Cold wind rushed in, and the players in the inn s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths. They felt as if the cold was seeping into their bones.
Bang! Bang!
The people sitting near the entrance were the first ones to fly into a rage. They stood up quickly and were prepared to yell at them. Some of them even drew their weapons.
But when they sensed the qi realms of the people who stood still, the curses that were already at the tips of their tongues died away.
The people who came over from the ruins were practically all Myth Realm elites. The people who took the lead and charged into the inn were all powerful martial artists at the peak of Myth Realm as well.
Even though there were no shortage of Myth Realm elites in the inn, this was still a world where the strong ruled. The players still did not have the right to challenge those at the peak of Myth Realm. After all, these people were all qualified to become sect masters.
"What's going on?"
"Damn it! You destroyed my door again?! How am I supposed to open for business now?!" Jin Xiangyu walked out of her room on the first floor while she pulled her clothes around herself. When she saw the shattered wood laying horizontally on both sides of the door, she glared at the people and started cursing them. However, the cunning owner of the inn knew what was going on, and she did not mention any names.
"Owner, the black sandstorm is here. We'll be using your place to avoid the sandstorm for a while. This is our lodging fee." One of the martial artists in the lead was at the peak of Myth Realm. He knew that he was in the wrong, and he did not intend to cause any trouble. He threw two golden leaves to Jin Xiangyu.
Once she took the golden leaves, Jin Xiangyu's expression changed drastically. "Black sandstorm?"
For the first time ever, Jin Xiangyu did not look at the golden leaves in her hands. When she saw more people enter her inn, she quickly stomped down the stairs.
A few of the employees in the inn also rushed out from their rooms.
"A black sandstorm?!"
Their faces were filled with panic.
"What's going on?"
The players reacted in the same way.
"Shut the door! Quick! Shut the door!"
Right when Jin Xiangyu arrived at the door, she sensed a strong wind of unmatched force blowing at her. The sand cut at her skin like knives, and right when she reached the entrance, she could no longer stand on steady feet.
"I haven't entered just yet! Why are you shutting the door?!"
Many people were still rushing to the inn. When they saw that the inn had been shut, they started cursing.
However, at the moment the door was shut, the people in the inn could already see black tornador connecting to the sky, along with a sandstorm that covered the sky.
"Hiss…"
The power of nature made all the people in the inn sense the fear toward death.
Bang!
"Young Wu, open the tunnel!"
Jin Xiangyu no longer had the coquettish air she usually had. She shouted and had her employees rush into the kitchen.
At that moment, everyone received a system notification.
"Ding!
"You've encountered the black sandstorm, a phenomenon that appears once every fifty years!
"It is rumored that once the black sandstorm passes, the desert palace will show up. Once you get through the black sandstorm, you will be able to see the desert palace."
"Follow Jin Xiangyu!"
At the moment he received the notification from the system, Silver Wolf was just in time to see Jin Xiangyu and her employees rush into the kitchen. He quickly sent a signal to Knife, Bar, and Thunder.
Whoosh!
"The inn has been destroyed!"
"Jin Xiangyu ran!"
"Hurry! If you want to live, enter the tunnel!"
Right when the party entered the kitchen, they heard chaotic shouts ring from behind them.
Phantasmal Shadow and the rest might have seen Jin Xiangyu and Silver Wolf's party enter the tunnel, but the Wind Assault Tower members were more concerned about Wu Kuo and co, who had followed the young man in white, Evil King, and the others to head to the ruins of the former Dragon Gate Inn.
Right now, the elites from the ruins had all returned to hide from the disaster, but Wu Kuo and his company were nowhere to be found. They were incredibly worried.
"Wu Kuo!"
"Hurry up and send a messenger pigeon over!"
Phantasmal Shadow did not panic like the others.
Since the white-clad young man and the other elites in the dao of heaven did not show up, there might be some sort of secret in this. Phantasmal Shadow forced herself to remain calm and waited in the inn. More people headed into Jin Xiangyu's tunnel, but the people from Wind Assault Tower stayed back with grim determination to wait for Wu Kuo.
Boom!
Wu Kuo led two people and rushed in a pathetic manner.
"'m…'ere…"
"'urry up 'n go!"
Wu Kuo and the other two had their mouths and noses filled with sand, and their bodies were covered in wounds as well. Right after they rushed in, the first thing they did was to grab Phantasmal Shadow and the others.
Phantasmal Shadow's expression changed.
"What about those people?"
"Bah! Let's go! Those lunatics stayed at the ruins and didn't come over! I reckon they're already swallowed up by the black sandstorm! We have to leave! If we don't, it'll be too late!"
Wu Kuo spat out the sand in his mouth and hastily urged Phantasmal Shadow to take action.
Phantasmal Shadow might still not be able to give up on the fortuitous event by the elites in the dao of heaven, but when she saw that the practically substantial tornado outside the inn had almost drawn close to the stable in the inn and countless horses neighed in panic while they were dragged up to the sky, she knew that even if she went over right now, she would die. She gritted her teeth and gave her order.
