration effect, consumes 10 points per day.
The fourth level, ten times... 20 points.
Fifth level, twenty times... 40 points.
The Sixth Layer, fifty times... 100 points.
The Seventh Layer, 100 times... 200 points.
The Eighth Level, two hundred times... 400 points.
The Ninth Layer, 500 times... 1000 points.
According to the Sea Emperor, this kind of time -Time Acceleration Cabin, cannot have its effects stacked with those of the Time Acceleration Cabin.
Gu Ding entered the tower. At the entrance, a Black-Armored Man sat there, glancing at Gu Ding. "Register your entry time and floor number; points will be automatically deducted."
Gu Ding nodded and registered the First Level on the projection page, with a duration of one day.
The black-armored Order Keeper looked at Gu Ding with a strange expression. Those who entered the Cultivation Tower usually accumulated a certain number of points before being admitted, and would cultivate for many days at a time. But Gu Ding not only cultivated for one day, but also only reached the First Level, which had no time acceleration effect.
"How could a day of cultivation possibly have any effect? Does this kid not have any points?" the Order Keeper thought to himself, as he couldn't see Gu Ding's remaining points.
Gu Ding didn't care at all. After the points were deducted, he turned to leave, but the Order Keeper hesitated for a moment before reminding him, "Find an empty room, scan the dark red display screen at the door with your wristband, and the room will open automatically. An empty room will have a dark red display screen, while an occupied room will have a red light on the screen."
"Thank you." Gu Ding thanked him and, guided by the Sea Emperor, found an empty room and scanned his way inside.
After entering, Gu Ding glanced at the completely dark room, took out the Time Acceleration Cabin, and rushed inside.
Inside the Time Acceleration Cabin, Gu Ding sat cross-legged and took out a Cosmic Fruit.
The jade-white Cosmic Fruit looked crystal clear, seemingly weightless, floating in the void, emitting a refreshing fruity fragrance. Gu Ding opened his mouth and swallowed the fruit.
The jade-white fruit, like liquid, transformed into a trickle and slowly flowed into Gu Ding's mouth. The Cosmic Fruit, too, shrank in size as Gu Ding inhaled it.
It took Gu Ding more than twenty minutes to completely swallow the fruit. Cool energy flowed from his abdomen, making Gu Ding feel extremely comfortable.
He immediately focused his energy and began to break through to the level of Two-Star Low-rank God. Streams of energy continuously spread throughout his body, frantically cleansing every cell in Gu Ding's body, even penetrating into more microscopic levels. Soon, the Gene Chain within Gu Ding's body were filled and saturated with this energy.
From the outside, Gu Ding's entire body seemed to swell up, and a white glow emanated from its surface.
Gu Ding's consciousness was suddenly pulled into darkness.
At first, there was nothing in that darkness, but then slowly, he saw stars. Burning stars, terrifyingly dense White Dwarf Star and neutron stars, Black Hole that swallowed everything, planets and asteroids orbiting stars, even fragments of meteorites...
Gu Ding seemed to embody the entire universe, seeing everything within it clearly, from the macroscopic Big Bang to the microscopic process of life on planets from birth to death.
The evolution of the entire universe, the birth and death of nature, the cycle of life—everything was clearly imprinted in his eyes. His heart was filled with awe. In the past six months, he had traveled through many universes, but only superficially, never stopping or carefully observing any of them. Only now did he realize that universes also have life; they are born, they are nurtured, and they will eventually perish. Nothing is eternal.
With a few "clicks," Gu Ding's consciousness emerged from that profound state and returned to his body.
Before I could even open my eyes, I heard the Sea Emperor's voice, "You've finally woken up!" (To be continued~^~)