Chapter 293 - 97 Professionals

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Chapter 293: Chapter 97 ProfessionalsAt this time, several generals had already gone up to start smashing the door. However, just like the situation inside, it couldn’t be smashed for a while. "It’s useless, without at least a dozen minutes, it simply can’t be opened; by the time it’s open, the people inside would have long since perished." Hidden Dragon said gravely, "There must be a thief hole dug by the Tomb Robbers around here! Everyone split up and look, perhaps we can find an entrance." Xiao Jie nodded, "That’s true, but it won’t be easy to locate one, it’s a pity we don’t have a corpse of a Tomb Robber, otherwise—" Bai Ze suddenly asked, "Otherwise what?" "Otherwise, I have a way to find out where the entrance is." Bai Ze silently dragged out a corpse of a Tomb Robber from his bag, still with a dozen arrows stuck in it; it was the one from the trap corridor. "Will this do?" Xiao Jie was immediately stunned, "Eh, why do you have a corpse in your bag—never mind, don’t explain, just put it on the ground and I’ll try." Bai Ze threw the corpse on the ground, and Xiao Jie, clicking with his mouse, cast the Corpse Language Skill on this Tomb Robber’s corpse! Suddenly, the screen in front of him darkened, the surroundings seemed to be covered with a layer of gray mist, and even the surrounding sounds started blurring. Only the corpse in front of him suddenly became incredibly clear and even slowly lifted its head. The skull-like face revealed a very humanized perplexed expression, and it began uttering a hoarse, "he— he—." After pondering for a moment, Xiao Jie asked his first question. To be safe, Xiao Jie did not directly ask about the entrance to the thief hole; in case they were not the ones who dug it, that question would be wasted. Instead, he asked, "My friend, how did you enter this ancient tomb?" "We... dug... a thief hole..." "Second question, where is the entrance to the thief hole you dug in this ancient tomb?" "Ancient tomb... right side... wall... southeast corner." Xiao Jie quickly ran a few steps to the right, only to see a thick tomb wall extending into the earth and stones at the edge of the melt cave, with no entrance in sight, puzzling Xiao Jie. "Third question, why can’t I find the location of the entrance?" "Wall Shifting Skill... camouflage... needs... destruction..." Xiao Jie immediately understood, though the ’Wall Shifting Skill’ sounded a bit abstract, he could still roughly make out the overall meaning. Could it be an illusion wall? He ran to the right side of the ancient tomb and started chopping wildly at the wall, walking and chopping, each strike resonating off the wall, until on the ninth strike—crack—34! The wall was actually chipped, and after a few more chops, the wall in front of him crumbled away with a loud noise, revealing a pitch-black entrance. Ha ha, indeed it was so, Wall Shifting Skill—could it be similar to a face-changing skill, except it camouflaged not faces, but walls? Everyone was baffled, first by him muttering to the corpse which clearly had not moved... then they saw Xiao Jie wildly chopping at the wall, creating a hidden entrance, and they were all dumbfounded. "Sui Feng, what is this?" "Corpse Language Skill, I can talk with corpses; let’s not talk about this now, it’s critical we save people—Bai Ze, come along as well." "I’m not going, that BOSS is very powerful..." Xiao Jie dismissively said, "What’s there to be afraid of, at worst you can just run away through the wall again, moreover, our team here is strong, not some useless Salted Fish, we won’t let you be killed, and if you don’t come with us, think about it, if we really get wiped out, do you think the Dragon Soaring Knights would let you off?" Bai Ze, hearing this, was reluctantly convinced, "Damn, I hate it when you big guilds bully others with your power, you guys—fine fine, consider it my bad luck, but let’s make it clear, targeting the BOSS is targeting the BOSS, if it’s really impossible, you can’t stop me from running, and if we manage to defeat the BOSS, I’m still taking that one million." Xiao Jie was speechless, this guy really was obsessed with money. However, Hidden Dragon said seriously, "Don’t worry, I’ll cover that hundred taels, let’s go in quickly!" The crowd surged forward, squeezing into the thief hole. This thief hole was very narrow, a rectangular passage that could only accommodate one person passing through. Hidden Dragon led the way to the end, only to face another wall, but with the previous experience, without needing Xiao Jie to remind him, he hesitated not a moment to hack it with an ax. The wall was instantly smashed, it was also a fake wall. The door led to a burial chamber-like room filled with many armors and weapons, everyone filed in, Xiao Jie instinctively touched one of the armors. [Rusty Ming Guang Armor (Coarse/Cuirass) Body Defense +32. Equipment Effect: Bright Light (Not Unlocked). Equipment Introduction: ...] Not bad at all! It was clear that this armor was at least a green level equipment in the past, now though rusted, it was still better than ordinary Iron Leaf Armor. It could also be sold for some money later. With so much equipment in this burial chamber, it must be worth at least tens to hundreds of taels. Unfortunately, time was pressing, the group did not stop to loot, and they directly pushed through the doors of the burial chamber, crossing a short corridor, they arrived inside the main tomb chamber. Upon entering, they immediately saw a large coffin that had been smashed, surrounded by many chests of funerary items, several corpses lying haphazardly on the ground. Xiao Jie checked the identities of these corpses one by one, four to five people had died, and in the corner of the tomb chamber, Xiao Jie saw a corpse with a ferocious death