Chapter 322

Intelligent wristwatches can't be used?!

As soon as the old man said that, many people immediately checked their intelligent wristwatches. They found that the communication function was not responding, and the storage space could not be opened. Also, all the icons related to the Internet had turned gray and were unusable. This caused a lot of people to wail in pain.

Even Liliath and the others were a little depressed after checking their wristwatches.

"The space-time rules in this area are different. Most of the functions of other people's intelligent wristwatches can only be operated with the support of Skynet. Skynet can't cover this area, so their wristwatches only have the most basic functions. However, my wristwatch can't connect to Skynet. The other functions are preserved, "Neptune explained to Gu Ding and the others.

"I've already done some special treatment to Gu Ding's Inventory. I've also opened a separate space entrance so that he can access it without relying on Skynet. As for the communication function, I can create a local area network for everyone. Within my detection range, everyone's communication with each other will not be hindered. As for my detection ability, it's an independent ability that has nothing to do with Skynet. "

Neptune's words made everyone feel a little more at ease. After all, most of the team's resources were in Gu Ding's Inventory. Moreover, there would not be any hindrance in communication.

The fog around the square finally dissipated. Only then did everyone realize that they were in a ruined city. Apart from the square and the Merit Hall, all the other buildings were in a state of collapse. Even the ground was not intact. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place.

After the fog dissipated, a strange 'squeak' sound came from all around the square. Then, there was a continuous' squeak 'sound. A moment later, a large swarm of insects surrounded the square.

This swarm of insects was green with black spots on their bodies. They crawled quickly on four legs and had two strong forelimbs with black spikes at the tips. They looked like they were poisonous. This swarm of insects had four legs on the ground. Their upper bodies were more than three meters high, and they were looking down at the people in the middle of the square. Sticky saliva dripped from their sharp teeth, and when it dripped on the ground, it made a sizzling sound. However, not a single insect stepped into the square, as if they were blocked by some strange power.

"This insect beast is only a One-Star Soldier. It's the weakest existence in this world." Gu Ding and the others heard Neptune's voice. "Both forelimbs have paralytic toxins. As long as you don't get pricked, you'll be fine. The weak point is at the junction between the upper body and the abdomen. That junction is similar to the human spine that supports the entire body structure. "

Seeing so many Zergs, most of the people were a little scared. A few of the stronger ones started to attack tentatively.

The one-eyed man called Du Long punched out, and the fist force directly crushed several bug beasts to death. Only then did he realize that this group of worms was very weak. He immediately sneered at the crowd. "A bunch of cowards. These worms are so weak. I killed so many of them, but I didn't even get a single merit point."

Seeing how easy it was for him to kill them, the others finally made their move as well. However, most of them lost interest after killing a few and discovering that there were no merit points.

A One-Star Soldier Bug Beast only had merit points effect on people whose cultivation level was below One-Star Lesser Deity. There weren't many people among the ten thousand who fit the criteria. Including Gu Ding and the others, there were only about two hundred of them.

In the square, some of the powerhouses who could not get merit points flew up. They wanted to leave the square area and search for other places where they could get merit points. As soon as they rose into the air, the bugs flapped their wings and flew up, chasing after the escapees in a frenzy. Two Two-Star Lesser Deities were surrounded and torn apart by the swarm of bugs on the spot. This immediately made many people afraid to act rashly, afraid that they would suffer the same fate.

"It doesn't matter if there are merit points or not. Let's work together and kill them all first. Otherwise, we won't be able to get out. "Du Long's gaze swept across Gu Ding and the others. When he saw them quickly killing the bug beasts, he rolled his eyes and called out to the crowd.

He flew in the direction of Gu Ding's crew and threw a heavy punch at Gu Ding and the others' attack range. It was obvious that he did not want Gu Ding's crew to get the points first.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Gu Ding naturally noticed that the guy was doing it on purpose.

"I already said, don't worry about merit points. Let's all work together to kill them. I'm helping you now, can't you see?" Du Long's quibble was justified as if it was the truth.

"We don't need help. Go to another empty spot." Gu Ding realized that the guy was obviously looking for trouble.

"You don't need help? Do you mean that your crew has the ability to kill all the bugs around the square? "Du Long was obviously deliberately taking Gu Ding's words out of context.

Gu Ding frowned and looked around the square. There were at least ten thousand bugs surrounding the square. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. "Even if that's what I mean, so what? Do you have a problem with that?"

