Belanger's Purpose
After receiving the order, thousands of warships dispersed into their respective groups.
The once mighty fleet quickly disintegrated into hundreds of smaller fleets, scattered throughout the four corners of this Time Plane.
The warship that Gu Ding and his group were on was no exception; it also left along with the other nine warships of the Medicine God Alliance.
Not long after the spaceship departed, Gu Ding finally stood up and walked over to the leader of the crew. "Thank you, I should be leaving now."
The team leader simply nodded. The Potion Venerable had already informed him that Gu Ding was just hitching a ride.
"Shall we leave now?" Belanger stood up and asked.
"The Potion Venerable didn't say you could leave." The team leader frowned slightly and looked at Belanger.
"I'd be happy to sit here and watch the show," Belanger said, sitting back down, crossing his legs, and looking at Gu Ding with a relaxed expression.
"Team leader, he's with me." Gu Ding had no choice but to tell the team leader this, because he needed Belanger's help to rescue Hake.
The team leader hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. "Alright then. Lord Potion Venerable Master said before that he would try his best to fulfill any requests you may have. However, Belanger is also a genius alchemist. If you want to take him away, I must explain this to Lord Potion Venerable Master when I get back."
"Yes, it's your duty, I understand. I need Belanger to do me a favor, so I have to take him away. Potion Venerable Master will understand." Gu Ding knew that the other party was just fulfilling their duty.
"Can I leave now?" Belanger stood up, walked to the team leader, and asked with a provocative smile.
The team leader just glared at him but didn't say anything back.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's go," Gu Ding urged, his brows furrowed slightly.
The team leader opened the hatch directly, and Gu Ding jumped out first. After reaching the hatch, Belanger suddenly turned around and smiled at the team leader, saying, "I hope you all make it back alive. Goodbye..."
After Belanger left, the team leader immediately closed the hatch and ordered, "Continue forward!"
"Team leader, you really should have let us give that kid a good beating!" a burly man shouted.
"Exactly. I really want to tear that mouth of his to shreds!" Another person was equally indignant.
"Stop talking. This is a strange world, and everyone needs to be on high alert to deal with any event that may occur at any time!" The team leader suppressed the previous incident, but his heart was in turmoil.
He clearly sensed the terrifying killing intent that flashed past Belanger as he passed by. Though fleeting, that killing intent felt almost tangible, and as Seventh Sequence True God, he could roughly judge that the opponent's strength was at least that of Ninth Sequence or even Tenth Sequence super-strong individual.
Not long after the fleet left, a massive black warship soon appeared in front of Gu Ding and Belanger.
Upon seeing the warship, even Belanger raised an eyebrow. "This warship is quite impressive."
Gu Ding ignored his praise and rushed into the spaceship, with Belanger immediately following him in.
After closing the hatch, Gu Ding then activated his Miniature World and released Liliath and the others.
Belanger looked around the spaceship with great interest, then started asking a series of questions like a chatterbox.
The members of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew ignored questions like, "What's the origin of this spaceship?" and "Where did you get it?"
"Belanger, can you tell us where Hake is being held now?" After giving him a perfunctory reply, Gu Ding finally asked.
"I have a question. Is your companion Hake more important, or is everyone else who came to this plane combined more important?" Belanger asked with a smile, posing a strange question.
"I'm Interstellar Pirate, not a hero. For my crew, I'd destroy an entire Universe Sea. Which do you think is more important to me?" Gu Ding's answer seemed to surprise Belanger. "Don't ask such pointless questions. Tell me where Hake is!"
"So, even if all three thousand-plus warships that came to attack are destroyed, and all the conquerors die, you shouldn't care?" Belanger asked with a smile, posing his second strange question.
"I don't have time to play games with you. Tell me... where is Hake!" Gu Ding grabbed the other man's collar and coldly questioned him.
"I know over three thousand ways to get someone to reveal their deepest secrets, but unfortunately, the method you're using isn't one of them." Belanger was completely unfazed by Gu Ding's threat.
"The interrogation teacher of all thirteen of us siblings was the same person—our father. However, the art of interrogation requires an artistic talent to master, and Hake and I were undoubtedly the most gifted in this area. Haven't you ever seen him interrogate others? Oh dear, if I had known he wouldn't have told you this, I really shouldn't have said it. I had no idea he was hiding things from you; I thought you already knew."
