The Counteroffensive Begins!

Time returned to September 23.

After returning from the Training Camp, Gu Ce first made a trip to Ruins No. 12. He secured the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spacecraft and three Flowing Silver Guards before returning to Jiangnan Base City.

Only then did he learn from Gu Hesheng that his uncle had entered some ruins and had been missing for several days.

But before rescuing his uncle, Gu Ce had one more thing to do.

"Rimuru, can you tell where my father was injured?" Gu Ce asked in his mind.

Rimuru took a look and quickly found the problem.

"It seems he was caught up in a Planetary Level battle and suffered some injuries, but it's nothing serious. The Blue Heart Dew among that pile of miscellaneous items is medicine used by Planetary Level fighters. It can rapidly heal injuries sustained by Planetary Level and lower," Rimuru said.

After searching through the pile of odds and ends, Gu Ce quickly found the Blue Heart Dew Rimuru had mentioned.

It was a pale blue liquid, almost like water. After Gu Hesheng drank it, he immediately felt as though he had been reborn.

"Dad, keep these Spirits of Plants and Trees. Break through to the Planetary Level as soon as possible," Gu Ce instructed.

"Xiao Ce, you..."

Before Gu Hesheng could speak, Gu Ce vanished from the spot. Gu Hesheng could only shake his head helplessly.

The child had grown up.

Once they knew the location, finding someone became much easier.

"This was originally supposed to be a cargo spacecraft, then someone modified it into its current state. It operates entirely on its own programming. Even its strongest traps can only threaten someone around the Planetary Level Fourth Stage or Fifth Stage," Rimuru judged.

Gu Ce nodded.

According to Rimuru, there was probably nothing particularly valuable inside, at most some treasures that could help Planetary Level fighters.

But for Earth as it was now, that was already more than enough.

Without hesitation, he forcefully broke into the ruins!

Rimuru took over the intelligent system here, causing the traps to stop operating. In one corner of the ruins, Gu Ce found five corpses and Gu Hechang huddled in a corner.

Because Gu Hechang had been evading the Planetary Level mechanical guards, he had not ventured deeper inside. He was only seriously injured, and it was nothing major.

After rescuing him, Gu Ce casually emptied out the ruins and handed everything inside over to Gu Hechang to distribute. None of it was useful to him anyway.

"Xiao Ce, what's your current strength?" Gu Hechang was utterly bewildered.

"Probably enough to beat Thor senseless," Gu Ce answered after giving it some careful thought.

Gu Hechang was speechless and obediently followed Gu Ce home.

With Gu Ce's help, the two brothers, Gu Hechang and Gu Hesheng, reached the Planetary Level in just one day and gained the qualifications to participate in the coming war.

Over the next few days, Gu Ce began examining the inheritance left behind by the Ice Desolation World Lord.

The Ice Desolation World Lord's inheritance could be divided into two parts.

Secret techniques and laws.

Combining the two parts, Rimuru selected several things most suitable for Gu Ce to learn at his current stage.

"Myriad Incarnations," "Ice Desolation Sword Technique—Basic Chapter," "Absolute True Heart," and "Snow Wind."

"Myriad Incarnations" was a warrior movement technique for comprehending the Origin Laws of Space. It was divided into five levels.

The first level: three incarnations, corresponding to stepping across the threshold of the Origin Laws of Space!

The second level: ten incarnations!

The third level: one hundred incarnations. Even some relatively weak World Lords only had this level of comprehension of the Space Laws!

The fourth level: one thousand incarnations!

The fifth level: Myriad Dao Avatars!

Beyond Myriad Dao Avatars came Teleportation. Even the Ice Desolation World Lord had failed to reach that realm.

This secret technique also had another feature: it could fuse with the Law of Water, allowing the incarnations to last longer and even possess a certain degree of autonomous attacking ability!

Of course, this demanded extremely high Law Comprehension from the user. Both laws had to be comprehended to an extremely advanced degree.

