Defusing the Crisis

"Die!"

Gu Ding showed no mercy to the Will Projection of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's will. According to Beika, only by completely obliterating the opponent could the traces of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's pursuit be completely erased.

Before the black-clad Hake could regain his footing, Gu Ding lunged out again, his five fingers clamping down on the other man's throat.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion reverberated, the sound of Gu Ding slamming the black-clad Hake onto the ground of the Soul Space.

This impact caused Hake's entire Soul Space to tremble.

Black-clad Hake's body gradually disintegrated in Gu Ding's hands.

"It worked?"

Gu Ding was slightly surprised; he hadn't expected things to go so smoothly. After all, Black-Clad Hake was a projection of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's Will Projection, and logically speaking, even if his Combat Strength was inferior to his own, he should still have enough ability to cause him some trouble.

Just as Gu Ding was having this thought, he saw a strange scene, as another dark figure emerged from the shadows not far away.

"Not dead? No, he must have been resurrected..."

Gu Ding quickly recalled some information Beika had shared with him before pulling him into Hake's Dream World. Becca had mentioned that when the Will Projection encroaches on the Soul Space to a certain extent, the invader can utilize some of the Soul Space's resources. Therefore, it's possible that after death, they could use the energy of the Soul Space to reform and take shape again.

Clearly, what's happening right before my eyes is the phenomenon Beika described earlier.

However, Beika also proposed a solution: repeatedly kill the intruders until they can no longer solidify. The unusual state appearing in the Soul Space will also be eliminated.

"If I can kill you once, I can kill you a hundred times, a thousand times. No matter how many times you resurrect, it's useless!" Gu Ding charged at his opponent again.

The difference in strength between the two was ultimately too great. Gu Ding appeared in front of the black-clad Hake in a flash, his five fingers forming a claw that clamped down on the opponent's head.

Before the other party could make any move to resist, Gu Ding exerted a slight force with his five fingers. Black-clad Hake's head exploded instantly. His body vanished once more.

After killing the black-clad Hake for the second time, Gu Ding looked up at the distant sky, where the blinding crimson color seemed to have faded somewhat. But he knew this was far from over; as long as the abnormal state of this Soul Space remained, the opponent would continue to revive.

Not far away, a dark shadow rapidly materialized again... Gu Ding's gaze immediately fell upon it...

Gu Ding didn't know how long it took; he only knew that he had killed the black-clad Gu Ding a total of 133 times. Although it was all a one-sided crushing victory, the fact that the opponent kept resurrecting left him speechless.

Fortunately, with each kill, the crimson hue above Hake's Soul Space faded slightly, and now only a faint red glow remained in the distance. He knew that at the current rate, it wouldn't take many more times before he could completely erase the Will Projection of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's will.

Seeing the dark figure materialize again in the distance, Gu Ding was about to make a move when he discovered that this time the opponent had chosen to flee.

Seeing this, Gu Ding was somewhat surprised. He had always believed that Main God Artifact like the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade should be fearless, and even if its Will Projection was no match for his, it wouldn't choose to run away. But now it seemed that even the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade was afraid of him.

Gu Ding immediately gave chase. While Hake's Soul Space was relatively large, it was much smaller than a star field, so this kind of escape was not very effective. Naturally, Gu Ding couldn't let him get away, so he followed closely behind.

Not long after fleeing, Hake, dressed in black, entered a strange area. In that area, the plants on the ground were withered and dead, presenting a horrifying scene.

Gu Ding looked up and saw a figure floating in mid-air. That was none other than the consciousness of Hake himself, but his consciousness was currently in a strange state of unconsciousness.

Black-clad Hake darted to the side of the consciousness entity, glared fiercely at Gu Ding not far behind him, and then transformed into a wisp of smoke, entering the mouth of Hake's true consciousness entity.

"How could this be? Beika said before that before the erosion of the Soul Space is completed, the Will Projection of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade's will will not choose to merge with Hake's main consciousness, because it would encounter fierce resistance and the success rate of fusion would be extremely low. Could it be that because I forced him, he had no choice but to make this decision to force a fusion?"

Gu Ding was also somewhat stunned; the decision made by the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade was completely unexpected.

"Once inside the consciousness body, only one dominant consciousness can exist; the other will inevitably perish. My Will Projection cannot enter either, otherwise it will also encounter Hake's instinctive resistance. Now we can only wait for the outcome, hoping that Hake can handle that guy..."

Things had developed to this point, and even Gu Ding was powerless to help; he could only wait for Hake to solve the problem himself.

Time ticked by, Gu Ding waited anxiously. He was also worried that if Hake lost, it would mean Hake's complete disappearance, and Hake's body would become a puppet of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade, Blade Slave.

Seven days passed before Hake finally opened his eyes.

With a slightly wary expression, Gu Ding carefully examined the other person, trying to determine their identity.

"Gu Ding?! What are you doing here?" This was Hake's reaction the moment he saw Gu Ding.

"Are you really Hake?!" Gu Ding said, looking up at the distant sky. The last trace of red had completely disappeared, and the sky had returned to its clear state.

"Of course it was me. That guy tried to merge with my consciousness before he had fully assimilated my Soul Space, so naturally I couldn't let him succeed. Not only that, I also gained some benefits from him." Hake said, producing two black, semi-transparent daggers in his hands. "Hehe, these two daggers are pretty good, aren't they?"

"This is the power of the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade 'Will Projection..." Gu Ding asked with some suspicion.

"That's right, I swallowed him, gained this ability, and also gained some of his memories," Hake explained, sheathing his dagger.

"In that case, when you return to the Real World, will you still be sensed by the Soul Slaughtering Blood Blade?" Gu Ding continued to ask.

"No, because I erased the consciousness contained in his Will Projection, so he can't sense it. He won't feel anything unusual about me unless he's very close to us." Hake shook his head.

"In that case, let's go back to the Real World!" (To be continued~^~)