The war was about to begin!
As Soon as Emily made a move, the Army's members behind her did the same. They rushed madly toward Gu Ding and the others.
Emily had made Gu Ding her target. She knew that if Gu Ding died, no one would be able to escape. That was because no one else could unlock the skydome and disable the armor-piercing cannons at the port.
She leaped twice, rapidly trying to close the distance between Gu Ding and her.
Gu Ding put on his black mech and was about to confront Emily when Bart stopped him.
“You're no match for that woman. Leave her to us and you take out the mech.” Standing in line with Bart were three other Rank-8 Gene Body powerhouses. They had all stepped forward and were in front of Gu Ding. It has to be said that all three of them were veteran Interstellar Pirates with bounties of more than a billion Star Credits.
The four surrounded Emily as she came closer.
Emily did not want to waste her time with the four men. Nevertheless, as she flashed past them to reach Gu Ding, she found that her foot was entangled in a black chain that seemed to be trying to climb up her leg. Additionally, her strength was slowly being drained by the chain. Although it would take some time, she knew that getting rid of Bart was inevitable.
“You want to stop me with just the four of you?” Emily said with a slightly disdainful smile. “Bart, I was going to get rid of you after getting rid of Gu Ding. However, seeing how you've come to me, I guess you didn't learn your lesson last time.”
“A few lessons from a woman that has such a nice face and figure isn't enough.” Bart leered at Emily's chest. “You asked for it!” Emily was about to attack when she noticed that her body had become heavier. Her movements seemed several times slower compared to normal as well. “What's going on?”
“It's my ability to control gravity.” A stubby middle-aged man bared his teeth. He was called Benter and had the highest bounty among the four at 2.2 billion Star Credits. He once killed a Rank-9 Gene Body powerhouse with his ability to control gravity. “And there's us!” Emily looked over her shoulder as two more voices came from behind her. It was a pair of twins-one man and one woman. Emily had not noticed their faces before because they were dressed differently.
The twins looked young, but they had been Interstellar Pirates for more than three years. The older brother was called Sonny, while the younger sister was called Luna. Their family name was Berryminda family whose ancestor was a demiG.o.d-so they had very good genes. Basically each family member-once awakened-gained decent special abilities.
Sonny and Luna both had spirits much stronger than ordinary people. After both of them awakened, their spirit levels increased by twenty-fold compared to martial arts pract.i.tioners of the same level. In addition to that, their spirits could be integrated perfectly as long as the two held hands together. With that, their spirit levels could surge to about two hundred times the strength of a martial arts pract.i.tioner of the same level. Both of them had chosen to become illusionists because of their spirit levels.
Emily glanced over her shoulder and fell into an illusion the two had set up together.
“We got her!” Sonny and Luna noticed it almost immediately when Emily fell into their illusion. They smiled at each other.
“Her defense capabilities are too strong for us to do any effective damage. I'm going to set up a seal formation. It's a bit complicated and it might take some time. However, once she steps in there, we can seal her completely. I pulled it off with Sharp last time and it worked. However, this time, I'm not going to pierce her heart. I'll chop her head off so that even if the Spirits come, she won't be able to resurrect.” Bart did not have a tender heart for the fair lady. Sharp's resurrection had made him determined to behead anyone he used the seal on as soon as possible to avoid them from resurrecting
Upon finishing what he wanted to say, Bart got to work. The other three watched Emily closely, worried that there would be changes in her body.
On the other hand, Gu Ding was deep in enemy territory. He was pretty much invincible with the mech on.
With the basic attack effectiveness of a Rank-8 Gene Body, plus the ten times increase in power from Ultimate Arts, as well as the three times increase in combat effectiveness due to berserker conversion, Gu Ding's combat effectiveness was as good as a Rank-9 Gene Body martial arts pract.i.tioner.
Among the Army people that had come this time-besides Sharp and Emily-the strongest of the Army's men was merely a Peak Rank-8 Gene Body colonel general.
Watching Gu Ding rampage through the battleground without a rival, three mech operators decided to drive their mechs toward him to stop him.
Two of the mechs clasped Gu Ding's left and right hand while the last one tried to smash its knee into Gu Ding's head. Gu Ding grinned from inside the mech. If it were someone else, they would have taken the blow. Nevertheless, Gu Ding had no intention of taking the hit.
