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After leaving the virtual world, Gu Ding's "Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body" was enhanced, and he also obtained the True God's inherited technique "Annihilate the Firmament". His strength was more than twice as strong as it was in the virtual world.

With the five energy nodes unleashing their full power, the black divine source surged like a flood, completely engulfing the two enormous Silver Skeleton. Moments later, even more agonizing screams than those from the Bronze Skeleton echoed outwards.

Gu Ding frowned upon hearing this, knowing that such howls would cause more skeletons to awaken from the ground.

Fortunately, the two screams only lasted a moment before stopping abruptly.

Before Gu Ding's eyes, the hands of the two Silver Skeleton that Gu Ding had struck suddenly disintegrated, and the momentum of disintegration spread along their arms to other parts of their bodies. In just a few seconds, they completely collapsed into two piles of bones as big as giant mountains.

With a wave of his hand, Gu Ding collected all the bone fragments into the storage space Robert had created. This space had virtually no capacity and was an independent entity completely separate from SkyNet's control. Gu Ding Team, except for Scarlet who hadn't yet officially met Robert, had one; they could stuff anything they wanted into it.

The reason he didn't immediately absorb them with his Devouring Fire was that even if they were reduced to fragments, these bones wouldn't be easily refined by Gu Ding's current flames. It would take several years to complete the refining process. Gu Ding planned to wait until he had an opportunity to further strengthen the divine fire within his body before absorbing them.

Having collected the two piles of broken bones, Gu Ding didn't linger and continued sprinting towards Miko's location. Meanwhile, within Gu Ding's body, the flesh and blood energy contained within the bronze bones he had previously absorbed was continuously strengthening his cultivation of the Gu Ding Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body.

Having learned about the skull from the Sea Emperor, Scarlet also sped off towards Miko's location.

He was very lucky along the way and did not encounter Silver Level skeletons blocking his path. The few times he did encounter them were all Bronze Level skeletons, which he killed with a single sword strike without stopping at all.

Miko, though she had hidden herself as instructed by the Sea Emperor, noticed that skeletons in the vicinity had also awakened. Fortunately, they were all Bronze Level skeletons, seemingly without consciousness, let alone any senses. They were merely relying on their instincts born from their fighting spirit, searching and wandering around.

Miko and thin, hid in an abandoned cave, having set up a camouflage array at the entrance to completely conceal its presence. He then sat on a smooth rock, patiently awaiting Gu Ding others' arrival. The information he'd received from the Sea Emperor told him that this area was far more complex than they had initially imagined; danger lurked everywhere. For someone of his strength, the only way to survive was to learn to avoid peril.

Although the cave entrance was camouflaged, preventing those outside from seeing inside, those inside could see out. If Miko see, he probably wouldn't be as calm as he is now, because there were quite a few Bronze Level skeletons awakening nearby, at least twenty or thirty. They occasionally passed by the cave where Miko was, just from the sounds. Miko knew from the noise that these creatures outside were definitely quite large; if he actually saw such large skeletons walking around outside, he would likely be terrified.

Knowing Miko's situation from the Sea Emperor, Gu Ding was slightly relieved, but couldn't help but secretly admire Miko's good luck. According to the Sea Emperor's reconnaissance, within a 50,000-kilometer radius of Miko, there wasn't a single Silver Level skeleton, not even a single Bronze Skeleton that had awakened consciousness; they were all mindless skeletons sustained only by their fighting will. As long as Miko make any noise, he would absolutely not be discovered by these guys who lacked any reconnaissance abilities.

Sea Emperor also told Miko the good news, telling him not to worry and to wait patiently.

Meanwhile, Elsa also encountered some trouble.

In the area where she was located, two Silver Level skeletons and more than twenty Bronze Level skeletons awakened, putting her in a difficult battle for a time.

She easily dispatched the twenty-odd Bronze Level skeletons. However, the two enormous silver Silver Skeleton proved to be a much tougher challenge. After several hours, she had only managed to leave a few shallow scratches on them. Escape was out of the question; those skeletons could cover more than ten kilometers in a single leap, far faster Elsa. Elsa could only desperately try to maneuver around them, struggling to hold on.

Hearing about Elsa's battle, Gu Ding became even more anxious. He had been traveling for over ten hours straight and had barely heard anything. Along the way, he encountered several groups of skeletons trying to intercept him, but he quickly killed them all with his full power. When he encountered Silver Skeleton, Gu Ding even used the "Burning Heaven" technique to suppress it forcefully.

When Gu Ding arrived at the area where Elsa was, Elsa was already covered in wounds. She was Body Refinement Cultivator, and her clothes were stained with blood.

Seeing this, Gu Ding clenched his fists and glared angrily at the two skeletons.

