First Exploration of the Burial Ground

The bone claw reaching for Miko was much smaller than the ones attacking Gu Ding and the others, only slightly larger than an ordinary human palm. It shot toward Miko at a terrifying speed.

"Miko!!!"

Gu Ding blasted the White Bone Giant Claw away with a punch, then spun around and reached for Miko, trying to pull him away before that hand could seize him.

Miko, the target, did not remain idle either. He leaped into the air, and several layers of defense activated beneath his feet almost simultaneously.

Although those defensive layers completely collapsed and shattered one after another upon contact with the bone claw, they still slowed it down slightly.

That slight delay allowed Gu Ding to grab Miko's wrist first.

Almost at the same time, the bone claw reached for Miko's ankle, trying to snatch him away from Gu Ding.

"Get down!"

Gu Ding roared furiously and stomped down hard.

He was truly enraged this time. His Combat Strength at the minor completion stage of the Tenth Sequence erupted at full force, forcibly shattering the bone claw.

The attacked bone claw immediately retracted underground at high speed.

Once the bone claw attacking Miko retreated, the giant claws entangling the others also quickly withdrew.

Yet the sense of being watched, like maggots clinging to bone, did not fade.

"They attacked Miko because they probably knew he was our guide, so they wanted to kill him to silence us. They even deliberately held the rest of us back first..." Sea Emperor's expression was grim.

"They attacked so frantically because we sped up just now and were getting closer and closer to a place they did not want outsiders to approach." Miko offered his own guess as well. "Although they were driven back just now, I estimate that before we