Something Wrong with the Team

After being killed, the Six-Winged Gargoyle's corpse quickly faded into pure stone and eventually disappeared, leaving no trace of its Spirituality. In the end, all that remained were the Characteristic of three Human Skin Shadow.

"Damn it, they're just fakes!"

The female Warrior roared angrily, saying that their spoils were still not enough to share among them. The others also looked grim; they had gone through a dangerous battle, yet the reward they received was disproportionate to their efforts.

Luther ignored them and looked at Sharron instead.

What's ahead?

He asked, not forgetting that his original goal was to explore what lay ahead.

"A passageway leads to the main burial chamber."

Sharron replied, "There is no other way."

"Since there was only one path, how come you didn't run into these extraordinary creatures? It's understandable that the Human Skin Shadow is good at hiding, but didn't you even notice these giant Gargoyle?"

Soroa said.

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Sharron looked at him with a delicate, emotionless expression, silently confirming her suspicions—she had indeed not noticed. In other words, these Gargoyle had appeared out of thin air in the passageway and vanished without a trace after being killed.

The expressions on their faces turned somewhat strange.

Is it even possible to have something like this?

The female Warrior murmured.

"I've never heard of such a thing," Best said, adjusting his glasses with a hint of agitation. "This tomb is unlike any I've ever seen before; it's too strange."

These mid- Mid-Sequence extraordinary beings stood silently for a few seconds in the center of the dark tomb passage.

An atmosphere of unease was slowly spreading.

Should we continue forward?

After a moment, Sharron asked this question.

"I want to go!"

The female Warrior gritted her teeth and gripped her Greatsword tightly.

The others were also unwilling to return empty-handed, so the group proceeded along the dark passageway toward the main burial chamber.

On the way, Sharron pointed out the location where she had just encountered and killed the extraordinary creature, which was also completely empty.

"Boom!"

A flame emanated from Luther's palm, illuminating the end of the passageway.

The stone door of the main burial chamber faces the passageway, and is inlaid with a grayish-white disc. The disc is divided into twelve sections and has a black pointer. Although it resembles a clock, the size of the sections is not uniform, and half of it is painted black.

"This is the emblem of the Amon Family!"

Best perked up and pointed at the disc, rambling on, "It's said that this clock-shaped coat of arms represents the power wielded by their family."

Luther focused more on the area below the emblem, on the surface of the gate, where there was a mottled stone carving. The carving had a simple composition, with five figures standing within two horizontal lines. Some were holding Greatsword, some were wearing robes, and some were floating in the air.

It appears that the scene depicted on the stone carving is precisely the passageway where they are currently located. Furthermore, there are also sculpted figures of themselves in the stone!

"Careful!"

Luther shouted because he saw the patterns on the painting begin to change. Some outlines were drawn out of thin air on the canvas, as if an invisible carving knife was sculpting them, eventually forming several huge Monster patterns.

In the next instant, several Gargoyle appeared out of thin air in the passageway and crashed to the ground.

This stone carving is the culprit!

"Roar!"

Gargoyle roared and charged forward, engaging the group in battle. They appeared solid and powerful, indistinguishable from living beings. Moreover, similar Monster continued to be carved, filling the gaps in the stone-carved passageway.

"Boom!"

Luther knew that this fight would never end, so he instantly transformed into a fireball, traversing the distance of the tomb passage and arriving at the stone carvings at the tomb chamber's entrance.

Only when he looked at the stone carving up close did he notice more details.

"Um?"

In a brief moment, he seemed to notice something strange—there were subtle differences in the stone carvings representing the five people. The other three had normal limbs, while the figure wielding the Greatsword and the gentleman in the Top Hat both had a thin trailing mark extending from their heads, like a worm's tail.

Was the stone carving too rough, or was there another reason?

But before Luther could examine it closely, new patterns appeared on the stone carving. As if sensing danger, an invisible hand frantically drew lines, and two crudely made Monster appeared near Luther, attempting to attack him.

"Brush!"

Without time to examine it closely, Luther drew his Sword of Lava and swept it across the stone carving, destroying all the patterns on it.

"Laugh--"

An invisible aura seemed to emanate from the broken stone carvings, and the numerous Gargoyle vanished instantly, as if they had never existed. Several extraordinary individuals remained in their fighting stances, but their attacks merely struck thin air.

What the hell is this?

The female Warrior, sword in hand, cursed and swore, seemingly without any sign of anything amiss. Luther carefully examined her head, then glanced at the middle-aged gentleman, Soroa; the "Secrets Suppliant's" high intuition also found nothing wrong.

Is the stone carving misleading me?

Luther thought to himself, but he remained vigilant. These extraordinary individuals were originally just a group that Sharron had temporarily assembled at various Beyonder Gathering, and it was difficult to ensure that they were truly reliable. He wondered if they might turn on each other after encountering a precious treasure.

The remaining four gradually gathered in front of the main tomb chamber.

Best wanted to examine the family crest on the door, but the Warrior Kate stepped forward and pushed him aside, saying, "Move aside, I'll Door Opening."

She placed her hands on the stone door, the muscles on the back of her hands bulging, and the stone door slowly opened under her force.

"Creak--"

The stone door swung open heavily, and orange light poured out, illuminating the tomb passage.

Was there light inside the tomb?

This is a tomb from a thousand years ago!

Looking inside, Luther saw an extremely spacious tomb chamber. In the center of the chamber was a high platform with a black coffin placed on it.

The light in the tomb chamber came from the walls, where numerous lamp stands stood, with an asymmetrical number of white candles on either side. At the top of the candles, the flames did not flicker at all, as if frozen in a certain moment.

Along the path from the stone gate to the black coffin, there were many corpses lying on the ground. The corpses were dressed in a modern style, with some wearing Top Hat and uniforms, and others in workers' clothes. These people were likely the team that had previously explored the tomb.

How did they get in?

Best's question echoed the thoughts of the others. With so many dangerous Monster along the way from the antechamber to the tomb passage, these people appeared completely unharmed. It was impossible to guess how they had avoided those dangers and entered the tomb directly.

What's even more surprising is that these corpses all appeared to be extremely old!

Thank you to reader Jingxia Nianhua for the 100 reading coins.