Sea Emperor, We Escaped! End of Volume

"No problem. I can send you all the information I can find within my authority. No one should say anything, after all, this family has been gone for too long." Tek readily agreed, then organized the information and sent it to Bigge.

After receiving the information from Tek and reading it, both Bigge and Tagore frowned.

"The Dees Family is truly powerful. At its peak, it was no weaker than the current Federal Government. Even in the Near Ancient Era, before its extinction, it was stronger than all the assassin organizations in the current Universe Sea combined. The Qi Ya Family, currently ranked number one Assassin Family, is not even in the same league as the Dees Family," Tagore couldn't help but exclaim.

"These documents only mention things before the Dees Family disappeared, so it's impossible to determine where their current base is." Bigge was more concerned about the location of the Dees Family's base.

"Since this family has the ability to disappear for over a dozen epochs without being discovered by our Federal Government, their outposts are definitely not so easy to find." Tek shook his head and smiled wryly. "However, you don't need to worry too much. Your partner named Hake, if I remember correctly, is also an assassin. Moreover, it can be seen from the video that he should know the man in white robes and did not resist. In other words, he is very likely also a member of the Dees Family, so he should be safe."

"According to records, members of the Dees Family all possess a special bloodline, and they value their family members extremely highly. Even if someone dies outside the family, their body will be recalled; they will never allow the body to remain unburied. Hake being taken away doesn't necessarily mean he's in trouble; it's possible he just urgently needs to go home for some reason. Perhaps he'll return on his own after some time."

"Even if the Dees Family are Hake's family, they are definitely not good people." Bigge shook his head. "Although being taken away by the Dees Family may not necessarily mean his death, he may experience something more painful than death."

After nearly three years of getting to know each other, Bigge knew very well that Hake must have experienced something terrible in the past, perhaps even worse than his own.

"Tek, thank you for your help. No matter what, Hake is our partner, and we must find him as soon as possible." Tagore knew that Tek was saying this to comfort them both. "We should go now. I will pass on your story to Lily and the others."

After obtaining information about the Dees Family, Bigge quickly took Tagore and left Brick Star.

Inside the Gate of Purgatory, time passed day by day.

In the first month, Gu Ding advanced from a range of twenty meters to a range of ten meters.

In the second month, Gu Ding only took three meters forward, and was only seven meters away from the Black Stone Tablet.

The third month passed, and Gu Ding took another two meters forward, now only five meters away from the Black Stone Tablet.

At this point, Gu Ding's willpower had reached the level of Ninth Sequence true god. However, Gu Ding became increasingly anxious because he knew that at this rate, he would not be able to touch the Black Stone Tablet when the three-year agreement expired.

Now, only twenty-three days remain until the three-year agreement, but my progress is getting slower and slower.

But to the others on the Eighth Level of the Gate of Purgatory, Gu Ding was practically a god.

In just three months, he managed to go from being over twenty meters away to within five meters. The person who made the most progress during those three months only moved forward five meters, and no one else even crossed the twenty-meter mark.

Those who witnessed Gu Ding's transformation included not only the prisoners on the Eighth Level, but also the Order Keeper, the warden, and the three Order Keeper Leader.

Warden Victoria's interest in Gu Ding stemmed entirely from personal interest. There was little entertainment within the Gate of Purgatory; as warden, Victoria had already seen most of the things worth seeing countless times. Therefore, she paid close attention to every step of Gu Ding's progress.

"In three months, he went from a range of twenty meters to five meters, and his willpower increased from the strength of Fifth Sequence True God to the level of Ninth Sequence True God. This kid is simply inhuman. Fortunately, it's only his willpower that has improved; other aspects haven't improved much. If his Combat Strength had increased like this, it would have been truly terrifying." Victoria smiled as she looked at the surveillance projection screen. "He was always talking about escaping from prison before, and since he came back, he's been focusing on this willpower training. Has he given up on the idea of escaping? Or is his escape plan related to this stone tablet... which is why he's so eager to improve his willpower."

Of course, the three Order Keeper Leader had been keeping an eye on Gu Ding from beginning to end, and were also secretly worried for him.

"It's harder to improve willpower as you go on. There are still more than twenty days left until the three-year deadline. At the current pace, it's impossible for this kid to touch the Black Stone Tablet before the deadline. It seems he's going to break his three-year promise that he made on the SkyNet." Kachipul smiled as he looked at Gu Ding furrowed brows on the video projection.

"Senior Gu Zang said before that as long as he obtains the stone tablet in the Eighth Level, he can leave at will. Regardless of whether he fulfills his three-year agreement, we must let him leave." Bygrave did not dare to neglect Gu Zang's words in the slightest.

"His progress is truly terrifying. In three months, he has improved by fifteen meters, while others have only improved by five meters at most. I estimate that if he is given another year at most, he will be able to touch that stone tablet." Gabriel admired Gu Ding very much.

