The Counterattack Begins!

Time rewound to September 23.

After returning from the Training Camp, Gu Ce first made a trip to Ruins No. 12, acquiring the Black Dragon Mountain-x81 spacecraft and three Flowing Silver Guards before returning to Jiangnan Base City.

It was only then that he learned from Gu Hesheng that his uncle had entered some ruins and had been missing for several days.

But before going to rescue his uncle, Gu Ce had something else to do.

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

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 intended for Planetary Level users. It can quickly heal injuries sustained by those at the Planetary Level and below," Rimuru said.

After searching through the miscellaneous items, Gu Ce quickly found the Blue Heart Dew Rimuru had mentioned.

It was a pale blue liquid, almost like water. After Gu Ce gave it to Gu Hesheng to drink, Gu Hesheng immediately felt 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 where he stood. Gu Hesheng could only shake his head helplessly.

The child had grown up.

Once they knew the location, finding someone became very easy.

"This place was originally supposed to be a cargo spacecraft, but it was later modified into its current state. It runs entirely on automated programs, and its strongest traps can only threaten those around the Planetary Level Fourth or Fifth Stage," Rimuru judged.

Gu Ce nodded.

According to Rimuru, there should not be anything particularly valuable inside—at most, some treasures useful to Planetary Level cultivators.

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

Without hesitation, he forcibly breached the ruins!

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

Gu Hechang had avoided the Planetary Level mechanical guards and had not ventured deeper inside. He was only seriously injured, but it was nothing too severe.

After rescuing him, Gu Ce casually emptied out the ruins and handed everything inside over to Gu Hechang for distribution. In any case, none of it was useful to him.

"Xiao Ce, what is your strength now?" Gu Hechang was completely bewildered.

"Probably enough to crush Thor," Gu Ce answered after thinking carefully.

Gu Hechang was speechless and obediently followed Gu Ce home.

With Gu Ce's help, the brothers Gu Hechang and Gu Hesheng successfully reached the Planetary Level in just one day, earning 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 present.

"Myriad Incarnations," "Ice Desolation Sword Technique—Basic Volume," "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 crossing the threshold of the Origin Laws of Space!

The second level: ten incarnations!

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

The fourth level: one thousand incarnations!

The fifth level: Myriad Dao Avatars!

Beyond Myriad Dao Avatars was Teleportation, a realm even the Ice Desolation World Lord had failed to reach.

This secret technique also had another feature: it could be fused with the Law of Water, allowing the incarnations to last longer and even granting them a certain degree of autonomous offensive capability!

Of course, this placed extremely high demands on the user's Law Comprehension. Both laws had to be comprehended to an exceptionally high level.

"Ice Desolation Sword Technique—Basic Volume" was the signature sword technique of the Ice Desolation World Lord. Even merely the basic volume involved extremely high power amplification and other principles, allowing warriors to tap into their physical potential. It would be of great help to Gu Ce in creating his own secret techniques.

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

This secret technique could be divided into four stages: beginner, proficient, mastery, and perfection. Upon reaching mastery, one could become immune to soul attacks from World Lord Level experts. Upon reaching perfection, one could even become immune to some soul attacks from Immortals!

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 perished before entering the Taichu Secret Realm.

As long as Gu Ce could successfully get started with this secret technique, no one in the Genius Battle should be able to lay a hand on him.

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

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

It was also 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 Triple Gene level! It also made him more compatible with the origin laws of water and space!

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

With a Triple Gene Multiplier, cultivation consumed even more resources.

Gu Ce had never expected Six Eyes' mutation to be capable of increasing his Gene Multiplier.

Perhaps he could look forward to what abilities Six Eyes might mutate in the future?

Could it possibly produce a Clone Technique?

With Six Eyes, it was unlikely that Gu Ce would abandon his original body to possess another lifeform. After all, this thing seemed no less impressive than certain Special Life forms with powerful innate talents.

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

As his strength increased, Six Eyes seemed to be constantly evolving as well. They had long since become incomparable to the Six Eyes from the anime.

Second.

Gu Ce 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 operational patterns of the Law of Water throughout the universe, raising Gu Ce's talent in the Law of Water to a level beyond even the favored children of the laws.

Looking at the countless lines appearing before his eyes, Gu Ce smiled helplessly. Perhaps he would have to start wearing an eye mask in the future too?

Fortunately, he could control it freely.

September 29.

Luo Feng successfully mastered the third level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, about 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 an Invincible War God on Earth.

When Luo Feng excitedly asked Gu Ce about his subsequent cultivation plans, Gu Ce directly threw him into Ruins No. 9.

He probably would not be coming out for at least a year or so.

September 30.

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

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

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

October 1.

The War God Palace convened a meeting, and Gu Ce assumed the position of Third Council Leader.

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

October 8.

Within the War God Palace.

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

"Everything is ready. We can begin the war at any time!"

The leaders of the various nations spoke up in turn.

"Good!"

Hong slammed his hand down on the table.

"The counteroffensive begins!"