The Bottom of the Abyss Blood Pool

Emperor Body Realm, activated!

Gu Ding's body began to expand rapidly. Every inch of muscle, every bone, and even every cell was like an inflating balloon, constantly growing larger.

His height of 1.8 meters increased to over 120 meters in just a few seconds.

The normal human form instantly transformed into a giant clad in silver armor, with bulging muscles visible on the exposed body, and the skin exhibiting a translucent, jade-like quality.

As soon as the White Jade Emperor Body was summoned, a vast amount of vital energy surged into the blood pool. It entered the muscles from the skin, then the bones, and finally reached the microscopic cellular level.

The size of the White Jade Emperor Body also began to expand visibly.

130 meters, 140 meters, 150 meters...

"This White Jade Emperor Body increases in strength by one sequence for every hundred meters it grows taller. Reaching one hundred meters is the strength of First Sequence true god, reaching two hundred meters is the strength of Second Sequence true god, and so on, reaching one thousand meters is the strength of Tenth Sequence true god." Watching Gu Ding's imperial body continue to expand, the Sea Emperor also watched this change with great interest.

More than twenty days have passed, and Gu Ding's White Jade Emperor Body has grown from over 120 meters to 200 meters. This also means that the White Jade Emperor Body's strength has entered the level of Second Sequence True God.

Nearly fifty days have passed. The turbulent currents within the blood pool are increasing day by day; vortices that previously appeared below 600 meters are now appearing above 600 meters. The vast majority of those who entered the Abyss Blood Pool could not endure it and escaped the pool, being teleported out. A few, however, did not manage to escape and were directly swallowed by the undercurrents or vortices, perishing completely.

Inside the canyon, Emon appeared somewhat worried. Less than forty days after the Abyss Blood Pool opened, people had already been teleported out. After that, people continued to leave the valley, with Lavern emerging on the forty-fifth day. But now, forty-eight days had passed, and of the three hundred people, more than two hundred and seventy had already left. Brenne and Gu Ding were still nowhere to be seen, which made him anxious.

Gu Ding was naturally unharmed; those undercurrents and vortexes, though capable of tearing wounds in his White Jade Emperor Body, would heal completely within a few cycles of the Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body. Moreover, the White Jade Emperor Body's expansion would accelerate after such damage.

Brenne, however, was truly in trouble. Her physical body had broken through to the strength of First Sequence True God a dozen days ago. Because of this, she chose to risk a dive, plunging over a thousand meters, hoping to accelerate her breakthrough to the Second Sequence level. But before she could even break through, she was accidentally swept up by an undercurrent. Also swept up with her was the burly man who had clashed with Gu Ding while queuing.

Both of their physical bodies had reached the level of First Sequence True Gods. They struggled to hold on against the undercurrent. Ultimately, they couldn't withstand the impact of the undercurrent and completely lost consciousness, plummeting downwards. Under the immense crushing force, their bodies began to disintegrate.

On this day, Gu Ding's White Jade Emperor Body had just broken through to two hundred meters. Seeing someone fall, he originally didn't intend to get involved. However, upon seeing Brenne, he still chose to intervene and caught both of them with one hand.

Feeling her body collide with something, Brenne slowly regained consciousness. She struggled to open her eyes and saw a giant lifting her up. Before she could react, she felt a tremendous force coming from below, throwing her out of the pool of blood.

The moment her body left the blood pool, Brenne was teleported out. A few moments later, her Body Cultivation considerably, and she managed to sit up, only to find that someone else had been thrown out with her, and that person also seemed to have just woken up.

"Hey, woman, did you see a huge dark shadow at the bottom of the blood pool just now?" the burly man suddenly asked.

Brenne hesitated. She was certain she had seen a giant, and that the giant had saved her. She also felt that revealing this might affect the giant, so she shook her head. "I didn't see anything. It must be your imagination."

"Illusion? But there was definitely a tremendous force lifting us up..."

"It must have been an undercurrent that swept us up here, which means we were lucky." Brenne still denied the existence of the giant. She knew that the giant had not woken up as early as she had. She had only seen a blurry figure, so the giant probably hadn't seen it clearly either.

The burly man still seemed somewhat suspicious.

"Let's go out. There probably aren't many people left in the blood pool," Brenne said, struggling to her feet as she walked towards the canyon.

The burly man followed her away.

Seeing Brenne appear, Emon breathed a slight sigh of relief, but he guessed that Gu Ding was probably dead, after all, Gu Ding only had the strength of One-Star Half-Step True God.

After Brenne came out and didn't see Gu Ding, she couldn't help but ask, "Hasn't Gu Lotte come out?"

"That kid is definitely dead. With the blood and qi of One-Star Half-Step True God, he was probably smashed into mincemeat the moment he jumped into the blood pool," Lavern said with a look of disdain.

Brenne knew, however, that Gu Ding wasn't someone who would perish so easily. She had personally witnessed Gu Ding dive to a depth of one thousand meters on the very first day, and after his physical strength had increased to above the True God level, he had dived even deeper than one thousand meters. But Gu Ding had previously concealed his cultivation level, so she hadn't revealed this fact.

