Chapter 643

The first opponent that the system had chosen for Gu Ding was Casimir. He was a six-star Half-Step True God, and his abilities were extremely close to that of a first-rank True God. It could be said that he was one of the most powerful people on the sixth level of Hell Gate.

Casimir was thin and slightly shorter than Gu Ding. He had a capable look about him.

"Rumor has it that the Confinement Space in Death Mode is terrifying. Those who survive will have their abilities greatly improved. I'm in luck today. Your first opponent after coming out is me. Let me see how much you've improved. "

Casimir looked at Gu Ding with interest. Gu Ding had fought in the ring on the sixth level of Hell Gate more than two years ago, and more than once. At that time, Gu Ding's abilities were not considered strong on the sixth level. He was considered average at best, and his battle record was more defeats than victories. Now that only two years had passed, he felt that Gu Ding's chances of winning against him were still not high because he had been improving for the past two years.

"Come on then." Gu Ding saw through his opponent at a glance. Casimir's aura was close to that of a first-rank True God. In the sixth level of Hell Gate, Casimir was indeed considered one of the top powerhouses, but it was nothing in front of Gu Ding.

Gu Ding just stood there casually and suddenly released his combat aura. The mountain-like aura suddenly spread out and instantly enveloped the entire ring.

As soon as the fourth-rank True God aura was released, Casimir could not move at all. His entire body seemed to be suppressed by endless mountains, and every cell in his body seemed to be under endless pressure. After holding on for less than three seconds, he collapsed to the ground and fainted.

As the referee, the Silver Keeper knew the result of the battle the moment Gu Ding released his aura. He also stared at Gu Ding through the gap in his helmet.

Gu Ding's progress was too terrifying. It had only been more than two years since he disappeared, and his combat strength was not even at True God level. Now, he had improved to the strength of a fourth-rank True God.

However, the referee was only slightly stunned. He immediately came back to his senses and announced the result of the battle.

The group of people below the ring was puzzled. The aura that Gu Ding released only covered the area covered by the ring and did not penetrate outside. Therefore, many people outside the ring did not know what had just happened.

"What just happened? Why did Casimir suddenly collapse? "

"I didn't see Gu Ding make a move at all. What's going on?"

"What did Gu Ding do? Could it be that he moved too quickly and we couldn't catch him? "

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Only a few people could guess what Gu Ding had done based on Casimir's reaction.

The rest of the competition was completely one-sided. Almost everyone who went on stage instantly fell to the ground and could not get up again. From the beginning to the end, Gu Ding just stood there, not even moving a finger.

At the level of a True God, every increase in the Sequence would increase one's combat power by ten thousand times. Apart from Gu Ding, the strongest prisoner on the sixth floor of Purgatory Gate only had the combat effectiveness of a first-rank True God, which was three ranks lower than Gu Ding. The difference in combat effectiveness could be said to be on a completely different order of magnitude. The pressure of his aura was enough to easily end all battles.

By the end of the day, hundreds of challengers had fainted and collapsed. However, Gu Ding still felt that the pace of the challenges was too slow.

Therefore, early the next morning, he contacted Warden Victoria and applied for group battle mode. After seeing Gu Ding's combat effectiveness, Victoria also agreed to his application. Because the combat effectiveness of the people on the sixth floor was too far apart from Gu Ding, there was not much point in having a group battle. The only difference was the speed at which the points were awarded.

The next day, after receiving the application, Gu Ding activated group battle mode. His aura exploded and instantly suppressed the tens of thousands of people who were about to challenge him. Then, he pushed the door open and entered the seventh floor of Purgatory Gate.

The seventh floor of Purgatory Gate imprisoned powerhouses ranging from 7-star half-step True Gods to 9-star half-step True Gods. The strongest of them was comparable to a third-rank True God.

However, it still took Gu Ding less than a day to suppress all of them. He continued to advance and entered the eighth floor of Purgatory Gate.

From the eighth floor of Purgatory Gate onwards, the prisoners imprisoned had at least the combat effectiveness of a first-rank True God. Moreover, most of the prisoners already had the cultivation of a first-rank True God. As for the few with the strongest combat effectiveness, their strength exceeded Gu Ding's expectations. They all had the strength of a fifth-rank True God. The strongest person even had combat effectiveness close to that of a sixth-rank True God. A powerhouse of this level was not someone Gu Ding could afford to provoke for the time being. In addition, there were hundreds of fourth-rank True Gods. It was not difficult for Gu Ding to determine that these people's combat effectiveness was probably no weaker than his.

As the news of Gu Ding's survival from the Death Mode Confinement Space had spread to the other levels, including the seventh and eighth levels, countless people chose to challenge him upon his arrival. Many people wanted to know how strong the people who had survived the Death Mode Confinement Space were.

