Second Strongest on Earth!

Thor smacked his lips, remembering that Gu Ce had not even joined War God Palace yet, but had already broken through to the Planetary Level. In fact...

Though he was not very willing to admit it, he realized he was already no match for Gu Ce.

Gu Ce was now the Second Strongest on Earth in both name and fact!

"Let's go, Hall Master," Gu Ce said.

The ruins had been taken away. There was nothing left to stay here for.

Only then did Thor remember the purpose of his coming here. It seemed he had come to rescue Jiang Hao?

Jiang Hao was already dead. He could not be saved.

Looking at Gu Ce's back, Thor had a brand-new idea.

"Kid, do you want to be a Patrol Envoy?" Thor said with a strange grin on his face.

Although Jiang Hao's sacrifice was a great loss for humanity, an even greater genius had now appeared. Perhaps he was the key to ending these chaotic times!

Thor already could not wait to see what Hong would look like when he learned about this.

"A Patrol Envoy? Isn't that just working under you?" Gu Ce said, speechless. "How about you and I fight publicly, and then you hand your Hall Master position over to me?"

"Sure," Thor agreed readily.

What was so good about being Hall Master?

There were a whole pile of problems to deal with.

It was nowhere near as satisfying as cultivating on his own!

Gu Ce froze, then immediately understood Thor's thoughts.

"Forget it, you should still be Hall Master." Gu Ce thought for a moment. "What do you think about me going to grab a Council Leader seat?"

"That shouldn't be a problem. Aside from Brother Hong, no one is probably your match," Thor said. "After we go back, I'll take you into War God Palace and announce this matter to them."

"If anyone refuses to accept it..." Thor chuckled. "You can invite them out and beat them up. Among those War Gods, quite a few have done plenty of shady things behind the scenes. I've wanted to deal with them for a long time."

"Fine. Stay here and don't wander off. I'll be back soon!" Gu Ce nodded, instantly shot into the sky, and left the spot.

The next instant, he arrived in the nearby sea.

"King-level Monsters?"

Gu Ce looked down and immediately spotted a group of Planetary Level monsters gathered together in the Deep Antarctic Sea.

The strongest, a lobster, was only at Planetary Level Second Stage!

Too weak.

Wave Sword Technique!

After reaching the Planetary Level, a warrior's body underwent a transformation. Their every move could practically trigger a natural disaster.

The special ability Gu Ce had awakened at the Planetary Level was Pure Water Body. It could increase his talent for the Law of Water, and his own body was also more compatible with the Law of Water. In seawater, it was his home field, capable of greatly boosting his combat strength.

With one swing of his sword, he split the surface of the sea, and the seawater churned endlessly.

This could no longer be called a wave. It should be called a tsunami.

Those King-level Monsters deep on the seabed were directly swept onto shore by the current. Like lambs awaiting slaughter, with Gu Ce as the butcher holding the sickle, they trembled before him.

That giant lobster still wanted to resist, but Gu Ce cut off its head with one sword, revealing the tender, snow-white shrimp meat inside. Who knew how good a giant lobster that grew in Antarctica would taste?

One monster per sword strike. In front of Gu Ce, these King-level Monsters were like weeds by the roadside, easily uprooted.

"That ruthless?" Thor, who had appeared at some point, swallowed.

Although he could also slaughter these King-level Monsters, he absolutely could not do it so easily.

Hm?

At that thought, Thor's eyes lit up.

Everyone knew that there were two Monster Emperors on Earth. They hid in the deep sea, and because they feared Hong and Thor, they did not dare come to land.

What Gu Ce controlled was water-type power. The ocean was equivalent to his home field.

If he joined forces with Hong and himself, the three of them together—could they make a move against those two Monster Emperors?

Bang!

The huge lobster body was tossed in front of Thor by Gu Ce, startling him.

"Let's go, Hall Master. I'll let you try some King-level Monster meat," Gu Ce said with a smile.

Riding Thor's fighter jet, the two soon returned to Hongning Base City.

Although the ruins were gone, Antarctica was still the place where the Lightning Martial Arts School conducted life-and-death training, so people still needed to stay behind and guard it. Thus, that short, plump Patrol Envoy remained there to handle the follow-up matters.

"Come on, let's go see Brother Hong first!"

Thor already could not wait to see Hong's surprised expression.

Soon.

Limitless Martial Arts School Headquarters!

Inside this spaceship, which was about ten thousand meters long, Hong was waiting here.

Thor had said he wanted to give him a surprise, but who knew what it was? He was being so mysterious.

"Brother Hong!" From far away, Thor greeted him with a smile.

Hong, the black-clothed man, nodded slightly, but his gaze went to Gu Ce behind Thor, who was also dressed in black.

The more Hong looked, the more startled he became.

The last time they met had only been twenty-odd days ago, right?

How was he already unable to see through his strength?

"A Planetary Level who has grasped a domain? This Hong can be considered a genius in the universe. He has hope of becoming a World Lord in the future," Rimuru's voice sounded in Gu Ce's mind.

Unlike Yinmo Star, which had set up a pile of observation stations in advance, after Rimuru followed its previous master to Earth, the Ice Desolation World Lord had fallen almost immediately and had not made any further arrangements. It was only after Rimuru developed self-awareness that it thought of leaving Earth.

"This is the surprise you were talking about?" Hong finally spoke.

"How is it?" Thor said with a smile. "Gu Ce obtained an ancient civilization's inheritance. He's already at Planetary Level Fourth Stage now!"

"Inheritance?"

Hong instantly arrived in front of Gu Ce, expectation in his eyes.

Gu Ce did not disappoint him and took out several things.

"Hall Master, and Brother Hong, these things can be given to you."

Gu Ce took out several items.

A blade and a spear, both worthless second-tier Force Weapons.

Some basic warrior manuals, containing techniques such as defensive amplification, which could help them increase their strength.

As well as a Universal Language course, and some common knowledge about the universe.

Gu Ce had conveniently learned the Universal Language on the way here. The two of them did not have Gu Ce's ability, but learning it would not be too difficult for them either.

"I can't pass on some of the core content of the inheritance, and it also isn't suitable for you," Gu Ce said, spreading his hands.

Hong picked up the manuals and casually flipped through them a few times. He immediately knew how precious these things were.

"Many thanks," Hong said in a deep voice. "I still have some things here. See if there's anything you need?"

With a wave of Hong's hand, a huge projection screen appeared in the dim room, with introductions to large quantities of items displayed on it.

"Gu Ce, that Heaven-Escaping Shuttle is a third-tier Psionic Weapon... Mm, and that gravity chamber can be taken too," Rimuru's voice sounded.

Gu Ce was not surprised that it could see this.

"Brother Hong, I'll take the Heaven-Escaping Shuttle and that Ancient Civilization Gravity Chamber," Gu Ce said. "Also, give me some Spirit of Plants and Trees and Dragon Blood."

"No problem." Hong nodded. Compared with Gu Ce's contribution, these things were nothing.

"Kid, you've messed up the seniority!" Thor could not help saying when he heard Gu Ce address him like that.

"Hall Master, that's where you're wrong. In the universe, lifespans are often several hundred, a thousand, even ten thousand years. How can a difference of a few decades count as messing up seniority?" Gu Ce patiently explained.

"Look, we can just treat each other as equals. How about this—I'll call you Brother Thor too?"

Thor felt that something was off, but for a moment, he also felt that what Gu Ce said made some sense.