expression. It was Salted Fish! He lay there with a blue-black face, blood flowing from all seven orifices, his mouth wide open, the cause of death unknown. "Salted Fish... are you still there?" Hidden Dragon tentatively asked in YY. A moment passed. "I am..." Salted Fish’s voice carried an indescribable dejection and discouragement. "I am very sorry." "It’s not your fault, it’s just my bad luck." Xiao Jie thought it wasn’t a matter of luck, but he wisely kept that to himself. "Damn, I knew it was a problem having low luck when I created this account. I didn’t think much of it then, but now... And Imperial Little Qi, that Shabi, are you sick or something? If it weren’t for you also dying, I would have killed you again." And Dida La and Bai Ze, damn it &%#:)^O:D.... Nobody said a word, the dead deserve respect, let him rant. After ranting for a while, it seemed pointless, and Salted Fish sighed. "Let’s not talk about it, I have things to handle, logging off now." "You won’t do anything rash, will you?" Hidden Dragon asked worriedly. Salted Fish was a member of the Dragon Soaring Knights, even just an outer circle member, but still part of an organization. If he messed up, the Dragon Soaring Knights would have to take responsibility. "Haha, don’t worry, leader, I won’t do anything rash, but I have to settle some grudges." After saying that, he immediately logged out of YY. Salted Fish glanced at the screen, took a deep breath, picked up the phone, and directly dialed a number. "Hello, is this Jin Bao Loan Platform?" "Ah, Mr. Li? So, have you decided to repay the money? Or do you want to continue just paying the interest?" "Haha, yes, I’m going to repay everything, principal and interest." There was a moment of silence on the other end, clearly in disbelief. "Mr. Li, are you sure you want to pay off everything at once? According to the latest interest calculation, you owe our platform 11,653,425.20 yuan. Are you sure you want to pay it all?" "Haha, it’s increased, huh? Last month it was still nine million. But no worries, I recently came into some money, I can pay it all at once. I’m heading to your company now. Is your boss there? I need to count it out in person, don’t mess up the interests on me again. And those who harassed my family and relatives over the phone last month, they better be there, I have some words for them." "Yes, yes! I’ll contact our boss right away." After hanging up the phone, Salted Fish casually took down a Longquan treasure saber from the wall—a purchase he had made online when he first learned a saber skill in the game. Back then, he was so happy and excited, feeling like the future had endless possibilities, feeling like he had become a real martial arts expert, capable of doing anything. It was also from that time, in order to quickly increase his strength, that he started getting involved with online loans... In his mind, as long as he leveled up in the game and gained powerful strength, those millions would be like playing a game... A glimpse of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes. It was time to settle everything. —————— "Hello, Salted Fish, are you still there?" Hidden Dragon called out twice, but there was no response. He didn’t continue calling but instead started asking others. "Dida La, how are you now?" "I’ve been possessed! Wuuuuh, leader, you have to save me. It was so hard to train as a Five Elements Mage, and I am a Master of Magic! If I die, all my magic in this life will be wasted. If you save me, I’ll be a workhorse for the guild, absolutely obedient and disciplined, wuuuuh." "Stop crying first, what exactly happened?" "That Yinlingzi can possess, and now he’s possessed me. I’m affected by a DEBUFF called ’Body Seizing’. If it’s not removed within 60 minutes, I will scatter to the winds." minutes, there was still time. Xiao Jie considered that he could try to drive out the evil spirit using the Divine Wood Talisman. "I can force the Ghost King out, but the problem then is how do we deal with it—Speaking of which, who else is alive? How many are left?" "We are all hiding in the burial chamber, not sure how long we can keep this up. Leader, please come save us quick, we realize our mistake!" "Ye Luo, are you there?" "Behind you." Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind, and as everyone turned around, they saw the figure of Ye Luo emerging from the darkness. This girl seemed utterly unflustered, her tone very calm. "With our combined strength, it’s not impossible to fight forcibly, the biggest problem is how to kill Yinlingzi, it can leverage formations to heal itself." Xiao Jie asked, "Ye Luo, how long can your Soul Binding Lock hold it?" "At most 3 seconds." "What? Only 3 seconds? Wasn’t it ten?" "Locking the Corpse King for a maximum of ten seconds, locking the Ghost King for a maximum of three seconds—Actually, the Corpse King wasn’t even locked for ten seconds, ten seconds is just the maximum, how long exactly depends on the strength of the monster." Xiao Jie thought three seconds was clearly not enough. Although his Illusion Shattering Bubble Shadow could hold the opponent, he lacked the output, and the others couldn’t deal enough damage within those few seconds. Charging head-on, Bai Ze, Ye Luo, and he himself could inflict damage on the ghost, but it was obviously not enough to quickly kill Yinlingzi, just giving it a chance to return to the array and heal would be futile. He then asked Bai Ze about the effects of the Yin Sha Gathering Spirit Array! Suddenly, Xiao Jie had an idea—There it was! "Hold on for a moment, I need to consult an expert." He quickly opened QQ and directly private messaged Chen Tianwen, a specialist in formations. "Brother Tianwen, do you know how to break a Yin Sha Gathering Spirit Array?"

Chapter 293 - 97 Professionals

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