Gu Ding's expression was not good in front of the Black Stone Tablet.

"The improvement of willpower becomes increasingly difficult as you progress. According to my estimation, to touch this Black Stone Tablet, your willpower must reach the peak of the Tenth Sequence True God level. At the current decreasing rate of progress, you will need at least ten more months to achieve that." Although the Sea Emperor was telling the truth, it was not the answer Gu Ding wanted to hear.

"But I don't have ten months left, only twenty-three days left..." Gu Ding clenched his fists tightly, he was very unwilling.

But time did not stop flowing because of his unwillingness to accept defeat. It continued to fly by day after day.

Twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.

In those twenty days, Gu Ding only managed to take one step forward, covering a distance of four meters. But his willpower had reached its limit, and it was on the verge of collapsing at any moment.

There are only three days left. But that four-meter distance is like an insurmountable chasm, impossible to cross.

"Gu Ding, that's enough. If you keep pushing yourself like this, you'll collapse from a breakdown in your willpower." The Sea Emperor couldn't bear to watch any longer.

"No, I promised Lily and the others. I must escape within three years!" Gu Ding still refused to give up. "Only three days left, let's give it our all!"

As Gu Ding spoke, he took out a ball of True Blood from his Storage Space. The ball of True Blood was purple in color and was a drop of True Blood from the Tenth Sequence.

After extracting the True Blood, Gu Ding opened his mouth and swallowed it.

This scene left many people speechless.

The True Blood of the Tenth Sequence. That was the True Blood of three powerful figures at the level of Order Keeper Leader, and Gu Ding took it out casually and swallowed it without the slightest hesitation.

With the True Blood entering his stomach, Gu Ding's willpower surged once more, quickly breaking through from the Ninth Sequence True God to the Tenth Sequence True God. He took another step, shrinking the distance from four meters to three meters.

The powerful energy contained in the True Blood raged throughout his body, but at this moment Gu Ding could not care about anything else and could only focus on the enlightenment of his willpower.

That drop of Tenth Sequence True Blood True Blood clearly not from an ordinary Tenth Sequence True God. The enlightenment it brought was immense. In just a few minutes, Gu Ding's willpower strengthened once more, and he took another step forward, now only two meters away from the Black Stone Tablet.

At this moment, Gu Ding was covered in blood, damage inflicted on his physical body by the energy clash of Tenth Sequence True God. If Gu Ding couldn't resolve this hidden danger in time, he might lose his physical body.

"Gu Ding, your physical body can only hold on for another ten minutes at most. If you don't find a way to resolve this, you will perish due to your body exploding!" The Sea Emperor warned loudly in Gu Ding's ear.

Gu Ding heard everything clearly, but he had no time to pay attention to it, because if he devoted some of his energy to repairing his body, the speed at which he would gain enlightenment about willpower would be slowed down.

Time passed second by second. Gu Ding's body was already a bloody mess, unrecognizable as human, but Gu Ding finally took another step, only one meter away from the Black Stone Tablet.

"Gu Ding, it's too late! Your physical body can only hold on for another minute at most!" The Sea Emperor shouted loudly in Gu Ding's ear. If Gu Ding did not suppress the surge of True Blood energy in his body in time, he would lose his physical body.

Upon hearing the Sea Emperor's warning, Gu Ding once again took out an item from his Storage Space —the protective Crystal Card that Bygrave had given him earlier. He had used two of them in the Gravel World, and the last one had remained unused until now, finally proving useful.

He took a step forward, and at the same time, crushed the protective Crystal Card.

The powerful impact of will collided with the attack unleashed by the protective Crystal Card, and Gu Ding took the opportunity to slap the Black Stone Tablet.

After the bloody hand was placed on the stone tablet, a strange "hum" sound emanated from it, sounding like the vibration of metal.

Almost simultaneously, all the shockwaves vanished instantly.

The strange roar emanating from the stone tablet's frenzied tremors reverberated in all directions, quickly engulfing the entire Eighth Level of the Gate of Purgatory. It was as if it were announcing something to the whole world.

The stone tablet also began to expand under the tremors. Originally more than three meters tall, it swelled up like a balloon, accompanied by strange shape changes.

To everyone's astonishment, the Black Stone Tablet, which was more than three meters tall, transformed into a super-giant ship tens of thousands of meters long.

After the giant ship took shape, a beam of light shot out, enveloping Gu Ding entirely and absorbing him into it.

Then, the enormous ship vanished in a flash.

In the next instant, the black behemoth pierced through a star.

Sitting in the cockpit, gazing at the endless starry sky, Gu Ding knew he had returned to the Universe Sea he had been away from for three years. A grin spread across his face once more. "Sea Emperor, we've successfully escaped!" (To be continued~^~)