I was confused for about a minute and just looked at him, but Poker-Face didnt stop at all. He grabbed my neck, pushed to the side to avoid a claw, and then used the knife in his other hand to slash at the things behind him.
When compared to an ordinary knife, that black-gold knife was like a completely different weapon in his hands. I saw a black person get their entire shoulder cut off, the stench of blood instantly exploding in the air. But more black figures imdiately surged up and I woke up from my confused state. The black figures were rushing up from under the stone temple like a black tide, and the first batch was already piling up in front of like black waves. A dozen claws with long nails reached up to scratch my face.
Since the light was dim and they were very dark, it was hard to make out their human-like forms. But their claws were white, so at first glance, it seed as if countless claws were scrambling to grab .
But I had finally co to my senses at this ti, so I quickly retreated backwards. This retreat was basically done by leaning back and twisting from side to side, but the black tide rushed to the top of the temple like countless exploding claws. I used up all of my strength to avoid them, but they were barely a milliter away from . I turned to the edge of the temples rooftop right as that black tide surged over it.
Poker-Face pulled over, and the two of us leaped into the air. As we jumped from the top of the temple, we ended up jumping right towards that black spot and the void.
Fatty's flares were still high up in the air, and it was in that mont that I knew why he had set so many of them off.
It seed that everything in the worlds second most valuable tomb had woken up, including the corpses. Poker-Face must have rushed to my side through the gaps in these surging black waves and countless claws. There was absolutely no room for mistakes, and even a monts hesitation would have found him swallowed up by the black tide. It didnt matter whether he was highly skilled or the best of the best, with such a large number of opponents, hed absolutely end up dead.(1)
That was why there was a need for so much light.
This temple was so tall that I couldnt see the bottom of it, but I could sense that the darkness below was full of those figures and claws. Black Glasses had told that when people were extrely nervous, ti seed to slow down, and that was exactly what was happening to right now.
I looked at Poker-Face with what I knew was a crazy expression on my face, but he was still indifferent and focused despite being so high up in the air. All he did was look at that giant black spot in front of him.
In that slowed-down situation, the black spot was particularly clear, and I found that we were very close to it.
But even though it was close, it wasnt enough to jump over and grab onto anything, and I quickly felt myself starting to fall. I didnt know about Poker-Face, but if I fell here, Id probably end up seriously injured and paralyzed.
At this ti, Poker-Face gave a really hard push from behind, which launched directly towards the black spot. Everything sped back up again as I rushed towards the black spot at a very fast speed. Then, I hit it.
My hands and feet scrambled for purchase as I fell down six or seven ters, but in the end, I finally managed to grab hold of a gap. The cost of this great perseverance, however, was that I dislocated my wrist.
I imdiately looked back at Poker-Face and saw a flaming man rushing through the darkness below us. It was Fatty. I didn't know what that flaming thing tied to his body was, but I saw him break away from those human figures and rush to et Poker-Face.
Yes! Theyve planned everything out.
Since the light enabled to better perceive how high up we were, I felt that Poker-Face should be able to land safely. Feeling a little relieved now, I turned my head to look at my own situation and suddenly felt a sharp pain. I looked at the black spots dark surface and found that I was so close to it that there wasnt any distance at all.
I looked at that black surface reflecting my face and suddenly saw my expression twist.
At this ti, I heard so strange sounds coming from the dark spot, as if soone was muttering to himself.
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TN Notes:
(1) I had to take so liberties with this one because Wu Xie makes a pun on Poker-Faces nickna. The raw said sothing like whether he was a stuffy oil bottle or a top grade stuffy oil bottle, so I used whether he was highly skilled or the best of the best instead. Its my fault for calling him Poker-Face instead of Stuffy Oil Bottle (aka nyouping), but I will go down with this ship because Stuffy Oil Bottle sounds stupid in English lol.
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