Chapter 514: A Strange Mural (1/2)

Chapter 514: A Strange Mural

Translator: Pika

The burly skeleton warrior looked at the taotie, then turned its head rigidly towards the stone gate Its ue words were audible “Protect… intruders… eliripping the spear in its hands

It looked as though it had just woken frohtly aard at first, but as it walked, its body seerew san to run

The other taoties rushed out frohtly when they saw their beheaded coest and fastest of them had suddenly been reduced to this

However, their instincts quickly overtook their curiosity, and they began to gorge themselves on their coy, the taotie was synony they could find, and according to legend, it was so gluttonous that it ended up eating its own body, leaving only its head…

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Everything was fine when Zu An and Pei Mian froh for them to see the way ahead

In front of theht path, lined with several stone statues of various different animals Soers, and cae appearances, and neither of them could make out what they were supposed to be

Zu An was afraid that there e about these stone statues, but they didn’t seens of life

To be sure, Pei Mianman burned some statues with her black flames As expected, however, there was no reaction at all

The two of theuard “These should be stone statues from ancient times,” Zu An postulated, “which probably reat tomb up ahead However, I don’t feel like this is a toate earlier on, makes it seem more like a palace”

“We can decide whether it is a tomb or a palace later Let’s find a place to hide first” Pei Mianman was still afraid of the taotie, and she really didn’t want to have anything more to do with them

“Okay” Zu An kneell that it wasn’t the right time to ponder over this matter

The two of them continued forward, and quickly found the brook murmured below them

Pei Mianman was surprised “There’s actually water here”

This place seereat rivers often changed their paths or dried up as centuries passed, and a small brook like this should have been no exception It was a miracle that it still continued to exist

Zu An knelt beside the brook and dipped his hand into it The water was cold to his touch “It’s water It seems like the sort that flows out from karst landform caves”

“Karst landforms?” Pei Miany

“They are cavities for caves… You can just think of the on thehts “From the temperature of the water, we can conclude that this place is underground Could it be that stele sent us to this underground space…?”

“Be careful!” Pei Mian

Zu An had watched dom, and there was no way he would approach any body of water without putting up his guard

He saw a dark shadow rush out towards him, and nailed it to the riverbank with a stab of his sword

It was an alligator, far smaller than a Nile crocodile, and more like a spectacled caiman

“Are you okay?” Pei Mianilantly She didn’t know if Zu An’s clean and efficient strike had intimidated its companions or not The water’s surface was con of any other crocodiles

“I’m fine” Zu An pulled his sword back out and squatted down beside the crocodile to examine it “It seeenerated This is strange… Why does this place have so many carnivorous animals? What do they eat?”

This place really was full of unexplainable things, but he didn’t have the tiht now He stored the crocodile in his Brilliant Glass Bead