Fatty's Discovery
Meanwhile, Li Wei waited by the pool, but the fat man didn't come up for a long time.
"That's strange," Li Wei squatted down and carefully examined the pool.
The tomb chamber itself was somewhat dark, so the water in the pool also appeared murky, with a lot of floating debris making it look very cloudy.
Li Wei waited a few more moments, knowing that something must have happened. Three minutes had passed; there was no reason for the fat man to still be underwater. Moreover, Li Wei couldn't sense anything underwater.
Almost instantly, Li Wei forced his inner energy out of his body to form a protective layer, and then jumped down.
After searching the pool for a while, they indeed couldn't find the fat man.
The pool was about four or five meters deep. Given Li Wei's physique, he finished searching it in no time. There was indeed a mechanism at the bottom. After setting the mechanism down, Li Wei leaped out of the water.
The stone door to the tomb chamber opposite, which had been sealed off, then opened.
The passage was opened, but the fat man had disappeared.
Clearly, the fat man couldn't have left on his own; there was no second passage underwater, nor any teleportation array or similar device.
"Could it be that a water ghost ate the fat man?" Li Wei thought jokingly, but that possibility was unlikely. If there was something underwater, there was no reason why he wouldn't be able to sense it.
After analyzing the situation for a while, Li Wei concluded that there might be an unknown secret hidden in the water, or perhaps the water itself was problematic. After all, this was the 'Mage's Tomb,' and his arrival had caused some kind of mutation in this instance world. Li Wei thought for a moment and then headed towards the opposite passage, hoping that further exploration might lead to new discoveries. As for Fatty, Li Wei wasn't too worried. In the instance world, reincarnators could return to Shadow Street at any time. If Fatty really encountered danger, given his fearlessness and resourcefulness, he could open a passage and leave immediately, so he should be fine.
I should find Basic Water Magic Book as soon as possible, so I can learn the 'Elementary Water Magic Book' that I just got.
In another tomb chamber, the fat man summoned his Yellow Paper and nervously stared at his surroundings.
If there's any disturbance, he'll open the passage back to Shadow Street. After all, while there are many good things in the Mage's Tomb, nothing is more precious than his own life.
The surrounding stone coffins made the fat man feel uneasy; he was afraid that the water corpses from before would crawl out of them. After waiting for a long time without any movement from the stone coffins, the fat man swallowed and stretched his slightly sore wrists and ankles.
After waiting a while longer, there was still no movement. The surroundings were completely silent, with the occasional sound of flowing water in the distance.
"Damn it, I'm going all in. If it's a blessing in disguise, I'll run. What's there to be afraid of?" The fat man shook his face, which was full of fat, and walked menacingly to the stone coffin closest to him.
Despite his large size and boldness, he wanted to see what was inside the stone coffin. If it was a water corpse, he'd fight it out; if he could win, he'd fight; if not, he'd run. If it wasn't a water corpse, there might be some treasure inside, which would be a windfall for the fat man.
So the fat man looked at the stone coffin in front of him, gritted his teeth, stretched out his fleshy arm, and pushed up the stone lid.
This stone lid weighs at least a thousand pounds. Fortunately, the fat man is also a C1-level combat power reincarnator with a strength of 30 points. With his full strength, lifting the thousand-pound stone block is not difficult, and pushing open a small stone lid is even easier.
All that could be heard was the dull creak of stone slabs scraping against each other, as the fat man pushed the lid of the stone coffin aside.
The fat man moved swiftly and decisively, first leaping backward, then gesturing with his hands in a fighting stance, waiting for the monster that might rush out.
I waited for ages, but nothing happened.
The fat man spat out a mouthful of saliva, then cautiously approached.
Inside the stone coffin, a thick mist shrouded everything, as swirling and lingering as silk or cotton, obscuring the contents from view.
The fat man coughed and reached inside to grab something.
What does it mean to be fearless? Fatty is that kind of person. Soon, he felt a soft, squishy texture on his hand. He touched it back and forth, but his expression was strange.
"Damn, it looks like a woman." The fat man continued to touch it and confirmed it.
Inside the stone coffin lay a woman, or rather, a female corpse. The corpse was cold and naked, but her skin was incredibly soft to the touch, fueling the fat man's wild imagination.
However, this is not the time to take advantage of the situation. Clearly, the female corpse in the stone coffin is truly inanimate and shouldn't jump up and turn into a monster.
Immediately, the fat man opened his large, fan-like hands and began to search diligently. Beneath the female corpse were many smooth pebbles. The fat man picked one up, took it out, and looked at it, and then laughed.
"Water Source Magic Stone, containing abundant Water Element, can be taken out of the dungeon world and can be exchanged for 50 points..."
A small piece can be exchanged for 50 points. There were at least a hundred pieces just found in this stone coffin, so wouldn't that mean tens of thousands of points to be earned?