"Of course I have no problem with that. I don't get any merit points from killing these bugs anyway. I believe that everyone will be happy to watch you guys kill the bugs, but please don't take up too much of their time. "Du Long did not expect Gu Ding to fall into his trap so easily.

"Don't worry, it won't take up too much of your time." As Gu Ding said that, black Devouring Flame spewed out from both of his palms and extended out of the square. The flames burned more and more fiercely, like huge waves on an ink-colored sea. Wave after wave rippled out, and in less than ten seconds, it covered the entire periphery of the square.

The tragic cries of the bugs were endless. Waves of energy were fed back into Gu Ding's body by the Devouring Flame, and the energy was automatically activated along with the Imperial Manifestation Body. In just a few seconds, the Imperial Manifestation Body, which had already achieved a three-hundred-fold increase, increased again. Three hundred and one, three hundred and two, three hundred and three …

Seeing Gu Ding's move, everyone was a little surprised. They did not expect Gu Ding to have such an area-of-effect attack. However, area-of-effect attacks were generally not very strong. Moreover, Gu Ding's cultivation level was not high, so many people did not think that this move would have any good effect.

In less than a minute, the cries of the bugs within the area surrounded by the flames were completely cut off, and the black flames had all returned to Gu Ding's body. After the black flames disappeared, everyone was surprised to find that there was not a single bug carcass left on the periphery of the square. Naturally, the bug carcasses and bug nuclei had been devoured by the Devouring Flame, but to the others, it was a little unbelievable.

Even Dou Long, who was looking for trouble, was a little stunned. Gu Ding's ability was really too scary. Although the bugs were not strong, there were so many of them that it would take him a lot of time to kill them all. However, not only did Gu Ding do it, but he had also done it in such a short time and devoured them so cleanly. It was simply too scary. At some point, a flash of murderous intent flashed in his eyes. It was not just for the merit points, but more so to strangle this scary guy in the cradle.

However, Gu Ding did not pay too much attention to it. His attention was focused on the operation of the Imperial Manifestation Body inside his body. After devouring the bug beasts, the feedback energy from the black flame allowed Gu Ding's Imperial Manifestation Body to increase steadily. The effect only stopped when it had increased by four hundred times.

However, Biggie instantly sensed Dou Long's murderous intent. He took a step forward and appeared next to Gu Ding, one hand on the hilt of the two-star God item longsword, and his eyes stared coldly at Dou Long.

"Hmph!" Dou Long glanced at Biggie and felt that Biggie's murderous aura was no weaker than his own. He did not have the confidence to win, so he snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Gu Ding knew that Dou Long was very strong, but if he pulled Dou Long into his domain and used his full combat effectiveness, Dou Long's chances of winning were not high. This was because once anyone was pulled into his domain, their combat effectiveness would be suppressed to one-thirtieth of their original strength.

Seeing that Dou Long had left, Gu Ding checked the merit points recorded in the token.

[Merit Points: 58,020 points]

[Kill Count Details:]

[One-star Soldier Level: 11509]

[One-star Unique Species: 3]

[One-star Elite Species: 1]

In just one battle, he had obtained more than fifty thousand merit points. This was something that Gu Ding had not expected. He had originally planned to use this opportunity to hone his combat ability, but Dou Long deliberately targeted him, which was really intolerable.

However, it was not common to see a swarm of this size. Usually, a normal swarm would only have one or two hundred of them, and some small swarms would not even have more than thirty of them. Of course, there were some large swarms, but it was rare for there to be more than a thousand of them.

The reason why the swarm had gathered on such a large scale earlier was because everyone had been teleported to the same location. A large number of human auras had gathered together, creating a certain superposition effect, which had attracted all the swarm within a certain range. Now that the crowd had dispersed, not only was the superposition effect gone, but the human auras had also dispersed. Naturally, it was not possible for a large swarm to gather together.

The bugs around the square had been cleaned up by Gu Ding. There was not even a wreckage or blood stain left behind. Without the swarm's encirclement, everyone left the square one after another to look for their targets.

However, someone soon noticed that there was a faint fog in the ruins, which seemed to have greatly limited Soul Perception. The person with the strongest Soul Perception among the ten thousand people was a TOP1 member. He also noticed that the radius of his Soul Perception had been compressed to within a kilometer.

Neptune was not using Soul Perception, so he was not affected by this suppression. This gave Gu Ding and his group a lot of advantages over the others. Under Neptune's instructions, they quickly rushed toward a small swarm …