Chapter 166

Lilliath slowly opened her eyes and saw Gu Ding smiling at her. "I knew you'd be fine."

She then saw the old man next to Gu Ding. "Is he … our new member?"

Gu Ding had always liked to recruit strange people. Even if he managed to recruit this old man, Liliath would not be too surprised, so she asked the question the moment she saw him.

"My name is Caesar." Caesar smiled faintly. Lilliath and Tini were cut from the same mold.

"You're … Grandpa?!" Although Lilliath had never met Caesar, she had heard her mother mention the name often. It was her father, who was also a demigod powerhouse.

"Tini told me about you. We've been in touch, but we haven't met. Less than a year after we were married, she sent me a message saying that she had a daughter. She also sent me a picture of you … "Caesar said as he projected the picture. It was of a small baby, still swaddled in swaddling clothes. The baby's skin was pink and looked very cute.

"Later, your father was expelled from the family. On the way out, the spaceship had an accident. I thought you … I didn't expect God to be kind to me and let me meet you again." Caesar had always thought that Lilliath and her parents had died in the disaster.

"When I saw the interception, my mother knew something was going to happen. She sent me directly into an invisible escape pod, and I was the only one who escaped," Lilliath explained. Lilliath explained, "I watched the Dreadnought disintegrate into pieces in the fire with my own eyes … Later, my escape pod crashed on an administrative planet. I changed my name to Lilliath and began to wander around to make myself stronger. After that, I met Gu Ding … "

Gu Ding had also walked to the door and called out to the others, "Lili is awake. Everyone, come in!"

Even Caesar, who had always liked to be quiet, did not object this time.

Biggie and the others all squeezed in.

Lilliath was stunned when she saw Ayesha. She stole a glance at Ayesha's breasts, which did not match her age at all. Her eyes flashed with envy, but she still held out her hand. "Hello, my name is Lilliath. Are you a new member?"

"My name is Elsa. Nice to meet you!" Elsa also held out her hand.

"Sister Elsa, what do you usually like to eat?" Lilliath suspected that breast size might have something to do with diet, so she decided to ask Elsa for some advice.

"Hehe, Elsa eats twice as much as I do, and she's not picky at all," Biggie interrupted when they talked about food.

Lilliath ignored Biggie and looked at Elsa expectantly.

"Biggie's right, but we Vikings have big appetites. My father's appetite is a hundred times bigger than mine. We eat everything, but our favorites are still meat and fish … "Elsa suddenly felt that they had something in common when it came to food.

"Vikings?" Lilliath had also seen some information about this race. "Can your people really tame dragons?"

"Most people who reach adulthood will tame a lesser dragon. Currently, only my father and two other warriors have tamed a real dragon in the clan. Of the three dragons, my father's Aku is the strongest, even though it's not fully grown. "

Hearing Elsa's words, Lilliath was very sure that Elsa's father was at least a demigod. This was because when a dragon reached adulthood, it had the strength of a deity. Even when it was young, its strength was enough to rival that of a demigod. Based on this, Elsa's strength should not be weak.

Gu Ding and the others left the cabin, leaving Elsa and Lilliath to chat.

"Gu Ding, you really should become stronger." After leaving the cabin, Neptune's voice came to Gu Ding's ears. "I just checked Lili's physical condition. She has advanced from a Rank-4 Gene Body to a peak Rank-6 Gene Body. The double helix gene chain in her body has also become a triple helix. Your current bounty is comparable to a peak Rank-9 Gene Body martial arts practitioner. It's seriously inconsistent with your actual combat effectiveness. "

"It's been almost a month since the last Energy Crystal was implanted. I think it's about time. After this advancement, Neptune, you can teach me the cultivation method of primary power, right? "Gu Ding also knew that what Neptune said was the truth. In Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation, his combat effectiveness was not considered top-notch. In Border River, the law of the jungle prevailed, and there were more powerhouses. Although he had joined a strong member like Elsa, Gu Ding did not intend to rely on his companions to protect him. Moreover, before Ayesha joined the crew, she had said 'you look weak' when she challenged Biggie. This made Gu Ding realize how weak he really was.

"There's only one Rank-6 Energy Crystal, but there are many Rank-7 ones. They were all hunted when you backtracked in space-time. There are ten of them. Lili and Elsa are chatting happily now. Why don't we wait a little later? "Neptune counted the number of Energy Crystals.

"I'll ask Robert to help me implant them this time." Gu Ding felt that Robert was more suitable for this kind of work than Lilliath.

Gu Ding called Robert aside and made a request to implant the Energy Crystal. Robert readily agreed. The last thing he wanted was to be idle and have nothing to do. He had been helping to take care of everyone and did not have much time to stay in his own laboratory. When he heard Gu Ding asking for his help, he was naturally happy.

The two borrowed Biggie's mobile kitchen and began to implant the Energy Crystal.