"Let's go! We're entering the tunnel!
"Open the path!"
Boom!
Before Dragon Gate Inn was destroyed, the ruins of the former Dragon Gate Inn was already trampled about so badly by the black sandstorm that it had already disappeared without a trace.
A huge tunnel that was so deep that the end could not be seen appeared from under the ground at the place where the seven elites in the dao of heaven originally were. Then, together with the chains connected to the door of the tunnel, the tunnel was slowly buried by the yellow sand that filled the air.
"Ding!"
When he was in the dark environment, Happy suddenly heard the clear sound of the system notification. "You found the tunnel to the ruins."
Thud!
Thousand-faced Human Fox brought an item out of his sleeves and flung it in the air. A red spark quickly started burning brightly before it turned into flames to illuminate all that was in the rather wide tunnel.
"Master! Master, are you alright?
"I'm fine. Where's Osaya?"
"I'm here."
Happy patted away the dust from his body and quickly activated his spirit sense to locate Osaya, who clung to a high spot with just one hand.
It was rather surprising.
At the moment the chains appeared on the empty area of the ruins, one of Martial Paragon Bi Xuan's followers followed his order and yanked at the mechanism. The entire ruins sank underground. The seven elites in the dao of heaven, including the hundreds of elites nearby were all affected. Everything within a circular area of 328 feet that did not have anything that could serve as platforms for them to jump sank.
Since Osaya was in the dao of heaven, she was in a slightly better condition. She did not end up covered in dust.
"Gusu's Blue-robed Hero, you're skilled indeed. Even if this happened, you remained safe…"
Osaya floated down and saw that Happy was covered in dust. She could not help but smile.
Happy did not care about Osaya's teasing words. He looked around and said to Th
ousand-faced Human Fox, "Ten Thousand Years, this might be the tunnel leading to the desert palace. Be careful and check whether there are any traps here."
Chapter 1165 - Sand Pouring In, Only One Remains Within An Area of Ten Steps
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?
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.
"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.
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.
"Beautiful.
"Let me handle the rest."
Thousand-faced Human Fox also felt incredibly troubled by these deadly wild silk. but all the wild silk in this area had been marked, and the rest instantly became much easier to deal with. He volunteered to go up front.
He held a shiny dagger in his hand.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Thousand-faced Human Fox quickly charged over, and with just a few movements, he cut down the wild silk. Then, he used a brocade handkerchief made of special material to gather them together.
In less than ten seconds, this silent but deadly trap was completely taken down.
"Sir Gusu, I seriously can't see through your follower at all now. He has even easily cut through wild silk, and they're known for not being able to be destroyed by water and fire. The dagger in his hands must have an extraordinary background." Osaya blinked and stared at Happy.
"He's just a bag of old bones and can only do some physical work, unlike you just now, Miss Osaya. When you flung your sleeve, it was ingenious and pleasing to the eye. Miss Osaya, are you really not going to consider my suggestion just now?"
Osaya rolled her eyes in a beautiful manner again, and she stopped talking to Happy.
Onc
e Osaya stopped talking, Thousand-faced Human Fox began focusing on clearing the traps. Naturally, Happy would not talk to himself either, and the tunnel instantly fell silent.
After they became involved in the quest within the forbidden land, as time passed, Happy found his decision to bring Thousand-faced Human Fox into this place was the wisest decision he made over this period of time!
On their way, they ran into a few deadly traps, and all of them were even more dangerous than the wild silk trap!
But with the directions given by the veteran wanderer, they easily resolved the traps, and they completely cast behind the threat of the yellow sand pouring in. Without running into any danger, they reached the end of the tunnel.
Indeed, they reached the end of the tunnel!
Their path was blocked by a cold and sturdy wall. The trio seemed to have entered a deadend.
"How could this be?"
Osaya frowned slightly. Only elites in the dao of heaven would be able to remain calm and rational even at this sort of moment. Any other person might have panicked and turned tail or started screaming a lot time ago.
"Ten Thousand Years."
When they faced this "deadend", Happy's only reaction was to look at Thousand-faced Human Fox. He refused to believe that one of the four Divine Thieves would make such a low-grade and stupid judgment and end up bringing his party into a deadend.
They had managed to stay safe through all the traps they ran into all along the way. There should not be a deadend here!
"It's impossible that this is a sealed off deadend. I'll see if I can break it."
"Don't do anything just yet."
Thousand-faced Human Fox was currently the most anxious person in the team. While he answered, he used his ear to press against the wall. He tapped against it at random places, but he heard nothing. He then laid down on the ground and tapped around for a long time while his body was flush against the ground so that he could search for a mechanism that might exist.
"This might be a trap that is really famous in the past, and it's so dangerous that most will die, and only a handful will live. We can't act rashly at moments like this…"
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