Moreover, there are hundreds of stone coffins here.
"Haha, I'm rich now!" The fat man was overjoyed. He put the Water Source Magic Stone in his hand into his storage space and then continued to reach out and grab.
The fat man pulled out handfuls of Water Source Magic Stone, and the mist in the stone coffin gradually thinned out, suggesting that it was related to the Water Source Magic Stone in some way, or more likely, it was released by those stones.
The thinning mist gradually allowed the fat man to see the scene inside the stone coffin more clearly. At that moment, a cold hand suddenly grabbed the fat man's wrist.
The fat man suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
Even though he was bold, he was still startled and instinctively used a wrestling technique. He flipped his wrist, which had been grabbed, to hold his opponent back, while his other hand reached down and grabbed something, and with a loud shout, he forcefully flung him away.
Then the fat man threw away what he was holding.
The thing landed on the ground, rolled a few times, and then stood up. It resembled a human, but it was definitely not human; at least, no one would have that terrifying face.
The fat man stared at the 'thing' on the ground, and upon closer inspection, he realized that it was the female corpse he had just touched.
The female corpse had a stunning figure, with a voluptuous bust, a slender waist, and perfectly curved hips, stretched endlessly by two long, beautiful legs—truly a work of art. However, her head was quite different.
It looked like a piece of white wax that had been splashed with hot water. Its face was blurred, and the traces and stretching caused by the melting made it look like a melted wax figure. It had no eyes, no nose, only a gaping maw with sharp, pointed teeth exposed, from which something that looked like saliva was constantly dripping down.
"Sacrificial Maiden, female slaves who dedicate themselves to magic, their twisted souls are sent back to the mortal realm..."
Although the fat man didn't have the Eye of Perception to see the Sacrificial Maiden's specific combat strength and information, he could glean her name from the Yellow Paper.
Despite the terrifying scene, the fat man remained unfazed. Sometimes, the unseen enemy is more terrifying than the visible one. Once you're face-to-face with a monster, there's nothing to fear. At that moment, it all comes down to who has the bigger fist and the stronger fighting power.
The fat man grinned maliciously, took the initiative, and pounced first.
The Sacrificial Maiden also let out a scream and rushed forward.
The moment they made contact, the Sacrificial Maiden was knocked to the ground by the kinetic energy from the fat man's powerful weight. Seeing this, the fat man was relentless and sat down on the Sacrificial Maiden.
"You dare try to scare me?" He, skilled in grappling techniques, grabbed the Sacrificial Maiden's legs and tossed her up forcefully.
The Sacrificial Maiden spun several meters into the air before crashing down, turning into a bloody mess.
This is the fat man's signature move; he adds a spiraling force while tossing his opponent into the air, resulting in a greater impact upon landing.
The Sacrificial Maiden, whose bones were probably shattered from the impact, lay motionless on the ground. The fat man laughed and was about to go forward to examine the corpse when, suddenly, something unexpected happened.
The surrounding stone coffins suddenly emitted muffled thuds.
Suddenly, the tomb chamber became extremely noisy. The fat man looked around helplessly, clearly recognizing the sound of someone knocking inside the stone coffin.
Soon, the lids of the stone coffins were pushed open one after another, and dark figures sat up from inside.
Clearly, these shadowy figures are all Sacrificial Maiden.
"It seems I won't be able to make this windfall." The fat man knew very well that he could handle one Sacrificial Maiden, but more than two would probably take some effort. And there were at least a hundred Sacrificial Maiden in this tomb. If he wanted to survive, he had to leave this place immediately.
Before the Sacrificial Maiden could climb out, the fat man spotted a passage in a certain direction and rushed towards it. Once he got out of the tomb, he would be safe.
Along the way, the fat man passed through dozens of gentle female bodies, fighting his way through the surging waves of breasts. However, before being surrounded by the Sacrificial Maiden, he darted into the passage and forcefully blocked a stone slab at the entrance.
However, after he carefully examined the environment of the passage, he became furious and started cursing.
This was clearly a dead end, and not only that, at the end of the passage, there was an even larger stone coffin.
Li Wei got lost.
To be precise, he was trapped in a maze.
After passing through the passage behind the tomb chamber, Li Wei discovered that the passage had many forks, with a fork every ten meters or so. By the end, even he himself was completely disoriented.
However, Li Wei quickly realized that he was going in circles.
The walls of the passageway were covered with murals. Li Wei didn't know much about burial culture, but he knew that all civilizations had one thing in common when it came to tombs: they reflected and recorded the identity, life, and glorious deeds of the tomb owner.
The greater the person, the more likely their tomb is to resemble this. Although this 'Mage's Tomb' is merely a fictional quest world created by Shadow Street, even fiction follows this pattern.