Imperial Treasure

Chapter 572 - 369: Enemies Meet with Particularly Smiling Faces!

As Xue the Skillful Hand became anxious upon hearing her words, he said, "My dear, we are still in the territory of the instigator; don’t talk nonsense... Right, what purpose does the owner of this tomb have for creating such a burial chamber? Normally, those buried with the deceased are wives and concubines; it’s rare to see descendants, not to mention a mother and child sealed within. What kind of deep hatred could have prompted such cruelty? Moreover, in ancient times, it wouldn’t have been easy to set up such an elaborate grave... What was in the heart of the one who had it built..."

"What was in their heart? Hehe," Mount Mover laughed.

"This Evil Spirit Double Burial is much more dangerous than those boulders and sharp-arrowed mechanisms outside,"

"Once tomb raiders arrive here, if they trigger it, in the blink of an eye, it can kill everyone... If it weren’t for Miss Sui... we might all have been buried with the mother and child by now..."

After pausing, Mount Mover added, "Whatever the tomb chamber contains, good or bad, dangerous or not, it is all designed with one goal in mind... that is to protect the tomb’s owner... the principle remains constant regardless of the changes."

This was a reasonable explanation, and the group fell silent.

The experiences they’d had before were too terrifying; they needed a good rest...

Suddenly feeling very tired.

After a while, Skinny Waist, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly moved.

What the! Was it feigning death?

Most of the group stiffened.

"Damn it, the female ghost and the kid ghost are back!" The fat man, quick to react, immediately aimed his gun at Skinny Waist’s head, ready to shoot...

The barrel of the gun was gently diverted by a sword, Sui Yi glanced at the fat man, "He is unharmed."

"Eh?" The fat man was skeptical, but he saw that Skinny Waist had turned his head and, groggily, sat up. He looked confused at the gun and the stares of the group, then frowned, "What are you guys doing? Who hit me just now, knocked me out... Damn, why does my whole body hurt so much, like I’ve been pricked by countless needles... My eyelids hurt too, did they cramp up... Hey, Fatso, hurry up and massage me~... "

The expressions on everyone’s faces were priceless. So the only one here who wasn’t mentally shocked was this fellow who got "possessed"?

It felt like he had just gotten a massage and was shouting how great it felt...

Considering so much hair sprouting from your skin and your eyelids flipping 180 degrees like an alien... Indeed, the difficulty was high and the aftereffects sure were severe.

Skinny Waist’s complaining made the group realize that all that had happened was not a dream, nor an illusion—they had truly faced the ferocity of a thousand-year-old zongzi...

"Damn it, Skinny, stop your hollering, you’re making me feel tired and sore..."

"Exactly, I feel the same... completely drained,"

Since it wasn’t a female ghost, these people were no longer afraid of Skinny Waist and each wished they could give the other a kick...

In the midst of the complaints, suddenly!

"Someone’s coming!" Sui Yi flicked her hand, her sword flipping a pebble from the ground, the blade striking it!

Smack!

The pebble shot like a streak of light into the corridor that was faintly lit with fire...

Bang!

It seemed to collide with something...

Actually, it shot into the barrel of a gun and caused an explosion!

The person lying in ambush in the darkness, preparing for a sneak attack, was injured by the explosion of their own firearm and let out a scream. The ones behind them no longer bothered to hide and swarmed out instantly...

They had quite a few in number, and as the fat man and others swiftly rose to their feet, they quickly took up arms...

In such close quarters and situation, firearms were naturally the most effective form of attack—for they weren’t abnormal swordsmen like Sui Yi, nor masters of hidden weapons capable of long-range attacks like Yhan Qingwu.

Thus...

They faced each other.

Their dozen guns were aimed at the other side’s twenty or so...

Almost half the number, but with the help of that gleam of light, they could see the group of people...

The first to frown upon seeing the others were Sui Yi and Yhan Qingwu.

Acquaintances.

Wei Feng, Liang Qing, Nalan, Yang Rui, and Anayi.

Ha!

Do enemies’ faces grow especially red upon meeting?

No, on the contrary, all five of them revealed smiles upon seeing Sui Yi.

Some complex, some surprised, some amused, some with a cold smile, some delighted...

Essentially, these five people aligned their reactions just so...

When the five smiled, the fat man and his companions felt quite uneasy.

First, the gear of this group was too damn sophisticated, and they all exuded an aura of mastery.

Second, the smiles of this unusual bunch were too damn unnerving...

"Uh... Heroine Sui, you know them?"

"Recognize the faces," Miss Sui said nonchalantly.

Damn!

What did that mean!?

Even Liang Qing and the others felt a bit miffed. After all, they had fought several battles and competed against each other. Such an attitude...

It felt like seeing a duck in a vegetable market and casually saying, "Hmm, I recognize it, it’s a duck."

Nalan, the beautiful woman, laughed, saying, "I didn’t expect to encounter Miss Sui; how fortunate... Ever since that day we parted, I’ve been really hoping to see you again..."

This woman’s voice was too seductive, her figure too voluptuous, and her attitude very bizarre.

Immersed in the multi-faceted modern culture, the fat man and his friends couldn’t help but think crooked thoughts. Liang Qing gave this person a sideways glance and secretly sighed... this person seemed to be bisexual—only recently did they try to hit on her...

