Chapter 1314

In the next three hours, Gu Ding's exploration of the hidden treasures reached an astonishing speed. On average, he completed one exploration every twelve minutes.

After many explorations of the hidden treasures, Gu Ding realized that the more valuable the hidden treasures were, the stronger the guardians were. He also realized that these guardians were virtual duplicates of the strongest Trial Takers in the past. The virtual duplicates of the guardians that he defeated would also be left behind to become guardians the next time the Hidden Dragon Temple opened.

In more than three hours, Gu Ding completed fifteen explorations of the hidden treasures. Including the first one, he had completed sixteen explorations in total.

He had obtained two True King Divine Powers, eight pieces of secret bones, and other valuable miscellaneous items.

However, Gu Ding was not the one who explored the hidden treasures the most. She had completed twenty-five explorations, and Testo was second only to her in twenty-four explorations. The two of them could be said to have gained the most from this opening of the hidden treasures.

In addition to these two, there were three others who had explored more than twenty times. There were also four who had explored more than sixteen times.

In terms of explorations, Gu Ding and the other person were ranked tenth.

The other members of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew had also gained a lot. Biggie had the most explorations, reaching fourteen times. Liliath and the others had also reached twelve or thirteen times. Faust had the least number of explorations, but he had also reached ten times.

When all three thousand hidden treasures had been explored, the doors of all the houses were closed.

At this time, the door of the first hall slowly opened.

Everyone rushed toward the door of the hall in a frenzy.

However, as soon as they stepped through the door, Gu Ding and the others found that many people in front of them had fallen into a strange state of stagnation. It felt like they had fallen into a swamp. Only a few people could still maintain the state of moving forward, but their speed was as slow as a snail's. Most of them were completely immobilized. They couldn't even move a finger, let alone continue forward.

As soon as Gu Ding and the others stepped through the door, they immediately understood why these people had such a strange reaction. It was because the area was really like a dense swamp. There was a constant terrible pressure coming from all directions. The terrible pressure even pressed down on every cell in the body.

If one was not strong enough, even cell activity would not be able to proceed, let alone move a finger. Even the dragon mark on the back of his hand had fallen into a dormant state, unable to be activated.

The pressure made Gu Ding feel a little uncomfortable, but he was still able to move forward. It was just that his speed was not much faster than a snail's. From the outside, it felt as if his movements had been slowed down countless times.

Gu Ding turned his head to look at Lilliath and the others behind him. Fortunately, the other members were not trapped. They were just moving at a slower pace than him.

Gu Ding wanted to say some words of encouragement to them, but then he realized that there was no way to transmit sound in this space, so he could only give them an encouraging look.

Testo and Luna were still at the front, but they were not that far ahead of Gu Ding. They were only an arm's length away from Gu Ding.

Gu Ding tried his best to catch up with the distance of an arm's length.

It did not take long for Gu Ding to realize that the distance between him and Testo and the others was shrinking. He soon discovered that this area exerted different levels of pressure on people with different cultivations. After all, if they were under the same pressure, it would be impossible for Three-Star Lords like Testo and the others to be slower than him.

When he realized this, Gu Ding tried even harder to catch up.

Two hours later, Gu Ding caught up with Testo and was now tied for first place with him. Another two hours later, Gu Ding was an arm's length away from Testo …

This strange area was actually not very large, only a hundred meters long. However, it took Gu Ding twelve hours to cover the distance of a hundred meters. He was also the first person to leave this strange area.

Behind him, Testo, Luna, and the others all looked at him angrily.

After leaving the swamp area, Gu Ding turned around and grinned at the people in the swamp area. Then, he was the first to run into the main hall.

Inside the main hall, there were twelve stone plates. Gu Ding glanced at them. There were twelve different secret treasures, each of which was worth as much as the dragon bones he had obtained.

Gu Ding did not act rashly because he saw a human-shaped stone statue in the center of the twelve stone plates.

He was a little worried that if he took the things on the stone plates, it would cause the stone statue to come back to life. Gu Ding still remembered the scene since he had caused a group of stone statues to riot in the Nether Temple.

His gaze swept across the items on the stone plates. There were three that Gu Ding was more interested in.

One was a complete golden skeleton that looked like it was left behind by a human powerhouse. The skeleton probably contained an inheritance.

The other was a silver metal plate. Gu Ding had seen this metal plate in his memory. It was used to record the Emperor's Path God. However, this metal plate seemed to be incomplete. Perhaps the divine power recorded was not complete.

The other was a strange black metal cone. It was only the size of a palm and looked inconspicuous. However, Gu Ding did not know why that thing gave him a strange feeling. It was as if he had to get it.

As for the other items, although they were also valuable, they were dispensable to Gu Ding.

Gu Ding's gaze fell on the black cone. He carefully observed the protective shield around the stone plates and then looked up at the statue.

"Destroying the protective shield is very likely to cause the statue to come back to life. This statue was placed here to guard the twelve secret treasures. Its strength must be more terrifying than the previous guardians. If I snatch the treasures now, I'll just get into trouble … "Gu Ding muttered in a low voice. He suddenly turned around and ran toward the side halls.

In the first side hall, there were three secret treasures. One of them was a secret bone.

Gu Ding immediately activated the Dragon Seal. After his aura soared to its peak, he consecutively broke the boundaries of the three secret treasures and took them away.

In the second side hall, there were also three secret treasures. Gu Ding also took them by force.

Then, the third, the fourth … One by one, the side halls suffered until all eight of the side halls were cleaned out.

Only then did Gu Ding return to the main hall. He chose a corner and hid. He knew that Testo and the others were about to break out of the seal.

Sure enough, it did not take long before Testo was the first to break out of the swamp. Luna was only ten seconds behind him.

The two of them rushed into the main hall one after another. They saw that none of the items on the stone plates had been taken. Gu Ding had also disappeared. The two of them looked at each other and became a little cautious.