After the last battle, Huo Hai felt that the will contained within his spiritual power had grown much stronger. Before, Huo Hai had thought that continuously increasing Star Cores was of no help at all in improving combat strength, only increasing his potential.
Now, Huo Hai finally understood. His own Crystal Cores were the center that carried his will. Once enough Crystal Cores had been condensed, although his spiritual power would not increase much due to the limits of his Spirit Veins and Spirit Source, the willpower within that spiritual power would become terrifyingly powerful. With the support of willpower, both the control and might of his spiritual power would increase greatly.
Moreover, this was also a foundation. Only if the will fused into it was strong enough could one possess enough strength to charge into the Heaven Grade Realm.
Now was not the time to consider such things. Huo Hai cautiously skirted around the people constantly searching the surroundings and secretly arrived at the ruins' entrance. From afar, he saw that there were far more people stationed there than before.
He secretly released his Star Gu and had Little Butterfly conceal them with illusions from a distance. The several Star Gu quickly circled the area. "Hmph, as expected, they haven't given up on this place. You could wait tens of thousands of years, much less a mere year or so."
After making a circuit, the Star Gu immediately discovered some clues. On the surface, there were merely more people guarding the ruins, intended to stop ordinary people from entering. Most people would indeed be blocked by them. Yet, powerful experts were not people these guards could stop at all. Huo Hai's Star Gu had already discovered quite a few hidden experts nearby.
There were even many hidden experts inside