"Even if I did, it would be hard for you to go back now."
Ding Meng looked at the screen in the center. The All-Illumination and the Dragon-slaying Ship were locked in a fierce battle behind them. Under such circumstances, it was impossible to use Curved Image Transmission.
Gu Yu wasn't surprised to see the fierce battle. He was so calm that it was scary. "It's okay. I can pilot your starship. It's the same."
Su Lingyue couldn't help but say, "Why are you talking like our starship is yours?"
Gu Yu glanced at her and didn't want to talk to her. He turned around and said to Su Yalun, "This woman is quite pretty. Don't kill her later. I have use for her."
Su Yalun nodded with respect. "Got it!"
"You!"
Su Lingyue was furious. She was one of the leaders of the Water Cherry Society and had never been insulted like this. What was more, Gu Yu's words implied that he really wanted to humiliate her.
Su Lingyue couldn't stand it anymore. She flashed and appeared in front of Gu Yu and the other two in a flash. A cold light flashed. Clearly, she had attacked with a sharp weapon.
However, for some reason, Su Lingyue seemed to have hit an invisible wall. She slid backward and stopped right next to Ding Meng. Everyone saw clearly that a sharp blade with a cold light had crawled out of Su Lingyue's sleeve. It was like a poisonous snake coming out of its hole. Normal people wouldn't have noticed it.
Su Lingyue turned around in surprise. She looked at Ding Meng and asked, "What are you doing?"
Ding Meng pulled a long face and didn't answer. Su Yalun sneered with disdain. "You should be thanking him."
Su Lingyue was even more surprised. "I have to thank him?"
Su Yalun sneered even more. "If it wasn't for him, you would have ended up like those old men. With your strength, you can only bully ordinary people. You should be glad that our Chief Gu has taken a liking to you."
Su Lingyue was at a loss for words. She was about to succeed when she felt a soft but strong suction force from behind her. She was sucked back. Of course, she knew about this kind of suction force — telekinesis. Only a few people present had telekinesis, but Ding Meng was the only one who had reached such a high level of telekinesis.
However, what she didn't know was that the moment she flashed out, Gu Yu and the other two didn't move at all. Only when she got close to them did Su Yalun's body erupt with an extremely shocking origin energy fluctuation. The reason why this fluctuation was so powerful was that it wasn't easy for others to detect it. However, Ding Meng was able to detect it.
Although Su Lingyue had a good foundation, she wasn't on the same level as Gu Yu and the other two. Thus, Ding Meng decisively made his move.
Now, most of the people present spontaneously retreated a certain distance and surrounded Xi Wen. The scene in front of them was too strange, so it was better for everyone to be careful.
Ding Meng said, "I'm afraid it'll be difficult for me to come over now."
Gu Yu said, "Oh?"
Ding Meng said, "I don't like the way Sheng Hao does things."
Gu Yu said indifferently, "The weak are prey to the strong. You've been in space for so long, so you should know this principle."
Ding Meng said, "You're right, but you forgot to ask me if I'm willing to go with you."
Gu Yu sighed and waved his hand slightly. "Then go and invite Ding Meng over."
As soon as he finished speaking, the three Hercules armors stepped forward with solid steps. Three huge alloy shields were erected in front of them, and each of them held a straight and shining vibration blade in their hands. The blades spun rapidly, making them look like three steel chainsaws.
If they were still on Cypress Ancient Planet, Ding Meng wouldn't be able to break free from these three iron lumps no matter how hard he tried. But now, Ding Meng was so strong that he couldn't move at all, just like Gu Yu.
The three armors suddenly moved. The two on the left and right flanked Ding Meng with their shields, while the one in the middle leaped high into the air without using its shield or saw. Their intention was obvious — they wanted to capture Ding Meng alive.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Ding Meng casually waved his hand, and the countless shards of the Catoptric Deflection returned to him, turning back into his belt.
Ding Meng stepped forward and gently pushed the three Hercules. The three mighty and cumbersome armors suddenly fell to the ground. Obviously, the armors themselves were fine, but the soldiers inside were dead.
Ding Meng had experienced this before. The Hercules armors had a self-destruct function, and the best way to detonate it was to kill the soldier inside instantly. The fragments of Catoptric Deflection could do this.
Ding Meng did it easily, but Jun Ling and Lu Qing, who were watching the battle from a distance, were horrified. Ding Meng's strength seemed to have soared by a lot, even more so than when he was at the Water Cherry Society's camp. At least now, they could not even see Ding Meng's moves clearly. They could not figure out what was going on, and they could not be envious.
Seeing the three armors fall to the ground, Gu Yu looked at Ding Meng carefully. "It seems that the three Hercules armors are not enough to move you."
This time, he did not need to give the order. Su Yalun and the big man flew up at the same time, one from the left and one from the right.
