Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 501 The vest fell off
The fat man roared and charged forward, using the momentum to cut down two people in one fell swoop.

The falling fire monster was quickly swallowed by the lava, and not even a speck of its ashes floated up.

This seemed to break some kind of restriction. In an instant, the entire chain began to tremble wildly, and the startled fire monsters roared silently as they pounced on the two of them.

Wu Xie took two steps on the chains, then suddenly sensed something behind him. He turned around and slashed out with his sword without hesitation.

The moment the blade pierced the flesh, the fire monster's head flew off, as if it had struck a soft surface without any resistance. Blackish-red blood gushed from the severed neck.

Before he could even process the strangeness of the situation, Wu Xie slashed another monster away with a backhand stroke and kicked away yet another monster that was lunging at him from the side.

A sudden pain shot through his shoulder as a monster leaped onto his back, its ugly head lunging forward to bite at Wu Xie's face, but the gas mask on his face blocked the attack.

However, the mask was also bitten through, and the hot air outside instantly leaked in. The monster raised its head and flung the mask out of its mouth, then opened its mouth to bite again.

At such close range, Wu Xie could already smell the stench emanating from the monster's mouth. He instinctively shrank back, raised his arm to block the monster's sharp teeth, and jabbed the monster's leg directly into its body. Then, he used his free hand to grab the monster from behind its head, and with a simultaneous exertion of force from his arm and hand, he snapped the monster's neck with a "crack".

Wu Xie casually tossed the monster aside, pulled out the knife stuck in the belly of the monster in front of him, kicked it down, and staggered to his feet. Two more monsters jumped out from the chains beside him.

More monsters, startled by the sounds of fighting, crawled out of the iron cage, frenzied and sinister, surging towards Wu Xie and his companion like waves.

The fat man was already in a bloodthirsty frenzy, and in no time his body was covered in blood, some of his own and some of the monster's. The monster's claws were poisonous, and the scratches were sharp and painful, like salt being rubbed into the wound.

He had just kicked a monster to the ground when he heard a whooshing sound. His body instinctively tried to dodge to the side, but the monster's claws suddenly flipped in mid-air.

The fat man felt a sharp pain in his neck, and the next second his gas mask was ripped off. The claw went straight from the side of his neck to his face, and the right half of his face felt like it was being fried in oil. A searing pain shot through him, and he cursed out loud.

The intense pain slowed the fat man's movements by half a beat, but in that moment of distraction, three or four monsters swarmed at him and pounced on him.

The fat man managed to shoot down two monsters, but the monsters seemed endless. He was quickly outnumbered and could only desperately use his arms to block his already injured and bleeding neck. In an instant, his chest and back turned into a hideous red.

Wu Xie slashed a monster away, and when he looked up, he saw that Fatty was surrounded by monsters. All the monsters were on top of Fatty, and the huge mass was unsteady on the chains and fell to one side.

"—Fatty!!"

Wu Xie's eyes widened in horror as he watched helplessly as the fat man and the monster fell into the lava together.

Everything in his vision turned crimson in an instant. Wu Xie seemed to feel no pain, completely ignoring the monsters clinging to him, and desperately lunged forward to grab the fat man.

Suddenly, a heavy weight pressed down on his back as two sharp claws pierced through his waist, gripping his flesh and tearing his intestines out haphazardly. The excruciating pain caused Wu Xie to freeze, his vision blurred, and blood filled his mouth. He gritted his teeth desperately, trying to knock the monster away, but unexpectedly, another monster pounced on him, biting his raised arm. His wrist went limp, and the large white dog leg slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground.

One monster after another piled up, tearing at his remaining limbs. Wu Xie had lost all resistance and, surrounded by monsters, plummeted towards the fiery lava below.

Wu Xie was fully conscious and felt the monster surrounding him being scorched. In the twenty-odd seconds that the lava completely engulfed him, he even smelled the acrid odor of rotten fat being roasted.

Then, there was no pain as he had imagined; perhaps it was a hallucination before his death. He felt his whole body being enveloped by a warm stream of water, sinking deeper and deeper...

His consciousness gradually became hazy, he felt dizzy, his mind went blank, he felt like he was falling and floating—his eyelids slowly closed, and under the gentle caress of the flowing water, Wu Xie felt like he was about to fall asleep.

Just drifting along like this, like a lonely leaf, carried downstream by the current, turning in circles when there's an undercurrent, unaware of what day it is.

Until a streak of red light pierced the darkness, approaching from afar with a speed that could be described as teleportation.

Wu Xie floated on the water, his drowsy consciousness suddenly clearing. He stared wide-eyed at the red phantom, which was—Marponim!
The moment Mabonim burst through the water and revealed her true face, Wu Xie had never known before that his face, which he had observed in the mirror a thousand times, could be so breathtakingly beautiful.

Among the people he knew, the only one who could combine sharpness and beauty into an ultimate whole was Zhang Wuxun.

Realizing this, Wu Xie's eyes instantly blazed with fury, and he cursed inwardly, "Damn Zhang Muyu!"
Zhang Wuxun gently shook the bell in his hand, and upon hearing the sound, Mabonim immediately slowed down.

In the instant he passed Wu Xie, Zhang Wuxun leaned out, reached out and wrapped his arms around Wu Xie's upper body, pulling him up directly.

Maburnim continued forward, and when he passed the fat man floating further ahead, Zhang Wuxun used the same method to pull him in as well.

Zhang Wuxun rang the bell twice more, and Mabo Ningmu closed its mouth, flicked its long tail, and turned directly in the underground river, heading upstream against the current.

Upon reaching the shallows below the bronze chain bridge, Maponim slowly stopped, put Zhang Wuxun and the other two down, then whistled happily and turned to sink into the water.

Zhang Wuxun moved Wu Xie and Fatty further into the rocky beach, letting them lie flat. Then, he stuck a dagger into the ground between their heads and took out a small octagonal bell from his spatial storage and tied it to it.

With a gentle flick of the finger, the bell swayed softly, producing a pure sound similar to that of a chime bell.

Wu Xie felt drowsy again. Before closing his eyes, he glared at Zhang Wuxun defiantly, successfully catching the faint guilt in his eyes, before finally falling into a deep sleep.

Zhang Wuxun helplessly covered his face, a bitter smile appearing on his lips. In the end... he was recognized.

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