Gu Ding floated in the void. Not far behind him was a fist-sized white orb, its surface covered in flowing cryptic patterns.
On the other side of the orb stood Sea Emperor. He was only a dozen meters away from Gu Ding and watched the direction before him without daring to relax in the slightest.
On a battlefield not far away, Bigge, Scarlet, and the others were carrying out a one-sided slaughter. Nearly every attack claimed a swath of lives.
As they fought fiercely, the white orb behind Gu Ding gradually began to dim. In only a few moments, it transformed into a crystalline white token.
Without hesitation, Gu Ding seized the white token and returned it to his Storage Space. Only then did he send a voice transmission to Bigge and the others. "It's done. Everyone can wrap up."
Only then did Bigge and the others stop slaughtering. Those who had originally been eyeing the orb also completely gave up and fled into the distance.
"The twelfth three-star Territory Core is ours. Reed and the others probably couldn't be faster than us, right?" Gu Ding grinned.
It had been more than three months since the Gu Ding Pirate Crew had separated from Reed and the others.
Over those three months, it had taken Gu Ding and his team more than a month to reach the edge of the nearest Great Universe Sea. They had been competing for new territories for two months and had already obtained twelve three-star Territory Cores. That pace was already astonishing.
Territory Cores were usually hidden extremely well, and they could not be detected through soul perception. That made them difficult to find. However, with Sea Emperor's help, Gu Ding and the others could easily locate a Territory Core every time, saving them a great