330 Eight Hundred Bronze Soldiers (1/2)
A vast arena lay beyond the stone door; the floor had been garnished with white marble trimmed on each end to form an octagonal shape.
In ancient times, construction of such scale in the absence of heavy machinery was almost a miracle; but what amazed Chen Xiaobei and Luo Puti were the eight hundred bronze soldiers that stood in the arena! They bore a stark resemblance to the Terracotta Soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, and appeared to have been buried together with the king.
Though ancient, their armor looked brand new; dried corpses lay within every set, each reminiscent of mummies. The skin and muscles of those remains were completely dried but their bodies did not have a hint of decomposition. What's more, their skin glistened with an ancient bronze; they were indeed copper corpses!
”This is amazing!” Luo Puti uttered in wide-eyed wonder.
”What? What did you find?” Chan Xiaobei asked.
”Every single one of them had been trained in some sort of body-enhancement skill before they died! Their health would have been around ten thousand! That was why their bodies did not decompose even after they died!” Luo explained.
”Wow! That's awesome!” Chen Xiaobei's face was lit, his tone chipper. ”If all these soldiers were already so formidable, could you even imagine how powerful the king was? The world would have trembled at his martial arts!”
”This is not the time for that!” Luo Puti frowned. ”Take a look around. Do you see any exits?”
Chen Xiaobei swept his gaze across the arena. It was indeed a closed space with no obvious escape route; there weren't objects that looked like coffins either. ”You're right… Perhaps we need to solve some puzzle here to unlock the next door!”
”You should wait here if that's the case. I will go down and check things out,” Luo Puti said as she headed for the arena.
”I'll help,” Chen said.
”That's not necessary! I'll be very happy if you could just mind your own business!” Luo retorted without turning to him.
”F*ck! How dare she underestimate me? Don't come looking for me when you get into trouble!” Chen pouted, folding his arms as he watched the scene unfold.
*Click!*
Something happened the moment Luo stepped on the floor of the arena in her high heels.
*Whooosh…*
A cold wind came in out of nowhere! The temperature of the arena dropped significantly as the wind entered the copper corpses.
*Klak!*
*Klak!*
Soldiers who died hundreds of years ago came to life in the blink of an eye! All of them drew their knives that looked brand new just like their armor! The blades were even sharp enough to cut through metal.
Some of them looked special; those had eyes filled with blue flame, and each had a piece of jade resembling puzzle that hung on the center of their helms.
”I should be able to unlock the next door after collecting those eight jade pieces!”
Luo Puti was, after all, a senior inspector of the Six Door Organization. She had seen enough bizarreness throughout her career, which in turn allows her to stay calm in all situations. And now, not only was she unafraid of those copper soldiers, she figured out the puzzle in split seconds.
”Puti! Please be careful! Those copper soldiers are really powerful!”
All the while, Chen Xiaobei stood outside the arena and kept shouting at Luo.
”Evil spirits are possessing those eight special copper soldiers! Don't get careless!”
A warmth whelmed within Luo Puti from Chen Xiaobei's words, although she chose to flaunt herself instead. ”Hmph! I don't need you to remind me! Feast your eyes as I solve this puzzle! I'm a million times your superior in combat power!”
*Klak!*
*Klak!*
*Klak!*
The eight hundred copper soldiers quickly surrounded Luo.
”Kid's play! Let me start with you!”
Luo 's eyebrows twitched. She dashed for the copper soldier that stood in front of her, while those copper soldiers lunged at her with their swords in return.