Tomb Raiding: All Things Merge, Starting with 400x Strength

"This is?"

"This is the Jiang family's ancestral tablet!"

Yi Sa and Ding Yudie exclaimed in disbelief when they saw Zhang Hao take out the Jiang family ancestral tablet.

"Brother Zhang Hao, how did the Jiang family's ancestral tablet end up in your hands?"

"That's right, boss. The Jiang family's ancestral tablet has been lost for a thousand years. How could it suddenly appear in your hands?"

"I picked it up from a middle-aged man."

The Ancestral Token was obtained by Zhang Hao from the three middle-aged men who suddenly appeared when he killed them in the Lu Palace.

Those three people were people whose bodies were possessed by the souls of other people.

They modified the Ru Palace, using a map of the Sanbru Palace to lure people there, and then selected suitable bodies through a series of methods.

Just when you think you've finished exploring the Lu Palace and are ready to leave, they will come out to receive new bodies.

When Zhang Hao saw the three people, their bodies were already in a state of decay, emitting a strong stench of death, and they needed to be replaced with new bodies.

It's just a pity that he ran into Zhang Hao. No matter how powerful he was, he was killed by Zhang Hao with a single punch.

That's how the trump card ended up in Zhang Hao's hands.

At the time, we had no idea what those three people's surnames or given names were.

At first, Zhang Hao thought they were from the Three Surnames Water Demon family, but judging from Yi Sa and Ding Yudie's behavior, the truth might not be what he thought at all.

But the truth doesn't really matter; what matters is that the Jiang family's ancestral tablet is on him.

The ancestral tablet is made of celestial stone, which can store consciousness and also restrain the nine-headed hydra.

In addition, it is also the key to unlocking the family's treasure vault.

It has now been discovered that it has another identity, and it is very likely that it is the national treasure of the Khmer Empire, the Soul-Guiding Token.

Judging from the literal meaning, the effect of the Soul-Guiding Decree should be related to the soul or spirit.

The specifics remain unknown.

However, further confirmation is needed to determine whether the ancestral tablet is indeed the soul-guiding token, which involves inserting it into the hole in the coffin.

If inserting all three ancestral tablets simultaneously can open this giant coffin, then it proves that it is a soul-guiding token.

Not only that, but it can also be traced back to the ancestral identity of the three-surname water demon family, and even the reason for the water demon's mutation can be found out.

Seeing that Zhang Hao didn't want to talk about the origin of the ancestral tablet, Yi Sa and Ding Yudie wisely stopped bringing it up.

He then jumped onto the coffin, took down the ancestral tablet, and inserted it into the hole in the middle.

"Boss, all that's left is that ancestral tablet you have!"

After inserting the ancestral tablet into one of the holes, Ding Yudie called out to Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao nodded, jumped onto the coffin, walked to the center, and then inserted the ancestral tablet in his hand into the last hole.

"Sizzle, sizzle..."

“Swish, whoosh…”

The moment the three ancestral tablets were inserted into the holes at the same time, ice spikes shot out from those holes.

At the same time, a barrage of arrows rained down on the coffin, completely enveloping it.

Zhang Hao, Yi Sa, and Ding Yudie retreated simultaneously, jumping down below the coffin as quickly as possible.

Both the ice spikes and the arrow rain attack are limited to the coffin; as long as you get off, you won't be attacked.

After the attack, the sound of machinery turning rang in everyone's ears.

"Rumble..."

The lid of the giant coffin split in two from the middle and slowly opened to both sides.

Everyone around looked into the coffin, wanting to see what was buried inside such a large coffin.

After the coffin was opened, the first thing that caught the eye was the shimmering scales. The corpse inside the coffin had a tail covered with colorful scales, and above the tail was the snake's head.

"One, two, three... seven, eight, nine, nine heads! It's a hydra!"

When the coffin was fully opened, everyone was stunned to see the corpse inside.

"How could it be a hydra? Could the Khmer king be a snake?"

Although Zhang Hao had guessed in advance that the coffin contained the Nine-Headed Naga, he was still puzzled, since this was clearly the tomb of everyone in the Khmer Empire.

Why was a snake buried in the most important position instead of the Khmer king? And where did the Khmer king go?

"Are there really monsters with nine heads in the world? Could they have been sewn on?"

The fat man took out a dagger and walked to one of the snake heads, using the dagger to flip the scales where the snake head connected to the body.

"There are no signs of stitching, so it looks like a real Hydra."

"No, it's a nine-headed Naga, not an ordinary nine-headed hydra."

Yi Sa recognized the creature in the coffin as a nine-headed Naga. Pointing to the corpse inside, she said:

"The nine-headed Naga is the symbol of the Khmer Empire's royal family. The statue we saw before diving underwater was the nine-headed Naga."

Its nine heads each have independent thought, and each head controls one of nine different abilities: fire, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, ice, light, life, and plague.

Legend has it that when it waves its head, the whole world trembles.

"This is too unbelievable. If the Nine-Headed Naga really had that kind of power, how could she have died and ended up in this coffin?"

Wu Tianzhen also agreed with what the fat man said: "The ancients often added mythological elements to natural phenomena that they could not explain. The nine abilities of the nine-headed Naga head should just be the imagination of the Khmer people."

"hiss……"

Just then, a hissing sound suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

Zhang Hao turned around and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see that the nine heads in the coffin had opened their eyes at some point.

All nine heads opened their mouths at the same time, and red, whip-like tongues flicked in and out of their mouths.

The speed of its intake and output is extremely fast; each tongue appears suddenly like a streak of red lightning, disappearing in an instant.

"boom!"

Suddenly one of its heads turned, and its two eyes flashed with an eerie green light, making people unable to resist staring into its eyes.

The fat man's eyes widened at the sight, and he couldn't help but tremble all over.

"Damn it, this thing in the coffin is alive!"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw a fireball hurtling towards him.

"Holy crap, just like Yi Sa said, it has a head that can control fire!"

Seeing the fireball hurtling towards him, the fat man hurriedly dodged, but the fireball seemed to have a tracking device attached to it, relentlessly pursuing him.

"Boom!"

Before the fireball was even finished, bolts of lightning suddenly appeared overhead and struck down from the sky.

The fat man had no time to dodge and was struck by a bolt of lightning. His flesh was instantly charred, and he lost most of his life, lying on the ground twitching.

"Fatty, wake up!"

In a daze, the fat man opened his eyes and shouted, "The Hydra is alive! The Hydra is alive!"

"How could he possibly be alive? It's just an illusion."

Upon hearing this, the fat man looked into the coffin again and found that the nine-headed Naga's corpse was lying there perfectly still without any movement.

"call……"

The fat man let out a sigh of relief: "I was so scared just now. There were fireballs and lightning. I almost thought I was really going to die."

Zhang Hao smiled. It was no wonder the fat man acted this way; even he had a momentary hallucination when he looked into the Hydra's eyes.

Fortunately, the Qilin bloodline has the effect of resisting illusions, which brought him back to his senses in time.

Even he was affected, which shows how powerful Hydra's hallucinogenic eyes are.

It is likely that the Khmer Empire's legends about the nine-headed Naga originated from its hallucinogenic abilities.

"Look, what is that!"

Wu Tianzhen suddenly pointed above the coffin and exclaimed loudly.

A black hole had appeared above the coffin at some unknown time.

Suddenly, a huge suction force was generated in the black hole, pulling everything around it in.

It's like a gaping maw of an abyss, about to devour everything around it.