Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 252 The Corpse Beetle King Appears Again

However, before leaving, Hu Ming casually pulled out a pistol from his waist.

Bang! Bang! Bang! A series of muffled thuds echoed.

Without turning his head, relying on his intuition, Hu Ming fired a whole magazine of bullets, completely blowing the blood zombie's head apart.

Upon seeing this, the young man frowned slightly and released the precious sword from his hand.

Wu Sansheng's expression changed drastically; he turned pale and terrified, adopting a stern look.

"Young man, you have excellent marksmanship! You're about ten meters away from the target with your back to it."

"Without even turning his head, he fired a whole magazine without missing a single bullet. Amazing!"

"Hey young man, what grudge do you have against this blood corpse? Is it really necessary to cut off its head and still not let it go?"

Upon seeing this, the fat man's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

He knew someone with such excellent marksmanship, but when he compared them in his mind...

The fat man realized that his father, who was an excellent marksman, was probably no match for Hu Ming.

"Little buddy? Fatty, are you serious?"

"I saved your life in the tomb passage before, and you called me Master Ming! And how disrespectful you are, does your father know that?"

Hu Ming smiled jokingly, unable to resist teasing the fat man, who gave an awkward smile and remained silent.

He secretly cursed the man who looked younger than him, yet was of his uncle's generation!

Even knowing that, looking at that young face, I still couldn't help but call him "brother"!
Asking him to swallow his pride and call a "youngster" "sir" is something he really can't handle.

"Hu Ming, you know, that thing has something inside its head..."

Wu Sansheng didn't care about anything else, not even the bronze coffin, and his voice trembled slightly.

In particular, he saw it clearly when Hu Ming fired the gun.

The top of the blood corpse's head was surging irregularly, clearly indicating that the Corpse Beetle King was about to break out of its body.

He could almost guess it.

With the death of the Corpse Beetle King, they will likely be besieged by hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of crazed Corpse Beetles in no time.

Every single one of them had to stay for dinner.

Don't mention the threat that precious blood poses to corpse beetles.

Once any creature goes berserk, it will bite even a god standing right in front of it, let alone its natural enemy!
"Third Uncle, what are you talking about? What's inside the blood corpse's head?"

"Why are you so...so terrified when Uncle Ming blew the blood zombie's head off?"

Wu Xie had accumulated a lot of questions along the way, and now he finally couldn't hold back anymore.

In his view, Hu Ming's methods, though somewhat excessive, were not wrong.

Blood corpses are too dangerous and bizarre. It's perfectly reasonable to smash their heads just in case.

"You little brat, what the hell do you know! Blood corpses are all kept alive by the ferocious creature inside their bodies."

"That's the Corpse Beetle King! The Corpse Beetle King who controls all the corpse beetles in the entire tomb!"

Wu Sansheng gave a bitter laugh and sadly lit another cigarette for himself.

He was so startled that he dropped the cigarette from his mouth.

At this point, complaining is useless.

Wu Sansheng looked up at the thick, nine-headed cypress tree. Its dense branches made it a natural ladder.

Perhaps, before the carrion beetle swarm arrives, one can climb the tree trunk to escape?
It's a pity about the treasures inside the bronze outer coffin...

Just then, a cacophony of insect chirping filled the air. Like waves, endless insect nests emerged from the holes in the cliff face.

In no time at all, the space the size of a football field was filled with corpse beetles.

"Hu Ming, you're being reckless! Stop standing around and run for your lives!"

"I don't want to stay and become dinner for these bugs."

Wu Sansheng's face was extremely ugly. He endured for a long time before suppressing his anger.

He slapped Wu Xie and Pan Zi on the head, who were both stunned.

Compared to Hu Ming, they were Wu Sansheng's true family. Wu Sansheng's slap was anything but polite.

"WDNMD! What the hell is going on? I've never heard of blood corpses being mentioned before!?"

"Damn it, Uncle Ming, tell me, your and Zhang Qiling's precious blood is still useful against these things, right?"

Even a "refined" person like Wu Xie couldn't help but swear and jump up and down, looking at Hu Ming with hope.

Escape? Escape by climbing a tree? Don't be ridiculous!
Before they can even climb halfway up, these corpse beetles will catch up and gnaw them down to their bones!
"Unfortunately, your third uncle is right. These little things have gone mad, and ordinary precious blood won't work."

Hu Ming sheathed his precious sword, watched the spectacular scene, and whistled.

"...What's your idea? I know you're not such a reckless person."

"To be precise, if you were truly a reckless person, you would have died in that tomb more than twenty years ago."

"You must have a foolproof plan to do this."

At this moment, only the young man remained completely calm.

Amidst the pale faces of the others, they looked at Hu Ming with unwavering resolve.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you. Although we haven't spent much time together, but..."

"You understand me best, brother!"

Ignoring the rapidly approaching swarm of insects, Hu Ming pulled an antique-looking bottle from his bag.

He opened the stopper and blew a strange tune.

"This tune... I think I heard it in the Miao region years ago?"

"I remember this being a whistle used to control Gu worms?"

Wu Sansheng was taken aback, and long-buried memories surfaced in his mind.

"Good insight, as expected of you. Didn't you want to know what treasure was in the jade bottle I poured out of the tomb of Prince Gu Mo?"

"Here it is, something truly remarkable!"

Hu Ming pointed to the tiny, reddish-brown worm, about the size of a little finger, that was swaying as it flew out of the bottle.

In an instant, Wu Sansheng and the young man's expressions changed drastically.

Wu Sansheng couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "The Corpse Beetle King!!! How could it possibly be this thing?"

"It's unbelievable, but it's the truth," Hu Ming chuckled.

Hu Ming knew that Wu Sansheng's shock wasn't about the appearance of the Corpse Beetle Pill in the Jingjue Ancient City, but rather his worry.
However, Hu Ming was unwilling to engage in much conversation here, after all, there were still some people here who were unaware of the situation.

The eerie whistle blew again, and the Corpse King opened its barely perceptible mouth, emitting sound waves that were indistinguishable to the human ear.

The next moment, a miracle happened.

The countless corpse beetles that were surging forward suddenly stopped at the command of the Corpse Beetle King.

Like countless exquisite sculptures, they were all frozen in place, without making a sound.

(End of this chapter)