On this eighth floor, the number of people who challenged Gu Ding was extremely shocking. Almost as soon as Gu Ding arrived on the eighth floor, the number of challengers began to increase exponentially. In less than ten minutes, the number of challengers had reached more than thirty thousand.

However, after arriving on the eighth floor, Gu Ding did not choose to challenge immediately. Instead, he chose to exchange his points for cultivation resources and began to go into closed-door cultivation.

His original plan was to finish the arena's group battle in one go and then directly obtain the item that would allow him to break out of prison. However, after knowing the true number of powerhouses on this floor, he knew that this idea was unrealistic. If even a powerhouse who was close to a sixth-rank True God had failed to obtain it, the possibility of him obtaining it with his strength was not high. Moreover, one could only obtain more points by winning consecutive battles in the group battle. With his current combat effectiveness, there was not much hope of obtaining a long-term winning streak, so it was better to go into closed-door cultivation to improve his strength first.

After exchanging a large number of source energy crystals, Gu Ding entered the cultivation tower's five-hundred-times time flow cultivation room.

The reason why he chose the highest level of five-hundred-times time flow was that he had an extremely large number of points now and was not afraid of such consumption. The other reason was that he was really in a hurry. In less than four months, the three-year deadline would be up, and obtaining the item for the prison break did not seem to be that easy.

Due to the lack of cultivation resources, Gu Ding's cultivation had been stuck at Extreme 2-Star Deity for a long time. His strength had also been limited by his cultivation level and had not improved significantly for a long time.

In the cultivation tower, Gu Ding sat quietly on a futon in the middle of the room. The source energy crystals that had piled up into a small hill in front of him began to be consumed quickly.

In less than a few minutes, Gu Ding's cultivation level had broken through from Extreme 2-Star Deity to 3-Star. After another ten minutes or so, his cultivation level had broken through again and reached 4-Star. In less than half an hour, he had once again advanced to 5-Star.

It took Gu Ding less than an hour to break through three ranks in a row. This was something that he had not expected at all.

However, it was not difficult to explain. For more than a year, he had not stopped cultivating. Although his cultivation level had not improved, his foundation had become extremely solid, and his body was already ready for a breakthrough. Now that he had a large number of cultivation resources, it was only natural that he would succeed, and he broke through three ranks in one go.

His physical strength and soul strength had also improved, from the standard of an eight-star half-step True God to the level of a nine-star. Gu Ding's combat effectiveness had finally advanced to the strength of a fifth-rank True God.

However, Gu Ding did not intend to stop there. He took out a drop of ninth-rank True God's True Blood from his Inventory.

This drop of True Blood came from Celestine's Inventory. Unfortunately, the Epiphany effect brought about by True Blood could only happen once for each sequence, and it would be ineffective if consumed a second time. Gu Ding only had ninth-rank and tenth-rank True Blood in his possession, so he only had two Epiphany opportunities.

The reason why Gu Ding took out the True Blood at this time was that it was extremely difficult for his cultivation level to break through every major rank. He had to break through the genetic shackles in his body in order to break through, and those genetic shackles could not be broken by ordinary impacts.

After swallowing the True Blood, Gu Ding quickly entered the state of Epiphany. He could almost see all the insights that the original owner of the True Blood had.

In Gu Ding's soul, a flight of stairs appeared, but the stairs were entwined with countless black chains.

The terrifying energy contained in the True Blood, coupled with the energy crystals that Gu Ding had absorbed, was like a tidal wave crashing into the spiderweb-like black chains on the stairs again and again.

The white jade-like stairs seemed to be washed away by the waves, and the chains broke one by one before disappearing.

After an unknown amount of time, all the chains on the stairs were finally cleaned up, and Gu Ding could feel his body changing rapidly.

Gu Ding withdrew his consciousness from the soul space and contacted Neptune. "Neptune, look at my body's data!"

Name: Gu Ding

Gender: Male

Age: 19

Cultivation Level: One-star Half-step True God

Physical Strength: First-rank True God

Soul Strength: First-rank True God

God Source Strength: Six-star Half-step True God

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"Your current strongest combat effectiveness is at the level of a new sixth-rank True God," Neptune gave his judgment. "You've just broken through a major rank, and it's not suitable for you to break through again in a short time. You can go out after consolidating for a while. Now your strength is enough to deal with everyone on the eighth level of Hell Gate. With the time acceleration of five hundred times, less than a day has passed in the outside world. "

"I understand." Gu Ding nodded and did not say anything else. He closed his eyes and consolidated his cultivation.