"Ice Desolation Sword Technique—Basic Chapter" was the Ice Desolation World Lord's famous sword technique. Even though it was only the Basic Chapter, it involved immense power amplification and more, allowing warriors to excavate their body's potential. It would greatly help Gu Ce create his own secret techniques.

"Absolute True Heart" was a soul-defense secret technique. It suited Gu Ce quite well, and its core lay in two words—self!

This secret technique could be divided into four stages: entry, proficiency, mastery, and perfection. Upon reaching mastery, one could become immune to World Lord Level soul attacks. Upon reaching perfection, one could even become immune to some Immortal soul attacks!

Back then, the Ice Desolation World Lord had cultivated this secret technique to perfection. With the Ice Desolation Sword in hand, even some weaker Immortals might not have been his match. Unfortunately, his lifespan had been nearing its end, and he died before entering the Taichu Secret Realm.

As long as Gu Ce successfully reached the entry stage of this secret technique, no one in the Genius Battle should be able to harm him through his soul.

"Snow Wind" was a manual created by the Ice Desolation World Lord to study the essence of the Law of Water.

At the end of the Ice Desolation World Lord's life, he wrote this manual. If one could fully comprehend it, they would not be far from completely mastering the Law of Water and becoming an Immortal.

It was only after coming into contact with this manual that Gu Ce fully discovered the changes Six Eyes had undergone after reaching the Planetary Level.

First.

Six Eyes had caused Gu Ce's Gene Multiplier to undergo a transformation, reaching the level of Triple Gene! He had become more compatible with the two Origin Laws of water and space!

That was also the fundamental reason why he had not directly reached the Stellar Level after consuming the Sky's End Ice Crystal Fruit.

With a Triple Gene Multiplier, cultivation would consume more resources.

Gu Ce had not expected Six Eyes to be able to increase one's Gene Multiplier through mutation.

Perhaps he could imagine what abilities Six Eyes might mutate in the future?

Could it possibly develop a Clone Technique?

With Six Eyes, Gu Ce was unlikely to abandon his original body and possess another life-form. This thing seemed no weaker than some Special Life forms with powerful innate talents.

It seemed these mutated Six Eyes were even stronger than Gu Ce had imagined.

As his strength increased, Six Eyes seemed to be constantly evolving. They had long surpassed the Six Eyes from the anime.

Second.

He did not know whether it was because of the Sky's End Ice Crystal Fruit.

Six Eyes had gained the ability to directly observe the operating patterns of the Law of Water throughout the universe, elevating Gu Ce's talent in the Law of Water to a level beyond even those favored by the laws.

Looking at the countless lines appearing before his eyes, Gu Ce smiled helplessly. Maybe I'll need to start wearing an eyepatch too?

Fortunately, he could control it freely.

September 29.

Luo Feng successfully mastered the third level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, around half a year earlier than in the original story. He received a portion of Dragon Blood and the Heaven-Escaping Shuttle from Gu Ce.

Hong likewise rewarded Luo Feng with a portion of Dragon Blood. After using both portions, Luo Feng's physical fitness directly reached the Beginner War God level, while his Psychic Power rose to the High-level War God level, making him Earth's Invincible War God.

When Luo Feng eagerly asked Gu Ce what his next cultivation plan was, Gu Ce directly threw him into Ruins No. 9.

He probably would not be coming out for at least a year and a half.

September 30.

Thor invited Mohandesen and the others out, allowing Gu Ce to fight them one-on-one.

Gu Ce beat every one of them up and successfully established his position as the Third Council Leader!

Of course, even when Thor unleashed his full strength, he still failed to defeat Gu Ce. Mohandesen and the others witnessed this scene and secretly decided that they absolutely could not provoke Gu Ce in the future!

October 1.

The War God Palace held a meeting, and Gu Ce became the Third Council Leader.

With Hong stepping forward, they decided to launch a counteroffensive against the monsters.

October 8.

Inside the War God Palace.

"How are everyone's preparations?" Hong, a short-haired man dressed in black, asked in a deep voice.

"We're ready. We can launch the war at any time!"

The leaders of the various nations spoke one after another.

"Good!"

Hong slammed the table.

"The counteroffensive begins!"