Looking over, Gu Ding also noticed that the two Silver Skeleton were in a different state than when he was fighting them; they seemed more frenzied and bloodthirsty.

"Those two skeletons smelled the blood on Elsa's body; blood awakens their killing desires. And I've only just discovered that obtaining enough flesh and blood energy seems to allow them to reshape their bodies and return to their original human form, which is the main reason they're excited."

The question that had crossed Gu Ding's mind was fleeting, but the Sea Emperor provided the answer, though he didn't really care what the answer was. These guys had injured Elsa, which had already touched a raw nerve.

Seeing Gu Ding blocking her way, Elsa breathed a slight sigh of relief, but then asked with some concern, "These two guys are very strong defensively. Do I need to help them?"

"Don't worry, I've killed many of them already. You should avoid them for now." Gu Ding said, his whole body already covered in flames. His body transformed directly from a physical form into a fire elemental form. Looking at the two Silver Skeleton charging towards him, he immediately formed an attack hand seal.

Upon hearing Gu Ding's words, Elsa quickly leaped away, dodging into the distance. Seeing Gu Ding a hand seal in the distance, she knew what attack Gu Ding was about to unleash, and realizing she wasn't far enough away, she continued to flee.

Just as the two skeletons were about to pounce, Gu Ding suddenly dodged. Almost simultaneously, a gigantic hand of fire rapidly materialized in the void, larger than the two skeletons themselves, and reached out to grab the two Silver Skeleton, pinching them tightly.

Two screams and the cracking sound of bones breaking rang out. The two remaining silver heads of the two Silver Skeleton fell to the ground, and they fell silent. Only then did the giant hand disperse, and the broken bones of the two Silver Skeleton scattered all over the ground.

Elsa, standing at a great distance, clearly witnessed this scene. She was speechless for a long time. She had thought that after this period of training, her strength shouldn't have fallen too far behind Gu Ding's. However, she discovered that while Gu Ding's cultivation level hadn't increased, his overall strength was skyrocketing. She knew how powerful those two skeletons were; even with her full-force attacks, she could only leave shallow white marks on them, while Gu Ding could crush them to dust with a single blow. The difference in power was unimaginable.

After smashing the two skeletons, Gu Ding waved his hand to collect all the bone fragments, then appeared in front of Elsa in a flash. "Are you alright?"

Elsa shook her head. She knew that her body was only injured, and there was nothing seriously wrong with her. With her strong physique, she could recover very quickly. However, she was a little tired after more than ten hours of intense fighting.

The Sea Emperor examined her but found nothing wrong. He simply had her inject herself with two vials of God Source Recovery Agent. After resting for a while, the two set off again.

Dokter and Liliath were in a much easier situation, as both of them possessed powerful souls.

Dokter also encountered Silver Level skeletons. His normal attacks were naturally ineffective, but with the Sea Emperor's reminder, he unleashed Soul Impact on the Silver Skeleton, defeating it even more easily than Gu Ding. After their fall, the new consciousness these skeletons re-formed was far less than one-tenth of its original strength, and without the protection of Soul Space, it was instantly annihilated by Dokter's Soul Impact.

These new consciousnesses are formed from the will to fight, and are also the embodiment of that will to fight. Once the consciousness dissipates, the will to fight, having lost its embodiment, also dissipates automatically. It would probably take at least millions of years to re-form it.

Therefore, the skeletons whose consciousness was annihilated by Dokter's Soul Impact collapsed, just like a spaceship that had lost its energy core and stopped operating.

Liliath, on the other hand, was even more arrogant. She simply glared at the empty eye sockets of the skeletons and directly imprinted her soul mark on their consciousness. She then casually jumped onto the head of the largest Silver Skeleton and commanded the skeleton army to move forward.

At first, she didn't even spare the Bronze Level skeletons, but after encountering a few Silver Skeleton along the way, she simply gave up on the Bronze Skeleton and only controlled the Silver Skeleton.

Over the course of two days, Liliath's army of Silver Skeleton had expanded to twelve, and she still controlled them with complete ease. In her eyes, the consciousness of these skeletons was extremely weak, only at the level of Mid-rank God, while Liliath's current soul control was likely capable of affecting even four- or five-star Peak-rank God. With her soul strength, controlling tens of thousands of Silver Skeleton wouldn't be a problem at all.

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[Since the first cosmic velocity is 7.9 kilometers per second, that translates to 28,440 kilometers per hour. The demigods' movement speeds are designed to be such that they cannot escape a planet's atmosphere. Since Gu Ding and Liliath are among the most powerful demigods, their movement speed is set at 28,000 kilometers per hour. Also, movement speed is not the same as short-distance teleportation speed in combat.]