Chapter 1165 - Sand Pouring In, Only One Remains Within An Area of Ten Steps (1/2)
As expected of one of the four Divine Thieves in the Chinese plains, aside from having extraordinary thieving skills, he also had great experience in various traps and mechanisms.
Thud!
Thud!
Sizzling sounds from flames swiftly traveled forth from further into the dark and empty tunnel. At the same time the sounds appeared, the dark tunnel was illuminated.
A huge tunnel that was several hundreds of feet long with no end in sight was illuminated before Happy and Osaya. The tunnel ahead of them could be seen clearly. They gasped in shock and quickly extinguished the torches in their hands.
Osaya cast a glance at Thousand-faced Human Fox, who was knocking around the smooth walls. She sighed in amazement. “Young Master Gusu, I finally understand why you brought such an old follower by your side even though you have such strength. Your follower really isn’t a normal person.
This palace in the desert was said to be built by a group of mysterious and genius craftsmen and countless trap masters. It only appeared once every fifty years. Each time, the desert palace would devour quite a number of powerful martial artists from all over the world. Many of the traps here were made with ancient techniques.
But now, an average looking old man managed to find the mechanism that would allow them to illuminate the tunnel within such a short time. How could she not be amazed?
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Thousand-faced Human Fox did not feel pleased because of Osaya’s praise. He went to the side carefully and placed his ear on the wall and knocked on it to listen to the echoes that came from the distance.
Happy spoke calmly, “Miss Osaya, you’re amazing as well. You’re young, but you’ve already entered the dao of heaven. If you’re willing to become my servant, you’ll definitely be stronger than that old man.”
Naturally, he understood that Osaya was trying to get information from him so that she could use the chance to figure out Thousand-faced Human Fox’s true identity. There was no way he could let her do as she wanted.
When she heard this, Osaya glared at Happy fiercely, feeling displeased.
Perhaps out of all the people in the entire world, only this mysterious and unfathomable Gusu’s Blue-robed Hero would dare to suggest that the Sacred Lady of Holy Fire Cult become his servant.
There was also a slightly flirty tone in those words, causing Osaya to become angry, but at the same time, she also felt heat travel through her body.
“Master!”
Thousand-faced Human Fox showed no tact and butted in at that moment to break the atmosphere circulating between them at the moment.
“The illumination mechanism in the tunnel is too simple. The tiles and the walls to the side are too smooth. This is a characteristic for many fatal traps. Based on my experience, if we don’t leave this place as soon as possible, we might end up in huge trouble.”
When they heard this, the man and woman who were staring into each other’s eyes had their expressions become stern. They looked up and stared at the sky, which was covered in black sand.
“I too… think that we shouldn’t stay in this place for long.”
“Let’s go!”
Their pupils shrank. The trio simultaneously jumped up and headed to the other end of the tunnel by flying there.
A few seconds after they moved, yellow sand poured down like a waterfall from above them with a loud bang. The spot where the trio previously stood was completely buried.
When they heard the loud bang behind them, Happy, Osaya, and Thousand-faced Human Face scowled, but they said nothing.
All three of them appeared to be incredibly smart people. Based on the information Thousand-faced Human Fox revealed, they could already guess somewhat that the black sandstorm had already arrived above their heads.
If the tunnel above their heads opened, then yellow sand would definitely pour in.
The environment in the tunnel would cause the yellow sand to form a terrain with flowing sand. Soon, this place would be completely buried. If they stayed for a long time in this place, they would only be pushing themselves to a corner.
Fortunately, all three of their lightness skills were pretty good. Once they registered the situation, they immediately moved to cast the yellow sand behind them.
During their journey, Happy suddenly noticed a faint light flash ahead of him. It looked like spider threads, and it disappeared in an inconspicuous manner.
“Be careful.”
Thousand-faced Human Fox reacted incredibly quickly and reminded them.
His hands shuddered in the air.
Under Happy and Osaya’s surprised gazes, he threw a red cloth into the air, then flung a few throwing knives in an incredibly profound manner to pin it.
The banner was approximately 6.5 feet long.
The four throwing knives perfectly pinned the four corners of the cloth and spread it out smoothly. They then flew forward together.
Before both of them could be amazed by Thousand-faced Human Fox’s hidden weapons technique, they heard a barely audible sound of cloth being torn.
Then, they saw the cloth that had been spread out and was sent flying forward had a few clear tears on it.
A moment later, the cloth was ripped to shreds, as if it was cut by several sharp knives. It was reduced to pieces that fluttered in the air.
“Wha—?”
When they saw this, Happy and Osaya became simultaneously wary.
The tunnel itself was never wide to begin with. The lighting was not very good as well. With a few wilk silk threads connecting parts of the wall together, when a normal person passed through the place, they would be cut to pieces immediately. Even body fortifications would not be able to fend against these things.
The greatest danger was that sand was pouring in, and wind was howling. With the situation forcing them to take action, many people would overlook the hidden dangers ahead of them when they were nervous. In other words, this was a deadly trap that was incredibly dangerous!
All of them simultaneously spun in the air and slowed down.
Whoosh!
Osaya gracefully threw out a white ribbon in the air. The white ribbon twirled around in the air as if it was a steel rod. It went flying dozens of feet forward.
Happy did not know what method Osaya used to avoid all the wild silk, but Osaya’s actions were not as simple as they seemed.
She flicked her wrist.
The white ribbon suddenly spun and moved like a sentient snake. It gently tossed out a puff of white powder.
The white powder quickly landed.
Immediately, white threads that could be clearly seen appeared in a dimension spanning thirty-two feet long. They intersected with each other and sealed off the area in front of them. There was not a single gap that would allow them to pass through.