Luckily, I've maxed out the Ao Tian Divine Sword, which is quite satisfying.
"That dungeon... let's leave it for now. We can come back to grind for levels whenever we need. Alright, that's it for today; let's head back to Luoyang Town and rest up. Everyone's been exhausted over these past few days..."
The party of five summoned their mounts and started their journey back.
It seems that they won't be returning to Ghost Mist Ridge for leveling anytime soon.
Next, Xiao Jie needs to spend some serious time refining the Demon Cores, acquiring some Demon Art skills to fill his Magic Pool, and ideally, gathering enough essences to learn the demon beast transformation abilities—that would be even better.
The group chatted and laughed on their way back. After several days of intensive leveling, everyone was really worn out, and now that they could finally get some rest, they all eased up.
