That woman had been a True Saint King-level prodigy like Gu Ding before her death. Her cultivation had reached Main God Perfection, two realms higher than Gu Ding's. In her prime, crushing him would have been easy.
But she had only just awakened from a long slumber. Her control over her body was still imperfect, and the divine source within her flowed sluggishly. She could not even wield one percent of her full strength and was nowhere near fighting condition.
When she attacked Gu Ding, she relied almost entirely on the power of her physical body. Even so, a single swipe of her claw sent space trembling, its might utterly terrifying.
Gu Ding did not dare underestimate this opponent in the slightest. He struck at the woman with all his strength, his heavy fist howling through the air as it bore down on her.
His heavy fist collided with her sharp claw in an explosive boom, and the entire palace began to shake from the impact.
Even though the woman had used only physical strength, Gu Ding had gained no advantage whatsoever.
"Just as I thought. You hesitated to attack because you had only just awakened and were in an extremely weakened state." That single clash had allowed Gu Ding to determine her physical condition and the circumstances of her awakening. "The other corpses also didn't awaken from the tremors and explosive sounds caused by our collision. That means the condition for their awakening should be the loss of their burial objects."
Seeing Gu Ding distractedly glance around, the woman's expression shifted slightly. She knew that Gu Ding had figured out the condition under which the corpses awakened.
"In your current state, you can't do anything to me. As long as you agree to the terms I proposed earlier, I'll