Gu Ding immediately tore hard with both his hands and tore off the arms of the two mechs that were gripping his hands. The mechs that made Rank-8 Gene Body powerhouses helpless were as brittle as a twig in front of Gu Ding.
The perfectly intact mech in front of Gu Ding came to a complete halt as the mech operator inside it was stunned. Gu Ding did not let go of this flaw. He leaped high and performed a Phantom Kick to the side of the mech's head. With that, half of the mech's head was blown away and it ceased to function.
The other two mech operators which had their arms ripped off began running around franticly. Only then did they notice that the black mech in front of them was the devil.
Gu Ding mercilessly caught up with the first mech and performed a Steel Fist to the back of the mech's head with a force so strong the wind was blown away. The mech's head instantly burst open and ceased to function.
Then, Gu Ding quickly turned around to chase the second mech. After several leaps, Gu Ding appeared in front of the mech. Using his elbow, Gu Ding crushed the energy slot in the chest of the mech without hesitation.
It took Gu Ding less than five minutes to kill the three mechs.
Gu Ding looked up and down to look for his next target. Soon, he locked his eyes on an unlucky fellow.
The guy was still attacking a bloodied Interstellar Pirate. He didn't seem to be in a hurry to kill him-he was just taunting him.
With a few leaps, Gu Ding dived behind the mech and tapped on its back with his finger.
The mech operator turned around in surprise. He was stunned when he saw Gu Ding's black mech. Then, he saw his vision turn black-Gu Ding had severed the mech's head and ripped off the control circuits around its neck with his bare hands.
Gu Ding tossed the mech's head aside and grabbed the mech operator by his collar with one hand. Then, he pulled the person out of the mech and threw him in front of the bloodied man.
The bloodied man was a newly promoted Rank-8 Gene Body martial arts pract.i.tioner while the mech operator was only a Rank-6 Gene Body. He was barely able to put up a fight before the bloodied man wrung his neck.
Gu Ding opened the hatch of his mech and threw the man a bottle of E-Grade cell repair agent. Although it was largely ineffective for a Rank-8 Gene Body, it was rather effective in healing wounds and stopping bleeding.
After closing the hatch, Gu Ding went after his next target.
In less than 10 minutes, Gu Ding managed to violently destroy twelve Army mechs. There were less than ten mechs left on the battleground. Then, he heard Neptune's voice, “Gu Ding, Biggie and Sharp are getting further and further away. Lilliath is losing contact with Biggie.”
“Can't Biggie come back?”
“No, in his state of hypnosis, he can only hear the voice of the caster. He automatically rejects other sounds so he can't hear me. Besides, Lilliath is struggling to hold on to their bond and is unable to focus on anything else-including talking. I can dial Biggie's number through Lilliath and get Biggie on the line. However, the main thing we need is for Lilliath to order him to return. Or else, we'll just have to send Liliath somewhere closer to where they're fighting.”
“Then let Robert take her there. He should have a combat robot left to protect her.” Gu Ding was often felt worried when Lilliath was not in his sight. Nevertheless, after seeing Robert's combat abilities throughout the past few days, Gu Ding believed that Robert could take good care of Lilliath.
On a tower in Bartow, Sharp wiped the blood off from the corners of his mouth. He smirked as he looked at Biggie who was standing still and had stopped attacking. “It seems that this is the maximum distance there can be between the little girl and you. Although I don't know the connection between the two of you, I noticed last time that no matter how fierce the battle got, she never attacked and only stood still. Nevertheless, whenever the little girl showed signs of discomfort, you'd retreat immediately. Therefore I took a wild guess-your strength is largely influenced by the girl.
“Ever since the beginning of this fight, I've been coaxing you away from the little girl by pretending to be at a disadvantage and running far away. I admit that the method I used isn't entirely clean but I had to do it for the sake of the Army and the ultimate victory of this battle. It's the best way to save time. It's going to be hard for me and you, who are at your peak to fight it out at such short notice. However, I have to get back to the battleground as soon as possible to win this battle.”
Sharp slowly approached Biggie as the latter stood still with ragged breathing. Biggie's expression was weird – he looked confused, lost, and even frightened.
As Sharp got nearer, he raised his hand saber and cut Biggie's neck. All of a sudden, Biggie's breath steadied once again. Then, it was as if Asura had descended into the world as his eyes widened with rage. Biggie silently struck his saber at an odd angle, and a black thread stretched out to strike the back of Sharp's neck…
