Chapter 778

Gu Ding and Neptune breathed a sigh of relief when Phaser's crisis was averted.

The blood-patterned longsword turned into a beam of red light and disappeared between Phaser's eyebrows. Only then did Phaser slowly open his eyes.

"Thank you, Captain. If it wasn't for your help, I would have died here. "Phaser looked at Gu Ding.

"That's good. It's a good thing Neptune notified me in time. Any later and we would have been in trouble." Gu Ding nodded.

"Yes, Neptune. Thank you." Phaser then remembered that even though Neptune was not here, there was no one else who had called Gu Ding.

"Why are you thanking me? We're all comrades. It's only right to take care of each other. " Neptune could not help but ask, "You must have gained a lot from taming this demonic sword, right?"

"Yes, I've gained a lot of inherited memories. I think it'll take some time to digest them. However, this secret realm is only open for a limited time, so I can wait until I get out of here. Also, every time I tame a sword soul, the sword soul will give me a certain amount of energy in return. This will only take two or three days. That's why I need two or three days to use this energy to increase my soul strength and cultivation level. Once my combat effectiveness has increased, I'll be able to explore the third layer of the sea. "

Phaser's plan was very methodical, and he knew how to maximize his gains. In fact, even if he did not plan it this way, Neptune would have suggested it.

"I think your plan is good. Your cultivation level should be enough to break through to true god-level this time, right?" Neptune asked with a smile.

"According to my calculations, I should be able to reach at least second-rank, maybe even third-rank True God. My basic combat effectiveness should be able to increase to ninth-rank at least." Phaser gave a more conservative estimate.

"Then let's not waste any more time. Let's start now. I'll guard you. After all, the secret realm is already half open. Every bit of time counts. "Gu Ding was an impatient person and volunteered to guard Phaser.

In this sea region, if one were to cultivate without anyone protecting them, that would be courting death. Gu Ding's will projection was undoubtedly the most powerful existence in the third layer of the sea. With his protection, Phaser did not have to worry about being disturbed.

At Gu Ding's urging, Phaser quickly entered a state of cultivation.

On the other side, Gu Ding's Emperor White Jade Body had grown to a height of more than one thousand eight hundred meters. Its physical strength far exceeded the physical strength of an ordinary tenth-rank True God.

"As the aura of my flesh and blood grows stronger, it's getting harder and harder to hunt. Many monsters have sensed the strength of my Vitality and immediately fled … "Gu Ding was also very helpless about this. As the size of Emperor White Jade Body increased, the amount of Vitality and energy required increased. However, the number of monsters he killed also decreased, which also caused his Emperor White Jade Body to increase at a slower rate.

"Follow the current coordinates and descend another fifty-five light years," Neptune suddenly said.

"Did you find another herd of beasts?" Gu Ding asked.

"You'll know once you go down and take a look." The Sea Emperor kept him guessing.

Although Gu Ding was not sure of Neptune's intentions, he quickly descended. With the strength of his current Emperor Body, the pressure and impact of the Third Ocean no longer affected him much.

In just a few minutes, Gu Ding had descended to the location Neptune had mentioned.

Looking at the golden bones beneath his feet, Gu Ding finally understood why Neptune had asked him to descend.

"I've guided you along the way to slaughter monsters not just to see where there are beast herds," Neptune said with a smile. "This is the highest area at the bottom of the nearby sea, and it's the least burden on your Emperor Body. Your Emperor White Jade Body will be able to descend to this depth as long as it exceeds one thousand five hundred meters. "

"There are so many beast bones. The Vitality and energy contained within them are probably enough to elevate my Emperor White Jade Body to its limit." Gu Ding's eyes were full of joy.

"You have the Sky Devourer divine power. The bottom of the sea is the best place for you to cultivate." Neptune also knew that Gu Ding's strength would greatly increase again during this trip to the secret realm.

Gu Ding slowly descended and sat cross-legged on a piece of broken bone that was several kilometers long. The Sky Devourer divine power was fully activated.

The Sky Devourer divine power was Gu Ding's natural divine power. This divine power was indeed overbearing. Once it was activated, the Vitality and energy of the bones within a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers were quickly swallowed into Gu Ding's body.

The Emperor White Jade Body, which was originally one thousand eight hundred meters tall, began to expand at a speed visible to the naked eye like a balloon.

In just half an hour, it had grown to more than two kilometers.

"This speed is really fast. It's almost the same effect as the day before in half an hour." Gu Ding could not help but exclaim.

"Your natural divine power is really quite amazing. Although the larger the Emperor Body, the more Vitality and energy it needs, according to the current absorption rate, your Emperor White Jade Body will grow to its limit in less than a day. " Neptune had not expected Gu Ding's Sky Devourer to have such a terrifying effect. He had thought that even if Gu Ding descended to the bottom of the sea, it would take at least three to five days for him to cultivate the Emperor White Jade Body to its limit.

"It's a pity that I don't have the Heavenly God's blood. Otherwise, I could have upgraded the Emperor White Jade Body to the level of the Emperor Blood Flame Body. By then, I'll have the combat effectiveness of a Heavenly God just by relying on the Emperor Body. "Gu Ding still felt that it was a pity.