"I'll implant one Rank-6 Energy Crystal and three Rank-7 Energy Crystals first. Let's see if I can break through to Rank-6 in one go." Gu Ding decided to take a risk.

Neptune did not object because he knew that no matter what kind of power entered Gu Ding's body, it would be completely absorbed by the strange virus.

Robert's operation was terrifyingly fast. With just a swipe of his finger, he made a perfect cut on Gu Ding's neck. Then, he stuffed the four beads into the wound. The entire process took less than ten seconds to complete.

With the high-speed regeneration ability, the wound on Gu Ding's neck quickly disappeared.

The virus appeared again and devoured all four Energy Crystals in a few minutes. At the same time, Gu Ding's body began to change dramatically. The congenital gene lock in his body cracked twice in a row, allowing Gu Ding's original Rank-3 Gene Body to advance to Rank-5. The strength and activity of his cells strengthened once again, and his Cell Index increased rapidly.

The gene chain where the original Rage Transformation ability was located finally changed shape again. It seemed to be strengthened again.

The other gene chain also began to change shape for the first time, followed by the second and third change.

When all the changes were complete, Neptune checked Gu Ding's body data:

Name: Gu Ding

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Gene Level: Rank-5

Special Ability 1: Rank-3 Rage Attack (Evolvable)

Ability Description: Attack power, defense power, speed, and recovery ability increase fourfold. Lasts for ten minutes.

Side Effects: Enter Prostration for ten hours, combat effectiveness halved.

Special Ability 2: Level 1 High-speed Regeneration (Evolvable)

Ability Description: Cell regeneration ability increased tenfold (Permanent).

Special Ability 3: Level 3 Damage Stacking (Curse Series Ability) (Evolvable)

Ability Description: Causes a curse effect on the target. The damage will be stacked. The second blow will be stacked with the first blow's damage, and the third blow will be stacked with the first and second blow's damage.

Special Ability 4: Absolute Seal (Level 1 Taboo Power) (Evolvable)

Ability Description: Through touch, you can create an Absolute Seal effect on any living body. Seal all of the opponent's energy, including primary power, special abilities, cell energy, spirit, and any other form of energy.

[Ability Restriction 1: Sealing time: 10 hours.]

Ability Restriction 2: Must be used more than thirty days apart.

Ability Restriction 3: Not effective on non-living bodies.

Ability Restriction 4: Only works on a single target.

Special Ability 5: Level 3 Iron Block (Evolvable)

Ability Description: Makes the body's skin, muscles, internal organs, and bones as indestructible as iron. Defense is increased fourfold, and attacks received have a 4% rebound effect.

Ability Restriction: Can only be used for a maximum of half an hour at a time. Defense is halved after the effect ends.

[Cell Index: 3000]

[Spirit Index: 2,950]

Battle Prowess: B +

Perceptivity: A]

Gu Ding was still not very satisfied after projecting the set of data. He thought he would be able to advance to Level 6 Gene Body, but he was still stuck at Level 5. "Continue, implant the rest of the Rank 7 crystals."

Robert nodded and made another cut on Gu Ding's neck. Then, he stuffed the remaining seven Crystal Beads into the wound.

After the seven Crystals were swallowed by the virus, just as Neptune had expected, they did not attempt to break the Innate Gene Lock. Instead, they promoted the evolution of Gu Ding's Iron Block ability.

After the gene chain related to the Iron Block ability had completed its morphological change, it triggered changes in the other three gene chains around it.

After the change was complete, only one of Gu Ding's data changed. The original Iron Block ability became Advanced Iron Block.

Special Ability 5: Level 2 Advanced Iron Block (Evolvable)

Ability Description: Makes the body's skin, muscles, internal organs, and bones as indestructible as iron. Also, it forms a layer of energy protection outside the body. Defense is increased twenty-fold, and attacks received have a 20% rebound effect.

Ability Restriction: Can only be used for a maximum of one hour at a time. Defense is reduced to one-third of the original after the effect ends.

"This ability seems to be able to restrain primary power attacks …" Gu Ding was slightly surprised when he saw the Advanced Iron Block ability. Although it did not meet his expectations this time, his overall strength seemed to have improved a lot.

With a base combat effectiveness of 3000 points, a fourfold increase from Rage Attack, a twenty-fold increase from Ultimate Arts Level 8 that he could now use normally, and a twofold increase from Combat Armor, Gu Ding's combat effectiveness could be increased to 480,000 points. A Level 9 Gene Body's combat effectiveness was generally between 100,000 and 1,000,000 points. Gu Ding could be considered to have reached Level 9 Gene Body's combat effectiveness. Once he used the Advanced Iron Block ability, his defense would be increased by another 20 points. That was a defense of nearly ten million combat effectiveness. Only a peak Level 10 Gene Body powerhouse would be able to harm him. However, only a Gene Body powerhouse above Level 11 would be able to kill Gu Ding.