The Highest Bounty

Gu Ding glanced over the place Neptune mentioned, took a Silent Step, and appeared behind the person.

After seeing his face, Gu Ding was stunned as it turned out that it was just a kid.

After realizing Gu Ding had suddenly disappeared, Arthas turned around stiffly and saw that Gu Ding was standing right behind him with a cold look about him. He had been secretly following the tribe’s powerhouses since the beginning. He witnessed the entire scene where Gu Ding slaughtered his tribe, from the beginning until the end, he did not miss a thing.

At first, he had thought that even if they were strong, his people could still win as they had strength in numbers. Naturally, he was surprised to see that Gu Ding could kill seventeen of his tribe’s powerhouses without much hassle. The remaining three Rank-8 Gene Body powerhouses were immobilized by some unknown force, rendered completely useless throughout the whole ordeal. His powers were completely beyond his imagination, and from the looks of it, he was only a few years older.

When he saw Gu Ding standing behind him, Arthas’s body shuddered. He still did not understand the true meaning of death at his age, but he did recognize the gravity of it. He realized Gu Ding would likely not let him go so as to not leave anyone behind who could notify the rest of the tribe. His eyes showed hints of despair, tears flowing out continuously due to fear.

“Kill him, it won’t have much impact on history.” Neptune provided Gu Ding the best option.

“He’s just a child.” Gu Ding shook his head slightly and struck Arthas’s neck with a karate chop. Young Arthas collapsed instantly.

Gu Ding did not kill him, he just knocked him out. It would probably be morning by the time he regained consciousness. The space-time backtracking would have ended by then so he would not cause Gu Ding any trouble.

After solving the issue with Arthas, Gu Ding followed Neptune’s route and threw the three powerhouses wrapped in a fibrous cocoon off the cliff.

After doing so, Gu Ding dialed Biggie’s communicator. “Biggie, are you guys alright? Did you encounter any enemies?”

“It’s alright. Lili and I are safe, we didn’t get discovered.” Biggie’s voice sounded a lot better than before.

After Neptune locked in on their wristwatches’ position, Gu Ding quickly rushed toward them.

When Gu Ding found them, they were far from the cave they were hiding in earlier. Gu Ding had no choice but to be impressed at Biggie’s footwork. After all the trouble, there were only two or more hours left before dark.

The cave Biggie and Liliath hid in was huge. Biggie took over it after driving away a Rank-9 giant iron-armored bear.

In the cave, Liliath was still fast asleep. Her breathing was stable, that was a good sign. Someone who spent a lot of spirit needed sleep the most.

Biggie looked a lot better than earlier, but he was still somewhat distracted.

“Have you settled everything?” Biggie lowered his head and looked at Gu Ding. Although he was half sitting on the floor, he was still taller than Gu Ding.

“Yup, everything has been settled. They shouldn’t be sending any more people.” Gu Ding nodded his head. “More than seventy percent of the tribe’s powerhouse was deployed this time. The rest should be reluctant to leave the tribe…”

“Sorry. If it wasn’t for me, Lili wouldn’t have gotten so badly hurt.” Biggie lowered his head to look at Liliath who was still fast asleep and apologized softly.

Gu Ding shook his head. “This is not your fault. When Lili, Neptune, and I recruited you, we were just looking for a good cook. I already told you back then, leave the fighting to us. Your powerful combat effectiveness was a surprise to us, but that’s all. In other teams, cooks are the object of protection. This is just as true in mine. Fighting is for the main combatants to worry about.”

“None of us wanted to see Lili hurt, but she made the right choice. She was likely aware of the consequences and decided to carry on, we must respect her choice. Fortunately, based on the current situation, her body will recover soon.”

“As for Lili using hypnosis on you, there was really no other choice. If she didn’t do it this time, the three of us certainly wouldn’t have escaped. This won’t happen again. When Lili gets better, I’ll make it clear to her not to use this move ever again, especially not on any one of us.”

“I hoped I could be of some help…” Biggie shook his head after listening to Gu Ding’s statement. “Lili used that move with my consent, as I can only unleash my combat effectiveness and help everyone under hypnosis. If we encounter a situation like this next time, I will still make the same choice and ask Lili to use this hypnosis on me. Of course, I don’t want her to overexert herself and go overboard. It will only hurt herself.”

“I’ll avoid dragging you into our fights in the future.” Gu Ding grew a little worried as he recalled Biggie’s pale face and dull expression earlier. “One was to prevent Lili from getting hurt again, and the other was that this type of combats is too stimulating for your spirit state. You still look terrible.”

“Don’t worry about me, I’ll get used to it.” Biggie rubbed his face with his palm. “I’ve always avoided this psychological obstacle but running from it is not the right solution. I hope I can face this problem and overcome it. It will be good for me and the team. I do hope I can make good use of myself and contribute to all our future combats. I also hope you guys can help me to get over this psychological barrier together. One day, I will be able to unleash my full combat effectiveness without hypnosis.”

“Alright. I respect your choice. I hope you can overcome this problem soon. After hearing Biggie’s words, Gu Ding finally felt a little relieved. He was slightly worried that Biggie would never get over it initially, but now it seemed that he had made up his mind to overcome this psychological barrier.

In the cave, Lilith was still fast asleep. Biggie was sitting on the floor deep in his thoughts while Gu Ding was sat on a boulder outside the cave, looking up at the star creeping above the horizon, waiting for the night to fall.

Two hours went by calmly in the blink of an eye. Just as Gu Ding predicted, Witch Tribe did not send any more people after them.

As the sky started to darken, Gu Ding’s surroundings suddenly changed. He knew it was the end of space-time backtracking. “Biggie, we should go!”

Biggie looked at the changes in their surroundings. He stood up, carried Liliath on his back, and followed Gu Ding’s lead.