Chapter 454

Gu Ding's basic physical strength had reached the peak of a 7-star Lower Rank Deity. He was still a step away from becoming a 1-star Middle Rank Deity, but this was the limit of what he could achieve at the moment. The only way to improve further was to increase his cultivation.

His basic physical strength was close to that of a 1-star Middle Rank Deity. Under the effect of the Emperor Manifestation Body twice, his physical strength had also reached the strength of a 2-star Upper Rank Deity. In addition, Shura the Destroyer's combat effectiveness was a whole grade higher. Even without using Rage Attack, Gu Ding's combat effectiveness was already at the level of a 2-star Extreme Rank Deity.

Therefore, his target from the beginning was not the Upper Rank Deity area, but the Extreme Rank Deity area.

About twenty minutes later, Gu Ding finally stepped into the area where the Virtual Beings of the Extreme Rank Deity gathered. In this area, every living being was as majestic as a mountain. Feeling the aura of those powerful living beings, Gu Ding's true fighting spirit finally rose.

Gu Ding's first target was a gigantic Magma Giant. The giant was made of magma and boulders, and its body was burning with flames. It was thousands of meters tall, and its palms alone were hundreds of meters in size. When it saw Gu Ding, it turned its head, and its eyes spewed red flames of anger. It lifted its huge feet, intending to stomp Gu Ding into pieces.

Gu Ding did not dare to slack off. This was his first time encountering an Extreme Rank Deity.

The Devil Elephant Realm Enhancement of the Imperial Body of Nature was unreservedly activated. The energy particles in Gu Ding's body vibrated wildly and recombined in a more compact and powerful way, raising Gu Ding's body's defense to its limit.

Shura the Destroyer!

With this set of powerful martial arts techniques, Gu Ding's aura skyrocketed in an instant. It even faintly overshadowed the huge magma giant, causing the magma giant to be stunned for a moment. It obviously did not understand why Gu Ding's aura suddenly surpassed its own, but it was enough to be stunned for a moment.

Gu Ding clenched his fingers into a fist and poured all the energy in his body into his right arm. Then, he suddenly exerted strength in his feet and leaped high. His thin figure was as small as an ant in front of the giant.

However, this did not stop Gu Ding from attacking. He punched the giant's cheek hard.

That punch was like the roar of a cannon. With a loud bang, a circle of terrifying energy rippled out like a sound wave, bringing along a gale that madly engulfed everything in the surroundings.

The giant that was thousands of meters tall was also sent flying. Its huge body slid through the air for dozens of kilometers before landing heavily on the ground, causing the ground to tremble.

"He's not dead?!" Gu Ding was also slightly surprised. His punch earlier was comparable to a 2-star Ultimate Deity's full-force attack, yet the giant beast had used both hands to prop itself up and was trying to get up from the ground.

"Let's do it again!" Gu Ding's figure flickered, and he quietly appeared above the giant. His body suddenly dropped down, and he poured all his terrifying power into his left leg as he stomped on the giant's forehead.

Boom! A wave of black energy rippled out from the giant's foot, and the giant's forehead finally began to crack. The back of the giant's head, which had just left the ground, hit the ground again, creating a huge crater hundreds of meters in diameter.

"Roar!!!" The giant let out a pained howl, and the flames on its body finally began to slowly dim. The part of its forehead where Gu Ding had stepped on finally completely disintegrated and turned into a pile of gravel.

Almost at the same time, Gu Ding's points on the leaderboard skyrocketed by 1,000 points.

"He's really done it! He's actually killed a Supreme Deity with his half-deity cultivation!"

This was the first thought that came to the minds of many people who were paying attention to the leaderboard when they saw this scene. There were also some powerful existences whose combat effectiveness was comparable to a peak Upper Deity. They were completely convinced now.

Gu Ding's hunt did not stop because of the first Ultimate Deity level virtual creature. Instead, after the battle just now, he felt his body boiling more and more. His figure flashed, and he rushed toward the second giant beast.

On the other side, in the Boulder Area, Faust had completely adapted to the gravitational environment here. Although his movements were not as convenient as before, he could already fight very flexibly. Mi Ke Ke, on the other hand, was slightly slower. At the moment, he could barely walk, and he could not do any more intense exercise. However, the two of them were actually considered lucky because no boulders fell from the sky to attack them while they were still unable to move.

The points advantage that Gu Ding had established in the beginning on the leaderboard was also slowly being closed by the people behind him. This was because his hunting speed had begun to slow down, and the others had also found the most suitable hunting positions for themselves during this period. The top powerhouses among the demigods finally began to exert their strength.

