Chapter 167

During their few days in Tampa, Gu Ding and his crew enjoyed a few days of peace without anyone bothering them. Since leaving Cerule, this had been a rare occurrence.

However, in Caesar's words, there was a remnant of the will of the gods on this planet that could suppress and weaken negative emotions such as anger and sadness. Therefore, most people would not make a move on them. For example, when Ayesha challenged others, she was only looking for someone to learn from. It was not a real fight.

Lilliath had awakened, and Gu Ding's biggest goal in coming to Tampa had been achieved. There was also the unexpected addition of Ayesha. Lilliath had evolved to a Rank-6 Gene Body, and Gu Ding had evolved to a Rank-5 Gene Body.

Gu Ding's two gene levels had also increased Neptune's detection range from one kilometer to one hundred kilometers. At the same time, a new ability had been unlocked — Gene Bank Ability (Basic Level Authorization).

This ability allowed Neptune to restore the entire gene structure of a creature through its bodily fluids. As long as there were enough materials, he could replicate the creature. He could also directly replicate the corresponding gene fragments and implant some gene fragments with special abilities into other people's bodies, allowing them to obtain that ability. Of course, at the moment, he only had Basic Level Authorization and could only analyze and replicate creatures with double helix gene structures.

It could be said that entering Border River was a very good start.

After Lilliath woke up, Gu Ding and his crew did not leave immediately. Caesar was a little reluctant to part with his granddaughter, and Lilliath had a lot to talk about with her grandfather.

Gu Ding did not stay idle during this period of time. He took the initiative to look for Neptune. "Neptune, can I cultivate the primary power technique now? You said you'd teach me as long as my Cell Index reaches 1000 points. Now my Cell Index is already 3000 points. "

"I've already thought about it for you." The Sea Emperor was not anxious at all. "According to your personality and fighting style, I've chosen an ancient elemental energy cultivation method for you. It's called 'Sun Sutra'. It's a set of methods that absorb the light energy of a star and convert it into your own primary power. This set of methods is extremely overbearing. I originally prepared another set of methods for you. If you hadn't awakened the Advanced Iron Block ability, I would never have dared to risk letting you cultivate the Sun Sutra. "

"It sounds very powerful." Gu Ding also knew that the techniques that Neptune had chosen for him would not be bad. This could be seen from the Ultimate Arts.

"By cultivating the Sun Sutra to the extreme, one can even generate a terrifying Natural ability like the Star Fire. Everyone knows that among the Logia abilities, the flame-type abilities are very destructive, and Star Fire is ranked first in terms of the destructive power of the Flame Type. Its comprehensive ability is also ranked in the top three. "Gu Ding's eyes lit up when he heard Neptune's explanation.

After Neptune imprinted the technique into Gu Ding's mind, Gu Ding immediately flipped through it. After reading through it briefly, he was also surprised by the domineering nature of this set of techniques. While transforming Spiritual Aether, this set of techniques could also borrow the energy of light energy to strengthen cells. This also meant that it could make Gu Ding's Ultimate Arts more powerful, which was perfect for Gu Ding.

"The cultivation of primary power is generally divided into two major stages. They are known as Primary Condensation and Spirit Cultivation.

"The first stage of Primary Condensation is the simplest. Absorb external energy into the body and condense it into primary power. Then, spread the primary power to various parts of the body as needed for attack and defense. Some people with strong primary power can even envelop their entire body with primary power and continue to use it for a long time. However, I don't recommend you to use this method of combat.

"The second stage is called Spirit Cultivation. People who have reached this stage can condense their primary power into a solid form and use it in combat. You've seen Sharp fight without a knife. He only uses Spirit Cultivation's primary power to fight.

"Actually, there's a third stage called Myriad Transformations, but it's better not to talk about it now. I don't think anyone in your era has cultivated primary power to that level."

Neptune briefly explained the levels of primary power cultivation. Although there were only two levels in general, the two levels were divided into small stages according to the level of use of primary power. However, Neptune did not continue to break it down.

"So, the task of the first small stage of your cultivation is very simple. Absorb the light energy into your body and convert it into primary power. Then, try to gather the primary power in your body in your hands."

Gu Ding immediately found a sunny spot outside the small wooden hut and sat down. Following the instructions of the Sun Scripture, he began to slowly convert the light energy that shone on his body into his own primary power.

A warm feeling quickly spread through his body. It was as if every cell in his body was madly absorbing the light energy. Gu Ding even vaguely had the illusion that his Cell Index had increased. In fact, it was not an illusion. His Cell Index was indeed increasing. However, the increase was not much in a few minutes. It was only one point.

As the light energy entered his body, Gu Ding began to control the energy to form a cycle in his body. The whole process went very smoothly. In less than twenty minutes, the first cycle was completed. Gu Ding urged more energy to join the cycle, and it began to run continuously round after round.

After more than three hours, Gu Ding's first cycle in his body finally stabilized before it was dark.

This kind of progress made Neptune a little speechless. It stood to reason that others would have to try dozens or even hundreds of times to form a real cycle, but Gu Ding had completed it in one afternoon.