"Let's wait a few more days. If he hasn't come out by the sixtieth day, we'll leave." Emon frowned; he wasn't optimistic about Gu Ding. "You two should also use these days to strengthen your physical bodies."

Gu Ding was completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world; he continued to frantically increase the strength of his White Jade Emperor Body.

After the White Jade Emperor Body swelled to two hundred meters, it did not stop but continued to grow without any hindrance.

210 meters, 220 meters, 230 meters...

More than ten days passed quickly, and sixty days had passed since the opening of the Abyss Blood Pool.

The teams in the canyon are almost all gone.

Of the 300 people who entered, 295 have already come out. Five people, including Gu Ding, are still missing.

Emon's brows furrowed deeply, and Brenne's expression was also not good. She didn't know why, but she didn't really want to see Gu Ding perish.

Lavern, however, was getting impatient. "Uncle Emon, it's been sixty days already. That kid definitely can't have survived. Every year, only one or two people can make it past sixty days, sometimes not even one. There are five people who haven't come out yet. I'd be lucky if two of them survived."

Emon was silent for a moment before speaking, "This Gu Lotte is someone Miss values highly. Let's wait until today is over and leave first thing tomorrow morning."

Emon had been staring at the valley crevice all night, and as darkness deepened, a dark figure suddenly staggered out. Emon's eyes widened, but he realized it wasn't Gu Ding.

Another group of people went to meet them, and they helped the man out of the canyon.

The next morning, Emon shook his head helplessly and waved to the two of them, "Let's go."

Brenne was somewhat reluctant, but she had to admit it. Gu Ding was very likely dead. She knew just how dangerous it was below 1,000 meters. Now, sixty days had passed, and the chances of Gu Ding surviving were extremely slim.

A few hours later, Emon brought the two back to the Shata Exchange.

Urdia, not seeing Gu Ding, couldn't help but ask, "Where are the Gu Lotte?"

"Mr. Gu Lotte, he must have already fallen..." Emon had no choice but to tell Urdia this unfortunate news.

"How could this be?" Urdia was somewhat incredulous. She turned to Brenne and Lavern. "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"I didn't see it with my own eyes, but sixty days have passed and he still hasn't come out of the Abyss Blood Pool," Lavern said directly.

"Miss Urdia, I have something to tell you." Brenne decided to tell Urdia about seeing Gu Ding in the Abyss Blood Pool.

Urdia paused for a moment, then nodded and said to Emon and Lavern, "You two can go out first."

The two bowed and then quickly left the room where Urdia was.

Brenne then revealed everything about seeing Gu Ding in the Abyss Blood Pool.

After hearing this, Urdia was also somewhat surprised. "You mean, Gu Lotte's true cultivation level from the very beginning was that of Nine-and-a-Half Star Half-Step True God?"

"That's right, I can confirm it, because on the first day we entered the Blood Pool, he and I dived to the same depth, reaching the edge of a thousand meters." Brenne said with certainty, "And I also asked him myself, and he did not deny that he had hidden his cultivation level."

"Even with my cultivation as Eighth Sequence True God, I didn't realize he was hiding his strength. Emon probably didn't either, otherwise he would have told me already. How did he do it?" Urdia was quite surprised. Generally speaking, techniques for concealing one's cultivation are useless against someone far stronger than oneself. The fact that she, with her Eighth Sequence True God cultivation, couldn't see through Gu Ding's true strength puzzled her greatly. "If he really can hide his true strength from me, as you say, then I suspect he might still be alive!"

Within the Abyss Blood Pool, besides Gu Ding, there was another Purple-Robed Man, none other than the purple-robed youth who had led the Heavenly God Palace earlier. He had already dived to a depth of 1,200 meters, and his physical strength had reached the level of Second Sequence True God, yet he dared not descend any further.

Meanwhile, Gu Ding had already descended to a depth of 1,400 meters, and the size of his imperial body was still increasing dramatically.

Nearly twenty more days passed, and Gu Ding's imperial body finally broke through three hundred meters, reaching the strength of Third Sequence true god.

Gu Ding chose to continue descending, stopping at approximately 1,480 meters. He sensed that his Imperial Body was on the verge of collapse under such intense pressure. This state was also when his Imperial Body's ascension rate was at its fastest.

Another fifteen days passed, bringing the total number of days since the opening of the Abyss Blood Pool to ninety-five. Gu Ding's Emperor Body had reached a height of three hundred and fifty meters, but at this point, Gu Ding clearly felt that the rate at which the Emperor Body's volume was increasing had begun to slow down.

"The energy intensity here is only at the Elementary Sequence, at most it can only help you reach the peak of the Third Sequence True God, it's impossible to go any higher." The Sea Emperor then spoke, "With your current Emperor Body strength, you can also touch the bottom of this Abyss Blood Pool, go down and see the generous rewards!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Ding immediately dived deeper into the water.

At the deepest point of this Abyss Blood Pool, only 1,500 meters deep, Gu Ding quickly saw the rock layers at the bottom. When he saw what lay above those layers, his face lit up with surprise. "This is..." (To be continued~^~)