In Gu Ding's crew, Lilliath's points skyrocketed the fastest. She had to admit that her special eye made her particularly talented in soul cultivation. During this period, her closed-door cultivation was the most frequent and the longest. Coupled with Gu Ding's medicine, her soul strength had also skyrocketed to peak Middle Deity level. With the blessing of her eye, she could even increase the attack power of Hellfire by a large rank. Even a Upper Deity would die with a touch of it, and there was no chance of survival. Therefore, she had been staying in the 5-star Upper Deity area. Hellfire covered her as she entered a frenzied harvesting mode.

In less than an hour, she had made it to the top ten of the leaderboard from outside a thousand. She was even ranked third, not far from second place Karlot.

Dockett's points increased slightly slower than Lilliath's, and he was ranked fifth. Ayesha, ranked sixth, was hot on his heels. The fourth place in front of Dockett was Phaser, whom Gu Ding had previously invited to join his crew.

However, to many people's surprise, Futu, who everyone thought was no weaker than Gu Ding, was not on the leaderboard. He was not even in the top thousand.

Although Gu Ding's points rose by a thousand points every time he killed an extreme 1-star deity, Liliath's Hellfire's rate of increase was far faster than Gu Ding's. That was because she was able to kill ten to twenty 5-star Higher Deities at once, and each of them was worth 500 points. However, it only took her a few seconds to kill a group of them, which was faster than Gu Ding killing an extreme 1-star deity.

As for Karlot, Gu Ding and the others had seen him before. The god item in his hand was strange. It could grow bigger, so it was not surprising that he had group killing abilities. Moreover, like Lilliath, he was also in the 5-star Upper Deity area.

However, Gu Ding had no intention of returning to the Upper Deity area. This was because there was no challenge for him there, and no matter how many Upper Deities he killed, he would not be as fast as Lilliath. Moreover, he never cared whether he was first in the leaderboard or not. He just wanted a place to enter the ruins.

In the 1-star Extreme Level 1-star deity area, it seemed that all life forms were huge, so even if he had group killing abilities, he could only hunt them alone. After more than ten minutes, Gu Ding had only killed twenty of them. Although these guys were only Extreme Level 1-star deities, their vitality was very strong. With Gu Ding's current combat effectiveness, it took him two hits to finish them off. However, once he familiarized himself with these guys' behavior patterns, Gu Ding felt that it would not be difficult to hunt them down. Therefore, he decided to go deeper and ran toward the Extreme Level 2-star deity area.

After killing a few more Extreme Level 1-star deities along the way, Gu Ding finally saw the first Extreme Level 2-star deity creature about ten minutes later. It was a flaming golden skeleton, about the size of an ordinary person, and there was nothing special about it. However, the aura it exuded was not something people dared to underestimate.

The moment Gu Ding stepped into its territory, the skeleton noticed Gu Ding's presence. It turned its head, and the blue flames in its eyes danced. Then, in a flash, it left a trail of shadows in the void and appeared in front of Gu Ding at a terrifying speed.

"That's fast!" Gu Ding was shocked. The skeleton's strength was completely beyond what he had expected. With a sway of his body, he barely dodged the skeleton's five fingers that were aimed at his chest.

Five beams of black light shot out from the skeleton's fingertips, passing through Gu Ding's afterimage. One of them bombarded a volcano in the distance. The huge volcano that towered into the clouds was instantly pierced through and collapsed like a giant pillar that held up the sky. Magma and gravel splattered into the distance, like a meteor shower falling from the sky. The huge mountain crashed into the ground, causing the ground to collapse horribly. From this attack alone, Gu Ding could tell that the skeleton in front of him was not someone to be trifled with.

"Not bad. Let's see if I can beat you with my Extreme Level 2-star combat effectiveness!" Gu Ding did not choose to activate his Rage Divine Ability to crush his opponent directly. Instead, he wanted to hone his skills.

After avoiding the skeleton's attack, Gu Ding immediately launched a counterattack. Similarly, he spread out his five fingers, and five beams of black finger energy shot out. Unlike the skeleton, his finger energy was in a spiral shape and had more penetrating power. Moreover, Gu Ding's attack was carefully calculated to seal off all of the skeleton's escape routes.

Although the skeleton was not as smart as a human, its combat instincts were indeed very strong. It twisted its body to avoid Gu Ding's four finger energies. As for the remaining one, it used its arm to block it, minimizing the damage from Gu Ding's attack.

"Interesting!" Gu Ding took the opportunity to jump up and hit the skeleton with his fists like a cannon. The black fist energy was like a black flash that suddenly exploded and bombarded the skeleton's defensive arm.

The skeleton was like a golden kite, its body flying far away. But soon, it stood up again. Its body did not seem to be injured, but there was a crack in the bones of its arm.

"What a tough guy. Even with this level of attack, it only suffered a minor injury." Gu Ding raised his eyebrows. "Let's continue!"