Breaking the Maze

Just as Gu Ding's hand was about to touch the dagger, it suddenly disintegrated, turning into smoke on its own and disappearing into Hake's body along his wrist.

In the next instant, it appeared in Hake's other hand and slashed at the arm that Gu Ding was holding.

Gu Ding frowned slightly and quickly withdrew his hand. However, the distance was too close, and the residual force of the dagger still managed to cut a wound on his arm, causing it to bleed profusely once again.

Hake, now free, did not retreat immediately. Instead, he brandished his dagger and charged at Gu Ding once more.

At the same time, the black shadow that had been repelled attacked again.

Gu Ding was once again caught in a pincer movement, but he showed no sign of retreat; on the contrary, his fighting spirit grew even stronger.

The wound on his arm did not seem to affect his strength at all as he charged towards the two.

Relying on the speed advantage brought by his Combat Strength, Gu Ding was like a bullet fired from a gun, arriving first even though he was behind.

This time, he held nothing back, striking both men in the chest with both fists without mercy.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Two loud explosions rang out, and Hake and the shadowy figure were sent flying backwards at the same time.

"Sorry, Hake, since I can't capture you, I'll have to knock you out." Gu Ding was somewhat helpless. His original plan was to capture Hake alive and take him away, so he had been very careful with his attacks, afraid of hurting Hake. But now, with that dangerous Black Dagger present, capturing Hake alive was too difficult. His only option was to completely disable Hake's body. Although this would cause serious damage to Hake's body, it was the only way to temporarily deprive the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade of control over his body.

Hake's body slammed violently against a rock wall hundreds of kilometers away, the impact causing the rock to tremble, but without producing the slightest crack.

Almost at the same moment Hake's back hit the rock, Gu Ding suddenly appeared in front of Hake and delivered a merciless punch to Hake's chest.

With a deafening roar, the mountain trembled violently, and a crisp sound of bones cracking echoed from Hake's chest. He coughed up blood and plummeted down the mountainside.

But Gu Ding did not give up the pursuit. He stepped on Hake's left shoulder, and Hake's left shoulder made another sound of bones cracking, and he fell down faster.

Gu Ding then grabbed his right shoulder and flung him towards a cliff hundreds of kilometers away.

Hake was completely helpless, like a punching bag. The difference in their Combat Strength was too great; Gu Ding could easily suppress him with just his speed. Even with a powerful weapon, Hark couldn't anticipate Gu Ding's movements to launch an attack.

"Boom!" Another loud noise rang out, Gu Ding appeared in front of Hake again, clamping Hake's head with one claw.

Just then, the shadowy figure pounced again, trying to stop Gu Ding's movements.

But Gu Ding kicked him away, striking the shadowy figure hard on the head. The figure was sent flying to the side by the heavy blow.

Gu Ding flipped his hand and pressed Hake's head down, slamming it heavily against the cliff face.

After several heavy blows, almost all of Hake's bones were shattered, and his internal organs were mangled beyond recognition. The Will Projection of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's will finally succumbed to the severe damage to his body, relinquishing control and disappearing deep within Hake's body.

Seeing that Hake had fainted, Gu Ding checked him over and confirmed that he wasn't faking it. Only then did he carry him on his shoulder.

The shadowy figure lunged forward again, but Gu Ding easily grabbed its throat with one hand.

The other party was just a projection, and it was imitating his appearance, which made Gu Ding have no scruples. He directly snapped the other party's neck.

The black shadow with its neck snapped quickly turned into black mist and dissipated from Gu Ding's hand, but soon reformed not far away.

"No wonder this guy always charges in as if he's unharmed. It turns out that even if he dies, he can reform." Gu Ding's attention had been focused on Hake until now, only noticing this now. "The Heavenly Dao Patterns in this area are truly profound..."

Gu Ding withdrew his gaze from the shadowy figure and began to observe the Heavenly Dao Patterns on the ground.

The dark figure charged forward time and time again, only to be slapped away by Gu Ding each time.

When Gu Ding first entered this maze, his biggest threat was Hake, who was wielding Black Dagger. Now that Hake was unconscious and the shadowy figure's Combat Strength was far inferior to his own, Gu Ding had time to calmly observe the Heavenly Dao Patterns on the ground.

Gu Ding sat there for five days.

During this time, Hake woke up several times, but was instantly knocked unconscious again by Gu Ding each time. The shadowy figure pounced on him countless times, but was swatted away by Gu Ding like a fly.

On this day, he finally finished analyzing the Heavenly Dao Patterns that he had never seen before.

"So that's how it is! These Heavenly Dao Patterns form a huge Entrapment Formation. We just need to find the Formation Eye and modify the Heavenly Dao Patterns to get out!" Gu Ding finally realized.

Having identified the root of the problem, Gu Ding finally began to work on solving it.

Gu Ding's sensitivity to the patterns of the Heavenly Dao Patterns allowed him to quickly locate the Formation Eye of the formation.

"Finally found it!" Gu Ding grinned as he appeared above the Formation Eye's core.

After some deduction, Gu Ding pointed out a few lines on the ground.

A loud boom immediately followed, and the black figure that had been rushing towards Gu Ding finally turned into smoke and disappeared on its own.

The ground beneath Gu Ding's feet also trembled and shook, and then collapsed like an earthquake.

Gu Ding fell downwards along with the collapsing ground bricks.

He glanced at Hake on his shoulder and said, "Hake has been found, but I don't know how many mazes are behind this door, or how long it will take to completely solve them. At the current pace, it will probably be difficult to finish in a month."

The moment that thought crossed his mind, he found himself in another maze, the scene before him shifting once more.

Within the Reverse Current Space, the Dream continued its rapid progress at its original speed.

The people inside the spaceship were no longer as cheerful as usual; they were quite somber.

"Tomorrow is the one-month deadline that Gu Ding and Beika set. I wonder if he has found Hake and if he can escape from that tower." Liliath pushed open the door to the room where Hake was being treated, looking at Gu Ding was still in a coma, her eyes showing a hint of worry.

"Don't worry, Gu Ding and the others will be fine," Sea Emperor said, pushing open the door to reassure them. (To be continued~^~)