The Highest Bounty

Chapter 240 - The Witch Attacks

Chapter 240: The Witch Attacks

Gu Ding stepped out of the ruins, but a powerhouse could tell by the sound of his feet that he was not harmed at all by the attack. A tenfold repulsion gave Gu Ding a tenfold increase in defense which allowed him to withstand the blow.

Ross was slightly puzzled to see Gu Ding come out of it unscathed. He clearly remembered that the blow he had just delivered went straight to Gu Ding’s chest, without any resistance from him. By right, even a Peak Rank-13 Gene Body powerhouse’s sternum would have been crushed by his blow. Even if he survived, it should be hard for him to get back up. However, Gu Ding looked as if the blow did not faze him at all.

Ross remembered the tactile sensation from the palm of his hand being solid, meaning that he had hit something solid and that everyone had seen Gu Ding’s body flying upside down. It made him wonder if Gu Ding had just used something like Body Double Arts to deflect the damage elsewhere. He did not think Gu Ding’s defense would be strong enough that he could receive such a blow without taking damage.

He was most convinced of this when he studied the video of Gu Ding’s battle with Marceau the day before yesterday, and Gu Ding simply won due to his skill. If Gu Ding had been able to defend himself, he would not have to be so cautious in the battle with Marceau. However, Gu Ding’s combat skills were all used to avoid his counterattack in the first place, meaning he did not want to be hit. Marceau, though much stronger than half of the Rank-13 martial arts practitioners, was not half as strong as him, so the argument that Gu Ding’s defense was stronger than his combat effectiveness was simply not tenable.

Not only did Ross have this question, but the other onlookers were also surprised. They could clearly sense Ross’s strength through his vibe. With the power of that blow earlier, they could probably guess how much there was. However, when Gu Ding emerged out of the rubble unscathed, he did indeed drop a few jaws.

Lilliath, however, was relieved to see Gu Ding was alright.

“Is this what you call power?” Gu Ding said with a hint of sarcasm. “Genetically engineer yourself from some strange beast?”

Ross turned a little pale at this. “What do you know?”

“I know what you know.” Gu Ding regained his footing slowly and fixed his eyes on Ross Childe.

“‘Then you can die with this secret!” Ross suddenly broke out into a frenzy. He did not want Gu Ding to spread the word about his use of purgatory creatures in modifying his gene. This was because purgatory creatures were extremely evil creatures, essentially mortal enemies of the human race. Someone who used other beasts for genetic modification would at best be called a mad scientist, but using purgatory creatures’ genes would be nothing short of anti-human.

This was because genetic modification was almost irreversible and inheritable. Integrating purgatory creatures’ genes into human genes, and if this genetic trait was passed onto future generations, it was likely that tens of thousands of years later, there would be an enormous number of people infected with this gene.

One by one, Gu Ding’s body glinted, dodging Ross, again and again, looking for an opportunity to strike. Although he would not suffer any real damage if he was hit, the force of each shock still affected his movements.

Ross, on the other hand, was extremely vigilant. Since his opponent knew he was using brute beast’s genes, he would also know where the brute beast’s weaknesses were. Although he transferred it, he was still afraid to take risks. Therefore, at the same time as the attack, he had been maintaining a highly defensive posture.

Ross threw everything he had into each blow. As he maintained the brute beast’s transformation, each blow was like a nuclear explosive grenade from a destructive armored vehicle. Had it not been for the dozen of demigods working together to form a primary power barrier, he would have destroyed the entire city.

Gu Ding, however, seemed at ease under this kind of attack. He was no slower than his opponent and had the advantage of martial arts. Ross’s efforts were completely futile. Even the occasional shock could do no harm to Gu Ding’s strong defense.

After a series of hundreds of punches, not an inch of Squire Square was intact. The belligerent onslaught also led Ross to finally expose one small window of opportunity.

If it were ordinary people, such windows of opportunity would be pointless, they would certainly have no chance to attack.

However, Gu Ding’s Ultimate Arts could do things no human could. He took a Silent Step and appeared behind Ross.

Three Terminating Fingers carried three golden force, that fell like meteors drew three different arcs across the sky, all of which hit exactly the same spot on the back of Ross’s head.

Gu Ding’s counterattack happened in the blink of an eye.

While everyone was still wondering why Gu Ding chose to attack the back of his head, Ross’s body collapsed and began to shrink rapidly.