"I'll ask you one more time, where exactly is Hake?!" Gu Ding was genuinely angry at the other party's provocation. He clenched his fists tightly, and the veins on the back of his hands bulged.
"Guess how many Celestial God-level powerhouses our family has produced?" Belanger continued to change the subject. "One hundred and sixty-eight, more than the total number of all the human Universe Sea in the past few decades."
"Then guess again, how many Celestial God-level experts does our family have left behind in this plane?" Seeing that Gu Ding's brows were furrowed and he seemed unwilling to answer the question, Belanger continued, "The answer is twelve."
"The reason I say that even low-ranking Celestials would be sent to their deaths is not only because our family has a large number of Celestials. It's also because our family members are trained differently from ordinary people from a young age. First Sequence Celestials have the Combat Strength to slaughter Fourth Sequence Heavenly God. These Celestials invited by the Federal Government will not be able to return alive." Belanger with a confident expression.
"I have no interest in any of what you're saying. Just tell me where Hake is." Hake's safety was still Gu Ding's top priority, and besides, Gu Ding had never had a good impression of those Ultra-Left Faction gods from the beginning.
"Rescuing Hake isn't difficult; the real challenge is how you'll leave this plane after you've rescued him," Belanger said, a smile playing on his lips once more.
"Our family possesses a special item— the Space-Time Scepter. This Space-Time Scepter contains terrifying time-space rules, which is why our family members can freely enter and exit this Time Plane. Of course, the power of the Space-Time Scepter is not limited to this; our family can also use this item to completely seal off this Time Plane, preventing you from returning to your original main Time Plane. Moreover, as soon as we arrived in this plane, I notified the family's higher-ups of your arrival, and they had already sealed off your escape route."
Gu Ding frowned deeply. If what Belanger said was true, then even if they rescued Hake, they wouldn't be able to escape this plane. And the Dees Family had connections everywhere in this plane; they would catch them sooner or later.
"Gu Ding, let him go. Let me try." Liliath took a step forward and looked coldly at Belanger. She was preparing to use her Pupil Technique to hypnotize Belanger and obtain the information she wanted.
"Okay." Gu Ding then loosened his grip on Belanger's collar.
Belanger lowered his head to straighten his clothes, which had been pulled out of shape by Gu Ding, and casually smiled at Liliath, "Little girl, it's no use, what I just said is the truth."
"Whether what you say is true or false, let me try and find out." Liliath was very confident in herself. Since receiving Medusa's inheritance, her Pupil Technique had been almost invincible. Her eyes changed from their original gold to an even more eerie Purple-Gold as she looked towards Belanger.
Belanger then raised his head and met Liliath's Purple-Gold eyes. Their gaze lasted less than half a minute before Liliath suddenly coughed up blood, looking at Belanger with a shocked expression, "You..."
"Lily, are you alright?" Gu Ding helped up Liliath, who was clearly a little weak, but he didn't quite understand why Liliath was reacting this way.
"I'm fine, this guy is Advanced Sequence true god!" Liliath wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked at Belanger with a look of fear.
"I told you long ago that your moves are ineffective against me, after all, the difference in strength between you and me is too great." Belanger then calmly said, "Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Belanger, Direct Lineage descendant of the Dees Family, and Hake's tenth brother. As for my cultivation, I am only one step away from becoming a god. That is why you suffered a backlash when you used your Pupil Technique on me, little girl, because the difference in our soul strength is too great."
After he finished speaking, Gu Ding and his group became wary of him.
"What exactly do you want?" Gu Ding hadn't expected the other party's cultivation to be so strong, and he hadn't noticed it at all. Even the Sea Emperor's detection had been fooled by the other party.
"Don't be nervous. I have no ill intentions towards you. If I did, you wouldn't be alive now." Belanger acted as if he were one of the guests, sitting down on the sofa next to him.
"Stop beating around the bush, what exactly do you want?" Gu Ding knew that the other party must have something to do with his group.
"From the beginning, I only wanted to spar with you on potion-making. But since we made a bet, and I lost, I will naturally abide by the rules and help you rescue Hake. I can even secretly let you leave this plane, but I have one condition..." (To be continued~^~)