Tomb raiding: It all started with shocking the archaeological team.

The "Tomb Raider's Notes," which has been passed down among the tomb raiders, is not just a simple autobiography, but can also be described as a "work notebook."

Back in the day, Cao Cao specially established the Tomb Raiders, whose number at its peak reached tens of thousands. Over several decades, they looted countless ancient tombs.

Then, through the accumulation of these practical experiences and at the cost of countless lives, he wrote "The Tomb Raider's Notes," which is no exaggeration to call the most comprehensive "tomb raiding guide."

The reason why the Tomb Raiders were able to become the leaders of the legendary four major tomb raiding sects is mainly because their founder was awesome!

The records about the Fire Spirit Snake in "The Tomb Raider's Notes" are not just about its habits, but also about methods and weaknesses in dealing with it.

Everything in the world is interconnected and mutually restraining; there is no such thing as a 100% perfect and impenetrable defense.

The saying "strike the snake at its seven-inch mark" refers to the snake's heart being located at that spot.

The Fire Serpent's weakness also lies in its seven-inch spot.

Logically speaking, the most vulnerable spots should be better protected, but the scales on the Fire Serpent's body are so hard that they are impervious to knives and spears. However, there is a very fragile 'reverse scale' on the most vulnerable spot, the seven-inch mark on its abdomen!

Chen Yibai had already seen the 'reverse scale' under the Fire Serpent King's abdomen. It was about the size of a palm and was growing in the opposite direction, making it very obvious.

Chen Yibai gripped the Corpse-Suppressing Nail tightly in his hand, having been waiting for this opportunity.

When the Fire Serpent King saw that Chen Yibai was holding the Corpse-Suppressing Nail and that his eyes were fixed on the reverse scale on his abdomen, it seemed that he had seen through Chen Yibai's knowledge of his weakness and his thoughts, so he became even more agitated.

Since it couldn't bring itself to bite, it instead used its enormous head to ram into Chen Yibai's body.

"Damn! Is your private area more private than a young virgin's? You won't even let me look!"

As the Fire Serpent King's head rammed into him, Chen Yibai cursed under his breath and quickly dodged to the side, intending to seize the opportunity to strike while dodging.

But to Chen Yibai's surprise, the Fire Serpent King was much smarter than he had imagined. After its reckless attack missed, in order not to leave any openings, it instantly lay down on the ground, hiding the 'reverse scale' on its abdomen underneath. At the same time, it unleashed a powerful dragon tail sweep, its arm-thick tail sweeping heavily across the ground.

Caught off guard, Chen Yibai had no time to dodge and was slammed hard on the back. It felt like being whipped by a burning whip, causing excruciating pain as his skin was torn open!

Fortunately, she managed to steady herself and didn't fall, otherwise the fire spirit snakes around her would have seized the opportunity to swarm her.

"Damn it!"

Chen Yibai quickly retreated, trying to create a relatively safe distance from the Fire Serpent King, adjust his state, and stabilize his rhythm.

As expected of a sentient being, this Fire Serpent King is highly intelligent, much more difficult to deal with than the brainless bronze-armored corpse we encountered before.

Even so, we still need to find a way to outsmart them!

After all, this thing is just an animal. Even if it has human intelligence, no matter how smart it is, can it outsmart the tricks of city people?

Meanwhile, on the sacrificial altar, everyone was terrified when they saw Chen Yibai almost get killed in one move by the Fire Serpent King. Their hearts jumped into their throats.

"Don't worry about me, get ready to charge!"

Chen Yibai looked at the sacrificial altar and shouted loudly at Yan Wanlei.

"rush!"

Yan Wanlei nodded, and led the special operations team to form a square formation, protecting the archaeological experts in the middle. They began to use the mummified corpses as weapons to drive them away, rushing down from the sacrificial altar and running towards the side gate on the left side of the Dragon Tower Palace.

According to Chen Yibai's initial plan, the goal was to lure away the Fire Serpent King and buy the archaeological team time to rush over.

However, the Fire Serpent King is highly intelligent, and guarding the palace gates is its true mission.

So the Fire Serpent King seemed to understand Chen Yibai's words, and after seeing the archaeological team's intentions, it ignored Chen Yibai, turned around abruptly, and fiercely opened its blood-red maw to intercept the archaeological team.

The archaeological team had already rushed down from the sacrificial altar. They thought that with Chen Yibai attracting the Fire Serpent King's attention and driving away the smaller Fire Serpents, time shouldn't be a big problem.

But then they saw the Fire Serpent King suddenly turn around without warning and redirect its attack in their direction, which threw the archaeological team into a panic.

Especially looking at the Fire Serpent King's enormous body and fierce eyes, the sheer oppressive aura alone made it hard to breathe.

This plot isn't going right!

What happened to Chen Yibai drawing away the Fire Serpent King?

It's too late to even retreat back to the altar now.

Looking at Chen Yibai again, he ignored everything and rushed towards the palace gate alone.

What's going on? Why did you run off alone?

Yan Wanlei's expression changed drastically as he watched Chen Yibai's retreating figure, a sense of foreboding washing over him.

Who exactly is acting as bait to lure away the Fire Serpent King?

Could it be that I've been tricked by Chen Yibai?

That's right!

Chen Yibai had indeed anticipated that, given the Fire Serpent King's intelligence, it wouldn't be easily lured away.

The reason Chen Yibai still allowed the archaeological team to continue descending was because he was taking a gamble!

Between guarding the palace gates and attacking intruders, the Fire Serpent King will prioritize guarding the palace gates.

That's why Chen Yibai rushed towards the palace gates at lightning speed.

Because this is the correct way to lure away the Fire Serpent King.

As expected, when the Fire Serpent King saw Chen Yibai about to rush to the palace gate, it decisively abandoned its attempt to intercept the archaeological team, turned around again, and quickly chased after Chen Yibai.

This feeling of being repeatedly 'taunted' drove the Fire Serpent King into a frenzy.

Go crazy!

After all, a beast is still a beast!

Under the archaeological team's enticements and delays, Chen Yibai had already arrived at the side gate on the left side of the palace and was about to push it open.

Almost at the same time, the Fire Serpent King caught up behind, raised its upper half, which was as thick as a water bucket, opened its blood-red maw, and bit down on Chen Yibai's head.

Chen Yibai had been waiting for this opportunity.

Reaching out to push the door open was merely a pretense by Chen Yibai to mislead the Fire Serpent King, making him lower his guard so that he could find a truly opportune moment to strike!

You're so smart, did you ever realize I was just bluffing?

At the critical moment!

Chen Yibai suddenly turned and slid in!

The Fire Serpent King's expression suddenly changed, as if he realized he had been tricked.

The 'reverse scale' seven inches below his abdomen was right in front of Chen Yibai.

Although the brain reacts, the body doesn't have time to react.

As Chen Yibai spun around and slid in, the corpse-suppressing nail he had been holding tightly in his hand swiftly and accurately pierced the 'reverse scale' under the Fire Spirit Serpent King's belly. At the same time, he pried upwards with a sudden movement, directly ripping the palm-sized 'reverse scale' off the Fire Spirit Serpent King's body.

Beneath the 'reverse scale' lay a heart pounding wildly, like a flowing mass of molten lava...