Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

Jiang Hua and Qin Feng ran extremely fast, arriving at the entrance of the Qin family tomb in just a few seconds.

There are two large stone slabs in front of the gate, covered with intricate characters. One ancient and desolate character comes into view: Qin Shi.

"This should be the Qin family burial site."

Qin Feng pointed to one of the large stone slabs and said excitedly.

"Qin Feng, you stay here for now. I'll tell you after Yun Jie and I figure things out."

Jiang Hua glanced at Lin Yun beside her and said softly.

"Yes, I understand." Qin Feng nodded quickly.

“Okay, you wait here for us. Yun and I will go take a look.” Jiang Hua said softly. After speaking, she took Lin Yun’s hand and walked towards the large stone slab.

Jiang Hua and Lin Yun walked to the door. The complex and obscure characters on the large stone slab in front of the door were no longer recognizable to them.

"Sister Yun, look at the handwriting on it."

After looking at it for a while, Jiang Hua said softly to Lin Yun.

"Oh."

Lin Yun responded softly, but after glancing at the words on it, her expression changed drastically, and she quickly said, "Jiang Hua, let's go!"

After saying that, he turned around, grabbed Jiang Hua, and ran away.

"Sister Yun, what's wrong?" Jiang Hua asked hurriedly, seeing Lin Yun rushing around.

"The mechanism here has been activated."

Those few intricate characters were the signal that the Qin family tomb had been opened.

The Qin family tombs have been opened.

"Run! Hurry up, it'll be too late if you wait any longer!"

Lin Yun grabbed Jiang Hua and ran forward frantically.

Upon hearing Lin Yun's words, Jiang Hua immediately disregarded everything else and hurriedly followed Lin Yun.

A rumbling sound came, and the tomb door of the Qin family burial site slowly opened.

The moment the tomb door opened, a sinister aura rushed out, making Jiang Hua's hair stand on end and goosebumps rise all over his body.

"Come on, Sister Yun, hold my arm tight, I'll pull you along." Jiang Hua quickly grabbed Lin Yun's arm and shouted loudly.

"Ah."

Lin Yun nodded quickly and stretched out her arm.

"Sister Yun, be careful and hold on tight."

Jiang Hua shouted and pulled Lin Yun's hand away with force.

With a forceful pull, Jiang Hua grabbed Lin Yun's arm and dragged her towards him.

Lin Yun blushed and quickly withdrew her arm, her beautiful eyes fixed on the tomb's entrance.

The tomb gate slowly opened, and one by one, black figures appeared at the entrance, slowly crawling out.

These are several monsters that are completely black.

There were six in total, each about five zhang long, and all of them were giant beasts over two zhang tall. They exuded a cold aura and their eyes gleamed with an eerie light.

Six monsters slowly crawled towards Jiang Hua and Qin Feng. Each one was extremely terrifying, and a chilling aura emanated from them.

"What...what are these things?"

Seeing the terrifying black monsters, Jiang Hua felt a chill and quickly retreated.

"Jiang Hua, step back a bit, I'll hold them off for a moment."

Lin Yun looked at these monsters and quickly said.

Jiang Hua responded, pulled Lin Yun's arm, and retreated. Just as Jiang Hua and Lin Yun reached a safe distance, the six monsters suddenly leaped up, and a cloud of black mist burst from their mouths, surging towards Jiang Hua and Lin Yun.

Jiang Hua hurriedly activated his true essence shield to resist, but the attacks of these six monsters were too powerful and he couldn't withstand them at all. Jiang Hua could only resist with all his might, wanting to escape from here as soon as possible.

Jiang Hua gritted his teeth and charged forward.

He knew that if he didn't find a way to escape at this point, he would likely not survive, so he decided to take a gamble.

Jiang Hua rushed out, heading straight for one of the monsters. He gripped the dagger with both hands and slashed fiercely at the monster's body.

The monster was struck and immediately fell to the ground, rolling around and letting out a violent, painful howl.

"good chance."

Jiang Hua was overjoyed when he saw the monster struggling and howling on the ground. He rushed forward and started hacking away with his dagger.

The dagger kept slashing at the monster, making a metallic scraping sound and a crisp clanging noise.

With a single slash, a large gash was cut open on the monster's neck, and blood gushed out like a fountain, staining the grass on the ground red.

The monster's head rolled off and landed at Jiang Hua's feet. Jiang Hua quickly squatted down, picked up a round bead from the monster's head, and examined it carefully.

Jiang Hua examined it closely. The bead had a light green color, like jade, but it was more translucent. A faint green aura emanated from it, as if it might turn into liquid and flow down at any moment.

This bead is something special.

Jiang Hua thought to himself.

"Sister Yun, come and see if there's anything different about this bead?"

Jiang Hua held the bead in front of her and asked Lin Yun.

"Is it a different place?" Lin Yun asked, puzzled.

"Hmm, this bead is peculiar. It emits a faint spiritual aura, but it's not pure. This aura seems to contain some kind of mysterious and unpredictable energy, yet I can't sense any danger from it."

"It looks like an ordinary bead, but for some reason, there is a faint halo flowing on the surface of this bead."

Jiang Hua looked at the bead, her brows furrowed, and examined it carefully.

What's causing this halo effect?
The aura of this light was extremely faint, almost imperceptible. Jiang Hua frowned and muttered to himself.

“This bead is a bit unusual; it must be some kind of treasure,” Lin Yun said slowly after a moment of contemplation, looking at the bead.

"Yes, I've seen this bead before; I found it in a cave."

I don't know what this bead is, but it has a very strong spiritual energy fluctuation.

"Sister Yun, have you ever seen beads like these before?" Jiang Hua asked Lin Yun.

"I don't know either. I only saw it by chance in a cave."

This bead possesses an extremely powerful aura; it is no ordinary item.

Lin Yun shook her head and said.

Hearing Lin Yun's words, Jiang Hua was even more surprised. What exactly was this bead?
Why did Lin Yun see them all, especially in a cave?
Could it be some kind of rare treasure?
But if it's a rare treasure, then it's valuable, hehe.

Jiang Hua really couldn't understand the purpose of this bead.

Regardless of what this bead actually is, it is an absolutely precious item to Jiang Hua.

The three continued to fight other monsters, but Jiang Hua had lost all interest in fighting them. These monsters were too intelligent; their intelligence was no less than that of humans.

Even more so, although their strength is only equivalent to that of ordinary people, Jiang Hua and the other two only have about 60-70% of their combat power here.

This is an incredibly terrifying fighting force, yet these monsters were able to force Jiang Hua and his two companions into a series of defeats. The strength of these monsters is truly terrifying.

The three dared not be careless or underestimate their opponents, and could only fight cautiously. Even so, they still faced several close calls.

Fortunately, the three were very strong; otherwise, these three perilous situations would have been enough for them to perish at the hands of the monster.

Although these monsters cannot fly, their physical attributes are terrifying, especially their speed and explosive power. (End of Chapter)