Eighteen hours later, Gu Ding's Emperor White Jade Body finally reached the limit of three kilometers under the nourishment of the Vitality and energy. The strength of the Emperor White Jade Body had also reached the limit that a real body could reach.

Gu Ding slowly opened his eyes and looked at the remains of the monster bones under his feet. There was a large pit with a diameter of about thirty thousand kilometers and a depth of more than two hundred kilometers, but the monster bones under his feet were far from reaching the bottom.

"You've consumed less than a tenth of the monster bones in this thirty thousand kilometer radius." Although Gu Ding could not see how many bones there were at the bottom, Neptune could clearly detect them.

"The Emperor Body has reached its limit. There are still about ten days left. I can use it to improve the strength of my body." Gu Ding thought of the second use of these monster bones.

Gu Ding chose a huge monster bone and sat down cross-legged again. He activated the Sky Devourer divine power and countless Vitality and energy once again poured into Gu Ding's body.

However, this time, the Vitality and energy did not flow into the Emperor Body but into Gu Ding's physical body.

Gu Ding's physical body had always been at the standard of an eight-star half-step True God. However, this time, with the influx of powerful Vitality and energy, his physical body broke through to the standard of a peak nine-star half-step True God in a few minutes. He was only one step away from becoming a True God.

However, it was at this step that Gu Ding's physical strengthening encountered a bottleneck.

In fact, this kind of bottleneck was not unique to Gu Ding. It was a problem that almost all physical cultivators would encounter. From a half-step True God to a True God, the physical level was a real transformation. To complete this transformation, three conditions must be met first.

First, there must be enough Vitality and energy.

The amount of Blood Qi energy required to break through from a nine-star half-step True God's physical strength to that of a first-rank True God was almost the sum of Blood Qi required to break through from a one-star half-step True God to a nine-star half-step True God. Most people needed a long time to accumulate enough Qi and blood energy to break through.

However, this condition was not difficult for the current Gu Ding. The Vitality and energy contained in the skeletons at the bottom of the third layer of the sea was more than enough to upgrade Gu Ding's physical body to Heavenly God level, let alone to the standard of a first-rank True God.

Second, there must be a True God-level physical cultivation technique.

Without a True God-level physical cultivation technique, the Vitality and energy would not be able to build a new energy cycle in the body, and the physical body would not be able to transform.

This was not a problem for Gu Ding. Neptune had already prepared it for him.

Third, he must be able to withstand the intense pain brought about by the physical transformation.

The transformation of the physical body was an extremely painful process. When a half-step True God transformed into a True God, the physical body would disintegrate under the impact of Vitality and then be rebuilt. This kind of pain was not something ordinary people could withstand. If the pain was unbearable during this process, the physical transformation would fail and the result would be death.

Gu Ding did not know how strong his ability to withstand pain was, but everyone knew that he was not someone who gave up easily.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! … "

The impact of Vitality and energy made Gu Ding's entire body tremble, and even blood flowed out of his mouth and nose.

After sixteen consecutive attempts, there was another loud bang. Gu Ding suddenly realized that the bottleneck that had been blocking him had finally been breached. A huge amount of Vitality and energy once again flowed into his physical body.

"Gu Ding, activate Nirvana Immortal Body!" Neptune quickly shouted.

Nirvana Immortal Body was the True God-level physical cultivation technique that Neptune had chosen for Gu Ding. This technique, to be precise, was a set of secret techniques from the Primordial Era. It was extremely difficult to cultivate and required extreme Five Elements items to temper it in order to improve.

"I don't have extreme Five Elements items now. Can I succeed?" Gu Ding had seen a few sets of physical cultivation techniques that Neptune had chosen for him a long time ago. Although Nirvana Immortal Body was the most overbearing and the one that Gu Ding wanted to learn the most, it did not seem possible to cultivate under his current conditions.

"Deep Sea Ice is beneath these skeletons. It's an extreme Water Element item. It can help you build the first cycle of Nirvana Immortal Body." Neptune's words made Gu Ding suddenly see the light.

"So it's Deep Sea Ice. No wonder this sea is so cold." Gu Ding did not hesitate and immediately activated Nirvana Immortal Body to build the Vitality and energy cycle.

The Devourer divine power did not only absorb Vitality and energy this time, but also the chill of the Deep Sea Ice beneath the skeletons into Gu Ding's body.

Gu Ding's heart beat again and again, and the first cycle of Nirvana Immortal Body was soon completed.

A new cycle was born, and the old body began to collapse.

Gu Ding's skin began to crack, and it felt like a dry riverbed under the hot summer sun. At first, there were only cracks, and then the cracks turned into patches, and then the patches began to disintegrate.

The pain caused by the disintegration made Gu Ding let out a muffled groan.

If an outsider was here and saw this scene, they would probably scream.

That was because Gu Ding's body was disintegrating into pieces, leaving only a blood-red heart beating on the spot. Every time the heart beat, vein-like filaments extended out and slowly condensed into a human shape.

The whole process lasted for three days and three nights, and Gu Ding finally opened his eyes again.

He looked down at his hands and could clearly feel the new power in his body. "My body has finally reached True God-level …"