Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

"what!"

Almost instantly, chaos erupted in the tomb. A group of people ran around in all directions. Some sharp-eyed and quick-witted individuals tried to squeeze out through the stone door they had just entered through, but when they turned around to look for an opening in the stone door, they discovered that the stone door they had entered through was now tightly closed, without a single opening.

Fear gripped their hearts, and as they realized there was nowhere else to escape, they all fiercely drew their weapons, staring at the horde of "reviving" desiccated corpses...

Zhang Qilin's hand was already on the hilt of his knife. Listening to the cracking sounds of bones around him, he was alert and his eyes were deep.

Qin Henian, standing beside him, also quietly pulled out the dagger he had hidden on his lower back. Luckily, he had prepared plenty of equipment for the tomb raiding trip; he had simply grabbed one from outside and tucked it into his waistband. Otherwise, it would be too presumptuous for him to use a crane feather he had saved while others were using weapons in a fight! It would be completely unfair…

Click!

Click!

Snap....

The mummified skeletons, one after another, seemed to come alive and stand up. Their eye sockets, dried to nothing but bones, seemed to hold real eyes, staring intently at the group of living people. The next second, the horde of mummies stirred, rushing into the crowd.

The long, slender joints were covered with sharp, fingernail-like blades, and some people who weren't very skilled in martial arts quickly suffered at the hands of these mummified corpses.

Where fingernails scraped, flesh and blood flew everywhere, dripping with a sticky, fishy smell, accompanied by the clanging sound of metal blades clashing. The group quickly suffered under the onslaught of the horde of mummies in the tomb, and many "people" lay on the ground, their clothes soaked in bright red.

"Don't! Don't come here!"

Just then, outside the protective circle where Huo Xiangu was, a mummified corpse holding a long knife stared intently at Huo Xiangu, who was surrounded, with its empty eye sockets.

The sight of that empty, hollow gaze sent a chill down Huo Xiangu's spine, and she unconsciously murmured to herself.

Although the sound was very faint, inaudible to others, it was clear that only humans couldn't hear it; the two beasts inside the tomb twitched their pointed ears and heard it clearly. However, neither of them said anything...

Qin Henian and Zhang Qilin, one holding a knife and the other a dagger, stood back to back, cooperating quite well. They released a faint divine beast aura from their bodies, and basically no foolish mummies would come near them. However, in order not to attract attention, the two would still let a few mummies come over to "practice" with their knives.

"what!"

"Help...help..."

"Get the hell out of my way! Get out of the way! That mummified corpse over there is wearing iron sarcophagi with barbs on its back. Don't lure it over here!"

"Die! Die! All of you, die! If I can't live, neither can you!!!"

"..."

*Pfft! Pfft! Pfft...*

The sounds of hard objects or knife tips piercing flesh echoed frequently in the tomb, along with shouts of cursing, pushing, yelling, and cries for help... one after another, revealing the depraved evils of humanity in the face of death.

"Master! Watch out!"

Just then, Huo Xiangu, who was originally surrounded, was suddenly lifted up by a long iron spear. Her face was pale and her eyes were wide open. Under the force, Huo Xiangu hung in mid-air and her body slid towards the instigator.

The one who picked up the spear was a tall and strong male corpse. The iron armor he wore was much thicker than that worn by the other mummies. The skeletal hand holding the spear easily picked up Huo Xiangu's clothes at the lower back, lifting her up effortlessly and sliding her towards his position.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

At this critical moment, several of the Huo family's men, who had just reacted, rushed forward with their weapons to save the person. Although the other Huo family members' eyes revealed their desire to save the person, they did not actually take any action. It can be seen that those who really wanted to save the person were Huo Xiangu's confidants.

The new high-tech gun pushed the mummies away, and Huo Xiangu landed safely. Although her hair was a little messy, her companions were still very loyal and surrounded her again, forming a protective circle.

Qin Henian felt a little sorry to see Huo Xiangu safe, but then his gaze swept over Qiu Dekao on the other side. He was in a worse situation and not as lucky as Huo Xiangu.

"boom!"

A heavy thud made Qin Henian and Zhang Qilin, the two sneaky swimmers, turn their attention to Qiu Dekao. Their gaze fell... Qiu Dekao's left arm had been severed at the shoulder, sticky clothing and thick liquid mingling on the ground, a stench filling the air...

"what!"

The hoarse, aged voice suddenly echoed in the tomb. Some of the men, their emotions in turmoil, were distracted while fighting the mummies, allowing several to catch them off guard and one or two of them to fall...

"Boss!!"

"boss!!"

Ah Ning and the woman who had been taking care of Qiu Dekao were both quite skilled, but the mummified corpse still managed to tear off one of Qiu Dekao's arms when they couldn't protect him. Although the two didn't get along, they were quite loyal, and when this happened, they worked together to protect Qiu Dekao as much as possible.

Seeing that it was almost time and that a lot of people had been spent here, Zhang Qilin realized that Qiu Dekao and Huo Xiangu were running out of people, and even with the two of them, they couldn't make up ten people. So he began to search for the mechanisms in the tomb.

Because of his ability to see through things, he quickly discovered that there was an angle between two of the eight positions where the mummified corpses were placed, and the mechanism wheel that had stopped turning inside the stone wall was now stuck.

"Year of the Crane!"

Zhang Qilin gave a signal with his eyes!

"go Go!"

Pikachu, it's your time to shine!

Qin Henian could see the location of the mechanism through the stone wall. He knew what Zhang Qilin meant when he saw Zhang Qilin raise his head slightly and tap it. He quickly gave Zhang Qilin a look and silently answered him.

With Qin Henian's cooperation, the two of them actually managed to carve out a shortcut to the trap wall, one cut at a time. As Zhang Qilin's slender fingers traced the wall back and forth, a different kind of bloody smell wafted in the air and reached Qin Henian's nose.

The faint scent of a dragon-human serpent mingled with the blood brought back memories of Ma Xing, a general in the imperial court a thousand years ago. Ma Xing had saved Ma Xing when he was wounded and on the verge of death on the battlefield. Ma Xing had even fed Ma Xing a piece of flesh from a dragon-human serpent that had absorbed the essence of moonlight, which had saved Ma Xing's life. This flesh left a lingering fragrance in the blood of Ma Xing's descendants, but unfortunately, it didn't fundamentally alter their bodies; they were only one or two times healthier than ordinary people, since their blood contained the essence of moonlight and the beneficial substances from the dragon-human flesh...

Click!

In the few seconds that Qin Henian was pondering his thoughts, Zhang Qilin reached into the wall and turned the mechanism wheel, opening the mechanism of the tomb chamber and creating a double-walled passage in one of the octagonal walls.

"Retreat inside!"

Ah Ning, with her sharp eyes, spotted a path immediately and quickly called for help to lead Qiu Dekao towards the passage.