Corpse Poison Victims

After entering the tomb passage, they found a massive stone gate over three meters tall and two meters wide. It was sealed from the inside, and ordinary people could not get through.

"Blow this door open with explosives!" Ying Caihong said coldly.

"Yes, Master!" her subordinate answered.

"Hey, hey... be careful!" Wang Kaixuan immediately stepped forward. He could not let them mess around. With his guidance, the explosives were placed precisely. After a muffled boom, the stone gate shattered, officially opening the tomb chamber.

"It's open!" someone came over to report.

Ying Caihong smiled. "Push it open!"

"Yes, Master!" Her subordinate went at once, leading a group of people to shove the stone gate open.

Rumble...

With a creak and groan, the stone gate opened.

Everyone present fixed their eyes on the pitch-black tomb. As the gate swung wide, a cloud of gray smoke rushed out.

"Ah!"

Several people near the entrance flailed their arms in fright.

Wang Kaixuan snorted and stepped forward. "What the hell are you waving your arms around for? That's just ancient pigment evaporating when exposed to air. Look at yourselves, embarrassing."

"See? See? This is the difference between professionals and amateurs!" Big Gold Tooth immediately stepped up to flatter him, choosing his words carefully as he watched Ying Caihong's expression.

"What kind of writing is this? Khitan script, right? What does it say?" Big Gold Tooth stopped in front of a stone carving on the ground.

"Obviously. You could figure it out with your ass—it says grave robbers die!" Wang Kaixuan called from ahead.

"But there are more than four characters here."

"Wow, these murals, these figures... they've lasted over a thousand years! This condition—sell them in the United States and they could fetch at least a big yacht!" Big Gold Tooth could not take his eyes off the murals on the walls.

Xiao Hen stayed close behind Ying Caihong. As he watched the path ahead, he kept a close eye on her. He remembered clearly that once they entered the tomb passage, his Side Quest was to protect Ying Caihong until they obtained the Flower of the Other Shore.

Xiao Hen followed at the rear of the group, glancing back from time to time. The passage behind them remained completely dark and still. It seemed Hu Bayi would take a while longer to arrive.

The tomb was gloomy and terrifying. Spiderwebs covered the corners, sinister shadows lurked in the dark recesses, and strange inscriptions were carved into the walls.

Before long, the group finally entered a vast open space. Stone walls surrounded it on all sides. Everyone followed the path onto a large terrace, where a massive skeleton stood in the center. The enormous skeleton rode a tall horse, wore armor, and bore a crown upon its head. It looked imposing and majestic.

At the sight, Big Gold Tooth became excited as if he had been injected with adrenaline. "Look, look at this gentleman! Look at that bearing!"

Wang Kaixuan immediately poured cold water on his excitement. "What are you looking at? He's just a gatekeeper!"

"What are all these statues? That one looks like a dog-headed statue!" Big Gold Tooth looked around and spotted statues inside several openings in the stone walls.

"I'm telling you, don't touch anything!" Wang Kaixuan said as he began to survey the area.

Xiao Hen smiled faintly. He knew Wang Kaixuan's warning was pointless; Ying Caihong and her people would not listen. Nor did Xiao Hen want Ying Caihong to obey. They had to obtain the three keys along the way before they could open Princess Augu's iron coffin and acquire the Flower of the Other Shore.

Sure enough, once Wang Kaixuan and Big Gold Tooth had left, Ying Caihong immediately ordered her subordinates to take the Round Key from the Knight Skeleton.

Crack...

The moment the key was removed, the Knight Skeleton immediately weathered away. It turned into dust and swept past them. Xiao Hen, Ying Caihong, and the others were standing far enough away to avoid the path of the remains.

Whoosh...

Several people covered by the skeletal dust spat repeatedly and brushed the dust off themselves. Xiao Hen, however, held his submachine gun and stepped in front of Ying Caihong. Seeing this, Yoko's heart stirred, and she stepped forward as well.

Sure enough, before long, the three people who had been showered in the skeletal ashes began coughing and convulsing all over.

"What is this?" Everyone was baffled and immediately went on guard.

"Stay alert. They may have been infected with some kind of corpse poison!" Xiao Hen shouted, putting everyone on edge.

Awooo...

Roar...

The three people infected with corpse poison went mad and began attacking everyone.

Ying Caihong and her group panicked and immediately began chanting spells, hoping to ward off evil. But Xiao Hen knew it was all useless. He and Yoko rushed forward to attack the three Corpse Poison Victims.

"Don't touch them, or the corpse poison may spread..." Xiao Hen shouted when he saw someone approaching, but unfortunately, someone had already been infected.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Xiao Hen opened fire with his submachine gun, driving back one charging Corpse Poison Victim. However, the gun could not kill these Corpse Poison Victims. Refusing to give up, Xiao Hen fired again, but still could not kill it.

"Damn it, guns are useless!" Xiao Hen put away his submachine gun, drew his dagger, and stood before Ying Caihong. Whenever a Corpse Poison Victim charged at him, he immediately drove it back. Though he could not kill them outright, he could repel them. If he had not wanted to reveal his true strength, he alone could have kicked every Corpse Poison Victim off the cliff.

"Run!" Big Gold Tooth was scared out of his wits. He had never seen monsters like these.

"What are you afraid of? Watch me!" As a tomb raider, Wang Kaixuan had seen plenty of strange things, and this was far from his first encounter with something like this. He immediately attacked a Corpse Poison Victim. After fighting for some time and finding it ineffective, he pulled a black object from his pack and shoved it into the Corpse Poison Victim's mouth.

At once, the Corpse Poison Victim stood motionless.

Big Gold Tooth immediately cried out, "Could this be the legendary nemesis of the great zombie—the Black Donkey Hoof?"

Before Wang Kaixuan could answer, the Corpse Poison Victim supposedly suppressed by the Black Donkey Hoof grabbed the black object and threw it away, then viciously attacked the two of them.

"Ah? Why didn't it work?" Big Gold Tooth immediately fled with his head in his hands.

Fortunately, Wang Kaixuan had an iron shovel in hand and blocked the Corpse Poison Victim's attack.

Unfortunately, the respite did not last. The Corpse Poison Victims attacked too fiercely, immediately turning and charging them again. There was more than one Corpse Poison Victim—there were several. Xiao Hen was not the only one firing at them, but guns were useless against these monsters. They simply could not be killed.

Damn it. I thought all this extra ammunition would be useful in the Goddess Tomb, but it turned out to be completely useless! Holding his dagger, Xiao Hen kicked away a charging Corpse Poison Victim, then slashed with his blade and severed another's arm. He spun and delivered a backward kick, sending it flying.

"Master, please step back. It's dangerous here!" Xiao Hen said vigilantly.

"Thank you. With you and Yoko protecting me, I'll be fine," Ying Caihong said with a smile.

"Hm?"

All of a sudden, Xiao Hen keenly sensed someone approaching.

Is Hu Bayi here?

A rope tipped with claws dropped from above, viciously grabbing a Corpse Poison Victim by the back and yanking it away from Wang Kaixuan.

"Sky king covers earth tiger..."

A voice came from the distance.