At this moment, everyone felt a heart-wrenching chill sweep across their faces. This was definitely a powerful fluctuation of ice element origin ability. It directly swept through half of the command center, and another tyrannical energy was like a thorn stabbing into their faces, causing them to feel pain. Just these two fluctuations were already this powerful. Without a doubt, Su Yalun and the burly man were definitely warlord level experts.
Ding Meng's body was not frozen, but a large cloud of steam appeared. He first pushed Su Yalun's ice palm with one hand, and Su Yalun was forced to take a few steps back. Then, the big man grabbed Ding Meng's right shoulder with both hands and threw Ding Meng out with a spurt of energy.
"Clang!" An urgent sound was heard.
A blue ice blade appeared in the air, whistling toward Ding Meng's head.
Both sides attacked as fast as lightning, leaving no time to react. Ding Meng did not have time to dodge, so he simply opened his mouth and bit the ice blade.
It would have been better if he did not bite, but once he did, the ice blade turned into a cloud of blue mist and instantly froze him into an ice sculpture.
How could the burly man miss such a great opportunity? He flew forward again and kicked the ice sculpture fiercely.
Lu Qing, Jun Ling, and the others moved almost at the same time. They were all worried about Ding Meng's safety, so almost all of them moved out. Unfortunately, Elephant, Junior Leopard, and the others could not get close at all. A large amount of ice energy spread around the area, and even the steel plate on the ground was covered with a layer of frost. The low temperature made it difficult to even move.
The big man's tough-type energy was obviously tough and fierce. Jun Ling and Lu Qing were forced back after three moves at most. As for the others, needless to say, they did not have the ability to participate in the battle at all.
Another "Clang!" sound rang out.
The mirror image of the Diamond Shield suddenly appeared on Ding Meng's body, and all the layers of ice immediately turned into nothingness. Facing the big man's crazy attacks, Ding Meng did not hold back and quickly returned the favor. He grabbed the big man's ankle with one hand and swung him out, smashing him directly into the steel wall of the gate.
Of course, Ding Meng would not be polite to Su Yalun either. While swinging the big man, Su Yalun stepped forward again. Ding Meng decisively swept up, leaped into the air, and cut back with his hand.
All of this was really done with full strength. He did not cut anywhere else, but Su Yalun's wrist.
With a muffled bang, a large mass of air burst, and a large amount of air waves spread in all directions. Everyone had already retreated fifty meters away.
This time, the one who suffered a big loss was Su Yalun. Her entire body was sent flying, and she barely managed to shake her body in the air. After flipping several times in a row, she finally managed to stabilize herself.
However, those who were paying attention could see that Su Yalun had deliberately placed her right hand behind her waist to shield herself. Her wrist was swollen, and it was faintly purple. It was clear that the injury was not light.
At this time, Gu Yu had no choice but to take two steps forward. "I didn't expect you to improve so much in just a few short years."
Ding Meng coldly said, "It's not that I've improved so much. It's that your people are too weak."
Even the people at Zhi Zun did not believe these words. Lu Qing, a high-ranking member of the Water Cherry Society, was already an expert among the young geniuses. She could not even withstand three moves from Su Yalun, but Ding Meng was able to heavily injure her with a single chop.
It wasn't that she was weak, but that Ding Meng was truly strong!
Gu Yu slowly took off his gloves and gently stroked the edge of his palm, as if he was stroking a sharp knife that was about to be unsheathed. "The last time I fought with the Ling Family was seven years ago. There are a few guys in Star Rainbow who are really good. For example, that Tengma. It's a pity that he's not one of Shenghao's people …"
No one present could understand these words, but Ding Meng knew that Gu Yu was deliberately saying it for him to hear.
Back at Star Rainbow's Blue Moon branch, Tengma could make Ding Meng feel extremely uncomfortable with just a slight pressure. Now that Gu Yu mentioned this person, Ding Meng immediately reacted. This Gu Yu's level was no lower than that of an intermediate warlord. In the end, it was still the same old trick — distracting you before the fight even started.
"The Transit String must have paid a heavy price for you, right?" Gu Yu continued to rub his palms.
Ding Meng stared at him coldly. "What are you trying to say?"
Gu Yu slowly raised his head. "What I want to say is that you still have one minute to consider the conditions I proposed before. It's still not too late …"
Almost everyone was fooled by him. When he said that he still had one minute, he floated into the air without any warning. He pushed his palm down fiercely, and a ball of red and yellow source energy shot out from his hand and smashed towards Ding Meng's head.
Ding Meng didn't dodge. It wasn't that he couldn't dodge, but that he didn't dare to. He knew very well how powerful the source energy released by the other party was. If this ball of light smashed into the ground and exploded, everyone around it would suffer.
"Pa — — —"
Ding Meng raised the ball of light with both hands and quickly activated the "Diamond Starfusing Art" in his body.
However, this just happened to fall into the other party's trap. Gu Yu wanted him to stabilize this ball of energy, and then he would slowly descend.