Chapter 889

Heinoas's gaze lingered on Gu Ding for a moment, then he smiled. "Gu Ding's last battle in the arena is exempt."

"What about me?" Gojir asked quickly.

"The puppets in this arena have been destroyed, and I don't have any more puppets here. I'll count it as a draw for you." Heinoas generously gave Gojir a satisfactory answer.

Casares and Estory were secretly envious when they heard this.

Neptune and the others were relieved that Gu Ding's problem had been solved.

Twenty-eight days passed quickly, and the final assessment results were finally out.

Gu Ding was ranked first in the assessment with 1 win, 26 draws, and 1 exemption.

Neptune, Melissa, and the other six had 28 draws and were tied for second place.

Then it was Naro with 25 draws and 3 losses.

Karlot had 24 draws and 4 losses.

Carole had 23 draws and 5 losses.

Lilliath had 22 draws and 6 losses.

Gojir had 19 draws and 9 losses.

Both Casares and Estory had 18 draws and 10 losses.

…

"If it weren't for Gu Ding, eight of you would have gone on to the fourth stage of the assessment. However, since Gu Ding is the only winner of this stage, there's no need for him to go on to the fourth stage of the assessment. " Many people were disappointed by Heinoas's words. This meant that in the end, everyone except Gu Ding was a loser.

"Gu Ding is the only one who's qualified to get a reward for the third stage of the assessment. There should be a lot of people in your Human Tribe team who are his friends. When he wakes up, tell him to go straight to the Golden Palace not far ahead. " Heinoas's gaze swept over Biggie and the others. After leaving these words, he quickly disappeared.

After Heinoas disappeared, many people chose to go their separate ways and look for their own opportunities in this Burial Ground.

Most of them headed toward the Golden Palace that Henoas had mentioned earlier. Among them, Casares was the one leading the group.

The Golden Palace that Heinoas had mentioned was magnificent. The entire palace seemed to be made of gold bricks, and it reflected a dazzling brilliance under the light.

Walking to the front of the palace gate, Casares stretched out his hand to push the gate, but the golden gate did not budge.

The door did not open. Casares was ready to leave, but he seemed to be a little unwilling. After hesitating for a moment, he tried to punch the door with his fist.

Even if it was just a probing attack, its strength was almost at ninth-rank heavenly god-level. However, such an attack did not even shake the door in the slightest. In fact, it did not even cause a ripple.

Seeing this, Casares gritted his teeth. He accumulated a fist force in one hand and bombarded the door. This time, he used all his strength.

This time, under the bombardment of the fist force, the surface of the door began to ripple. Casares finally discovered that the surface of the door was actually covered with a water-like protective layer.

However, it only lasted for a moment before the ripples faded away as if they had never appeared. There were no marks left on the door either.

Casares, who had suffered a setback, waved at the few people behind him. "Attack together!"

They immediately attacked the door together, but Casares soon discovered that as long as the attack did not reach the combat effectiveness of a tenth-rank or above, they could not even touch the protective barrier on the outer layer of the door.

After a few attempts, Casares had no choice but to give up. He led the others in another direction, a little embarrassed.

…

By the time Gu Ding woke up, it was already three days later.

Seeing that only Biggie was guarding him, Gu Ding was a little surprised. "Where are Neptune and the others? Have they been eliminated? "

"Other than you, everyone else has been eliminated in this round." Biggie laughed. "Neptune took Liliath and Mikko to other places in the Burial Grounds to collect information. Anyway, I'm enough to guard this place alone."

"How could that be? I remember that I still have an arena battle that I haven't competed in, right? Why were you the ones eliminated instead? "Gu Ding asked doubtfully.

"Because you killed a puppet, Heinoas was exempted from the last battle, and our best result was a tie of twenty-eight. Therefore, in the end, you were the only one who passed the assessment, "Biggie explained.

"What else did Heinoas say?" Gu Ding also wanted to know the purpose of Heinoas setting up these assessments.

"He only asked us to tell you to go to the Golden Palace in front of you when you wake up to receive your reward," Biggie relayed Heinoas' words. Biggie relayed Heinoas' words to Biggie. "However, before Neptune left, he also told you to contact him when you wake up."

Gu Ding nodded and immediately dialed Neptune's communicator.

Neptune quickly picked up the voice communication, but there was no video call. He did not want other people in the Burial Grounds to know that his group's communicator could be used.

"Biggie told me to call you when I wake up. What's the matter?" Gu Ding asked immediately.

"For the past few days, Lili, Mikko, and I have been exploring this Burial Ground. We didn't find many clues, but we found that the placement of the buildings in this Burial Ground faintly forms a huge ancient formation. In the middle of the formation is the Golden Palace that Heinoas asked you to enter. If I'm not mistaken, it's not as simple as letting you enter the palace to receive your reward. Heinoas must have other secrets, "Neptune speculated. "You can't enter that palace!"

"I know, but this time, I came to Heinoas' Burial Ground to find out the truth. Now that the truth is in front of me, I can't back down. Moreover, if I don't enter the palace, Heinoas will naturally have other ways. Instead of falling into his trap again, it's better to face it directly this time. "Gu Ding also made his choice.

"I've released Erza and the rest from Ice Flame Mansion. After this period of closed-door cultivation, their combat strength has basically reached ninth-rank or tenth-rank, especially Phaser and Hak, who aren't much weaker than me and Biggie. With them around, you guys can look out for each other, "Gu Ding continued.

"Release Phaser and the others, but let Tagore continue to stay in Iceflame County. He has spatial divine power, if anything happens to you, he has a way to save you," Neptune suggested.

"I'll enter Iceflame County too. If anything happens, the spirit will release us and we can be of help," Biggie recommended himself.

"Then it's decided. Biggie and Tagore will follow you, and Phaser and the others will meet up with us." Neptune was still a little worried about Gu Ding's trip. "I've also contacted Melissa. She's rushing over to your location and will arrive in about an hour or two. You guys can bring her when the time comes."

"Let Melissa know about the existence of Iceflame County …" Gu Ding frowned slightly. He knew that Melissa did not have any ill intentions toward them, but she was still an outsider.

"Melissa can be trusted, just trust me on this. She won't reveal our secret to anyone," Neptune was very sure.

"Alright then …" Gu Ding still chose to believe Neptune. He also knew that Neptune must have his reasons for trusting Melissa.

After releasing Phaser and the others from Iceflame County, Neptune gave them the coordinates, and they quickly left after bidding farewell to Gu Ding and Biggie.

Melissa finally arrived about an hour and a half later.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Gu Ding put Melissa and Biggie into the Icefire Mansion before walking toward the golden palace.