Chapter 970

After arriving at the blue zone, the number of demons and exotic beasts with Three-star Shura combat effectiveness was much sparser.

After some discussion, Gu Ding, Melissa, and Robert decided to temporarily split up and search for demons and exotic beasts in the area.

The three of them chose a direction and sped away.

Gu Ding chose the north and searched all the way. It was not until more than half an hour later that he caught sight of a shadow-like creature below.

Gu Ding sprinted in that direction.

The shadow-like creature did not run away. Instead, it stood where it was and silently watched Gu Ding land.

Gu Ding steadied himself and looked at the shadow-like creature. The shadow-like creature looked at him from head to toe.

The shadow-like creature looked like a human woman wearing a dress. However, it did not have a human body. Her body was like a black mist, but it also looked like a shadow. The black illusory body overlapped in the space, making it hard to see clearly.

What Gu Ding did not know was that the shadow-like creature was actually a powerful demon from the Purgatory Dimension. Its name was Misty Shadow, and it was best at assassination.

Gu Ding saw that the other party did not attack immediately. Instead, it was looking at him. He suddenly wondered if the shadow-like creature in front of him was aggressive.

Gu Ding had always been able to tell his opponent's combat effectiveness at a glance. However, this time, the shadow-like creature in front of him did not emit any aura fluctuations. It was as if it was a dead object.

However, this made Gu Ding even more vigilant. The area where the creature appeared was not a place where it could easily survive.

Suddenly, the misty shadow moved.

It seemed that it had looked enough and determined that Gu Ding was a very high threat to it. Its body suddenly jumped out and attacked Gu Ding.

Its weapons were two daggers. The two daggers were like its body, in a misty shadow state. However, Gu Ding could vaguely sense that the two daggers were extremely dangerous.

Its body movement was also extremely strange. It was as if it had directly passed through the limitations of space and quickly approached Gu Ding.

Gu Ding did not dare to be careless. One hundred and twenty Rule Arcana ripples appeared around his body. One hand clamped down on the misty shadow's arm. The other hand clenched into a fist and punched toward the misty shadow.

Soon, something unbelievable happened. His hand that was trying to grab the misty shadow missed its target. Before he could figure out what was going on, his other hand's fist directly penetrated the Mist Shadow's body. It felt as if he had not hit anything at all.

At that moment, Misty Shadow's dagger was already heading toward Gu Ding's neck. Gu Ding's legs exerted force and he retreated, narrowly avoiding the attack.

Gu Ding did not expect that he would almost fail miserably in such an easy task. Although the shadowy creature before him was weaker than him in terms of battle prowess, it had nearly taken his life just now.

Before Gu Ding could come up with a countermeasure, the misty figure closed in on him again. Her body movement technique was as strange as ever. She ignored the distance between them and appeared in front of Gu Ding in an instant. She did not even cause the slightest spatial fluctuation.

Gu Ding's finger energy shot out and headed straight for the misty figure's head. If this attack landed, with Haze Ying's battle prowess, his brain would definitely burst open. However, that did not happen. Gu Ding's finger energy continued to penetrate the misty figure's body as if there was no resistance at all.

Seeing this, Gu Ding frowned slightly and retreated again. His mind was desperately trying to figure out how the misty figure was able to ignore his attack.

The misty figure took advantage of the situation to pursue Gu Ding and closed in on him again and again. Each time, Gu Ding dodged it with his exquisite body movement technique.

"Her body and her body movement technique … It seems to have something to do with spatial divine abilities. I can't attack her because she's hidden her body in another dimension … "Gu Ding speculated. Based on his speculations, Gu Ding came up with a solution.

He immediately opened his small world and sucked the misty figure into it just as she was about to pounce on him. After that, he followed her in.

To the misty figure, Gu Ding's small world was extremely fragile. She only needed one attack to completely tear it apart and escape.

However, she seemed to be a little uncomfortable with the sudden change in environment. After looking around, her gaze fell on the Space-Time Tree in the distance.

Gu Ding took the opportunity to guide the Space-Time Tree to disrupt the space in the small world.

The misty figure finally began to reveal itself. It turned out to be a great beauty with a curvaceous body.

Gu Ding did not have much pity for her. After being chased for almost half an hour, he was filled with anger. He threw a heavy punch at the misty figure.

The misty figure seemed to have noticed the change in herself. This time, she did not choose to meet Gu Ding's attack head-on. Instead, she chose to avoid it.

"Do you think your dodging will work?" Gu Ding's voice suddenly came from behind her.

After that, a palm pierced through the misty figure's abdomen. It was Gu Ding's palm that had pierced through her back near her lumbar vertebrae.

The misty figure's body slowly went limp, and the strange aura that was close to nothingness finally disappeared completely.

The misty figure's body also began to show signs of dissipating …

Just as Gu Ding was about to leave the small world, the Space-Time Tree suddenly extended a branch. On the branch, a leaf wrapped around the dissipating misty figure's body. Then, the branch slowly retracted and returned to its original position.

"What's going on?" Gu Ding was puzzled.

The Space-Time Tree could not speak. Gu Ding could only sense a simple thought, which was that he needed the misty figure's body.

Since the Space-Time Tree was useful, Gu Ding did not dwell on it. He stepped out of his small world.

The battle with the misty figure lasted for more than half an hour. Gu Ding felt that Melissa and Robert must have killed more than him. He took out his token and opened up the nearby contestants. Melissa and Robert's coordinates were quickly displayed on the map.

Gu Ding clicked on one of the contestants' detailed information and found that it was Melissa. Strangely, her points had not increased at all.

Gu Ding was a little surprised when he saw Melissa's points. He clicked on Robert's personal information and saw that there was still no change in his points column.

"What's going on? Both of them are slower than me?! It took me more than half an hour to kill that strange creature. Don't tell me they ran into some kind of troublesome fellow? "Gu Ding thought about it. It seemed that this was the only explanation.