Death Advent
The Soul Impact surged like a tidal wave, engulfing the four of them.
Even under the protection of the Pseudo Profound Artifact, Kornahan and the two elders' souls were like candles in the wind, suffering greatly and in danger of being extinguished. After all, the strength of their souls was too weak, and even with the protection of the Pseudo Profound Artifact, they were completely unable to resist the almost godlike soul strength of the Deadpool.
Kornahan and the two elders only lasted a few seconds before completely losing consciousness. Without awareness, their bodies' self-protection abilities decreased drastically, and the rate at which their bodies turned into zombies accelerated several times over.
Only Lorinda continued to struggle. With the support of the Pseudo Profound Artifact, her soul strength was barely enough to withstand Deadpool's Soul Impact. Even so, her soul was badly damaged, and her consciousness was drowsy and lethargic.
Just when she was about to give up, Lorinda twisted the dagger in her hand and forcefully plunged it into her thigh. The blade of the dagger went straight through her thigh, and blood flowed out continuously.
She did this because she knew perfectly well that if she couldn't hold on, they would all be wiped out. The intense pain from her penetrating wound instantly cleared her mind, and she grabbed Kornahan and the other two, throwing them forcefully in the direction they had come from. At the same time, a loud shout came from her mouth, "Third Elder, take Kornahan and the other two and escape!!!"
Deadpool, however, seemed to have no intention of leaving any survivors. With the flapping of his black cloak, several long black whips extended out and swept towards the unconscious Kornahan and his two companions.
Lorinda, of course, wouldn't let him succeed. She swung her dagger repeatedly, slashing at the black whips.
At this moment, Gu Ding had already sneaked to the vicinity of the battlefield, silently observing the situation and waiting for an opportunity to make a move.
Deadpool probably already noticed his presence, but he was too focused on killing Lorinda and the others to pay much attention to him.
Lorinda's strength was indeed extraordinary. The two daggers in her hands were both Pseudo Profound Artifact weapons. With the two working together, she actually managed to forcibly cut off Deadpool's whip attack.
Deadpool was clearly surprised by this. His attack motion noticeably faltered.
Instead of retreating, Lorinda chose to attack. She seized Deadpool's weakness and acted decisively. With the advantage of the pseudo-artifact, she was very confident in herself.
Deadpool was no easy opponent. With a sway of his skirt, hundreds of black whips burst forth from his body, sweeping towards Lorinda like a black tide. He wanted to tear her to shreds before she could even get close.
Just as the two entered a fierce battle, Gu Ding moved. He leaped high into the air and suddenly appeared behind the hundreds-of-meters-tall Deadpool. His attack angle was exactly in Lorinda's blind spot, and she didn't have the leisure to release her soul perception at this moment, so she was unaware of Gu Ding's presence.
Deadpool seemed to have always considered Gu Ding as just a little mouse lurking nearby, so Gu Ding's sudden attack was completely unexpected. It was precisely this unpredictability that allowed Gu Ding to land a successful punch on Deadpool's back.
It's not that Gu Ding's bombardment can cause much damage, but rather that Gu Ding's sealing ability can only be achieved through direct contact.
After successfully making contact, Gu Ding didn't choose to continue attacking. Instead, he quickly retreated. He didn't know if this supernatural power would work on Deadpool. The safest approach was to attack and then immediately retreat, and then observe whether his sealing supernatural power had taken effect.
Almost at the same moment Gu Ding retreated, he heard the Sea Emperor's voice in his ear, "Run! Your sealing ability is ineffective against it!"
Gu Ding immediately accelerated and retreated, but he also saw several black whips sweeping towards him.
The Absolute Seal ability had failed. Gu Ding had worried about this problem before, but he thought the chances of it happening were slim, which is why he resolutely chose to act. His recklessness clearly had serious consequences. If he had been hit by those whips, given Gu Ding's current physical strength, his chances of survival would have been slim.
On the other side, Lorinda nimbly darted through the dense thicket of black whips. Her pair of daggers acted like shredders, slicing and breaking the whips in their wake, as she steadily closed in on Deadpool.
When they were less than twenty meters away from Deadpool, his wide cloak suddenly trembled abnormally, and then, from the endless black mist beneath the brim of his cloak, two dazzling beams of pale blue light shone.
The two beams of light radiated outwards in all directions, as if there were no obstructions. Lorinda was instantly illuminated by the blue light, and her figure froze instantly, as if she had been petrified. A layer of blue "ice" began to rapidly cover the surface of her body.
Gu Ding, naturally, also did not escape the light's coverage. His body was also "petrified," and his surface was covered by a strange, icy-blue substance, looking like a thick layer of blue ice.
After being "petrified," Gu Ding's consciousness was weakened at an alarming rate. From dizziness to complete darkness, it took less than three seconds, not even enough time for him to struggle.
"Gu Ding! Gu Ding..." Sea Emperor kept calling out to Gu Ding in his consciousness, but received no response. "Wake up! If your consciousness continues to sink like this, you will perish completely!"
Although his consciousness had fallen into a strange, drowsy state, Sea Emperor knew that Gu Ding had not perished, because the bond between him and Gu Ding had not been severed. If Gu Ding had truly perished, this genetic bond would have automatically dissolved.
Strangely, no matter how he shouted, Gu Ding's consciousness gave no response whatsoever, as if his consciousness had completely dissipated.
Deadpool also noticed Gu Ding's unusual behavior.
As a being from the Death Plane, it was highly sensitive to death and initially didn't take Gu Ding, an ant-like being, seriously. However, Gu Ding's repeated actions piqued its interest. Firstly, this Gu Ding could ignore its area-of-effect curse; secondly, this ant dared to attack it proactively. Another reason was that, despite being hit by its "Death Advent" divine power, the other party's consciousness didn't perish but instead entered a strange dormant state. It's worth noting that the Ninth Sequence human woman who had been hit by this divine power earlier perished in less than five seconds.
Although Deadpool has no eyes, his curious "gaze" still fell upon Gu Ding, scrutinizing Gu Ding closely...
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[A reader asked why Gu Ding can now use Absolute Seal when the Forbidden Divine Power was previously sealed by the Gate of Purgatory. This is because the seal of the Gate of Purgatory is only effective within the Gate of Purgatory themselves; it has no effect outside Gate of Purgatory coverage area.] (To be continued~^~)