NOVPUBThe corpse was wrapped entirely in black bandages, and it emerged from the stone wall, slowly walking towards a team member with both hands extended, as if it intended to strangle him alive.
Team leader Hu Feng’s face changed.
"Dragon Slave?"
"Doctor, it’s dangerous here, let’s retreat first."
Hu Feng had never expected to encounter Dragon Slaves in such a place.
While urging Jin Nanhua to retreat, Hu Feng picked up a trench shovel and fiercely struck the corpse.
After thousands of years, the corpse was completely brittle.
Struck by the shovel, the corpse’s head was directly knocked off.
Jin Nanhua said gravely, "No, there must be more than these stone carvings in this cave, definitely more items related to the Dragon Clan. Otherwise, these Dragon Slaves wouldn’t be guarding here!"
No sooner had Jin Nanhua finished speaking than the surrounding stone walls began to peel off one by one, and more Dragon Slave corpses ran out from the walls.
Although they moved slowly, their numbers were many, and they were fearlessly aggressive.
More importantly, these Dragon Slaves carried lethal toxins. If they managed to scratch someone, it was almost impossible for the injured team member to survive.
Thinking of this, Hu Feng said solemnly, "I’m sorry, Doctor, my primary duty is to protect your life, and then to carry out other tasks."
"Someone, take the doctor away!"
At a wave of his hand from Hu Feng, two team members came over to carry Jin Nanhua away forcibly.
However, just as the group was preparing to retreat the way they had come, suddenly a loud bang echoed from ahead.
A massive stone fell from above, completely blocking the corridor. Seeing this, everyone’s face changed.
Was it really a coincidence that rocks fell and blocked the corridor just as the Dragon Slaves were reviving?
"Captain, the corridor is completely blocked, that stone weighs at least a ton, we can’t move it without heavy machinery."
Hu Feng said gravely, "Then let’s find another exit, there must be another way out in such a large cave!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The forward team split into two, one stayed back to protect Jin Nanhua and others.
The other team was searching for another exit.
Meanwhile, Wu Bin, sitting on the ground, looked at his reflection in the water, feeling a chill down his spine.
Why would his own reflection suddenly smile at him, had he seen it wrong?
Just then, a voice came from beside him.
"Who would have thought that a Dragon Tomb would exist in such a place, these ancient Dragon Clan members, since the connection to heaven was severed, have been cowering just like tortoises."
Wu Bin turned his head and saw that it was Tang Hongguang speaking!
Tang Hongguang, Han Yuanliang, Sun Simiao, were all standing next to him, looking curiously around.
Wu Bin was extremely surprised.
"How did you three get in?"
As soon as he spoke, Wu Bin realized something was amiss.
Entering this cave required specialized equipment.
Not to mention, this place was the ninth designated restricted area; if they were ordinary people, they simply couldn’t have entered.
Recalling the oddities from before, Wu Bin only then realized that these three weren’t human at all.
Or to put it another way, they didn’t exist at all; it was all his imagination.
As if understanding what Wu Bin was thinking, Tang Hongguang laughed and said, "Kid, stop overthinking it. We do exist, it’s just that only you can see us."
"Though we don’t know how you managed it, we all think you are talented, so before we leave, we want to give you a big gift."
Tang Hongguang pointed at the circular pool in the middle and said, "The Heavenly Path has Nine Escapes, and this is one of them."
"Even the Dragon Tomb, which aims to put you to your deaths, must abide by this rule."
"And your only way to live lies within this circular pool."
"In the pool, there’s an egg. If you can take that egg out, you will live; otherwise, you will all die here and become the Dragon Slaves, neither human nor ghost."
Hearing Tang Hongguang say this, Wu Bin felt that he had gone mad.
The water was so clear, yet from above it looked pitch black.
This meant that the depth beneath this circular pool was unknown. What if he jumped in and couldn’t come up?
"I’m not going, I think you’re tricking me."
Tang Hongguang shrugged his shoulders.
"If you don’t go, then don’t. Anyway, it’s not me who will die here later. I’m just kindly giving you a suggestion."
As soon as Tang Hongguang finished speaking, an outer team member was tackled by a Dragon Slave.
Before he could get up, more Dragon Slaves swarmed him, tearing and attacking his uniform.
Although the uniform was tough enough to temporarily fend off the attacks from the Dragon Slaves.
But as the number of Dragon Slaves increased, they were bound to be overwhelmed eventually.
At this moment, Nightingale also noticed Wu Bin in the middle of the pool.
Hu Feng’s task was to protect Jin Nanhua, while Nightingale’s task was to protect Wu Bin.
"Wu Bin, what are you crouching there for? Hurry over here."
Just as Nightingale was about to go over and get Wu Bin, he clenched his teeth and dove headfirst into the circular pool!
Nightingale’s eyes widened at this sight, and she immediately took out the ’gills’ reagent, injecting it into her own arm.
From the time the reagent entered her body to full effect, it took a minute.
Nightingale stood by the pool, enduring the pain as the reagent took effect, cursing under her breath.
"This idiot, is he trying to get himself killed!"
In these kinds of Dragon Tombs, the water is actually the most dangerous element.
Because the water in the tombs is usually stagnant, not flowing.
This water has been sitting for hundreds and thousands of years, who knows what kind of lethal bacteria might be in there?
If Wu Bin jumped in like that, even if he were pulled out later, he would probably fall seriously ill.
If not for her duty, Nightingale really wouldn’t want to bother with this fool Wu Bin.
While Nightingale was still waiting for the drug to take effect on shore, Wu Bin had already started sinking downward.
Wu Bin felt like he had jumped into a deep well, descending several meters without finding the egg Tang Hongguang had mentioned.
Could he have been deceived?
Just as Wu Bin thought this, he suddenly felt the water pressure around him change abruptly.
Wu Bin emerged from an entrance and below was a huge space!
It was like a water-filled kettle.
And in the center of this kettle, at the bottom of the water, there was a dinosaur egg-sized red eggshell, quietly resting on a stone carved lotus throne.
The eggshell had many fine cracks, and there was red light flickering inside it, as if a heart was beating.
Wu Bin was amazed and wondered if there was still life inside this egg.
Just as Wu Bin was getting ready to approach the egg, a dark shadow suddenly rushed towards him from the side.
Wu Bin felt a pain in his abdomen, his vision darkened, and he almost passed out.
