456: Chapter 456: Three Giant Beasts 456: Chapter 456: Three Giant Beasts “How are you doing, are you alright?” Ye Shikai approached Iga Kawa, saying indifferently.
Such petty tricks are no match for my Iga Ninjutsu,” Chuanzi sneered coldly, gesturing with Ghost Blade in her hand.
“Then if we run into danger later, make sure not to cry for help,” Ye Shikai said with a smile.
“Hmph, if you get infected with the deathly energy, I’ll definitely amputate your limb.” Chuanzi’s eyes turned cold and severe, causing Ye Shikai to sweat awkwardly; this girl was serious.
Everyone followed through the main gate, with Ye Shikai leading the way and using a high-powered flashlight for illumination.
Given their prior experience, everyone was extremely cautious, daring not to be the slightest bit careless.
“If I’m not mistaken, this should be the tomb of the King of Atlantis,” at that moment, the voice of Sword Spirit sounded in his head.
“What, the King’s tomb?” Ye Shikai asked.
Ancient records state that there was a master of mechanisms in Atlantis named Hu Li.
His designs were ingenious and meticulous, technically famous throughout Atlantis,” Sword Spirit said dispassionately.
“Thus, the King specifically commissioned him to construct the royal tomb, and the mechanisms within were all personally designed by him, so you all must be very careful.”
The weapons entwined with the mechanisms were imbued with lethal energy; once injured, amputation was the only way to save one’s life, and that was only if it were an injury to a limb.
If the injury were to the upper body, then…
“It has always been normal for emperors to be afraid of tomb robbers, to have mechanisms is quite ordinary.
Doesn’t your Huaxia have the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang that no one dares to open?” Sword Spirit spoke teasingly.
These so-called divine founders, each of them believed themselves invincible under heaven, made earth-shattering achievements, and then put themselves above the deities, crowned with the title ‘Son of Heaven,’ worshipped by the masses.
But in reality, they needed only six feet of earth for their nightly rest, three meals a day for sustenance; what difference did they really have from ordinary people?
At most, they just had larger tombs.
As a child, Ye Shikai was also cynical of the world, as his family was not well-off back then, and he detested those “social elites” who bullied others by leveraging their position.
“Thud, thud, thud.” Ye Shikai made a hand sign, and the people behind immediately stopped.
“Thud, thud, thud.” Again, the steady sound of footsteps echoed through the darkness.
“Hades, I feel something approaching us,” Athena said as she gripped her golden sword tightly, ready for battle.
How could there be any living creature active within a tomb sealed for ten thousand years?
At that moment, a rough and deep roar reverberated through the silent passageway, but the sound seemed to be not a language but rather…
The growl of an animal.
Ye Shikai shined his flashlight ahead, but the space in front was empty, and now the group found themselves at a crossroads with four paths, unsure from which direction the sound originated.
“Everyone, be careful.”
“Lord Netherworld King, I…
ahh!” At this moment, before the person behind them could finish speaking, a harrowing scream burst forth, and everyone sharply turned their heads just in time to see a massive shadow dart around the corner, as the person vanished.
“What on earth happened?” Athena exclaimed loudly.
“I don’t know, a black shadow just swept by all of a sudden, and then Xia Xun was taken,” another man said, the companion of the person who had just disappeared.
“Rumble.” Suddenly, a fierce growling noise emerged ahead of them, causing everyone to look in that direction.
A terrifying beast standing four meters tall loomed before them, its ghastly face sporting five blood-red eyes, and a mouth of tusks growing haphazardly, resembling a mountain of knives.
“Valkyrie Art—Giant Sword Slash.” Athena reacted swiftly, brandishing her golden greatsword with a mighty sweep, unleashing a gilded Sword Qi that sliced straight across the beast’s face.
“Roar roar.” The giant beast, clearly not anticipating an immediate attack from Athena without a word spoken, unguarded, suffered a deep gash across its face, from which thick green blood flowed; it raised its right claw to cover the wound.
It seemed the giant beast had been provoked.
“Breaking Sky Fist.” Strike when your enemy is sick, aim for their life.
Now that the fight had begun and pretense was cast aside, Ye Shikai held nothing back, channelling his Inner Strength, delivering a ferocious Breaking Sky Fist squarely upon the central eye of the beast.
“Fire, fire!” Team members behind them took out their weapons and started shooting; the beast was suddenly blinded in three eyes.
Writhing in pain while covering its face, its left claw swiped fiercely, and Ye Shikai swiftly ducked, the sharp bone claw bisecting the team member behind him.
“Ah!” Suddenly, a cry of agony rang out from behind; Ye Shikai spun around to see another giant beast emerge at the rear of the group, gripping a team member and swinging its gaping maw to swallow him whole.
“Chuanzi, Athena, you two take care of the one in the front.
I’ll handle the one behind us.” Ye Shikai teleported in a flash, delivering a flying kick squarely on the face of the beast, causing it to stagger backward several steps.
“Damn, such thick flesh.” Ye Shikai cursed under his breath.
The thick-skinned beast’s body appeared to be covered in an armor-like hide, impregnable.
Ye Shikai targeted the beast’s eyes, aiming to deliver a fatal blow.
“Lord Netherworld King, watch out!” Suddenly, a team member lunged forward, pushing Ye Shikai to the ground unexpectedly.
Before he could stand, another giant beast appeared from a side passage, its long and sharp right claw easily piercing through the body of the team member.
Three giant beasts in total.
Seeing the empty trouser leg, Ye Shikai immediately realized it was the Caucasian man who had been amputated earlier, but now his body was impaled by three deadly claws, blood flowing from his mouth.
“Lord Netherworld King, thank you.” A faint smile appeared on the man’s face, his chin stained red with blood contrasting his pale complexion.
Even though he had become disabled, Ye Shikai had not given up on him.
In the treacherous Underworld, he felt a touch of warmth.
“Don’t.” Ye Shikai reached out, trying to save him, but before he could act, the beast violently flung his body aside, smashing it brutally against the stone wall.
“Breaking Sky Fist.” Anger surged within Ye Shikai.
Channeling Inner Strength into his right fist, his mind fixated solely on revenge.
The fallen comrade was willing to sacrifice himself for Ye Shikai, accepting him as a brother.
Ye Shikai was set on avenging his brother.
“Bang.” The hard punch struck straight across the beast’s face, piercing through it with a single blow…
“Ah!” The beast collapsed to the ground, letting out pained growls and writhing uncontrollably.