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Now, Austin, who was at the front of the team, looked grave. He asked those behind him, "What did you see just now? Or did you notice any clues?"
Hobert, who was at the rear, had been carrying the 'Spirit Wine Glass,' so he was constantly in a state of spiritual vision. He saw that the spiritual essence of the team mber at the front was turning black, as if he had been attacked by a curse.
However, Leina, who was behind Austin, said, "My spiritual vision didn't detect anything unusual."
Hobert was taken aback by this statent. Could he have been mistaken?
He examined the dead team mber again, confirming that his judgnt was correct.
So, Hobert re-examined Lena, but subtly and without making it obvious, as if nothing had happened.
Austin pondered for a mont, "I'll close my eyes and try going into the corridor ahead. If there's any danger, warn imdiately!"
This was a good idea, but it reminded Hobert of so unpleasant experiences. However, he was certain that there were no high-level monsters or sealed items from the 'Death' pathway ahead; otherwise, everyone in the tomb passage would already be corpses.
Austin took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and stood at the corner. The two team mbers behind Lina quickly stepped forward, ready to pull back their captain if he tried to harm himself.
Everyone held their breath for one second, two seconds, three seconds.
Austin suddenly said, "I feel very curious, constantly wanting to open my eyes and look ahead, but I can resist the urge to open them by using Beyonder powers."
He returned, leaning on the wall, and breathed a long sigh of relief before saying, "Let's blindfold ourselves. As long as we don't look ahead, we can feel our way forward through the tomb passage and avoid this chanism."
Lena imdiately agreed, "Good idea."
But Hobert, at the back, said, "I don't think so. After we close our eyes, there will definitely be other chanisms waiting for us. Perhaps the tomb owner's intention is for us to close our eyes, and then, without our sight, we'll step on other, more despairing traps."
Lena frowned, "I've explored many ancient tombs, and generally, there aren't very complex mystical chanisms. Blindfolding ourselves should solve the problem."
Hobert smiled and shook his head, "I can't speak for ancient tombs of other pathways, but if you deal with an ancient tomb of the 'Seer' pathway according to common sense, you'll definitely fall into the tomb owner's trap."
He pointed to the ground, "See that skeleton? The previous group of explorers also had soone die in this place, but why didn't any of the other explorers make it out alive? And on the tomb passage just now, an explorer who was seriously injured also died."
When Hobert said this, everyone realized that the other mbers of the previous exploration team must have died in the tomb passages ahead, with only one person escaping with serious injuries, but they didn't make it out either.
The muscles on Austin's chubby face twitched slightly, "What should we do then?"
"I'll go to the front," Hobert said, "I'll lead the way."
Austin was slightly taken aback, but still reminded him, "It's very dangerous."
"Of course, I know," Hobert suddenly smiled. He had already made an assessnt that the rank of the curse was not too high.
Having reached the front, Hobert held the pocket watch key made of 'Order Crystal' at his waist in one hand, and grasped his cane in the other. He stepped out of the corner of the tomb passage and looked ahead.
The tomb passage ahead wasn't long either, about three or four ters. The light from the carbide lamp revealed an oil painting hanging on the tomb passage at the corner.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, a lush green tree swayed in the wind, and as far as the eye could see, there was a verdant adow. The clouds were low, like fluffy cotton candy that could fall from the sky at any mont.
At the end of the adow, there seed to be a figure, but it was very, very far away, and its appearance couldn't be seen clearly, not even whether it was male or female.
"What a beautiful scene," Hobert couldn't help but exclaim.
The people behind him were all shocked. Austin was even preparing to close his eyes and rush over to rescue Hobert.
At that mont, Hobert saw the branches in the painting actually swaying, and the adow was rippled by a gust of wind. Hobert even felt the cool sumr breeze in the gloomy and damp tomb passage.
The adow seed to suddenly 'leap' out of the oil painting, and the tomb passage was filled with sunlight. Hobert felt as if he was in a sea of green grass and wildflowers.
The pocket watch key in Hobert's hand prevented him from feeling any infatuation.
Just then, the figure at the end of the adow began to move.
The figure moved quickly, approaching like a flash, and soon ca into view.
It only had the shape of a person, more than two ters tall, but it was emaciated, without a head or neck. Its eyes were on its chest, with no other facial features.
This shape was sowhat similar to Hobert's impression of Xing Tian, but without Xing Tian's mighty and valiant, fearless feeling. Instead, because it was emaciated and its hands had sharp claws, it had an indescribable sense of eeriness.
After Hobert saw those evil eyes, he imdiately poured his spirituality into the pocket watch key, forming a 'Wall of Order' in front of him.
Clang~
A small spark flashed on the wall of spirituality, blocking the monster's curse.
Austin and the others behind saw the black crystal-like 'Wall of Order.' They felt a strong sense of oppression and stepped back one after another.
Especially Austin, who had a new understanding of Hobert's strength. For him, this was already the second magical item on Hobert's body.
The monster that ca out of the painting showed angry eyes and stretched out its claws to stab Hobert.
Hobert drew his Tang blade and rushed forward.
Clang~
The sound of tal collision was made. The monster was very strong, but apart from curses and claws, it didn't seem to have any other ans of attack.
"Madness!" Hobert used the ability of the 'Psychological Spoon'.
The monster imdiately fell into a state of 'Madness'. Hobert stepped forward, blocked the monster's claw with his arm, and stabbed out one of its eyes in the chest with a knife.
Hobert, strengthened by the 'Zombie Spoon', had arms as hard as steel. This claw only tore his clothes.
The severe pain quickly woke the monster from its state of 'Madness'. Its other eye was full of fear.
Hobert raised his knife and slashed from the monster's left shoulder to its right waist. The monster, cut in two, fell to the ground and struggled a few tis before becoming still.
Putting away his knife, Hobert glanced at the painting, which was still a beautiful landscape painting, and the scene inside still seed to be able to descend into reality at any ti.
Hobert said to the people behind him, "Co over, this chanism has been destroyed by ."
Austin cautiously asked, "Is it okay to open our eyes?"
Hobert said, "I'm opening my eyes right now."
Everyone then turned around the corner and saw the appearance of the monster, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. When they looked at the painting again, it was indeed a beautiful landscape painting.
One of the team mbers said, "Hey, at the end of the adow, there seems to be a figure."
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