Defusing the Crisis

"Die!"

Gu Ding showed no mercy toward the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's Will Projection. As Beika had said, only by completely erasing it could he thoroughly wipe away the traces that allowed the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade to track Hake.

Before black-clad Hake could steady himself, Gu Ding lunged forward again, his five fingers clamping around the other man's throat.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion rang out as Gu Ding slammed black-clad Hake into the ground of the Soul Space.

That impact sent Hake's entire Soul Space trembling.

Black-clad Hake's body gradually began to crumble away in Gu Ding's grasp.

"Did I succeed?"

Gu Ding was slightly surprised. He had not expected things to go so smoothly. After all, black-clad Hake was the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's Will Projection. Logically speaking, even if its Combat Strength was inferior to his, it should have been capable of causing him some trouble.

Just as that thought arose, Gu Ding witnessed something strange. Another shadow emerged from the darkness not far away.

"Not dead? No, it must have revived..."

Gu Ding quickly recalled the knowledge Beika had explained before pulling him into Hake's Dream World. Beika had mentioned that once a Will Projection's occupation of a Soul Space reached a certain level, the intruder could make use of some of the Soul Space's resources. Thus, after dying, it might use the Soul Space's energy to condense a new body.

Clearly, what was happening before his eyes was the very phenomenon Beika had described.

However, Beika had also provided a solution: kill the intruder again and again until it could no longer reform. The abnormal state within the Soul Space would then be eliminated as well.

"Since I can kill you once, I can kill you a hundred times, a thousand times! No matter how