The passage through the underground cavern suddenly took a sharp turn. Ahead of the already spacious tunnel lay an enormous chamber, thirty or forty meters high. Its floor was remarkably level, and more than thirty coffins stood in the open space ahead.
The moment they rounded the corner and took in the scene before them, Li suddenly sensed an inexplicable killing intent. He abruptly yanked Invel behind one of Rifan's subordinates, and in that very instant, the coffins in the cavern suddenly changed.
In truth, these coffins were not the kind used by ordinary people. They were upright coffins meant to house vampires.
The moment Li noticed that, he had felt something was wrong. Then, sensing the killing intent suddenly emanating from within them, he immediately realized that this was the first obstacle their enemy had set up.
Once Li had made his preparations, the coffins indeed underwent a transformation. First, every coffin exploded apart. Then, a blade flew from each one, shooting toward the people holding the illumination beams. It seemed their enemy intended to first eliminate the mercenaries' eyes...
"Guardian's Light!" Uther stepped forward first. With a thunderous shout, golden light appeared before everyone. As the blades entered that light, before they could even reach the group, they slowed sharply as though they had plunged into thick liquid. Several mercenaries then moved to intercept them, knocking every blade to the ground.
Strange laughter echoed out from the coffins, reverberating endlessly through the vast chamber. It was deeply unpleasant to hear. Then, to everyone's surprise, after the laughter faded, what emerged from the coffins were neither humans nor vampires, nor even undead creatures.
They were more than thirty enormous, powerfully built tigers. Their fur was pure white, and at a glance, it was clear they were military tiger mounts