Dialogue with Melissa

After leaving Nightmare Specter's burial ground, Melissa chose to leave as well. Gu Ding and the others did not try to stop her. They knew that Melissa had her own purpose for entering the burial ground, and there was no need to ask about such matters.

Not long after Melissa left, Gu Ding, Bigge, and Miko all chose to enter the Cultivation Tower for secluded cultivation.

Meanwhile, Sea Emperor chose to gather information within the ruins.

Gu Ding left Big Guy Opatu by Sea Emperor's side to serve as a guard.

Back in the Cultivation Tower, Gu Ding chose to strengthen his body and soul. His previous cultivation improvement had raised his Combat Strength, but it had not greatly affected the strength of his body or soul. Weakness in those two areas would hold back his Combat Strength, and that was something he did not want to see.

Bigge, meanwhile, chose to continue breaking through in cultivation, because in every other aspect, his Combat Strength had already reached its limit. The simplest way to continue improving was to raise his cultivation.

As for Miko, he clearly knew that his Combat Strength was on a completely different level from Gu Ding and the others. He had been unable to contribute at all in the previous battle, and that made him resolve to improve his Combat Strength.

On the other hand, following Gu Ding's instructions, Sea Emperor informed the rest of the team about the results of their exploration of the first burial ground and the information they had obtained from Nightmare Specter.

"Can that Nightmare Specter's words be trusted?"

After receiving Sea Emperor's message, Liliath was the first to voice her doubts.

"Everything Nightmare Specter told us that Opatu knew has already been confirmed. With the Death Soul Seal Gu Ding