After forming the cycle, Gu Ding began to try to control the energy to gather in his hands. The first few attempts did not go well, and it always dissipated quickly. However, he soon found the trick and let the energy flow around his hands. Under the state of movement, the speed at which the primary power dissipated was much slower.

Due to Gu Ding and Lilliath's presence, they stayed on Tampa for another night. That night, Gu Ding practiced the control of his primary power. Early the next morning, everyone returned to the port.

After returning to the spaceship, the Golden Eagle quickly took off and left the port, heading deep into the Border River.

After chatting with everyone, Lilliath found out that so many things had happened while she was unconscious. She was shocked when she saw the amount of her bounty.

Two million Universe Credits was equivalent to two billion Star Credits in Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation. It was almost twenty times her previous bounty.

When she saw Gu Ding and Biggie's bounty, Lilliath was so surprised that she could not close her mouth. "It adds up to more than a hundred million Universe Credits. I'm guessing we'll soon attract the attention of some Rank-10 and Rank-11 Gene Body powerhouses. In the Border River, we're now small fish swimming from a stream into a river. We'll easily become prey for the big fish in the river. "

"Lili is right. The rules in the Border River are very chaotic, especially after that guy Kohld Blood stirred things up a few days ago. Many pirate crews are now learning from him. Not only are there people with low bounties challenging those with high bounties, but some powerful pirate crews are also learning from Kohld Blood and snatching talents from other ships, "Neptune also felt that the situation was not too optimistic. Neptune also felt that the situation was not too optimistic. "In this Border River, the most important thing to pay attention to is not the pursuit of the Army or the pursuit of the Interstellar Pirates, but the threat from other Interstellar Pirate teams."

Although Gu Ding had heard Neptune mention that Kohld had caused some trouble in the Border River, he did not know what it was exactly. Now that Neptune mentioned it, he could not help but ask, "What did Kohld do?"

"He challenged thirteen pirate crews with bounties of over a hundred million Universe Credits and destroyed eleven of them with complete victory. Moreover, he snatched two people with special abilities from two other pirate crews. One of them had super computing ability, and the other was the best surgeon in the entire Border River. In the past, there have been cases of people poaching from other pirate crews. However, this was the first time someone had openly snatched people like he did. Because of this, many powerful crews in the Border River have come up with the same idea. Therefore, this period of time in the Border River is the most chaotic and dangerous. "

"There are even some busybodies who have done some information analysis for some of the new crews and made a list of the crews that might be attacked. They even ranked the top ten, and our crew is impressively in the list. "As Neptune spoke, he ejected a picture.

The names of the ten crews were listed on it, and the main reason why they were attacked was clearly written.

Gu Ding looked from top to bottom. The crew in the first place was not very strong. The total bounty of the entire crew was only one million and one hundred thousand Universe Credits. Gu Ding looked curiously at the reason why they were attacked.

"This is an extremely weak newbie crew. The strongest person in the crew is only a Rank-8 Gene Body. A newbie with Holy Light ability in the crew is bound to become a target for all the major forces. "

When he saw the words "Holy Light ability", Gu Ding finally understood why this crew was ranked first. It was because the ability "Holy Light" was the ability that could expel the most types of Curse Type abilities. More than ninety percent of Curse Type abilities would be restrained by "Holy Light" ability. Therefore, many powerhouse crews hoped to have such a team member in case they encountered a powerful Curse Type opponent.

Gu Ding's crew was ranked second. Under the reason why they were attacked, it was written:

"A newbie crew from a 2-Star Cosmic Nation. Debuted less than half a year ago. Captain Gu Ding's combat effectiveness is average. There is only one Rank-10 Gene Body Swordsman Biggie in the crew. The entire crew has a bounty of more than one hundred and thirty million Universe Credits. This is completely inflated and will inevitably attract the attention of the crews with low bounties. As for member Biggie, he is also a target for the major forces that lack a melee powerhouse. This crew's spaceship is the expensive Golden Eagle. This is also the reason why some forces are attacking them. "

"It seems like I've really been treated as a newbie …" Gu Ding was a little speechless.

"It's normal. Most of the information on Great Divinity has been sealed by the Federal Government. Other people can see your battle videos, and the most interesting one is the battle between you and Senior. Senior is only a Rank-7 Gene Body. In Border River, Rank-7 Gene Bodies are only entry-level players, and there are as many of them as there are hairs on a cow. It's not surprising that they have such an evaluation of you. "Neptune knew very well why these people had such an evaluation of Gu Ding.

"If that black mech hadn't been destroyed, I should be able to fight a Rank-10 Gene Body with a basic combat effectiveness of ten thousand points," Gu Ding said as he looked at Robert. "Robert, help me build another mech!"

"Based on the current situation, the basic attack power of the mech you build will still be the same as the previous one. In fact, the improvement in your combat effectiveness is very limited. If you want to build a better mech, you'll need to find better materials. However, since you're looking for materials, you might as well find materials to reforge your Combat Armor and upgrade it to Bronze Grade. This way, your combat effectiveness will increase more directly. "

"In three days, we'll land on Kerma. It's also a relatively prosperous planet. You can see if you can find enough materials," Neptune said.