The two figures moved one behind the other through the crisscrossing tomb tunnels.
More and more human corpses clad in war armor appeared along the way.
Pei Xi came up beside Lin Shuguang and whispered, "I found my bracelet here before... but most of the things here..."
Before she could finish, Lin Shuguang had already reached for the nearest corpse. The moment his fingers touched its war armor, however, the armor disintegrated as though weathered away, and the entire corpse turned to sand that slipped between his fingers.
"Most of them have already weathered away," Pei Xi finished.
Lin Shuguang turned to look at her... his gaze deep and unreadable.
They tacitly looked away.
Neither spoke as they lowered their heads and began searching, one on each side.
But the things here were so badly weathered that many seemingly impressive treasures turned to sand as soon as they reached for them.
Lin Shuguang was not annoyed. As they advanced, the tomb tunnels grew wider, and a sparkling jade bead caught his attention.
He reached out and took it.
The jade bead did not crumble. Holding it, Lin Shuguang felt a cool sensation, as though many distracting thoughts were dispersing.
"Good stuff."
Putting the jade bead away, Lin Shuguang continued searching.
But Pei Xi suddenly jogged over, looking tense. "Something's coming."
She pointed at a tunnel entrance a dozen or so meters away.
Faint sounds drifted from the dark depths of the entrance.
Ranks of Skeleton Warriors carrying bone sabers marched out in perfect unison. Every Skeleton Warrior had bones as hard as black iron, with blood-red patterns marking their scale-like bone armor. Their presence was more powerful than that of any Skeleton Warriors they had encountered earlier.
The Skeleton Warrior dressed like a general had a ruby the size of