At that moment, dozens of Rank-13 Gene Bodies and hundreds of Rank-12 Gene Body powerhouses pounced at Gu Ding at the same time, and one of them quickly saved Ross from the battlefield.

“Mind your own business!” Gu Ding pulled his foot out and directly struck a man on the side of his head. The man’s neck fractured, causing him to die on the spot.

After imposing a tenfold increase on his repulsive effect, Gu Ding was not only tenfold stronger in defense, but also tenfold stronger in attack effectiveness. He now had hundreds of billions of points in combat effectiveness with any ordinary strike. Those Rank-13 Gene Bodies at most had eighty billion or ninety hundred billion of combat effectiveness, they naturally had no way of surviving Gu Ding’s attack.

Seeing some helpers joining his opponent’s battle crew, Biggie and the others finally made a move.

Biggie slashed with his saber, and two of the Rank-13 Gene Bodies that were blocking him were cut in half in an instant.

Wherever Elsa’s ax landed, the shock from it was so great that everyone else was disarmed of their weapons and killed on the spot, causing the ground to flow with blood.

As for Lilliath, with her sniper attacks, her victims turned into ashes directly, and no one could avoid this fate.

Tagore stretched his paw and tore multiple space cracks in the void with a force no less powerful than Biggie’s saber.

Robert finally had his first personal battle. All his fingers turned into cannon barrels at the same time, and dense white beam balls shot out continuously. They were particle beam cannons, a weapon he had modified to destroy the cellular structure of the human body through heat. Any place the white beam balls hit would produce a horrible burning effect. If one’s defense was not strong enough, it would directly puncture them and they would die on the spot due to the damage of internal organs.

Gu Ding’s crew true combat effectiveness was finally fully demonstrated at this moment.

Strong Rank-12 and Rank-13 Gene Bodies were like lambs ready to be slaughtered in front of the six of them and were slaughtered in less than three minutes.

This scene was undoubtedly shocking.

Only then everyone understood why Gu Ding dared to come to Red Shield. It was because his crew was strong enough. They were now showing combat effectiveness that even the Childe family’s demigod would not have dared to contest. He was still hesitant to attack after those Rank-13 martial arts artists had struck because he really wanted the Deity Position. However, he immediately chose to stay put when he saw Gu Ding’s crew’s performance.

Although he knew that Gu Ding’s crew did not have any demigod items in their hands, and were incapable of killing him, after seeing the strength they showed, it was not difficult for them to join forces and beat him to a pulp. Judging from what Gu Ding had just done, he knew he could not kill Gu Ding. His hair was disheveled, and he was now not as neat as usual.

Just then, Ross woke up, someone wrapped his naked body in a large robe, making him look rather odd.

He looked at Gu Ding with slight astonishment, mostly puzzlement and anger, after seeing the bodies strewn across the floor. “How do you know where my life-gate is? I had already modified that gene and moved the life-gate.”

“I told you. I know what you know.” Gu Ding looked at him coolly. “You now have two choices: die or apologize! Don’t think your old ancestor can save you.”

“I have a few corrections to make. First of all, I don’t need the Childes to save me. Second, it will only be you, not me, who dies here today. Third, we’re going to get Lilliath. No one here today is going to stop me from going ahead with my plan.” Ross pulled a sinister smile as he said this.

“Hey, are you out of your mind?” As Gu Ding finished, a ghostly figure coalesced silently in front of him.

Biggie, Elsa, and the others immediately raised their guard and attacked, but their attacks were strangely unsuccessful, and they could only watch helplessly as the dark shape coalesced.

It was a tall woman wearing a black robe–a blood-red devil logo on the chest. This robe in particular also had three inconspicuous digits–002 on its upturned collar.

“Dark Sectors!” Everyone reacted immediately.

Not only did Gu Ding’s crew, but everyone else recognized the woman’s identity right away. Besides that, some of the demigods also judged from the number on the woman’s collar that this person from Dark Sectors was the witch Potie. Many demigods’ faces took on a ghastly expression. She was the seventh most powerful being on the Demigod Monster Ranking, with the power to kill deities. She was not someone they could compete against.

“Handsome, you’re mine.” Potie lifted her hood and playfully smiled at Gu Ding. She grabbed his collar and Gu Ding disappeared in the blink of an eye.