Chapter 844

Neptune's invitation to Melissa to participate in the exploration surprised both Gu Ding and Mi Ke, but neither of them raised any objections.

Gu Ding knew very well that a lie would not stand up to scrutiny in front of Neptune. Melissa would not be able to make Neptune lower his guard and trust her with just a few lies. The only explanation for Neptune trusting Melissa was that she was trustworthy. Although Gu Ding still had doubts about Melissa's true identity and her purpose in entering the ruins, he chose to respect Neptune's decision.

As for Mi Ke, he rarely questioned Neptune's judgment. In his opinion, Melissa's combat effectiveness was no weaker than Gu Ding and Neptune's. Joining them would definitely be beneficial to their side. As for why Neptune trusted Melissa, he did not care.

"Gu Ding, I've sent you the coordinates of the foggy area. You just need to rush toward the coordinates. Once you reach the periphery of the foggy area, don't act rashly. Hide first and wait for Biggie and Melissa, "Neptune said.

"What about you?" Gu Ding asked curiously.

"I want to enter Iceflame Mansion to cultivate," Neptune explained. "I'm only a fourth-rank True God now, and my combat effectiveness is at the peak of fourth-rank Heavenly God. Although I can fight against a fifth-rank Heavenly God with all kinds of techniques, I'm still too weak. I plan to take advantage of the time when you're on the way to elevate my cultivation to sixth-rank True God. If possible, I'll try to break through to seventh-rank. "

At True God level, there were bottlenecks when breaking through from beginner-rank to middle-rank, or from middle-rank to high-rank. Even if Neptune's body had enviable talents and abilities, it was still unavoidable.

"That's good. If your cultivation level increases, your combat effectiveness will also increase accordingly, and your ability to protect yourself will also increase a lot." Gu Ding nodded in agreement. After all, the ruins were indeed too dangerous. Middle-rank Heavenly Gods could be seen everywhere, and there were even many high-rank Heavenly Gods. If Neptune had not given everyone the map in the beginning, the members of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew would not have had it so easy.

"I'll go into closed-door cultivation too. Although I'm a third-rank True God now and it's a little troublesome to break through to middle-rank, I plan to give it a try. I'll also practice casting all kinds of barriers. Hopefully, I won't be a burden to everyone. " Mi Ke Ke knew that with Gu Ding, Mi Ke Ke, and Melissa around, her combat effectiveness would not be affected. However, she still needed to improve her ability to protect herself, so that Gu Ding and the others would not be distracted during the battle.

"Alright, once we're in the foggy area, both of you should focus on protecting yourselves. Leave the fighting to us." Gu Ding had the same idea as Miko.

After putting Mi Ke and Neptune into Icefire Mansion, Gu Ding glanced at the huge Wraith not far away. After thinking for a moment, he put the Wraith into Icefire Mansion as well.

Gu Ding kept the Vengeful Spirit because he knew that if there was a Vengeful Spirit around, almost all the undead creatures along the way would flee, and it would not be a good training experience for him. He put away the vengeful spirit, intending to use his fists all the way to his destination.

After transforming his body into Light Elements, Gu Ding leaped into the air and flew toward his destination like a meteor streaking across the void.

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After receiving Gu Ding's call, Biggie quickly received a new map from Neptune. He sheathed his longsword and immediately turned in the direction Neptune was pointing.

There was also Melissa, after talking to the Sea Emperor, she agreed to his request without saying anything, and changed her original route.

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Two days later, Gu Ding was the first to reach the periphery of the foggy area. After turning his body into Light Element, his speed was more than ten times faster than before, reaching the level of a high-rank Heavenly God. He also killed a few groups of undead along the way, which delayed him for more than a day. In the past, it would have taken him more than ten days just to get there.

After arriving at the periphery of the foggy area, Gu Ding did not rush in.

There was a faint sense of danger in the foggy area not far away. It was his body's instincts warning him not to enter.

"This level of danger … Although it's not obvious, it's obviously far more than the eighth-rank Vengeful Spirit from before. I'm afraid there's a ninth-rank or even stronger undead in there … "

Gu Ding looked in the direction of the foggy area from afar with a flash of fear in his eyes. Not only did the fog completely block Gu Ding's vision, but Gu Ding also found that even his Soul Power was completely blocked.

His Soul Perception probed in other directions outside the fog, and Gu Ding's frown deepened. "There's not even a single undead in the nearby area. It's probably the aura of the thing in the fog that made the surrounding undead instinctively flee. It seems that the difficulty of exploring this area is much higher than I expected. "

"I thought that with my current strength, it's barely enough in these ruins. Now it seems that it's not enough at all …" Gu Ding also realized that his strength was not enough. "Biggie and the others will arrive at least ten days or so. I'll take advantage of this time to go into seclusion in Iceflame Mansion."

With that in mind, Gu Ding took out a palm-sized robot from his Inventory. After recording a video message, he instructed the robot to stay put and entered Iceflame Mansion in a flash.

As soon as he entered the Cultivation Tower, Gu Ding took out the storage equipment that he had obtained from the undead. Due to the long history and the fact that many of the undead had suffered devastating attacks when they were alive, many of the storage equipment had been damaged. Along the way, Gu Ding had swept through dozens of undead gathering points, and the total amount of storage equipment he had obtained was only about a hundred or so.

After obtaining these storage equipment, Gu Ding did not go through them one by one because he was in a hurry.

Gu Ding took out the storage equipment one by one and carefully looked through them one by one.

"Origin energy crystals, minerals, weapons, armor …" Gu Ding looked through them one by one. These were basically the only things that could still be used. As for medicine, herbs, and the like, due to the long history, they had basically deteriorated and were damaged.

"Hey, this storage ring is huge!" Gu Ding was a little surprised when he found a ring.

The storage equipment used by ordinary Heavenly God-Level powerhouses had a storage capacity about the size of an ordinary planet, and the largest was rarely the size of a star. However, the storage capacity of the ring in Gu Ding's hand was actually Star Sector-level.

"This storage ring's value is probably no lower than a lord-level weapon … The owner of this ring was probably either a descendant of a lord-level family when he was alive, or a super powerhouse whose combat effectiveness was close to that of a lord-level powerhouse." After Gu Ding came to this conclusion, he began to scan the contents of the storage ring.

"Wow, I'm rich now! There's a lot of good stuff in this ring! "Gu Ding could not help but exclaim after scanning.