Now, in the blink of an eye, they had set their sights on another beauty... Though the other woman’s pedigree was somewhat higher, she herself was a bit unwilling to engage, but feeling abandoned in comparison was still a complex sensation...

As the two parties confronted each other, it clearly wasn’t suitable for such pleasantries. Sui Yi raised her eyebrows and said indifferently, "It seems like you’re being chased by something... do you want to talk more, to delay time, so we can take the hits for you?"

What?

The fat man and the others became instantly alert.

Nalan’s eyes narrowed with a smile, Wei Feng also laughed, his laughter was low and magnetic, "I told you couldn’t fool her... Run now, the Corpse Charms are about to catch up..."

The word "Corpse Charm" made Mount Mover and the fat man and others change their expressions.

"For real, you’ve got Corpse Charms following you?"

Before Wei Feng and his group could respond, these few men were already panicking, running like their tails were on fire!

Without even looking back at the three women and the beautiful man behind them, who had just been weakened by possession...

And there was Xiao Qi.

Sui Yi and Yhan Qingwu, "..."

What about the teamwork we agreed upon?

"So unorganized and undisciplined, quite the revelation," Nalan laughed heartily.

"Overpraised," Sui Yi was very composed, then with a twist of the Demon Que Sword Edge, he looked down, "They’re coming."

Hiss, hiss, hiss, like snakes, shadows spread from behind Wei Feng and the others...

There was also the low roar of beasts like tigers and leopards ambushing their prey, deep and lingering...

Wei Feng and his companions had already assumed a joint stance with Sui Yi and the others without making a sound, watching the shadows creep slowly along the walls of the long corridor...

At first glance, those shadows were haunting and brought with them the decayed stench of corpses...

Corpse Charm, true to its name...

In such a horrifying and bizarre situation, Sui Yi and the others suddenly heard commotion from the fatty and his companions who had fled earlier.

"Damn! My legs are giving out!"

"I can’t run anymore!"

"What’s going on!"

The sudden cries of these people caused Sui Yi and Yhan Qingwu’s expressions to change. They glanced out of the corner of their eyes, only to see the fatty and others leaning weakly against the wall at the other end of the corridor...

This situation...

Wei Feng and the others weren’t laughing, because they didn’t know if this bizarreness would happen to them too...

Suddenly, Liang Qing said, "They’re poisoned! There’s something wrong with the air!"

This man was a chef, as well as an assassin, seemingly quite accomplished in the sense of smell and poison, which Sui Yi and Yhan Qingwu also knew.

The air?

Sui Yi’s gaze flickered, and with a flick of the Demon Que Sword, a pebble was sharply flicked up, striking the wall lamp.

Pop! The light went out!

Darkness fell, and everyone’s flashlights came on in unison...

The instant the lights came on, Sui Yi’s gaze caught a glimpse of a long... python tail?

There were claws beneath it as well...

It somewhat resembled a lizard...

Immediately following was the putrid stench that assaulted their noses, and the chilling cold falling from above...

Swipe!

The sword slashed upward, striking the Charm Shadow. But like a slippery snake, it slid over the blade, coiling around it and landing on her hand...

Ice-cold to the extreme! Then suddenly an acute pain!

Bitten by the bloodthirsty creature!

In the midst of the emergency, Magnetic Sensation poured out, locking on the target!

Sui Yi abruptly twisted her fingers, and the sword spun back, slicing fiercely!

Spurt!

The Corpse Charm was split in two from top to bottom...

Leaning to one side, Sui Yi’s body slipped past the divided Corpse Charm, tapped her feet on the ground, leaped two meters high, and thrust mid-air!

Spurt!

She ruthlessly stabbed another Corpse Charm springing down from the wall...

Sword Qi pierced through!

Swipe, swipe!

With each stroke of the sword...

Yhan Qingwu’s Flying Leaf Darts spun through the air...

The others exhibited their Divine Skills, yet screams came from time to time...

Especially from the fatty’s side... Sui Yi inadvertently swept her flashlight, revealing several Corpse Charms already clinging to them...

This can’t go on!

Sui Yi frowned and, in the darkness, her fingertips brushed over the Sword Edge...

Blood merged into the Demon Que.

She had always known the Demon Que thirsted for blood, and only her blood could unleash its full potential. So...

Wei Feng, on the edge, suddenly frowned. Did he hear something?

Sword hum?

Everyone heard the terrifying sound of the sword’s hum.

It seemed to make the air tremble, those Corpse Charms screamed, and their movements became slightly slower...

With such slowness, the Demon Que was fast as lightning!

All manner of swordsmanship and blade techniques came forth, the rising dense Sword Qi flashing briskly through the light and shadow, with each swing spattering blood red, leaving the fatty and his companions wide-eyed.

In an instant, spurt, the last Corpse Charm’s body hit the ground.

Just at that moment, someone turned on a high-lumen lamp, and the not-so-large space was suddenly illuminated by the blatant light.

The ground was littered with severed Corpse Charm bodies.

Everyone was splattered with various colors, either from their own injuries or sprayed with the blood of the Corpse Charms...

Especially around Sui Yi, where there was the most blood.

Those hundreds of dissected bodies...

The expressions on Wei Feng’s men were grave, Nalan pursed his lips...

She had grown even more powerful... multiple times over.

What had happened to this girl in these months? Had she consumed an Immortal Pill?

She was set to thoroughly trounce them! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)